Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

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"Alright, call me whatever you want—want to play cards tonight?"

"No, but give me a glass of lemonade too."

Liu Bai answered the questions while ordering food.

"...Honestly, you've started ignoring me now that you have younger girls."

Himeko, with a resentful look on her face, pushed the menu back.

"Just a cocktail, please."

Qingque: "..."

Himeko's words made Aoya's expression a little strange.

She is indeed very young.

However, this is relative to the people of Xianzhou; she had been working in the Taibusi for more than ten years.

Not to mention the much longer student life on Xianzhou Island compared to the outside world.

Well, it's normal for outsiders to have this kind of misunderstanding.

"This is Qingque, Qingque, and this is Jizi."

Liu Bai, standing in the middle, introduced the two to each other.

The two exchanged a few very casual and polite words.

There's no way around it; their biggest commonality right now is that they both know Liu Bai.

Don't expect to have anything in common with someone you've just met.

"Speaking of which, Little Sparrow, what brings you here?"

"Isn't it just because I'm bored... cough cough."

Qingque only realized halfway through her sentence that the person in front of her was her boss.

Even if your boss is an angel, you can't just sit on their head and shit on them!

Rather, it's precisely because Liu Bai is an angelic boss that I should be even more diligent.

Well, only in terms of "performance".

"I mean, I just got off work and came here to relax."

"Do you think I believe it?"

Liu Bai rolled her eyes.

"It's an unspoken understanding, an unspoken understanding~"

Qingque chuckled.

Qingque had already realized that Liu Bai might not be as accurate as her own diviner.

But his heart... is probably darker than his own mother's; he's just very tolerant.

Otherwise, cutting in line would be even more outrageous than their own fortune teller.

Sometimes I really wish Qingque could give me a positive and uplifting answer.

Liu Bai rubbed his forehead.

"Hehe~"

Qingque grinned sheepishly, ready to use her cuteness to get away with it.

Positive and optimistic? Impossible!

Himeko looked at this scene and became even more melancholy.

"Damn it! Youth is wonderful!"

Himeko slammed her fist on the table.

Liu Bai & Qing Que: "..."

"Please excuse my poor performance..."

"Ah, it's nothing. As a member of the Immortal Ship, we've seen this kind of reaction many times before."

Qingque carried the composure of an old immortal.

"What kind of reaction is that?!"

Himeko was quite dissatisfied with Liu Bai and Qing Que's skeptical reaction. "Ah—I get it! One is a young and beautiful girl! The other is a handsome guy who's popular with everyone! They definitely wouldn't understand the troubles of someone like me!"

"...Although I can't understand it, it might actually be very easy to understand."

Liu Bai rubbed his forehead.

Qingque nodded in agreement from the side.

"People who say these kinds of lines are usually experiencing sexual anxiety. Compared to anxiety about life, this is also very common in Xianzhou."

Is it common?

Liu Bai was curious.

"Common... right? Anyway, this kind of online scam where a man pretends to be a woman is quite common in Xianzhou."

Qingque took a sip of lemon juice.

Then, in the next moment, Qingque's entire face seemed to shrink inward.

"So sour—!"

"Yeah! It's so sour!"

Himeko slammed her hand on the table again.

These two people are talking about completely different things...

"Oh! Sorry! I'll add some sugar for you!"

The waiter came over in a panic.

After a while, Qingque's face relaxed.

"Phew... I'm alive again... Anyway, this kind of anxiety is very common—by the way, Ms. Himeko, does your family ask you about your future plans every year?"

"Huh? No, that won't happen. Although my old man is a complicated person, he won't interfere much in this matter..."

As Himeko spoke, her voice gradually softened.

Is it because my father doesn't care, or because I didn't give him a chance to ask in previous communications?

"Isn't that a good thing?"

Qingque sighed.

“Every year during the Lunar New Year when I go home, my parents always ask me about my future plans—who has any of those things?”

"Ugh... isn't it a bit much to have no life plan at all?"

Himeko scratched her head.

"No, there isn't one! Isn't a secure job just a way to make a living? But I can't openly tell my parents that their daughter is planning to coast along in this fortune teller position for the rest of her life."

A hint of annoyance appeared on Qingque's face.

"May I ask, who is the diviner...?"

Himeko was somewhat curious.

"It can be understood as a junior administrator in an office."

“Miss Qingque, you’ve been staying in this position…”

"It's been more than ten years, right? Anyway, I joined right after graduation."

"..."

Himeko was slightly stunned.

Firstly, the term of office was rather long, long enough for Himeko to notice the issue of her age.

Secondly...

You're a genius to become a civil servant right after graduation! You'd be an outstanding graduate in college too!

This kind of person has been in this position for over ten years...

"Everyone said that being a civil servant was a leisurely and secure job before I joined, but it turns out to be a nightmare in the workplace!"

Qingque rarely complained.

"Ah...indeed, there are those who do the hardest work but never get promoted."

"No, that's not true. My colleagues from the same period have all been promoted."

"..."

—Isn't this the ultimate dream job?!

"Did I want to slack off? I just wanted to restore the intensity of civil servant work to what everyone's been talking about!"

Qingque continued to complain.

Liu Bai: "..."

What kind of twisted logic and heresy is this?

"Thinking back on it carefully, reporting to the Tabushi was probably the worst decision I ever made in my life... Nobody told me that the Tabushi was an endless sea of ​​suffering for scoundrels..."

Qingque started muttering to herself.

"Is Miss Qingque coming to our Tianbo Company?"

A slightly teasing voice came from behind Qingque.

"The Ten Kings' Office is also acceptable."

The crows and the clouds traveled together, and they also began to cry out.

Logically speaking, a diviner as lowly as Qingque should not attract the attention of Hanya—after all, there are thousands of such diviners in the Grand Diviner's Office.

However, after spending these days here, the crow quickly realized that the blue sparrow was hiding its true abilities.

Moreover, that diviner Fu Xuan also discovered that—how could a bird's calculation compare to a heavenly calculation?

Another reason why Han Ya came to this conclusion was the familiarity between Qing Que and Fu Xuan.

The Imperial divination office had four distinct systems: diviners, strategists responsible for political and military strategies, scribes who recorded information, and clerks who categorized and preserved information.

Qingque is the lowest-ranking diviner, undoubtedly at the bottom—yet it seems that Fu Xuan personally catches him every few days, which is why he is quite familiar with Fu Xuan.

One was a diviner of the lowest rank in the Imperial Apothecary, and the other was a high-ranking official in the Imperial Apothecary.

Is this normal?

You're not the head of the Diviner System, so why would that arrogant and haughty diviner arrest you for no reason?

Therefore, Qingque's talent is probably quite astonishing, so astonishing that the diviner was willing to personally temper his temperament.

"Let's forget about the Ten Kings' Division..."

Qingque turned her head and twitched the corner of her mouth, "But as for the Tianbo Bureau..."

Compared to the Dan Ding Si and Gong Zao Si, which require technical skills, and the Ji Heng Si, which is known for its many tasks.

The Tianbo Company, a place for merchants, seems to be a great place to slack off...

Qingque was a little tempted.

"It's alright. When Qingque makes a mistake, I will have my sister personally bring you into the Ten Kings Division."

As the bluebird's heart stirred, the crow let out a mournful cry.

"At that time, you and I might become colleagues."

How should we describe Qingque, the diviner favored by Fu Xuan?

Is a high-quality wet component any good?

—Of course, I wasn't serious; I was just trying to scare Qingque.