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Qingque immediately put her arm around Qingque's shoulder as if they were very familiar with each other.
Speechless as I am, gossip is a good thing!
What can I do if I can't slack off during work hours?
Play cards by yourself or gossip with your colleagues!
"What's there to elaborate on? Go away!"
Liu Bai waved his hands repeatedly.
"Tsk tsk tsk, even a seasoned player in love is shy about this kind of thing."
Himeko pressed closer, her tone laced with sarcasm.
...Although she felt she would be incredibly jealous if she heard those sweet and sour love stories.
But... I'm just curious!
"If the adult doesn't want to talk, then don't force them..."
Tingyun used a folding fan to slightly cover her face, concealing the curiosity in her eyes.
Of course, more importantly, Liu Bai and Ting Yun weren't very close, and Ting Yun couldn't joke around with this superior.
"Excuse me, Miss Tingyun, have you ever seen Han Ya?"
A cold, clear voice came from behind.
A glint of light flashed in Qingque's eyes.
Speak of the devil and he appears!
In Tingyun's eyes... curiosity was also starting to get the better of her.
"Sister Xueyi! Please have a seat!"
Qingque warmly pulled Xueyi to sit next to Liu Bai, and she and Jizi moved to the side.
The current positions are: Tingyun, Liubai, Xueyi, Qingque, and Jizi.
(Is this what snow clothes look like... Damn it! How come they're all so young!) Himeko felt even more envious.
She felt she had become indifferent to sweet and sour love stories.
(Why not Cocolia?! How about a romantic story about a mature woman in her thirties?!)
—Although if such a story really existed, Himeko would probably be bursting with jealousy.
—And Himeko is still very naive and judges people by their appearance. In her mind, only the alien Cocolia is about the same age as her.
"Ah... I've come to find the crow..."
Xueyi was clearly not used to Qingque's sudden enthusiasm and subconsciously glanced at Liu Bai.
...However, with Liu Bai by her side, Xueyi did not resist this enthusiasm.
Since Han Ya arrived, Xue Yi hasn't spent much time alone with Liu Bai in order to let her younger sister get used to the environment.
Before this, Xueyi relied on her ability to disguise herself as a life-size... body pillow to spend a considerable amount of time alone with Liu Bai.
It gives off the feeling of a personal guard or secret bodyguard.
"Didn't you see the crow just as it went out?"
Liu Bai spoke up.
He was already praying that Xueyi would go find her sister soon.
Otherwise, these people would probably start a huge discussion about this.
"I...I came from the direction of the laboratory. I just finished adjusting my body...that crow probably went back to its room."
Xue Yi replied.
Xueyi wasn't in a hurry to find Hanya.
Now I have so much time to spend with my sister that I don't need to rush. My initial slight reluctance was just because I wasn't used to Qingque's enthusiasm.
"In that case, there's no need to rush. If you don't mind, I can have a drink with you."
Her meticulousness was tempered with a touch of gentleness, and she even deliberately referred to herself as "I" when they spoke earlier.
...I'm not very good at refusing.
"Sister Xueyi! I'd like to ask you something, is that alright?"
"You...?"
Xueyi turned her head to look at Qingque.
The image of the bluebird was clearly reflected in her ruby-like eyes.
The judge's oppressive aura is activated!
Qingque: "..."
"If you have any questions, feel free to ask."
"I...cough cough! I just suddenly disappeared!"
Qingque immediately backed down.
There's nothing shameful about admitting defeat to the judge!
Tingyun glanced helplessly at Qingque, then slowly closed her folding fan.
"It is like this, Lord Xueyi. Lord Hanya just inquired about your achievements under Lord Liubai."
It's time to learn the art of conversation.
What way should we repay this kindness?
I don’t know.
It was just a younger sister concerned about her older sister's work situation.
"……what."
Xueyi was only confused for a second before she understood the implication of Tingyun's words. Her usually emotionless eyes looked at Liu Bai with a hint of nervousness.
"My lord, you..."
To be honest, there's nothing shameful about her relationship with Liu Bai; she just doesn't know how to bring it up with her sister.
Actually, there are two different things involved here.
The ability to summon the crow is not due to the snow-white garment's super suction power, but rather because the snow-white garment actually cleared out a group of Honkai Beasts on the front lines—although it was led by the powerful Huang Quan—and only after obtaining gacha coins can the crow be summoned.
After the super suction power was summoned, Xueyi, who already had a high regard for him, took the opportunity to "repay the favor".
These are two very clear-cut issues.
However, if they are mixed together, it is easy to be mistaken for Xueyi using her super suction power as a condition to persuade Liu Bai to draw the Cold Crow.
...After all, it's hard for others to understand that getting the four-star character, Raven, is entirely based on luck.
Why did Xueyi still do it even though she knew that telling others about repaying a debt of gratitude would lead to misunderstandings?
Isn't it just that you want to do it?
At that time, Xueyi pulled Liu Bai into the toilet stall.
Anyway, after Xueyi used her super suction power to repay the debt, the nature of the matter began to change.
"I only told you about your killing of the enemy."
Liu Bai sighed, "But I don't think Han Ya really believes it."
"I guess so..."
There were three people in the cleanup team at the time.
Huang Quan, she, Cocolia.
Two of them have large-area AoE clearing abilities, while only one person does not. Who is that person?
—That's her!
She was in charge of finishing off the enemy.
After all, Cocolia is relatively weak, and sometimes a few of her opponents slip through the net.
It could be said that Huang Quan was on her own team at that time, while she and Cocolia were on another team.
However, it cannot be said that she made no contribution. As a judge specializing in arrests, Xueyi's ability to search and perceive the surrounding area was more accurate than satellite positioning when she was on the front line.
His achievements are in no way inferior to Cocolia's.
However... that didn't stop her from not doing much.
"Just telling half the story... should be fine, right?"
Although Liu Bai hadn't seen the battle report—why bother looking at a battle report about cleaning up trash—he still knew that the two things were different.
"This half is also the truth."
"If the crow was just asking casually... it shouldn't be a problem."
Xueyi knew that Liu Bai probably hadn't read the battle report before saying he killed the enemy, but that wasn't something that couldn't be fooled.
The biggest problem is... well, Xueyi knows that Hanya and she share similar values when it comes to repaying kindness.
The immense kindness of "resurrection" is beyond repayment. Compared to that, killing some minor enemies as an assistant is hardly a way to repay the debt of gratitude. Xueyi herself felt that she hadn't done enough.
In this situation, only telling half the story would make it seem like "Lord Liu Bai's kindness is never fully repaid."
(So those two really are in that kind of relationship...)
While the two were struggling with their decision, Qingque silently gave Tingyun a thumbs up.
Tingyun covered her face with a fan and took a sip of wine with a calm and elegant demeanor.
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Chapter 431 I have no way to repay your immense kindness and virtue, except…
"Sister, are you back?"
Upon hearing the sound of someone entering the house, the crow naturally turned its head to look.
"Yes, I'm back."
Xueyi's expression remained calm, but her movements were still somewhat hesitant, and she unconsciously avoided Hanya's gaze.
"What did you make? It smells delicious."
"I made some fairy boat pastries with the ingredients I had on hand. Sister, come and eat with me."
The two sisters' conversation was quite ordinary and mundane.
However... Xueyi felt a little flustered.
"I...I just drank quite a bit of alcohol, and my appetite..."
"Does the Five Organs Spirit have a poor appetite?"
The crow tilted its head.
She genuinely didn't quite understand this, after all, the Five Treasures God was a redundant mechanism installed from a humanitarian perspective.
Previously, Jackdaw was more concerned with the aspects of puppet joints and weaponry.
"Well... alright, I'll keep you company for a while, little sister."
However, Xueyi, who had a guilty conscience, took it as a rhetorical question.
Left with no other choice, I had to agree.
"Sister, you don't have to force yourself..."
"...It wasn't a stretch."
Xueyi inwardly marveled at Han Ya's cunning side.
But at the same time, I felt a little relieved.
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