In the morning, there was one more person eating together this time.
That was Precious Baby.
According to Yelan's idea, Precious Baby was a criminal after all, and his greatest future use would probably be as Aether's subordinate, meaning Aether would train him.
Just give him some food, as long as he doesn't starve to death.
However, Aether had a moment of softness and felt pity for him.
Thinking carefully, after Precious Baby was captured and brought into the Serenitea Pot yesterday afternoon, she hadn't eaten a single bite and even faced severe physical exhaustion and dehydration.
If she wasn't given something good to eat soon, she might run into trouble.
With that thought, Stelle felt a bit embarrassed; she had indeed gone overboard yesterday.
However, this was also Precious Baby's deserved punishment, for trying to attack her...
"Alright, I'm full. I have important business to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."
Stelle wiped the corners of her mouth, then slowly stood up.
She didn't need to worry about Precious Baby's affairs anymore. However, ever since Stelle learned that Precious Baby had a younger sister, and that her sister was the true Nan Changjie, she immediately took on the mission to apprehend Yan'er without hesitation.
Although no one promised her any bonuses or anything of the sort, she had been in Liyue for so long, especially with her rather ambiguous relationships with several high-ranking officials in Liyue...
Ahem, in short, she had a responsibility to contribute to the peace and stability of Liyue.
It wasn't because she had her eyes on Yan'er, wanting to reunite her with Precious Baby and then have a'sister-on-rice' meal.
...
Really.
"But, everything you said is true, right?"
Stelle turned her head to look at Precious Baby, who was carefully eating, and asked casually.
She believed Precious Baby wouldn't lie to her, but it was better to confirm just in case.
Precious Baby was still completely naked at this moment. Her clothes were nowhere to be found; she still hadn't located them.
Could it be that during the intense battle between Stelle and Yelan in the living room yesterday, they accidentally dropped them, and they were then cleaned away by the house's automatic cleaning system?
Regardless, eating with so many people while completely unclothed made Precious Baby very uncomfortable, especially since she was already a prisoner.
Now, hearing Stelle ask this, Precious Baby instantly shivered.
"I, everything I said is true, absolutely no lies!"
Precious Baby said quickly.
After what she went through yesterday afternoon, she wouldn't dare to harbor any ill intentions towards Stelle again.
And to be honest, her relationship with her sister Yan'er wasn't very good.
Now she was imprisoned, and had even endured such torment that was hard to describe as either painful or comfortable.
How could she tolerate her sister being perfectly fine?
Moreover, she had figured it out: their original target was Nan Changjie, which meant she was captured in place of her sister.
Thinking of this made her even more annoyed. She felt she had to drag her sister down with her.
"Mm-hmm, that's good. Don't worry, I'll have you two sisters reunited very soon."
Stelle nodded in satisfaction.
According to Precious Baby's intelligence, her sister was currently in the ruins below Wuwang Slope.
It seemed she, like Precious Baby, had developed a strong interest in a certain artifact.
"Stelle, you must be careful."
Xinyan said to Stelle with some worry.
Although the Treasure Hoarders generally didn't have much combat power, they were notorious for their cunning and treachery.
"Yes, Stelle, better safe than sorry."
Hu Tao also nodded and said.
Seeing Stelle's confident demeanor, she was truly afraid Stelle might capsize in a ditch in the end.
"Mmm, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Precious Baby, in order to get her sister apprehended quickly, told Stelle many things, even telling Stelle exactly where Yan'er had a mole.
In this situation, she didn't believe Yan'er could escape her grasp.
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After leaving the Serenitea Pot, Stelle first returned to Wangshu Inn, as she needed to synchronize the information about Precious Baby with them.
And while she was at it, she also had to tell the proprietress about her plan to capture Yan'er.
"That's how it is. I'll set off for Wuwang Slope in a bit, but whether I can find Yan'er is purely a matter of luck."
Stelle stood in front of the counter and said to Philgoated inside.
"Is that so... Miss Stelle, you've already helped us so much. Since you already know Yan'er's exact location, why do you need to go in person?"
Philgoated thought for a moment, then advised.
Since Yan'er's general whereabouts were known, the subsequent work could be entirely handed over to the Millelith.
Although the Millelith's performance when capturing Precious Baby didn't seem so good before, with the lesson from last time, she believed her Millelith subordinates would definitely not make such a mistake again.
"No, I'll go myself."
Stelle shook her head.
It wasn't that she didn't trust the Millelith, it was just that if the Millelith really caught Yan'er, then if she wanted to play... Ahem, if she wanted to reunite the two sisters, it would be troublesome.
After all, if the Millelith took the person away, she would have to ask Yelan or Keqing to get the person out of the Millelith's prison.
It was better to go herself.
"Deploying the Millelith is time-consuming and laborious, and if the target is too large, it might alert the enemy."
Stelle still gave a legitimate reason.
"If I approach Yan'er as an Adventurer, I don't think she'll be very wary."
"This..."
Philgoated thought about it. What Stelle said was indeed true.
After all, even if the Millelith disguised themselves, it would be difficult to guarantee that those cunning Treasure Hoarders wouldn't discover anything amiss.
The previous case with Precious Baby was like that; the Millelith hid well, but that fellow actually escaped purely by her sixth sense.
This forced the Millelith to expose themselves and pursue her.
"Alright, Miss Stelle, please be careful in all matters. Since that Yan'er is the true Nan Changjie, I imagine she might be even more difficult to deal with than Precious Baby."
Philgoated said with a serious expression.
"If you encounter danger, please return immediately."
"Mmm, I understand."
After a few instructions, Stelle went upstairs to the second floor to find Soraya. She also had to tell Soraya about her departure to Wuwang Slope today.
However, just as she opened Soraya's door, she saw a scene that greatly surprised her.
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