“Hmm?
Wow, Kuaixue, is this your older sister or younger sister?” Xiangling noticed Keqing standing next to Kuaixue, looking like she was printed from the same mold.
“Older sister.
Keqing.” Thanks to Miss Kuaixue’s perfunctory introduction.
“Hello, I am Kuaixue’s good friend, my name is Xiangling.
This is my good partner—Guoba.” Compared to Kuaixue’s crude introduction, Xiangling’s self-introduction was as enthusiastic as a ball of fire.
Right beside his feet, an unidentified creature resembling a young bear, “Guoba,” also raised both hands and made a “rururu” sound to indicate welcome.
However, at this moment, Keqing’s mind was scrambled into a ball of tangled yarn by astonishment: “Who am I?” “Where am I?” “Kuaixue has friends?” The brain’s overload operation directly caused Keqing to make an unintelligible sound of “aba aba.” “Hey, come back.” Kuaixue on the side called out for Keqing to snap out of it.
“Ah?
Oh oh, are you really Kuaixue’s friend?” Keqing still dared not believe it.
“Mm, yeah, Older Sister Keqing.” Xiangling was only 9 years old, so naturally she had to call Keqing older sister.
Keqing looked back and forth between Xiangling and Kuaixue for a full three rounds, and asked uncertainly once more: “Real friends?” “Keqing, even someone like me will have one or two friends.” However, Kuaixue’s feeble defense could not convince Keqing.
It wasn’t until Xiangling nodded in confirmation once again that Keqing couldn’t help but cry tears of joy: “That Kuaixue, that good-for-nothing shut-in Xue has finally made friends, Mom and Dad, you can rest easy.” “Our mom and dad aren’t dead yet.” Kuaixue retorted.
“Pay no attention to my clowning Keqing, are there still seats?” “Oh, yes, yes, you came late, the table of guests in front just left a few minutes ago.” Luck was pretty good.
Because Keqing spent a lot of time lining up to buy the limited-edition Archon clay figurine, when the two sisters arrived at Wanmin Restaurant it was already close to seven o’clock.
Even for Wanmin Restaurant, there weren’t many people eating at this time.
“Give us a Jade Parcels, and Dragon Beard Noodles, with the ingredients the usual way.
Keqing, you want Golden Shrimp Balls, right?” “Ah, mm.” “And another portion of Golden Shrimp Balls.
Keqing, see what else you want to eat.” “Mm…
Let’s have a small portion of Crystal Shrimp.” “Alrighty, the two honored guests please wait a moment.” After noting down the dish names, Xiangling headed towards the kitchen.
“Kuaixue, do you often come here?” “Considered often, I suppose.
Every month on the new book release day of Wanwen Bookhouse, I’ll drop by here to eat.” “By the way?
Feiyun Slope and Chihu Rock have quite a distance between them, and you call this by the way?” Keqing wore an expression of “Who are you trying to kid, confess honestly right now.” “Ahem, my purse is a bit tight.” It turned out that most of Kuaixue’s pocket money was spent on buying books, and the remaining money was simply not enough to splurge at a restaurant in Feiyun Slope.
Having no other choice, she could only walk a bit further to Chihu Rock to satisfy her cravings.
After eating over at Chihu Rock for a long time, naturally she became a regular diner of Wanmin Restaurant.
There was no help for it; Wanmin Restaurant offered high quality at low prices, deserving to be called the top restaurant in Chihu Rock.
As for the enthusiastic Xiangling, she was very interested in this pretty older sister close to her own age—Kuaixue.
Especially upon hearing Kuaixue’s unique insights into Wanmin Restaurant’s dishes and some refreshing culinary creativity, it made Xiangling feel even more that she had found a kindred spirit.
Just like that, Xiangling pestered Kuaixue until they became friends, one of Kuaixue’s few friends.
“I see, you really.” Hearing Kuaixue’s explanation, Keqing immediately felt somewhat speechless at Kuaixue’s book-obsessed personality and laughable behavior.
“Hehe.” Kuaixue scratched her head and smiled awkwardly.
“But Older Sister Keqing, let me tell you, Kuaixue’s insights on cooking are truly special.
Every time I finish listening to what she says, I always get a ‘Pika’ feeling.” Xiangling, having finished his busywork by then, also came over to smooth things over.
“Just like Kuaixue, call me Keqing will do.
This…
‘Pika’ you mentioned is?” ” ‘Pika’ is just ‘Pika’, right?” Kuaixue’s old habit of making wisecracks and teasing Keqing relapsed again.
“Right.” “Sigh, whatever.
Xiangling, please take good care of my younger sister from now on.
This child Kuaixue is really quite worrisome.” “Hey hey hey, Keqing, how am I worrisome?
Xiangling, you tell him.” “Ah, this…” Xiangling was quite self-aware regarding Kuaixue’s usual behavior, but simply didn’t want to make her lose face in front of her older sister.
In his heart, he quickly thought of Kuaixue’s reliable points, but unfortunately couldn’t think of any.
“Xiangling, the dishes are ready, come over and serve them quickly.” “Coming, coming.
Keqing, Kuaixue, your dishes are ready, I’ll go get them.” Xiangling felt immensely relieved and hurriedly escaped the scene.
“Pfft…” Keqing accidentally laughed out loud.
“Keqing…” “Kuaixue, I just suddenly remembered a happy thing.” “You are laughing at me.” “How could that be?
Kuaixue, I am your older sister after all, how could I laugh at you?” “You are still laughing at me.” “Pfft hahaha.” “You’ve been laughing at me the whole time, you haven’t stopped at all!”