The conversation between Jiang Ning and Keqing lasted the entire afternoon.
Keqing was thoroughly convinced by Jiang Ning's views.
Jiang Ning gave Keqing a small taste of the shock from five thousand years of Chinese history.
Finally, Keqing excitedly grabbed Jiang Ning's hand, her eyes shining:
"Indeed, I must have you work under me!"
Whether in terms of views or abilities, the young man before her perfectly matched her expectations for an assistant.
Jiang Ning said, "Um, I'd rather not, Lady Keqing. I don't like working overtime."
"Don't worry, you won't have to work overtime at all," Keqing readily promised, prioritizing getting him on board first.
Jiang Ning said, "Well, I'm doing fine under my senior sister..."
Keqing suddenly realized: "Right, Ganyu is your guardian and your superior. In that case, I'll talk to Ganyu. Come with me!"
Saying this, she forgot about her "undercover visit" and pulled Jiang Ning along.
When they left the theater, they ran into Sister Lan at the entrance.
Keqing merely nodded at Sister Lan and continued walking with Jiang Ning, leaving Sister Lan with a subtle smile.
Sister Lan was quite pleased - it seemed Lady Keqing and this young man were truly together.
Holding hands in the street, and Lady Keqing wearing such coarse clothes...
This was clearly to avoid attention while meeting her young lover.
Sister Lan felt she had discovered something juicy.
She had more gossip material now.
Sister Lan was very happy.
"Ganyu!"
Keqing pushed open Ganyu's office door.
Ganyu looked up bewildered, then fixed her gaze on Keqing and Jiang Ning's joined hands.
"Lady Keqing, what are you..."
Ganyu kept staring, as if saying 'let go.'
But Keqing paid no attention, though Jiang Ning silently tried to break free but failed.
Keqing's grip was very tight.
Keqing said, "I've talked with your junior brother, and indeed, your junior brother needs to work under me to fully utilize his enormous talents."
Hearing this, Ganyu became somewhat displeased: "Is Lady Keqing suggesting that under my guidance, I'm wasting his talent?"
Keqing said, "That's not what I meant. Mainly, Jiang Ning's thoughts about Liyue's future, along with some other plans and perspectives, are very similar to mine, even complementary."
"So I thought about transferring your junior brother to work under me."
Ganyu said, "First of all, there should be propriety between men and women. I think Lady Keqing should let go of my junior brother."
Keqing was startled, then released his hand, but felt it wasn't a big deal: "What's wrong with that? It's just a normal colleague relationship. I was just excited for a moment."
"But there might be some rumors..."
"An upright person fears no shadows. I don't care," Keqing said.
Ganyu thought silently, but I care, and junior brother is with junior sister now. Junior sister isn't at Yuehai Pavilion, and junior brother's appearance is really too unsafe.
So, as the senior sister, of course she needed to keep a good watch over junior brother.
"Let's not discuss this anymore. I'll say it again - before junior brother came down the mountain, Master said to let me take good care of him, so he's safer under my supervision."
Ganyu clearly wasn't going to let him go.
Keqing frowned but had no solution. Ganyu wasn't an ordinary secretary.
Besides regular secretarial work, she was also the link between the adepti and the Qixing, even having the ability to directly reach Rex Lapis, though she had never used it.
If one had to say, Ganyu's position in Liyue Harbor was second only to Rex Lapis, above all others.
Seeing no way to convince Ganyu, Keqing could only say to Jiang Ning: "When you come of age and don't need a guardian anymore, you're always welcome on my side."
Ganyu's expression became even more displeased: "Lady Keqing, don't you have a lot of unfinished work? Shouldn't you hurry back to work instead of wasting time here?"
This was clearly sending her away.
Keqing didn't persist. She believed that with her abilities, she could definitely attract Jiang Ning to work for her.
It was just a matter of time.
Thinking this, she nodded friendly at Jiang Ning, then left the office.
Ganyu waited until Keqing left, her expression still displeased. She suddenly looked up at Jiang Ning:
"Don't let yourself be deceived by such a bad woman, Jiang Ning."
Jiang Ning quickly said, "I know, Senior Sister. Calm down, calm down."
He poured Ganyu a cup of water.
Ganyu took a sip, and the anger in her heart gradually dissipated.
"Let's continue working, it's almost time to get off work," Ganyu said.
Jiang Ning could only stay by his senior sister's side.
[This is boring, I want to see rivers of blood,] the System said.
"Shut up," Jiang Ning said fiercely.
If you see rivers of blood, it might be my blood.
At Ningguang's Jade Chamber, Ningguang finished her day's work and lightly raised her hand to pick up nearby documents containing intelligence reports she had recently started reading for entertainment during leisure time.
Baiwen, one of the Three Secretaries, was standing quietly nearby when she suddenly heard Ningguang's chuckle and became curious.
"Lady Ningguang, what happened?"
Ningguang said, "Today's intelligence says that Ganyu and Keqing had a heated argument in the office over Jiang Ning..."
Baiwen was surprised: "Does this young man really have such charm?"
Ningguang said, "I'm not clear about exactly what they argued about, but I can confirm it centered around this young man."
"However, since both sides are important figures, they didn't dare get close enough to hear exactly what was said."
Ningguang's beautiful eyes continued scanning downward, then she said, "Though, Keqing does seem to value this young man quite highly..."
She even went to Ganyu directly to try poaching him.
Ningguang couldn't help but feel curious as well.
What charm did this young man possess?
When there's a chance in the future, she might have a conversation with him.
"Junior Brother, are you free tomorrow? Come out with me," Shenhe said to Jiang Ning in the evening.
"Sure, what for?" Jiang Ning asked.
Shenhe said, "I discovered some ruins of a magical beast, with monsters breeding around it. Yuehai Pavilion has commissioned me to deal with it. I thought it might not be safe alone, so I wanted you to come with me."
Jiang Ning said, "Sure."
He felt some anticipation - after being here for so many years, this was his first encounter with ruins related to magical beasts.