Tianshu Gradually Gets on Track

"Brother! Are we going to get our Soul Rings today?"

Wei Lin could hear Qingyu's booming voice from a long way off.

Beside him, Qingfeng helplessly put down her book.

"Little sister, can't you be a little more composed?"

Qingyu completely ignored her sister and pulled out the food container she was holding.

"Brother, this is Wanmin Restaurant's boiled black-back bass. Sister Xiangling made it herself, and it's so tasty!"

Wei Lin helplessly put down the file in his hands and rubbed his brow, his head aching.

There had originally been very few people, but then a single gift pack had dumped 200,000 NPCs on him, enough to fill half of Tianshu City. If they hadn't already had basic jobs of their own, he really wouldn't have known how to assign them.

Even so, there were still plenty of things to deal with.

In his previous life, Wei Lin had been a failed writer and a minor team leader. Managing a dozen or so people was fine, but... this was a whole city! Aren't you making things difficult for Fat Tiger?

In just three days, he had been worn down by the mountain of paperwork.

"Broken. I'm really broken..."

Wei Lin stared blankly at the ceiling, not even hearing what Qingyu had said.

"Brother!"

"Huh?"

Wei Lin was dazed for a moment. Only when he saw Qingyu right in front of him did he come back to his senses. Right, the two little ones had completely finished their body tempering. That meant... he could take a break?

At that thought, Wei Lin's eyes lit up, and his gaze grew heated as he looked at Qingfeng and Qingyu.

"!!!"

"Brother, don't look at us like that. It's so embarrassing~~~"

Qingyu's little face turned slightly red. Who knew what dirty thoughts had crossed her mind? She began to fidget shyly.

Qingfeng, on the other hand, knew how badly their brother had suffered these past few days. Now that he finally had a chance to rest, how could his gaze not be heated?

"Let's go, let's go! Hurry and pack your things! We're going to get your Soul Rings today!"

"Actually... Sister Lan Yan said she could take us."

"No! As your brother, I have to fulfill my responsibilities as your brother! I have to choose your Soul Rings personally!"

If he stayed buried in this mountain of work any longer, he really would be done for!

After sending Qingfeng and Qingyu off, Wei Lin looked at the applications on his desk awaiting approval.

"What should I do? There are still so many. Maybe I should go outside and grab a few people who've studied the humanities."

Wei Lin sighed. Wei Lin was out of options.

He opened the gacha screen. With the Primogems he had earned from checking in so far, he had fifteen pulls-one fixed pull a day.

After all, only fifteen days had passed since he had gone from a little country kid to managing a city of 200,000 people.

Moreover, not one of those 200,000 NPCs was below level 60. There were over 50,000 Titled Douluo alone, accounting for a fifth of the total, though they were all below level 95.

The system, afraid he would flip the table outright, had deliberately added a restriction: these were only NPCs, and they couldn't leave Tianshu. Apart from the characters he pulled from the gacha, none of them could be "taken out" and used.

But...

"You chirp-chirp... 200,000 people and you couldn't give me a single clerk? You chirp-chirp-chirp..."

Wei Lin had no other choice. Looking at his fifteen pulls, he gritted his teeth and stamped his foot. He was going for it!

"I'm not asking for anything else. Just give me Ganyu or big sister Ningguang. I'm not picky!"

Wei Lin pulled out an image of Rex Lapis dressed as a woman.

"Rex Lapis, you wouldn't want pictures of yourself in women's clothes getting spread around, would you?"

(A certain bird-walking man surnamed Zhong: ?)

"Rex Lapis, bless me. If I can pull her this time, Tianshu Tower will cover all your bills."

(A certain street loafer who drank tea, listened to opera, and walked his bird: !)

"I'm going for it! Genshin Impact, launch!"

After a ten-pull, a golden point of light plunged down: one gold, three purples, and six blues.

"Holy shit! Here it comes!"

Wei Lin pressed his palms together, silently chanting over and over for their very, very, very best secretary-general.

The golden card flipped over, and a flash of light revealed a girl holding an ice-blue longbow. The qilin horns on her head invariably made people want to touch them.

"Sister Ganyu! I'm free!"

An ice-blue figure appeared before Wei Lin, with her three little secretaries behind her.

It could be said that she had brought half of Liyue Harbor's clerical staff with her.

"Boo-hoo~ The old man really is reliable after all! When he comes here someday, I'll pay for everything he spends."

(A certain Rex Lapis's number-one fan: Good.)

"Plenilune Gaze - Ganyu

Level: 99 (currently has only three rings)

Martial Souls: Ice and Snow Qilin / Amos' Bow

Artifacts: Paradise set (ATK sands / Cryo DMG goblet / CRIT circlet)

Identity: Liyue's Tianshu Star

Constellation: Sinae Unicornis

Affiliated organization: Yuehai Pavilion"

The blue-haired girl slowly opened her eyes, and her gaze fell on the excited Wei Lin.

"Traveler, long time no see. This time, let me truly accompany you on your journey."

"Sister Ganyu! Boo-hoo~"

Wei Lin lunged forward, throwing himself onto Ganyu.

Feeling the dampness against her chest, Ganyu's face flushed faintly.

"All right, leave this work to me. I promise I'll take care of everything properly."

Wei Lin murmured his assent twice, looking unusually well-behaved, as though she hadn't been the one taking advantage of her just now.

Still, he really did breathe a sigh of relief. He knew full well that he was completely unsuited to clerical work. If he'd actually had the ability, wouldn't he have taken the civil service exam in his previous life?

He could have left everything piled up there and ignored it. After all, the NPCs under him all had fixed jobs of their own, so nothing too serious would happen.

The farming district, mining district, manufacturing district, residential district, and so on-Tianshu as a whole operated in a self-sufficient cycle.

But... they were people, not machines. Where there were people, there would be conflicts and other problems. That was unavoidable. Of course, he could ignore those too, and nothing too serious would happen.

But... back then, what child hadn't wanted to serve the people? What child hadn't wanted to become someone people praised?

Wei Lin didn't consider himself a good person.

But since they had come here, come to Tianshu, and become his people, he had to be responsible for them.

Although, many times, his good intentions ended up making things worse.

They—the NPCs-simply smiled and bore Wei Lin's clumsy way of taking responsibility, their eyes filled with nothing but gentleness and tolerance.

Well, Wei Lin's response to that was: You're the people of Tianshu City, and Tianshu City is mine, so that means you're mine! So! If you're unhappy, that means I'm unhappy!

(The NPCs of Tianshu City: Yes, yes, yes, our tsundere little city lord~ Who wouldn't like a little tsundere who keeps us in his heart~~~ Right? Right~~~~)