Selene looked at the card table Qingque took out, and was silent for a moment.
She had said she would compensate Qingque with a card table, but after lunch, Fu Xuan dragged her back to the office... She didn't have time to buy it.
As it turned out, Qingque bought a new one herself!
"This was made by my own hands! A card table forged from pure iron!"
Seeing Selene not speaking, Qingque began to introduce it proactively.
"Ah? Pure iron?!"
Selene was slightly surprised, she didn't expect this to be made by Qingque herself, and from pure iron!
"Isn't it? The card table I bought before wasn't sturdy enough! I just casually slapped it! And it broke!"
"So! I specifically used my nap time to make this card table out of pure iron!"
Qingque said, tilting her head slightly, with an expression that said, 'Aren't I amazing?'
Selene: ..."I can tell, you really love playing cards!"
Selene said.
"Of course! So? Want to play cards?"
Qingque said, holding a di yuan jade tiles in her hand, inviting Selene to play cards!
...Selene naturally accepted Qingque's invitation to slack off, after all, there wasn't really anything to do.
But... what Selene never expected was that Qingque, this fellow, not only made the card table out of pure iron! Even the cards, she forged them from pure iron!
Selene estimated that one of these cards probably weighed about a jin (half a kilogram)!
This led to Selene feeling her arm getting a bit sore after only a few rounds!
In contrast, Qingque still seemed very excited, not looking tired at all!
After playing a few more rounds with Qingque, Selene finally couldn't hold on anymore and could only helplessly say:
"How about we play chess instead?"
"Ah? That's fine too! But why do you suddenly want to play chess?"
Qingque asked, puzzled.
"Um... can I say that the new cards you made are a bit too heavy?"
Selene said softly.
"Ah? Heavy? Pfft! You're too weak!"
Qingque couldn't help but laugh.
Selene: ...Alright, alright! Laughing at me, are you!
"Qingque, you wouldn't want Diviner Fu to know about you smashing the long table with one slap, would you?"
Qingque: ..."Oh dear, oh dear! Little Liu Guang, let's play Gomoku!"
...Time flew by, and it was the weekend of the week after next, a certain Little Sparrow was still sleeping in bed.
But as she was sleeping soundly, she was woken up by a jade amulet notification sound!
Picking up her jade amulet to check, Qingque saw that Fu Xuan had sent her messages, and a dozen of them at that!
"Hiss! Today is the weekend! Grand Diviner wouldn't be calling me back to work overtime, would she!"
"No! That absolutely cannot happen! I'll just glance at what Grand Diviner has sent, and if it's about overtime, I'll immediately turn off my jade amulet!"
Qingque thought to herself, picking up her jade amulet to check the messages from Fu Xuan.
Elusive Grand Diviner: Qingque, are you going to Exalting Sanctum to play cards today?
If you go, call Selene to go with you!
Remember! Only call Selene! Specifically don't let This Meow go!
Understand?
Are you still not awake? Remember to reply to This Meow when you wake up!
Oh, and if Selene asks you why, just make up any excuse! Absolutely do not say that This Meow told you to say it!
...Elusive Grand Diviner: If you complete this task well, This Meow will grant you an extra day of rest tomorrow!
Looking at this string of messages, Qingque fell into a brief silence, followed by a burst of ecstatic joy!
"There's such a good thing waiting for me?! Although I don't know Grand Diviner's reason for doing this, but... she's giving me an extra day off!"
Qingque smiled as she replied to Fu Xuan, promising to complete the task perfectly!
Afterward, Qingque sent a message to Selene, asking Selene to come to Exalting Sanctum to play cards, telling Selene not to bring Fu Xuan, but Qingque didn't say why.
Meanwhile, Selene was still sound asleep in bed.
As for Fu Xuan, after seeing Qingque's reply, she prepared to wake Selene up.
"Little lazy cat, time to get up!"
Fu Xuan reached out and patted Selene's exposed arm, saying.
"Today... today is a day off, I'll sleep a bit more... Don't disturb! Be careful or This Meow won't be polite to you...! If This Meow gets angry, This Meow will bite...!"
Selene's murmured words were cut short as her lips were sealed by Fu Xuan!
"Mmm? Uh..."
Feeling her breathing become a little difficult, Selene's brows furrowed slightly, letting out a soft moan, and reached out to push Fu Xuan away.
Fortunately, after she completed her previous task, the system gave her the ability to breathe normally even while kissing, so she wouldn't suffocate.
It's just that the sound of her breathing... sounded really strange! Even Selene herself felt a blush of shame listening to it!
Fortunately... Fu Xuan only kissed her lightly, stopping as soon as Selene started pushing her.
"Who did you just say you were going to bite? And you also said you wouldn't be polite to This Meow, how exactly would you be impolite?"
Fu Xuan asked with interest.
"Ah? Bite you, of course! What's wrong with that?!"
Selene said righteously, showing no signs of backing down!
"Oh? Then This Meow will stand right here, why don't you try?"
Fu Xuan crossed her arms, looking down at Selene who was still lying in bed.
"I already bit you just now, I don't want to anymore."
Selene said, playfully shrinking into the covers, preparing to sleep a little longer.
Seeing this, Fu Xuan just smiled helplessly, then grabbed a corner of the blanket, lifted her small hand, and pulled the blanket off!
Selene: ..."Hurry and get up to eat."
Fu Xuan said, then re-covered Selene with the blanket and left the Bedroom.
She knew that after her little commotion, this little lazy cat would obediently get out of bed!
After all, this wasn't the first time Fu Xuan had done this.
As Fu Xuan expected, as soon as she left the Bedroom, Selene sat up from the bed, looking at the closed door with a resentful gaze.
"Hmph! Not letting a cat sleep in even on a holiday! Just you wait! One day This Meow will let you know! What it means to be 'vicious'!"
Selene murmured, putting on her jacket and getting out of bed.
By this time, she and Fu Xuan had known each other for almost a month, and due to various strange reasons, the two were actually not much different from a real couple.
(Time skip!)
However, the two hadn't truly broken through that 'window pane' yet, which meant that when Selene checked her system panel, her relationship level with Fu Xuan was still stuck at level seven!
But Selene was certain that if she was just a little more proactive! Their relationship could break through level seven and reach level eight, the lover's relationship!
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