People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

“Wei Yanwu, today is a family dinner. Huijie and her friends are not here to listen to your long-winded lecture on the history of Longmen’s development.”

Wei Yanwu let out two exaggerated howls, then nodded hurriedly:

"I understand, I understand, madam. A gentleman uses words, not fists."

"I'm not a gentleman."

Despite her words, Wen Yue let go of his hand and looked at Chen Huijie and Beatrice gathered around the dining table. Her gentle smile seemed flawless.

"Wei Yanwu is just unreliable, I'm sorry you had to laugh at him. Today is the fifteenth of the lunar year, come on, Huijie, have some more glutinous rice balls."

Chen Huijie grunted, picked up the bowl, and took the glutinous rice balls that Wen Yue scooped over with a spoon:

"Aunt Wenyue, no need, I'm all grown up now, I can scoop it myself."

Wen Yue remained silent, only covering her mouth and chuckling softly.

Wei Yanwu rubbed his ears and coughed lightly, attempting to regain the majesty of the local tyrant of Longmen and the demeanor of a patriarch of the Yan family, and began the standard three questions of the Yan Kingdom:

"Shi Huaiya, you didn't go home for Chinese New Year this year. Your grandpa nagged me to death about it!"

Beatrice Swire, dressed in a stylish new-style mandarin jacket paired with a short red cheongsam, clearly had dressed up carefully. She was currently blowing on a steaming bowl of glutinous rice balls, and upon hearing Wei Yanwu's words, she was first taken aback, then asked with great surprise:

"He can get out of bed now?"

Wei Yanwu: ""

Although this question doesn't sound like a problem at all, I can't help but detect a strange undertone in it. Adams, your granddaughter is so filial!

"His health has improved somewhat."

Wei Yanwu nodded.

"Then I'll go back and check on him later."

Shi Huaiya nodded thoughtfully.

Wei Yanwu's lips twitched.

Is that his main point? The main point is that your Uncle Wei is being nagged to death by your old man!

Shouldn't you explain why you didn't come back? Shouldn't you apologize to your Uncle Wei? Shouldn't you offer him some compensation? Shouldn't you donate a couple more landmark buildings in Longmen as a token of your goodwill?

What does "the true colors are revealed when the map is unrolled" mean? Do you even understand filial piety?

Wei Yanwu didn't care about Shi Huaiya's money. Even if he did accept the money from the younger generation, he wouldn't use it for personal purposes; it would definitely be confiscated.

He made that implication simply because he hadn't gotten along well with Adams, so he was just joking and trying to save face.

Seeing that Shi Huaiya was completely unaware, Wei Yanwu reluctantly gave up on the idea.

Well, this kid has been out and about all year, and he's even produced a decent movie. He met with Ernst and they've collaborated. At such a young age, he's already achieved quite a bit.

Looking back

He looked at Chen Huijie, who was eating voraciously at the dinner table, and let out a heavy sigh!

"Ugh!"

"Why are you sighing and complaining during the Lunar New Year?"

Wen Yue glared at Wei Yanwu with a hint of reproach.

Wei Yanwu smiled at his wife, looked at Chen Huijie, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke:

"Huijie, I'm not trying to be mean, but look at Shi Huaiya."

Chen Huijie put down her rice bowl, stood up, nodded to Wen Yue, and then turned and left.

Wei Yanwu hadn't even finished speaking.

Seeing this, Wen Yue could only sigh and give Shi Huaiya a wry smile: Wu

"It made you laugh."

Shi Huaiya waved her hand: Six

"nothing."

She had known for a long time that Chen and Wei Yanwu had a conflict, but when she left Longmen, the conflict between them wasn't this big.

Although she hadn't been exposed to Yan Kingdom's table manners for over a year, she had at least received special training in this area. To leave without saying goodbye to an elder and arbitrarily departing from the table was already considered extremely impolite.

To put it nicely, Chen Huijie has always been straightforward and doesn't care much about etiquette. Today, she came to this family banquet wearing her uniform from the Imperial Guard Bureau. To put it bluntly, her behavior at this moment shows that she completely disregards her uncle Wei Yanwu and the Governor of Longmen.

But Wei Yanwu did nothing.

He looked at Chen Huijie and could only sigh.

He owes her.

That's really unfair.

Chen Huijie's mother, his sister, was a legitimate princess of Yan Kingdom. She left Baizhao with him and came to this remote place. He felt a deep bond with his sister and wanted to find her a good husband. After careful selection, he chose his sworn brother, Edward of the Victoria Delacroix royal family. The two fell in love at first sight and were a perfect match. They had a daughter, Talulah. However, he later killed Edward with his own hands.

Later, fearing that the Edward incident was a prelude to Baizao's purge of him, he even forced his sister to marry into the Chen family, a prominent clan in the capital, in order to protect her from the risks.

The younger sister repeatedly begged to remain a widow for Edward, but he refused each time. Finally, she accepted reality, agreed to marry him, and indeed gave birth to Chen Huijie. However, she herself was then kidnapped by Koschei, who took Talulah with him.

He failed to keep any of his promises, including, "I will take care of your wife and children, so you need not worry!"

After that, his sister never contacted him again until he received news of her death.

He died in depression.

The words "Imperial Physician" weighed heavily on Wei Yanwu's heart like a verdict.

He chose to bring Chen Huijie back from the Chen family, sent her to study at the Royal Guard College of Victoria, arranged a job for her in Longmen, and even planned to hand over the entire city to her in the future.

He showed Chen the utmost tolerance in almost every aspect he could, complying with all her actions, even those that were offensive, presumptuous, or childish.

He owes her.

Looking at that face reminded him of his sister. Although their personalities were completely different, he just couldn't bring himself to be cruel to her.

“Old Wei, I’ll send someone to bring her back. Hui Jie’s monthly fee collection is indeed a bit too much.”

Seeing Wei Yanwu's silence, Wen Yue comforted him with some heartache.

Wei Yanwu took a deep breath, but still shook his head:

"Forget it, let her be."

He looked at Swire, his interest waning considerably, but still asked:

"Swire, you've met Mr. Ernst. What kind of person do you think he is?"

Swire was taken aback by the sudden change of topic. After a moment, she replied:

"he's good."

Wei Yanwu nodded.

He didn't ask any further questions. He knew that Swire and Ernst's collaboration wasn't very deep and didn't involve much politics.

The word "good" was enough to put his mind at ease.

He has received the decree from the Hundred Stoves, and Ernst will soon depart from Chernobog and arrive at Lungmen.

He harbored great curiosity about this old acquaintance whom he had never met but had long admired, who was also the author of "The Chronicles of Erzley" and a rising star in Terran politics.

Not to mention, he was a "real dragon," personally invited by his own suspicious and cunning younger brother.

What does this mean?

Chapter 937 Chen Huijie's Office

Chen Huijie had indeed been dissatisfied with Wei Yanwu for a long time.

There's no need to bring up the past about his mother anymore. It's not that Chen doesn't care anymore, but those things are things that Wei Yanwu can no longer make up for.

No matter how good he is to himself, will his mother come back?

When you made that choice back then, when you watched your mother die of grief, you didn't think of regretting it. Now you're coming here to offer hypocritical compensation? What, do you think I'm young and easy to fool, that I'll forgive you easily?

These things will forever remain a thorn in his relationship with Wei Yanwu, and will be difficult to remove.

What angers her now is Wei Yanwu's domineering attitude.

Yes, Chen Huijie can only describe her uncle as domineering.

He took her away from the Chen family, sent her to study in Victoria, made her the head of the Special Inspectorate of the Guard Bureau, and even tried to take her to various celebrity gatherings to help her gain popularity. Chen Huijie was not stupid; she was just a bit straightforward, but she could also see that Wei Yanwu was planning her life path!

Actually, this kind of thing isn't that offensive.

Many parents do this, either as early as the newborn's first birthday celebration or as late as when the parents are old and entrust their child to someone for guidance.

This is not surprising; what is surprising is Wei Yanwu's actions.

He never asked Chen Huijie a single question: "What do you think about appointing you as the Governor of Lungmen?"

He simply crammed everything onto her, with a nauseating sense of guilt and a patriarchal sense of responsibility, completely ignoring her opinions and wanting to "bear the burden of her life"!

Did I ask you to recite it?

Don't you even look at your relatives? Have any of them ended up well?

Some might see this as a bittersweet pain, a case of feigned illness, a case of Chen Huijie "wanting both ways," acting like a prostitute while trying to maintain a virtuous image, comfortably enjoying the resources provided by Wei Yanwu, and even thinking that Wei Yanwu is wrong.

Chen Huijie had met many people like that; she had seen the world during her studies in Victoria.

But she's not.

Aside from the fact that becoming a police officer in the Imperial Guard Bureau was truly her ideal, she rejected almost everything that Wei Yanwu arranged for her!

She did not stay in Wei Yanwu's governor's mansion; she returned to her mother's vacant residence in Longmen.

She refused the "Director" position offered to her by Wei Yanwu, and instead, through genuine assessment and case handling, became "Inspector Chen, the Head of the Inspectorate," leaving the Director position vacant.

She had absolutely no interest in those celebrity gatherings. Even as the head of an inspection team, she had to learn social skills and the art of flattery in Yan Country society. She would simply put on her red cheongsam, give a token smile, and not give any of the so-called "team" arranged by Wei Yanwu any chance to curry favor.

She braved arrows and stones, always rushing to the front line of case handling, and even contracted oreschisis as a result, but she never regretted it!

She was even prepared to resign if Wei Yanwu really wanted to continue like this.

She possessed the chivalrous spirit unique to the Yan Kingdom. The world was so vast, where couldn't she go? At worst, she could go to Kjerag or Rhodes Island; at least those two places left a very good impression on her!

I'd rather go back to Victoria!

Because Talulah was there, her half-sister. They had played together as children, and she still often dreamed of the scene where she was kidnapped by Kosiché in that rainstorm! She knew Talulah was now managing Lentinium, and if she needed, Chen Huijie would be happy to call out to her:

"I'm here to help you!"

Even if some people still believe that her current achievements are due to Wei Yanwu's cultivation, she can answer them: she truly can give up everything she has now! What about you? You're just talking without understanding the situation; could you do that?

I, Chen Huijie, only play for real!

Slamming the door of the Special Inspectorate Office of the Guard Bureau shut, Chen returned to his seat with a menacing expression.

Hoshiguma, who was still working overtime at the Imperial Guard on the fifteenth of the first lunar month, stared blankly at her close friend and leader, blinked, leaned closer, and pulled out a bottle of sake from somewhere:

"Old Chen, what's wrong? You look so gloomy."

Chen accepted the sake and waved his hand:

"nothing."

Upon hearing that it was nothing, Hoshiguma understood everything.

This isn't the first time, after all.

"Did you quarrel with Commander Wei again? Commander Wei doesn't mean any harm, Old Chen, you should be more understanding of him."

"It's a holiday today, so let's not argue about anything today."

Chen Huijie looked up, rolled her eyes at Hoshiguma, and said with a hint of helplessness:

"Hoshiguma, stop trying to be a peacemaker. You have no idea what happened."

"How could I not know? It's about infected people from the slums again."

Star Bear shrugged.

There are many reasons why Chen and Wei Yanwu argue. It's as if the two are natural enemies. Whenever they meet, if they exchange more than three sentences, sparks will inevitably fly. If they exchange more than ten sentences, then today's fight is inevitable.

The arguments usually end with Chen winning by a narrow margin.

What is a Pyrrhic victory? It means that Chen never spoke to Wei Yanwu, but Wei Yanwu ultimately submitted to Chen.