Chapter 279

The day of the Lantern Rite.

This is a festival that has been constant in Liyue for thousands of years.

Not only to commemorate those who passed away because of the war back then.

It is also to celebrate the birth of a new year.

Ganyu got up early; today she needed to finish the remaining unfinished work with Guizhong, and then go to Qingce Village with Jiang Yan.

Not long after Ganyu left, Jiang Yan also got up.

Jiang Xinyu was on holiday today and didn't go to school, so she was sitting at home tidying up.

She knew that every time the Lantern Rite came, her dad and moms would take her to another place to celebrate the festival.

Together with those uncles and aunts who were on good terms with her dad and moms.

After a simple breakfast, Jiang Yan and the others were still tidying up when there was a sudden knock on the door.

“Little Yu, go open the door.”

Jiang Yan said to Jiang Xinyu outside while washing up in the bathroom.

“Okay!”

Jiang Xinyu came to the door and opened it.

She saw a young man carrying a birdcage standing at the door.

“Uncle Zhong!”

Seeing the visitor, Jiang Xinyu smiled and called out sweetly.

“Mm, Xinyu is dressed very beautifully today.”

Zhongli looked at Jiang Xinyu’s outfit for the day and nodded with a smile.

“Hehehe, after all, it’s the Lantern Rite, so I have to dress up beautifully.”

“Uncle Zhong, come in and sit first; Dad is still washing up.”

“Okay.”

Zhongli agreed, carrying the birdcage in his hand, and walked into the house.

“Yo, Mo... Old Zhong, you came so early today?”

Jiang Yan walked out of the bathroom and saw the visitor; the words "Morax" almost slipped out.

But suddenly remembering that Jiang Xinyu was also here, Jiang Yan swallowed the words back into his mouth.

There was no way; having called this old guy Morax for thousands of years, suddenly changing to call him Zhongli was really hard to adapt to for a while.

“Hehe, mm, nothing to do today, so I came a bit early.”

Zhongli chuckled, and the thrush in the birdcage in front of him made a pleasant sound.

“Ya, a new face, where did you get it?”

Jiang Yan looked at the thrush in Zhongli’s birdcage and said with surprise.

This old guy’s eye is indeed vicious.

This kind of thrush is really rare.

“Hmph, I have unique insights in this regard.”

Zhongli said with a smile, as if showing off.

Jiang Yan rubbed his chin, as if observing.

Jiang Yan looked like he was observing.

In fact, he was thinking about how to use a kind of.

Reasonable.

Legal.

A way that the old guy couldn't refuse.

To snatch the thrush in front of him.

“Don’t even think about it, that’s not possible.”

Zhongli’s calm voice sounded; Jiang Yan looked up and saw Zhongli looking at him with a playful gaze.

As an old friend of thousands of years, how could Zhongli not know what Jiang Yan was thinking.

Hehe.

To put it bluntly.

Jiang Yan could stick his butt out, and Morax would know what Jiang Yan was going to poop!

“Damn, how did you guess it?!”

Jiang Yan widened his eyes, unable to believe it.

Zhongli smiled mysteriously without saying a word.

“A-Yan, we’re all ready, shall we go?”

At this time, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, Raiden Makoto, Raiden Ei, Kitsune Saiguu, and the others all walked down, each dressed very exquisitely.

“Greetings, Mr. Zhong.”

The ladies also nodded with a smile after seeing Zhongli.

Zhongli also nodded in acknowledgment.

They all knew each other’s identities.

After all, at the gathering of the Seven Archons, they met in human form.

However, because Jiang Xinyu was present, Raiden Makoto, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and the others didn't call the other party Morax or Lord Geo Archon.

Like Jiang Yan, they all called him by his pseudonym, Zhongli.

“Okay, since everyone is ready, let’s go!”

Jiang Yan stood up with a smile, and at the same time, silently picked up the birdcage in front of him.

Unfortunately, Zhongli had been prepared for this trick long ago.

Zhongli grabbed Jiang Yan’s hand and reached out to take back the birdcage.

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t be so stingy~”

Jiang Yan pouted unhappily.

“Heh, once it’s in your hands, can it ever be taken back?”

Zhongli’s calm sentence made Jiang Yan successfully shut his mouth.

This made sense.

Jiang Yan was speechless.

“Sigh, I didn't expect that there wouldn't even be this basic trust between us brothers.”

Jiang Yan sighed, his tone filled with some sadness.

Raiden Makoto, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and the other ladies looked at the two old guys bickering and all smiled.

“Alright, alright, let’s go, let’s go pick up Ganyu and Guizhong.”

Jiang Yan opened the door and led everyone out.

At this time, the streets were full of festive colors.

Children wore new clothes, holding sugar figures or toys, running happily on the street.

This day.

This busy city fell into a brief rest; everyone stopped their busyness and focused on accompanying their families to spend this beautiful festival.

When Jiang Yan led everyone to the entrance of Yuehai Pavilion.

At this time, Ganyu and Guizhong were already standing there waiting for Jiang Yan.

“Mom, Auntie!”

Seeing them from afar, Jiang Xinyu waved at them and ran quickly toward them.

“Ya! Little Xinyu!”

Guizhong looked at Jiang Xinyu running toward them, immediately opened her arms to hug her, and kept rubbing her exquisite cheeks against Jiang Xinyu’s pink, tender face.

“Mm~ Auntie, so itchy!”

Jiang Xinyu laughed, looking very happy.

“Are things all handled?”

Jiang Yan walked up and asked Ganyu.

“Mm, they’re all handled.”

Ganyu nodded and stood by Jiang Yan’s side.

“I say, you guys are too late; Ganyu and I have been waiting here for a long time.”

Guizhong held Jiang Xinyu, looked at Jiang Yan, her tone filled with resentment.

“Hahaha, then you really can’t blame me for this; you have to ask Zhongli.”

Jiang Yan laughed and, without a second thought, threw the blame onto Zhongli’s face.

Zhongli: ？？？？

What does it have to do with me?!

“Oh?”

Guizhong looked at Zhongli, and the birdcage Zhongli was carrying at the moment.

Zhongli: ...

Damn Jiang Yan!

Can you be any more capable of slandering people?!

“Alright, alright, we didn't wait too long.”

Ganyu started to act as a peacemaker.

“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go to Qingce Village.”

“Let’s go!”

They left as soon as they said so; a few people chatted while walking toward Qingce Village.

Of course, they definitely wouldn't walk there this time.

After all, Qingce Village is too far from Liyue Harbor; walking there would take two weeks.

So, after Jiang Xinyu, Ganyu, Guizhong, and the other ladies got into the carriage, Jiang Yan sat in front of the carriage, sitting with Zhongli.

“Are you ready? The carriage is about to start!”

Jiang Yan said with a smile to the carriage behind him.

“Oh, Dad is so long-winded, let’s go, let’s go.”

“Mom, why do we have to pull the curtain? Isn't it good to look at the scenery?”

“Little Yu, be good; there’s a lot of dust when the carriage moves, so it’s better to close the curtain.”

“Little Yu, come here, Auntie has a lot of things she wants to chat with you about!”

“Okay~”

Listening to Guizhong, Ganyu, and the others successfully handle Jiang Xinyu, Jiang Yan also smiled slightly and said to Zhongli:

“Let’s go?”

“Mm.”

Zhongli nodded and quietly grabbed the reins of the horses.

Seeing that Zhongli was ready, Jiang Yan raised his hand, and the Space Gem suddenly lit up.

A portal opened suddenly in front of the two.

Zhongli flicked the reins, and the two horses in front neighed and pulled the carriage toward the portal quickly.

Qingce Village.

Not far from Qingce Village, a portal opened slowly.

Then, the figure of the carriage appeared suddenly.

“Hahaha, Qingce Village, I, Jiang Yan, am back!”

Jiang Yan looked at Qingce Village close at hand and made a loud sound.

Zhongli looked at this eye-catching person of Liyue beside him and held his forehead with a headache.

This guy, can’t he make a smaller sound?

It’s fortunate that there’s no one around, otherwise, it would probably cause a crowd to watch.

Arriving at the entrance of Qingce Village, he saw a two-and-a-half-meter-tall strong man tinkering with something at the entrance.

“Azhdaha!”

Jiang Yan waved at the strong man.