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So Gan Yu's meaning is that from now on, she and I will handle all the documents in Liyue, and she and I will be working overtime for all the classes in Liyue?

Han Fulai felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and he suddenly understood why he had transmigrated to Liyue. It was because he had worked overtime until he died of overwork, and God probably thought he wouldn't mind working overtime and dying a second time.

Han Fulai decided to make one last attempt: "Um... Lord Gan Yu, aren't you worried that if I read the documents, it will also leak information?"

“Because you come from another world, you have no relatives or associates here who can leak information to you, so you are very reliable.” Gan Yu replied matter-of-factly, “As a civil servant, the most crucial quality is reliability.”

Han Fulai's legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

"Alright, go back and get ready now. Bring your luggage over. Remember to be back before nightfall, or you won't be able to finish your work." Gan Yu pointed to the stack of documents on the table, which was half her height, and buried herself in the documents, working hard on them.

Han Fulai knew that further discussion was pointless, so he could only nod silently, accept the order, and leave.

Seeing the cold stares from his secretaries and assistants in the lobby of Yuehaiting, all he could do was smile bitterly. "Don't envy me," he thought. "Whoever wants to be the Executive Vice President of Yuehaiting can be it. It'll be overtime!"

When he returned to Yanfei's house in Feiyunpo, Yanfei was still out on duty and had not yet returned.

Han Fulai lingered on Yanfei's comfortable bed for a while, carefully considering his future. He realized that he had no way back to Teyvat, no other support, and a contract with Ganyu to fulfill. Furthermore, the fact that he had achieved first place in the Liyue civil service exam had already caused quite a stir, making it difficult to escape even if he wanted to.

He remembered hearing Gan Yu ask him before he traveled through time, "Would you be willing to work overtime with me?"

"I do," was Han Fulai's answer at the time.

Unexpectedly, the promise I made to Gan Yu before I traveled through time came true.

It seems he's destined to work overtime; even if he time-traveled, he can't escape this fate.

Han Fulai sighed, packed his few belongings, and went downstairs. He sat in the living room waiting for Yan Fei to come home, but as time slowly passed, there was still no sign of Yan Fei returning.

Han Fulai thought for a moment, then went into the kitchen and made two servings of scallion and tofu salad. One serving had a small amount of chili oil added, to suit Yan Fei's taste, so he left it in the kitchen. The other serving was made to suit Gan Yu's light taste, without any oil.

He left a note on Yanfei's living room table to express his gratitude and explained where he would be staying at Yuehai Pavilion. Then he used the key to Yanfei's house to weigh down the note and left Yanfei's house with the scallion tofu he had made for Ganyu.

Chapter 42 Everyone present is trash

It was nearly dusk.

Han Fulai was carrying his bag of clothes in his left hand and a bag of scallion-mixed tofu that he had prepared for Gan Yu as a late-night snack in his right hand. As soon as he stepped onto Yujingtai, he saw an acquaintance in front of him.

Huixin, wearing her newly issued blue uniform from Yuehaiting, stood dejectedly by the railing at the edge of Yujingtai. Several young men in similar uniforms surrounded her; they appeared to be civil servants from various departments within Yuehaiting.

Thinking that Yue Haiting's colleagues had all gone home, while he was working overtime on his first day of work, with no end in sight, Han Fulai couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

As luck would have it, Huixin was turning her head to look at Han Fulai at that moment. Seeing Han Fulai shaking his head and sighing, Huixin frowned, glared at Han Fulai, deliberately turned her head away, and let out a soft "humph" from her nose.

The young men surrounding Huixin were all scions of prominent families living in Yujingtai. They were trying to please Huixin and were devising ways to cheer her up, hoping to invite her to a gathering at Liuli Pavilion or Xinyue Pavilion that evening. Their eyes were glued to Huixin, and they naturally noticed every glare and snort she made.

Having met the culprit who had caused the eldest daughter of the Tian Shu Xing family to feel depressed, how could he not make a good impression?

These young scions of prominent families immediately surrounded Han Fulai.

The uniforms for Liyue civil servants were supposed to be collected from the General Affairs Department on the day the results were announced. However, Han Fulai was taken away directly by Ningguang without going through this procedure, so he was still wearing the Liyue casual clothes that Yanfei had given him. Seeing that Han Fulai was dressed plainly and was carrying a package of food, the young people assumed he was just a deliveryman and became even more unrestrained in their words and actions.

The young man at the head of the group slammed his folding fan down and said, "What are you? How dare you show your face on this Jade Capital Terrace? You're an affront to the elegant scenery of this place. Get out of here!"

Han Fulai felt completely bewildered. He had only glanced at the scene as he passed by, so how had he gotten himself into such trouble? Adhering to the principle of avoiding trouble, Han Fulai remained silent and tried to bypass the group and return to Yuehai Pavilion.

But the group wouldn't let it go and surrounded the road again, completely blocking it.

Seeing that he couldn't get around it, Han Fulai had no choice but to ask, "What do you want?"

"What are you doing?" A short, scrawny-looking man emerged from the group, glaring at Han Fulai with an air of superiority. "Young Master Sheng told you to get lost, didn't you hear me?"

“Young Master Sheng? Never heard of him.” Han Fulai shook his head. He had never seen this person among the NPCs in Genshin Impact, so naturally he had never heard of him.

"Hey!" Upon hearing Han Fulai's words, Young Master Sheng clapped his folding fan again.

Upon seeing this, the short man immediately began to boast: "Open your dog eyes and look! This is the eldest son of the Duke of Maocai, the sixth-ranked candidate in today's Liyue Unified Examination, the young master Sheng Jinyong! He is the rising star of Baishui Hall, which controls the finances of Liyue. In terms of family background and talent, how are you worthy of knowing the eldest young master Sheng? Get lost!"

So he was from the Mao Cai Gong family. Han Fulai did have a bad impression of the Mao Cai Gong. In the game's storyline, this Mao Cai Gong acted like a tyrant; if he dared to show his health bar, Han Fulai would have killed him hundreds of times over. Now that he knew Sheng Jinyong was the son of the Mao Cai Gong family, and that he was so arrogant and condescending, Han Fulai naturally wouldn't be polite anymore.

Han Fulai scoffed, "You only got sixth place. No wonder I don't recognize you."

Han Fulai was telling the truth. When he looked at the results, he only paid attention to the scores. He didn't notice many people's names. Now, when he thinks back, he only remembers Yun Huixin who came in second, Sun Shan who came in third, and Fan Tui who came in seventh.

The young master, enraged, laughed: "Ha, you've got quite the nerve."

Han Fulai smiled slightly.

"I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but when it comes to solving problems, everyone here is trash."

"You!" The people nearby were immediately enraged and were about to attack.

Han Fulai took a step back, glanced at the people present, and said, "You just asked me who I am? I don't change my name or surname, I am the top scorer in the Liyue Civil Service Examination, and I am joining Moonsea Pavilion today. I am known as the Kirin Talent Han Fulai. I am myself."

"Han Fulai?"

"It's that one who almost got a perfect score!"

The people present whispered amongst themselves. Young Master Sheng's face was ashen, and the knuckles of his fingers gripping the folding fan were turning slightly white. He had originally wanted to make a good impression on Miss Huixin, but unexpectedly, Han Fulai had overshadowed him, and he hadn't gained any advantage whatsoever. If he let Han Fulai off so easily, he feared that Miss Huixin would look down on him.

Han Fulai shook his clothes smugly, a sense of pride as a test-taker welling up within him. He raised his head and was about to walk out of the group's encirclement.

The short man's family relied on Mao Cai Gong for their business, and seeing Young Master Sheng lose face, how could he not be anxious? His eyes darted around, and an idea came to him. Suddenly, he shouted, "Everyone, surround him! Don't let this hooligan get away!"

Although they didn't understand what was going on, they still surrounded Han Fulai as instructed.

"Playing the hooligan? Playing the hooligan with whom? You?" Han Fulai found it all amusing.

"Of course it's not me, it's Miss Huixin." The short man pointed to Huixin behind him.

"Ha, I'm dozens of steps away from Huixin. Even if I wanted to be a pervert, I couldn't reach her. But you guys were surrounding Miss Huixin just now. If you're talking about being a pervert, you're the ones crying wolf, aren't you?" Han Fulai mocked.

"Hmph, I saw you staring at Miss Huixin with lewd eyes and harassing her. If you hadn't frightened Miss Huixin, why would we have stopped you?" The short man spat as he spoke.

"Bullshit!" Han Fulai shouted angrily.

"I, Xu Cheng, am a friend of the women of Liyue, known as the White Knight. My name even contains the character 'Cheng,' so how could I speak nonsense?" Xu Cheng said with a straight face, spouting nonsense. "It is because of scoundrels like you who stare at women with male eyes all the time that we women of Liyue live in fear every day and dare not go out at night."

"You!" Han Fulai gritted his teeth and raised his voice, "Miss Huixin, you know perfectly well that I haven't harassed you. This person is slandering me to my face. They are both Yue Haiting's colleagues. Aren't you going to say a word of justice for me?"

Huixin had been pretending not to know anything, intending to see Han Fulai make a fool of himself to vent her resentment. Now that Han Fulai was calling her, she simply turned around and left.

Seeing that Huixin had left, the group realized that they probably wouldn't be able to meet her that night. They hadn't managed to steal the limelight from Miss Huixin either, so they vented their resentment on Han Fulai.

One of them shouted, "It's a disgrace to Yuehai Pavilion that someone like him can enter! We're reporting him!"

Upon seeing this, Xu Cheng shouted, "Guards! Where is the Thousand Rock Army?"

Jin Zhong, a soldier of the Qianyan Army patrolling the Yujingtai residential area, heard the shouts and rushed over.

"What happened?"

Upon seeing Jin Zhong, Young Master Sheng snorted coldly and said, "Someone here attempted to take advantage of a woman, but my brother Xu Cheng caught him in the act. We apprehended him together and quickly took him away for interrogation!"

Jinzhong usually guards the Yujingtai residential area and knows that the people living there are all high-ranking officials and nobles. Getting close to one of them could lead to a meteoric rise in status. His family lives in Tiger Rock and makes a living by fishing. His lifelong ambition is to buy a house in Yujingtai, settle down, and enter the upper class of Liyue.

Sheng Jinyong usually frequented Yujingtai. Jin Zhong knew that he was the son of a talented scholar and wanted to curry favor. He bowed and greeted him, saying, "I am Jin Zhong, a guard of Yujingtai. Thank you for your courage and righteousness, Young Master Sheng."

Jin Zhong turned to look at Han Fulai, noticing that Han Fulai was dressed plainly and clearly not a nobleman from Yujingtai. Jin Zhong slammed his spear against the floor tiles, making a loud thud: "Come with me! If you dare resist, watch out for my spear!"

"Sheng Jinyong from the family of Maocai Gong, right?" Han Fulai swept his cold gaze over everyone present, finally fixing it on Xu Cheng. "Xu Cheng, right? And what does your family do?"

"Oh, you want to retaliate?" Jin Zhong reached out and tried to grab Han Fulai's arm.

"You dare!?" Han Fulai suddenly shouted, startling Jin Zhong, who stopped what he was doing.

"Xu Cheng, why are you mute?" Han Fulai continued to ask, even with a fake smile on his face.

"Hey, so what if I tell you?" The sleazy little man thought that Han Fulai was just a newly hired secretary assistant at Yuehaiting, and he had heard that he was just a commoner who had returned from Fontaine. He was not afraid at all. "My father, Xu Yi, is the largest importer of women's clothing brands in Liyue. The 'Earl' brand imported from Fontaine is exclusively sold by my family."

"Oh, so it's a family of sycophants." Han Fulai smiled. "Sorry, your business is off the table from now on."

Chapter 43 The Importance of Connections in Value Exchange

Han Fu asked himself if he was a good person, but not a fool.

He wasn't incapable of being angry or unable to tolerate certain things, but he never expected that after transmigrating to Liyue, a place without Weibo or Douban, he would still encounter someone writing a long essay in person.

People say that a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, but Han Fu, in his own opinion, is not yet a true gentleman. If he doesn't take revenge, it must be because he lacks the ability to do so. Coincidentally, he has just acquired a superpower, known as the superpower of power.

Han Fulai put down the package in his hand and took out the pass that he had just received from Gan Yu that afternoon.

"I'm afraid you all spent your time today indulging in pleasure and didn't bother to find out my position. Let me reintroduce myself: Han Fulai, the newly appointed Executive Vice Minister of Yuehaiting, and concurrently the Chief Private Secretary to Lord Ganyu."

Han Fulai pointed to the luggage on the ground, "I am currently carrying out official duties on the orders of Lord Ganyu. Not only are you obstructing me from performing my duties, but you are also attempting to frame your superior. According to the Liyue Code, anyone who obstructs Liyue officials from performing their duties in accordance with the law by means of violence or threats shall be sentenced to imprisonment for up to three years, detention, probation, or a fine! Jinzhong, do you know who you should arrest?"

Hey, I've been holed up in Yan Fei's library for a few days and read quite a few books. Han Fulai said this seriously, but in his heart he was thinking, "Gan Yu ordered me to go home, pack my bags, and come back to work overtime. I have a superior's order, so of course I'm carrying out official business. I even brought my superior a midnight snack, which is practically double the amount of official business I'm carrying out."

Young Master Sheng squinted at the pass in Han Fulai's hand, confirming the official seals of Yue Haiting and the General Affairs Department, as well as Han Fulai's rank. His face immediately turned pale. In terms of rank, the Executive Vice Minister of Yue Haiting was basically equivalent to the Executive Vice Minister of the Eight Gates. Although his rank was indeed much higher than that of these newly promoted civil servants from various departments, he only oversaw secretarial work and had nothing to do with the Eight Gates and various departments.

Among the scions of prominent families present were many relatives and elders of this rank who interacted with them daily; they were not so easily intimidated by the title.

The problem lies in Han Fulai's other identity: Gan Yu's chief private secretary! Mao Cai Gong's power extends throughout the Seven Stars, backed by two of the Seven Stars, making him virtually untouchable below them. If there's anyone among the various halls and departments that Sheng Jinyong cannot afford to offend, it's only Gan Yu, who has ruled Yuehai Pavilion for three thousand years!

The key point is that Gan Yu, who represents the Liyue Sage Group, actually recruited this kid as his personal secretary.

Why wouldn't Miss Huixin tell us about something so important, especially since she's already joined Yuehaiting? Why wouldn't she tell us?

Sheng Jinyong patted the folding fan in his hand, then cupped his hands and said, "It was a misunderstanding, please forgive me, Vice Minister Han. There are many hidden talents in Yuehai Pavilion, and I was not good at judging them. My words just now were very offensive. I will have to hold a banquet at Liuli Pavilion in the future to apologize to Vice Minister Han. I hope Vice Minister Han will forgive me."

After saying that, he clapped his hands and said to the few sycophants around him, "Why don't you apologize to Vice Minister Han? Don't obstruct his official business."

Seeing that things were not going well, the group of people, who already had the intention to leave, quickly bowed their heads and apologized, preparing to run away.

Han Fulai, however, was not about to let them off so easily.

"Wait a minute, Young Master Sheng just said so confidently that I harassed Miss Huixin. It wouldn't be appropriate for him to just leave like this, would it?"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Jinyong didn't hesitate and kicked Xu Cheng right in the back of the knee, sending Xu Cheng sprawling face-first into the mud.

"Vice Minister Han, I was misled by this person just now. I hope you can be magnanimous. I will definitely remember this lesson and dare not do it again." He then bowed deeply.

Han Fulai saw that he had already said so much, and knew that since he had not caused any real harm to him, and with Xu Cheng as a scapegoat, there was no way to make things difficult for him today, so he could only nod.

"Ah? Young Master Sheng, you can't just leave like this, I am..." Xu Cheng knew he had been abandoned by Young Master Sheng, but still tried to struggle desperately.

"Shut up!" Young Master Sheng shouted coldly, ignoring Xu Cheng, and led the others away.

Seeing this, Jin Zhong no longer hesitated. He used one hand to forcefully twist Xu Cheng's arm behind his back. "Then you'll come with me!"

Xu Cheng had just gotten up when Jin Zhong forced him to kneel on the ground. He simply bowed his head and begged Han Fulai, "Lord Han, please forgive my blunder and let it go!"

Han Fulai squatted down, squinted and stared into Xu Cheng's eyes, watching the expression in his eyes slowly change from resentment to pleading and then to despair.

"You're not suited for the corporate world, much less for being a civil servant. It's a pity that these days even being a businessman isn't guaranteed."

Han Fulai leaned close to Xu Cheng's ear and whispered, "I learned a principle a long time ago, and I'll teach it to you now."

"Truth lies within the range of cannons. Connections are based on the magnitude of value exchange." Han Fulai said sincerely, "No matter how much you fawn over the young master of Shengda, have you ever considered that others can also fawn over him, and perhaps even better and more comfortably? What value do you have to him if you're so focused on scheming and currying favor with him? You can just throw him away whenever you want."

Xu Cheng looked bewildered.

Han Fulai shook his head and said softly, "Let me tell you something else. You know I'm the top scorer in the Liyue Unified Examination, and you probably also know that I was invited to the Jade Pavilion by Lady Ningguang. Young Master Sheng is wealthy and powerful, so perhaps he's not so afraid of Lady Ningguang. Are you afraid? I've heard that Lady Ningguang has eyes and ears everywhere in Liyue Harbor. Guess if Lady Ningguang knows about the time you framed me? Will your family still be able to do business?"

After Han Fu finished speaking, he picked up his bundle, not even glancing at Xu Cheng, who was slumped on the ground like mud, and walked all the way back to Yuehai Pavilion.

The windows on the top floor of Yuehai Pavilion were open, letting in slivers of light.

Knowing that Gan Yu was still working, Han Fulai touched the still-warm midnight snack and quickened his pace.

Apart from the two secretaries and assistants on night duty, everyone else in the lobby of Moonsea Pavilion had already left work. Fortunately, Liyue doesn't seem to care about energy conservation and emission reduction, so the room was still brightly lit.

Han Fulai went up to the top floor, put down his luggage, and knocked on Gan Yu's door.

"Please come in."

"Lord Gan Yu, I'm back to report." Han Fulai placed the scallion and tofu salad he was holding on the corner of Gan Yu's table.

"I made this scallion and tofu salad myself, without any lard. If Lord Ganyu hasn't eaten yet, you can try it."

"How did you know... Ah, that makes sense." Gan Yu wanted to ask Han Fulai how he knew her tastes, but then she remembered that Han Fulai had immediately revealed her true identity as a Qilin when they first met, so it wasn't surprising that he knew.

Gan Yu picked up the food Han Fulai had brought and took a bite. "It tastes very good, thank you."

"I'm glad you don't mind, Lord Gan Yu. It's just what I, as your personal secretary, should do," Han Fulai said with a smile.

Gan Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm sorry."

"Huh?" Now it was Han Fulai's turn to be surprised. Why would Gan Yu apologize to him?

“Because this is the only rest room I have in Liyue Harbor,” Gan Yu said softly. “Normally, according to the treatment of Liyue civil servants, you should be able to apply for a place to live, and the rent would be reimbursed by Whitewater Hall. But because you also serve as my personal secretary, according to Ms. Ningguang’s newly revised law, a personal secretary who takes on a public office is still directly responsible to their immediate supervisor. Ms. Ningguang has Jade Pavilion, but I only have this office.”

Han Fulai smiled and said, "It's alright. Actually, I'm quite happy to be able to accompany Miss Gan Yu. Besides, I only wanted to be Miss Gan Yu's secretary in the first place."

Gan Yu nodded and lowered her head to eat the tofu in small bites.

Han Fulai hesitated for a moment before speaking, "There's something I'd like to ask Miss Gan Yu."