It doesn't matter what the lord is.

I circled a document and replied:

"I really hope that day will come sooner. But Bai Huang can't go back until the matter between Bai Feng and Bai Ye is resolved."

He Yue picked up the pen again, pointed at me and said:

"If Bai Huang hears this attitude, she will be sad."

I slumped down in my chair and sighed helplessly.

Bai Huang is indeed the victim in this matter. I only visit incognito occasionally, but Bai Huang is out with the patrol team every day. The overwhelming comments outside have the greatest impact on her. Although that guy is always careless, I don't know what she is thinking.

But it's impossible to make her reconcile with Liushi at the moment.

He Yue continued:

"By the way, I have concluded the deal with Wumi. The other party is quite sophisticated in this regard, and I just did my best."

As he spoke, He Yue handed over an agreement.

I took a quick look and found that hybrid rice seeds were sold at a pretty good price. To be honest, I was quite surprised that I could negotiate this with someone like Wu Mi. I had expected that I would be lucky to get 60% to 70% of this amount.

Seeing that I didn't speak for a while, He Yue couldn't help but ask:

"Is it low?"

I shook my head, circled the agreement, handed it back to He Yue, and said:

"No. I just applaud your amazing skills in my heart and admire you for being such a worry-free person."

In this regard, He Yue said:

"After all, our city lord doesn't care about anything... Often you have to work harder, right? By the way, Wu Mi seems to want to cultivate a personal relationship with you. In the letter, he asked me to ask you, in addition to what is stated in the agreement, you can make another personal request."

I thought for a while with the pen in hand, and while continuing to review the official documents, I said to He Yue:

"I see. Ask him. After the incident in the capital, the property of Tamros should be taken over by the state. This property includes property and slaves, and most of the slaves will be sold. Ask him to help me keep an eye out for a woman named Yayu, who is a crazy person from a brothel. If you find her, ask him to send her to Yuxi City."

He Yue raised her delicate eyebrows and said to me:

"If you ask him for someone, I'm afraid the White-robed Minister won't give it to you so easily. He will probably think there's something fishy about this woman and detain her for private questioning. Do you have a suitable reason?"

"The reason..."

I scratched my head and said:

"Just tell him that I'm actually a MILF lover. That girl was actually my first love, the kind I fell in love with at first sight - I guess he won't say anything this way."

22. Love Counseling Program

He Yue wrote down my request and said:

"Then I will respect your preference when choosing the city lord's wife. I will quietly inform the people below and select a woman over 40 years old from the city..."

"Don't really believe it!!"

He Yue put the letter aside and suddenly asked me:

"What do you think about the flowing stone?"

I glanced at He Yue and asked back:

"Why do you ask?"

He Yue put her hands in her sleeves, placed them on her legs, and said with a smile:

"It's just strange. It doesn't seem like something you would do... Lid, you should know that for the truly smart people in the world, they can and must distinguish between what are real shortcomings and what are "shortcomings in the eyes of the public." For example, if the person you want to work for is mediocre, this is not a shortcoming for them. It doesn't matter whether your boss understands this or not. The key is whether he is willing to give power to you who understands this. If your boss knows everything, then where will the skills you have learned be useful? From this point of view, the word "incompetence" is a shortcoming for the people and the upper echelons, but it is not for those well-educated people who have learned the arts of literature and martial arts, and are good at dealing with the emperor. In their eyes, "incompetence" is just a neutral word."

I nodded.

He Yue said calmly:

"In fact, since the development of Yuxi City, there have been countless rumors about you. But haven't you noticed that the public's acceptance of those rumors is getting lower and lower. When you handed over the internal affairs to me, hundreds of people knelt in front of the city lord's mansion to protest; when you exchanged three cities for Fang Shisan, the army was shocked and cursed, but there was no more radical door-blocking incident. Not only the people, but also the outside world is not as repulsive to you as it was at the beginning. Of course, the outside world here does not refer to other lords, city lords and the people under their rule, but the circle of knowledgeable people. After all, you handed over the internal affairs to me completely and handed over the army to Fang Shisan, allowing them to see that you are not greedy for power. This can be said to be a good start."

Having said that, I have roughly understood what He Yue meant.

I put down the document in my hand and asked:

"You mean, taking in Liu Shi has ruined the good image I had accumulated?"

He Yue poked my cheek with a pen:

"Although I don't dislike you for that... but judging by the results, it is indeed the case. And you have also fallen out with Bai Huang and the others, right? No matter how you look at it, it's not worth it."

He Yue straightened his back and asked me:

"So, I want to ask you the reason. I'm not complaining to you about anything, I just want to hear the reason."

He Yue's eyes are very beautiful, most of the time very clear, and with a kind of charm that is intentional or unintentional.

Thinking that most of the forgers he had managed to settle down had left, and he was still able to calmly ask me the reason, I felt a little guilty. He was basically like this, never talking to me about how hard he worked, and except for occasionally getting angry, he was always there to help me clean up the mess.

I scratched my head and said bluntly:

"I feel like there's something fishy about the legend of Liushi, so I plan to keep him and get to the bottom of it."

He Yue frowned slightly:

"Are you talking about the incident in which he killed his wife and was kicked out of the family?"

I nodded.

He Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"No wonder Shuang wasn't here these days... Did you ask her to go to the Huaiwang territory to investigate this matter? The Anbu organization over there is also very good. I don't think Shuang and the others can find out anything."

I smiled and said:

"Then you still look relieved?"

He Yue tilted his head, looked under the table, and said in a calm tone:

"I can't help it. The ruler is like a bowl, and the people's likes and dislikes will slowly change with the ruler's likes and dislikes, but for us as ministers of internal affairs, every decision is accompanied by a series of long-term follow-up measures. If the boss is moody and changes his orders every day, it will be difficult for us to do our work. So whether it's Liushi or anyone else, I have no objection to you taking in anyone. I'm just worried that you will change too fast, to the point where I can't keep up."

It was rare to see He Yue looking a little down, so I winked at him:

"Don't worry about that. My love for you will never change!"

He Yue hit back this straight ball neatly:

"If possible, I hope you can transfer this part of your favor to Miss Bai Huang. If you can get Yun Hai to back you up, I won't have to work so hard... Having said that, even with my meager contribution, Miss Bai Huang's chances of winning are still far behind Alayya's."

He basically finished his part of the document, sorted it out, and then asked:

"Shuang is not reliable. You let him stay in the City Lord's Mansion. Are you planning to find a way out of him? Do you have any ideas?"

I rubbed my temples and felt a slight headache:

"I have tried to communicate with him during this period, but his mental state is really worrying. Especially when a child hit his head with a stone while he was out on the street some time ago, he kept repeating to me, 'You don't need to care about people like me anymore, it doesn't matter when I die.' I think he may have special abilities, the ability to make people autistic. Listening to him talk, I will unconsciously feel that life is too hard. People like him should go to the temple to chant sutras."

He Yue replied calmly:

"I think I'll probably be punished by God for doing this."

I spread my hands:

"So, do you have any good ideas?"

He Yue shook his head:

"No. After all, I've never been married, so I don't know what that's like. But considering common sense, the bond between husband and wife should be very deep. I guess he probably won't be willing to share these private things with you directly. You two can't talk about this, but if you were married, it might be..."

Before He Yue finished speaking, I felt a flash of electricity behind my head and slapped my thigh:

"This is it!"

This time He Yue was really shocked:

"You're planning on getting married?!...To whom?"

Seeing that he looked a little nervous, I couldn't help but smile:

"I don't have such plans at the moment. But although I won't get married, I should be able to consult him about my love troubles, right? After all, he's married before, so he's probably familiar with all the love and affection he experienced during his youth, right? As long as I start from this point and induce him to recall the sweet daily life when he and his wife first got to know each other, everyone will give me some feedback, right?"

23. Youth is useless

That’s right, relationship advice!

Even I don't know everything in the world. For example, I have never practiced when to approach a girl, how to handle the relationship between two people, and what kind of atmosphere to confess in. Although I have learned a lot of theoretical knowledge, it is well known that most of the knowledge in a person's learning career is completely useless.

At first, I simply looked down on girls other than my sister, but when I came to my senses, my puberty had inexplicably ended.

Although he didn't die as a virgin in the end, doesn't it seem more tragic when you think about it this way?

I also want sweet love!

But this isn't something that can be solved by hard work.

In the final analysis, I think girls are creatures that cannot be analyzed according to common sense. Most girls have very jumpy thoughts and will not show them. For example, one day when I went out on a date with a girl, I found that she was inexplicably unhappy, so I guessed and guessed, and later I found out that it was [when I passed by the ramen stand, I remembered the original singer of the music the boss was playing, the male celebrity who had an affair some time ago, the dog at home had a sterilization operation some time ago and became three times fatter and no longer cute].

Who can understand this? !

After arriving in this world, I was influenced by many cultures, customs, and concepts of this world, and it became more difficult to deal with such things. However, thanks to my rebirth, my body returned to the age of 17, so I am still young. So this time I decided to have a good relationship, even just once.

At this time, you need [love consultation] which exists in every world.

Once a person falls into a dead end of thinking, there is no way out. Ordinary things can be solved step by step, but when this kind of reasoning is completely useless, the role you can play is very limited. And many times, compared to [what to do next], [whether to do it] is also a hurdle that is difficult to overcome. Even if it is just a joke, getting a little advice from others actually gives you some courage.

If there is no Liushi, this kind of thing can only be done with He Yue. Because among the people currently living in the City Lord's Mansion, only He Yue has both online IQ and EQ. But because I still don't know whether He Yue is a man or a woman, I really don't know what kind of existence I should treat him as to discuss these issues.

But Liu Shi is different. After all, he is a married man and reliable.

So, even though He Yue looked at me as if I was an idiot when I proposed this plan, I still decided to carry it out to the end.

I'm sorry, He Yue, even I have selfish motives.

Not only was it to get some information out of Liu Shi, but more importantly, in the process, I was able to solve my love troubles as well!

"Love troubles... Generally speaking, the word 'love' is only used by the upper class. For most people, they don't have the freedom to fall in love, and marriages are usually arranged. And even in the upper class, love is not truly free. Being well-matched is one thing, but you also have to consider the power of the other party."

Finally, He Yue compromised and said:

"As the Minister of Internal Affairs, I naturally don't want you to spend too much energy on a certain thing or a certain person. But personally, I don't want you to have any regrets. Since I have come to Yuxi City, I will be responsible for it to the end. As for you, it's okay to work hard on some insignificant things occasionally."

After saying that, He Yue stretched out her slender hand and pulled my cheek, looking very happy.

In order to bring this up casually, I went to watch the process of forging iron with flowing stone for a while. I also chatted with him about many irrelevant topics without making a sound. After all, it was a bit too abrupt to start with a topic about a girl I liked.

After spending a few days with Ryuishi, my mind was filled with all kinds of negative talk.

But he gradually got used to my various abrupt topics.

In the past few days, I have brought up topics such as [Does the universe have an end], [Does time have a length], [Today's wind is a bit noisy], [Potatoes are half price at the vegetable market next door], [Have you heard of the Trinity Theory], [What do the cicadas chirping in summer mean], [Speaking of which, can you do **'s postpartum care], etc.

Although he was regarded as a strange person by Liushi, he himself was an extremely gloomy and self-abased person, and was afraid of causing trouble to others. If someone brought up a topic, he would definitely try his best to answer it. Although many times his answers were irrelevant.

Then, on a sunny afternoon, in the dim forging room, I said casually:

"Come to think of it, spring is here."

Liu Shi lowered his head and knocked the iron on the table while saying:

"Yeah. It's time. I'm starting to think about dying in the spring again."

I coughed and continued:

"Well, it's spring again, when flowers bloom and everything comes back to life."

Liu Shi continued to chant rapidly:

“Ha… Everything is growing, but I am the only one slowly withering, rushing towards death in one go… Once such a thought arises, it really makes people want to give up even more. To put it bluntly, are there really optimistic people in this world? Most people just don’t want to be different from the people around them, so they pretend to be working hard…”

I folded my arms behind my head, decided to ignore his nagging, and then changed the topic to the direction I needed:

"Yeah. But when it comes to spring, I can't help but think of youth!"

Liu Shi's voice sounded again:

"Animals have a mating season, don't they? I remember it was spring... Isn't what humans call youth actually the same as animals' mating and puberty? If you think about it this way, there's no need for humans to sing praises of youth. No matter how you look at it, they're just like a group of monkeys having sex..."

I couldn't stand it any longer, so I slammed the table and asked:

"Your way of thinking is too negative! Was your youth so dark? Wasn't there a sweet and happy daily life?"

After asking this question, Liu Shi suddenly stopped hammering, and the hand holding the hammer froze in mid-air.