Heaven in abyss, Hell in paradise

Ch: 54 (Opposite personality )

Civil official Ling Wen's Palace

ShuîYuê skipped toward Ling Wen's study, in a bright mood which occurred rarely the reason was she got the funding for the repair of West territory ports and another additional box of gems from Senior official Jang for getting his shady work done, along with all the money they got from stealing Wu Yu's cargo, She greeted the older woman with a smile, "Water Master, thankyou for sparing some time and helping me with working on these records, only a select few officials have researched the history of Heaven in detail and I couldn't be more grateful for your generous help," Ling Wen thanked appreciatively,

Water Master waved her hand around, " You help everyone a lot if I can do something for you in return I'll be more than glad," she assured as Ling Wen took her to the side hall full of junior civil officials of third-ranked senior officials who were senior civil officials and Ling Wen was their supervisor, even though the dark-haired woman was not older than forty she was one of frightening intelligence a trait ShuîYuê admired a lot,

" Water Master is here to assist us as well," Ling Wen announced, Junior civil officials bowed their heads as ShuîYuê bowed back to show mutual respect before Ling Wen directed her to an empty lap table,

ShuîYuê pulled her sleeves up and began to study the papers in front of her sorting them out in the correct order of events but a whole year of events wasn't recorded in any of the scrolls, " Official Ling ?" Water Master called softly, Ling Wen approached her a few minutes later,
" Why is there no record of the last fifteenth year ?"

" Royal library had caught on fire and we lost all records of that year, I tried to restore the records with the help of senior officials but they had never been fully restored," Ling Wen explained,

" It's a bit difficult to arrange these scrolls with the loss of that one-year record," Water Master expressed her issue,

" I agree, Water Master, That's why these junior civil officials have been struggling with arranging the records for so long," Ling Wen remarked with a sigh,

" I'll try my best," ShuîYuê assured,

Water Master worked hard using all her memory of the history of Heaven to arrange these scrolls in order, Her eyes were squinted and her eyebrows were furrowed in concentration She made a few scowling expressions before smiling widely,

" Official Ling, all done!" ShuîYuê announced all cheery as the junior civil officials whispered among themselves,

Ling Wen appeared out of the blue which startled ShuîYuê a little, " Let me check," Water Master fiddled with her rings nervously as Ling Wen checked if she had arranged the scrolls in the correct order or not,
" Perfectly arranged," she added with an approving smile,

Water Master's head was on cloud nine, Ling Wen rarely said anything other than what she had to or intended to and to receive a compliment from the older lady, ShuîYuê couldn't contain her joy she was going to boast about it to everyone, especially Earth Master who was famous for her sharp intellect, ShuîYuê didn't hate the emerald-eyed beauty but that lady didn't treat ShuîYuê well either,

"Thank you!" ShuîYuê smiled brightly, which surprised the ever-so-calm, Ling Wen,

" I was certain Water Master would never smile," a female civil official commented, giggling,

" Official Ling complimented her. Who wouldn't be elated about it ?" Her friend asked as ShuîYuê tried to school her expressions,

" Water Master stay for dinner, it's pretty late already," Ling Wen requested, holding the scrolls in her arms,

" It's alright, I'll reach Wudu Palace in time for dinner if I leave now," Water Master dismissed the request of Ling Wen,

" I insist," the older woman repeated, and ShuîYuê nodded her head, secretly excited to eat new dishes,