Chapter 247

Dragon Clan

Translation: "Dragon Clan."

In Kai Sa's impression, Qing Que had always been a lazy little girl; such people were not uncommon in the Student Council. As President, he rarely dealt with such slackers who loafed around—in his view, spending too much time with such mediocre people would often make himself unknowingly become mediocre.

We'll translate: "In Kai Sa's impression, Qing Que had always been a lazy little girl; such people were not uncommon in the Student Council. As President, he rarely dealt with such slackers who loafed around— in his view, spending too much time with such mediocre people would often make himself unknowingly become mediocre."

Check for any added words: We need to be faithful. Let's break down Chinese:

In Kai Sa's impression,

Qing Que had always been a lazy little girl,

Such people were not uncommon in the Student Council.

As President,

he rarely dealt with such slackers who loafed around—

in his view,

spending too much time with such mediocre people would often make himself unknowingly become mediocre.

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Now we need to ensure we didn't add extra info. The translation seems fine.

"……"Interesting." Watching the light screen, Qingque's performance that could be called MVP, Kaisar first doubted his own experience——she was really too smart, so smart that it clashed with the position of the library's head."

Kaisar smiled faintly, a flash of sharpness in his lake-blue eyes: "It turns out she's been hiding her abilities all along."

Chu Zihang sat beside him, silently wiping Village Rain. The blade reflected the light screen showing Qingque's uncommon, serious expression. Chu Zihang spoke lightly: "Indeed there is an element of hiding, but the main reason...... is probably that she simply doesn't care about her position."

"One who is willing to step up in crucial moments and save the Divination Bureau from water and fire, a low-level clerk...... such a person shouldn't stay in the library; every second she slacks off and fishes there is a waste of her talent. After this matter passes, Fu Xuan should transfer her to a high position——at the very least, she should be his deputy."

Chu Zihang glanced at him, voice calm: "Not everyone thinks like you. Qingque just wants to choose the most comfortable lifestyle for herself——if you forcibly transfer her to a high position, she'll probably request a transfer back in a few days."

"……It's simply a waste of talent."

"I don't see it that way," Chu Zihang said softly. "Having the choice of whether one's talent is wasted is also a kind of happiness. Just like Yuan Zhisheng, who is clearly the king of the Japanese underworld, the undisputed 'Emperor,' yet his dream is to sell sunscreen on Montalivi Beach in France."

"In my view, he and Qingque are no different—they haven't wasted their talent either; they simply happen to know what kind of life they want."

——

"The universe, well, is like a jade tile on the gambling table. Once the shuffle is done, the outcome is often already decided."

"Although what cards are played on the table and what others want to play are all calculable, if it were only calculation, everything would lose its flavor."

Qingque raised a finger, speaking unhurriedly: "Adapt to the situation, meet force with force, twists and turns, mountains exhausted and waters ended. It is a bit of calculation, a bit of the unknown, a bit of losing control that make up the jade tile, that is, the true interest of life."

"If there is a sure-loss situation before me, does my choice at the gambling table have no meaning? No, the meaning is the choice itself." Qingque looked at Xiyan, her tone unprecedentedly firm: "Just as I keep choosing to lose with dignity, the Divination Bureau is also making her choice for a certain goal."

She must day after day, day after day, untangle the tangled threads of fate, only then can she preserve this great vessel. In this cosmic game where only losers exist, she keeps choosing, keeps struggling, just to let the Luofu Immortal Vessel sail forward one more second. Hehe, she is truly the best card player in my mind.

The Divination Bureau in Qingque's eyes will never, out of predestined confusion, needlessly seek trouble. Precisely because of that, Suiyang, imprisoned in the theory of fate, cannot possibly understand human joy.

Before, Xing couldn't even imagine Qingque's angry look, but this time she got to see it. Qingque's eyes turned cold, she strode forward, and in a deep voice shouted at the monster trying to control the Divination Bureau: "Xiyan, get off the Divination Bureau at once!"

Before, Xing couldn't even imagine Qingque's angry look, but this time she got to see it. Qingque's eyes turned cold, she strode forward, and in a deep voice shouted at the monster trying to control the Divination Bureau: "Xiyan, get off the Divination Bureau at once!"

——

Blessings to this beautiful world.

"Wah! Miss Qingque is too handsome and reliable!" Huihui cupped her flushed cheeks with both hands, not even noticing her staff had fallen to the ground, "So her earlier slacking-off attitude, pretending not to do any work, was all an act? She hid it so well……"

"Hehehe~" Akuya suddenly put her hands on her hips, proudly wagging her raised index finger, "I get it—she must be like me, usually not exerting herself, only saving the day at crucial moments, just as Hezhen said… 'Experts only play the crucial rounds.' Looks like there's someone who understands me on the Luofu Immortal Vessel as well~"

Hezhen rolled his dead-fish eyes: "No, you're just truly useless all the time, completely lacking any 'hidden' aspect."

"People slack off because they have real ability, while you're 'useless normally, even more useless in crucial moments'—anyone who isn't an idiot can tell the difference, right?" Hezhen mercilessly cut in, "Do you remember how, when the monsters attacked last time, you were the first to scream and run away?"

"Th-that was a strategic retreat!" Akuya flushed, "A retreat doesn't count as fleeing……A retreat! How could the goddess's affair be considered fleeing?"

Then, blushing, she spouted hard-to-understand excuses like "I just happened to have an upset stomach that day" or "The floral scenery at the banquet drained too much mana," making everyone laugh: the union inside and out was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

——

The people quickly secured the wavering Xiyan into the gourd.

After this incident, Fu Xuan also looked at Qingque with new eyes—although she's usually lazy, she's unexpectedly reliable at crucial moments. Even her words gained a few notes of praise: "Qingque, thank you for turning the tide."

"Ah, no thanks, Divination Bureau." Qingque said with a smile, "You just expelled me while possessing Suiyang—this decision must be serious. Next, please trouble your old self to issue a written notice unilaterally terminating the contract."

This way, with my seniority in the Divination Bureau, I could get a decent compensation… hehe. Qingque even started daydreaming about a bright future: "I've figured it out—I'll use that money to open a gambling hall, hire a few helpers, live off the income without working, and start a new life, haha."

"Ah… sigh, truly a pity, I spouted a lot of nonsense earlier and have forgotten it all." Fu Xuan deliberately raised a hand to her forehead, then lifted her gaze to Qingque, her expression returning to the Divination Bureau's solemnity: "Come to think of it, Qingque, why are you still here? You shouldn't be on duty in the library right now, should you?"

Qingque couldn't defy the Divination Bureau, so she returned with a disappointed expression.

Fortunately, the matter ended satisfactorily; Fu Xuan also resumed presiding over the overall situation. After the people cast Xiyan into the formation, they began searching for the next target, and not long after, Huohuo came across a post about the Cloud Cavalry going out of control.