"????"
Ellin whipped her head around and stared at Ningguang in shock.
According to the system's rules, affection was mutual.
In other words, if Ellin wanted to become close friends with someone, it wasn't enough for her to like them. Their affection for her also had to reach the [Close friend] level.
Aside from a few controversial characters she wasn't particularly fond of, she held the vast majority of Genshin Impact characters in extremely high regard.
For that very reason, once someone's affection for Ellin was high enough for the system to classify them as a [Close friend], they could essentially become close friends, and Ellin would obtain a Vision.
But human relationships were built on give-and-take. Earning someone's trust and affection was far from easy, let alone becoming their close friend.
In the past, Ellin had always gone through various twists and turns before she and the other person understood each other well enough to become close friends.
The easiest time had been with Klee.
It had taken Ellin only one day to earn Klee's trust and affection.
But Klee was still a little girl! Playing house with her could keep her happy for ages, so earning her affection was naturally easy.
Yet who could have imagined that earning Ningguang's affection would be even easier than earning Klee's?
This was Ningguang, the powerful Tianquan and the most successful merchant in Liyue Harbor!
The hardships and storms she had weathered, the darkness and scheming she had witnessed, were difficult to imagine.
Yet someone as calculating and shrewd as her...
Ellin had only sat here, chatted with her for a while, and grilled her a fish, and her affection had gone through the roof?
That made no sense at all!
Ellin simply couldn't understand it.
So she looked at Ningguang and