Chapter 863: The Hall Master’s Invitation
"If you can give me some convenience, then do you want me to reveal my identity and communicate with him? Li Ben now knows at most that I am a senior executive of the Ten Gold Association, but he may not know that I am the boss behind the scenes."
Zhongli shook his head: "A little convenience is enough. This kind of thing does not require the intervention of the top leaders. Maybe you don't understand it too well, but with your current status and strength, your weight in the outside world is not as high as before."
Really?
Gu Sanqiu recalled carefully, analyzed seriously, and began to look through his merit book page by page.
It seems to be true?
It seemed that I had really reached this level of "famous throughout the continent", the type where others would tremble in fear for saying something wrong after my identity was revealed.
However, it is not very obvious in Liyue Harbor and in my own small circle.
There is a hand above that can suppress your father and grandfather, and there is a sister who can hang you in the Qun Yu Pavilion and beat you to death, and in the middle there are a group of brothers and sisters who don't care about your identity.
Even the people of Liyue Harbor don't have any awe of him. He has appeared too many times since he was a child, and he is completely different from Liuyun and Xieyue.
But if it were someone else, they would really only dare to sit with half of their buttocks on the seat, hunched over and slightly squatting, waiting for the boss to speak and respond immediately.
The environment misleads.
"You have nothing to do recently. This failure will definitely make those people in the abyss more vigilant. Don't have any thoughts of going down to explore the way."
Zhongli saw through Gu Sanqiu's thoughts at a glance: "It's different down there than on the ground. If something happens to you, no one will be able to save you."
"Hey, you've been discovered so soon?"
Gu Sanqiu gave him an uncle-like smile.
"Dad, Xiao Hei has been active down there the whole time. In addition to snatching the new sprouts, he should have other tasks."
Zhongli nodded: "Well, I was originally planning to find some classics to cure the thing in you, but now it won't be useful if you solve it yourself."
Gu Sanqiu rolled his eyes: "Don't use such a recent statement to perfunctorily answer me. Could it be that he did nothing but rob things before?"
"Now is not the time to tell you this. You just need to know that he has another mission."
Zhongli walked out of the incense burning room and said, "There are many secrets in this world, such as the thing next to Mondstadt, and the details of the incident at the Layered Abyss thousands of years ago."
"When your destiny star lights up the third or fourth constellation, you will be qualified to participate in these things."
"At least in today's superficial peace, everyone's methods are still somewhat in compliance with some rules of the game, but if it turns to the dark, the flames of war will not be so easy to stop."
Zhongli looked towards the direction of Yunlai Sea: "Just like this incident, ordinary people can't even hear the loud noise on Yunlai Sea."
Gu Sanqiu scratched his head and said, "It's good that you can't hear anything. If you make too much noise, it will cause panic, which goes against your original intention of establishing Liyue."
Zhongli said: "That's fine, but the truth has also been erased, hasn't it?"
"Alchemical truth: equal exchange."
Gu Sanqiu said seriously: "It's not good to know too much."
"Equivalent exchange, in terms of universal rationality, is indeed the truth."
Zhongli put his right hand on Gu Sanqiu's shoulder: "Have you ever regretted it?"
"You choose your own path, and you must finish it even if you have to kneel down."
Gu Sanqiu chuckled: "The more you abandon, the more you will gain. If my generation breaks off the responsibility, I will not be able to face my ancestors when I die."
"People laugh at me and slander me in every way, but that's just because they don't understand."
"Either they are underage, or they are morons who don't even know how to write the word responsibility even after they grow up."
Gu Sanqiu clenched his fists and said, "I am walking my own path. What other people say has nothing to do with me."
"Young people do not know the taste of sorrow, so they force themselves to express sorrow in order to compose new poems."
"Now that I know the taste of sorrow, I say go (beep)."
Zhongli was relieved. Although swearing was not recommended, the silly boy's mental health was fine.
Just when Zhongli wanted to say a few words of encouragement, Gu Sanqiu followed up with the next sentence.
"After all, I am the second generation ruler of Liyue. Do you understand the value of Morax II, Dad?"
The encouraging words from Zhongli's mouth turned into a long sigh.
It’s over, I’m going to be beaten!
Gu Sanqiu quickly changed the subject: "I can't say anything else, but this old man under my feet can always tell me, Dad, what kind of person he is."
"The residue left after death, you can also think of it as the remaining ashes. Besides remembering me, I guess it also has some sense of the Gu family's bloodline."
“I see.”
The father and son stood in the courtyard looking up at the sky, feeling a sense of harmony and sadness, even though they were thinking a little differently.
"Qiuqiu, open the door. I know you are home!"
There was a knock on the door: "Hurry up, I have something important to talk to you about!"
Girl?
Gu Sanqiu opened the door and stuck his head out to look at Hu Tao who was in high spirits.
"What are you doing here? What's so impatient?"
"Hey, just follow me and you'll find out!"
Hu Tao held Gu Sanqiu's head with both hands and pulled it out hard. After he staggered, the door opened completely, and she just happened to see Zhongli inside.
"Eh? Zhongli is here too, that's perfect, it saves me the trouble of looking for you everywhere."
Hu Tao's eyes lit up: "Come with me, this hall master is really lucky today."
Gu Sanqiu felt relieved. It didn't look like any evil seal had been broken, so there shouldn't be any big problem.
Zhongli nodded: "Master, I have some personal matters to attend to, so I will not accompany you."
"What private affairs do you have? How can a bachelor like you who doesn't even have a lover have any private affairs? You're either wandering around or listening to books or operas."
Hu Tao used the majesty of a hall master: "Come with me, I will give you a half salary increase as a subsidy next month!"
Wait, something seems wrong?
Gu Sanqiu secretly said, "Oh no!" It seemed that there was something wrong as Master Hu, who was usually very careful with his calculations, could speak like this.
Zhongli also thought of the same thing: "It's not that I'm going to listen to an opera or drink tea, but a friend who has returned from afar wants to get together with me."
Hu Tao narrowed her eyes and said, "Really? Anyone who deceives me will never get a seat at the opera again."
Oh my god, what a cruel curse.
Are there any other supporting solutions like "When listening to a book, the storyteller never tells a new story" and "When taking a walk, you are always disturbed by all kinds of people and cannot enjoy the peace" ?
But it just so happens that it is a match for my profession, so I guess my dad doesn’t even dare to use excuses like “I don’t want to disturb you young people”.
Zhongli had no choice but to nod: "Since it is the hall master who invited me, I will not refuse ."
"It's about time you let me go."
Gu Sanqiu patted Hu Tao's hand, signaling him to let go of his head quickly. He was about to become a radish that Hu Tao pulled out of the ground.
He was happy with his body shape and didn't want to increase the length of his neck.
