"So… we just submit all of this, right?"
Huixin asked as she picked up the neatly compiled, leather-bound proposal from the desk.
It was time for her to leave.
The afterglow of pouring one's all into completing something important should be enjoyed by Lord Bai Ge and Lady Ganyu together.
"Yes, that's right. Thank you for your hard work, Huixin."
Ganyu said gently.
Delivering documents to the Qixing was technically her responsibility, but after a full month of high-intensity work, Ganyu truly didn't want to move anymore.
"It's nothing. I'm heading out."
Huixin took the documents and walked toward the door—but just before leaving, she gave Bai Ge an encouraging gesture.
She didn't bother hiding it from Ganyu.
The moment they noticed Huixin's gesture, Bai Ge and Ganyu exchanged a glance.
At once, a strange, subtle atmosphere filled the room.
Over the past month, Bai Ge wasn't stupid.
He could clearly feel how the people of Yuehai Pavilion had grown increasingly respectful toward him.
Their intentions—he more or less understood.
But when it came to Ganyu…
Bai Ge wasn't someone who easily assigned meaning to emotions.
If he were honest with himself, he liked Ganyu—but most of that liking came from being attracted to her beauty.
Ganyu's feelings had come too suddenly, too fiercely.
If one were truly responsible, the right thing to do now would be to let Ganyu calm down.
But Bai Ge was a seasoned corporate slave who instinctively hated responsibility.
And honestly—when a beauty like Ganyu was practically throwing herself at him, who wouldn't like that?
If Ganyu took the initiative and said it outright, Bai Ge would accept.
Even if the love of a girl like Ganyu was far too heavy.
It was a bit scummy—but that was who he was.
So he looked at Ganyu seriously, quietly waiting.
"I…"
Ganyu slowly opened her mouth as she looked at Bai Ge.
In her clear, watery eyes, several complex emotions flickered.
In truth, Ganyu hadn't fully sorted out her own feelings.
There was simply an impulse deep within her heart.
A heart that had been as hard as jade for thousands of years—
once it began to melt, it seemed to melt even faster than the softest ice.
However—
Before her thoughts could form into words, a wave of drowsiness surged up from within her body.
Right before Bai Ge's eyes, Ganyu's bright eyes visibly lost focus, then slowly closed.
Her soft body curled up naturally, and her blue head slid gently toward Bai Ge.
With a helpless smile, Bai Ge caught her before she could slump over.
Then, with practiced ease, he placed her small head on his lap.
This was Ganyu's bodily mechanism.
If she became overly exhausted, she would simply fall asleep.
Bai Ge had already seen this scene many times over the past month.
At the same time, he let out a quiet sigh of relief, the tension in his heart finally easing.
As he'd thought—
The love of a girl like Ganyu was too heavy.
He wasn't ready to accept it yet.
Instead…
Bai Ge's sinful hand slowly reached toward the two small horns atop Ganyu's head.
Wasn't it nicer to just happily pet the goat?
Over these days, Bai Ge had already discovered that Ganyu really liked having her horns touched.
In fact, when someone rubbed them, she would even make a cat-like purring sound.
And so, while Bai Ge was fully engaged—using every trick he knew to "handle" the coconut goat—
Back at the Yuheng Office, second floor.
Bang—
Keqing slammed her pen onto the desk and shot to her feet.
"It's been a month! A full month! Does that bastard Bai Ge even remember that he works for me?!"
"Unbelievable!"
Staring at the desk beside her—now covered in a visible layer of dust—Keqing's anger meter was completely maxed out.
At first, she'd been able to comfort herself:
He was just being thorough, so it took a bit longer.
But a whole month?!
With Ganyu's efficiency, what kind of work could possibly take a month?!
Even if Bai Ge had just lain down and done nothing, Ganyu could've carried everything herself!
And yet—
For an entire month, Bai Ge hadn't come back even once!
Not once!!!
"So… I've been played? Or did Bai Ge just forget his way home?!"
Gripping her beloved sword, Lion's Roar, Keqing's expression darkened.
The gloomy suspicions she'd had a month ago had now come true.
She couldn't help but recall those Inazuman novels she'd read when she was younger.
In academic terms, this kind of behavior could be summarized by an abbreviation starting with the letter N.
Thinking of the horns atop Ganyu's head, Keqing clenched her teeth.
"I want to see exactly what you two are doing!!"
With that thought, Keqing stormed out of her office.
The killing intent rolling off her made everyone who saw her freeze in place.
Not long after—
"Lady Keqing, you can't go in!"
"Lady Keqing, please, you really can't go in!"
"This is a place where the Qixing conduct their affairs. Where exactly am I not allowed to enter?"
Amid the Yuehai Pavilion secretaries' frantic attempts to stop her, and Keqing's furious voice, heavy footsteps drew closer and closer to the room where Bai Ge was.
Then—
Bang!
Keqing shoved the door open.
And at first glance—
She saw Ganyu lying across Bai Ge's lap.