At Qiaoying Manor, Paimeng, who had no idea of ​​Jiaming's current mood, tried to liven up the atmosphere. She said, "Jiaming, you haven't said much on the way today. Do you want to tell me a story?"

"Oh, we're almost there... let's tell you next time." Jiaming was certainly not in the mood to tell a story. He panicked when he thought about who the escort was.

Although he had some ideas about how to deal with his relationship with his father after Safir's reminder, he was still not ready to face his father.

The meeting is about to happen so unexpectedly, and I have no mental preparation at all. What should I do?

The three of them walked in silence to a house that Jiaming was most familiar with. A middle-aged man was squatting on the ground checking the tea leaves in a bamboo sieve.

Paimon flew over first and greeted them: "Hello! You are the tea merchant, right? We are here to deliver a dart."

The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at the three people. When he saw Jiaming, he was stunned and speechless for a while.

Jiaming remained silent.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds. The middle-aged man stopped looking at the other and turned away, as if he didn't know how to face it.

“…Dad.” Jiaming finally spoke and called out this name.

Yes, the middle-aged man is Jiaming’s father, Ye De.

When Ye De heard Jiaming calling him, he sighed, turned around and no longer avoided it.

Paimeng then showed that he had noticed all this, and complimented him in a very stiff manner: "Oh! So you are Jiaming's father! I've heard a lot about you!"

Ying nodded and complained silently in her heart: Paimon, if you can't act, you don't have to.

Paimeng of course didn't know what her friends were thinking, so she began to flatter Jiaming: "Leave this escort mission to Jiaming, you can rest assured, Jiaming is amazing!

Not only the people inside and outside the escort agency, but even the people in the General Affairs Department of Liyue Port have praised him highly. "

This is not bragging. Ye Lan has a very good opinion of Jiaming. Keqing and Ningguang also think this kid is good, and the same goes for Ganyu.

After all, Jiaming is indeed capable, as he is able to satisfy even someone as picky as Xianyun.

After hearing this, Ye De's expression relaxed slightly, and he looked at his son: "Did you succeed in your career?"

"..." Jiaming didn't feel good. No matter how he behaved in front of outsiders, he always lacked confidence when facing his father.

Liyue places great emphasis on filial piety, and it is naturally best for a father to be loving and a son to be filial. However, if the relationship between father and son is not harmonious, putting the father's fault aside, the children will be disobedient, and this is a fact that cannot be changed.

Facing his father's slightly sarcastic words, Jiaming simply ignored them and walked towards the basket behind Ye De: "Goods, are they all here?"

"All ready." Ye De didn't care about his son's reaction. He was used to it anyway.

Seeing that his father was still calm, Jiaming breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go, shall we?"

No matter what, the mission is more important, escort, you still have to deliver the goods.

Seeing his son taking the mission very seriously, Ye De couldn't help but feel sad and angry. Why had the relationship between father and son come to this point?

"The big client has asked for your name, so you can't not come." Paimeng saw that Ye De's emotions seemed to be out of control, and hurriedly reminded him, "If you do that, not only will we be unable to explain, but you will also miss a good opportunity to make money."

The big client that Paimeng mentioned was actually a hired help.

It is not accurate to say that he was a hired help, because he was indeed a big client, and that person was Charlotte.

A long time ago, Saphir had discussed with Ningguang about opening up the Fontaine market, whether it was for kites or visits from the opera troupe, or even this time's tea trade.

From the perspective of the Seven Stars, ordinary trading of goods is no longer their main source of money-making. As this year's leader of the Seven Stars, Ningguang naturally has a longer-term vision.

The overall Fontaine society tends to be modern. Among the Liyue population, it should be called that the rate of mechanical penetration is high and the technological content is high.

Fontaine and Liyue are two completely different environments. Differences lead to the need for communication, because what both sides have are completely different. As long as the market can be opened up, it will be easy to make money.

This was planned from the beginning, but the tea merchant had not yet decided who to choose. When Xianyun was thinking about how to deal with it, he asked Saphir if there was any reason that Ye De could not refuse and asked him to come to Liyue Harbor.

Saphir immediately thought of this matter, so Ye De was chosen as a subject for investigation with the help of Jiaming, and was asked to go to Liyue Port to meet Charlotte to see if it was possible to negotiate a cooperation.

Ye De also knew that he had a very important person to meet on his trip to Liyue Harbor. It was said to be a big deal, but the other party did not explain it too clearly.

Businessmen are profit-driven, and Ye De simply couldn't refuse this deal. What's more, he could travel with his son, which was exactly what he wanted.

Jiaming avoided Ye De, but Ye De never thought of avoiding Jiaming. It was just that fatherly love was as strong as a mountain and it was difficult to express it. The old father could not express the helplessness in his heart.

With a barely perceptible sense of joy in his tone, Ye De pretended to be helpless and nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go."

Upon hearing this, Jiaming stopped talking nonsense, picked up the goods, tied them firmly to his back, and started on his way.

The other three people hurriedly followed, and the escort mission officially began.

Qiaoying Manor is not within the scope of the Louise Line, and the patrol ship is out of service during the Lantern Festival, so they can only take the old route, which is Qiaoying Manor - Qingce Manor - Wangshu Inn - Guiliyuan.

The road is long and takes a lot of time.

In fact, if Ying wanted, she could use the Chen Ge Pot to put a few people in it, and then use the teleportation anchor point to instantly reach Liyue Harbor.

However, there are other tasks this time, so this method cannot be used, but fortunately, she has been prepared.

While on the road, she quietly took out a talisman, which she had asked for from Saphir. It was a high-level talisman with God's teachings engraved on it by Saphir using the holy seal.

As for the effect...

Ying infused an elemental force into the talisman, and the teachings of God were immediately triggered. The group suddenly became very fast and moved several levels faster.

"Wow! Is it so fast? It's almost like riding a horse!" Jiaming was shocked by the sudden increase in speed.

Ying looked up proudly: "I begged Saphir for this for a long time. Today is the Lantern Festival, and we can't waste too much time on the road."

Yes, the Lantern Festival and Liyue Harbor are the most lively, and Ying doesn’t want to miss too much.

Jiaming looked at Ye De with a little worry, and found that although Ye De was a little surprised, he looked not surprised, so he felt relieved a little.

He could naturally recognize that this was the ability of his Aunt Su Jin. If Aunt Su Jin knew my father, my father should be used to it.

Soon, the group passed Qingce Manor and headed towards Wangshu Inn.

The place they had agreed on at the beginning was the place south of Wangshu Inn near Guiliyuan. When they saw the place, Paimeng immediately spoke up: "We have walked a long way. Are you tired? Do you want to stop and rest?"

"I'm fine." Ye De did feel fine. Although he had known for a long time that Saphir had extraordinary abilities, this was his first time experiencing it personally, and he felt more curious than tired.

Seeing this, Paimeng looked at Jiaming again and said, "Jiaming, don't you usually bring some snacks with you? Share some with everyone!"

Ye De shook his head again: "I don't need it."

He was embarrassed to eat the food his son brought.

Paimeng was a little disappointed: "Eh? That Dong Rong Su is delicious? Uncle Ye, have you never eaten it?"

"Paimeng..." Jiaming stopped Paimeng from continuing.

At this time, he looked around. This was the site of Guiliji. The terrain was open and there were some remaining stone buildings. It was a good place to rest.

So Jiaming suggested: "The terrain here is open, okay, let's just rest here for a while."

Ying raised her eyes and looked around, then her eyes twitched, because not far away, True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng in the form of a crane was looking over here.

Paimeng nodded immediately after hearing this, and they sat down to rest. However, she saw Jiaming was still looking around very vigilantly, so she was a little confused: "Where is Jiaming? Don't you want to sit with us?"

"I'm not tired, I'm just watching the wind." Jiaming shook his head, indicating that he did not need to rest.

"Eh? But..." Paimeng opened his mouth and wanted to persuade him. After all, the original arrangement was not like this. He had to take Jiaming to rest.

Ye De was a little angry about this again: "Don't persuade him."

Hearing Ye De's indifferent words, Jiaming also began to get angry. How could such a father be the kind of person who cares about him as Aunt Su Jin said! He doesn't care about his son at all.

Ying and Paimeng looked at each other, and finally, Paimeng compromised. She took out the winter biscuits prepared by Jiaming and introduced them to Ye De: "Okay, then we will eat them ourselves. Let me tell you, the taste of this kind of biscuits varies from store to store..."

At this moment, Jiaming suddenly shouted: "Who is there!"

Several people looked in the direction Jiaming was looking.

There, there were two inconspicuous figures.

The two of them had their faces covered and looked like they were part of a treasure-hunting group, but the highlights on their heads were a little... well... obviously, treasure-hunting groups don't have that style.

Ying and Xiao Paimeng recognized the identities of the two men at once: Hou Zhang and Jie Hu.

That is, the True Lord Li Shui Die Shan and the True Lord Xue Yue Zhu Yang.

Hou Zhang was a little confused: "Eh? Am I making too much noise?"

"Don't talk about these things. Business is important." Jie Hu ignored Hou Zhang's doubts and reminded him directly.

The two men stood up from the bushes and approached Jiaming.

Jiaming had never seen these two men before. Seeing that they were masked, he thought they were robbers. They were holding two-handed swords and were very alert.

Jie Hu cleared his throat and walked closer: "Do you have any gold, silver or valuables?"

"Puff..." Safir, who was watching all this from a distance, burst out laughing.

Zhongli also held his forehead helplessly: "They... um... are not good at acting..."

"Brother, is this what you call not good at? These two are complete idiots!" Safir complained helplessly, "How can a treasure-stealing group speak in such a flowery way, and even in an ancient style?"

"What did you call me just now?" Zhongli didn't care about it at all, but asked this question instead.

Saphir frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Brother?"

"Call me like this from now on." Zhongli felt happy.

On the other side, the robbery continued.

Hou Zhang was equally imposing: "Put it here quickly!"

Ying and Paimeng were so embarrassed by these two old men that they almost had cancer, but Ye De didn't know about it. He was very scared: "Ah?! What...what should I do now..."

This is the normal reaction of ordinary people when encountering robbers, not like Ying and Paimon, whose facial expressions are almost distorted to the point of abstraction.

There's nothing we can do. These two old men are so funny. If we want to hold back our laughter, we can only pinch ourselves. So now Ying and Paimon are grinning while trying to hold back their laughter.

Jiaming was also unaware of everything, but began to silently analyze the enemy's strength in his mind: Two people... It seems that there are no other helpers. It is not difficult to repel them. I am afraid that they are going for my father, and there is an ambush. For safety reasons...

He made up his mind and gave orders: "Leave this to me, I'll handle them! Ying, Paimeng, you take my dad and the goods and go first!"

Jiaming had just put the goods aside, and Ying could just pick them up, which was very convenient.

"It's too dangerous, Jiaming!" Ye De didn't want to see his son fighting two people alone. What if something went wrong? These two people looked difficult to deal with.

But Jiaming said firmly: "This is my job!"

With these words, Ye De was stunned. At this moment, he suddenly realized that his son might have really grown up.

Paimon winked at the two people who were pretending to be robbers, indicating that they should leave quickly as their goal had been achieved.

Yes, we need to let Ye De and Jia Ming sit down and have a good talk. We need to let Ye De worry about Jia Ming’s safety first. In this way, his worry will overwhelm his anger, and there will be conditions for a heart-to-heart talk.

Jie Hu received the message and immediately said, "This is really a pain! Let's go, find a soft burden and make plans later!"

After saying that, the two turned around and ran away at an extremely fast speed.

No matter whether the performance is realistic or not, it’s okay as long as Jiaming and Ye De take it seriously.

Seeing the two people running away, Jiaming picked up his weapon and chased after them: "How can I let you go so easily!"

"Let's go!" Jie Hu Hou Zhang ran very fast, and Jia Ming followed him for a long distance.

Ye De stayed here and was worried: "Jia Ming!"

He wanted to stop his son, but he didn't know how to start.

Paimon comforted him, "Don't worry, I've told you Jiaming is very skilled! Last time he was able to take on a dozen treasure-stealing gangs by himself without any problems."

"But, Jiaming..." Ye De was still worried. It didn't matter to him whether his son was powerful or not.

Whenever there is a fight, there will be injuries. Even the most powerful people can make mistakes. He doesn't care about the 99% safety, but is afraid of the 1% that may happen someday.

It seems like a very small chance, but to Ye De, he is his only son.

“…Alas.” Ye De was very panicked, but he had no idea what to do. All his emotions finally turned into a helpless sigh.

Then he started complaining again: "If this kid had been willing to stay with me and learn business, how could he have encountered such a dangerous thing?"

He was very worried and anxious. He believed that his original idea was correct and Jiaming should follow him to learn how to do business.

He knew a big boss, Su Jin, the owner of Yanshang Tea House. She was very capable and was also the owner of the Moonlight Tavern. It was said that she even had a branch in Inazuma.

Thinking about her, she has built such a big business at such a young age and owns several stores. How great it would be if Jiaming could get in touch with her?

Wouldn't it be better if I let him guide me a little bit? Why should I do this?

It's like walking on the edge of a knife, it's not peaceful at all.

Ye De felt extremely complicated, but he didn't know what to do.

"Let's listen to Jiaming and move forward. It would be terrible if there are other ambushes nearby." Paimeng took the opportunity to persuade Ye De to go to Xianyun.

Xianyun had already sat down at a table at a tea stall not far away, waiting for the few people to arrive.