Genshin Impact: I, the Winter's Executor, am forced to work.

Chapter 193 Summoning of the Seven Saints

Pretty!

Ningguang silently gave a thumbs up in her heart.

Originally, when Ke Qing said she wanted to take Qin Ye to the construction site, she was determined to refuse.

After all, she still had to stay at Qunyu Pavilion to handle affairs, and Ke Qing alone was easily fooled.

Now that Gan Yu has volunteered to take on this job, it naturally saves her a lot of trouble.

This was one of the few people she could trust completely... a fortune teller.

Ningguang, Yelan, and Uncle Tian exchanged glances, then nodded in unison in approval.

"Then, Sister Ganyu, I'll leave this matter to you." Uncle Tian asked with great trust.

"Huh?" Ye Yang's nerves skipped a beat, and he quickly replied, "Oh, of course, no problem, please leave it to me." Gan Yu clenched her fists in front of her chest, encouraging herself.

Although that wasn't her real purpose, she did want to confirm some things with Qin Ye.

"Then I'll take my leave now."

Qin Ye's actions were quite gentlemanly; he bowed slightly in greeting.

He already roughly knew where Zhongli and Dadalia were. Fortunately, he had made arrangements in advance and hadn't asked Tatiana and the others to come along.

As the three figures disappeared from the gate of Qunyu Pavilion, Ningguang silently tapped her fingers on the desk.

"Ye Lan, aren't you planning to visit Qin Ye's house?"

"Now? Are you sure?"

Ye Lan understood Ning Guang's meaning almost instantly, but she didn't want to take the blame.

"Don't get me wrong, isn't it common for friends to visit each other? It's just that I have a lot of things to do, otherwise I would have gone in person."

"Now I understand."

Ningguang meant that they shouldn't investigate the situation in the usual way. Although Tianquanxing wanted to visit in person, her identity was very special now, and even going as a friend would affect their relationship.

Conversely, although Yelan is a powerful figure who has connections in both the legitimate and criminal worlds, her relatively free official status actually represents a smaller threat.

“Qin Ye doesn’t seem to have any major problems. His explanation, along with many things that have happened in the past, has given me a guess.” Ningguang paused at the right moment.

"Oh? My dear Lady Ningguang, leaving things unsaid is not a good habit." Yelan shrugged, indicating that the other party should clarify their meaning.

“I used to be afraid to believe it, or rather, afraid to think in that direction.”

Ningguang gently stirred the foam on the surface of the tea with the lid of the teacup.

"It's only natural that the young master would be protected by the Fool, but Zhongli... what merit does he have? The information about that person is a bit too normal on paper, but both the Fool and the young master have goodwill towards him."

Yelan silently stood up and tossed the dice in her hand: "He really is a native of Liyue, isn't he?"

"At least in my opinion, there is no intelligence pointing to any connection between him and Zhidong."

The die spun in the air and finally came to rest on a one.

"Understood, I will pay close attention to this matter."

Presumably, that guest elder of the Hall of Rebirth is an immortal with a considerable relationship to the Emperor...

They probably have some grand plan they don't want to involve the Liyue Sept and the people of Liyue.

I don't understand... what could possibly cause such panic throughout Liyue?

As for whether Zhongli could be the Rock King Emperor himself?

"..."

It's not impossible, but she really didn't want to believe that a great god who controls the flow of money across the entire continent would be freeloading in Liyue Harbor.

Of course, if he really is, then he must have his own deeper meaning, using this to undermine the economic system of the Fools.

Ye Lan gave a self-deprecating laugh.

Never mind, I'd better change into something more suitable for visiting someone else's house.

-

Meanwhile, Tatiana brought Ying and Paimon to Qin Ye's villa.

"Gentlemen, please wait a moment before entering the house. Although our fellow members of the Fatui often take care of things here, it's never particularly meticulous. Please wait while I..."

The girl pushed open the door, and the sound stopped abruptly.

On the shoe cabinet in the hallway, a pair of leather shoes were neatly placed, and they seemed to have been carefully maintained, which made her quite satisfied.

but...

Another pair of tall boots by the door were casually tossed on the ground. One of them was obediently propped up against the edge of the shoe cabinet, but the other flew to the other side of the aisle.

"..."

She remembered those boots.

It's D'Artagnan... Lord.

"Sister Tatiana?"

Ying thought this way of addressing her was quite easy to pronounce.

"It's alright. It's not good to just stand at the door all the time. It would be disrespectful to you two. Please come inside."

"Okay, okay!" Paimon moved his body eagerly.

"Before that, let me ask you something, Paimon, you're not going to suddenly stand on the ground and walk around, and dirty the floor, are you?"

"...No, no, please don't worry." Bai Feifei shrank her neck.

Ying carefully took off her shoes and neatly placed them on the shoe rack.

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At this moment, Tatiana had already taken out the homemade cleaning solution.

I added some white vinegar, lemon juice, soapy water, and the like.

Then, he took out a mop, soaked it with his elemental power until it was half-dry, and simply wiped it once. The wooden floor quickly became clean and shiny.

"Hmm... let's make do with this for now. At least it looks okay."

The stains in the crevices will need to be cleaned carefully later.

Sure enough, I knew that my colleague, a half-baked temporary worker, wouldn't be able to do a good job with the cleaning task.

She took off her shoes, placed them on the shoe rack temporarily, and tiptoed into the house.

Excited voices came from inside the house.

"Ha! I never thought there would be a time when you were inferior to me, Zhongli! Here I sacrifice three cards of the Fool's Enforcer: [Prince], [Rich Man], and [Scrap Soldier], to summon my strongest ally! The brain of the winter political arena, the strongest warrior loyal to the Ice Queen, [The Fool] Dionysus!"

D'Artagnan sounded quite confident. He had been spending a lot of time with Zhongli lately, and apart from being confident in his ability to spend money, he was even being let off easy by Zhongli in a fight.

Unexpectedly, this person looks young, but he doesn't even know how to use the Seven Sages Summoning Technique. It's like finding a needle in a haystack, only to have it fall into my lap without any effort. Today, I must show you how to win!

"For the first three rounds after [The Fool] enters the field, all trap cards, spell cards, and character skill effects will be negligible, and you will be unable to directly damage me! Give up, Zhongli! With the combined might of me and my allies, your health is as fragile as a candle in the wind!"

Zhongli calmly picked up the teacup beside him, took a small sip to moisten his throat, and then drew a card from his deck.

He nodded in satisfaction.

"I used the field card Liyue Summoning Ritual. After this card is successfully released, it can place multiple incarnations of Geo Archon Morax from the hand onto the field without restriction. When there are four or more incarnations on the field, the skill can be triggered and cannot be interrupted by any card."

"Nani!" Dadalia's cards fell to the ground in disarray.

"And I happen to have four cards in my hand, so I can summon the God of Contracts, Morax, onto the field, and his effect is... to force an end to the battle and declare the summoner the winner."

Tartaglia stared in surprise at the opponent's card effect, lost in thought.

"...I lost?"

A blue glove was draped over the young master's shoulder.

"Huh?" He turned around abruptly to check. "You scared me to death! It's Tatiana... What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?"

"Young master... could you please tell me why the living room is in such a mess?"

"..."

broken!

"Um... um, I'll go get ready right now."

"No, no, no, there's no rush. Cleaning is my job. I just want to ask another question now, and I hope you can answer it truthfully."

“...Please speak.” D'Artagnan gave an awkward smile.

The girl's narrowed eyes suddenly widened: "Why did you still lose so badly even though you used Brother Qin Ye's cards?"

Chapter 194 Stay-at-Home Dad

"Hey, you over there, don't slack off!"

Ke Qing carried three stacked steel bars on his shoulders, looking quite relaxed and carefree.

She held the items firmly with one arm, and pointed with the other at the lazy boatman in the distance: "I'll check on your work progress in a bit."

"..."

Qin Ye sat on the shore, silently watching Ke Qing, who was completely absorbed in her work, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

We agreed we had something to talk about, but you're just giving up now, aren't you?

Ke Qing's thinking was actually quite simple. Since she couldn't get any information out of Qin Ye no matter how she asked, she might as well just get to work, which would save her time and prevent her from falling into his trap.

As for the tasks of chatting, keeping watch, and providing entertainment... why not just leave them to Gan Yu?

"Um, Miss Gan Yu, is there something you want to tell me?"

Qin Ye was also in a rather awkward situation. His secretary was sitting side by side with him, her face full of stammering expressions.

"Ah, no, it's nothing."