Chapter 282

Why does it feel like you're looking at me like you're looking at a scumbag?

Seeing Jiang Yan’s confused look, Barbatos finally sighed.

"You really don't know..."

"Do you still remember Alice?"

Barbatos mentioned someone to Jiang Yan.

"Alice?"

He frowned, and a stunningly beautiful woman wearing shrine maiden attire suddenly appeared in his mind.

"I have some impression; didn't you tell me at the time that she was coming to Liyue, so I accompanied her for a tour."

Jiang Yan spoke, but he didn't know what this had to do with him?

He was just a chance acquaintance with the other party.

"Yeah, it's good that you know."

Barbatos’s next words made Jiang Yan unable to sit still.

"Alice, five years ago, sent back a child named Klee, and let Jean take care of her."

"At first, we didn't think anything of it, but that white-haired, pointed-eared elf appearance makes it hard for me not to associate her with you."

White hair and pointed ears?

Isn't Alice also white-haired and pointed-eared?

No, Alice’s hair seems to be milky yellow...

"So... what do you mean?"

Jiang Yan looked at Barbatos in disbelief.

"You're telling me that Alice sent back a child who has a blood relationship with me?"

"Specifically, that's how it is."

Barbatos nodded and said:

"I know you can't believe it either; at first, I didn't believe it either, but after I tested it."

"Even, I even used the Gnosis, but the test results all pointed in one direction."

"You, Jiang Yan, are that little girl’s biological father!"

Crack...

Beside Jiang Yan, the sound of a teacup shattering suddenly rang out.

Jiang Yan turned around abruptly.

He saw Ganyu sitting beside Jiang Yan, looking at him with a smile.

"Jiang Yan, can you tell me what exactly is going on?"

"What do you mean, you have another child outside?"

Ganyu looked at Jiang Yan with a smile, her expression "kind."

It scared Jiang Yan so much that he sobered up on the spot.

"I don't know!"

"I don't understand what the situation is now either!"

Jiang Yan was full of confusion and helplessness.

He has a child wandering in a foreign land?

Huh?

Are you kidding me?!

When Alice came here to travel twenty years ago, he really didn't do anything!

He didn't even hold the other party’s hand; how could I make someone give birth out of thin air?

Jiang Yan hurriedly explained the ins and outs of the matter to Ganyu.

After listening, Ganyu let out a deep breath.

Jiang Yan had told her about Alice’s arrival twenty years ago.

So Ganyu also felt that this matter had some suspicious points.

"Jiang Yan, did you really not have any intimate contact with that Ms. Alice?"

Ganyu looked at Jiang Yan, her eyes unblinking, trying to find some flaws in his expression.

But there was no other expression on Jiang Yan’s face, only a look of confusion.

At that time, he was afraid that Alice had some strange ideas, such as blowing up Tianqiu Valley and making a big hole to bury Hilichurls.

Because he was always guarding against the other party, Jiang Yan really didn't have any too intimate contact with her.

Besides, he knew the steps to having children.

There was no way he could have made a child with Alice!

No!

There is still a problem!

That child is named Klee!

In the previous life's plot, Klee’s father had always been an unsolved mystery.

But now, I, Jiang Yan, have inexplicably become Klee’s father?

That’s just ridiculous, okay?!

It couldn't be more ridiculous.

"It seems I can only go to Mondstadt to know the truth."

Jiang Yan’s eyes carried a complex look.

There was confusion, shock, doubt, and bewilderment.

Barbatos nodded, then picked up another bottle of wine and drank it down.

Anyway, the one with the headache is Jiang Yan, not him.

However, the fact that little Klee is Jiang Yan’s daughter is basically a settled matter.

After all, the information given by the Gnosis cannot be false.

"Do you need me to go with you?"

Ganyu asked softly from the side.

"Not yet, let me go and understand the situation first; to be honest, I'm still confused."

Jiang Yan clutched his head with a headache; suddenly receiving such information really numbed him.

He kept thinking about when he had had overly intimate contact with the other party.

Suddenly, a flash of memory crossed Jiang Yan’s mind.

That was what Alice did to him before she left.

She pulled out a few of his hairs, saying she needed to leave something behind.

Jiang Yan suddenly widened his eyes.

Leave something behind?!

So that’s it...

You really played a good game, Alice.

But there is one more point Jiang Yan doesn't understand.

Why, after giving birth to Klee, did Alice not hand the child directly to him to raise, but instead handed her over to Mondstadt?

Perhaps only by seeing Alice in person can he know the cause and effect of everything.

But before that, he must first confirm the matter of Klee.

Jiang Yan’s gaze looked towards Mondstadt, his eyes flickering constantly.

The next day.

Jiang Yan, who hadn't slept all night, after agreeing with Barbatos to go to Mondstadt together later.

Returned to Liyue with Jiang Xinyu, who was wearing a pair of large horn decorations, and other female family members.

That’s right, after Jiang Xinyu’s persistent efforts, the Adeptus Mountain Shaper finally used some small means to give Jiang Xinyu a pair of large horns he had once replaced.

After sending everyone back to Liyue Harbor, Jiang Yan found a place with no one around and directly opened a portal to Qingce Village.

Barbatos sat on a tree at the entrance of Qingce Village, shaking his slender legs wearing white socks, holding a wine jar from last night that he hadn't finished.

"Is everything done?"

Seeing Jiang Yan’s arrival, the tipsy Barbatos asked with a smile.

Jiang Yan nodded, then looked at Barbatos, who had taken another gulp of wine, and frowned slightly.

"You guy, why did you start drinking in the morning."

"Normal, normal, hahahaha."

Jiang Yan’s words didn't affect Barbatos’s pace of drinking at all.

But it’s not surprising, after all, it’s Barbatos.

Jiang Yan wouldn't feel strange about anything happening to him.

"Alright, let's go."

Jiang Yan leaped up, came to the tree, and reached out his hand to Barbatos.

"I have to go and confirm the matter of Klee first."

"Oh my, it’s early in the morning, what are you in such a hurry for."

Barbatos didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

After all, Klee is already used to life in Mondstadt, so it seems there is no difference whether Jiang Yan goes early or late.

"Why do you have so much nonsense?"

Seeing that Barbatos still wanted to drink for a while, Jiang Yan simply pulled Barbatos up, and then the portal opened abruptly.

"Don't, don't, don't, descending into Mondstadt like this is too shameful!"

Barbatos struggled to break free from Jiang Yan’s hand, then stood up straight.

"Hehe, you still know shame?"

Jiang Yan glanced at Barbatos indifferently.

This guy, it’s fortunate that he hid his identity and walked among the people as the bard Venti.

Otherwise, Mondstadt’s face would probably have been lost by this guy.

"Ehe!"

Barbatos tried to get by with cuteness.

"Alright, don't play dumb with me."

Jiang Yan pulled Barbatos and walked into the portal.

In the suburbs outside Mondstadt, a portal opened abruptly.

Jiang Yan dragged Barbatos out.

"Oh, slow down!"

Barbatos muttered with dissatisfaction.

"I'm not blind."

"That's not the point of being blind or not!"

Jiang Yan said angrily.

Then, he let go of the hand dragging Barbatos and looked at the Mondstadt city in front of him.

"Hmm..."

It has indeed been a while since he came to Mondstadt.

It’s still the same as before, no changes...

Jiang Yan looked at the city in front of him and then glanced at Barbatos beside him.

"If you managed things even a little bit, Mondstadt would definitely be much more prosperous than it is now."

"Managing things is impossible, it's impossible to manage things in this life."

Barbatos said with a smile.

"Only by drinking wine and writing poems can I maintain my life~"

"After all, Mondstadt is a city of freedom; being managed by a god, isn't that a lack of freedom?"

Barbatos’s tone carried a bit of indifference.

He is indeed not a god who likes to manage a country.

"Besides, how many years has it been since I appeared in front of the people of Mondstadt? I guess they might not even believe in the Anemo Archon anymore."

Hearing Barbatos’s words, Jiang Yan rolled his eyes on the spot.

Hehe!

Not believing in the Anemo Archon?!

What kind of bragging are you doing here?

As everyone knows, in Mondstadt, even the dogs on the side of the road will say "May the Anemo Archon bless you."

What kind of weak god are you pretending to be with me?

"Hmm... so now, where is Klee?"

Jiang Yan was just about to open his cosmic perception to take a look, but he heard Barbatos’s voice.

"That child, I remember she was grounded by Jean yesterday or the day before for going to Starfell Lake to fish-blast."

"She probably hasn't been let out yet, right?"

"Eh? Was it the day before... or yesterday..."

"Hmm... snore... snore..."

As Barbatos spoke, he suddenly started snoring.

Jiang Yan looked at him speechlessly.

No, let’s just say.

He just fell asleep while talking?

Ignoring the unconscious Barbatos, Jiang Yan, after sensing that Klee was indeed in the Knights of Favonius’s solitary confinement room, lifted his leg and walked towards Mondstadt.

It’s just as well to take a look at the scenery of Mondstadt; after all, it’s been a while since he came.

He has to pretend to be a proper tourist~

After all, he is just an ordinary person now.