I am the savior, but I am being asked by Alicia and the others to pay me back.

“It appeared…”

Seeing this, all the girls in the studio were worried about Keqing.

"He speaks sweet words as if they were the truth, and there is absolutely no way to deny them."

"This is the scary thing about natural flirting."

"Sister Keqing is in danger."

After hearing everyone's comments, Keqing said unconvincedly:

"I won't be shaken by this kind of thing. Ye Ming's offensive has no effect on me at all."

As soon as she finished speaking, the image in the video was illuminated by the candlelight and turned a blush like an apple.

"This, this is lit by candlelight!"

Keqing's skin, as she explained in this way, also turned a crimson color that matched her body temperature, just like her in the video.

After that, Ye Ming decided to stay and help Keqing implement her new policies, and also participated in the optimization of the rules.

The two were together almost every day, busy from morning to night, and often worked all night together, fighting in the dark and then fighting until dawn.

There were traces of their work everywhere, on the tables, chairs, and sofas.

For Keqing, Ye Ming was the only person who could understand her during that time...

The only person who stands by you unconditionally, the only person you can confide everything in.

If I can see Ye Ming’s figure before going to bed, I can fall asleep peacefully and have a long dreamless night.

When I wake up and see Ye Ming by my side, I will have the courage and motivation to start a new day.

At some point, Keqing began to feel that Ye Ming's existence itself exceeded the help he could provide.

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"That man has been coming too often lately, hasn't he?"

"Yeah, what is his relationship with Lady Keqing?"

After a while, the maids in Keqing's house also began to feel curious about Ye Ming's existence.

When the whirlpool demon Osel attacked Liyue Harbor, the people in the city were fleeing and did not witness the conditions of the battlefield.

Therefore, most people don’t know Ye Ming’s identity. They only know that Keqing and Ningguang led the Thousand Rocks Army to repel the monsters, but they know very little about a hero who participated in it.

"Could it be Lady Keqing's lover?"

"Eh? No way~~"

The maids laughed and gossiped:

"Although that man is indeed very handsome, isn't Lady Keqing busy with the new policy recently? How can she have time for a romantic relationship?"

"Why not? Don't you know what Lady Keqing is capable of doing?"

"A small new policy will definitely not be a problem for her."

"It's normal to make some time to meet someone you like."

"That's right, there is nothing that Lady Keqing can't accomplish. Whether it's work or men, she can definitely get them done easily!"

The maids didn't know that while they were chatting, Keqing was standing not far away on the other side of the wall.

She had no intention of eavesdropping, she had only been planning to go out, but she heard these people's conversation when she passed by the entrance.

"..."

Objectively speaking, these maids didn't say anything bad about Keqing, and they didn't even talk about her behind her back, and I couldn't tell they had any malicious intent...

But Keqing seemed a little solemn when she heard all this. She pursed her lips and didn't seem to be in a good mood.

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"This is today's work schedule. Is there anything you don't understand?"

After arriving at her job, Keqing quickly arranged work on promoting the reform plan for her subordinates in the company.

“There is nothing I don’t understand.”

"Lady Keqing's instructions are the direction of our actions."

"Don't worry, leave it to us."

After receiving positive responses from the employees, Keqing left the meeting room.

"I said, do you really understand?"

After watching her leave, the employees in the room began to murmur:

"Aren't we completely confused by Lady Keqing's plan?"

"There's no fog at all. We just do what it says on the wall. Isn't that enough?"

"But...don't you need to understand the spirit of this? You can't just do things mechanically according to the rules all the time, right?"

After hearing the young employee's speech, the old employee who had just communicated with him asked back:

"Why not? Who do you think Lady Keqing is? Her arrangements must be foolproof."

"Besides, how can you understand Lady Keqing's thoughts? What else can you do if you don't follow the rules?"

At this point, the young employee was convinced.

"That's right. How can ordinary people like us understand Lady Keqing's thoughts?"

272. Strange feelings are piling up

"what……"

Outside the meeting room, Keqing did not walk far, she could hear her subordinates' discussion clearly.

When she opens her mouth, she praises me; when she closes her mouth, she shows my trust. She is no different from my own maid.

"That's it again."

Compared to the slander behind the scenes by those opponents, the evaluation of me by those around me seems quite positive.

But for some reason, Keqing couldn't be happy at all. Instead, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

She wanted to say something but didn't know how to start. She could only take her depressed mood home, hoping that her confidant could understand her complicated thoughts.

"Ye Ming...isn't here?"

But when I got home and saw the empty study, the only joyful thing of the day was ruined.

"Yeah, he has his own life too. How can I expect him to be by my side all the time?"

While tidying up the documents on the table and looking at the handwritings of Ye Ming and herself intertwined, Keqing suddenly felt a bad mood brewing in her heart.

By the time I reacted, the text in my hand had been crumpled up.

"I'm back~! Shall we start tonight's work?"

Just then, Ye Ming suddenly broke into the room. Hearing his belated voice, Keqing suddenly became a little anxious.

"Where have you been?"

"I went to Jueyunjian. Is there anything urgent?"

"Woo..."

Realizing that she was emotionally unstable, Keqing quickly pressed her forehead and said ashamedly:

"I'm sorry... I... I'm a little weird."

Compared to Keqing, Ye Ming was the one who was confused.

What had she done wrong to apologize to herself? Was she a little hasty in asking questions? What kind of fault was that?

"Aren't you a little too strict with yourself?"

Ye Ming complained:

"It's not normal for friends to quarrel with each other."

"it's not like that……"

Keqing reflected on herself:

"I was in a bad mood just now. When I came back and found that you were not here, I wanted to get angry with you for a moment."

"I know this is a sign of venting my anger on you and showing weakness, especially since the target is you who has always been by my side without expecting anything in return..."

Keqing felt more and more ashamed as she spoke. For a moment, she didn't dare to look Ye Ming in the eye anymore, and she kept muttering something like "Too bad."

"But you didn't do anything?"

"Just having such an immature thought is already inappropriate."

"Really... that's really your style."

Seeing Keqing's look of not allowing herself to make any mistakes, Ye Ming couldn't help but chuckle.

"So, what's the reason for the failed attempt to lose your temper?"

"..."

Keqing looked away, and a look of shame gradually appeared on her face, which had been serious just now.

"It's hard to explain in a few words."

"Then tell me slowly. The night is still long."

Ye Ming moved a stool and sat next to Keqing, looking like a spectator who wanted to see the story.

That feeling is just like the audience who keeps waiting for updates in the UP host's personal space all day long.

"When I was young, my family would make shrimp balls for me every now and then. It was my favorite dish."

“It doesn’t matter how hard your studies are during the day, or how wronged you are.”

"When I think about eating golden shrimp balls when I go home at night, my mood becomes extremely light."

Recalling the past, Keqing's eyes were filled with nostalgia, but her soft brows showed a hint of helplessness.

"Once I was injured and lost my homework. I was criticized by my teacher. My body was in pain and my heart was filled with grievances."

"But I still insisted, because my family promised to make me golden shrimp balls in the evening."

"It's funny, a good dinner was all I wanted at the time."

Seeing Keqing's unintentional self-mockery, Ye Ming guessed:

“You didn’t get to eat it in the end, did you?”

Keqing nodded: "That night, my family went out for an emergency and only left me some steamed buns."

"All the expectations turned into bubbles in an instant, and all the grievances that could have been endured burst out in an instant."

After hearing this short story, Ye Ming felt the same way:

"After going through such a bad thing, it's normal to lose your temper."

"But that's wrong, especially to take it out on others."

Keqing said seriously:

"When I realized I was just being unreasonable, I vowed never to make the same mistake again."

Ye Ming asked curiously: "So you almost made the same mistake again?"

Keqing held her forehead and said ashamedly: "That's why I said something was wrong with me."

"I stopped being emotional when I was 12, but lately..."

Just when Keqing was confused, she suddenly noticed something.

If your mentality has become abnormal recently, then why not just think about what changes have taken place in your life recently?

And when she realized this, she soon discovered...the answer was right in front of her.

"Ye Ming?"

Is it him? I have been with Ye Ming for a long time. Is it because of his existence that I have become a little abnormal?

But... why?