"Lita? She's been quite diligent in her work lately."
It was clear that Professor Lisha was already tempted.
She also seemed to have a high opinion of the work ethic and capability of a certain new recruit.
For a troublesome task, simply elevating its importance wasn't much. Being able to use it to elevate the nature of one's own work and pass off the tedious, boring parts as well was very satisfying.
"It's just that, when the time comes, we'll need specific personnel... Surely we can't actually recruit completely openly?"
Sensing her eagerness to get rid of the paperwork, Lisha was already considering the details.
"Have Cas recommend people to you. You trust his experience and judgment, don't you? Besides, he was the one who assigned the task in the first place."
Fu Qian merely chuckled, demonstrating laziness firsthand by not bothering to help put together a list.
"That makes sense... He should have told me to do this ages ago. I've worked so hard these past two days for nothing."
Professor Lisha agreed at once, downed her tea, and stood up to leave, completely disregarding the fact that the workday was already over.
"I'll go find him right now. Want to come with me?"
She even seemed intent on inviting Professor Fu along.
"No. I'm busy here."
Unfortunately, he turned her down immediately. Fu Qian gestured toward the table with his eyes, repeating the excuse he'd already used earlier.
Still busy...
At least she hadn't come for nothing. She'd found a way to slack off.
Faced with Professor Fu's excuse, Lisha glanced at him but didn't argue. She said her goodbyes to Wen Li and the other person before hurrying off.
Perhaps the dean hadn't forgotten to remind her. When it came to the next generation's mental health,