Chapter 50: She’s Crazy!
“So it was Guide Jiang! Thank you so much!”
The Sentinels were overjoyed and expressed their gratitude to Jiang Qingwan. While responding, Jiang Qingwan couldn’t help but look at Xie Qiang, who had already sat down to begin purifying a Sentinel.
Why… did she say I was the one who woke her up?
Sensing Jiang Qingwan’s gaze, Xie Qiang returned the smile, but then turned coldly to the Sentinel she was purifying. “If Guide Jiang hadn’t been pushing me, I wouldn’t have purified you at all.”
Xie Qiang repeated this with every Sentinel she purified.
Jiang Qingwan felt a bit embarrassed. “Imperial Daughter, you don’t have to say it like that.”
“How could I not?” Xie Qiang had a righteous look on her face. “These A-class Sentinels are ungrateful and as dumb as bricks. I have to repeat it a few times so they remember exactly who worked so hard to save them.”
She glared at the Sentinel being purified, her finger lifting slightly. “Don’t you agree?”
The Sentinel lowered his head tremblingly. “Yes, yes, yes…”
How could he dare to disagree! If he dared say ‘no,’ the Imperial Daughter would skip him and purify someone else the next second!
He could accept all A-class Sentinels protesting against purification, but he absolutely could not accept being the only one left out!
Xie Qiang stayed busy until 12:00 AM the next day. During that time, whenever Jiang Qingwan tried to leave, Xie Qiang would grab her arm. “Guide Jiang, leaving so early? There are still many Sentinels waiting in pain for purification.”
Looking at the Sentinels staring at her expectantly, Jiang Qingwan could only force a smile. “I’m just going to the restroom.”
“Fine. I’ll purify the moment you get back.”
Xie Qiang leaned against Mo Yin’s shoulder, yawned, and closed her eyes for a nap. “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t purify these fools.”
Jiang Qingwan could only go out and come right back.
At 2:00 AM, Xie Qiang finally stretched. “Alright, let’s go back.”
Jiang Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to her room. She didn’t even have time to take off her coat before falling into an exhausted sleep.
“Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!”
Jiang Qingwan was jolted awake. She looked at the time on her wrist. “3:30 AM?”
The knocking at the door was persistent. She had no choice but to get up and open it. “Who is it?”
Looking down, she saw a spirited Xie Qiang smiling up at her. “Guide Jiang, sorry to disturb you. It’s time to go purify the Sentinels.”
Jiang Qingwan: …
She tremblingly raised her wrist, confirming that a full day had passed on the optical computer and she hadn’t fallen into a time loop.
“Now?” Her voice was trembling too. “We only slept for an hour and a half.”
Xie Qiang looked at her disapprovingly. “So many Sentinels are waiting for purification. How can Guide Jiang sleep?”
“Or does Guide Jiang think sleep is more important than purifying Sentinels?” Xie Qiang frowned, looking displeased. “Then why did Guide Jiang make me come purify them? You should have let me sleep more! I’ll have Mo Yin tell the Sentinels not to wait for nothing!”
“Wait!” Jiang Qingwan was so scared she stopped her immediately. “I didn’t mean that. Never mind, let’s just go over there.”
Xie Qiang gave her a suspicious look before turning around and saying irritably, “Fine.”
Arriving at the purification hall, Xie Qiang repeated yesterday’s lines and began her “demonic whispering” in the Sentinels’ ears: “If Guide Jiang hadn’t been pushing me, I wouldn’t have purified you at all.”
After saying that, as if she couldn’t bear to look at them, she closed her eyes and began the purification.
Jiang Qingwan was incredibly sleepy. She glanced at the nearby wall and sat down, preparing to catch some sleep.
Just as she fell asleep, she felt her eyelids being pulled open.
Xie Qiang’s face was magnified in front of her. Her voice was ghostly. “Guide Jiang, I—the one who has been working hard to purify people—haven’t slept. How can you sleep?”
Jiang Qingwan’s body jolted in shock. “Imp—Imperial Daughter.”
“I thought Guide Jiang was sincerely wanting to purify the A-class Sentinels, which is why you kept pushing me to do it.” Xie Qiang frowned, her expression unhappy. “Could it be that you are simply using me?”
“How could that be!” Seeing the Sentinels looking over in confusion, she hurriedly stood up and waved her hands. “The Imperial Daughter should continue. I will stay here with you.”
Xie Qiang nodded in satisfaction and went back to purifying the Sentinels.
At 2:00 AM, Xie Qiang punctually finished work.
At 3:30 AM, the knocking sounded again. “Bang bang bang—bang bang bang!”
Jiang Qingwan buried her head in her pillow, her eyes bloodshot from exhaustion. She couldn’t help but thump the bed. “She’s crazy!”
The knocking was continuous. Jiang Qingwan couldn’t sleep even if she wanted to. She could only grit her teeth and open the door. “Imperial Daughter…”
Xie Qiang smiled so widely her eyes closed. Just as she was about to say her lines, Jiang Qingwan raised a hand to interrupt her. “I know. Let’s go.”
Looking at the bloodshot veins in Jiang Qingwan’s eyes, Xie Qiang blinked. She then shook her head and sighed. “It seems your physical quality has declined since you lost your purification ability. When we get to the hall, you should find a place to sleep.”
Jiang Qingwan bit her lip. “I couldn’t stay up late before either.”
So she didn’t understand how Xie Qiang could manage it.
Actually, Xie Qiang couldn’t manage it either.
But she was slacking while purifying. She would use mental power on the first Sentinel for twenty minutes, then use “pulse-taking” basic purification to sleep for forty minutes. When the second Sentinel took over, she would do forty minutes of basic purification first, then use mental power.
In other words, she could sleep for eighty continuous minutes in the middle.
Xie Qiang looked at the completely oblivious Jiang Qingwan with pity. “Fine then.”
She would have to have Sister Shu hint to a Sentinel to prepare a floor bed for the female lead.
Otherwise, if the lead collapsed first, her plan would fail.
The sixth day of continuous work.
After purifying an A-class Sentinel, Xie Qiang stood up to go to the restroom, but as she stood, her vision suddenly went black and she fell forward.
The Sentinel instinctively reached out to catch her, but someone was faster. Slender fingers supported the girl’s forehead and pulled her into a hug.
The Sentinel peered at Xie Qiang. “What happened to the Imperial Daughter?”
Mo Yin held the girl tightly, forcing her face into his chest. His lips twitched as he put on a stiff, exaggerated look of anxiety. “Too tired. Fainted.”
“What?” The Sentinel was stunned. After a moment, he realized that the Imperial Daughter had been busy purifying for a week, only sleeping two hours a day.
Even to win back the Sentinels’ support, she didn’t have to push herself this hard, right?
The Sentinel’s feelings were complicated. He hurriedly urged, “Then take the Imperial Daughter for treatment quickly!”
Then, he turned to find Jiang Qingwan, wanting her to come along and check the situation. Unexpectedly, he saw Jiang Qingwan lying on the floor bed, sleeping soundly.
The Sentinel couldn’t help but frown.
“What the heck? The Imperial Daughter fainted from exhaustion, but she’s sleeping like a log?”
Translator’s Note: Xie Qiang’s “80-minute nap hack” is genius! She’s basically using the Sentinels as human pillows while “purifying” them. Meanwhile, poor Jiang Qingwan is being gaslit into exhaustion. This is the “balloon” Xie Qiang mentioned—she built up Jiang’s credit so high that now, when Jiang is caught sleeping while the “fainted” Princess worked to the bone, the backlash will be massive. See you in the next chapter!
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