Lu Guangchen dropped to his knees with a thud and continued, knocking his forehead against the floor:
"Your humble official had no intention of using this for pleasure. I have witnessed the situation in the city day and night and made considerable efforts to address it, but... my abilities are limited."
What a fine excuse-limited abilities.
Shen Yangge had heard Chu Xuanzhen say that this plague spread through contact, not through breathing or coughing.
In that case, as long as they screened and isolated people promptly, treating the plague should not have been difficult. Yet Lu Guangchen claimed his abilities were limited. That sounded like a lie no matter how he looked at it. Were the people at the Government Office all useless freeloaders?
Naturally, Shen Yangge did not believe his lies, but he did not respond again. After all, he had nothing to prove that this man had failed to fight the outbreak actively.
[-Tsk. That belly's big enough to float a boat, and he says his abilities are limited? Why doesn't he say his nutrition is limited?]
Seated beside him, Chu Xuanzhen raised an eyebrow.
[-That fat head and those big ears look quite a lot like the big white pig we kept at home.]
[-A pig might not be human, but this human is quite the pig.]
System 615: [Host, you're right. The system thinks he really does look like a pig. He must have embezzled a great deal of silver!]
Shen Yangge: ...
Had the system secretly picked up lessons somewhere? It did not talk quite the way it used to.
Seeing that the official in the black gauze hat had stopped making sarcastic remarks about him, Lu Guangchen first breathed a sigh of relief.
He signaled to the beauties with his eyes. Taking