The next day, at the Jade Chamber.
Ningguang's slender fingers tapped lightly against a freshly delivered intelligence report, still smelling faintly of ink.
Phrases jumped out:
"Mondstadt's First Deeply Devoted"
"Publicly confessed to Eula Lawrence one hundred times"
"Publicly confessed to Jean Gunnhildr one hundred times"
"Declared intent to turn the City of Freedom into a City of Flowers for Acting Grandmaster Jean"
Even someone as composed as the Tianquan felt a slight crack in her worldview.
She lifted her gaze toward Yi Chen, who was nearby, head lowered, carefully checking account ledgers.
His brow was slightly furrowed.
His fingers traced numbers across the page.
Under the Jade Chamber's gentle light, he looked…
serious. Focused.
Almost innocently easy to scam.
Ningguang studied him for a long while, trying to reconcile the dramatic, almost mythic figure from the report with this diligent, money-obsessed assistant.
The contrast was absurdly amusing.
She raised her teacup, hiding a complex smile behind the steam.
This man caused earth-shaking romantic chaos in Mondstadt…
yet here in Liyue, he's behaving like a model employee?
Aside from carrying her back that night—
exceptionally useful, admittedly—
he showed no inappropriate interest whatsoever.
To her, the richest and most powerful woman in Teyvat,
he displayed nothing beyond professional respect and shared enthusiasm for Mora.
Ningguang narrowed her eyes.
Could it be… his "deep affection mode" is region-locked?
Is Liyue's feng shui wrong?
Or…
has his strange mind simply not switched the "confession program"
from Mondstadt server to Liyue server yet?
A dangerous thought surfaced.
What if… I help him switch channels?
Her gaze sharpened—curiosity now mixed with something far more hazardous.
She genuinely wanted to know—
if placed in the right "Liyue environment,"
would Yi Chen bloom just as brilliantly as he did in Mondstadt?
That would be… fascinating.
Over the next few days, Ningguang subtly turned on her charm.
She leaned closer under the pretense of guidance, hair brushing his arm with a teasing scent.
She watched him report work with lingering golden eyes, voice slightly drawn out.
She even personally fed him a piece of pastry during afternoon tea.
"A reward for diligence."
None of it worked.
Yi Chen's brain was apparently built from learning and work.
Either he noticed nothing and continued interrogating her about business models—
Or he accepted the pastry seriously and asked:
"Lady Ningguang, what's the cost of this dessert? What's the profit margin?"
At the end of each day, he packed up like a student hearing the dismissal bell.
"Goodbye Lady Ningguang! Goodbye Sister Baiwen, Baixiao, Baishi!"
Then vanished at top speed.
For the first time in her life—
Ningguang slightly doubted her own charm.
Yi Chen rushed back to the inn, ate quickly, and locked himself in his room.
By candlelight, he began writing furiously.
Title:
"On Applicable Elements of Liyue's Commercial Model and Proposed Adaptations for Mondstadt"
He poured everything in.
Contracts.
Guild systems.
Port management.
Investment logic.
Blending them with Mondstadt's freedom, alcohol economy, and adventurer demand.
He finished late at night, exhaling deeply.
"System. Submit task."
[WOW! HOST IS AMAZING! (/≧▽≦)/]
The system's excited loli voice echoed.
[Detected deep understanding and practical transformation of 'learning the path to wealth'! Task massively over-completed!]
Yi Chen smiled smugly.
"Enough talk—hand over the rewards!"
[Okay~!]
[One million Mora has been deposited into your Northland Bank black gold card~]
[Bonus reward acquired! Passive skill: Golden Rule (Pseudo)!
Effect: You will gain steady, unexpected financial fortune~
Though it may not show immediate impact right now~ Hehe~]
Yi Chen froze.
He stared at the glowing skill labeled "Golden Rule (Pseudo)".
His vision darkened.
If I'd known this was the reward—
why did I study at all?!
Why wake early, sleep late, act like a good boy in front of Ningguang, and write a thesis?!
I could've just slept all day and waited for Mora to fall from the sky!
Then the system added cheerfully:
[Actually~ I initially thought that with host's looks and… unique personality, getting a rich lady like Ningguang to sponsor you would also count as task completion~ Soft rice, hard eating is valid too~]
"SYS—TEM—!"
Yi Chen clenched his fists.
"I WILL KILL YOU."
[Signal lost~ See you next time~ Bye-bye~]
System offline.
Yi Chen screamed internally.
So love does disappear, huh?
Wasn't knowledge supposed to change destiny?!
Why did everything come down to face value luck in the end?!
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