Ilena: Am I early? (Seeking monthly votes)

Qiu Tu could freely enter and exit the Wine Pool, and Qing E, needless to say, could too.

Or rather, as Ilena's assistant, she was actually the direct superior of these maids.

So, upon hearing her instructions, the maids standing at the entrance exchanged glances. They dared not block her and instead moved aside, allowing her passage.

Qing E didn't notice the maids' slightly unusual expressions as she stepped into the Wine Pool Courtyard.

As she watched Qing E's retreating back, one of the maids at the entrance hesitated. She stepped forward, intending to call out to Qing E and report that Qiu Tu was currently in the Wine Pool.

However, just at that moment, another maid beside her quickly reached out and pressed down on her arm.

Being held back by her companion, the maid clearly looked puzzled.

She couldn't help but look at her companion, her eyes filled with confusion.

Her companion simply lowered her head and subtly shook her head.

The two clearly had a good relationship, so upon receiving her companion's silent signal, the maid stopped herself from reporting. She also lowered her head and stood there.

Only after Qing E had entered the courtyard and their voices could no longer be heard did the companion of the maid who wanted to report heave a sigh of relief.

She looked at the maid who had wanted to report and then quietly asked, "What were you trying to do just now?"

Hearing this, the maid replied softly, "I wanted to report that Your Excellency Qiu Tu had just entered the Wine Pool."

At this point, the maid also seemed a bit confused. She asked doubtfully, "Did I do something wrong?"

Her companion lowered her voice and said, "Of course, you did."

Her companion explained in a low voice, "You were just assigned to serve His Excellency personally. You clearly don't understand the rules."

"As servants, the most important thing isn't to be sharp, but to be dull."

"At all times, it's not to see, not to listen, not to ask."

"The same applies to matters involving His Excellency: unless His Excellency asks himself, do not take the initiative to remind him."

Hearing her companion's words, the new maid clearly didn't understand. She couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

The more experienced maid shot her an exasperated glance and said, "I already told you not to ask questions."

Hearing her companion's words, the newly promoted maid quickly said "Oh" and shut her mouth.

Seeing her reaction, the more experienced maid sighed slightly. In the end, her soft heart prevailed, and she explained, "Because... you have no idea if His Excellency genuinely doesn't know or if he's deliberately pretending not to know."

She gave an example, "Take tonight's situation, for instance."

"After Your Excellency Qing E arrived at the Wine Pool, she walked straight in without asking anything."

"If she knew that Your Excellency Qiu Tu was inside and entered deliberately, what would happen if you reminded her and burst that bubble? Would she still go in or not?"

"If you stay silent and just do your job, then no matter what happens afterward, it has nothing to do with you. But if you say the wrong thing, it could very well bring disaster upon you."

"So, when serving these Big Shots, you must tell them everything they ask for, without holding back. But when they don't ask, you must also strive not to see, not to listen, not to ask, and not to speak."

Hearing the words of the more experienced maid, the maid who had initially wanted to report suddenly had an expression of realization.

She looked at her companion gratefully, thanked her sincerely, and respectfully stood at the entrance again.

The other maids serving at the entrance had clearly overheard their conversation, but their faces showed no reaction. They simply stood there, not seeing, not listening, not asking, and not speaking.

This rule was clearly the workplace code for these serving goddesses. Moreover, Qing E hadn't expected Qiu Tu to dare to enter the Wine Pool before Ilena, so she hadn't asked anything.

Thus, as the maids served her, she changed into her semi-transparent bath robe and, half-concealed, entered the Wine Pool area.

At this moment, the Wine Pool area was shrouded in white mist. Melodious music accompanied sensuous singing and dancing, making it feel like both a celestial realm and a place of decadence.

However, having served Ilena for many years, Qing E had seen such scenes countless times and paid them no mind. She walked into the Wine Pool with her slender legs.

As the fragrant wine liquid gradually submerged her ankles, calves, thighs, and waist, half of her body was immersed in the golden wine. Then, she moved towards the figures within the white mist.

Although Qiu Tu didn't have many opportunities to fight and his practical combat skills were average, he was extremely vigilant due to having offended too many people.

Even though the wine mist in the Wine Pool had the ability to block mental power, he still clearly sensed a woman approaching him.

In his mind, the only person who could freely enter the Wine Pool was Ilena, with whom he had made an appointment.

Therefore, when the woman reached his arm's length, he unhesitatingly wrapped an arm around her and pulled her into his embrace, saying, "You're here?"

As he spoke, Qiu Tu casually placed his hand on the woman's chest.

However, the moment his hand touched the woman's apple-like chest, he froze: Eh? This feels wrong.

At this moment, accompanied by the "splashing" sound of the wine, the woman in his arms let out a clearly suppressed gasp.

Hearing that familiar voice and seeing the beautiful face of the woman emerging from the white mist, Qiu Tu finally realized he had apparently hugged and touched the wrong person!

"Qing E?"

"Lord Qiu Tu?"

As the two of them softly called out each other's names in hushed tones, they stared at each other, dumbfounded.

Meanwhile.

Outside the Wine Pool, Ilena slowly arrived, dressed in plain clothes.

Mitchell's assignment for her this time was clearly a bit troublesome, so even with her energy as the Garrison God King, there was a hint of exhaustion in her eyes.

Seeing Ilena approach, the maids all knelt down and greeted her, "Your Excellency~"

Ilena waved her hand dismissively, her gaze, much like Qing E's, fell upon the wine pool, which was steaming with the scent of wine.

Then she looked at the maid by the door and asked, "Did Qiu Tu arrive, or did Qing E arrive?"

Hearing her question, the senior maid quickly curtsied slightly and said with her head bowed, "Replying to Your Excellency, both God King Qiu Tu and God King Qing E have arrived."

"God King Qiu Tu arrived first, and God King Qing E arrived second."

She adhered completely to what she had taught the new maids: say what needs to be said, and don't say what doesn't need to be said.

After all, if the superiors were genuinely interested, they would ask themselves: just like Ilena now.

At this moment, hearing the senior maid's words, a hint of surprise appeared on Ilena's usually flippant face.

She said, "Qiu Tu and Qing E are both inside? Are they bathing together?"

The senior maid lowered her head, "This subordinate does not know. This subordinate only knows that both God King Qiu Tu and God King Qing E have changed into bathrobes and gone into the wine pool."

At this, Ilena's face showed a strange expression upon hearing the senior maid's words.

As the "World Master" of the "Wine God Kingdom", her authority in this world was the highest. Therefore, while the wine mist of the wine pool could block Qiu Tu and Qing E's mental power, it could not block hers.

So, through her "World Master" authority, she easily saw the situation inside the wine pool, and naturally, she saw the scene of Qiu Tu and Qing E embracing each other!

In that instant, even Ilena, who was usually lazy, couldn't help but clench her fist for a moment.

She felt exactly like a rich woman who was attracted to everyone, returning home to find that the young gigolo she kept and her canary were rolling around in bed together.

At that moment, Ilena wasn't sure whether she should be angry or find it doubly exciting.

Or perhaps... she had arrived too early?

After staring blankly at the entrance for two seconds, Ilena finally snapped back to reality and then gave the senior maid a slight nod before walking into the wine pool.

Entering the Wine Pool Courtyard, Ilena changed into a sheer gauze bathrobe in the changing room and walked towards the wine pool.

Perhaps sensing that someone else had arrived at the wine pool, Qiu Tu and Qing E, who had been embracing, quickly separated.

Qiu Tu had done many more outrageous things in the years past than he had tonight, so even though he felt a bit awkward, his expression remained unchanged.

Compared to him, Qing E was clearly far more inexperienced.

Perhaps feeling that she had stolen Ilena's man, Qing E, doing something like this for the first time with a guilty conscience, looked noticeably unnatural, her head lowered, and she kept fussing with her hair.

Seeing this, Ilena did not expose the intimacy between them.

She maintained her usual languid demeanor and then said, "I didn't expect you two to arrive so early."

Ilena might have just said it casually, but to Qing E, it sounded like a reprimand.

So she quickly explained, "Your Excellency, I thought you had arrived first, so..."

Saying this, Qing E probably felt that her explanation was like trying to hide something that wasn't there, so she held back the words that were about to come out.

Compared to her, Qiu Tu was much more natural. He smoothly picked up Ilena's conversation.

He smiled and said, "Of course I arrived early. After all... I have many questions I wish to ask Your Excellency."

With that, Qiu Tu flickered and moved from the wine pool to the edge of the pool.

Seeing Qiu Tu, who was only wearing shorts, and looking at his strong yet well-proportioned body, Ilena showed a hint of admiration.

She ignored Qing E and naturally walked to the platform by the wine pool, lying down. Her two bamboo-shoot-like breasts were immediately flattened into flesh patties. Only then did she say, "Speak. What do you want to ask?"

After the last time's massage, Qiu Tu and Ilena had an incredibly tacit understanding.

So, as soon as Ilena lay down, Qiu Tu naturally walked up to her, squatted down, and placed his hands on Ilena's skin, which was as smooth and soft as milk.

"I want to ask about the 'Heavenly Dao' and our 'God Hall's' plan this time."

Ilena was very smart. Although she was lying lazily on the stone platform, her mind was not idle at all.

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Ilena crossed her hands under her chin, closed her eyes, and lay there, saying lazily, "The fact that you could come to see me means you came out alive from Mo Se Your Excellency."

"Didn't Mo Se Your Excellency explain these things to you?"

Hearing Ilena's words, Qiu Tu couldn't help but laugh and say, "He did. But... I'd rather hear it from Your Excellency."

Ilena heard this, slightly opened her eyes, glanced at Qiu Tu, and saw through his thoughts at a glance, "What? You don't trust Your Excellency?"

Although Qiu Tu and Ilena's relationship wasn't at the point where they could trust each other 100%, they were already very close. So Qiu Tu didn't hide anything from her and said directly, "It's not a matter of trust. It's just that I feel there might be something being withheld."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Ilena closed her eyes again and pondered for two seconds before saying, "I'll pretend I didn't hear your last sentence."

"Helping you resolve your doubts today is only because you 'begged' me. And I felt that it was reasonable for you to want to understand the current situation as you are tasked with rebuilding the intelligence network, so I'm telling you."

Qiu Tu knew this was Ilena's condition.

So, while straddling Ilena and massaging her shoulders, he nodded slightly, as if agreeing to her terms.

At this moment, seeing Qiu Tu agree, Ilena also opened her eyes and said, "It's quite normal for you to want to understand the 'Heavenly Dao'."

"After all, this can be considered the most powerful secret weapon of our 'Order Path'. It is precisely with this secret weapon that the 'Order Path' can rank among the top in the Six Great Paths."

"The function of this secret weapon is also very simple: to change the 'World Rule' of a specific area."

"Change the 'World Rule' of an area?" Qiu Tu narrowed his eyes upon hearing Ilena's words.

He felt that coming to wait for Ilena tonight was indeed the right decision.

Because the first piece of information Ilena revealed was different from what the Ink God King had said.

This clearly proved Qiu Tu's guess was correct: the Ink God King clearly hadn't fully trusted Qiu Tu. Therefore, while he had saved Qiu Tu and supported him in doing some things, he had also deliberately concealed information from Qiu Tu on other matters.

And at this moment, as Qiu Tu and Ilena exchanged information while receiving massages, a question mark slowly appeared above Qing E's head, who was still standing in the Wine Pool: ?

Wait a minute, had she been forgotten?

Qiu Tu was getting a massage there, so should she also be doing something? —

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