You Still Want to Hit the Brakes?

"I think you and Liu Bai will get along quite well, Lisser."

Planck glanced at Einstein with a smile.

Given Einstein's eccentric personality, it's quite possible that he and Liu Bai might click.

Anyway, Planck and Liu Bai met quite often—after all, Planck was practically the accountant and diplomatic spokesperson for Anti-Entropy.

Planck would chat with Liu Bai whenever Liu Bai went to the cafeteria for a meal.

Plus Planck... big breasts, a gentle yet cunning older sister figure, Liu Bai is quite taken with this diplomatic bonus.

... Although Planck is already an old lady in terms of age.

"..." Einstein silently licked the chocolate ball in his hand.

"By the way, Rita, did Liu Bai call Acheron 'Mei' last night?"

While Shi Bao was learning how to pick vegetables from Rita, he suddenly asked a question.

Although I am reluctant to think about the past (things have passed), I am not so sure that I will forget them now.

—After all, Shi Bao currently has absolutely no awareness of using his powers.

"... It seems so."

When Shi Bao mentioned it, Rita remembered it too.

Last night, she occasionally pushed open the door and could indeed hear someone calling out something about Mei inside...

But the name Mei...

—Shi Bao now had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Rita, have we found out something really shocking?"

Both Shi Bao and Rita know who Mei is!

She's the young lady of ME Corp, okay?

And Liu Bai... um, it seems we actually do know each other.

"... Isn't this a bit unethical?"

Although Shi Bao felt that he had a huge grudge against Acheron, Shi Bao still wanted to support Acheron in this matter.

What kind of man calls out another woman's name in bed?

"Especially Mei and Acheron look very alike, don't they?"

"Miss Mei and Mei look alike," Rita remarked.

"It's probably just a coincidence, nothing... but the Acheron is the Acheron." Shi Bao began to ponder deeply.

Mei can be connected with Mei in the Far Eastern dialect, but Acheron is obviously not connected.

"This... maybe it's a nickname?"

Rita also felt that calling another woman's name in bed was immoral, but she didn't think Liu Bai was the kind of person who would do that.

"That's too far-fetched. It's just as far-fetched as when a protagonist in a 'struggle-to-achieve' novel discovers halfway through that he's actually some powerful being."

Shi Bao clearly doesn't think so.

"It's amazing that Acheron is completely unmoved by this... So, do we know something we shouldn't know?"

Liu Bai's real crush is on Mei or something—it would be a big problem if this got out!

Rita watched quietly as the Shi Bao made his deductions.

Rita disagreed with the Shi Bao's deduction, but she was now considering something else.

She had a very strange intuition that these words might reach Mei's ears at a delicate moment.

Chapter 333 You still want to step on the brakes?

"Hey, Asta, still busy?"

When Qingque, who was playing cards at the Yanshang Teahouse, saw Asta coming over, he greeted Asta very warmly.

Qingque now finds everything about Asta pleasing to the eye.

He arranged a relaxed department for himself, paid himself a high salary, and rescued himself from the clutches of Jade.

She's simply an angel!

"... Still busy."

Asta looked at Qingque with a strange expression.

"The boss should have sent you a text message, Miss Qingque, right?"

"Ah, yes."

"You know how to use it, right?"

"Of course, it's nothing special. Everyone in the universe uses it, doesn't they?"

"... So, Miss Qingque, didn't you check your phone?"

"Forehead..."

Qingque felt a little timid as she watched Asta gradually become more assertive after posing a series of questions.

"... Don't bother me. Didn't you say my department wouldn't have anything to do for the time being?"

"That makes sense."

Asta took a deep breath.

"So could you please not put your phone on Do Not Disturb mode?"

"Okay... of course!"

Qingque immediately switched her phone back to normal right in front of Asta.

As a seasoned veteran of officialdom, Qingque wasn't so blind as to not recognize that the current Asta was there to find him.

And it seems that he has angered Asta.

—Of course Asta was angry.

Regarding the Maid Corps, Asta's survey questionnaire is normally sent out in the group chat and collected within an hour or two.

Qingque's actions completely baffled Asta, forcing her to abandon her work and search the world for Qingque.

It's like playing a terrible game without any quest guidance.

"Now, please open the work group and look at the questionnaire." Asta took two deep breaths and softened her tone again.

"Questionnaire? What kind of questionnaire?"

When someone spoke up, Asta turned her head and realized that the people at the next table were Shenhe apprentice, along with Keqing and Ganyu —these four people were really there to drink tea.

And it was Xianyun who asked this question.

Ganyu and Keqing's focus was even more peculiar.

"A questionnaire? What does Liu Bai want to do with it?"

"Um... it's some rather private stuff."

Asta glanced at the four people and pondered for a moment.

Their work group is actually their own group, mainly for them, the interstellar people—not that there's any discrimination involved.

There are people on Earth as well, but only two leaders from Liyue and Inazuma are present. The reason why the others are not there is actually quite simple and straightforward— Ningguang's side has not yet officially merged.

Most of the Liyue matters on Liu Bai's side were transferred from Ningguang's side, rather than being submitted directly.

Inazuma's side was even more direct... that group of people seemed more like Liu Bai's personal possession, and Inazuma didn't even try to hide this fact, to the point that Asta knew about it.

Okay, let's not go to the extreme. If they didn't have any concerns, those people would have been broadcasting their relationship with Liu Bai around the world 24/7.

Although Inazuma is hardly a pretty face, Asta felt too embarrassed to assign work to this group of people because of their relationship, so they weren't in the work group.

Asta's hesitation caused the four of them to exchange glances.

—The reason the four of them are able to drink tea together here now is because they are worried about Liu Bai, right?

Xianyun and Shenhe were alright, since they had nothing to do anyway, but Ganyu and Keqing... these two were completely uninterested in their work.

With Liu Bai taking over most of the work, Ganyu, who was practically the emperor's secretary, gradually became less busy.

Keqing is even more straightforward: as long as she doesn't go to the construction site, she doesn't need to be so busy at all.

These two are now caught in a vicious cycle: the more idle they are, the more they overthink, and the more they overthink, the more idle they become.

So after quickly finishing up the remaining work, the two of them invited Shenhe and Xianyun, who were also caught in the same vortex, to come together.

Incidentally, because Liu Bai has been making many sudden moves these past two days, Shenhe hasn't been able to track him properly—which is why he's also here.

Therefore, these four people have no doubts about Asta only saying half of what she said.

On the contrary, they were all a little impatient.

"What is it?"

Shenhe asked in a light and melodious voice.

"Maybe we can be of help."

(Was it really to help?)

Asta sighed inwardly.

She's already a fairly experienced website administrator.

But... well, it's okay to talk about it.

Anyway, Asta doesn't have a very high opinion of this Maid Corps, at least not in the work group.

There are people in the work group who aren't very familiar with Liu Bai, but they all have good relationships with her—most notably those who came after Chi You.

Silver Wolf, Jade, Topaz, She, Qingque, Pela.

It's hard to say that she and Liu Bai are close, but they are definitely not strangers either.

Everyone has their own reasons for Liu Bai-qin or for being naturally inclined to like Liu Bai.

Silver Wolf has Firefly and Kafka here.

Jade and Topaz are more directly subordinates.

Qingque has an acquaintance here, Little Gui, and a judge, Xueyi, whom everyone fears.

The Pela family, and even the head of state, are here.

Actually, the furthest reason is her—it's just her family background.

However, Asta felt that none of them needed to be maids to build relationships.

As long as Liu Bai doesn't do anything excessive, they won't even have a reason to run away with the buckets.

—That is precisely why Asta was surprised that Ruan Mei was so well-behaved.

After all, Ruan Mei was rather distant from Liu Bai in this regard.

... Although upon closer reflection, those who are the source of intimacy also started by cultivating a relationship from unfamiliarity.

You really have to believe in your boss's charm.

Oh, it seems that Topaz, Jade, and Liu Bai's relationship might soon become intimate.

Liu Bai liked to pick one of these two people to use as an advisor when he went out on business, and the two seemed to get along quite well.

"... I sent the questionnaire over."

Despite their close relationship, Asta really didn't think many of those people would actually sign up.

No matter what, these people can't just quit, can they?

Every single one of them is somewhat indispensable—even the Qingque is no exception.

Asta felt that these people couldn't possibly be unaware of their escape—or how much impact their experience of working as maids for a few days would have.