Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

"Thank you for the compliment!" Kamisato Ayaka responded with a smile.

After the matter about Shen He's relatives came to an end, Xingqiu began to talk about last night's concert.

"I have to admit, that idol has some talent. I'd barely admit she's qualified to compete with the Heroine! But... she's going back to Mondstadt today, so she doesn't stand a chance!"

Xingqiu took out his phone and showed the other three the blog post Barbara had posted last night.

Shen He never thought of Barbara as an enemy, it didn't matter.

Kamisato Ayaka secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She could feel that Barbara was coming with great force and had ill intentions towards Li Qingping. It was good news that she left early.

What's so good about being a man? It's better for her to just be an idol. It's better for her to suffer.

Li Qingping didn't say anything, picked up his phone and replied to the message.

The eldest lady woke up and sent him a smiley face.

Li Qingping replied with a picture of touching a cat's head.

Keqing on the other end immediately got furious, deleted the "Long live the leader" she was typing halfway, and rolled her eyes at him.

Barbara also replied.

Go Duck: "It's okay, I couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep last night. Oh, and I had a dream last night. I'm about to board the plane. I'll tell you about it when I get back to Mond!"

Men and women in love often want to share with each other all the interesting things happening around them, as if this will make the other person feel their company at all times.

Li Qingping: "Have a safe trip. I'm all ears."

Go Duck: "Yeah!"

After finishing the chores at hand, the bell for class rang on time and Li Qingping fell asleep.

He fought against the wind field created by Deakrapian in the Abyss Spiral and successfully completed the transformation of his third magic organ before the end of the morning class.

At this point, Li Qingping can be considered half a demon god.

At noon, he accompanied Shen He and Kamisato Ayaka to eat in the cafeteria, which attracted the envious gazes of many male compatriots.

Li Qingping was already accustomed to this. After dinner, he even took Shen He's hand and walked around the school.

The only regret was that there was Kamisato Ayaka who followed him around and could not be driven away. She was a bit of a hindrance and ruined Li Qingping's plan of talking.

In the end, Shen He found a way. He walked to a corner of the campus where there was no surveillance and kissed Li Qingping in front of Kamisato Ayaka.

Kamisato Ayaka blushed and finally ran away.

In the afternoon, Li Qingping was preparing to attend class, but Ye Lan called him.

"Stop picking up girls and come to the Yanshang Teahouse."

“That’s called a love of learning!”

Li Qingping spoke righteously, but Ye Lan on the other end of the phone sneered.

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"You're back so soon. What's going on at Fulong Tree?"

Li Qingping asked while sitting on the sofa in the office on the second floor of Yanshang Tea House.

Ye Lan had just taken a shower in the tea room, her hair was wet and stuck to her head, and she was still wearing loose pajamas.

"Help me blow dry my hair first." Ye Lan yawned, took out a hair dryer from the cabinet and handed it to Li Qingping.

"I don't have much experience."

"It will be available soon."

Ye Lan’s hair dryer is very high-end. She said that she got it from Ningguang’s house. It makes almost no noise and it doesn’t affect her talking while blowing her hair.

"Many Liyue immortals have arrived, and they've joined forces to set up a formation around the Fulong Tree. As for me... they drove me back." Ye Lan closed her eyes, thoroughly enjoying Li Qingping's service. "My influence is insignificant! I can't compare to you. My future mother-in-law is True Monarch Liuyunjiefeng."

Li Qingping always felt that these words were sour, but then he thought that Ye Lan didn't seem like that kind of person.

It must be an illusion!

"That means the things there are very important. I would be driven back even if I stayed nearby."

"You're still good at comforting people. That woman Ningguang just said 'oh' on the phone!"

"Sister Ningguang speaks her mind."

"Tsk! I helped you get all those bonuses!"

“Black-hearted capitalists are so evil!”

Ye Lan was so amused that she giggled. She immediately took out her phone, which showed that it was on a call, and said to the other end, "Did you hear that? You are so mean!"

The call ended and Ningguang hung up the phone.

"Sister Lan, you can't be so deceiving!" Li Qingping protested.

"Why rush? I'll take you to dinner with the black-hearted capitalist tonight. Just wait and see, she'll be completely fine by then." Ye Lan placed her phone on the table. "You're quite good at this. I didn't know you worked part-time at a barber shop."

Li Qingping had no choice. It was because there was a spendthrift woman living in his head. She was just a soul, but she still wanted him to blow-dry her hair.

"I only know a little bit."

"That's great. I'll ask you to blow-dry my hair from now on. It will save me some money."

Li Qingping thought to himself, Sister Lan, if you wash your hair at home, he can't do anything to you!

"no problem!"

Ye Lan punched him in the stomach lightly: "You're just a liar! Is that how you managed to get that Mond girl?"

"What Mond girl?"

Ye Lan did not expose Li Qingping, but leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.

"The Zhaomu incident has come to a conclusion. Uncle Fushe has personally contacted the Liyue Seven Stars. Wanyan has been demoted half a level, and the new director is a former subordinate of Secretary Ganyu. The higher-ups are preparing to take action against these people of the Salt Demon God."

"Have you found evidence?" Li Qingping was shocked.

"For something like this, what evidence do we need? The reasons are readily available. Besides, Wanyan's abilities are indeed lacking. The price of salt in Liyue has nearly doubled. If we don't deal with this now, are we going to leave it until the New Year?"

"That's such a pity." Li Qingping sighed. He didn't have any good feelings towards Wan Yan.

"And the Fatui officer you captured has also been dealt with."

"Send him back to Zhidong?" Li Qingping felt that this should be the logical outcome.

But the result was beyond his expectations.

"The Ice Queen has decreed that the Fatui executive officer, Sanbing, has been stripped of his seat and will no longer have any connection with the Kingdom of Winter." Ye Lan glanced at Li Qingping. "I even suspect that the Ice Queen is interested in you as well."

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Ahem, there will be an update before 6am tomorrow.

Volume 1: 120. True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang: I know nothing!

"I dare not!" Li Qingping quickly covered Ye Lan's mouth and looked around, afraid that outsiders would hear him. "I am truly a loyal minister of Liyue!"

Ye Lan didn't move at all and just sat there quietly until the hand covering her mouth loosened itself.

Li Qingping didn't know that if anyone else had done the same to Ye Lan, their hands and feet would have been cut off by the threads made of elemental force.

"Don't worry, I'm the only one in Liyue who thinks this way."

"I suggest Sister Lan, don't even think about it."

"Then you have to pay some hush money, right?"

Li Qingping looked at Ye Lan. He had been friends with Keqing, the richest woman in Liyue, for a long time, and had some basic knowledge of the luxury goods on the market. For example, the loose pajamas that Ye Lan was wearing now were from LV, and it was definitely not something that could be bought without tens of thousands of Mora.

Ye Lan doesn't seem like someone who is short of money, so the hush money she mentioned is most likely not from Mora.

What that could be? It’s so hard to guess!

Li Qingping couldn't help but recall the kiss before the Zhudian Boat sank. Continuing to discuss the topic of hush money would easily lead to trouble, so he quickly changed the subject.

"The Ice Queen has already eliminated the stragglers, so there's a good chance he'll survive this time."

Ye Lan turned around with interest and looked at Li Qingping.

"I'm curious, how did you get your head around this? How can you understand the ins and outs of diplomacy between two countries at such a young age?"

"A very smart person taught me that." Amidst the protests of Lei Dianzhen in his mind, Li Qingping added, "Eighteen years old, very beautiful."

Li Qingping always felt comfortable when getting along with Ye Lan.

Putting aside the fact that the other person is a great beauty, a large part of the reason is that Ye Lan never asks too many questions.

Ye Lan simply chose to ignore the 18-year-old smart and beautiful girl that Li Qingping mentioned.

"The Fatui are arrogant and domineering in Teyvat, and their reputation is not good. Cases like Skirmishers directly assassinating important figures in other countries are not uncommon. If there's any difference, it's probably that he failed, and you caught him red-handed." Ye Lan added, "While it's rare for an executive officer to fail, there have been a few cases in history, but the Kingdom of Winter has always protected them to the death, and this is the first time they've directly removed one. That's why I'm wondering if the Ice Queen is interested in you."

"If word gets out, I'll be hunted down by the executioners!"

"It's okay, I'll keep it a secret for you." Ye Lan blinked. "The Ice Queen is a god. She doesn't need to care about the life and death of a small figure like Sanbing. She can easily issue an order to deprive him of his seat, but the people under her have a lot to consider. Sanbing can't die because of a failure in his position, even if the assassination of Kamisato Ayaka was his own decision. This will affect the unity of the Fatui."

"But these are all matters that Zhidong has to consider. The Skirmishers are still members of the Fatui during their operations," Li Qingping said, hitting the nail on the head. "And the Fatui are essentially the Ice Queen's diplomatic mission. In theory, Liyue should be handed over to Zhidong for handling."

Ye Lan nodded. "Most likely, they'll be locked up for a while, then expelled from the country. They won't be allowed to set foot in Liyue or Zhidong again."

Li Qingping didn't say anything, but asked Lei Dianzhen's opinion in his mind.

"Don't come to me with such unlucky things." Lei Dian really hated Sanbing to the extreme and didn't even want to mention it.

Since Lei Dian really didn't like it, Li Qingping was ready to solve her troubles for her: "Remind me the day the scattered soldiers are expelled."

Ye Lan was a little surprised that Li Qingping, a man who was so afraid of trouble, would actually want to kill someone to silence them.

But on second thought, it made sense. After all, the White Egret Princess was too close to him. It was not uncommon for men to risk their lives for the love of their beloved throughout history.

She quite likes people like this.

"I'll greet you in advance."

"Excuse me, Sister Lan."

Li Qingping turned the chair around again, reached out and gently touched her hair, which was almost dry.

So he put away the hair dryer and sat on the sofa.

"The matter between Sanbing and Wanyan isn't enough to warrant a special trip for me. Is there something else going on?"

Ye Lan nodded, her expression becoming serious: "The matter of investigating the nails needs to be put on the agenda."

"So urgent?" Li Qingping said seriously. This matter concerned the safety of the young lady, so he couldn't be careless. "Didn't you say to wait a little longer?"

"But they're about to cause chaos in Liyue. If we don't take action now, who knows what kind of crazy things they'll do next."

"What do you mean?"

"The alchemy array was not set up by Wanyan, and it has nothing to do with the scattered soldiers."

Li Qingping took a deep breath after hearing this: "There is a third group?"

In reality, it was the fourth group of people. The "non-existent flower" also sent the android Zhao Muheng to interfere, but she was there to stop the concert. Li Qingping just assumed she was a half-good person.

"Wen Yuan has been completely cleared of suspicion. He's just not very smart, and was instigated to target you that day. As for Wu Pei and Shang Hua..." Ye Lan paused, "These two have been active near the nodes of the alchemy array recently. Wu Pei contacted the Black Rock Factory to order a batch of gunpowder for fireworks, and Shang Hua's actions are secretive. I haven't noticed any suspicious signs yet."

"What do you want me to do?"

"The higher-ups are planning to hand over the alchemy array matter to you. They'll issue instructions after today. Take them with you when you investigate the case."

Li Qingping understood that this was an attempt to alert the enemy.

"Oh, by the way, you have to take some time to go to the General Affairs Department and check the files to understand the eldest lady's family affairs. It should be helpful for you to find the nail. Of course, it is best to ask old Yuhengxing directly, he knows more details." Ye Lan reminded.

"So mysterious?" Li Qingping asked in surprise.

"I don't have enough authority, and the few words I've heard are not reliable. It would be better for you to go and see it for yourself." Ye Lan spread his hands, looking helpless.

"Does Keqing know?"

"It seems that he doesn't know. Why don't you ask?"