[The center of Exalting Sanctum Street]
The Xianzhou citizens passing by all around didn't show much surprise at the appearance of Fu Xuan and Qingque.
After all, the two of them often cause big scenes in Exalting Sanctum.
If you ask the people living in Exalting Sanctum who the big shot they've seen the most is, it would definitely be Fu Xuan.
And wherever Fu Xuan appears, within a hundred steps there's always Qingque.
To the people of Exalting Sanctum, the two of them are like companion spirit beasts out of storybooks.
As for which one is the companion spirit beast, that's anyone's guess…
So their appearance didn't attract much attention.
Crack!
Levi, hiding in a corner watching the drama, heard the sound and immediately crouched down.
Looking at the broken tree branch by his feet, he couldn't help wanting to curse.
He had originally planned to see how Qingque would explain things to Fu Xuan, and how Fu Xuan would deal with Qingque, or himself.
So he could be mentally prepared.
But instead, this tiny branch made a noise.
Now all he could do was pray that Fu Xuan and Qingque hadn't noticed him.
Levi clasped his hands together, his expression sincere, muttering softly under his breath.
"Namo Amitabha…"
"..."
'Seems like I recited it wrong…'
'That's the Rebirth Mantra!!!'
Levi screamed internally.
'This is literally sending myself off!'
Fu Xuan looked toward the direction where the sound came from.
Levi had crouched down fast, but he still couldn't escape her gaze.
Likewise, if even Fu Xuan could tell who it was, there was no way Qingque wouldn't recognize whose head that was.
Qingque, who had just been completely confused, was suddenly overjoyed and immediately pointed in the direction where Levi was hiding.
She was about to expose what Levi had done last night.
"Lady Fu Xuan..."
"Lady Fu Xuan! I have an urgent matter to report!"
Whoosh!
Levi sprang out from behind cover and flew straight in front of Fu Xuan, using the momentum to drop to one knee before her.
Seeing his movement, Qingque froze for a moment, but that moment made her miss the best chance to explain herself.
Watching Levi's smooth series of actions, Fu Xuan's lips twitched slightly, and she almost laughed out loud.
"Ahem, ahem…" Fu Xuan coughed lightly and looked at him sharply.
"Explain to me, why were you hiding in the shadows just now?"
Meeting Fu Xuan's gaze, Levi wore an expression of righteous solemnity.
"Today, your subordinate discovered that the Divination Commission's network had been breached. Linking this to the matter Qingque discussed with me last night…"
Qingque snapped out of it and immediately shouted angrily, "You're slandering me!"
'What do you mean I discussed it with you? You're the one who came to discuss it with me!'
'Dumping the blame on my head without even blushing.'
'I had no idea you had this kind of talent for turning black into white!'
"Lady Fu Xuan! Please don't listen to this villain's nonsense!"
Qingque hugged Fu Xuan's leg and cried out, "Although I, Qingque, love slacking off, love leaving early, and don't finish work on time…"
She really shouldn't have said that, because as soon as she did, Fu Xuan remembered that Qingque's work report from last year still hadn't been submitted.
Back then she said she'd do it later, and later turned into so long that even Fu Xuan herself forgot about it.
Fu Xuan's expression immediately darkened.
But Qingque, tightly hugging her leg, didn't notice at all and continued crying.
"I occasionally sneak out during work hours to the card parlor to play, but my loyalty to the Divination Commission is as clear as the sun and moon! How could I possibly do anything that harms the Divination Commission?!"
As she spoke, she squeezed out two tears from the corners of her eyes, then when Fu Xuan wasn't paying attention, shot a provocative look at Levi.
'Hah, you little thing. Just an outsider, and you dare compare yourself to the Divination Commission's most valued diviner?'
'Watch me get your residence reassigned to the Yaoqing Xianzhou!'
Qingque's whole performance left Levi dumbfounded.
With that level of self-explosion, he'd never be able to learn it in this lifetime.
Seeing Fu Xuan's face turn iron-dark, Levi secretly lowered his head and thought, 'This is solid now.'
'You can carry this black pot yourself!'
'I already said it, whether you want to or not, I'll lift you up and make you carry it!'
'Besides, I'm doing this for your own good!'
'If you don't suffer more while you're young, you won't get the chance to later when you're old!'
Qingque, '? For my good, my ass!'
'If it were really for my good, you'd give me your company account!'
'Not make me carry this damn black pot for you!'
———
Just as Qingque saw Levi lower his head and thought things were settled, Fu Xuan spoke, "Let go. This matter will be decided by me."
Fu Xuan's words made Qingque freeze. When she looked up and saw Fu Xuan's gloomy expression, she screamed internally that it was over.
She didn't let go. Instead, she hugged Fu Xuan's leg even tighter, wailing, "Lady Fu Xuan, you can't not believe me and instead believe this outsider!"
"He is an external staff member of the Divination Commission. That also makes him part of the Commission. How is he an outsider?"
"..."
'Oh crap! They've turned arresting me into a new Divination Commission job!'
"Exactly, Lady Fu Xuan! You absolutely must not believe this treacherous Qingque, she's had her eyes on your position as Grand Diviner for a long time!"
Levi lowered his head, pulled his arm out from behind him, and immediately copied Qingque, hugging Fu Xuan's other leg and wailing.
"I discovered it was Qingque who did it and intended to rush to the Divination Commission to report to you, but who would have thought I'd run into you and this villain chatting and laughing together in Exalting Sanctum. Out of fear, your subordinate didn't dare step forward."
'Chatting and laughing? Are you sure?'
Looking at Qingque beside her, who was crying even harder than she was, Fu Xuan's expression became extremely complicated.
She couldn't beat him with logic, couldn't beat him at playing the pity card, and even Fu Xuan's trust in her couldn't compete with his.
She felt like she could already carve a single word onto her tombstone, "Done for."
And she had already started thinking about how to slack off on the Yaoqing Xianzhou without getting dragged out and beaten with twenty strokes of the board.
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Levi's hand, also wrapped around Fu Xuan's leg like hers.
An idea instantly formed in her mind: drag Levi down with her.
She let go, stood up, pointed at Levi, and shouted, "Lady Fu Xuan! He's taking advantage of you!"
Fu Xuan, who thought Qingque still had some kind of argument to make, froze when she heard that. She lowered her head and met Levi's eyes.
Feeling the sensation on her calf.
Fu Xuan: "..."
'It does seem like I really got taken advantage of.'
Levi: 'What the hell! Just because you won't eat, you smash the bowl?!'
'People like you are going to get condemned by the entire industry!'
"…Are you not letting go yet?"
Facing Fu Xuan's question, Levi hugged her calf tighter and said solemnly, "Lady Fu Xuan, please forgive me for not being able to let go yet."
"If I let go now, wouldn't that be the same as admitting the accusation is true, that I'm guilty and panicking?"
Levi widened his eyes, glared at Qingque, and shouted, "I want to tell everyone that I, Levi, am not, "
Bang!
After being punished by Fu Xuan's iron fist, Levi immediately let go, clutching his head and squatting on the ground, squeezing out two tears.
The gazes drawn by Levi instantly turned away when they saw Fu Xuan's face alternating between green and white. Everyone pretended they hadn't seen anything and kept walking.
"This floor… really is a floor… no, wait! It's really clean!"
"..."
Glancing at the passersby pretending nothing happened, Fu Xuan's face flushed slightly. She snorted coldly at Levi on the ground.
"In consideration of your meritorious report, this matter can be let go for now. But you must first produce evidence proving that the Divination Commission incident was Qingque's doing."
Based on Levi's word alone, even if it were Jing Yuan reporting it, she'd still require evidence.
"Oh! Evidence!" Qingque was overjoyed, instantly shedding her earlier gloom and looking arrogantly at Levi, who was still crouching and holding his head.
"What evidence do you have that proves I did it!"
"..."
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