After settling the issue of the Underground City's shops, Li Tianming took Zhao Longfei's private car back to Southern Glory.
Qin Siyang went to find Tang Wangong, the Minister of the Administration Department, and Sun Linshou, the Minister of Justice, who were heading out together.
"Minister Sun, Minister Tang, shall I give you two a ride back to District 2?"
Sun Linshou looked at Qin Siyang with a beaming smile. "Well, if it isn't Minister Qin. What, you have time to visit District 2? I thought you'd keep working remotely and stay out of those murky waters."
"A nineteen-year-old minister. Remarkable, truly remarkable!" Tang Wangong looked Qin Siyang over again and again. "Looking at Xiao Qin now, I really feel as though I've wasted decades of my life."
Sun Linshou said, "Minister Tang, spare us, will you? You're more than a decade younger than I am! Saying that in front of Minister Qin-how is an old man like me, who only just became a minister, supposed to bear it?"
"All right, all right. When it's just the two of us, we can hold each other and agonize over our failures." With that, Tang Wangong stopped smiling and making small talk, turning a serious gaze on Qin Siyang. "Minister Qin, are you really going to District 2? For you, the Safe Zone is even more complicated and troublesome now than it used to be. District 2, the heart of the United Government's power, is even worse. I think you'd be better off avoiding in-person visits as much as possible."
Qin Siyang replied with a smile, "I'll certainly work remotely most of the time, but doing it all the time isn't really feasible. As a minister parachuted into the position, I can't possibly ignore everything and leave it all to others. As