The next morning, after practicing her swordplay, Keqing looked at the ‘caterpillar’ on the bed.
The scene that happened every day was starting again.
“Qingque, it’s time to get up.” Keqing reached out and gave her a habitual shake.
“Let me sleep a bit more…” “Don’t even say ‘five more minutes’ or ‘ten more minutes.’ You’re already going to be late for work.” As Keqing spoke, she pulled back the quilt.
Because she didn’t need to rush to work today, she had called Qingque a bit later than usual.
Looking at the time now, if Qingque didn’t get up immediately, she really would be late.
“Late?
Little Qing, wasn’t it still early when you usually call me?” Qingque sat up, rubbing her eyes.
“Didn’t you want me to go to the Divination Commission with you?
Since I’m not in a hurry for work, I let you sleep a bit longer.” Keqing said, picking up Qingque’s clothes and handing them over.
“Huh?” Qingque was still a bit dazed from sleep.
After picking up her jade message and checking the time, she shrieked, “Ah!!!
Why is it so late!
Little Qing!
You’ve ruined me!” Qingque shouted, her movements becoming nimble.
The socks Keqing was holding disappeared the moment she picked them up.
By the time Keqing looked at Qingque again, she was already fully dressed and standing beside her.
“You…” “No time, hurry!
We’re taking a shortcut!” Qingque grabbed Keqing and dashed out the door.
Weaving through the narrow alleys, Qingque even ran straight through a shop’s kitchen and out the front door.
“Oh, Little Qingque woke up late again today, I see.” An elderly man said kindly as they passed by.
“Hahaha,” another elderly man sitting beside him laughed.
“Seeing her so energetic makes me feel young again.” A burst of laughter followed from the alley entrance.
“Whew, we’re here.” Looking at the wall in front of her, Qingque breathed a sigh of relief.
“We’re here?” “Yeah, behind this wall is where I work.” After saying that, Qingque used her jade message to contact someone.
“What are you doing?” Keqing asked, somewhat confused.
“Going in, of course!
I’m messaging a colleague to have him throw out the rope I prepared, then we can climb in,” Qingque said proudly.
This was a spot she had specifically found for slacking off.
She had prepared many spots like this.
“Why isn’t he replying?
And he hasn’t thrown the rope down after all this time,” Qingque looked up and muttered under her breath.
“Tsk, did he betray me?
No way, I always take him with me when I’m slacking off.” Listening to Qingque’s muttering, Keqing simply picked her up by the waist.
“Hold on tight.” “Huh?” While Qingque was still confused, Keqing had already jumped with her in her arms, clearing the wall in one bound.
Just as Qingque was about to scream, she saw Fu Xuan standing on the other side of the wall with her trusted slacking-off partner.
Her partner gave her a smile filled with a hint of apology.
“Well now, Qingque, you’ve started bringing people to jump over walls, have you!” Fu Xuan said sternly, looking at Qingque in Keqing’s arms.
“Ahhh, that…
I have a reason!” Qingque said, quickly jumping down from Keqing’s embrace.
As she said this, Qingque glared at her partner, her eyes screaming, ‘You betrayed our slacker friendship!’ Her partner immediately shot back a look that said, ‘It’s because you came too late!’ “Hmm?
You two are making eyes at each other.
What message are you conveying?
Say it out loud so I can hear it,” Fu Xuan said, suppressing her anger.
“No, no!
Grand Diviner, I’m only late once in a while!
I know I was wrong!” Qingque immediately lowered her head.
She had been caught being late many times before; it was just that this time, she wasn’t caught at the main gate.
At times like this, as long as she apologized sincerely, the Grand Diviner wouldn’t say much.
This was the wisdom Qingque had summarized from her experiences.
“Oh?
Is that so?
Late ‘once in a while.'” “Last week, I caught you late five times out of seven.
This week has only just started, and I’ve already caught you once.” “Last month, out of thirty days, you were caught being late for twenty of them.” “And you tell me this is ‘once in a while’!” As Fu Xuan spoke, a fan appeared in her hand out of nowhere, and she rapped it against Qingque’s head.
“Grand Diviner, I really didn’t mean to be late!
You have to believe me!” Just like she had hugged Keqing yesterday, Qingque threw her arms around Fu Xuan’s waist.
Seeing Qingque like this, Keqing finally understood why Qingque had been so practiced when she hugged her yesterday.
It was a skill born of practice!
“You, go back to work.
Don’t always follow Qingque and fool around.
Look at what she’s doing to the atmosphere of the Divination Commission, and you’re still following her lead,” Fu Xuan said to Qingque’s partner.
“Then, Grand Diviner, I’ll head back to work first.” Qingque’s partner lowered his head and quickly left.
Qingque had originally intended to escape behind her partner, but Fu Xuan grabbed her by the collar.
“Um, Grand Diviner, I should get back to work too,” Qingque said cautiously.
“Back to work?
I think you’re planning to go back and eat breakfast, aren’t you?” Fu Xuan said, pulling a pancake from behind her back.
“You certainly know how to pick your time—late for work, and then eating breakfast during work hours.” Qingque looked at the pancake in Fu Xuan’s hand in disbelief.
“What?
Curious as to why this pancake is in my hand?” “I usually don’t bother with what you do, but yesterday, I clearly told you that you were not allowed to be late today!” “I’m sorry…” Qingque knew she was in the wrong and lowered her head, all while shooting glances at Keqing, hoping Keqing would save her.
“Grand Diviner, was there something you needed me for at the Divination Commission?” Keqing asked at the opportune moment.
“It’s nothing major, I just wanted to ask if you’d like to transfer from the Seat of Divine Foresight to the Divination Commission.” Fu Xuan looked at Keqing.
“I’ve heard others speak of your efficiency at the Seat of Divine Foresight, so I want you to transfer to the Divination Commission,” Fu Xuan said directly.
She didn’t like Jing Yuan’s style of beating around the bush; for her, it was better to speak plainly and address problems directly.
That was why she loathed how Qingque always found various excuses whenever she was late.
Within the current Divination Commission, Qingque’s Talents were definitely among the very best.
But she was simply too lazy!
If she could pull Keqing over to the Divination Commission, she would never have to worry about the commission’s work progress again.
In just a few years, Keqing had reduced the number of resident Strategists at the Seat of Divine Foresight by a third.
The Divination Commission desperately needed that kind of efficiency!