People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

On the rock pillars hundreds of meters high, there are wooden buildings scattered around. A wooden staircase spirals up to the main building of the inn at the top. Under the rock pillars is a large square with various shops. The largest area is the dining hall of Wangshu Inn, with hundreds of square dining tables densely placed in the hall.

Even so, nearly half of the tables are still full of people. We are not at the restaurant yet, but when we get there, the hundreds of tables in the hall may not be enough.

Liyue Food Tycoon is so terrifying.

"Chen Qin, Sugar, Keli!"

When Hu Tao parked the car, they just arrived at the entrance of the square under Wangshu Inn and saw a girl with purple hair waving at them.

She was still wearing the traditional Mond knee-length dress that Jean had given her when they were in Mond last time. It was an everyday look, and she was wearing a big fisherman's hat to cover her iconic cat-ear-shaped hair. So even though she had been standing here for a long time, no one noticed that she was Lady Yuheng, one of the Seven Stars.

At most, they would mutter that this girl has great temperament and then look at her a few more times.

"Wow~ Is this Yuhengxing Keqing? A new skin!" Hu Tao's eyes lit up, and she secretly raised her wrist and took a photo.

Shen Qin was speechless. Wai wai wai! If you are discovered like this, will Wangsheng Hall be discontinued forever?

He walked up to Keqing and said hello: "Long time no see, why are you dressed like this again?"

"Haha, when entertaining friends, of course we should make it as comfortable as possible!"

When Keqing saw him, her eyes were full of surprise. After all, he was a rare friend!

"Ms. Keqing." Sucrose nodded to her.

Klee and Keqing were not very familiar with each other. After all, she was not allowed to participate in the war against monsters and the Abyss Cult. They had only met a few times, but she was still very polite and called out sweetly, "Sister Keqing!"

"Hello, everyone!" She smiled and greeted them, then looked at Hu Tao, "Hello, Master Hu, I have heard of you for a long time. Is this our first formal meeting?"

"I've heard a lot about you! Yuhengxing Keqing!" Hu Tao stepped forward enthusiastically and took the initiative to shake her hand, saying, "Since we are all friends of Shen Qin, then we are naturally friends too. From now on, when you come to Wangsheng Hall, you can enjoy preferential treatment..."

"Ahem!" Shen Qin interrupted Hu Tao. What did you mean? For the sake of my friend, can I get a 10% discount when I go to Wangshengtang?

Keqing is also a smart person. With a little deduction, she knew what the second half of Hu Tao's interrupted sentence was. However, she had already investigated Hu Tao and knew that he had an eccentric personality, so she didn't care.

All the past masters of Wangsheng Hall had some problems, but Hu Tao's was relatively minor.

"Please follow me. I have already arranged the banquet. All of them are Wangshu Inn's signature dishes."

Keqing led everyone directly to the elevator - this was built by the Academy City engineering team after the Liyue officials accepted the high-rise building in Academy City, and the old and outdated elevators were directly replaced.

They went all the way to the main building of the inn on top of the rock pillar. A lady with dark blond hair stood in front of the elevator and said to them with a smile, "Welcome to Wangshu Inn."

"She is Filgodette, the owner of Wangshu Inn. She is from our Seven Stars. If you need help, feel free to contact her." Keqing introduced, directly stating her true identity.

Shen Qin and Hu Tao are both Liyue's allies, so it's okay to tell them.

"Master Keqing, can we serve the food now?"

"Well, please serve the food."

Keqing brought them to a private room and waited for the inn to serve the food.

"Hu Tao, has the problem at Wuwangpo been resolved?" She looked at Hu Tao and asked.

She had heard before that Wuwangpo had been uneasy and haunted recently, and someone from the Seven Stars had asked Wangshengtang to investigate and resolve the issue. After communicating with Shen Qin and learning that Hu Tao was there, she knew that Hu Tao had gone there to resolve the issue.

Walnut: "It's solved, it's solved! It's just some little ghosts causing trouble. It's just a little strange that the situation seems to be more serious today. Logically speaking, such a small number of lonely ghosts shouldn't cause such a big commotion."

Shen Qin: It’s definitely because of Bennett!

"It's good that it's resolved. Now the merchants passing through Wuwangpo are all in a panic, and the vitality of the market has decreased a lot."

Then she looked at Shen Qin with a smile on her face: "So you guys were also involved in the Wuwangpo incident?"

"Yes, fortunately everything went smoothly in the end, and I was fortunate enough to meet Master Hu." Shen Qin nodded.

"Hehe, you always get involved in all kinds of weird troubles!"

"What?" Shen Qin complained, "Did Qin say something bad about me to you? She said before that wherever I go, big things will happen..."

"Yes, she asked me to be more vigilant, so that Liyue would not be dragged into trouble by you."

"Slander! Qin, this is slander!" Shen Qin retorted excitedly.

At this moment, the door of the box opened, and Filgodette walked in and said to Keqing with an apologetic look on her face: "Lady Keqing, our head chef Yan Xiao is temporarily unable to cook. Can we let other chefs cook for you?"

"But other people's signature dishes are not as delicious as Yanxiao's, and the golden shrimp..." Keqing was not happy, "Did something happen to Yanxiao?

Filgodette said with some embarrassment: "How about I take you there to ask?"

Chapter 210: Big Hill is Sick, and the Second Hill is Sick...

Led by Philgodette, everyone came to the large open-air balcony outside the lobby of the inn and saw a tall man standing by the guardrail, looking into the distance with a bleak expression.

The wind blew his clothes, but it could not blow away the sadness on his face.

What a hermit!

Filgodette took a step forward: "Yan Xiao..."

"Boss, stop talking! No matter what, I will not step into the kitchen today." He interrupted her, turned around, his eyes full of vicissitudes.

"Chef Yanxiao, do you have any difficulties? If so, please tell us and we will see if we can help solve them." Keqing said.

She deliberately chose Wangshu Inn to host the dinner, wanting her friends to enjoy Yanxiao's signature Liyue dishes. She didn't want to disappoint them.

And she also wanted to eat the golden shrimp balls made by Yanxiao!

Recently, there have been preparations for the Xian Dian Ceremony, the annual work summary, and the development plan for Guiliyuan. All kinds of miscellaneous things have piled up together. She has been so busy that she hasn't come here to eat her favorite golden shrimp balls for a long time!

Yan Xiao looked at Keqing for a few times, his eyes widened as he recognized her: "Lady Keqing?!"

"Yes, it's me. If you have any difficulties, just tell me and I will definitely help you." Keqing said seriously.

"Alas..." Yan Xiao sighed, "Actually, the reason I can't cook today is because the kitchen is haunted! When I think about being in the same room with a ghost, I can't hold the kitchen knife or the spatula steadily, so naturally I can't cook."

Eh? ? ?

Everyone was surprised. Did you find out that the kitchen was haunted because you couldn't cook? And you were scared because you were timid?

Why are you pretending to be so profound here?

Filgodette said helplessly: "I don't know how many times I have told you that Xiao Ming is very kind and will not hurt anyone!"

Xiao Ming? Harming people? Except for Shen Qin, everyone else looked confused.

Filgodette explained to everyone: "Xiao Ming is the ghost of a little girl who was taken in by Wangshu Inn..."

"Ghost!" Keqing took a step back in fear.

Hu Tao became interested: "Madam Boss, your inn even accepts ghosts? Your business scope is too broad!"

"It's the boss, not the boss lady." Filgodette corrected her and continued, "Anyway, everyone in the inn actually knows about Xiao Ming's existence, but because Yan Xiao is afraid of ghosts, we never told him."

"But a few days ago, when Yan Xiao was alone in the kitchen, Xiao Ming probably wanted to find someone to play with, so he appeared there and scared him. He has been scared when cooking in the kitchen these days. Just now, he ran out of the kitchen again and said that he saw Xiao Ming in there."

"But there is someone else who placed Xiao Ming in the inn, and we can't establish communication with her."

Filgodette sighed, apparently there was nothing she could do about it.

Satang listened to her words and blinked her eyes. She thought Liyue was so magical that humans and ghosts could coexist!

"Can I communicate with Xiao Ming and ask her to sign a contract so that she won't show up in front of Yan Xiao to scare him in the future?" Shen Qin touched his chin and thought of the way Ying was dealt with in the game plot.

Hu Tao patted her sternum: "So now we have to find Xiao Ming first, and then communicate with her, right? This is something I am good at! If possible, I can also take her to the afterlife..."

"Stop! Don't take every soul to the afterlife just because you see it!" Shen Qin quickly dispelled her idea, fearing that a certain immortal would have a problem with her.

"That's right. It also depends on whether she died accidentally, whether her life span has ended, and whether her wishes have been fulfilled." Hu Tao was thinking seriously.

"Speaking of which, ghosts shouldn't appear in broad daylight, right?"

Shen Qin was a little confused.

"You're wrong. Ghosts are not such inconvenient creatures. On the contrary, many ghosts like to come out to bask in the sun at noon! According to my interrogation... and friendly communication, they admitted that they were reminiscing about the comfortable feeling of basking in the sun when they were alive." Walnut explained to him.

Shen Qin: ???

Isn’t it too outrageous that ghosts are basking in the sun?

And you don't even let the ghosts go? You torture them?

"Anyway, leave Xiao Ming's affairs to me. Whether it's sending her to the afterlife or having her sign a contract like you said, leave it all to me!"

Walnut slapped his sternum, making a loud bang.

She hooked her finger, and the soul flew out from her sleeves, spun around her fingertips, and then flew into the inn.

"Follow up quickly!"

Everyone followed Walnut through the hall and came to the kitchen, where they saw a translucent little girl chasing after a soul, laughing stiffly.

"Hahaha--"

It seems that she is really happy!

When the soul saw Hu Tao coming, it quickly flew over and retracted into her sleeve. Xiao Ming also chased after it, but when he saw so many strangers, he disappeared instantly.

"Huh? She ran away!" Hu Tao's eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth turned up, "Little sister, do you want to play hide-and-seek with us? You better hide well, I'll come find you soon!"

She always gives Shen Qin a sense of being a villain.

The soul was pulled out again by Walnut and used as a ghost-finding radar, and then everyone followed the instructions and came to a small forest outside the inn. The soul was circling around an abandoned Relic Hunter.

"Huh? Why are there relic hunters here?" Keqing asked puzzledly.

But at this moment, the energy patterns on the Relic Hunter's body suddenly lit up, and several joints began to tremble.

"Watch out! It's about to start!"

Everyone subconsciously took out their weapons, but in the next second, the Type 1 Dragoon in Haro's stomach directly locked onto the Relic Hunter, and a ball of blazing plasma shot out, and a fireball with a diameter of three meters instantly engulfed its body.

Xiao Ming's soul condensed beside the remains of the Relic Hunter. He covered his forehead with his hands, his facial features wrinkled into a ball: "It hurts..."

Everyone turned around blankly and looked at Shen Qin with a nonchalant expression and Haro who had just put away the weapon above his head.

Aren't you moving too fast?

Hu Tao looked at Xiao Ming and muttered, "You died an unnatural death... Never mind. You don't have much time left in the world of the living anyway. When the time is up, you will automatically dissipate. There is no need to send you to the afterlife on purpose."

The soul flew in front of Xiao Ming and immediately attracted her attention. She followed it and ran a few laps before being brought in front of Hu Tao.

Hu Tao gave her a friendly smile and squatted down to look her in the eye. "Xiao Ming, are you willing to sign a contract with me? From now on, don't scare Chef Yan Xiao of Wangshu Inn."

"Sure...but...I need you to...play with...Xiao Ming..."

"Sure, sister will teach Xiao Ming a song!"

“Singing…good…”

"Big Qiuqiu is sick, Second Qiuqiu takes care of him, Third Qiuqiu buys medicine, Fourth Qiuqiu boils it..."

Shen Qin: Is it really appropriate for you to teach your children to sing this dark nursery rhyme?

Xiao Ming is a ghost? That's fine.

Chapter 211: Golden-Silk-Shrimp-Balls

After solving Xiao Ming's problem, Yan Xiao finally dared to go into the kitchen to cook.

In the private room, Keqing said to Hu Tao sheepishly, "I was supposed to treat you to a meal, but you still have to trouble Master Hu to help..."

"Oh, Keqing, you are too polite. Aren't we friends now? Just call me by my name, Hu Tao!" Hu Tao jumped straight to Keqing and held her hand intimately.

Shen Qin looked at Keqing, who looked embarrassed, and chuckled a few times.

Even though she is smart and capable, she is helpless when she meets Walnut.

However, being remembered by Hu Tao is not a good thing. I am afraid that Keqing, who often fights on the dangerous front lines, is a high-quality customer in her eyes, not to mention that she comes from a prominent family and can afford a lot of Mora, hehe.

Seeing that Keqing didn't know how to deal with the self-familiar Hu Tao, Shen Qin quickly spoke up to help her out: "Hu Tao, it's time to fulfill our promise - help me answer some soul-related questions!"

"you say!"

Shen Qin: "After a person dies, the soul will usually automatically go to the next life, right? Then what about those souls that are still stuck in the real world and are reluctant to go to the next life?"

"Ahem, teacher Hu Tao has started the class!" Hu Tao waved his index finger seriously. "There are generally two reasons why wandering ghosts appear. One is that the boundary between the living world and the underworld becomes blurred, and the souls of the underworld descend into the living world by various coincidences. The other is that when a person dies, he or she has a strong obsession, and the obsession allows the soul to resist the suction of the underworld and stay in the living world."