Genshin Impact: After Getting Married, Something Changed in My Body Chapter 212 - 25 – My Mouth Is Swollen!

"Seriously…" Keqing rolled her eyes at Ryou, then suddenly froze as she felt sothing.

She lowered her head, her whole face burning. "Don't you dare ss around."

"I'm not ssing around." Ryou pulled her a little closer. "You're the one overthinking it, Keqing."

"I-I am not!" Keqing's voice was already shaking.

"Keqing." Ryou gently stroked her, then heard the doorbell ring.

"N-No!" Keqing lifted her head and glared at him. "This is the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"

"I an… I did agree to let you bully here, but it's still dayti. If anyone finds out, I'll never be able to face anyone again."

"You're not allowed to bully !"

"Or… or I'll bite you to death!"

"Keqing, I was just going to say my father is almost here."

Ryou pinched Keqing's pretty cheek and felt the heat in his hand. He smiled. "Keqing, are you…"

"Mmph!"

Keqing covered his mouth. "I-I am not!"

"Hmph."

"I can barely spoil you enough. Why would I bully you?" Ryou rubbed her head.

"Ryou…" Keqing stopped arguing and hugged him tightly.

She nuzzled against his chest. "Who are we visiting this ti?"

"I don't know either. My father didn't really tell ." Ryou shook his head.

"Eh? You don't know?" Keqing sounded a little annoyed.

"My father didn't tell . How would I know?"

"That's true… Then what should we prepare as a gift?"

Keqing looked up at him.

"I grew quite a lot of fruit. Look."

Ryou took out strawberries, waterlons, and several other fruits.

"They're all infused with Adeptal energy. They taste great, and they can even help people live longer. These are more than enough as gifts. No need to spend a fortune buying anything else."

"That makes sense."

Keqing picked up a strawberry and took a bite. The taste surprised her right away.

The fruit was not just sweet and fresh. It was large, full, and satisfying to eat. It felt like a real treat.

Ryou watched her eat the strawberry and smiled. He picked one up. "Keqing, you're actually doing it wrong."

"What?" Keqing looked at him.

"I said you're eating it wrong. Strawberries shouldn't be eaten like that."

"If you eat them that way, you won't get the deeper flavor."

"Eh? There are rules for eating this too?" Keqing stared at him. "Then how are you supposed to eat it?"

"Watch."

Ryou held the strawberry between his lips.

Keqing looked confused. Wasn't that just the normal way to eat fruit?

Before she could react, Ryou leaned in and fed the strawberry to her with his mouth.

This strawberry really was incredibly sweet. But this ti, the sweetness was not only on her tongue. It sank deeper, as if even her heart had turned a little sweeter.

It did taste better than the one before.

Keqing rolled her eyes at Ryou, but it took her a good while to finish that one strawberry.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

Ryou held her tighter and laughed. "Keqing, I didn't lie to you."

"Didn't you feel it? The sweetness wasn't just in the taste. It ca from the heart."

"Wow. Thank you so much." Keqing rolled her eyes again.

"Hehe, no need to be so polite. There are still a few more. I'll feed you."

Ryou bit another strawberry.

"No, I don't… Mmph…!"

Before Keqing could finish speaking, Ryou fed her several more strawberries.

After eating a few, Keqing sohow felt like the strawberries had gone soft.

She wanted to push Ryou away. That sweet, sticky taste was too much after a while.

Only later did she realize it.

It was not that she could not handle the sweetness. It was that Ryou had kissed her until she went weak.

Just then, Keqing seed to hear sothing. "S-Stop feeding . Soone's here!"

"Co in," Ryou said.

Ryou saw his father walk in and quickly stood up. "Father, you're here."

"Are you two ready?"

"We can leave for Qingce Village now."

Ryou's father glanced at Ryou and Keqing, but sothing felt off to him.

"Father, what is it?" Keqing noticed him staring and looked confused.

Was there sothing on her face?

"Keqing, what happened to your lips?" Ryou's father asked.

"My lips?" Keqing was puzzled.

Ryou looked at Keqing's lips and finally understood why his father had been staring.

He had fed her too many strawberries just now, and her lips were red and a little swollen.

Ryou coughed. "Father, Keqing had a small allergic reaction to sothing she ate."

"I'll put so dicine on it later. It's nothing serious."

Keqing imdiately understood.

Ryou had kissed her lips swollen.

When she saw Ryou's father look at her again, his gaze was no longer confused. It had turned a little strange.

Keqing lowered her head, her whole face burning. She wanted to disappear.

It was all Ryou's fault. This man had embarrassed her again!

Ryou's father looked at the young couple and could tell they had definitely been making out in the office.

He had originally wanted to ask what kind of allergy this was, but when he saw Keqing lowering her head, he swallowed the question.

"Even if this is your office, you should still watch yourselves a little."

"Okay," Ryou said.

"I know," Keqing said quietly.

"Brat, what's going on with Keqing and Ningguang?"

Ryou's father looked at Ryou instead of Keqing.

"Yanfei brought the matter to Yuehai Pavilion today."

"If it had been anyone else, I could've helped you keep it quiet."

"But she knows the law."

"Brat, I told you last ti to make peace with Yanfei, and you refused."

"Now look. She's watching you."

"Father, it's not a big deal."

Ryou held Keqing close. "Keqing worked so hard for so long and barely got any chance to rest."

"This is a good chance for her to take a break. I was thinking of taking her sowhere in a while so she can relax."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ryou's father glared at him. "Keqing has only been temporarily removed from that position. She'll be reinstated soon."

"Oh." Keqing nodded.

"What a sha," Ryou said.

"What are you calling a sha, brat?"

Ryou's father glared at him again. "All right, pack up and co with ."

"And listen. When we get there, behave yourself."

"If this goes well, even if sothing like this happens again, you won't need to worry about it."

"Sotis there are things even I can't help you with. Only those people can."

"Father, who are these people?" Ryou asked.

"So old figures. You could say they're from the previous generation of the Liyue Qixing, or from major forces in Liyue Harbor."

"Their connections run much deeper than our family's."

Ryou's father looked at him. "So be humble when the ti cos. Don't cause trouble. Understood?"

"Understood."

Ryou was about to say more when soone knocked on the door.

He saw Zhongli outside. "Co in."

Zhongli walked in. "Am I interrupting?"

"No," Ryou said.

"Oh. Good."

"These are the interrogation records. The ones on top are from the different shops." Zhongli handed the files to Ryou.

Ryou took them and skimd through a few pages. They listed quite a few of Degui's problems.

"Zhongli, arrange for the Millelith to arrest them later," Ryou said.

"These people definitely aren't clean. Investigate every one of them thoroughly."

"I understand," Zhongli said.

Zhongli soon nodded and left.

Ryou noticed his father looking at him. "Father, what is it?"

"What… was that just now?" Ryou's father asked.

"The Degui case. It involves a lot of people."

"The people below dug up quite a few of his connections."

Ryou explained the situation briefly. "Zhongli can handle the rest."

"Though I'm a little surprised too. Degui really did have a wide network."

"No wonder he managed to keep Third-Round Knockout running for so many years. You really can't do that without so skill."

Ryou saw his father's expression turn strange and asked again, "Father, what is it?"

"Brat, are you still playing dumb with ?"

Ryou's father glared at him.

Ryou was even more confused. "But that's the truth."

"Ryou, your father ans the way Zhongli takes orders from you!"

"Oh, that."

Ryou glanced at his father. "Isn't that normal?"

"All seventy people in the Ministry of Civil Affairs have to follow my orders, no matter what my status is."

"You… really are sothing."

Ryou's father stared at him for a good while before saying that.

Ryou's father had plenty of people under him too, and he also had trusted aides.

But it was hard for him to make everyone move as one.

After all, every major force had people mixed into his side. Making them act with one mind was almost impossible.

He never expected his son to take over the Ministry of Civil Affairs for less than a month and already pull this off.

Not only had Ryou taken over Keqing's work, he had also built incredible unity among the staff.

And that was sothing Mora could never buy. It showed just how capable Ryou really was.

Ryou's father looked at him and had to admit he felt outdone.

His son really had surpassed him.

Keqing smiled when she saw Ryou's father's expression. She knew he was impressed by Ryou.

As expected of my Ryou. He's amazing!

While Keqing was thinking about that, she suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Even through the door, she could hear it clearly. After Ryou had bullied her, her senses had improved a lot.

A woman was shouting, "Keqing, get out here!"

Keqing froze for a second, then quickly recognized the voice.

It was… Tabibito.

Tabibito had co storming back from Mondstadt!!!

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