Qingque was quite skilled at this! She had taught her 'slacking-off philosophy' to other Diviners in the Divination Commission more than once!
And it had been approved by the other Diviners! They all followed suit!
However, what was strange was that those Diviners only slacked off for a day or two before returning to their normal work!
... At nine in the morning, Qingque was still as punctual as ever.
But when Qingque arrived at the Archives, she found that the door to the Archives had already been opened.
Qingque knew without a doubt that it must have been opened by the new Grand Diviner that Grand Diviner had mentioned!
As soon as Qingque walked into the Archives, she saw a young girl sitting by the desk at the entrance.
The girl was very cute, sitting obediently at the desk, reading a book.
Seeing this, Qingque couldn't help but be delighted!
"This one doesn't look very old! Won't she be easy to trick? Ah, no! Easy to persuade?!"
Qingque thought to herself.
Selene, of course, also noticed Qingque and looked up at her.
Selene wore a hat, and her Tail was hidden inside her clothes.
Selene did this on purpose because she felt that her cat ears and her Tail were too attention-grabbing! This made Selene very uncomfortable! So she wanted to cover them up with something.
Fu Xuan naturally agreed to this.
"You must be Senior Qingque!"
Selene stood up and asked excitedly, extending her hand.
Selene naturally knew that Qingque wouldn't recognize her, so she decided to tease Qingque, pretending not to know her.
"Yep, I'm Qingque! A Diviner in the Divination Commission. If you don't understand anything about work in the future, don't come and ask me!"
Qingque extended her hand and shook Selene's hand while speaking.
"I'm April Seven! If I don't understand anything, I'll definitely come... Uh?"
As Selene spoke, she suddenly realized something was amiss.
She seemed to have just said? If she didn't understand anything about work, she shouldn't ask her?
... After a few casual chats with Selene, the two girls returned to their workstations and started working.
But in reality, being an archivist was a leisurely job; they were never busy all day long.
Normally, Qingque would have already started slacking off, but today was different! With April Seven here, Qingque couldn't slack off at all!
Mainly because this girl was always working diligently, and as a senior, if she were to just start slacking off... well, she couldn't come up with an excuse. Actually, she was just afraid of being reported!
She worked until eleven o'clock, Qingque even finished all of today's chores!
But that April Seven was still working diligently! Seeing this, Qingque felt it was time for her to act! She couldn't let her work so hard anymore!
"Um... April Seven? Haven't you thought about taking a break?"
Qingque went to Selene's side and asked tentatively.
"Huh? A break? But taking a break during work hours counts as slacking off, right? If Grand Diviner found out, it would be terrible!"
Selene said, a look of unease appearing on her face.
However, all of this was feigned by Selene; she naturally knew what Qingque's purpose was in saying this.
It was obvious! This one wanted to slack off! But because she was here, she didn't dare to! So she wanted to drag her down with her!
However, since Selene was deliberately hiding her identity, she naturally had to continue the act.
She thought about how surprised Qingque's expression would be when she found out that April Seven was Selene!
Just thinking about it was so much fun!
And Selene's thoughts were naturally overheard by Fu Xuan.
"This Stupid Cat is actually trying to trick Qingque! But then again, Qingque probably wouldn't recognize her, would she? How interesting! Then I shall play along as well!"
... Back to the main topic.
"Don't worry! With me, Qingque, here! I'll remind you when Grand Diviner comes!"
Qingque patted her chest and declared confidently.
"Oh? Really?!"
Selene asked excitedly.
"Of course! I'm an old hand! Full of experience!"
Qingque said this with a slight smirk, knowing that the fish had taken the bait!
... For the next hour, Selene, under Qingque's guidance, played di yuan jade tiles.
However, the results were similar to when she was still a cat; Qingque kept winning.
But winning or losing wasn't important! The main thing was to have fun!
"I have to say! You're somewhat similar to a cat I know when it comes to playing cards!"
Qingque looked at April Seven and couldn't help but think of Selene.
Selene's mouth twitched imperceptibly. How could they not be similar if they were the same person?
"Oh? Is that so! What a coincidence!"
Selene said, a little awkwardly.
"Come on, come on! Keep going! One more hour, and we can get off work and eat!"
Qingque said, starting to shuffle the cards, and at the same time, began to instill some slacking-off philosophy in Selene.
And as for Qingque's slacking-off philosophy, Selene knew it by heart!
After all, before transmigration, she had played Honkai: Star Rail a lot and heard Qingque's slacking-off philosophy countless times!
... Approaching noon.
"It's almost time to get off work. After this round, we should get off work and eat!"
Qingque drew a card and said to Selene.
"Can you go easy on me? I've been losing all morning; let me win one round!"
Selene looked a bit listless; after all, losing all morning would make anyone feel down.
"Cough, cough! I'll try my best! But if you feed the cards right into my mouth, how can I not win?!"
Qingque said with a smile.
Selene: ...
"Hmm? Playing? Are you short a person? How about I join you?"
Fu Xuan arrived at the Archives at some unknown point. She stood at the Archives' entrance, looking at the two girls playing cards, her tone unreadable.
"Oh dear! Friend, you've come at a really inconvenient time! This round just started; why don't you come back this afternoon?"
Qingque said directly without even raising her head.
"Hmm? You mean, two hours of playing in the morning isn't enough, and you want to continue playing this afternoon?"
Fu Xuan walked to Qingque's side and said in an unfriendly tone.
Qingque suddenly reacted, and her body immediately trembled!
"D-d-Grand Diviner! Why are you here?! It's mealtime now! You should take care of yourself! Go eat, Grand Diviner! Hehe..."
Qingque stiffly turned around, looking at Fu Xuan with an awkward expression, speaking words of concern in a forced tone.
"Hmph! I'm full just by looking at you every day! Why do I need to eat?!"
Fu Xuan snorted coldly and said in an annoyed tone.
"Ah ha?! Then Grand Diviner, have some Alchemy Commission digestive tablets! To calm your anger!"
Qingque said, pulling out a strip of digestive tablets from her pocket and handing them to Fu Xuan.
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