Chapter 387 - 386 She had indeed eaten a bit too much for dinner today

She had indeed eaten a bit too much for dinner today. Fortunately, it was just a little indulgence for today; if she ate this much every day, she was afraid her figure would start to change before long.

Given her attire, if any changes occurred, it would be very easy to tell, and she certainly didn’t want to make a fool of herself like that.

"Then I won’t disturb your rest. I might stay in Liyue for a few more days. I may come to visit again during this time; please forgive me if I cause any offense."

As long as she didn’t come at unnecessary times, it would be fine; otherwise, not only would Kujou Sara be embarrassed, but they would be very embarrassed too.

When Kujou Sara left, Bai Ying hesitated for a moment, but after receiving Durandal’s permission, she followed her.

As the leader of "Oriole," she couldn’t just let go of the opportunity to get to know Kujou Sara. With "Oriole’s" current strength, they would definitely have opportunities for cooperation in the future.

"Do you think she came to visit us because she wanted to eat your cooking, or for some other reason?"

In the living room, Shenhe took the hot tea Durandal handed to him, and asked while sipping it.

"It’s most likely the latter. My cooking is just average; it’s not worth her coming all this way."

Durandal held a cup of hot tea in her hand, sat down next to Shenhe with practiced ease, leaned against him, and complained.

Heh~ Just average? Not worth it?

Yeah, right. Just spent decades cooking for a certain Electro Archon, definitely very average, completely not worth the effort for someone to come all this way.

Shenhe didn’t retort further; he just placed his teacup on the table, then wrapped his arms around Durandal and buried his face in her hair.

This was a gesture they did whenever they were together, which was usually nothing, but Durandal felt that Shenhe’s mood was a bit different from usual.

"What’s wrong? Shenhe. Are you feeling unwell?"

Shenhe shook his head: "No, I just want to hold you like this. There’s no other meaning."

"...How strange."

She had thought Shenhe was planning to do something bad again. This person had been very fond of doing things when they were the only two left in the hotel room back in Inazuma.

Now that they were back home in Liyue Harbor, and there were only the two of them in the house, it stood to reason that this guy shouldn’t let such a good opportunity pass. Why did he suddenly become so well-behaved?

To be honest, Durandal wasn’t afraid of him doing anything bad; what she worried about most was this guy saying nothing and doing nothing. That was what was most frustrating.

She nudged Shenhe’s chin with her head, tilted her head, looked up at Shenhe’s face, and said: "We are in the living room, you are not allowed to do anything bad."

In other words, as long as we get to the room, it’s fine for you to do whatever bad things you want... is that what you mean?

Shenhe didn’t answer, just kept holding Durandal, rubbing his face against hers, clinging to her tightly, which made her feel very strange. What was wrong? Why was he suddenly acting so spoiled?

"Alright, tell me what actually happened when I was out during the day?"

"...Today on the street, I met Chongyun. It seemed like he and his family were preparing to buy something, and they happened to run into me. He greeted me and, incidentally, told the others about my situation."

Shenhe paused, shifted his body, and continued: "They spoke to me very warmly, and even wanted to invite me to their home as a guest. They were very kind to me, but... they were too enthusiastic, and I didn’t know how to handle it."

Even though he had been out of Mt. Aocang for such a long time, and Shenhe had developed a certain immunity to crowded places, he was still flustered when faced with the affectionate behavior of relatives with blood ties.

Shenhe certainly wouldn’t grab the heads of these blood-related relatives and smash them into the ground a few times like he would with evildoers.

But he didn’t know how to get along with these people, didn’t know what to do so as not to be impolite, so he ultimately chose to run away and hide.

His current behavior could be considered seeking comfort. He had held back until now to hug Durandal. Otherwise, in the past, he would have hugged her the moment he got back. How was that? Was that a big improvement?

"I see. But you’re also happy, right? After all, you still have so many living relatives, and they all care about you and like you."

"...Yes, very happy."

"That’s good. You can try to make contact. If it really doesn’t work out, I will accompany you. No matter what, they are your family, and you will definitely have to interact with them in the future."

"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Durandal."

"Don’t say such things; I am your family too. Am I not?"

"...Yes!"

Shenhe suddenly hugged Durandal tightly. If this were an animation, there would definitely be many little hearts popping up on Shenhe to express his current emotions.

The atmosphere gradually turned pink. Although Durandal said they couldn’t do anything bad here, once the mood hit, how could they hold back?

Lumine, who was eating outside with Zhongli and Azhdaha, didn’t know about this, because he was still listening to Guizhong talk about the past.

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