Everyday Mishaps with the Instructor

[Blurb]

After making a mistake, He Qi is demoted from instructor to the lowest-ranking spring disciple.

Her carefree days are over, so He Qi has to sneak off and find little pleasures to ease her misery. But her former superior, Qi Ceyan, is still angry with her. And so He Qi's daily routine becomes: sneaking out over the wall to go shopping, getting caught; sleeping in and missing her lessons, getting caught; wandering around, getting caught... This busy man seems to have eyes in the back of his head.

By chance, He Qi learns that the Treasure Hall is looking for a strange "Peach Blossom Fan." Hoping to atone for her mistakes and win back her old position, she secretly starts searching for it too.

But there are hidden currents behind the fan, and the search is full of twists and turns. Only afterward does He Qi realize that although she planned to work in secret, the result is that either she's once again brought along by that cold-faced, bad-tempered man, or she somehow turns up just in time to help him when he's in danger.

So...

Did Instructor Chang really have a pair of eyes installed in the back of her head?

He Qi is baffled.

Qi Ceyan: ... (stares speechlessly at the sky)

The people of the Treasure Hall, holding the red threads of the Matchmaker: ... (covering their faces and rubbing their foreheads)

[Blurb: Plot Version]

The Peach Blossom Fan is said to make petals fall like snow and fill the air with a rich floral scent when a woman dances with it. Du Mingnan, the eldest daughter of the Grand Secretary, searches high and low for the fan, hoping to show off with it at the Peach Blossom Festival.

Du Mingnan is the Third Prince's beloved, so the task of finding the Peach Blossom Fan falls to the Treasure Hall.

Rumors, murder cases, and rival factions vying for power... As the search goes deeper, the people of the Treasure Hall discover that the secrets behind the legendary fan are like gourds on the same vine, appearing one after another.

[Reader's Guide 2.0]

1. One-on-one romance, moderately sweet, lighthearted, and not too complicated.

2. It's roughly a story about going from a cold war to making up.

3. Lots of adorable wingmen and wingwomen~

[Content Warnings]

1. Lots of original worldbuilding (please drop the story if it feels out of place).

2. A very slow-burn romance (very, very, very, very slow).

[Previous Completed Story]

Volume One, Strange Tales of the Treasure Hall: The Noble Son Fang, is complete~

*It's a collection of episodic stories, so you don't need to read the previous one.

[Strange Tales of the Treasure Hall Series: Blurb One]

"Cold-Faced Boss X Cunning Subordinate"

Qi Ceyan, chief instructor at the Treasure Hall, is exceptionally handsome and talented, with a reputation for being a "frost-edged blade." He is strict and stern, and excels in both strategy and combat.

But even someone as formidable as him is helpless against one person.

Instructor He Qi is pure-hearted and kind, but she's also a mischievous, cunning little fox. In five years as his deputy, she has never made a major mistake, but she's constantly making small ones, defying orders, and occasionally tugging the tiger's whiskers just to make him angry.

Qi Ceyan believes he indulges and tolerates her mischief solely because of her clever, sharp mind. But somewhere along the way, she became the source of all his emotions. All his worry, disappointment, anger, and joy rise and fall because of her. His gaze had long ago begun to follow her like clouds chasing the moon, though he himself never noticed.

Mysterious cases, strange tales, and power struggles make for a tangled world. Qi Ceyan and He Qi fight their way through countless obstacles and dangers together. Then, all at once, he understands: everything else is fleeting. All he wants is to have her by his side and keep her safe.

For a long time, she was the fox, and he was the cage. He could see through nine and a half of every ten lies she told.

The remaining half hid a huge secret. When he demanded the truth, she only smiled and brushed it off...

"I think the same way you do, Instructor Chang." She stood in front of him to protect him.