"Black humor, space comedy game—occasional one or two knives are enough."
"Look how joyful this plot is. Does it look like it'll kill off gacha characters?"
"Even if Leon and others have knives on them, at least until shutdown, we don't have to worry about the knives falling."
"Still asking why?"
"In Genshin, isn't Zhongli constantly enduring wear and tear?"
"And many gacha characters that obviously carry knives—has anyone died? No."
"So, what knives or not—it's all just scaring people."
Ah Xian is carefree, with a face full of indifference.
[Eh, Ah Xian's deceiving herself again.]
[Forgot Star Rail has the Honkai prefix—tsk tsk tsk.]
[I see you're craving boomerangs.]
[British police... no, wait for the Luofu plot to knife Leon—Ah Xian will behave then.]
[I think you don't get it. The most joyful moments suddenly give you a knife—that thrill, instant ascension.]
Ah Xian pretends not to see these bullet comments, wanting to see Leon's reaction to Qingque's question.
No reaction from Leon, but Qingque's inner thoughts come first.
"(Aaaaaah! Why did I ask such an idiotic question?)"
"(His job is clearly similar to my original one—he's a diviner...)"
"(Won't Mr. Bai think I'm asking knowingly, teasing him?)"
"(What if he complains to Master Diviner?)"
[This is it.]
[Suddenly kinda want to ship Leon and Qingque—these two are pure comedy~~]
[How do netizens ship anything?]
[Seems Qingque really doesn't know how to host.]
[Or maybe she's nervous about messing up—after all, receiving Leon was assigned when caught slacking. Mess up again, and Fu Xuan will deduct her to death?]
[Spill on deduct to death.]
[Deduct performance—pervs face the wall.]
Thought Leon would show an awkward but polite smile.
Unexpectedly, he ponders if Qingque's question has hidden meaning, if it's a code or something.
"(Think carefully, Leon, what you can think of.)"
"Of course it's great work involving the Xianzhou's future—revive the Xianzhou's glory. We must devote ourselves exhaustively, no shirking duty!"
"(Shamefully, still can't figure it out—so only use the tai chi response...)"
Ah Xian's fair, smooth shoulders shrug up and down, laughing quite freely.
"Quack quack quack... too funny!"
"What expressions when these two realize they docked with the wrong person?"
[She's done, I'm anxious.]
[Not quite right—should be she's stunned, I overthought.]
Qingque: "Mr. Bai is great! By the way, what drinks do you like, duck?"
For the girl's massive topic leap, Leon gets question marks over his head—hilarious to watch.
His reply is even funnier.
"I like drinking the Water of Life."
"Huh? What's that?"
"Just... the Water of Life."
"...Oh oh, is Mr. Bai from the Reignbow faction?"
"What faction?"
"Uh... I mean, do you believe in the Reignbow Arbiter?"
"Good grief, Qingque actually asks this—Leon must be overthinking again!"
Ah Xian can't close her mouth from laughing, eyes never leaving the screen.
As expected, Leon's inner thoughts ring out.
Full of sinister vibes toward Purple Moonseason, already designing tortures for him.
"No! I believe in the Mercy Medicine King!"
"Oh, the Mercy Medicine King—truly tasteful belie... ha?!"
Qingque in bold confusion, her little cute face into an emoji—screenshot-ready.
"(Reignbow above, did I hear wrong?)"
The camera follows her words back to Leon's face.
Eyes clear, smiling.
But no matter how you look, the upturned mouth corners scream straight ball in players' eyes.
In Qingque's eyes, it's just joking.
"Mr. Bai, don't tease me."
"This joke isn't one to make lightly. Lucky it's me—if Master Diviner heard, at this sensitive time, it might cause unnecessary trouble."
"Just livening the atmosphere—don't mind, Miss Qingque." Leon's smile unchanged, this time squinting his eyes.
[Advance by retreating—Big Boss Leon such a troll!]
[Qingque was almost scared silly earlier—dying laughing.]
Qingque pats her budding chest.
"Master Diviner said Jade Abacus diviners mostly like to put on airs—didn't expect Mr. Bai so humorous."
Leon: "Where where, people are forced into it—really no choice."
Qingque freezes.
"(Could it be Mr. Bai is also troubled by worldly eyes, forced to be 'ambitious' in others' views...)"
"(Aren't we in the same boat?)"
So she says: "So you too..."
Leon cooperatively shows the expression: "Unexpected—Miss Qingque is also a fellow traveler."
Off-channel interaction—countless players laugh to tears.
[So you play Gens...]
[Yes, Ape God—launch!]
[Ape God not released yet.]
"Really, Qingque's 'so you too' must be the writers memeing their own game."
The two's dialogue continues.
"Regret not meeting sooner—bold to ask, Mr. Bai, do you like playing Jade Abacus tiles?"
"Never played, but if Miss Qingque has time, you can teach me how."
"No problem no problem—Mr. Bai, in your view, what work attitude suits wage slaves best? Or bluntly, your attitude toward work?"
"Two words: moderation."
"Oh? I'm all ears." Qingque's eyes light up.
Leon dead serious: "Too strong at work—easy to get overloaded. Too weak—easy to get fired by boss."
"Thus need the golden mean—not too high, not too low, never easily offend."
"But when boss needs you reliable, must do well—give boss the feeling you actually have ability."
"Learn to tug the boss—you can string him along."
"Hahaha, salaried slackers in the livestream—listen up, learn." Ah Xian laughs heartily.
[Don't learn if your iron-forging isn't hard—you'll flop!]
[Learned—heading to confront boss now.]
[Don't—almost got killed.]
[Workplaces hit people? Congrats on meeting a noble boss—overnight riches?]
[Yes, I was halfway stirring in his workplace, practiced moderation and tugging—ended up countered...]
[????]
[Front, you're off!]
In the joy, Qingque keeps outputting.
"Then—Mr. Bai, views on slacking at work?"
"Must slack decisively, decisive no slack!"
"Soulmate!!!"
[Cracking up at the code—this duo when back on proper channel?]
[I think little sparrow's hopeless—depends when Leon notices wrong.]
Leon surface cheerful, secretly rolling eyes.
"(That Purple Moonseason guy—didn't send a cute airhead to prank me?)"
Hearing this inner thought, Ah Xian can't hold it again.
Rather, no one in the livestream can.
Wanna howl!
"I declare—this is the funniest plot since launch!"