In the afternoon, after Ouyang finished his work, Gan Yu took the plan he had drafted and left.

The two of them talked for a long time, and there were many things that Gan Yu still needed to go back and take a closer look at.

Before leaving, Gan Yu, who had already stepped out of the military tent, suddenly thought of something and turned back and said.

"Ouyang, Ningguang sent someone to send a message before, saying that if you are free, please go to Qunyu Pavilion to find her in the next two days. She has something to ask you."

"Huh? Didn't you say anything?"

"It should be something about Mondstadt. It seems that the acting captain there sent a letter. There are some things that need to be discussed."

Qin?

Ouyang was surprised when he suddenly heard this.

Mondstadt borders Liyue, and diplomatically, since the relationship between the two gods is okay, the relationship between the two countries is also okay.

However, all diplomatic matters are managed by Tianquan, so they should not interfere with themselves.

Ouyang was surprised and had a bad association in his mind.

For him, Liyue's foreign affairs are all managed by Tianquan, so Ouyang understands the importance of diplomacy. Although he is very busy now and feels irritable every time he is busy, he does not blame Ningguang for not doing anything.

But...

Ningguang now wants to hand over diplomatic matters to him?

After having such an association, Ouyang immediately began to feel uncomfortable.

"Let Ningguang take the time to come here by himself. You should also understand that I don't have time to leave here."

"Huh? Then, let me communicate again?"

Gan Yu, who was caught in the middle, was a bit difficult to deal with. She knew how busy Ouyang and Ningguang were now.

However, she did not expect that Ouyang would refuse now.

In previous contacts, Gan Yu was the one who knew that Ouyang would never make fun of state affairs.

She had no choice but to try to see if there was any way to build a bridge of communication.

But Ouyang didn't think so much. After hearing Gan Yu's question, he thought for a while and replied: "Ask her to write a letter and send her what she wants to ask or say. In addition, you clearly tell her,

I don't like this way of communication.

If you have something to say directly, I won’t joke about state affairs, but this unclear communication method has no meaning at all except a waste of time.”

"OK, all right."

Gan Yu answered very well. Through this incident, she could clearly understand that there must be a problem between Ning Guang and Ouyang.

In the past, there were just some specious guesses, but this time she was sure.

If there was no barrier between the two, there would be no need to go through her for every communication. Even though Ouyang hadn't established a team yet, there was no shortage of people around Ningguang who could run errands.

He sighed in his heart and looked carefully at Ouyang who looked serious. After Gan Yu answered, he left.

The sun gradually sets in Liyue Harbor.

After a day of fermentation, the people of Liyue Port have realized that martial law has really been lifted.

Therefore, after the off-duty time today, the flow of people that should have decreased has actually increased.

The reason is that many families do not choose to cook dinner at home on this day, but choose to take their families out to eat.

"Dad, I want to eat grilled chicken legs, the big kind!"

"Okay, let's eat grilled chicken legs today. After we finish eating, we will go shopping elsewhere."

"Yeah! Let's go out and play~"

The happiest thing is of course all the children. During the martial law period, except for a few occasional trips out every day, the children who could only move around at home the rest of the time were almost going crazy.

Now that I have such a good opportunity, I am of course very excited.

It was at this time that Zhongli arrived at the door of the General Affairs Department and had been standing here for almost half an hour.

He saw the laughter in the streets, the cries of vendors, and the crowds of people.

It's just that these have nothing to do with him now. He is not here to play, but to pick up people.

Soon, Zhiqiong came out with Hutao, who had been locked up for a day and a night.

"Mr. Zhongli, everything has been investigated clearly. Hutao was not involved in yesterday's incident and was accidentally injured by Mr. Ouyang. However, her final act of advertising the Rebirth Hall in the square was still illegal, so Qianyanjun decided

I only imprison Hall Master Hu for one day and one night. This is considered punishment."

"...It's time to work."

Zhongli politely took Hu Tao from Zhiqiong's hand, thanked him, and then turned around and left.

On the way to Shengtang, Zhongli could feel Hu Tao's depressed mood. According to past experience, Hu Tao should be more lively at this time.

After thinking for a while, Zhongli said: "Thanks to you, several guests came to the Rebirth Hall today. They are all the results of your publicity yesterday."

Sure enough, Hutao's mood changed when he said there was business. At this moment, his lowered head had been raised, and his face was full of excitement.

"Really? Really? My propaganda yesterday worked?!"

"it is true."

"Great! Sure enough, my hall master's strategy is effective!... Hey, what is this?"

Hutao, who was in a good mood again, took her little hand out of Zhongli's big palm and jogged a few steps happily, when she accidentally saw a leaflet on the ground.

"The Adventurer's Guild, Liyue branch was established today?"

Reading the words on the flyer, Hu Tao asked Zhongli doubtfully: "Has the Adventurer's Guild reopened?"

"Judging from what it says on the flyer, it should be yes."

"Very good!"

Hutao thought of a new idea and excitedly pulled Zhongli's sleeve and shook it vigorously.

"Zhongli! Zhongli! The business in Shengshengtang is going to be booming!"

Hu Tao's words almost made Zhongli depressed. As the god of Liyue, if the business of Shengshengtang is really booming, wouldn't it mean that he, Morax, has not retired yet, and Liyue will be doomed?

Fortunately, after many years of getting along with each other, he understood that the other party had no ill intentions toward Liyue.

The reason why she has such thoughts and actions now is because she has understood the way of life and death and formed her own concept of life and death.

The excited Hutao didn't know what Zhongli was thinking. She was excitedly telling all her plans.

"Adventurers will inevitably encounter various accidents when accepting missions! So now we can go to the talker of the Liyue Adventurer Branch and cooperate with him!

And this kind of leaflet is also good, we can also use this method to strengthen the publicity offensive!

And after I thought of the idea of ​​cooperating with the Adventurer's Guild, I thought that the Rebirth Hall could launch a new project - reservation!

You see, every time we do business, we can only wait for others to hang up our sign, which is really too passive.

But if we launch the reservation function, wouldn’t we be able to take more initiative?

And there’s more…”

Time passed, and after the sun completely disappeared, the street lights on the roadside came on.

The two of them dragged their long shadows towards the direction of the Hall of Life.

Although Zhongli never spoke, Hutao, who was in high spirits, still kept talking. In her blueprint, the Hall of Rebirth seemed to be a rising star in Liyue.

"...How about Zhongli? What about my plan?"

Zhongli, who was entangled and unable to escape, just wanted to quickly return to the Hall of Rebirth.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that his previous method of expelling Hu Tao from school was a bit hasty.

The girl in front of him who was about to turn fourteen had such wild and unconstrained ideas that he really couldn't keep up with her thoughts.

At this time, Zhongli stopped when he was about to arrive at the Hall of Purity.

"Huh? Zhongli...you...eh? This cat looks familiar. Is it the one from your family in Yujingtai?"

Hutao looked at the orange cat that appeared here in surprise,

Whether it was the body shape or the hair, the more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. Soon, she realized that it was your family's domestic cat, which often came to Shengtang to play with Zhongli.

Hutao touched Ruotuo's fur and greeted the orange cat.

"Hello, are you here to play with Zhongli? But why are you here so late today?"

"Meow~"

Ruo Tuo ignored Hu Tao and allowed her to stroke his fur. He always faced Zhong Li.

"Morax, I need your help. Let's go back to Nantianmen and Fulongshu."

Faced with the request, Zhongli did not answer immediately, but turned to Hu Tao and said.

"Hu Tao, you go back first, I will take him back."

"Huh? Oh, okay."
To be continued...