Travel through Teyvat and spend your life with Linghua

After working hard for a whole morning, Xinyang finally bought all the ingredients he wanted. Before he even entered Kamisato's house, he could hear the sound of wooden swords clashing.

As soon as I stepped into Kamisato's house, I saw the two Kamisato siblings wearing kendo uniforms and practicing kendo. Kamisato Ayato was tall while Ayahua was relatively petite. Their swordsmanship had its own merits, but they also had many similarities. Xinyang was so fascinated by them that he had forgotten he was holding the ingredients.

"Xinyang, what are you standing there for?" Xinyang didn't react until Thomas stretched out his hand in front of him and shook it.

"It's nothing. I was just fascinated by watching the two of them sparring. You take these in first. I want to watch for a while." Xinyang handed the things in his hand to Thomas.

Although he didn't know what Xinyang was thinking, Thomas didn't ask any questions and just took the ingredients and left.

Xinyang sat down in the pavilion nearby and began to observe the two men's Kamisato-ryu sword techniques. The combination of real and fake techniques, the sword light was like a shadow, extremely fast, and the continuous slashing was hard to defend against.

In the end, Ayato used his size advantage to slide and chop at Ayahua, and Ayahua was defeated due to lack of strength. After the competition, Ayato left, leaving Ayahua to practice in the yard.

Ayato changed his clothes and came to Xinyang's side. "How about Kamisato-ryu's sword technique?"

Xin Yang praised without reservation, "Your swordsmanship is incredibly exquisite, and your attacks are continuous. Very good. Do you practice like this every day?"

"No, this kind of sparring usually happens once a week, but Linghua practices like this every day. As the eldest daughter of the Kamisato family, she's not only proficient in kendo, qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting. What do you think of Linghua?"

Xin Yang sighed, "She may be a good wife in the future, but if she continues like this every day, 'Princess Egret' will be nothing more than a bird in a cage."

"How can she even begin to talk about 'caged bird'? I've tried to dissuade her before, but as a descendant of the Kamisato family, Linghua resolutely chose to practice these things."

"Isn't voluntary a constraint? In Liyue, what's generally called a 'cram school,' people start practicing these unnecessary things at an age when they should be carefree and having fun. Some are forced by their parents, and some are voluntary. But is that really what they want? Just like Linghua has to pretend to love something in order to revive the Kamisato family and help her brother share the pressure, but is that really happiness? No, everyone has things they want to do, just like you like to eat something you've never seen before. Suppressing your desires to do something, isn't that like being a bird in a cage?"

Upon hearing this, Ayato paced back and forth, thought for a long time, shook his head, sighed deeply, and left.

It can be seen that Lingren is also very conflicted and does not want to make Linghua so tired.

After Lingren left, Xinyang was still looking at Linghua. It was not until noon that Linghua put down the sword in her hand. Xinyang walked up to her and handed her a towel.

After thanking him, Linghua took the towel and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Xin Yang asked in confusion: "You are so tired every day, is this really what you want?"

"For the sake of the Kamisato family and my brother, I have to practice more so that I can stand on my own as soon as possible." Linghua said seriously.

"Apart from these, don't you have anything else you want to do?"

After hearing this, Linghua was slightly stunned and then said firmly, "As the heir of the Kamisato family, this is what I must do."

Since Linghua had already said so, it would be impolite to ask further. Xinyang went to the hall tactfully, always feeling that he had forgotten something.

It was not until she saw Thomas carrying food into the hall that Xinyang remembered that she had forgotten to cook. Xinyang was about to go to the kitchen.

At this time, Ayato also came to the hall. Seeing Xinyang ignoring him and running out, he turned to Thomas and asked, "Isn't he going to eat? What's the hurry?"

Thomas replied as he set the table, "He's still not used to Inazuma's cooking and insists on making it himself. We don't need to worry about him."

Xinyang met Linghua on the way to the kitchen. Linghua stopped Xinyang and asked, "Why don't you go eat?"

Xin Yang pretended to be mysterious. "Come with me. I have something very important to discuss with you."

Without waiting for Linghua's reaction, he took Linghua's hand and continued walking.

Along the way, Linghua kept asking Xinyang what he was going to do, but Xinyang refused to tell her until they reached the kitchen. Xinyang finally explained, "I'm going to cook for you. Don't tell anyone, especially my brother."

"What brother? He is my brother, and my brother said not to eat anything else. I'm going to eat now."

Xinyang stopped Linghua and said, "We are good friends. Your brother is of course my brother. Don't listen to your brother. He often goes out to eat alone. And I tell you in secret that he often hides some snacks in his sleeves. Or do you think the meal I cooked last night was not tasty?"

Linghua hurriedly explained: "No, the food you cook is very delicious, it's just..."

Seeing Linghua still hesitating, Xinyang made a quick decision, "Okay, there aren't that many buts. I'll be done soon. Just wait here for me."

As time was running out, Xin Yang didn't plan to stir-fry any meat dishes, but simply cooked two side dishes which were enough for two people.

Linghua saw that Xinyang didn't make any meat dishes and asked in confusion, "You didn't put any meat in it either. Isn't this different from what Thomas made?"

"My great Liyue cuisine has more than just meat dishes. Today's two dishes are even more delicious than last night's."

The two secretly set up a small table in the kitchen. At first, Linghua seemed a little reserved and ate slowly, taking small bites. Xinyang played hard to get, "If you don't eat quickly, I'll finish it."

Hearing this, Linghua also put down her airs and started to eat voraciously. Seeing Linghua fighting with him for food, Xinyang was not angry but happy instead. Food tastes better when you fight for it. Moreover, the fact that Linghua put down her airs and fought with him for food showed that Linghua really treated him as a friend.

"It's really delicious. Xinyang, your cooking is a hundred times better than Thomas's."

Xinyang was enjoying his meal when he keenly sensed someone approaching the kitchen, but he didn't pay any attention to it. However, Linghua didn't know this and was still eating voraciously.

"What are you doing here?" An inappropriate voice came, and Linghua was immediately panicked. She wiped her mouth in a hurry, stood up and looked back. The person who came was Kamisato Ayato.

"Brother, I didn't eat anything."

Seeing Linghua's frantic movements, Xinyang laughed out loud, "Haha, Linghua, slow down. Brother Lingren made some dishes myself and I happened to see Linghua, so I asked her to come over for a simple meal together, no problem."

Call me Linghua, right? Good boy, if you don't like to eat, then I like it? Although he was very unhappy, Lingren still forced a smile and said, "No problem. I saw Linghua didn't come to eat for a long time, so I came to see what she was doing. By the way, Linghua Thomas asked you to come and see her."

Linghua agreed before she calmed down. Just as she was about to leave, Xinyang grabbed her hand and said, "Brother Lingren, what's so important? Linghua hasn't eaten yet. Can't we wait until after dinner? Besides, Thomas is eating now, too." Xinyang held Linghua's hand with a little force, and Linghua immediately understood what he meant.

Seeing Lingren hesitate, Xinyang continued to test him, "Brother Lingren, do you eat so fast? If you are not full, why don't you sit down and eat something together?"

Ayato clapped his hands and said, "I've been waiting for you to say that." Ayato took out the bowl from behind him, sat down and started eating.

Linghua and Xinyang were confused.