Feng Yi tried to pull away but failed.
Barbara, in her sleep, felt the hand warmer in her embrace trying to escape. She immediately hugged it tighter, tucking it between her thighs.
Satisfied that the hand warmer was subdued and no longer struggling, Barbara let out a triumphant smile.
"So fragrant~ Such fragrant roast lamb leg..."
Barbara, while dreaming of cooking delicious food, twitched her nose in reality and sniffed Feng Yi's arm.
Barbara: Ugh! This smell... it's awful!
In her dream, Barbara looked at the lamb leg on the grill and showed a disgusted expression. Had this lamb leg been left out too long, had it gone moldy?
Barbara sniffed again and was then woken up by the stench!
Barbara opened her hazy eyes and found Feng Yi lying next to her.
Just as she was at a loss, Barbara suddenly realized that the person's arm was in her embrace, and she was even gripping it with her thighs...
Barbara immediately remembered the hand warmer from her dream that wanted to escape...
Barbara's small face instantly flushed red. She immediately released her grip and legs, turned over, and scrambled to her feet, lowering her head and daring not to meet Feng Yi's eyes.
Earlier, while dreaming, Barbara had felt very cold (her clothes had been steamed dry, absorbing heat), so she looked for a hand warmer to warm her belly. She never imagined that the warm, toasty hand warmer would be Feng Yi's arm!
"Ahem, it's getting late, time to head back. I have to get up early tomorrow, and there's the tavern opening to deal with!"
Feng Yi coughed twice, trying to break the awkward atmosphere.
"Mm, okay!"
Barbara, head down, obediently agreed.
The thought of their recent intimate actions made Barbara too ashamed to lift her head.
"Let's put the Sticky Honeycomb into the Serenitea Pot. I'll get it out for you when we reach Mondstadt City!"
Feng Yi noticed Barbara's embrace was full of Sticky Honeycombs and suggested.
"Thank you, Feng Yi! Feng... Feng Yi, I'm very sorry about what just happened. Actually... it's because I felt very cold when I was dreaming, so I wanted to find a hand warmer, and so..."
After Barbara put all the Sticky Honeycombs from her embrace into Feng Yi's Serenitea Pot, she mustered the courage to look at him. Although her gaze was still evasive, she chose to face reality bravely.
"Please don't worry about such trivial matters. Moreover, you should be glad about your choice. If you had mistaken a burning campfire for a hand warmer, the consequences would have been unimaginable..."
What his arm had felt just now, that soft, springy texture, was the unique tenderness of a young girl!
Feng Yi expressed that he didn't mind Barbara's sleepwalking behavior at all. If possible, he would have even liked to feel it for a while longer!
"Thank you, Feng Yi, you're such a good person!"
Hearing Feng Yi's words, Barbara couldn't help but feel a sense of relief and gratitude.
If she had made the wrong choice for her hand warmer and picked a burning campfire, wouldn't she have been burned?
'Feng Yi not only comforted me but also defused the awkward topic. He's truly a good person!'
Barbara thought to herself, deeply moved by Feng Yi's gentle thoughtfulness.
"Feng Yi, where are you from?"
"Feng Yi, are you opening a tavern in Mondstadt?"
"Feng Yi, ..."
Along the way, Barbara, like a lively little sparrow, chirped incessantly beside Feng Yi with a barrage of questions.
Feng Yi, however, was solely focused on the cliffs and precipices to his side, trying to find the secret realm entrance that Durall had mentioned.
He only gave perfunctory answers to Barbara's questions.
"Feng Yi, are you even listening to me? What are you looking for? Tell me, maybe I know!"
Barbara huffed, puffing out her cheeks, and looked at Feng Yi.
She was trying so hard to find topics to talk about, yet Feng Yi, that big lout, was so indifferent. It was infuriating!
If it weren't for her desire to thank Feng Yi for saving her life earlier and for his gentle de-escalation just now, Barbara wouldn't have initiated a conversation to liven things up with him!
Barbara: It's not... it's not that I'm interested in Feng Yi and want to know more about him!
Hmph, definitely not!
With such a lively and cute beautiful girl accompanying him, and yet he was preoccupied with other things.
Barbara was determined to see what was so important in Feng Yi's mind that it mattered more than her!
Barbara had been raised by her father, a church bishop, and had lived a life where everyone doted on her.
This was the first time she had encountered someone like Feng Yi, who was so indifferent to her. She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and annoyed.
"Uh... I'm looking for a cliff face with tree trunks growing on it. Barbara, have you seen the place I'm talking about?"
Feng Yi thought Barbara had a point.
After all, he was new to Mondstadt and certainly didn't know the terrain as well as a local.
Although Feng Yi didn't think Barbara would be very familiar with the Wolvendom area, since Barbara asked, he decided to follow her lead, though he held no great expectations.
If he couldn't find it, he planned to bring Durall over to take a look another day.
"Of course, I know, but I won't tell you, since you ignored me just now!"
Barbara put her hands on her hips, her small face pouting, clearly still bothered by Feng Yi's earlier perfunctory attitude.
"I admit, I was wrong just now. I'll give you a surprise gift tomorrow as compensation. Won't you stop being angry and tell me, okay?"
Seeing Barbara with what seemed like a smug expression, Feng Yi couldn't help but chuckle wryly.
"Considering your sincere attitude, I'll tell you then. The cliff with tree trunks is just across the river..."
Barbara chuckled and gave Feng Yi the location information.
In truth, Barbara's angry demeanor was just an act for Feng Yi, who had been so dismissive of her.
Whether Feng Yi gave her compensation or not, Barbara would have told him the location.
'But who would refuse to get a surprise compensation for free?'
Barbara thought happily, this was a good deal!
"Let's go, we'll pass by it anyway..."
"Wait, that's not the way at all!"
Barbara, who was being pulled back by Feng Yi, paused for a few seconds before trying to reason with him, but...
Feng Yi: Why so serious? Of course, I know it's not the way, but... isn't that just a casual excuse!
"A cliff face with tree trunks... I've finally found it!"
Feng Yi arrived at the foot of the cliff and looked up at the tree trunks growing on the rock face. He clenched his fist excitedly, having finally found it after searching for so long!
"Ah! It hurts! Feng Yi, you're hurting me~"
Feng Yi was so excited that he forgot he was still holding Barbara's hand.
With a strong pull, Barbara was almost in tears from the pain.