Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

Tartaglia is now unable to defeat Li Qingping and wants to fight him to the death but is hesitant because of the lady's warning.

"I just want to ask one thing, who did you learn swordsmanship from?" asked Tartaglia.

"Leidianzhen, a pretty old woman, you wouldn't understand even if I told you." Li Qingping knocked away Tartaglia's two swords and placed the blades against his neck. "You lose."

The fight had taken on a new meaning since the lady showed up. Tartaglia had long since lost the will to fight and stopped resisting. He spread his hands towards Li Qingping and said, "You win this time. We'll fight again next time... Can you give me some clothes? It's really cold out here."

"No." Li Qingping refused.

The clothes he is wearing now were brought by Keqing. It is said that they cost six figures, which is more expensive than any clothes he has bought in his life. How could he possibly give them to Tartaglia?

"Considering that I'm the ambassador of Zhidong to Liyue, I'll give you one!" Tartaglia had no choice but to reveal his identity.

"I'm still a model student at Liyue Second High School. No, that's all." Li Qingping moved the sword in his hand closer to Tartaglia's neck.

"You're still in high school?" Tartaglia asked in shock.

Li Qingping ignored him and waited for the people from Liyue Police Station to arrive.

When Alyosha, who was thrown aside by Li Qingping, saw that Li Qingping and Tartaglia were not around, he immediately had some ideas.

He inched closer to the edge.

Just get there!!

Freedom seemed to be beckoning to Alyosha, but a long green sword blocked his way, completely cutting off his hope of escape.

"You can try taking another step forward." Keqing, wearing a dress, held the Rock Knot Green in her hand and warned with a cold face, "I don't mind making up an excuse, like the enemy resisted while fleeing and I had no choice but to execute them on the spot to protect myself. Do you think I should try?"

Alyosha had already been scared out of his wits, and since Keqing didn't sound like she was acting when she said this, he had no choice but to surrender.

The Thousand Rock Army from the Liyue Police Department arrived at the scene a few minutes later.

They closed down Alyosha's masquerade club and took away Tartaglia and Alyosha. As parties involved, Li Qingping and Keqing were also invited.

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As night fell, the street lights on both sides of the street lit up, and before we knew it, it was already evening.

Liyue Police Station, in front of the interrogation room.

"You're incredible!" Ye Lan's face was filled with joy. "You solved such a major case on the first day. Two officers were dispatched to investigate a spy who had defected from the Kingdom of Winter, and you actually managed to hold off until reinforcements arrived, and even captured one of them alive."

"But the official announcement from Liyue said that only Childe Tartaglia was involved in this incident." Li Qingping was looking through the news that popped up on his phone from an unknown app.

When he clicked on it, he found that it was a software called blog, and Liyue’s official announcement became a hot topic.

Liyue police have uncovered a case of espionage targeting Liyue by the Solitary Winter, even involving the involvement of an executive officer. Liyue has lodged a solemn protest with Solitary Winter, hoping for an explanation.

But this was not the number one trending search. The number one trending search was that a fire broke out during the Inazuma festival. No one died, but there were countless injuries.

"It's his fault that he ran away. It's impossible for anyone to be caught red-handed." Ye Lan said as if it was a matter of course.

"I know." Li Qingping certainly understood. He was curious about something else. "But what about the date of Tartaglia's capture? Why was it last month?"

"The top brass decided to provide some protection for people like you," Ye Lan explained. "How about you take a look at the videos taken by bystanders?"

Li Qingping found it.

Shocked! In this fast-paced era, some crews actually choose to shoot on location.

This is the title, and below is the video of Li Qingping and Tartaglia fighting on the street.

In the video, the faces of both people are blurry, and only some of their fighting moves can be seen clearly.

The comments below are all praises like "666", "Such a realistic fight", "It's so enjoyable to watch, when will the movie be released?"

"6." Li Qingping uttered a word slowly.

"You should be thankful that the phones at the scene didn't have high resolution. If someone had brought a camera, you'd have said goodbye to your leisurely campus life."

In response to Ye Lan's words, Li Qingping actually wanted to say that he didn't really have much of a campus life, but he was really free.

"Sister Lan, please come to the police station to rescue me." Li Qingping said.

It’s not quite right to say that he took some money. Li Qingping had done a great deed this time, and no one would stop him from leaving the police station.

But Li Qingping waited for Ye Lan at the police station.

Li Qingping is not afraid of trouble, but he doesn't like meaningless socializing. He knows that this commotion is a bit big, and he needs Ye Lan to come and declare his sovereignty.

I'm Sister Lan's subordinate. If you want to poach people, you have to get past her first!

Ye Lan guessed what Li Qingping wanted to do, but was willing to cooperate.

After all, defeating an eleventh-level Abyss Water Apostle and defeating the Winter Solstice Executor are two different concepts.

The former can be found in abundance in Liyue, but the latter is very rare.

And Li Qingping has just turned 18 years old!

Ye Lan’s mind is now filled with the pleasure of finding a bargain.

Volume 1: 28. Something is wrong, very wrong

"You just started working, so I didn't explain it to you clearly. People in our line of work usually have a contact at the police station for easy communication." Ye Lan took out a number and handed it to Li Qingping, "Old Wu, if you encounter a situation like today in the future, just contact him. Otherwise, it's not good to always let the young lady come forward."

This time, it was Keqing who called the police and reported the matter directly to her grandfather.

Liyue’s police station already has a very high response speed, so because of this, they arrived at the scene even faster.

Li Qingping nodded, kept the number on the note, tore it into pieces and put it in his pocket.

"Looking at the way you're dressed, are you already a gigolo?" Ye Lan asked again with a hint of sarcasm.

"This is all work-related." Li Qingping remained calm. "Just ordinary friends."

"Work hard, I have high hopes for you." Ye Lan patted Li Qingping's shoulder.

Li Qingping and Ye Lan walked to the exit of the police station.

"Li Qingping!"

Keqing was originally pacing back and forth at the door with a stern face, but she suddenly smiled after seeing Li Qingping.

Standing behind her was a middle-aged man. Li Qingping had just met him at noon today and knew that he was Keqing's housekeeper.

The clothes he is wearing now were given to him by Butler Chen.

"I have something else to do, so I won't see you off. Go and stay with your ordinary friends." Ye Lan narrowed her eyes, said a simple hello, and went out alone, without giving Li Qingping a chance to explain.

Hey! We're just ordinary friends!

Li Qingping had just called out "Uncle Chen" when Keqing started barging questions at him.

"Will it be fun in there? Think about it later! I've already asked, your statement has long been taken, and the officer has urged you several times, but you refuse to leave! Do you have to wait for your Sister Lan?!"

Li Qingping was caught off guard by the question.

But he finally understood why the police officer who was taking his statement kept reminding him that he could go out in various ways.

It turned out that he was also reminded by someone outside.

But...that's not right!

Li Qingping felt that Keqing's tone sounded quite normal at first, but became increasingly off-putting later on.

He said such a long string of words, as if laying the groundwork for the last sentence.

"Ahem, what the young lady means is that she is also worried about you." Seeing that the situation was not right, Butler Chen added.

"No! I don't care...about him." Keqing blurted out, but her voice became softer and softer as she spoke.

Keqing was still dressed for the masquerade, a lilac dress with mid-length sleeves, but she wore a leather jacket on the outside to keep warm.

She had come out of the inquiry room a long time ago, but had been waiting until now.

In fact, Li Qingping thought Keqing was gone, but it seemed not as he thought.

Rational thinking and speculation often lead to problems due to misjudgment of a key variable, and then the results can be completely wrong.

Li Qingping hasn't found the reason yet. He needs to go back and think about it carefully at night, or tell Freya about it.

That guy has been trapped in the Abyss for so many years, I think it must be very boring, so I just treat it as a way to entertain her.

"Uncle Chen, let's go." Keqing ran out of the door like a flash.

Uncle Chen and Li Qingping said goodbye politely and hurriedly followed.

Something is wrong, maybe even nine out of ten points!

"We meet again, Liyue High School students!" Before Li Qingping had time to think about what went wrong, a voice he didn't want to hear sounded behind him.

Li Qingping turned around and saw it was indeed Tartaglia. He was accompanied by the woman who had disappeared from the Alyosha Club.

"Nice to meet you, you can call me Madam," the lady said. "I heard that my colleague got into trouble in Liyue, so I hurried here to take him back. It was you who stopped Tartaglia from doing such a foolish thing, wasn't it? Her Majesty the Queen has heard of your deeds and longs to meet you."

Not the first time!

And how come the news about Liyue reached Zhidong immediately, and was even known by the Ice Queen? Your speed and efficiency are too high!

"Thank you for the Queen's kindness. I still have school to go to, so I won't go to Zhidong." Li Qingping immediately refused.

"Why did you come out?" Li Qingping said to Tartaglia.

"Diplomatic immunity. I'm now under house arrest in the embassy and will probably be deported back to my country next month." Tartaglia shrugged, looking helpless.

But Li Qingping didn't feel any pressure from him, as if coming to Liyue was a trip, and being expelled back to Winter was just like going home.

"It's a special period. Goodbye." The lady waved and left. Tartaglia followed and stopped in front of Li Qingping. "That girl just now was probably just concerned about you."

The lady and Tartaglia had come out a long time ago and stood there watching the show.

"I've been working with her for half a year, and she hasn't said as much to you as she has to me!" Tartaglia whispered.

Li Qingping looked at the lady, his heart full of confusion.

You are an executive officer. Why are you coming to tell me this instead of carrying out the Queen's orders?

The lady and Tartaglia walked out of the Liyue Police Station, followed by a small group of Thousand Rocks.

At the door, Li Qingping also saw Zhongli, whom he met at the Yanshang Tea House at noon, and... Uncle Fushe who skipped work.

Fushe seemed to see Li Qingping and smiled at him.

Then Li Qingping saw Zhongli and Fushe get into Tartaglia and the lady's car and disappear at the intersection.

What a complicated bunch of people!

Li Qingping smiled bitterly and shook his head, preparing to leave the police station.

Ding!

There was a sound from the phone in his pocket. Li Qingping opened it and saw that it was a message from Keqing.

"What are you still doing standing there like an idiot? Let me take you home."

Li Qingping replied, "I have something else to do. I need to go to the Liyue Library. Besides, our homes are not on the same route."

"I said it's on the way!"

Keqing replied to the message quickly and posted a GIF of a cat boxing below. It seemed that she was really suppressing her anger and had no place to vent.

"Yes, sir. I'll be there right away!" Li Qingping stopped hesitating and went out directly.

There are a lot of cars parked outside the police station, but Keqing's car is actually very easy to find. If you look around, the most expensive one is most likely it.

Li Qingping successfully found the right car.

He and Keqing were in the back seat, while Butler Chen and the driver were in the front.

The front and rear seats of the car are separated by a baffle, and the roof is covered with shiny things that look like stars.

"The Liyue Library should be closed at this time, right?" Keqing was afraid that Li Qingping would not believe her, so she used her mobile phone to find out the closing time of the Liyue Library and put it in front of Li Qingping.

"Check some information. I know the administrator there. Although the museum is closed, she can take me in." Li Qingping said.

"You have quite a lot of connections. You even know people at the Liyue Library." Keqing said with a strange expression. "What information are you looking for? I'll go back and help you find it."

"It's something from a long time ago, a demon named Freya."