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."
Hutao didn't think much, turned around and waved to the orange cat.
"Goodbye~"
After that, he turned around and left.
After Hutao left, Ruo Tuo stood up nimbly and jumped onto Zhongli's shoulders.
"Ouyang sent me a piece of advice, and I vaguely felt that it could suppress my wear and tear. Originally, I wanted to go back by myself, but Ouyang asked me to come to you before leaving."
Having said this, Ruo Tuo paused and asked with some confusion: "But why did you suddenly disappear in Liyue Port? As a result, I can only wait for you here in the Shengsheng Hall."
That's because you helped Ouyang find me by following the scent.
This question was obviously not easy to answer, so Zhongli chose to avoid the easy matter and asked instead.
"Mind method? Is it inherited by your family?"
"I think so."
"So Ouyang asked you to come to me because if that article is really useful to you, he also wants you to pass it on to me?"
"Well, although he didn't say it, I feel like that's what he meant."
Ouyang did not say it, but Ruotuo was not stupid. Since Ouyang would specifically ask him to go with Zhongli, it meant that he at least did not want to hide it from Zhongli, so Ruotuo did not object to Zhongli's speculation.
"If it can really help with wear and tear, Zhongli, why don't you try it too?"
"Interesting, okay, let's go."
After saying that, one person and one cat quietly disappeared from the spot.
At night, in the playground, in the military tent.
Dinner is over, Ouyang is taking a rest with his eyes closed, and Shen He is standing behind him, massaging him.
Neither of them spoke, and the voice of Xingqiu teaching not far away could be heard quietly in the military tent.
A lot of things happened today, many of which I have not been able to digest properly.
Taking advantage of this time, Ouyang reviewed everything that happened today in his mind.
The meeting with the uncle was still too hasty. Typically, I approached him confidently, only to leave in embarrassment.
But these are not important now. The big discovery on Chongyun is the urgent priority.
After reviewing the things related to Chongyun in his mind, Ouyang found that his thought at that time was not comprehensive enough.
At that time, I was really shocked by Chongyun's reaction, and as a result, I subconsciously ignored the fact that Ruo Tuo actually thought it was useful.
I had previously speculated that the reason why I couldn't practice was because I lacked the Eye of God, but it was obvious that Ruo Tuo did not have the Eye of God. (Ouyang didn't know about inner elixirs and the like)
So things could take a turn for the worse.
Thinking of this, Ouyang decided that he could wait no longer and must start testing immediately.
Opening his eyes and seeing that it was late outside, he opened his mouth and prepared to rest.
"have a rest."
"good."
Shen He skillfully pushed the wheelchair to the bed and carried Ouyang onto the bed.
Just when she wanted to help undress Ouyang, she felt a pair of hands pinching her shoulders.
In doubt, she raised her head and looked into Ouyang's eyes: "What's wrong?"
"Uh, do you have anything to do tonight?"
His eyes were a little eager, his expression was a little awkward, and his tone was a little unnatural, but Ouyang still said these words.
Feeling that there seemed to be some ambiguity in his words, he quickly made up for it: "Are you still going to meditate all night?"
"Well, I can meditate instead of sleeping. What happened to you today?"
"Then you come to bed..."
Tsk-
Before he finished speaking, Shen He inadvertently tore off the sleeves of Ouyang's coat without controlling the force in his hands.
quiet--
The military tent fell completely silent.
Silently, Ouyang looked at the sleeves that had been torn off, and then at Shen He, who had an unpredictable expression. His slightly open mouth did not say the next words.
Cold sweat soaked his back at this moment.
For a long time, Shen He looked at Ouyang who didn't dare to move and asked.
"What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."
His tone was calm and his expression was calm, as if nothing had happened just now.
Ouyang calmed down and explained awkwardly.
"I didn't mean what I just said. You also saw that the mental method was useful to Chongyun today, right? I need you to practice that mental method, so I asked you to come and meditate on the bed."
"You want to teach me that mental method?"
Ouyang's explanation made her feel a little strange, and Shen He knew that she would be wrong.
But that's not the point now. She looked into Ouyang's eyes and continued to ask with extremely serious eyes.
"Isn't that the inheritance of your noble family? Isn't it good to leave it to me like this?"
"It's an inheritance, but it didn't have any effect when I practiced it myself before.
I thought it was fake for a while.
If Chongyun's pure yang body hadn't had an attack today, and I tried it with the intention of giving it a try, otherwise I wouldn't have discovered that it was really useful."
"Then why don't you just practice it yourself? Why do you want to teach it to me?"
"I told you, my own cultivation has been useless for so many years, so I want to let you try it. If it still works for you, it means that those inheritances are true. There is something wrong with my own cultivation, and I also
I can get some reference from you."
Because all the things from his previous life were said to be family inheritance, in order to fulfill a lie, Ouyang now needs to avoid the most important things and weave the lie more smoothly.
But after he finished speaking, Shen He still looked hesitant. Ouyang gritted his teeth and said seriously.
"You can learn it as soon as you learn it. Can't you just marry me in the future?"
After he finished speaking, the military tent became quiet again, so quiet that Shen He could hear his own heartbeat.
Is this... a proposal?
Looking into Ouyang's serious eyes, her heart beat faster.
All the strength in her body seemed to be drained at this moment. After struggling to hold on for a while, she collapsed in Ouyang's arms.
Holding Shen He in his arms, Ouyang felt helpless.
Of course what he just said was not a proposal, it was just explaining a result.
It's not that what he just said was a lie, he was telling the truth. This morning he knew that if the two of them continued to get along like this, it would be basically certain that they would be together in the future.
Although in my heart I like Ke Qing, General Thunder,... Anyway, reality is not a game, and my special affection for those people can only return to reason.
He and Shen He have been together for so long that the tit-for-tat confrontation they had when they first officially met has long since disappeared.
The tacit understanding between the two has been improving, and subtly, Ouyang has become accustomed to having Shen He around.
When it comes to love, it's too ethereal. I don't even know if Ouyang is there or not.
But if he were asked to marry Shen He now, Ouyang would not refuse.
Therefore, his helplessness was only in the position of making a decision after everything returned to rationality.
It's not a scumbag operation like lying or cheating.
After a long time, Shen He left Ouyang's arms. She looked at Ouyang with a red face and asked.
"You, you said you want my help, what do you want me to do?"
"It's very simple. It's the same as when I borrowed a method from you in the General Affairs Department. You sit on the bed, meditate, and practice that mental method.
And after I borrow Dharma from you, I can feel the way your energy operates in detail."
In order to conceal the existence of the system, Ouyang could only continue to lie.
The purpose of borrowing is simply to recharge the system, otherwise Ouyang would not be able to start this new analysis task.
With the previous experience of the system "disappearing" for fifteen years, Ouyang has always been very careful when using the system now.
He was afraid that if he started a new analysis without resorting to external force, the system would make him pass out.
Fortunately, Shen He was so confused now that she did not doubt Ouyang's statement.
She stood up and took off Ouyang's ruined coat first, and asked him to sit down on the bed.
Then she also took off her coat. Shen He, whose face became increasingly red, carefully took off his shoes as well, then climbed onto the bed and assumed a meditating posture.
Ouyang watched Shen He's movements silently. It was not until the other person sat on the bed, with his proud figure completely exposed in front of him under the tight leather jacket, that he suddenly realized that this matter was indeed a bit hasty.
The other party's figure is so good that it's a bit hard to stand up to him.
"I, I'm ready, how do I start?"
Shen He's words were shy and soft, and he was in a completely different state, stimulating Ouyang's nerves.
Fortunately, the other person's words also brought him back to reality. Ouyang knew what he should do and forced himself to calm down.
He took the other person's hand, put it on his heart, and asked.
"Do you still remember the content of the mental method?"
"I remember."
"Okay, then you start practicing."
"Okay...the great road is invisible, giving birth to heaven and earth, the great road is ruthless..."
As Shen He began to meditate and practice, just like Chongyun, little bits of Tao Yun aura slowly began to appear around her.
The shyness on Shen He's face slowly dissipated and became calm.
I'll go, it's really useful!
Seeing Shen He enter the state, Ouyang did not dare to neglect, mobilized the pitiful little spiritual power in his body, and began to absorb the magic power from Shen He.
At the same time, he gave commands to the system in his mind.
"The system begins to analyze the energy movement on Shen He's body. Pay attention to controlling the absorbed energy and stabilize it at the lowest value first."
"Received! A new analysis task has been started!"
Feeling that the energy transmitted from Shen He was being absorbed by the system little by little, Ouyang controlled the rhythm and began to wait patiently.
Time passed, and this long day finally passed. When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Ever since I started writing a book, I can’t hold my wife in my arms at night, and you actually think you’re still criticizing me for being slow... Well, I also know that I’m really slow... I’ll finish the work today, and I have other things to do during the day, so I don’t know if I can update it in the evening, anyway.
Just don't wait. If you haven't slept all night, you will most likely go to sleep directly.
