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The two of them escorted Klee back to Mondstadt together.

Coincidentally, Qin was also on her way to the area after receiving a report from the public that there had been an explosion at Guojiu Lake, and the two groups met at that moment.

"Li Xiao...Li Xiao! Barbara! How could you two be together?"

She was initially curious about how Li Xiao ended up with Barbara, but then she noticed Ke Li hiding behind the two of them.

"Kelly!"

"Alas!"

Keli was startled, but she still obediently stepped out from behind Li Xiao.

"Commander Qin..."

"Claire, did you go to Fruit Wine Lake to fry fish again?! Someone has already complained to me!"

"Um...I'm sorry, Commander Qin, I'll never do it again."

Klee lowered her head and obediently admitted her mistake.

"Go to the solitary confinement room by yourself in a bit!"

Qin held her forehead, utterly despairing of Keli. They had only just released her, and she was already back to frying fish.

"Klee knows..."

Li Xiao didn't stop Qin, after all, mistakes should be punished.

Main Text: Chapter Thirty-One: This Twisted Relationship Between Best Friends

Seeing Keli's dejected look, Li Xiao still said something.

"Jin, Klee probably just doesn't have anyone else to play with, and you're too busy, so she often gets into trouble. Although she should be punished for doing wrong, you should also spend more time with her."

"But I really can't help it, the Knights are too busy. I don't have time to look after Klee."

Li Xiao countered, "So you'd rather do trivial things like helping others find their cats than spend time playing with Keli?"

"I..." Qin Yu was speechless.

"As the acting Grand Master of the Knights, it's not wrong to be hardworking, but you don't have enough time and energy to do too many things that you shouldn't be doing yourself, do you?"

"But they really need help, how can I, as the acting Grand Master of the Knights, just stand by and do nothing?"

Li Xiao finally understood. This was the case with Jean and Noelle, which was a stark contrast to Lisa and Kaeya.

As the god of wind, it's quite reassuring to have such diligent subordinates.

But then he thought about the scene in the game where Jean got sick because of overwork, and he felt that he should take some time to reorganize the Knights in the name of the Wind God.

"Qin, I am the Wind God. Listen to me. Just let the other knights do the unimportant things."

"That's...okay."

Qin didn't want others to be too overworked; she believed that as the acting team leader, she should take on more work.

But since Li Xiao had already given the order in the name of the Wind God, she had no choice but to obey.

Li Xiao nodded in response. Although he understood that Qin might not necessarily do as he was told, it was his date with Barbara, so he could only wait until he had time to talk to her again.

"Then Barbara and I will be leaving now. You take Klee back."

"...Okay, have fun with Barbara."

Qin actually wanted to ask Li Xiao why he was with Barbara, but after thinking about it, she realized she didn't have the right to ask such a question.

After parting ways with Qin and Keli, Barbara and Li Xiao arrived at their last date spot, Windrise.

Barbara originally planned to make a wish together under the big tree that Vanessa planted, but when she arrived at the location, she found something was wrong.

A large pit has appeared not far from the big tree where the wind started!

The two stood at the edge and looked down into the pit, where they saw Wendy digging away with a shovel imbued with wind elemental energy.

"Ok?"

Wendy sensed the gaze, looked up, and saw that Li Xiao, that scoundrel, was here again!

He swore for the first time because he was so angry.

"Damn it, what the hell are you doing here again? I'm already like this, and you still won't leave me alone?"

He jumped out of the pit and looked at him cautiously.

"Let me make this clear first, I won't give you a single drop of the wine I buried here!"

"puff!"

Li Xiao ignored Wendy's words because he burst out laughing when he saw Wendy's current appearance.

Wendy's face was covered in bruises and swelling up like a pig's head. His clothes were tattered and covered in shoe prints. Even his green hat was nowhere to be seen.

With the mud still clinging to him from digging, Li Xiao almost didn't recognize him.

"What happened to you?"

"How dare you say that! Do you know how badly Rosalyn beat me? She beat me for a whole hour!"

Thinking of this sad event, Wendy was speechless and choked with tears.

He ran around everywhere this morning, but no one was willing to sell him wine. He thought that if this place wouldn't keep him, there would be other places that would. So he decided to dig out the good wine that was originally buried in Fengqidi and go to Liyue to seek refuge with the old man. He couldn't afford to offend Li Xiao, so he could at least avoid him.

As a result, they were surrounded by the Fools as soon as they left Mondstadt.

Seeing that Rosalyn was also there, he remembered that he hadn't given away his Heart of the Wind God yet, so he didn't resist.

After Rosalind took the Heart of God, she refused to leave and started beating him up.

He thought to himself, "Let them hit me then." He already felt somewhat indebted to Rosalyn, so he didn't resist.

If Rosalyn hadn't specifically mentioned before leaving that Li Xiao had asked her to do it, Wendy would have actually let it go.

And yet, this scoundrel actually dared to show his face in front of me!

"Forehead......"

Listening to Wendy's accusations, even Li Xiao, with his conscience, felt a little guilty.

"How about I buy you a bottle of wine?"

Who do you take me for?!

Even offering to buy her a drink is out of the question; it seems Wendy is truly angry.

"At least 10 bottles are required!"

So, we have to pay more?

Li Xiao waved his hand and said, "I'll give you a hundred bottles!"

"Mr. Li is so generous!"

Wendy immediately beamed with joy.

"However, I can't change what I told Diluc before, so I'll have Noelle deliver it to you later."

"No problem, no problem. Just have Noelle deliver it here, I'll pick it up myself."

Barbara, having overheard their conversation, realized that there might be more to the story of the curse Li Xiao had mentioned earlier. However, since it wasn't her concern, she remained silent.

At this moment, Li Xiao suddenly remembered the task the system had given him, so he pulled Wendy aside.

"Wendy, look, I'm just giving you a hundred bottles of wine. Aren't I good to you?"

"...Yes, indeed."

Wendy nodded reluctantly and with difficulty.

"So, are we best friends now?"

Wendy's eye twitched. He hadn't expected Li Xiao to have the nerve to ask such a question. Didn't he have any self-awareness?

But thinking of the hundred bottles of fine wine that hadn't yet arrived, he continued to nod.

"Of course, you're my best friend!"

'System, how is it? Does this count as finished?'

Do you think Wendy is sincere?

“Uh…” Li Xiao thought for a moment, then spoke to Wendy:

"Actually, the kind of close friend I'm talking about isn't the kind you're thinking of."

Which one is it?

"A true friend is someone who laughs when a friend is down on their luck, and lets the friend suffer even when they're not.

Wendy gasped.

"Hiss~ What a twisted relationship! Can this really be called a close friendship?"

Li Xiao said earnestly, "In our hometown, this is what a close friend means."

"This...is it another world?"

Wendy has indeed never been to the other world, or perhaps the other world is really as he described?

Seeing that Wendy was starting to believe him, Li Xiao seized the opportunity and amplified it instantly.

Perhaps due to Wendy's immense strength, raising his emotions was much more difficult than for others, but ultimately it was enough.

"Do you understand now?"

"Understand what?"

"Of course it's our relationship."