We moved to Golden Courtyard

Xu Qi gave an awkward twitch of his lips.

"Let me help you speed up the purification process, Xu Qi."

accelerate?

Xu Qi quickly glanced outside the tree hole—no one was there.

He said in a panic, "Sister Nia, let's... let's just forget about it. Aren't we supposed to be working today? I... I'm fine like this. Just sitting next to you is enough."

Aponia's smile widened, and she gently cupped her cheek with her free hand, gazing tenderly at Xu Qi.

"Is that... enough?"

……

“Actually, the nuns who are in charge of receiving people outside will receive a signal from me. Only when I nod will the next believer come in to speak.”

Xu Qi thought strangely—but if you use that method…wouldn’t you have to keep nodding?

Just as I was about to start playing, I saw Aponia's expression return to its usual calm.

Oh no! I forgot that Nia can also read my mind!

"It seems that the guilt in Xu Qi's heart is even greater than I imagined."

"Haha..." Xu Qi said awkwardly, scratching his cheek, "Sister Nia, let me explain."

"No need, Xu Qi."

Anyway, these are just typical things Aquaman says, right? It's best not to listen, otherwise I might not be able to resist... and just do it to him in my confessional, which won't do.

This is a sacred place where the church has been passed down for thousands of years...

Aponia sighed, thinking—Xu Qi is good in every way, except he's too talkative. He can spout sweet nothings so easily, but it seems I'll have to use my words later too…

However, it wasn't about speaking.

Thinking this, she brushed aside the strands of hair that had fallen beside her ears, still wearing the nun's headscarf, and bowed.

Xu Qi held his breath instantly.

God, please do not punish me for my impurity with Xu Qi. I could not bear the love I had for him, and we fell into the abyss together. If we are guilty, please let me bear all the consequences for him...

God, please do not punish the nun for her impurity. It was my fault that led her and me into this abyss. I, Xu Qi, am willing to bear everything for her…

Sin was ultimately completely purified and absorbed by the nun.

Aponia straightened up, her expression still calm. She wiped her mouth and was about to ask Xu Qi, "Are you feeling any better?"

But Xu Qi ended up hugging her!

This time... it was truly without any distracting thoughts...

"Xu...Qi?"

"Nia, when Mei reaches the appropriate age, I want to have our wedding in this church, and you will be our witness. And after that wedding..."

I will marry you in this very church.

The nun's heartbeat seemed to stop at that moment.

She stared blankly with her mouth agape, tears streaming down her cheeks without her realizing it, yet her face showed no trace of sadness.

Honestly... that's why I said Xu Qi just has too many sweet words...

But it's true...

I like him so much.

Lord, please allow your unclean nun to be with Xu Qi forever.

······

When Xu Qi met Bronya at the start of the new week, he noticed that the smile on her face was noticeably brighter, and couldn't help but ask, "Coach, is there something good happening?"

"Huh? No?"

Xu Qi looked even more puzzled.

Bronya, however, leaned closer and flicked Xu Qi's forehead with her finger.

"Don't forget, you still have to come with me this week... to play Gal games at home."

With that, she put her hands behind her back, her ponytail swaying with Bronya's light steps, and hummed the Z Arahatto theme song, Mercury's Love, as she left happily.

Ah this...

Xu Qi suddenly remembered his experience at church on the weekend.

He reached out and slapped his forehead—Lord…please let me forget this memory.

······

On the balcony of the courtyard, Eden sat opposite Aponia and brewed a cup of black tea for both of them.

"When I came back from church over the weekend, I saw the undisguised joy on your face. Tell me, has something new happened between you and my brother?"

Is it easy to tell?

Eden's lips twitched. If it weren't for the fact that Aponia was her best friend, she definitely would have splashed the tea on Aponia's face!

This guy's acting all innocent after getting the benefit... well! Looks like there's no need to ask any more questions.

"But it's not the final step yet, Eden."

"Oh..." Eden glanced sideways, showing his disdain—not quite there yet, but it'll be soon, right?

She glanced out into the courtyard and put down the black tea in her hand.

“The kids have all gone to school. When school started, they all said it was fine to stay in the dorms, but now… they’ve all been enrolled as day students. They can’t stand staying in the dorms at all.”

It's not that I can't stand staying in the dorm... it's that there are more important people in the courtyard that I want to be with.

Aponia looked up at the sky.

"This September should go by pretty quickly."

"Ok?"

"For Xu Qi, he now needs to focus all his efforts on preparing for the release of Alahato Seed Pv1 at the end of September."

"I really didn't expect that the nun would be interested in this?"

"I'll pay attention to it because it's Xu Qi."

"yes……"

Eden took a sip of tea—because he was her younger brother, she paid extra attention to him.

End of September, a crucial battle!

424. President Bronya can do whatever she wants.

"Supervisor! Teacher Liu Qi said that she... is going to try on a new ancient costume this afternoon, and may not have time to review the reworked original drawings that were sent over."

Inside the production team's large office outside, Xu Qi sat in Rita's former seat, pointing as he worked and speaking.

"Rush to her house, hold her head down and get the reworked original artwork right!"

Susanna was horrified.

"Manager, this isn't appropriate..."

Xu Qi stopped writing the PV progress report and glared fiercely at the little bear girl.

"If you can't hold her head down, I'll hold yours down!"

"Supervisor, I'm going right now!"

At this moment, Alahato Seed's office was bustling with activity, with people coming and going, and he was basically extremely busy.

Rita, on the other hand, moved a new desk and started working next to Xu Qi.

It's not that Xu Qi's large single office is under renovation or anything; it's just that work has been so busy lately that it would be too much trouble for each of the production staff to come into the office one by one.

So Xu Qi simply moved his office outside.

That way, if they need anything, they can just let me know.

Along with that... Delta also moved out her workstation, and is now setting up tables right across from Xu Qi.

"This BYD scumbag PV has basically messed up the entire original schedule... Hey! Kid! Episode 9, where is the part where Frey's father's battleship is destroyed by lasers!?"

"They colored it yesterday!"

"Hurry up! Go to the coloring team right now and confirm the completion time, then give it to the photographer for revisions as quickly as possible!"

In mid-September, there are 14 days left until the release of the new PV.

"Hey?"

Xu Qi's landline rang, and as soon as he answered, he heard Minister Qian from the Publicity Department urging him on.

"Manager Xu, how's the progress of PV1? It's not that I want to rush it, but we really need to launch it on all major platforms before the National Day holiday."

We're also using the Golden Week holiday to continuously cultivate discussion surrounding Seed, which will allow us to launch our next promotional campaign.

"I know, Director Qian. You explained it to me very well last time, and I listened to everything you said. Please rest assured, the PV will definitely be online before National Day!"

"I'm reassured that you're in charge of the progress, but Manager Xu, there's one thing I still need to remind you of: the company attaches great importance to Alahato Seed, including its promotional efforts."

So we also contacted various local TV stations to promote our PV.

"Ugh?"

Xu Qi was stunned.

"That's..."

"Yes, as you know, some local TV stations still have very old equipment, so we have to prepare the original DV footage in advance and send it over, so actually..."

Xu Qi glanced at today's month—September 16th.

"The 29th is also the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is the release date that the company just set. If it is to be broadcast on the evening of the 29th, you need to release the original footage on the 28th."

In other words, there were originally 14 days left in the production schedule...

It was changed to 12 days.

“Manager Xu, I know this might be asking the impossible, but…”

"can."

"Ugh?"

"All you need to do is release the PV and handle the post-release work. I guarantee you... the PV will definitely air on the night of the 29th!"

After saying that, Xu Qi hung up the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Qian Chen sighed and gave a bitter laugh.

Although I don't know how Xu Qi is going to send out two days' worth of work, I can only trust him.

“12 days…” Before anyone knew it, Rita was already standing behind Xu Qi, her hands on his shoulders, massaging him to relieve his recent fatigue.

"Supervisor, if it's 12 days..."

"Let's all grit our teeth, work a little harder during this period, and get through this. I'm going to ask Bronya for my National Day bonus."

Rita's eyes lit up.

"Overtime pay is due, but it's what those bastards deserve. Now that Liu Yizhi and Director Yang have fallen from power, it's reasonable to add their National Day bonuses to Seed Studio's payroll, isn't it?"

"That's reasonable, but..."

"I'll go and talk to President Bronya."

······

"So, you want to allocate the National Day bonuses originally intended for Liu Yizhi and Director Yang to Seed Studio instead?"

In Bronya's office, Xu Qi sat upright on the sofa.

Meanwhile, the CEO stared at Xu Qi, who was looking extremely serious, with a rather amused expression.

One good thing about this person is that when it comes to animation-related matters, she's treated as a director, but when it comes to company affairs...