Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

"Put your things away. I need to go out for a while." Ye Lan returned the jade token to Li Qingping and tossed him a key. "If you're bored, go find something in the drawer of my office and lock the door for me."

I think Keqing will tell her grandfather about what happened here when she goes back today. The details of the Yanshang Tea House cannot be concealed, so Ye Lan simply doesn't hide it.

"I understand, Sister Lan." Li Qingping responded.

Ye Lan also left. Li Qingping guessed that she was going to meet the current Tianquan Star. After all, the inheritance of the Demon God was a big deal.

"Aren't you going home?" Li Qingping asked Keqing.

"I've already told grandpa. He said if you can't go, then no one should go." Keqing showed Li Qingping the reply she received on her phone.

No wonder they say he is a seven-star, he speaks so confidently!

Li Qingping went upstairs to Ye Lan's office, took a note from the drawer, and helped Ye Lan lock the office door.

"Where are we going next?" Keqing suddenly appeared from behind. "I've noticed there's always something new happening when I follow you. Last time it was the Abyss Cult attack, and this time the ruins of the Dust Demon God are about to be opened."

You can follow me when the Abyss Cult attacks, they are coming for you!

"Don't be so surprised. In our line of work, we have to remain calm in the face of emergencies." Li Qingping said perfunctorily and opened the note.

He wasn't hiding from Keqing. Maybe the documents she casually glanced at in her study at home were more confidential than this.

"Feiyunpo, the masquerade ball club on Rongfa Road, is suspected to have spies from Zhidong. Note: Sneak in and find the spies inside." Li Qingping read out the contents of the note.

"This is interesting, let's go together!" Keqing shouted, pulling Li Qingping's arm.

Volume 1: 21. Spy

Outside the Yanshang Teahouse, Zhongli was walking alone on the street.

This winter is quite cold. He is not wearing thick clothes, but he is leisurely and seems not to feel the cold.

"Emperor, last night's attack has been thoroughly investigated. The Abyss Cult originally planned to secretly bring a demon fragment from Qingxupu outside the city into Liyue and implant it into the young girl of the first generation Kaiyangxing family at the reception. However, something went wrong, and Qingxupu was instead taken over by a young man."

Fushe, who had skipped work, walked out from the corner of the street and whispered behind Zhongli.

"Grand Marshal Tengshe, what did you call me?" Zhongli looked at Fushe with an expression that said, "I don't recognize you."

"Haha, I forgot, I forgot! Mr. Zhongli." Fushe touched his forehead and laughed awkwardly, "Don't mention this title. The Qianyan Army is now under the management of Jinpeng."

"I need to go to Master Liuyunjiefeng. The last key to the Guizhong Ruins has appeared." Zhongli said as he walked. "Who is the one who took over Qingxupu?"

"I won't go to her place! She always complains that I'm secretly trying to match her beloved apprentice with that young man! Coincidentally, it was Li Qingping who took over Qingxupu, and it's him that Shen He likes."

Fushe, who was called the Grand Marshal of Teng Snake by Zhongli, shuddered when he heard the name of Master Liuyun Jiefeng, and shook his head repeatedly as if he recalled something horrible.

"It's Li Qingping. What a fate." Zhongli was surprised.

"That is to say, True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng is reluctant to part with Shen He. She knows better than anyone that Shen He cannot live without Li Qingping. Wait! You also know Li Qingping?" Fushe suddenly understood.

"We just met this afternoon, and the key I just mentioned is his." Zhongli nodded thoughtfully, "In that case, Fushe, you should come with me."

"No... this isn't good! I remember Fanan cooked dinner at home and is waiting for us to come back and eat!"

Fushe made up a lame excuse and tried to slip away.

How could Zhongli not know what Fushe was thinking?

General Juanluo Fanansulai is famous for his terrible cooking. Fushe doesn't even have time to hide, so why would he offer himself to be a food taster?

"Let's go." Zhongli held Fushe's hand and walked straight towards the home of Master Liuyun Jiefeng.

Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, Fushe had no choice but to follow.

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At No. 180 Rongfa Road, the sign of the Masquerade Club is low-key and inconspicuous, making people feel that this is probably just a gathering place for enthusiasts of a niche project and should not be worthy of being shown on the public.

But the luxury cars that occasionally parked in front of the door, and the well-dressed men and women who got out of the cars refuted the above view.

They wore ostentatious gowns and had delicate decorations on their faces that concealed their features. They walked to the waiter at the door, handed over an invitation, and the waiter pushed the door open and led them in.

The glass door was pitch black, and it was impossible to see what was inside from the outside. Only when the door was open could dance music float out from inside.

The dance music is sometimes melodious and sometimes exciting, switching back and forth between the two extremes, making people feel that this place is even more confusing.

Just at this moment, a purple sports car stopped at the door.

A young man wearing a black leather hollow mask got down from the passenger seat. The mask covered half of his face, but from the exposed lower half of his face, he looked pretty good.

The man was well-proportioned, tall, and a natural clothes hanger. The charcoal gray suit looked elegant and refined on him, making him look quite refined. He was a good male companion.

The man walked around to the other side and opened the driver's door. A slender hand stretched out from inside. The man reached out and held her hand, then asked her to get out of the car.

The woman was wearing a lilac purple mid-sleeve dress with shantung gauze spliced ​​on the inner layer. It was a very traditional style but it had a touch of novelty and looked elegant and graceful.

The woman was wearing a lace half-face mask, so her appearance couldn't be seen clearly, but judging from her delicate red lips, she must be pretty good.

This is the fun of masquerade, where the face is half covered with a lute, which makes people have more imagination about the opposite sex under the mask.

The woman threw the car keys to the waiter, threw a brand new invitation, and walked in with the man's arm around her.

"Senior, you're hugging me too tightly."

"You are wearing clothes I bought for you, so what's wrong with warming me up?"

This man and woman are Li Qingping and Keqing.

The two of them became completely familiar with each other. Keqing spoke without any scruples. She considered Li Qingping a friend, but the eldest lady who had never had any friends seemed to have a good grasp of the scale.

The relationship between the two is more than friends.

They thought about it in the Yanshang Tea House and decided that it would be more reliable to disguise themselves and sneak into the club.

So Keqing picked out some clothes for Li Qingping in her own store, changed into a dress herself, and rushed over.

"What about the invitation? Could it be that your family is related to this place?" Li Qingping complained.

He saw with his own eyes that Keqing made a phone call, and the invitation was delivered to Keqing in ten minutes.

Could it be that it already existed?

"This kind of invitation is anonymous and not worthy of being sent to my house. Uncle Chen bought a few for me." Keqing said.

She also understood Li Qingping's temperament. He was full of nonsense and his mind was racing. He was still in Liyue at this moment, but he might be in Zhidong in the next second.

But this guy is a pretty good person. He never looks at things he shouldn't.

But am I that unattractive?

For some reason, Keqing's fists became a little stiff.

I can only say that I am used to seeing huge waves, so I really have no interest in seeing one of normal size suddenly.

Li Qingping was observing the layout of the house.

"The boss here is called Aljosha, from Zhidong. He used to be a senior executive at the Northland Bank, and this club was established with that identity. Later, for some unknown reason, he resigned from his position at the bank, and now stays in Liyue to concentrate on running this club." Keqing stayed close to Li Qingping, telling him the information she had heard from Butler Chen.

The heating in the room was very strong, and Keqing relaxed slightly only after she felt warmer.

"It's most likely a spy from Zhidong!" Li Qingping guessed.

"Then you have to find evidence." Keqing said.

The waiter walked in front, and the two of them followed all the way, but they didn't see a single window.

"Don't look anymore, this row of houses are all designed like this," Keqing said.

"How did you know?"

"More than half of the houses in Liyue City were built by my construction team. The construction drawings are all stored at my house. When I get bored, I'll just look at some of them, and I'll finish them in a while."

My goodness, your family has too many businesses! And what kind of weird habit is it that you're bored and looking at construction blueprints?

There were so many complaints that Li Qingping didn't know how to start.

"I think your old man shouldn't look for another successor. You have the innate earth and wood sacred body, so you should pack up and prepare to take over Yuhengxing."

Li Qingping just said it casually, but Keqing actually lowered her head and began to think deeply, and finally said: "I think it's okay."

"Ladies and gentlemen, we're here." The waiter stopped and opened the door in front.

Volume 1: 22. The Gentleman and the Lady

The restless sound waves hit us, and a huge dance floor opened up behind the door, with hundreds of people dancing and cheering inside.

The noises made when the door is opened outside all come from here, and those at the door are just the tip of the iceberg!

"You two, please hand over your cell phones when you enter," the waiter said respectfully.

"We lost the car." Li Qingping glanced at Keqing and stood up to speak.

"Then please go through the detection door once. This lady has divine eyes, so she needs to go through one more." The waiter explained patiently.

Some holders of the Eye of God can use elemental power as cover to bring their phones in. The second door is designed to deal with this situation.

But Li Qingping and Keqing passed safely.

"Come in." The waiter let you in.

The two entered the dance floor, and halfway through, Li Qingping suddenly turned sideways and hugged Keqing.

Keqing was caught off guard and tried to push it away but Li Qingping stuffed something into her hand.

It's her cell phone.

"There are surveillance cameras all along the way, including in the dance floor. We can't rule out the possibility that someone is watching us through the surveillance cameras. We should be careful." Li Qingping whispered into Keqing's ear.

Keqing felt her heart beating faster and her cheeks burning hot. As for how to hide the phone, it was all based on instinct.

She was surprised and delighted. "How did you do that? I wanted to ask you last time. You clearly don't have the Eye of God, yet you can use elemental power. What's the origin of that fluid sword?"

Keqing had seen the Fang of Osiel once, and through her elemental vision she could only tell that the thing was unusual, but she had no idea of ​​its details.

"It's a secret. I'll tell you when I have the chance." Li Qingping helped Keqing tidy up her hair that was messed up by the wind and walked away calmly.

In the eyes of others, Li Qingping was just styling his female companion's hair, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The person who designed the dance floor security process could not have imagined that someone without the Eye of God would be so bored as to use the magic weapon of the devil to mobilize the elemental power to hide two mobile phones.

There is nothing good you can do with this ability!

"Can you dance?" Keqing felt that she had made a fool of herself before, so she wanted to tease Li Qingping.

"Maybe." Li Qingping thought for a moment before answering.

"What do you mean 'maybe'?" Keqing was amused by this answer.

"Probably..."

“You’ll know after you jump!”

Without giving any time for rejection, Keqing took Li Qingping's hand and walked into the dance floor.

At this time, the lights on the top changed, the colorful laser lights went out, the DJ who was playing on one side went off the stage to rest, the lights on the other side came on, the pianist was on standby, and the violinist announced with a melodious tune that the dance party would continue.

After the electronic DJ ended, the classic tango song "One Step Away" was played, and it was all accompanied by real people. What kind of luxury niche masquerade ball is this!

The people around seemed to be accustomed to such a sudden change of style and immediately got into the state.

Keqing's hand was already on his shoulder, and Li Qingping could no longer fail to understand that the eldest lady wanted to get back at him.

"Don't show any flaws, or you'll be targeted." Keqing said with a wicked smile, "If it doesn't work, should we step down now?"

Okay, that’s how we play it, right?

Li Qingping put his arm around Keqing's waist.

Then don’t blame me for being ruthless!

As the accordion joined the battlefield, Li Qingping and Keqing jumped from the edge of the dance floor to the center.

As they danced, Keqing was surprised to find that Li Qingping was actually a tango master, even better than her, a theorist.

Keqing quickly changed her pace and started dancing a minuet to the tango music.

Li Qingping sneered, accepted everything, and danced the minuet with Keqing.

Seeing this, Keqing switched to waltz, but she didn't expect that Li Qingping also knew a little about waltz.