He found the secretary of the Liyue Qixing sitting at her desk, her head—complete with its blue hair and Qilin horns—nodding up and down as she dozed off.
"Ganyu!" Jiang Yun snapped his fingers with a grin.
"Ah! I wasn't sleeping..." Ganyu jolted awake, looking toward the source of the sound. "Jiang Yun? It's you. Please, come in!"
She stood up to open the door and invited him inside. "Please, have a seat. Would you like some tea? I have quite a collection of fine leaves here. It'll take a moment to brew a fresh pot, but you can try some from this pitcher first."
Ganyu stood beside Jiang Yun, diligently pouring the tea. Her black bodysuit and the blue-and-white sash of her outfit perfectly traced the outlines of her impressive figure.
"Thanks. Ganyu, if you're this sleepy, why don't you drink some tea to perk yourself up?"
"I did. It didn't work." Ganyu pointed toward a sandalwood shelf nearby. "I've collected these teas from all over the world to try and stay awake. I've even tried coffee and the like..." The shelf was massive, covering nearly an entire wall.
Jiang Yun nodded in understanding. "I suppose that makes sense. After drinking them for over a thousand years, even the best stimulants would lose their effect."
"You think so too?" Ganyu's lips curved downward. "I feel like my drowsiness is a lost cause."
"How could that be? You just need to sleep more, and you'll be fine."
"Sleep more?!" Having just set the teapot down, she waved her hands and shook her head repeatedly. "No, no, that won't do! There's still so much work..."
Right. The last person who kept talking about work ended up striking all sorts of shameful poses in her own office... Jiang Yun laughed inwardly as he silently activated the Reasonable Deception skill.
"Ganyu, I have a great method for refreshing the mind. Do you want to know what it is?"
Jiang Yun planned to start with a moderately reasonable suggestion to see what Ganyu's "Reasonableness" value was.
Ganyu was instantly curious. "I do! Of course I do! Please, tell me!"
"I can't exactly tell you for nothing, can I?"
"This..." Seeing Jiang Yun sipping his tea, Ganyu said, "I have plenty of good tea here. If you like it, you can take as much as you want!"
Jiang Yun shook his head.
"Then... oh! Jiang Yun!" Ganyu was, after all, a thousand-year-old fox—scratch that, a Cocogoat—no, a Qixing secretary. She quickly found a new angle. "Shouldn't you be in Keqing's office? Why have you come to see me so suddenly? Are you having trouble with your work? Perhaps we can help each other. What do you think?"
"No, Keqing moved me to a new office... but I don't know where it is."
Jiang Yun naturally wasn't going to admit to such an embarrassing situation out loud. He improvised, "I'm not used to the new office yet, so I stepped out for a walk."
"Oh, I see."
But just yesterday, he had been in the office with Keqing... and Keqing had been incredibly proactive!
All sorts of scandalous sounds suddenly flooded Ganyu's mind. Her snowy cheeks flushed red, and her glazed eyes darted around, not daring to look at Jiang Yun. "Did you two have a disagreement? I've seen other... colleagues... have conflicts before. Perhaps I can help mediate."
"No, we're getting along quite harmoniously!"
"I see..." Ganyu listed several other potential issues, but Jiang Yun rejected them one by one.
Finally, she slumped onto her desk in frustration. "I can't figure it out, Jiang Yun. What do you want? Surely you don't want me to...?"
Surely you don't want me to beg you like Keqing did? Kneeling on the desk, proactively parting...
Just thinking about that scene made Ganyu's long, silk-clad legs feel weak and shaky!
"Like what?"
"Like a certain blabbering crane, making wild guesses?"
Jiang Yun smiled, thinking: I'll have to repeat that to Xianyun when I get the chance.
"The reward I'm asking for is simple: from now on, you must accept the nap schedule I arrange for you every day."
"A nap schedule?!" Ganyu was startled, her head snapping up. The shyness in her eyes was even more apparent. "H-how... how would we 'nap'?"
"Right here in your office. A normal nap for a while, and I'll be here to supervise you!"
And use my new skills every day... Jiang Yun added silently in his heart.
"Oh, is that it? Then I suppose I can agree to that." Ganyu nodded, the shyness in her eyes fading slightly. "So, can you tell me the method for refreshing the mind now?"
"Certainly! But let me state this first: you get too little sleep, so a nap alone won't be enough to catch up. That's why I'm teaching you this method..."
Jiang Yun reached out and smiled. "The method is actually quite simple: face touching!"
"F-face touching?!" Ganyu instinctively raised her hands to cover her blushing cheeks.
[Ganyu, Reasonableness: 81]
When the system text appeared, it was Jiang Yun's turn to be shocked. 81 points?! That meant if he reached out and touched her face, she would at most offer a token resistance.
What was going on? Wasn't her Desire Score only at 11 before?!
Though he didn't quite understand, he decided to take advantage of the situation. "Come on, Ganyu. Lean your head over here."
Ganyu peered at him through the gaps in her fingers, her eyes filled with hesitation.
"Miss Ganyu, you wouldn't want to keep nodding off while handling the great affairs of Liyue, would you?"
"I..." Ganyu slowly lowered her hands and proactively pressed her face into his palm.
Soft, delicate, cool, and smooth... As expected of a half-adeptus! Jiang Yun couldn't help but pinch her cheeks a few times.
Ganyu's eyes widened, but she didn't speak up in protest. Instead, the blush on her snowy cheeks grew even deeper.
"Well? Don't you feel more awake now?"
"Mm, I do feel much more alert... but shouldn't this be called 'face pinching'?"
"Don't get hung up on the name; focus on the results!"
In truth, Jiang Yun had been worried at first that Ganyu might not accept direct pinching. But seeing her Reasonableness so high, he had decisively switched from touching to pinching! Of course, what he wanted was far more than just pinching her face.
After playing with Ganyu's face for a while, Jiang Yun threw out a new hook. "Besides face pinching, there's an even more convenient way to refresh yourself. Shall I try that one for you as well?"
"What kind of method?"
"Horn touching!"
"Huh? Feet touching?!"
Ganyu instantly looked down at her feet in their white high heels. Her delicate toes, wrapped in her bodysuit's hosiery, curled up tight.
[Ganyu, Reasonableness: 71]
Jiang Yun laughed. "Not those. The horns on your head!"
"What? My horns?!" Ganyu quickly shielded the red-patterned Qilin horns nestled in her blue hair. "How could that be okay?!"
[Ganyu, Reasonableness: 61]
Watching the numbers on the system jump, Jiang Yun couldn't help but joke in his head: So for Ganyu, her horns are more important than her feet? My mistake! I shouldn't have opened my mouth to clarify!
Still, the Reasonableness was above 60, which meant Ganyu was willing to let him touch her horns.
Jiang Yun put on a serious face. "Ganyu, don't be afraid. I'll be very gentle. I won't make you uncomfortable..."
"I..." Ganyu's cheeks reddened. She felt like she had heard those words before—as if Jiang Yun had said them to Keqing yesterday...
Why is this happening? Why do I keep remembering those things? Eavesdropping on others is... a very bad thing!
Ganyu tried to force herself to forget, but the more she did, the clearer the memories became. She waved her hand and said, "Jiang Yun, I'm awake enough now. How about we stop the 'refreshing' here for today?"
"How can we do that? Does the secretary of the Liyue Qixing not understand the importance of seeing things through to the end?"
"I..."
"You can close your eyes. If you can't see, you won't be as afraid."
"This..."
Jiang Yun reached out and gently covered her snowy eyelids, shielding her eyes. "Your eyes are very beautiful, Ganyu, but I'm going to hide them for a moment."
Once her eyes were covered, Ganyu noticeably calmed down. Jiang Yun seized the moment and stood behind her. His other hand touched her red-patterned horns and began to stroke them gently.
Ganyu's frame instantly quivered. Her long, silk-clad legs trembled uncontrollably, pressing tightly together.
Calm down! Ganyu, you must be calm! This is just to wake up, don't let your mind wander... No! I can't help it. Yesterday in the office, he didn't cover Keqing's eyes, did he? Wait! Why am I thinking about that again?!
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