You’ve Kept Me in the Dark So Cruelly!
5: Chapter 5: Little Qing!
You’ve Kept Me in the Dark So Cruelly!
Stared at by those ghostly eyes, Keqing took a quick step back.
“Qingque, did something happen?” Keqing looked at Qingque with a strange expression.
Normally, after getting off work, Qingque would either go play jade marbles or just hunker down in her room.
Why was she standing in the courtyard waiting for him?
“You tell me, Little Qing!
You’ve kept me in the dark so cruelly!” Qingque said, throwing her arms around Keqing’s waist as they both fell to the ground.
Tears streamed down her face, which she wiped directly onto Keqing’s clothes.
“Wait, what’s gotten into you!” Keqing said, dragging Qingque along as he quickly closed the main gate and walked into the courtyard.
“Don’t you start!
Weren’t you going to the Seat of Divine Foresight to become a Cloud Knight?
How did you end up as a Strategist!” “Huh?
Just because of that?” “Because you became a Strategist at the Seat of Divine Foresight, I was lectured by the Grand Diviner for the entire afternoon!
Tell me, how are you going to make it up to me!” Qingque held onto Keqing tightly.
Her posture suggested that if Keqing didn’t give her an explanation, she wouldn’t let go.
“No, wait, what do you mean ‘make it up to me’?
When I went to the Seat of Divine Foresight for an interview, what else could I have become besides a Strategist?
If I wanted to be a Cloud Knight, wouldn’t it have been better to go to the Cloud Knight camp?” Keqing pried at Qingque’s hands, but didn’t dare use too much force.
Everyone knows what a Diviner’s physical constitution is like.
“I don’t care!
If you hadn’t become a Strategist, I wouldn’t have been lectured by the Grand Diviner for so long.
I already had a game scheduled for the afternoon, but because I was tied up by the Grand Diviner, I missed it!” Qingque let go as she spoke, wiped her tears, and then casually smeared them onto Keqing’s clothes.
Hearing Qingque’s words, the corner of Keqing’s mouth twitched.
She blocked him at the door just for this?
“I’m telling you, cry if you want, but can you stop wiping it on my clothes?” Keqing placed his hand directly on Qingque’s head.
“You’re not even comforting me!
Our decades of friendship are shattered, do you know that!” Qingque suddenly started crying even harder.
“Stop!
Fine!
Tell me how you want me to compensate you,” Keqing said with a headache.
As soon as Keqing finished, Qingque let go.
“Hmm, let me think.
I hadn’t decided yet when you came back.” Looking at Qingque’s rapidly changing attitude, Keqing ignored her and walked straight toward his bedroom.
Qingque followed behind Keqing.
“Why did you want to be a Strategist?
There’s not much difference between a Strategist and a Diviner.
Why didn’t you just join the Divination Commission with me back then?” “You’re not thinking about how I should compensate you anymore?” Opening his bedroom door, Keqing took off his coat and threw it onto a nearby rack.
“We can talk about compensation later.
It’s not like you can run away.
After all these decades, you never told me you were going to be a Strategist.” Qingque sat directly on Keqing’s bed and picked up a nearby pillow.
This pillow was a gift she gave him for his birthday.
However, Keqing was a very still sleeper, so it always just stayed on the bed; she was the only one who ever held it.
“Did you ever ask what profession I was interviewing for?” Keqing asked in return.
“You’re swinging your sword in the courtyard every day, so I really thought you were going to be a Cloud Knight.
I didn’t see you in front of the Seat of Divine Foresight before, so I thought you had become a personal bodyguard.” Qingque waved her hands around as she spoke.
“Practicing the sword doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with being a Cloud Knight,” Keqing said, letting down his tied-up hair.
“Then why do you practice every day?
Your swordsmanship is so good, isn’t it a waste not to be a Cloud Knight?” “It’s just some family sword techniques.
You can’t say that anyone who practices the sword must join the Cloud Knights.” Keqing turned around and looked at Qingque helplessly, wondering what she was really up to.
“Speak up, what else is on your mind?” “How did you know I had something else?” “If you didn’t have anything else, you’d either be out playing marbles with your friends or in your own bedroom playing on your jade message.” “In your heart, am I just someone who only knows how to play marbles!” Qingque retorted indignantly.
“Tell me, what else do you do?
Slacking off?
Or figuring out how to skip work?
Or maybe how to find a doctor to give you a sick note?” “You…” Qingque really wanted to refute Keqing’s words, but everything he said was the truth…
“Alright, hurry up and say it, what else is there?
I’ve worked all day and need to rest.” “Ah, oh, right.
The Grand Diviner wants you to go to the Divination Commission.” “The Grand Diviner wants me to go to the Divination Commission?
When?
Tomorrow?
But I have to work.” Keqing was a bit puzzled as to why the Grand Diviner wanted him there.
If it were a work-related issue, Qingque shouldn’t be the one telling him.
If it were a personal matter, the Grand Diviner had his contact information and shouldn’t have gone through Qingque either.
“I told the Grand Diviner about that, and she said she’ll speak with the General tomorrow to second you to the Divination Commission for a day.” “I see.
If there’s a secondment document, then it’s fine,” Keqing nodded.
“And then?
Anything else?” Keqing asked, looking at Qingque, who was still sitting on his bed.
“What else?
You tell me.
What about dinner?” “Dinner…
Sorry, I was working overtime today and forgot to tell you.
I already ate with the Chief Strategist after work.” “You already ate!” Qingque immediately became agitated.
“Alright, don’t get excited.
I’ll go make some for you, okay?” “That’s great!” Qingque hugged the pillow and started rolling around on Keqing’s bed.
Keqing was very familiar with Qingque’s personality.
If he didn’t make this meal, she would definitely nag him for a long time.
Whether it was for the sake of his ears or to get some rest sooner, he had better go cook for Qingque now.
Back when Qingque suggested renting a place together, should he have been firmer and just refused?
Then again, he didn’t have much money back then.
Only the Divination Commission allowed for salary advances, and Qingque was the one who originally rented this house.
“Since it’s getting late, I’ll just make something simple.
When I have time later, I’ll make you something delicious.” After saying that, Keqing took a hair tie, tied up his hair, and headed toward the kitchen.
“Then I’ll be waiting for that feast!”