The next day, in the bright morning sun.
On Feiyun Slope, the hawking of merchants and the aroma of food filled the streets and alleys.
The streets were bustling with pedestrians, most of whom were up for breakfast or grocery shopping.
A white-clad youth, carrying a bag of buns, wove through the crowd, muttering softly.
"Day off..."
"Where's the promised day off!"
"Damn it, making me go out to buy groceries and household items, and also deliver breakfast."
"Unscrupulous boss! Exploiting labor!"
"If it weren't for that hundred thousand Mora, I wouldn't waste my sleeping time coming out to buy this."
"Being rich makes you so great, then hit me with your money. But if you smash me, you won't get it back."
As he walked, a sneaky figure clapped him on the shoulder from behind, seemingly trying to startle him.
"Hey! Ling Feng, good morning! Where are you off to?"
Ling Feng turned around calmly, looking at Liyue Zhang San, who had clapped his shoulder, and said with a smile.
"It's Yanfei, good morning. I'm just about to deliver breakfast to my unscrupulous boss."
"Unscrupulous boss? You mean Miss Keqing?"
Upon hearing this, Yanfei raised an eyebrow and asked with a hint of doubt.
Ling Feng was the assistant to Yuheng Star Keqing, which was already known to many in Liyue Harbor, and she was no exception.
Who else could Ling Feng's unscrupulous boss be but Keqing?
However, in her memory, this decisive Yuheng Star always acted with reason and had no questionable behavior.
Ling Feng also heard the doubt in Yanfei's voice and quickly said, "I only called her unscrupulous because she made me deliver breakfast during my rest time."
"Oh, I see, I misunderstood."
With Ling Feng's explanation, Yanfei understood what he meant.
"By the way, where are you going?"
"Oh! There's a commercial dispute at the pier, and I've been hired by one of the parties to resolve it... Ah, it's getting late, I'll be going now, bye-bye."
"Bye-bye."
After Yanfei left, Ling Feng turned back and entered the lake courtyard below Yuheng Terrace.
He walked along the path built in the middle of the lake towards Yuheng Terrace.
Ling Feng did not walk fast, enjoying the lotus pods and lotuses planted in the lake and the fish swimming at the bottom.
In Liyue Harbor, this lake courtyard and the natural scenery of the back mountains were the best. Looking at the books now.
And the scenery presented was different at different times of the day.
As it was a public open space, similar to a park.
Many couples, elders, and children would come here to stroll along the pavilions and admire the beautiful scenery.
Ling Feng, who loved beautiful scenery, would always stop for a while when he passed by.
He would also scatter some wheat to feed the small fish and birds.
It wasn't because the fish were too small and not enough to eat, he just did it casually.
If he were caught by the Millelith for catching the fish raised here, he would be taken to the station for environmental destruction.
As he walked and looked, Ling Feng suddenly saw an acquaintance strolling leisurely.
However, unlike the people around, she was alone, her head bowed, seemingly lost in thought.
The people around her were all in groups, making her solitary figure appear very lonely.
Ling Feng glanced at the breakfast in his hand. It wasn't long before ten o'clock.
But the solitary figure also lingered in his mind.
Should he deliver breakfast or follow her?
A moment later, Ling Feng sighed as he watched the figure growing further away, the breakfast in his hand having already disappeared.
...
The blue-haired girl walked to the edge of a cliff in the back mountains and slowly sat down.
From here, she could overlook the entire Yuheng Terrace.
The girl looked at the groups of people in the courtyard, laughing heartily and chatting, her eyes filled with envy.
After watching for a while, the girl shifted her gaze to the Moon-Chaser Pavilion on Yuheng Terrace, watching the public officials coming and going. She closed her eyes and sighed.
"As expected... work suits me better."
"Good morning, Ganyu."
The sudden voice from behind startled Ganyu.
As she opened her eyes and was about to turn her head, a figure had already appeared beside her. It was Ling Feng, who had followed her.
"Ling Feng? What are you doing here?"
Ganyu asked in confusion. Although the back mountains were also public places, very few people came up here.
How could Ling Feng suddenly arrive.
"Is it okay if I sit here?"
Ling Feng did not answer immediately but asked if he could sit down.
"Sit down, it's fine, no one else is sitting here."
With Ganyu's permission, Ling Feng slowly sat down and looked towards Yuheng Terrace.
Ling Feng had actually anticipated Ganyu's question.
"I was just passing by, and seeing that you weren't at the Moon-Chaser Pavilion, I followed you to take a look."
Ganyu suddenly realized and looked down at the Moon-Chaser Pavilion, speaking slowly.
"So that's what it is. Today, Madam Ningguang told me to take a day off, stroll around Liyue Harbor, and relax."
"Because of my busy work, I rarely go to places like Feiyun Slope and don't know where to go. I thought I'd come here to rest and enjoy the scenery."
After listening to Ganyu's words, Ling Feng immediately suggested.
"Then why don't we go together? I'm on vacation anyway, and it's boring to wander around Liyue Harbor alone. It would be nice to have a companion to chat with on the way."
"This... will it trouble you?"
"Ganyu, what are you talking about? How could it be trouble? Let's go, let's wander around Liyue Harbor together."
Ling Feng stood up from the ground and invited her.
Seeing Ling Feng's smiling face, Ganyu thought for a moment and then nodded, agreeing.
A moment later.
"Boss, two candied figures for me! Ganyu, which pattern do you want?"
Ling Feng and Ganyu stood in front of a candied figure stall, buying candied figures.
"Ah, Ling Feng, I'm not hungry... you don't have to buy for me."
When Ganyu heard Ling Feng wanted to buy two candied figures, she quickly waved her hand and gently refused.
For her, candied figures were too sweet, and eating them would easily lead to weight gain.
It was better not to eat them if possible.
She didn't want to return to her chubby appearance from before and be laughed at.
"Who says candied figures are only for eating?"
"Ah, but aren't candied figures meant to be eaten?"
"Of course, not just for eating. Boss, let us draw the candied figures ourselves."
To Ganyu's confusion, Ling Feng smiled slightly, intending to show Ganyu with actions.
"But."
Facing Ling Feng's request, the boss wanted to refuse. He still needed to make money, but he couldn't refuse directly, as they were customers.
"Double the price."
"Here, these are the tools for drawing candied figures. If you don't know how, I can teach you."
Seeing the boss's embarrassed look, Ling Feng directly took out double the Mora and placed it on the table.
Then, the boss decisively gave up his spot.
After all, he had already sold most of his candied figures, and it was unlikely that anyone else would come to buy them at this time. Even if they did, he had a few extra ones.
It was better to help them fulfill their wish.
"Teaching is not necessary, I know a little myself."
Ling Feng shook his head and refused the boss's help, starting to draw the candied figures himself.
Ganyu originally wanted to say something, but seeing Ling Feng drawing the candied figures intently, she couldn't speak up.
Standing beside Ling Feng, she watched curiously as he slowly drew the candied figures.
Seeing Ling Feng and Ganyu like this, the boss thought they were a couple and didn't dare to come forward and join the fun, licking a candied figure on the side.
A moment later.
"Done!"
Ling Feng revealed a slight smile, put down the spoon, and looked at the long-horned candied figure on the board with satisfaction.
"Ling Feng, what are you drawing?"
Looking at the candied figure on the board, Ganyu frowned slightly.
She searched her mind for information about the appearance of this candied figure, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't recognize what Ling Feng had drawn.
Facing Ganyu's confusion, Ling Feng smiled, picked up the candied figure he had made, and introduced it.
"What I drew is called an Adeptus Beast."
"Adeptus... Adeptus Beast?"
Ganyu was completely bewildered. What kind of creature or thing was an Adeptus Beast? She had never heard of it.
"Here, Ganyu, this candied figure is for you. Put it in a cold place, and it won't melt. You can eat it if you're hungry."
Ling Feng gave the handmade candied figure to Ganyu. Ganyu did not refuse and examined the Adeptus Beast in her hand.
For some reason, as she looked at it, she felt more and more that this horned creature resembled her appearance as a divine beast in her childhood.
But how could Ling Feng possibly know what she looked like as a child? Few immortals knew what she looked like in her childhood nowadays.
Therefore, she deduced that this creature called Adeptus Beast must be unique to Ling Feng's world.
Little did she know that Ganyu had perfectly eliminated the correct answer.
"By the way, Ganyu, do you want to give it a try?"
"Me?"
"Yes, why not try? It's very easy to get started."
To Ling Feng's invitation, Ganyu nodded and swapped positions with Ling Feng.
At first, Ling Feng had planned to teach Ganyu if she didn't know how.
Unexpectedly, Ganyu was even more skilled than him. She finished drawing a candied figure in less than a minute.
Ling Feng stared at the Qilin candied figure in his hand, lost in thought.
How did Ganyu manage to finish drawing it in half a minute?
After finishing the candied figures, Ling Feng and Ganyu did not stay there long.
As it was nearing noon, Ling Feng and Ganyu went to Wanmin Restaurant for lunch.
Upon seeing Ling Feng and Ganyu arrive, Xiangling and Master Mao welcomed them warmly.
Seeing Ling Feng and Ganyu, Xiangling immediately introduced her latest research dish – Stir-fried Slime Meat.
Ling Feng and Ganyu were both so scared that cold sweat broke out. Wasn't slime liquid poisonous?
Why did Xiangling have the eccentric idea of using slime to cook?
Although Ling Feng knew that Xiangling's slime dishes were edible, who knew that the dish in front of them was actually edible.
If it was a successful experiment, Ling Feng would still believe in Xiangling's culinary skills, but Xiangling said that the dish in front of them was the first time she had researched it.
The two of them had great difficulty finding an excuse to refuse and ordered a plate of slime mint jelly that Xiangling had successfully experimented with before.
In the afternoon, after Ling Feng and Ganyu finished lunch, they left Wanmin Restaurant and went to the riverside west of Liyue Harbor.
"No!!!"
By the river, Ling Feng knelt on the ground and wailed towards the sky. In the sky, it was as if light snow was falling.
Beside him, Ganyu gently comforted him.
"It's okay... it's just fish. I believe you'll be able to catch them, Ling Feng."
Upon hearing this, Ling Feng stopped wailing, looked at Ganyu, who was sitting on the grass with a fishing rod in her hand, smiling.
Then he looked at her fish bucket, which was filled to the brim, and his own empty bucket beside her.
He immediately collapsed on the ground, utterly heartbroken.
Two hours! Two whole hours!
Ganyu caught a bucket full of fish, and he...
He hadn't caught a single thing.
The fish seemed to have ignored his bait and all swarmed towards Ganyu, making Ling Feng furious.
He almost couldn't control himself and performed a spirit sword chase on the mischievous little fish.
"Pfft, Ling Feng, fishing actually has its techniques. Come, I'll teach you."
Seeing Ling Feng's miserable appearance.
Ganyu couldn't help but chuckle, but quickly restrained herself, shaking her fishing rod with a smile.
Seeing that Ganyu finally smiled, Ling Feng let out a long sigh.
All morning, Ling Feng had been trying to find ways to make Ganyu forget about work and truly relax and unwind.
However, the fact that he couldn't catch fish was true. He usually just went into the river to catch them.
Under Ganyu's guidance, Ling Feng slowly mastered the technique of fishing.
The fish in his system space began to pile up.
Around seven in the evening, Ling Feng and Ganyu, after finishing dinner, arrived at the Liyue Harbor docks.
During the day, merchant ships came and went, and people were busy working.
But at night, there were many entertainment activities here, making it as lively as during the day.
Many foreign travelers would come to the dock to play at night, and there was no problem of language barriers, only cultural differences.
A shop called "Phantom of the Lanterns" had gathered many pedestrians.
"Look, they've already guessed nine of them. If they guess one more, they'll have a perfect score."
The speaker was referring to Ling Feng and Ganyu.
At this moment, the two of them were solving riddles together, one responsible for arranging the patterns, the other for guessing.
With clear division of labor, they had already solved more than half of the riddles set by the merchant.
A moment later, Ganyu looked at the pattern Ling Feng had put together and said.
"This is Guyun Stone Forest."
"Guessed it again," the shop owner wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Nice, Ganyu, only three left. Let's go all out and solve them all."
"Mm."
After spending the day playing with Ling Feng, Ganyu's heart had completely relaxed, and she had experienced the joy of strolling with a friend.
This was something she couldn't experience when she wandered alone in Liyue Harbor.
"Wait, you two, please leave some riddles for me. If you solve them all, others won't be able to play."
Hearing Ling Feng and Ganyu's bold declaration, the shop owner was startled and quickly spoke to stop them.
Finally, he returned the two hundred Mora that Ling Feng had paid and even gave them two hundred more, urging them to leave quickly. If this continued, his business would be ruined.
Ling Feng and Ganyu took the Mora and left with smiles.
Mount Tianheng~
Ling Feng and Ganyu walked to this place, sat on the edge of the cliff, and looked out at the brightly lit Liyue Harbor.
At night, with a gentle breeze, Ganyu closed her eyes and smiled slightly, as if feeling the wind.
Ling Feng looked at Ganyu's blue hair, clothes, and beautiful profile, which fluttered in the wind, and his heart began to beat rapidly.
It was as if he had returned to the time when he first played Genshin Impact and saw Ganyu, who had captured his aesthetic perfectly, astonishing him with her beauty and charm.