Sara quickly persuaded Barbara's enthusiastic fans to leave.
Holding a small bottle of milk Sara had given her, Barbara entered the Good Hunter restaurant.
There were only a few scattered customers inside.
Before she could attract attention, Barbara quickly ran upstairs.
Then she yawned.
Because she had spent the entire night treating injured people in the cathedral, she hadn't rested much.
Early this morning she had also gone out to observe Mondstadt's disaster situation.
She opened the small bag hanging diagonally from her slender waist—along with her Vision—and rummaged through it.
A troubled expression appeared on her cute face.
"I actually forgot to bring my spicy drink."
Barbara took out two packs of spicy dried fish snacks, but she didn't feel like eating them.
So she put them back.
She sat in a chair, bored, slowly drinking milk.
Sleepiness soon overwhelmed her.
"Big Brother Jiang Chen must be sleeping in again, right?"
Barbara walked toward the attic very naturally.
She opened the master bedroom door.
Jiang Chen was sleeping soundly in bed.
"Even when sleeping, Big Brother Jiang Chen looks so handsome."
Barbara murmured.
She quietly walked in and placed her Vision and bag on the table.
After glancing once more at the sleeping man, she yawned again.
She kicked off her black dress shoes.
Then she knelt on the expensive carpet beside the bed, resting her head against the soft mattress.
Soon, she fell asleep.
At that moment, Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes.
He glanced at Barbara's sleeping face.
Even in sleep she looked a little pained, her small hand gripping the bedsheet.
"This girl… is she really that exhausted?"
Jiang Chen gently stroked her head.
After thinking for a moment, he lifted her onto the bed beside him and pulled the blanket over her.
Barbara's breathing became soft.
The painful expression gradually faded into peaceful calm.
Noon
After sleeping well, Jiang Chen woke up feeling refreshed.
The first thing he saw was Barbara beside him, which immediately put him in a good mood.
Even though she was still sleeping.
Jiang Chen didn't wake her.
He guessed the dragon disaster yesterday must have caused many injuries.
Barbara's level was only Lv5.
If she repeatedly used Hydro healing on wounded people, it would exhaust her greatly.
"Maybe I should bring her along to level up sometime."
"Having a healer would make things smoother."
Jiang Chen thought while washing up.
But Barbara was a church priestess, so she rarely left the city.
Even if she did, she returned quickly.
If he wanted to bring her on adventures, he would first have to deal with the Church of Favonius.
After coming downstairs—
Paimon flew in.
"Jiang Chen! You finally woke up! What a lazy bum!"
Even though being lazy was one of her own life goals, seeing someone else do it so easily annoyed her.
Lumine also stared at him.
She wanted to see whether he would feel embarrassed.
But Jiang Chen obviously wouldn't blush over something like that.
"Did you two eat lunch yet?"
he asked.
"No."
Lumine shook her head.
"Yep! We came back with empty stomachs on purpose!"
"No matter what food it is, when Jiang Chen cooks it, it tastes completely different!"
"Even though we ate so much last night, the pizza yesterday afternoon was still better!"
Paimon praised excitedly like a food critic.
Jiang Chen had heard compliments like this countless times and wasn't moved.
"That's just because I've seen more cuisines and know how to improve flavors."
He glanced at the day's ingredients.
In an instant he decided what to cook.
He cleaned goldfish grass, tofu, and lotus pods, then added them to a pot.
The fragrance of goldfish grass balanced the bitterness of lotus pods.
Soft tofu was added for texture.
Together with several common seasonings—
This created a very common Teyvat home dish:
"Pearl Jade White Soup."
Of course, ordinary households usually replaced goldfish grass and lotus pods with cheaper vegetables.
Those two ingredients were quite expensive.
Next came a Cold Meat Platter.
One of Good Hunter's signature dishes.
Equal portions of:
Good Hunter specialty sausage
Wild boar bacon from Wolvendom
Air-dried ham cured by Mondstadt's winds
All arranged neatly on a plate.
With Mist Flower ice crystals added to keep the meat cold and juicy.
It was heaven for meat lovers.
Paired with the freshly cooked Pearl Jade White Soup.
Paimon stared at the dishes with drool almost falling.
She immediately took a bite of meat and gulped down some soup.
Her eyes sparkled with joy.
"It's amazing!"
Paimon spun around happily.
"Mm."
Lumine nodded as well.
She ate politely in small bites—but very quickly.
"This was also the boss's invention."
Sara came upstairs for lunch after finishing serving customers.
"Cold meat with hot vegetable soup."
"You can eat until you're completely full without feeling greasy."
Sara explained.
Jiang Chen remembered something from yesterday.
"Sara, I'll give you a new soup recipe."
"Prepare it before 7 PM every day so Mona can take it home."
"Thank you, boss!"
Sara excitedly hugged him.
She didn't care who it was for.
The important thing was she had learned a new recipe.
"Ahem."
Lumine coughed lightly.
Sara realized she had gotten too excited and tapped her own head before sitting down again.
Only then did Lumine speak:
"Jiang Chen, Acting Grand Master Jean wants us to visit."
"Probably to thank us."
Jiang Chen said.
"Let's go together later."
"Maybe we'll even get some rewards or compensation."
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