Chapter 271 "Alone and helpless"
"Since you are Mr. Zhongli's friends, you are my friends. I offer this bowl of wine to both of you. You can go to the opera with Mr. Zhongli when you have time in the future."
"Okay, okay, I'll do it first."
Xueyue Zhuyang Zhenjun coughed lightly, picked up the bowl and clinked it with Tartaglia.
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. No matter what they were thinking, they had to admit that the king crab was indeed delicious. Zhongli and Ganyu, who did not eat seafood, recognized Xiangling's cooking skills.
Compared to the children's table, the adults' table was obviously much more lively. Hu Tao, who secretly drank an extra bowl of wine, blushed slightly, but stood up on his own initiative to liven up the atmosphere.
On the contrary, Liu Bai was so drunk because he drank a bowl of wine at the beginning that he only remembered to cover his head and eat. He only raised the bowl of wine when everyone toasted him.
As for what was in his bowl, it had actually just been secretly replaced with boiled water by Nashida.
"Well, little friend Liu Bai, why don't you eat a bowl of shrimps?"
After Zhongli toasted with everyone, he sat down and noticed that Liu Bai continued to peel shrimps with his head covered after sitting down. He couldn't help but ask him in confusion.
At this time, his bowl was slowly filled with shrimp and crab meat, peeled from king crab legs, lobster, braised prawns, etc.
"I prepared this for my daughter. She has never tasted my crabs before. It would be a shame if she missed it this time..."
Liu Bai replied while peeling the shell.
"Girl~Come and taste the meat I peeled for you~"
When the bowl was full, Liu Bai immediately picked up the bowl and the spoon and ran to the children's table.
"Wow, Liu Bai loves little Nashida so much."
Seeing Liu Bai running to feed Nashida, Hu Tao stretched his neck curiously to look over there, and others also looked over there.
"Ah~"
Nashida's face turned slightly red, but seeing Liu Bai's expectant look, it was difficult to refuse, so she had to open her mouth in front of everyone.
Liu Bai scooped a full spoonful from the bowl and put it into Nashida's mouth.
"Hmm... too much stuff..."
Nashida didn't expect Liu Bai to take such a big spoonful in one breath, almost filling her mouth.
"Girl, ah~"
"You think I'm feeding the beast of burden? I haven't swallowed what's in my mouth yet. Wait a minute..."
Seeing Liu Bai scoop another spoonful and bring it to his mouth, Nashida could only roll her eyes.
"All right……"
Liu Bai had no choice but to stuff the shrimp meat on the spoon into his mouth, and then scooped out another spoonful.
"what about now?"
"..."
"Lao Deng, I peeled one for you too!"
Just when Nashida was speechless, Ruoli suddenly stood up, holding up a peeled crab leg.
Then she immediately stood up and trotted over to Zhongli.
"Try it! Just try it! How do you know you don't like it if you don't try it?"
Ruoli took the peeled crab legs and pushed them into the mouth of Zhongli, who looked very resistant.
Thanks to Ruoli's help, all the attention on Liu Bai and Nashida was drawn away.
"There's an empty chair here."
Liu Bai set his target on the chair where Ruoli had sat, pulled it over, and sat down next to Nashida's seat.
"Xiangling~"
Guoba also learned to peel a crab leg and handed it to Xiangling.
"Okay, thank you Guoba!"
Xiangling didn't hesitate and stuffed all the crab legs into her mouth in one big bite.
You have to eat a big mouthful of crab legs and shrimp meat at once to enjoy it.
……
As time went by, the seafood party slowly came to an end.
The table of children with smaller appetites had already eaten their fill. Xiangling originally wanted to stay and help wash the dishes, but Nashida asked her to help send Qiqi, Yaoyao and the others home. Xiangling had no choice but to nod, and left after saying goodbye to them.
Although the adults' table drank for a while, it gradually dispersed as the night darkened. The three immortals said goodbye to Keqing and Ganyu first, and Tartaglia left soon after.
Hu Tao left first because she had some business tonight at the Wangsheng Hall, and before leaving, she asked Zhongli to take Ruoli back early.
In this way, there were only Liu Bai, Nashida, Zhongli and Ruoli left in the room. Nashida didn't have to worry about being seen, so she simply created some flexible vines to help with the work. She collected all the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them.
Liu Bai was responsible for seeing the guests off.
"Huh? Why are you the only ally? Where is my brother Zhongli?"
Although Liu Bai's wine was replaced with water later, he was still a little drunk. He looked around and didn't see Zhongli, so he had to ask Ruoli.
"Oh, he's admiring the moon over there. It's going to be a full moon soon."
Ruoli pointed to the door.
Liu Bai followed the direction Ruoli pointed and came to the door with her. He secretly stuck his head out and looked outside. As expected, he saw Zhongli admiring the moon alone under the night sky.
There happened to be a relatively open space at the main entrance of the Hall of Rebirth and in front of the house that Liu Bai rented.
"Ally, do you think he's a little lonely?"
Liu Bai poked the horn on Ruoli's head, who was much shorter than him, and asked.
"Tsk, it's all your fault, showing off your affection in front of Lao Deng."
Ruoli curled her lips, still upset about the fact that Zhongli just refused to accept her feeding and gently tapped her head.
"Ah? Is it about me?"
Liu Bai scratched his head in confusion.
"Of course there is. After all, Lao Deng no longer has any allies who can feed him."
"...Come to think of it, you've never fed me before. You're not qualified. Don't forget it next time."
Ruoli nodded affirmatively, but after she finished speaking she realized that she didn't seem to have it either, so she had to give Liu Bai a reminder.
"You didn't feed me either..."
Liu Bai muttered softly.
"Okay, both of you, stop hiding. It's getting late and you should go back."
Zhongli shifted his gaze from the almost flawless moon in the sky and warned the two people who were hiding at the door and only sticking their heads out.
[As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. The host cannot bear to see his elder brother alone and helpless, so he decides...]
[A: Train Ruotu Dragon King to be a virtuous wife, take care of and feed Zhongli once, reward: Splash-type Good Wife and Good Mother Potion.]
[B: Arrange a blind date for him and make them both hold hands successfully. Reward: Random non-concept skill upgrade]
[C: Help him meet his beloved friend again, reward: Red Thread of Matchmaker]
[D: Generation failed due to an error in the running logic, and cannot be selected at this time]
As soon as Zhongli finished speaking, an option was triggered in front of Liu Bai.
The system once seemed to say that the more critical the person, the greater the probability of triggering the option.
"Brother Zhongli, I see you are all alone and have no one to take care of you."
"How about I arrange a blind date for you?"
Liu Bai walked out from behind the door and made a proposal to Zhongli with a serious look on his face.
"Okay, I fully agree!"
Upon hearing this, Ruoli on the side immediately raised her hands and horns, and even a tail.
"Great! I'll go rent a venue early tomorrow morning. I think Yujing Terrace seems pretty big..."
"Okay, okay. I'll go ask Ganyu. I just helped her today, so she must agree."
"Ally, you are really reliable. For the happiness of Brother Zhongli."
"For Lao Deng's happiness!"
Zhongli: "..."
Zhongli hadn't said a word yet, but the two of them seemed to have finalized the matter.
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