"Let go—let go already! You promised!"
"Five minutes! Just five more minutes—tell me five more!"
"No! How many 'five minutes' has it been already?! Let go!"
"I won't!"
"I—!"
Bai Ge stared speechlessly at Keqing,
who was clinging tightly around his neck.
Like an overly affectionate cat.
Keqing was practically an octopus now,
her entire body hanging off Bai Ge's back.
She made no attempt to avoid the constant contact between her youthful body and his.
Keqing wasn't heavy.
To Bai Ge, it felt like carrying a life-sized body pillow.
The sensation itself was… honestly wonderful.
Unfortunately, Bai Ge had no time to enjoy it.
He just wanted to get off work.
He truly hadn't expected Keqing to be this shameless.
Even though—
deep down—he'd had a bad feeling earlier.
"…Can you at least have a little feminine restraint?"
"Don't you care about your reputation?
What if word gets out—what if you can't get married later?"
Staring at the purple cat-head pressed against his cheek,
Bai Ge asked helplessly.
"Don't want it anymore."
"Compared to Liyue, what's it matter if I can't get married?"
"At worst, I'll just marry Liyue!"
"Anyway, no matter what you say today, you're finishing the explanation!"
Keqing declared stubbornly.
Clearly, she had decided to fully exercise her female privilege of being unreasonable.
To be fair, Bai Ge could understand her.
Back in his previous life, whether reading novels or binge-watching anime and dramas,
there were always moments when you just had to keep going.
And in Keqing's case, this probably also included a bit of affectionate clinginess.
After all—
For a workaholic,
making you work overtime is a form of love.
Logical.
Still—
Understanding was one thing.
But seeing the system prompt—
Check-in completed. Please leave within 30 minutes.
—was another.
"I'm telling you right now," Bai Ge warned, "if you keep being unreasonable, I'm gonna use force."
"And when that happens," he added darkly, "I can't guarantee where my hands might end up."
But to his surprise—
Even after such a threat, Keqing didn't budge.
She looked at him with bright, confident eyes, clearly unimpressed.
Keqing knew Bai Ge was unreliable at times, but she didn't believe he'd actually do anything to her.
After all—
This was Teyvat.
A world where everyone was a gentleman.
A world where goddesses wore cutouts, hollow designs, vine patterns, and leaf motifs—
—and still never ran into perverts.
Unfortunately for her—
She'd never met Bai Ge before.
One of Bai Ge's greatest hobbies in life was saying NO to people who were too confident.
And besides—
What kind of man admits he can't?
A crisp, elastic slap echoed through the room.
"Eek!"
Keqing's beautiful eyes widened in shock.
Feeling something indescribably wrong, she stared at Bai Ge in disbelief.
"…Still not letting go?"
Bai Ge frowned.
So this was how it had to be.
Since he'd transmigrated to Teyvat,
it was time to use his signature move.
Secret Technique: The Song of the Pipa. Activate!
"Eeeeeek—!!!"
Under the effects of Pipa Xing, Keqing jolted as if electrocuted and sprang off his back.
Her face flushed red, her watery eyes trembling as if they might spill tears at any moment.
She stared at Bai Ge, humiliated and furious.
"You pervert!"
"I am a pervert," Bai Ge replied calmly, "but you were the one who started acting shameless first."
"Now you're willing to get down?"
"I thought you could last through an entire movement of Pipa Xing."
"If you had," he added mockingly, "I might've called you a true heroine among maidens."
Looking at how quickly she'd folded, Bai Ge clicked his tongue.
"Young lady—
if you don't have the cultivation, don't provoke others."
"You—!"
Having been taken advantage of and mocked,
Keqing protested angrily.
"How can this count as cultivation?!"
"Well, it does now," Bai Ge shrugged.
Then, like a victorious conqueror, he sighed smugly and walked toward the door.
Unfortunately—
He had severely underestimated Keqing's competitiveness.
He felt a sudden weight on his back—
She'd jumped on him again.
"…So you're saying you want more?"
he asked in a strange tone.
But this time, Keqing had already prepared a countermeasure.
"Go ahead," she said sweetly.
"Touch me again and I'll scream assault."
"If we're going down, we're going down together."
"…You're insane," Bai Ge muttered.
He didn't care about himself.
The problem was— there was a little sister at home.
He really didn't want to be labeled a变态 in her eyes.
For one fleeting moment, Bai Ge genuinely considered turning around and doing Keqing right here.
But he knew better.
Keqing's current affection for him—
built on repeated help and trust—
allowed for a bit of mischief.
But anything more?
That would cross a line.
Without absolute strength to suppress her, forcing things was impossible.
"Just you wait," Bai Ge swore silently.
"If you pull this again next time, I really will do it."
With a heavy sigh—
He realized there was only one move left.
You forced my hand.
Looking straight into Keqing's eyes, Bai Ge smiled and said:
"Keqing, don't do this."
"I'm afraid Ganyu might misunderstand."
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