Chapter 328: Keqing: It

As she thought, the savior really came.

Yun Jin, who had been chatting with Ningguang, seemed to have finished her business, watching those soldiers cleaning up the stage with the people from Yunhanshe.

And she herself hesitated for a moment, coming toward the direction of Luo Li and Keqing.

Just as Keqing was racking her brains to think of a reason, she suddenly heard a soft female voice behind her.

"Mr. Luo Li, Lady Keqing, sorry to disturb you two."

"Hmm?" Luo Li turned back to look.

But he saw Yun Jin, dressed in fine clothes and wearing makeup, her delicate and beautiful face having a sense of shyness that could put the moon to shame.

"Xiao Jin, is something the matter?"

"Everything is done, I am leaving the Jade Chamber next, and I haven't officially greeted you two properly, so I’m taking this opportunity to make up for it."

Unlike the dignified head of the Yun family in front of outsiders, at this moment, Yun Jin’s eyebrows were like paintings, her eyes warm, and she had a soft, girlish posture.

While chatting and laughing, her words also carried a hint of playfulness.

"But you two are?"

Getting closer, Yun Jin realized that she seemed to have come at the wrong time; there was a very strange atmosphere lingering between the two.

It couldn't help but make her tilt her head slightly, showing a look of confusion.

Seeing someone come to break the previous stalemate, Keqing shouted that it was good, and immediately replied: "It’s nothing, we were too busy before, and some oversight was inevitable. It’s me, although I’m not the host, but as the master of the Liyue the Liyue Qixing, I haven't entertained Mr. Yun, which is a bit impolite."

Quickly adjusting her state, Keqing immediately changed her thoughts from a girl in love to the decisive and sharp the Liyue Qixing mode.

Luo Li couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, wanting to expose her lie.

But thinking about it, it would be easy to make A-Qing break her defense and lose her dignity in the eyes of others, so he had to give up.

It was enough for him to know the young woman’s shyness and cuteness; there was no need to make others clear about it too.

Yun Jin showed a reserved smile and said: "No, what are you saying, Lady Keqing? Guests follow the host’s convenience, and besides, Lady Ningguang has already carefully arranged many conveniences for me, which actually makes me feel flattered."

Listening to the two women’s lines of mutual humility, Luo Li felt quite bored.

Fortunately, they didn't talk too much, and Yun Jin quickly looked at him again.

"Mr. Luo Li, when you leave this time, don't forget what you promised me."

While saying goodbye, Yun Jin solemnly reminded him.

The thing from before?

Luo Li recalled the words he had promised Yun Jin after a little thought.

"About visiting Yunhanshe, don't worry, I will go."

"Then I will wait for you."

Coming here just to say goodbye before leaving, and incidentally reminding Luo Li not to forget the appointment, Yun Jin left lightly after saying her farewells.

At the pavilion, the atmosphere returned to the two being alone.

However, the two tacitly did not mention what had just happened.

Keqing secretly stole a glance at Luo Li, finding that he was looking at Liyue Harbor with some unknown emotion, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

For some reason, Keqing subconsciously blurted out: "Luo Li, do you have any free time next?"

She didn't use an honorific; in private, the young woman was always unwilling to use class and status to pull the distance between the two apart, preferring to address each other by name.

This would give her the illusion that the two were always close.

"Free time? Hmm." Luo Li thought for a while and said: "Doesn't seem to be any other arrangements."

"Since that’s the case, you... do you want to go to my place and sit for a while?"

At the moment of saying this, Keqing didn't dare to look at his expression and eyes, her gaze falling to the ground.

The young woman decided to take the opportunity of the Lantern Rite to make her feelings for him completely clear, so as not to be unclear, and in the end, it would be herself who suffered.

Thinking and doing was always her style, even when facing feelings.

"Sit for a while..."

Luo Li muttered for a moment and smiled: "That’s fine, just follow your arrangements."

Keqing’s eyes immediately lit up, and soon her eyes revealed a certain determination.

Luo Li did not notice all of this.

"Then let’s leave here first."

At Keqing’s warm invitation, the two quietly left the Jade Chamber.

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On the other side!

"Where is the teacher?"

When Ganyu had arranged all the adepti one by one, she suddenly realized that Luo Li and the Lord of Geo had both disappeared.

Shenhe, who was acting as a tool person behind her, also expressed confusion.

"Ask Ningguang."

As the owner of the Jade Chamber and the organizer of this banquet, she should know more about Luo Li’s whereabouts.

Ganyu thought so, and soon found Ningguang, who was seeing off guests one by one, with Shenhe.

Seeing off the last big merchant, Ningguang didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief before hearing someone call her name.

"Lady Ningguang, have you seen the teacher?"

"Teacher? Do you mean His Highness Luo Li?"

Facing Ganyu’s constant nodding, Ningguang narrowed her eyes slightly and looked obscurely at the pavilion from before.

She pondered for a moment and said: "I saw His Highness Luo Li and Lord... Mr. Zhongli talking about something before, and didn't dare to disturb them. I was busy seeing off guests just now and didn't pay attention; maybe they left together."

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"I see."

Ganyu was a bit disappointed; the teacher was actually with the Lord of Geo, no wonder she couldn't find him.

Since the teacher didn't say where he was going, it meant there must be important things to discuss, so it was better for her not to go and disturb them.

Holding this thought, Ganyu thanked Ningguang and prepared to take Shenhe back.

Her junior sister still needed to be arranged; it was getting late, and it was about time to rest.

Watching the two figures gradually go away, Ningguang sighed softly.

The words just now were a lie; Luo Li did talk to the Lord of Geo, but it didn't last long, and then he left with Keqing.

She saw it from beginning to end, but the reason she didn't tell the truth was just that she didn't want Ganyu to disturb the two.

As Keqing’s colleague, she was quite familiar with this Yuheng Star; although their contact wasn't much, she saw what the other party was doing.

Their respective contributions to Liyue were obvious to all; it was hard for Keqing to fall in love once, and she was preparing to take advantage of the Lantern Rite to express her feelings. Although she couldn't help much, she could at least cover for her a little.

As for what Keqing herself could achieve, it all depended on her own ability.

With that His Highness Luo Shen... I hope Keqing can get what she wants.

Looking toward an unknown distance, Ningguang sincerely sent her blessings.

— Author's Notes —

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