"Ehe, Mr. Faxun, good evening~"
Seeing Makoto return home, Venti waved to greet him.
"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight, it's perfect for moon-viewing."
"I think we could sit down and catch up, and maybe have a meal together while we're at it. What do you think?"
Looking at the pitch-black sky where the moon couldn't be seen at all, Makoto fell into deep thought.
Venti, that sly guy, always came up with all sorts of excuses every time he came over to mooch a meal,
Like saying he just happened to be passing by and came to visit Mr. Faxun,
Or that Dvalin was angry again and he came to ask Mr. Faxun for help,
Or even claiming he saw a cloud in the sky that looked just like a big chicken leg, and suddenly craved the food Mr. Faxun makes.
As time went on, Makoto became accustomed to Venti mooching meals.
If one day Venti didn't come over to mooch a meal, Makoto would actually think the sun was rising from the west.
Makoto looked at Venti and said helplessly, "You've said it all, what else is there for me to say?"
"I was just about to go back and cook for the Little Ones, so I'll just add a portion for you."
Hearing Makoto's words, Venti beamed, "I knew Mr. Faxun was the best, you'd never leave me hanging."
"Of course, I won't just eat and drink for free,"
"As a token of my gratitude, I can play a song for Mr. Faxun."
Makoto reached out to stop Venti from pulling out his lyre, "A performance isn't necessary,"
"If you really want to thank me, just be our guide and show us around Mondstadt during the Windblume Festival."
Venti didn't even think about it and nodded immediately, "That's no problem at all."
"Mr. Faxun, there are so many interesting places in Mondstadt, like the winery, and all that dandelion wine buried underground..."
This guy Venti, his head is filled with nothing but wine.
"I also want to take the Little Ones to the snowy mountain to see the snow, you can be our guide for that too, right?"
Makoto remembered that the Little Cuties at home had never seen snow,
Since they were going to Mondstadt, they naturally had to visit the snowy mountain to play in the snow, so they wouldn't have any regrets.
"Go to the snowy mountain? No, no, it's too cold there."
Hearing Makoto's words, Venti shook his head like a rattle-drum.
Seeing Venti's attitude was so firm,
Makoto sighed and said with a look of regret, "I was originally planning to give you twenty million, but now it seems that won't be necessary."
As soon as he finished speaking, Venti immediately grabbed Makoto's arm and said very sincerely, "I admit, I was a bit loud just now."
"It's just a trip to the snowy mountain, of course I'm willing to be your guide!"
"Alright, Mr. Faxun, where is that twenty million you mentioned?"
Venti rubbed his hands together, muttering to himself, "So much Mora, I could buy so, so much dandelion wine, ehe~"
For a broke poet, twenty million is an astronomical sum.
Just thinking about it is enough to make one happy.
Looking at Venti's expectant face, Makoto smiled slightly, "Be ten million times happy, be ten million times joyful, that makes exactly twenty million."
Venti:???
It was so hard for me to get my hopes up, yet you made me lose so thoroughly.
From now on, there is one more wounded, weak, and pitiful wind spirit in this world.
You can't even trust the punctuation in Makoto's words!
...
Makoto pushed open the door and was met only by Yae, with the Little Cuties nowhere to be seen,
He saw Yae looking upstairs and then asking, "Little Ones, are you all hidden?"
Hearing this, Makoto understood that Yae was playing hide-and-seek with the Little Ones,
Those Little Ones were all very clever and surely wouldn't fall for Yae's tricks.
Immediately after, Makoto heard Qiqi's voice coming weakly from upstairs: "Qiqi... is hidden..."
Yae followed the sound and quickly found little Qiqi hiding in the cabinet.
Little Qiqi hadn't realized that he had given away his position by speaking,
He blinked his big eyes and said with a dazed, cute expression, "You found Qiqi so fast... so amazing..."
While speaking, Qiqi looked towards Makoto at the door.
He put down the birdcage and Taroumaru, then trotted towards Makoto on his short little legs,
"Makoto... welcome home..."
"Qiqi followed what you said... stayed home to protect everyone... didn't run around outside..."
"And took good care of Taroumaru..."
Makoto reached out and rubbed Qiqi's head, saying softly, "Thank you for your hard work, Qiqi."
"But, why do I feel like Taroumaru has gotten a lot fatter?"
Little Qiqi shook his head gently, "Not fat, not fat... Taroumaru needs to eat more dog food..."
Hearing Qiqi's words, Taroumaru at Makoto's feet sighed heavily, with a very melancholy expression,
Qiqi knew how to take care of a dog, but not very well.
At this moment, Yae was still looking for the other Little Ones,
"Who made the pastries in the kitchen? They seem to be burning."
As soon as Yae finished speaking, Kamisato Ayaka rushed to the kitchen to check the situation,
Looking at the kitchen where no fire had even been lit, Little Ayaka realized she had been tricked.
"Auntie is bad, tricking kids."
Kamisato Ayaka pouted, her face full of sulkiness.
She had originally found a very good hiding spot and thought Yae definitely wouldn't be able to find her,
Unexpectedly, she had been outsmarted by Yae.
Yae looked at Kamisato Ayaka and said with a chuckle, "Little One, Auntie is just helping you grow."
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