Chu Ge, his face covered in shoe prints, tragically inspected the floor.
The floor wasn't worn… but there was a faint scratch mark—the Golden Bell Shield was terrifying!
Luckily, this was a room; the original owner had bamboo flooring. If it were the living room or bathroom, where there were tiles, what would have happened?
Chu Ge didn't dare think about it.
Qiu Wuji didn't dare think about it either. You…you…what did you intend to do with such a weapon?
Seeing Qiu Wuji's chest heaving with anger, Chu Ge shuffled away quietly.
Lying there would only get her beaten; it was better to let her calm down while she went out to heat up some food. So hungry…
Today she really offended Qiu Wuji…but it seems like it wasn't a complete loss.
She saw everything…
The snow on Yunji Mountain is so white, Yunji Mountain is so big.
Sigh…but she's furious this time; she needs to find a way to appease her.
He pulled out his phone and checked the book review; at the top was the leave he'd asked for for her earlier.
What a wonderful wife.
Hmm… since she got the leave, shouldn't he take her out today to make amends?
Meanwhile, Qiu Wuji was sulking in his room, getting angrier the more he looked at the leave he'd asked for.
If I'd known you'd be done so quickly, why would I have asked for a single day off? He almost exposed the fact that he was living with a female fan.
Wait, I'm not a female fan, and I don't live with him!
Qiu Wuji almost flipped the table.
He'd been seen for nothing; who knew how much he'd seen? And then what? What could he do? He couldn't kill him, he couldn't gouge out his eyes, and he didn't want to run away from home.
So what could he do? Qiu Wuji angrily pulled out his phone and asked his new friend, "Mengmeng, I have a question... Someone looked at me, what should I do?"
"?" A question mark appeared on the other end: "How did they look? Isn't looking at your face normal? I like looking too."
"No, it's that kind of..."
"On your body?"
"Yeah..."
"Hit him. If you can't beat him, do you want me to send a whole truckload of bread people to help you?"
"After beating him, I'm afraid to kill him, what should I do?"
"If you can beat him, it's easy, just take him to the police station."
"...That won't work." Zhu Mengmeng "You're not your boss, are you?" Zhu Mengmeng exclaimed indignantly.
"...Yeah, it is."
"Workplace sexual harassment!" Qiu Wuji cried out. "Why don't you quit now? Qiu Qiu, let me tell you, come sell tea here. Your temperament is perfect for it. Even in ancient costume, none of the actresses in those dramas are as beautiful as you."
Qiu Wuji: "...I can't quit."
"?" Zhu Mengmeng understood again. "Oh, do you have something on him?"
Qiu Wuji thought for a moment. "No, I don't think so."
He'd love to put something on me, ugh, disgusting.
Zhu Mengmeng finally understood: "You like him."
Qiu Wuji: "?"
Zhu Mengmeng: "How old is your boss? Is he married? If he's married, let's get some advice on how to win him over..."
"Stop, stop, stop, where did this come from?"
"So, is he married?"
"...No."
"Holy crap, a diamond bachelor!" Zhu Mengmeng was exasperated: "It's come to this, just give in. Isn't being a boss's wife better than some lousy assistant/secretary?"
Qiu Wuji was dumbfounded: "No, Mengmeng, you've misunderstood..."
"What have I misunderstood? You said it yourself, you didn't quit or call the police after being seen, and you even asked what to do? I'm asking you what to do! You're so young, rich, and unmarried, why don't you introduce me to someone?"
"...He's broke!"
"Oh, never mind then." Zhu Mengmeng said: "A broke boss, you're still not leaving him after being seen?" Abandonment, this is not liking. Tell me what liking means? "
Qiu Wuji: "I! No! I like! I like it!"
"Okay, okay, if you don't like it, resign and come to my place to sell tea. What future does a small boss with no money have to start his own business..."
Qiu Wuji felt that the two people were clearly chatting in different worlds: "Why do you have such an attitude towards this matter..."
"Otherwise, what is your attitude? Why don't you consider these things when you are with a man? By the way, is he handsome? If he is too ugly, forget it."
Qiu Wuji felt that there was nothing more to talk about today: "Forget it, I won't ask you anymore."
Zhu Mengmeng said: "I'm just depressed. Can you teach me what to do?"
"What?"
"My lover, my husband, my child's father..."
"What's wrong with him?"
"They met today."
Qiu Wuji: "???"
You and I are indeed not from the same world.
"Uuuuuuuu Qiuqiu, what should I do..." Zhu Mengmeng made a tearful expression.
Qiu Wuji closed WeChat expressionlessly.
Let's serve it cold.
Chu Ge cautiously peeked out from the doorway: "Um..." Qiu Wuji's face hardened: "Get lost! If you don't want to talk to a lecher, I'll kill you if you say another word!"
"I didn't mean it. Master knows that's a passive meditation, only visualization..." Qiu Wuji's eyebrows furrowed, about to explode, when Chu Ge hurriedly continued: "Besides, I didn't see anything. Master knows I can only observe vaguely, and besides, Cloud Peak Mountain is shrouded in mist, what could I possibly see..." You're kidding me! You practically pounced on me in a phantom form!
Qiu Wuji held back her curses, then thought that this explanation was a good way out. He didn't see anything, so nothing happened. What good would it do him to forcefully expose that he actually did see?
Forcibly suppressing his anger, he coldly said, "I hit you to teach you a lesson. Such lewd behavior is unacceptable! If you ever dare to spy on me again, I'll gouge your eyes out!"
"Yes, yes, I remember." Chu Ge coughed twice, finally stepping forward a little, and humbly asked, "Master, please enlighten me, what kind of situation did I have today?"
Qiu Wuji paused, pondering for a moment.
He'd been completely led astray by this guy, completely forgetting the importance of the matter itself.
He could see people clearly now, and could even drool.
The "Heavenly Dao" was becoming increasingly manifest.
To be honest, Qiu Wuji didn't know what this situation meant either. All she could assess was the level of cultivation: "You've achieved minor success in the Golden Bell Shield, and simultaneously reached the late stage of Qi Refining. You should be preparing for Foundation Establishment now. I wonder if the interaction between the two worlds will be more pronounced after you truly establish your foundation."
"Huh? Almost at Foundation Establishment already?" Chu Ge genuinely didn't know what each level of his cultivation corresponded to; he still thought he was a beginner. "I've only been practicing for less than two months, haven't I?"
Qiu Wuji said sternly, "It's still a long way off. Late Qi Refining isn't the Great Perfection. Not to mention the huge gap between the seventh, eighth, and ninth levels, even if you reach Perfection, you wrote so much about being at the peak of half-step Perfection—don't you have any self-awareness?" "...I've long since downplayed that concept."
"That's still the same. It'll be a long time before you reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage. What I meant by preparing is that we don't know where to find materials to refine elixirs in this world...we need to prepare in advance." Qiu Wuji said, "Speaking of which, I could browse your local herbal medicine shops when I have time; maybe they'll have something..."
"Emmm...that's harder than winning the lottery, isn't it?"
Qiu Wuji sighed, "But we have to try, what else?"
"Let nature take its course. Thinking too much is just being fixated." Chu Ge laughed, "It's like talking to you. Aren't you bored staying home for too long? Since you took the day off, how about we go out and have some fun?"
Qiu Wuji's heart stirred slightly.
His mindset towards cultivation was truly admirable; perhaps this was a major reason for his rapid progress...of course, it was also because it aligned with the "Dao" he wrote based on his own personality.
"Hey, I'm asking you. We have a lot of time today, want to go out and have some fun?"
Qiu Wuji, lost in thought, casually replied, "Where to?"
"Like a museum, an aquarium, a science museum, things like that. Whether they're fun or not is uncertain, but they'll definitely help you learn about the world and broaden your horizons."
Qiu Wuji snapped out of his reverie, somewhat surprised: "We can see the sea here?"
Chu Ge paused, realizing he'd only mentioned aquariums and similar things. Isn't that all there is to city life? He hadn't expected Qiu Wuji to immediately think of seeing the sea.
But it didn't seem like a big problem: "Nanjiang is a coastal city, although you have to go to the neighboring districts to truly reach the sea… but it's still quite close, and we have enough time today."
"Then I want to see the sea." Qiu Wuji's eyes gleamed: "Staying in the city all the time is too shallow."
Chu Ge mentally clenched his fist and exclaimed "Yay!": "Let's go see the sea!"
What if we just see everything? I wonder if that's all there is to it… Whatever, as long as we don't have a cold war, that's good enough. Forget seeing the sea, I'll swim in it!