Chapter 697

"I'm afraid that's not possible. This reward is in my mind and cannot be expressed.

Besides, building a statue requires a huge amount of money…"

Zhongli said, shaking his head slightly.

He knew all too well how strapped for cash this old friend of his was.

Having even a little Mora on him would already be considered pretty good.

So there was simply no way to build that statue.

Only he could do it.

After all, he had the Northland Bank No. 02 backing him up.

"You didn't have to add that last part…"

Venti's mouth twitched.

So what if he had no money?

Wasn't it because he had two pets to feed?

As for the information Zhongli mentioned being unspeakable, he wasn't all that surprised.

From Venti's observations over this period of time,

he had discovered that most of Boss Han's rewards could only be used by the recipient themselves.

Only a very small portion could be traded privately.

Probably to avoid disputes over them.

"Fine, I'll come take a look at this manga tomorrow. It's called *Ultraman Tiga*, right?"

Venti sighed.

Since he couldn't get in from the outside, he could only set his sights on the manga.

If the old man could obtain the Ultraman statue manufacturing technique from there,

then it meant there was definitely a complete statue inside.

Hehe,

maybe with a bit of luck he'd just pull one straight out?

That way he wouldn't have to spend any effort and could freeload a statue!

Rounding up, that was earning several billion Mora!

But right now he still had another important matter,

which was to study that mouth organ.

Otherwise he might not be able to use it for tomorrow's storytelling.

Thinking of this, Venti directly bade Han Feng farewell and left.

"Boss Han, I still need to go study that statue, so I'll take my leave too!"

Seeing Venti leave, Zhongli said with a faint smile.

He was in a very good mood right now.

Not only had he obtained the reward of the Ultraman statue manufacturing technique,

he had also met a friend from many years past who had fallen.

Today's trip hadn't been wasted.

"Welcome to come again next time!"

Han Feng nodded slightly.

"Master, these two probably aren't ordinary people, right?"

After Venti and Zhongli left, Lady Keqing sidled up to Han Feng's ear and asked curiously.

She had some understanding of these two's information as well.

One was a famous bard from Mondstadt,

the other was a consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in Liyue.

Originally, Lady Keqing had thought so.

But once she thought about how they actually knew Raiden Makoto, that Thunder God,

then the situation was clearly different.

It meant these two's identities were definitely not ordinary.

This made Lady Keqing a little curious.

"Guess?"

Han Feng smiled faintly.

He wasn't the type to gossip either.

Raiden Makoto's situation was special, so saying it wouldn't matter much.

But both Zhongli and Venti had "retired."

It was better to let them keep living this kind of life.

Of course,

if Lady Keqing or someone else happened to discover their identities by accident,

that would be another matter entirely.

"Hmph, then I'll go look it up myself when I get back!"

Lady Keqing puffed out her cheeks a little unhappily.

Her face instantly went round, like a little sulk-ball.

GLOSSARY:

【Han Feng, Zhongli, Venti, Lady Keqing, Raiden Makoto, Mondstadt, Liyue, Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Ultraman Tiga, Northland Bank No. 02】

It looks absolutely adorable.

Even Han Feng couldn't resist reaching out to give it a rub.

Mmh!

The feel of it is really nice!

"D-don't do that, someone's here!"

Feeling the light touch on her cheek, Lady Keqing lowered her head, overcome with shyness.

"Ahem, I didn't see a thing!"

Seeing this, Noelle cleverly turned her body around.

Is this something a little maid like her should be watching?

Not only should she not watch,

she also has to keep lookout for her boss.

"No one's here now!"

Han Feng smiled slightly and reached out to keep rubbing.

Looking at Lady Keqing's utterly shy expression, he was amazed in his heart as well.

This cat-transformation ability is way too terrifying!

It could actually change Lady Keqing's personality like this?!

Where is even a trace of the Yuheng Star's decisive, capable demeanor?

This blushing, wronged-puppy look — if word got out, it would absolutely drop people's jaws.

Probably even Lady Ningguang wouldn't expect this, right?

What Han Feng didn't know was,

when Lady Keqing first underwent the cat-transformation, she had already witnessed it.

She was even the first to try it out with her own hands.

"Mmh…"

Lady Keqing answered softly.

Under the influence of the cat-transformation ability, she now had no awareness of refusing her "master."

And so, blushing, she let Han Feng "ravage" her.

……

On the other side.

In the discussion area.

Chongyun had also finished reading the comic by now.