That was exactly why Little Ningguang, no matter how sleepy she was, still insisted on staying awake.
Fang Xun finally realized that the "task" Ningguang had mentioned was to plan the village's upcoming construction work.
But how could that plan be settled in a single night?
Little Ningguang was putting far too much pressure on herself.
Seeing this, Fang Xun spoke gently. "Little girl, plans like these can't be worked out in a day or two. You need to think them through carefully. There's no need to rush."
"Besides, I never asked you to figure out the whole plan tonight. Don't put so much pressure on yourself, okay, little girl?"
"You've already done your job very well. So now, go get some rest."
Fang Xun tried to reassure Ningguang, hoping she would obediently listen and go to sleep.
The speaker had meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart.
As Fang Xun said those words,
a man strolling some distance behind him came to a slight stop,
as though slowly savoring the last thing Fang Xun had said.
"Once one has fulfilled one's duty... one may rest?"
"Then has my duty been fulfilled?"
The man was a guest consultant at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor,
named Zhongli.
Zhongli was learned and eloquent, and quite well-known throughout Liyue,
yet beyond his role as a guest consultant, Zhongli had another identity unknown to all of Liyue:
Rex Lapis,
Morax.
Zhongli had gone out for a stroll in his spare time that evening,
taking the perspective of an ordinary person to see whether the people of Liyue were living in peace and contentment.
He hadn't expected to stumble upon an unexpected surprise that night.
When Zhongli heard Fang Xun's final words,
his heart, as solid and weighty as a rock, suddenly gave