Genshin Impact: My confession was rejected, so I traveled to seven countries

The sunlight shines through the window onto the floor in the room, creating mottled shadows.

Looking closely, in the light and shadow, there was some dust-like powder floating in the air.

Su Mo looked at the wood in his hand and slowly drew on it with the carving knife, sometimes digging hard, sometimes being very careful, and blowing away the excess wood chips from time to time. Finally, the prototype of a hairpin was complete.

Looking at his masterpiece, Su Mo couldn't help but feel in a good mood. After looking at it for a while, he frowned slightly, because he found that the hairpin still had some shortcomings. It was not smooth enough and felt a little rough to the touch.

Feeling some flaws, Su Mo picked up the sandpaper and began to polish it until it was smooth. He then painted it. After a series of efforts, he finally completed a hollow wooden hairpin.

Looking at the hairpin in his hand, Su Mo couldn't help but feel happy.

"Oh my, it's finally done. I'm so exhausted. Um... I don't know if Jin Baoer likes it."

I was really confused. "Let's not talk about whether she likes it or not. I don't really understand why you are doing this? Didn't you already buy one for her?"

"Hmm? Auntie? Didn't you tell me to pay attention to girls' thoughts? Since Jin Baoer said that it wasn't made by me, then of course I have to make one for her myself. Take a look, okay?"

After taking a closer look, Zhen said, "Of course you can, but I don't think you should do that. She was just saying that in anger."

"Oh, never mind. It's already been done. Can we go back?" Su Mo disagreed.

Su Mo picked up the reddish-brown hairpin and observed the path of sunlight through the hollows on it. He was surprised by the scene. It was like the scenery within the carved window was a world of its own.

"Don't mention it, don't mention it. I feel like being a carpenter is a bit of a waste of my talent. This skill requires a master."

"Hehe, Master? What's that on the table?"

Hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Su Mo's face. Since it was his first time doing this, he was not very familiar with it. He didn't control the strength well enough in some places, so his work was a bit weird. Although he had a rough shape, it was still a bit awkward.

"Ah, genius requires accumulation. It's already great that I've achieved this on my second try. As for that, just consider it as accumulation before success."

Su Mo put the hairpin in the drawer and cleaned up some wood chips on the table. When it was the turn of the discarded hairpin, he hesitated.

Throw it away? After all, I put a lot of effort into making this.

Don't throw it away? No one wants it.

Su Mo played with the discarded hairpin in his hand for a while and finally made up his mind.

Forget it. After all, it’s my first time making this and I put a lot of effort into it. It would be a shame to just throw it away. I’ll keep it as a souvenir.

Thinking of this, Su Mo put the defective hairpin into the drawer.

"Dang Dang Dang."

At this time, the door was suddenly knocked.

Su Mo was shocked and quickly sorted out the documents. He was at work now and couldn't be caught slacking off.

After finishing the tidying up, Su Mo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief looking at the tidy desk. He sat up straight and spoke in a serious tone.

"Please come in!"

With a "click", the door opened.

A figure walked in, holding documents in her arms, and her red horns were particularly obvious against her light blue hair.

When Su Mo saw the person coming, his originally upright sitting posture instantly collapsed. Then he looked at the piles of papers in the other person's hand with some resentment.

"Ganyu, you're not here to send me documents again, are you?"

When Gan Yu heard this and saw the other party's weak appearance, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. Of course she was willing to do that. If it wasn't for work, she wouldn't drag her tired body around with a pile of documents every day.

"Here, these are all yours. Remember to finish grading them by tomorrow." She placed a stack of documents on the table and began to sort them slowly. Secretary Gan Yu, with thousands of years of experience, had specially marked them to distinguish between different documents. After finding the one corresponding to Su Mo's, she pulled it out and placed it on the table.

Ganyu's nose twitched slightly. She sensed a strange smell in the room, like... the scent of locust wood? But for some reason, it also had a hint of burning.

"Did you burn the wood?" Ganyu suddenly asked.

Su Mo, who was sorting documents, was stunned when he heard this, "No?"

Gan Yu was silent for a moment, sniffed slightly, then shook her head with a firm expression, "No, no, you must have burned wood, and it was locust wood!"

Whoops!

Su Mo couldn't help but curse inwardly and looked at Gan Yu in disbelief.

Damn, her nose must belong to a dog. She can smell any kind of wood?

When he first made the hairpin, he did use locust wood, because according to the ancient book "Ten Books on Yang House", locust wood has the functions of warding off evil spirits and attracting wealth, so he specifically used locust wood to make the hairpin.

As for the slightly burnt smell, it might have been caused by the friction between the metal tools and the wood when he was making the hairpin.

However, although this is true, it has been quite a while, and he still has the window open, and he can already smell the juicy rain! ?

Looking at Su Mo's expression, Gan Yu, who knew him a little, knew that she was right.

Haha, although there is indeed very little smell left in this room, who is she Ganyu? She is a fairy beast, so her sense of taste must be a hundred times more sensitive than that of other animals, right?

Cricket Su Mo also wants to hide it from her?

"Tell me quickly, did you burn the wood?" Gan Yu stared at Su Mo with a determined look.

Where was this? This was the General Affairs Department, Liyue's official agency, the repository of crucial documents. How could they possibly light an open flame?! Furthermore, the entire General Affairs Department was largely constructed of wood. Lighting a flame in there would be like throwing a spark into a haystack. If it caught fire, the consequences would be disastrous.

Seeing that the other party did not answer, Gan Yu looked at Su Mo seriously.

"Su Mo, this is the General Affairs Department. How can you play with fire in this room? If something goes wrong, how can I deal with you?"

"I didn't..." Su Mo was interrupted by Gan Yu before he could finish his words, and she continued.

"Even if there isn't, you can't bring burning items in. If something really goes wrong, have you ever thought about what you're going to do next?"

"I just……"

"I know you want to play with fire. But you have to tell me, I'll watch you play, and I can put out the fire at any time if something happens, but you can't play by yourself in this General Affairs Department where the documents are paired."

"Really? You're such a grown-up, I'm embarrassed to say that to you..."

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