"Pfft!"
Xavier had just taken a sip of tea when he spat it out.
Many people around them cast strange glances towards Hu Tao.
"I told you, Hu Tao, there are no waiters on Blue Star; you need to call them servers!"
"Besides, we all use QR code ordering now, it's very convenient."
Xavier, afraid that Hu Tao would cause more trouble, quickly pressed her hand down.
Then Xavier used his phone to demonstrate what high-end technology was.
"Really? I didn't expect it to be so convenient!" Hu Tao exclaimed upon seeing it. "I didn't expect it to be as convenient as ordering takeout!"
Nahida cast a gaze filled with a thirst for knowledge: "This feeling is very similar to the Void System from before, but also a little different."
"It does have some similarities, but sometimes it's more convenient, and sometimes it's not as convenient as Akasha," Xavier explained while asking everyone, "What kind of soup base do you want? Half-and-half or all spicy?"
Nahida replayed Xavier's words in her mind, feeling like Xavier had said everything and nothing at the same time.
"I want spicy!" Furina raised her hand. "Because I saw it was all spicy in the video!"
Klee asked, "Xavier Gege, what is half-and-half?"
"I know that!" Hu Tao voluntarily explained, "Half-and-half means one half is spicy and the other half isn't, right, Xavier?"
Seeing Xavier nod, Yoimiya raised her hand and said, "Then I want half-and-half, so I can try more flavors."
"Then Hall Master also wants half-and-half!"
"Klee wants it too!"
"Nahida, what about you?" Xavier looked around and asked Nahida.
Nahida pondered for a moment before saying, "Either is fine with me. Perhaps we should ask A-Mao's opinion."
Balladeer, who had been sitting there silently as if someone owed him five million, was finally asked.
"You clearly know my opinion doesn't matter, why bother asking? Also, don't call me A-Mao anymore!"
Calling him A-Mao in front of Xavier and the others was one thing, but calling him A-Mao in a hotpot restaurant now? Wasn't that disrespecting him?
"Then, Kunikuzushi, half-and-half hotpot is fine, right?" Xavier asked symbolically.
This, in turn, angered A-Mao again: "Xavier, I hope you don't challenge my bottom line and patience!"
"Alright, since everyone's opinions have been collected, we'll go with half-and-half."
Xavier acted as if he hadn't heard, and ordered a half-and-half hotpot.
Balladeer couldn't help but feel annoyed, realizing his opinion truly didn't matter at all.
"I object! I want all spicy!" Furina was displeased. "Hotpot without an all-red pot has no soul!"
Facing the pouncing Furina, Xavier pressed on her ahoge and said, "The minority obeys the majority. Your opinion has been rejected by me."
"Damn it, I'm going to fight you!"
Furina constantly waved her hands like airplane propellers, but unfortunately, she couldn't touch Xavier.
"Alright, next is the ordering section. See if there's anything you like to eat."
Xavier placed his phone in front of everyone, letting them order their own dishes.
"Putting meatballs in hotpot should be a lot like Inazuma's Oden, right? Then I'll choose meatballs!"
"Hmm, Klee wants fish slices~"
"Oh, you clearly haven't eaten hotpot before! Hall Master says you should order more meat, that's where the fun is!"
Hu Tao really knew how to eat, ordering many meat dishes.
But when it came to Nahida, it was the complete opposite: "For me, some vegetables are fine. I don't really like eating meat."
"What about you, A-Mao?"
Xavier brought the phone to Balladeer again.
"I…"
Before Balladeer could finish his sentence, Xavier moved the phone away and handed it to Furina.
"Alright, A-Mao probably doesn't want anything to eat, so Furina, what do you want to eat?"
Furina snatched the phone, grumbling, "You ask me last, you're so rude! I want dessert!"
Xavier rolled his eyes: "Where would a hotpot restaurant have dessert?"
"Who says they don't!"
Xavier glanced at the phone, and indeed, Furina had actually found desserts, and quite a variety too.
"I want this Exquisite Snow Peak, and Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, and, and…"
Furina ordered several desserts in one breath, all with fancy-sounding names.
Xavier really couldn't understand what was up with hotpot restaurants these days; the desserts were almost catching up to the main dishes.
After placing the order, everyone waited contentedly.
Only Balladeer sat there, his expression even worse.
After guiding everyone to prepare their dipping sauces, the dishes were served one by one.
At first, it was still fine; everyone didn't have too many unusual actions.
Even Hu Tao was just repeatedly clenching her chopsticks, waiting for the food in the pot to float up.
"Mmm~ It smells so good, it already tastes delicious just by smelling it!"
Even Hu Tao was just repeatedly moving her empty chopsticks, waiting for the food in the pot to float up.
But the moment the food was cooked, a terrible battle began.
"This slice of fatty beef is mine!"
Hu Tao was the first to move her chopsticks; she had been eyeing this slice of fatty beef for a long time.
But she never expected there to be a stronger opponent.
As soon as her chopsticks went into the pot, another pair of chopsticks swiftly picked up the fatty beef with lightning speed.
"Hu Tao, you're too slow!"
Yoimiya was indeed worthy of being an archer; her hand speed was certainly fast enough.
However, after Yoimiya snatched it, she didn't eat it herself but gave it to Klee.
Klee didn't expect to be the one to get the first bite, and happily wiggled her feet.
"Yay, thank you, Yoimiya Onee-san!"
Seeing the first piece of food slip through her fingers, Hu Tao began to focus all her attention on the next slice of meat.
Nahida, of course, wouldn't participate in this scramble; she just watched from the side with a smile, seemingly enjoying the feeling.
As for Balladeer, his face was already filled with disdain.
He probably thought such behavior was too childish.
"Wait, wait, this isn't fair!"
Only our silly Furina was shouting "not fair," clumsily holding her chopsticks.
"You're from Liyue, and you're from Inazuma; you both know how to use chopsticks, but I don't!"
Furina felt that this was simply discriminatory; there was no way she'd get a single bite competing this way.
"Oh, Furina, look on the bright side!" Hu Tao, who had snatched another piece of meat, comforted Furina.
Furina looked at her pitifully and said, "How is that possible to look on the bright side?"
"Hot, hot!" Hu Tao continued after more than ten seconds, "If we're all eating the savory dishes, then no one will snatch your desserts, isn't that a good thing?"
Xavier looked at Hu Tao with a strange expression. Was that even considered comforting someone?
"It seems… that's true…"
What Xavier found even more unexpected was that Furina, after thinking for a while, actually nodded in agreement!
Silly Furina, indeed, she wasn't called that for nothing!