Starry sky, I can hear their secrets.

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Qingque pleaded urgently, "No, please! I was wrong, okay?"

Taking the opportunity, Su Jinyan asked, "So what is our relationship now?"

Qingque's eyes darted away: "A...a friend..."

"Can't we be best friends?"

Su Jinyan squatted down: "A good friend? What kind of good friend would do such a thing?"

Qingque covered her lips, speaking haltingly, "It's... um... a lifelong... best friend..."

bang bang bang-

Just then, there was a loud knocking on the library door.

Fu Xuan, with a stern face, knocked hard on the library door.

Normally, this library is unlocked, but Qingque has locked it from the inside, which means that Ayan must be inside.

"Open the door, open the door quickly!"

"Open the door, Qingque! You're good at slacking off, but you're not good at opening the door?"

"Qingque, you've neglected your duties during work hours. Believe me, I'll dock your pay!"

Qingque's small, delicate toes arched and curled at times, as she tried her best to suppress her sobs: "Waaah..."

"It's over, the Grand Diviner has come in person. She must have known we were together."

"You'd better think of something quickly, Ayan."

After a long while, Su Jinyan raised her head and said, "What's the panic? Look at me, I'm not panicking."

Qingque bit her lip. "Of course you're not worried. When the Grand Diviner gets angry, he won't punish you; he'll only punish me."

What a pity, I was hoping to play a little longer, but luckily I was prepared.

Qingque urged, "Let's go, Ayan, let's leave through the secret passage."

Su Jinyan was shocked: "You actually built a secret passage in the library?"

Qingque said in a serious tone, "Of course, we need to save as much time as possible."

"This is the necessary price to pay for slacking off."

The secret passage staircase is hidden behind the third bookshelf in the library.

Qingque and Su Jinyan were still in the attic of the library and had to run down from there first.

Qingque grabbed Su Jinyan's hand and ran downstairs with hurried steps.

Fu Xuan said coldly, "Qing Que, stop pretending. I can already hear your footsteps."

"Tell me honestly, is Ayan in there too?"

"If you obediently open the door and admit your mistake, I won't do anything to you."

Qingque nudged Su Jinyan and whispered, "Hurry, hurry, you need to get out of here through the secret passage."

Su Jinyan couldn't help but ask, "And what about you?"

Qingque said matter-of-factly, "I was just sleeping in the attic of the library."

"It's normal that I didn't hear it for a moment, right? As long as the Grand Diviner doesn't catch me in the act, he can't punish me."

"If I get caught slacking off, the most the Grand Diviner will do is deduct my salary."

"If they get caught stealing food, the consequences won't be so simple."

Su Jinyan looked confused: "Cheating? Does normal interaction between friends count as cheating?"

Qingque seemed very satisfied: "That's right, that's exactly it. We both have a clear conscience."

"Oh, come meet me in the lecture hall later. I have to read my self-criticism in front of everyone."

Su Jinyan asked, "Should I talk to Master and ask her to exempt you from punishment?"

Qingque hurriedly refused, "No, it's nothing."

"If you interfere, it won't be as simple as just writing a self-criticism."

"Remember to go to the lecture hall, I've prepared a very creative letter of self-criticism."

After Su Jinyan left through the secret passage, Qingque hurriedly opened the library door.

"Excuse me, Lord Fu Xuan."

"I was tired from work and took a short nap. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting outside."

Qingque rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned.

Fu Xuan looked at Qing Que, who had been nourished, with suspicion. She didn't believe Qing Que's nonsense.

Who gets such intense pleasure while taking a nap?

Qingque must be hiding something from me. Let me find out where Ayan is hiding.

Fu Xuan, with a sullen face, pushed open the door and walked in, looking around.

Fu Xuan searched every possible hiding place in the library and attic, but ultimately found nothing.

Ok?

While inspecting the desk in the attic, Fu Xuan discovered a suspicious puddle of water under the desk.

Qingque's pretty face changed slightly, and her heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, in the rush, she forgot to clean up the battlefield.

Fu Xuan glanced at Qing Que and asked suspiciously, "Qing Que, what is this?"

Qingque explained, "My Lord, I inevitably drool when I sleep."

"This is my drool. Oh dear, I'm so sorry to have made you laugh."

Fu Xuan didn't mind at all, and dipped her slender white finger into the water stain on the wooden floor: "Are you sure this is saliva?"

Qingque's eyes darted around: "Uh...it could also be..."

"It might be leftover glue from when I was organizing the books..."

Fu Xuan narrowed her beautiful eyes. Whether it was true or false, she only needed to collect these water stains and test them at the Great Evolution Qiong Guan Array to find out if Qing Que was lying.

However, never mind, it's not worth it for such a small matter.

The renowned botanist Liu Huaqiang once said:

When you doubt whether a melon is ripe or not, you've already decided it's not ripe in your mind.

So whether you split it or not, it's meaningless now.

Once suspicion arises, the charge is already established.

Fu Xuan had already tacitly accepted the fact that Qing Que and Su Jinyan were having an affair, but she did not intend to investigate further.

Su Jinyan's decision not to stay but to quietly escape undoubtedly demonstrates his attitude towards Qingque.

In other words, in his heart, Qingque is far less important than himself.

Qingque looked at Fu Xuan guiltily. She had long heard that Lord Fu Xuan had unparalleled insight. Could it be that he had already deduced the scene from Fu Xuan's insight?

Fu Xuan snorted coldly, choosing to let the matter drop: "Qing Que, has the year-long review been completed?"

"Have you finished writing last month's work summary?"

"All you do is slack off all day. Can you even finish the task I assigned you tonight?"

"If you can't finish it, work overtime to finish it for me!"

Qingque breathed a sigh of relief: "Lord Fu Xuan, please don't underestimate me. I have already completed it."

Fu Xuan blinked her beautiful eyes, somewhat surprised: "Oh? Let me see, first hand over last year's review."

Qingque proudly puffed out her little chest: "Reporting to the Grand Diviner, no!"

Fu Xuan asked incredulously, "No? What about last month's work summary?"

Qingque remained proud: "Reporting to the Grand Diviner! There isn't one either!"

Fu Xuan slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Then what have you accomplished?!"

Qingque: "A letter of self-criticism!"

Fu Xuan: "?"

......

The Office of the Grand Diviner, the Hall of Receiving Officials.

Since Qingque enjoys slacking off so much, Fu Xuan doesn't intend to give her any face.

Bluebird, oh Bluebird, how can you be so lazy?

As the saying goes: It's never too late to turn back from the wrong path.

Fu Xuan still had high hopes for Qing Que's talent. She planned to make Qing Que feel ashamed through this public self-criticism, so that she would repent and correct her mistakes.