"Oh, Keqing, long time no see."
Li Qiuzhi greeted the girl walking toward them.
"Oh, it's you, Keqing. We're here to deliver the Starsplinter Iron to Ningguang. What are you doing here too?"
Hu Tao raised her pretty eyebrows and asked in surprise.
"I'm the Yuheng. Land and construction are precisely what I oversee. Rebuilding the Jade Chamber is such a major project that I naturally have to come by often to check for safety hazards."
Keqing folded her hands beneath her chest and parted her soft lips to give a brief explanation.
"I see. You really do work hard, Keqing. You could have your subordinates handle this sort of thing, yet you still come in person."
Li Qiuzhi spoke admiringly.
"Don't put it that way. It's not as though I do everything myself." Keqing shook her head, making her pale purple twin tails sway slightly. "Besides, with things like this, I can only feel reassured after checking them myself."
If she left everything to others, all the information she received would be based on their reports.
If, over time, all her judgments were based on information others brought back, that would become very troublesome. It would dull her sensitivity to all sorts of matters.
She would gradually become much slower in handling things as well.
But if she frequently came out to look around herself, she could simply have someone deal with any problems she discovered.
At that thought, Keqing suddenly shifted her gaze to Li Qiuzhi.
"Speaking of which, would you be interested in doing me a favor?"
"A favor? Oh... tell me what it is first."
Although Li Qiuzhi wanted to agree blindly on the spot, that would make him seem far too much like a suck-up. Treating others with equality and respect made it easier to