Inside the Serenitea Pot.
Stelle was having breakfast with everyone.
As Shenhe had said before, the Serenitea Pot had ingredients and a kitchen, and Cloud Retainer had even placed a mechanical cooking divine machine here.
Of course, this machine was not used, as Xiangling was present, and her cooking skills were self-evident.
Moreover, Xiangling preferred to cook herself rather than rely on machines.
So, breakfast was very rich. Stelle settled the Maid, and only entered the Serenitea Pot after she had fallen asleep.
What she saw was everyone sitting together, enjoying themselves.
So she naturally took a seat and had breakfast with everyone.
However, Hu Tao's first words almost made her lose her composure.
"I never thought, Stelle, that you could actually take care of someone during this time." Hu Tao looked at Stelle with admiration.
She couldn't believe that Stelle could actually take care of her own employee while she was sound asleep.
"Cough, cough, how did you… Oh right, Shenhe told you, didn't she?" Stelle coughed a few times before realizing.
After all, when everyone woke up in the morning and found her gone, they would definitely ask Shenhe.
It seemed Shenhe had answered truthfully.
"Mm." Shenhe nodded, acknowledging the matter.
"Speaking of Shenhe, Stelle, the way you tied those ropes was so artistic, amazing! Where did you learn that technique?" Hu Tao pressed.
She had never imagined that ropes tied to a person could be so—artistic.
"Uh, self-taught, self-taught… Anyway, when you go out later, please take care of that Maid for me. I have something to do." Stelle rubbed her head, saying awkwardly.
She had promised to accompany Keqing to study today. After all, serving tea and water, massaging shoulders and legs were also part of a secretary's job, and she couldn't break her word.
So she couldn't continue to take care of the other person like she did with Xinyan before. She could only entrust this matter to Hu Tao.
After all, the Maid was also Hu Tao's employee, so it was perfectly fitting for Hu Tao to handle it.
"I can't believe even such a crazy night couldn't satisfy you." Xinyan, sitting next to Stelle, took a sip of soup and then couldn't help but exclaim.
To be honest, although they had no resistance in front of Stelle, there were at least four of them, not to mention Shenhe, who could fight Stelle to a draw.
Despite all that, Stelle still managed to bring another person in the morning.
It was truly unexpected.
"If you had performed better last night, it might not have come to this." Stelle snorted lightly, then directly leaned in and snatched the soup from her mouth.
As a punishment for her insolence.
After last night, everyone had become immune to Stelle's occasional intimate gestures.
Although they still seemed a bit shy, they were at least much better than they were yesterday.
After all, they had experienced everything last night; this kind of scene was truly just a drop in the bucket.
After a long while, the two finally slowly separated.
"I, I already tried my best…" Xinyan said softly, her face red.
"Yes, yes, Xinyan was the most enthusiastic yesterday." Xiangling said with a smile.
"Wha, what do you mean I was the most enthusiastic? Keqing was, clearly."
"Me? No, no, no…" Keqing also wanted to argue, but her words were cut short by Hu Tao.
"Don't argue, everyone. Objectively speaking, the most enthusiastic person should be me." Hu Tao proudly puffed out her almost non-existent small chest.
Everyone's gaze fell on Hu Tao, then collectively shifted away.
"But Hu Tao is too weak; she basically can't do anything." Xiangling sighed and said.
"Yes, although she was enthusiastic, she was also the first to be eliminated." Keqing also nodded in agreement.
"That, that was a momentary mistake. Besides, before entering the Serenitea Pot, this Funeral Parlor Master had already sacrificed herself to weaken Stelle, otherwise, everyone might still be lying in bed right now."
Hu Tao would never admit that she was weak, but as for her so-called weakening… only the parties involved knew how effective it actually was.
Stelle looked at Hu Tao, silently recalling for a moment.
Hu Tao's so-called weakening was like eating a piece of fruit before a meal for her.
Completely useless.
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After leaving the Serenitea Pot, everyone went about their own business.
Shenhe did not come out, remaining in the Serenitea Pot to digest her cultivation. Xinyan and Xiangling stayed together at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, intending to help Hu Tao take care of the Maid.
Anyway, they didn't have anything to do for the time being. Chef Mao wouldn't be back during the day, so Xiangling only needed to return before nightfall.
As for Keqing, she was naturally preparing to go to work, and Stelle followed along.
They were currently walking on the streets of Liyue Harbor.
They were heading towards Yuehai Pavilion. Keqing's work on land infrastructure had come to an end, and she was supposed to be able to rest these days.
Of course, there was still a lot of work in Liyue Harbor, but the Qixing had different divisions of labor, and Keqing didn't take on all the work herself.
So she still had her deserved holidays, but Keqing had decided to read ancient texts to deepen her knowledge, so this holiday would probably not be very long.
Of course, Keqing was willing to do so, and having Stelle by her side was something she never even dared to dream of.
"Speaking of which, Lumine hasn't been back for a while, has she encountered some difficulties?" Keqing suddenly asked curiously.
"Lumine? Why are you suddenly asking about her?"
"She asked me to help put up missing person posters before, but I've been busy, so I handed the matter over to my subordinates…" Keqing pointed to the wall ahead.
Stelle looked over, and a missing person poster was crookedly hanging on the wall.
"I just realized they put up the missing person poster so perfunctorily." Keqing sighed.
"As long as people can see it… Lumine should be back by the day after tomorrow at the latest, right?" Stelle said, stroking her chin.
"Her letter to me mentioned that she got something called a 'Reminiscence Stone,' and she's currently trying to investigate clues."
"Reminiscence Stone?" Keqing had never heard of this item.
"Mm, it seems it can be embedded in the pillars in that area of Cuijue Slope. It's probably some kind of ancient mechanism, right?" Stelle said, somewhat unsure.
The various ruins in this world were very valuable for exploration, but also very troublesome.
For Lumine to stay there for so many days, it must not be a simple exploration and puzzle-solving.
However, she shouldn't encounter any danger. Stelle was quite confident in her.
"I see." Keqing nodded. "I wonder what she'll think when she comes back and sees that she has so many more 'sisters.'"
Although Keqing knew that as long as one became part of Stelle's harem, there would be no jealousy or dissatisfaction, she was still unsure what Lumine, who had been with Stelle for a long time, would think.
"This… she might be quite happy?" Stelle said with a strange expression.
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