Shen Bing hurriedly said, "Mom, I never said you had to go work at the Federal Government yourself. Here's my plan: I'll send an Intelligent Robot to serve as Grand Elder, while you stay home and lead a team making decisions behind the scenes. Most of the time, you'll have very little to do. We'll only ask you to weigh in when major decisions need to be made. What do you think?"
Mom glanced at Shen Bing and asked, "It really won't take up much of my time?"
"It really won't!"
"All right, then," Mom said cheerfully.
Shen Bing was a little baffled. He had a feeling he had been tricked.
Mom had never been someone who could sit idle. If Dad hadn't persuaded her, she probably wouldn't have resigned in the first place. After she quit, Shen Bing had put Dad in charge of the Immortal Fate Charity Fund, leaving Mom with nothing to do instead.
He reckoned she was secretly delighted that he had found her something to do.
And yet... the tables had turned!
Fortunately, the outcome hadn't strayed from what he had expected. So what if he had been tricked?
"Then it's settled! I'll have someone pick out a few capable people to be your assistants, Mom," Shen Bing said.
After they said goodbye to Mom, Yun Xue linked her arm through Shen Bing's, and the two strolled along the lakeside path.
"Shen Bing, there's something I don't understand. Why was the Federal Government suddenly established?" Yun Xue looked puzzled.
Shen Bing smiled. "The time was right. The reasoning is actually very simple. Humanity has already set out to conquer the universe. It's clearly impractical for Earth to remain divided among multiple countries. For example, if Huaxia sent its elite forces on an expedition to another