Could my feeling have been wrong?
Thinking this, Shenhe's gaze once again fell upon the young man called Kaito.
Honestly, she hadn't paid much attention to him. Just now, her focus had been entirely drawn to the girl named Wendy.
But even now that she had noticed him, she still felt he was just an ordinary person.
It couldn't be helped; she truly couldn't sense anything different about this young man.
Is it just me?
After much thought, Shenhe could only conclude this.
She knew that if the power gap between two people was too great, and one of them had no intention of revealing their strength, the other person would be unable to perceive this fact.
Applying that to her situation, it was very likely she was the weaker one.
But as for whether that was truly the case, she didn't know for sure at the moment.
"Why do you keep staring? Don't tell me you two already know each other?"
Just as Shenhe was pondering these things, she suddenly heard Kiana's voice and quickly came back to her senses, averting her gaze from the young man.
"No, we just met."
Hearing Kiana's words, Kaito seemed to rush to explain.
They...
It seems they're in that kind of relationship...
Silently observing the scene before her, Shenhe finally confirmed her earlier suspicion.
But if that's the case, then this young man is definitely not an ordinary person.
After all, the Lord had said before that Kiana was not a god, nor a demon god, and certainly not human. Therefore, this young man couldn't be as simple as an ordinary person either.
"I just brought Shenhe over to see your companions, Miss Kiana."
Seeing that Miss Kiana had asked, Zhongli explained the matter a bit more clearly.
"See my companions?"
Not expecting Zhongli to be here for such a reason, Kiana was also a little surprised.
She had originally thought Shenhe was here to ask about what happened in the abode, but it turned out that wasn't the case.
"Yes, she thought your companions were all as strong as you, so I brought her to see for herself."
Nodding, Zhongli explained again.
However, now that Kiana had come out, he actually had another purpose, which was to ask about the incident inside Cloud Retainer's abode.
Although he could roughly guess her purpose, he still intended to ask for a clear answer.
Of course, he couldn't ask directly here.
"Oh." After listening, Kiana let out an "oh," looking a bit bored. Then she continued, "Well, I'm heading back in. Take your time looking around."
After speaking, Kiana turned and walked towards the house.
"Miss Kiana."
Before she had taken more than a few steps, Shenhe suddenly called out to stop Kiana.
In response, Kiana stopped and turned back to look at her.
"Did you really not do anything in my master's abode?"
Regarding this question, Shenhe still wanted to know the answer.
In her heart, she still felt that Kiana must have done something inside the abode; otherwise, she wouldn't have appeared there in the first place.
"I already told you, I didn't do anything."
Looking a little impatient, Kiana turned to leave again right after saying this.
She really couldn't understand why Shenhe didn't believe her. How could someone as cute as her not be trustworthy?
"Since Miss Kiana has said so, then she must not have done anything. Shenhe, you shouldn't worry about it too much."
Seeing Miss Kiana's impatience, Zhongli also said this to Shenhe.
He knew that with Miss Kiana's power, there was no need for her to do anything in Cloud Retainer's abode.
Just as he had guessed earlier, Miss Kiana had likely appeared in Cloud Retainer's abode deliberately, simply to make Cloud Retainer come and ask him about certain matters.
"Kiana... she didn't do anything to you, did she?"
Turning his head to look at the departing Kiana, Kaito asked Zhongli, looking a bit surprised.
Of course, he knew what had happened, but from his perspective, he was clearly supposed to be unaware of the situation.
"Don't worry, my young friend Kaito. Miss Kiana was just wandering around and accidentally ended up in Shenhe's master's abode."
Not expecting that Kaito was also unaware of what Miss Kiana had done, Zhongli fabricated a reason for him.
Just wandering around?
It doesn't seem like it at all...
Glancing at the Lord, Shenhe thought this silently to herself.
But even so, she didn't say anything.
After all, since the Lord had spoken, it meant he had his own considerations.
"I see." Kaito nodded as if in sudden realization.
"Then we'll be leaving now."
"Let me see you out."
A while later.
"Lor—... Sir, that young man..."
"He is Miss Wendy's and Miss Kiana's boyfriend. As for Miss Lumine, I'm not certain, but I presume so as well."
Walking with Shenhe on the streets of Liyue, Zhongli preemptively answered her question.
He knew that Shenhe definitely wanted to ask this question.
After all, he himself had been quite shocked when he first learned of it.
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