Ever since Furina and the others came here as guests, Xavier felt his routine becoming more and more regular.
On one hand, his mindset had changed; he didn't have too many things to worry about.
On the other hand, they sometimes arrived so early that even if he wanted to sleep, he couldn't!
Just like today, Zhongli came over early in the morning.
Zhongli sat on the sofa, watching the morning news, leisurely sipping his tea.
"Xavier, you're awake."
Xavier rubbed his eyes and yawned, saying, "With the TV volume that loud, it'd be strange if I wasn't awake."
"My apologies, I am not skilled at using the remote control," Zhongli's reply was reasonable.
After Xavier turned down the volume, he casually asked, "Zhongli, have you had breakfast? Do you want me to make you some noodles or something?"
He originally thought Zhongli would be polite and decline a couple of times, but he didn't expect him to be truly unreserved.
"Excellent."
"My big mouth…"
Never mind, he was going to eat breakfast anyway, so adding a portion for Zhongli was no big deal.
While eating, Xavier asked, "Zhongli, can you cooperate with me to shoot a video these two days?"
Zhongli immediately put down his chopsticks, his expression very serious.
"It's just shooting a video, you don't need to react so strongly, do you…?" Xavier was a bit confused.
Zhongli looked troubled and said, "Could it be a video like the Hall Master's? Generally speaking, I am not very good at those."
"Pfft…" Xavier almost spewed his noodles onto the dining table.
"Of course not, it's just for you to say a few lines from the game while climbing a mountain."
If he made Zhongli do things that didn't fit his character, a large group of fans might chase after him and scold him, right?
Especially since this Zhongli looked so much like Zhongli, they would definitely find it even harder to accept.
"I see, that is fine. I will follow your arrangements then."
"Xavier, eat slowly, I'm going out for a bit."
Zhongli put down his bowl and chopsticks, said hello, and left the house.
Xavier quickly asked, "Where are you going? Will you be back for lunch?"
Zhongli stopped and said, "I have an appointment to exchange chess skills. I will not be back for lunch."
As expected of the God of contract, Zhongli truly kept his word.
Xavier's house wasn't very lively today because none of these people came in the morning.
It wasn't until after lunch that Hu Tao ran over, huffing and puffing.
"This Hall Master is so angry!"
Hu Tao plopped down on the sofa, picked up Xavier's unfinished tea, and gulped it down.
Xavier was playing PS5 and was stunned by Hu Tao's sudden action.
"I say, Hall Master, who was so bold as to make you angry?"
Xavier continued his extreme maneuvers while still caring for Hu Tao.
With Xavier's question, Hu Tao found an outlet for her frustration.
"Xavier, you be the judge! As an employee, how can someone make their boss work so hard every day?!"
"I didn't see a trace of Zhongli all morning; he must have skipped work to come here."
"Before, when I asked him for help, he insisted that miscellaneous tasks were not what a consultant should do. He's too rigid…"
Hu Tao complained incessantly, making Zhongli sound utterly worthless in her words.
Xavier also provided emotional support, continuously comforting Hu Tao.
"Oh, Zhongli's situation, well, it's not really a situation."
"As for what the specific situation is, it depends on what the situation is."
"So, you don't need to be too angry, after all, you haven't fully understood the situation yet, have you?"
Xavier had mastered the art of talking in circles, but Hu Tao, being angry, didn't notice anything wrong.
"Forget it, forget him, let's play games!"
Hu Tao immediately forgot about Zhongli and joined in playing PS5.
"Good afternoon, Xavier, Hu Tao."
Not long after, Nahida also appeared in the living room.
"Balladeer didn't come today?"
Xavier specifically looked behind Nahida and found no trace of Balladeer.
Nahida spread her hands, "I think A-Mao won't be coming today. He seemed very angry after going back yesterday."
It was normal for this to happen; Xavier guessed he probably never wanted to come again.
Suddenly remembering yesterday's promise, Xavier opened his phone and showed Nahida the comments.
Like previous videos, the views and comments were incredibly exaggerated.
In fact, due to Xavier's increased follower count, the number of comments was steadily rising.
"Nahida baby, you are simply a little cake!"
"I never thought Nahida would be so energetic when dancing; she's almost making me faint from cuteness."
"I declare that from now on, this will be Nahida's exclusive song…"
Besides comments about Nahida, there were also some people commenting on Balladeer.
"LOL, this Balladeer must have been dragged here by Nahida."
"Who understands? These cat ears are too cute!"
"And his little expressions, I feel like he's about to run away any second."
There was a strange phenomenon: the higher the quality of a person's video, the more people expected even better works.
For example, Xavier already had so many powerful actors appearing in his videos, yet some people were still not satisfied.
"Great Demon King, you are the best! When will you invite my Ei over?!"
"Teacher, teacher, where are our Keqing and Ganyu?"
"UP, don't make me beg on my knees, I want to see Venti and Wan Ye!"
Once someone started this kind of comment, it would be endless.
There was an even deeper reason for this: netizens already believed that anyone Xavier brought in would be a top-tier recreation.
Seeing these comments, Xavier felt a lot of pressure.
Even if my videos smoked from being filmed, it's impossible to bring all these people over at once, are you taking me for a production team's donkey?
"Nahida, you dance so well! This Hall Master can't dance at all, no wonder everyone likes you so much!"
Hu Tao genuinely exclaimed after watching the video.
Nahida smiled sweetly, "If Hu Tao wants to learn, I can teach you."
"No thanks, this Hall Master isn't good at those things, but I can recite poetry for you!"
Xavier, hearing Hu Tao's intention to recite poetry, really wanted to change the subject.
Fortunately, Furina arrived at that moment; what a savior!
"Xavier, that dessert I saw before, did you buy it?!"
As soon as Furina arrived, she was like a chick that had been hungry for three days, opening her mouth for food.
"Uh…"
Xavier thought, 'Oh no,' he had actually forgotten about it.
Before, Furina had been pestering him to buy an imported dessert. He was so annoyed at the time that he casually agreed.
"I think I bought it, we'll talk about this later. I have a package arriving, I'll go check the delivery first!"
Xavier found an excuse and took off running.
Furina knew at a glance that he hadn't bought it, so she chased after him.
"Darn it, you promised me!"
She chased Xavier all the way to the underground garage, panting from exhaustion.
She originally thought Xavier was lying to her, but she didn't expect him to actually have a package to pick up.
And it was a big one!