But you, Little one, just looking is one thing! What do you mean by swallowing your saliva, huh?! Has this Stupid Cat really become so perverted that she wants to eat ice cream?!
"What are you looking at, you perverted Little Sparrow!"
Fu Xuan said, reaching out to pat Selene's head.
Selene: "Uh?! I said I was just spacing out, Fu Xuan-jie, do you believe me?"
"Huh? Aren't your slippers in the bathroom?"
Selene said, unintentionally noticing the slippers placed inside the bathroom, and reminded her.
Fu Xuan: ...She looked back and indeed, as Selene said, her slippers were placed inside the bathroom.
Fu Xuan felt a bit awkward for a moment; it turned out she had misunderstood her!
"Ahem! You've probably seen enough, haven't you? If you have, this Grand Diviner is going to change!"
Fu Xuan coughed twice and said.
Selene was stunned for a moment, her gaze sweeping over Fu Xuan's entire body again, then she nodded... The next day.
Fu Xuan woke up early as usual, but she didn't wake Selene.
After all, it was still too early, so let this Little one sleep a bit longer! This Grand Diviner always goes early, it's not like she can make this Little one wake up early every day with her, right?
Fu Xuan thought this to herself, glancing at the furball curled into a ball under the covers, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her lips.
After tucking Selene in, Fu Xuan got up to make breakfast.
However, because Selene bought too many steamed buns yesterday, Fu Xuan only needed to re-steam the remaining ones.
Before leaving, Fu Xuan picked up Selene's jade amulet and set an alarm for her.
The alarm was set for 8:20 AM. After setting it, Fu Xuan left the house with peace of mind... In a blink of an eye, the time arrived at 8:20 AM, and Selene's jade amulet on the bedside rang as scheduled!
Selene: ..."Meow?"
Selene called out in confusion, her paw instinctively patting the jade amulet.
Coincidentally, with that touch, Selene happened to turn off the alarm!
Seeing the annoying sound stop, Selene yawned, closed her eyes, and continued to sleep... "It's ten o'clock, I wonder what that Selene is doing? Is she slacking off with Qingque again?"
Fu Xuan murmured, picking up her jade amulet to send a message to Selene.
Fu Xuan: What are you doing? Are you playing cards with Qingque again?
After sending the message, Fu Xuan waited for a moment, expecting an instant reply.
But after waiting for several minutes, Fu Xuan still didn't receive a reply from Selene.
Seeing this, Fu Xuan couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Strange? What is this Little one doing? Why isn't she replying to this Grand Diviner?"
Fu Xuan murmured, sending another message to Selene, but still received no reply.
"That's odd? What exactly is that Little one up to?"
The more Fu Xuan thought about it, the stranger it seemed, so she sent a message to Qingque.
On the other side, Qingque, sitting in the Archives, was glancing at the door from time to time, while also sending messages to April Seven.
But like Fu Xuan, she received no reply.
This made Qingque a bit anxious! She was really afraid that Fu Xuan would suddenly come to the Archives! If that happened, that April Seven would be in big trouble!
Sure enough, as soon as she thought of the Grand Diviner, the Grand Diviner sent a message!
The Elusive Grand Diviner: Qingque, did April Seven come to work today?
Qingque, seeing the message, thought for a moment, then chose to cover for April Seven!
Qingque: April Seven came to work, she's busy right now!
Seeing the message from Qingque, Fu Xuan couldn't help but narrow her eyes.
Something's not right! It's 99.9% not right!
...A moment later, Qingque heard footsteps coming from outside the Archives.
Based on her many years of experience listening to footsteps, it was definitely Fu Xuan, no doubt about it!
Qingque: Alas! I'm sorry, April Seven! You can't blame me for this! I've tried my best to help you!
Qingque silently mourned for Selene in her heart. Based on her understanding of Fu Xuan, Selene would definitely be severely punished by Fu Xuan!
"Qingque, the April Seven you mentioned? Where is she now?"
Fu Xuan walked into the Archives and asked Qingque.
"Ah?! This, that…"
For a moment, Qingque didn't know how to answer. She had just been worrying about Selene, but now she realized that perhaps the person she should be most worried about was herself!
"Actually? She didn't come to work at all? Right! You were actually lying to this Grand Diviner just now! Right!"
Fu Xuan looked at Qingque and questioned her.
"Oh my! Grand Diviner, you really are too smart! This Little Sparrow here! I was just playing a joke with you! I didn't expect you to see through it so quickly!"
Qingque did not choose to directly answer Fu Xuan's question. Instead, she showed a small face, leaned close to Fu Xuan, and began to praise her.
"You and she will go guard the gate together today!"
Fu Xuan didn't fall for Qingque's flattery. After saying this, she turned and left... At Fu Xuan's home, a certain lazy Stupid Cat crawled out from under the covers.
"Meow~! (That sleep was really comfortable! It was truly wonderful!)"
Selene sighed, then transformed into her human form and headed to the kitchen.
The first thing to do after waking up was, of course, to eat breakfast!
And after Selene had filled her stomach, she finally remembered something very important! That was that she still had to go to the Divination Commission for work today!
After checking the time, Selene gasped!
The jade amulet now displayed the time as 11:30 AM!
"It's over, it's over! This This Meow (Stupid Cat) was actually late on her second day of work?!"
Selene murmured, no longer lingering at home. She put on her shoes and hurried out the door!
...At the main entrance of the Divination Commission.
A certain Little Sparrow was leaning against the iron gate, holding her jade amulet, playing something or other.
Suddenly, the Little Sparrow heard footsteps approaching from ahead, accompanied by hurried breathing!
Qingque looked up, and the person arriving was none other than April Seven, who was nearly half a day late for work!
Selene naturally also saw Qingque standing by the gate and gradually stopped running.
"Qingque? Why are you guarding the gate?"
Selene walked up to Qingque and asked, puzzled.
"Ahem! It's nothing much! I just accidentally made the Grand Diviner angry! So, I was transferred to guard the gate!"
Qingque said with an awkward laugh.
"Hmm! Don't worry! If I encounter the Grand Diviner! I'll put in a good word for you! I'm leaving now!"
Selene said, waving her hand, and was about to leave!
"Hmm? Actually, you've also been punished by the Grand Diviner to guard the gate…"
Qingque said, looking at Selene.
Selene: ...For a moment, another petite figure appeared on the other side of the gate...
"Actually, you could have come a bit later."
Qingque said, looking at Selene...
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