Yes, Lady Funina!

"This routine is very common. Because we are not sure about the employee's work ability and work level at the beginning, we can only slowly increase the employee's workload without affecting the work progress. This situation will continue until the employee reaches the limit of his ability."

"Some people have even devised a more elegant term for this phenomenon: everyone does their best!"

"It's like forcing people to commit suicide!" Clorinde complained.

Having said that, Clorinde still hoped that Richard could come back sooner. After all, without him, it always felt like something was missing in the office.

"Speaking of which, so many big things have happened in Liyue these days. Even the God of Geo died... Is Richard okay?" Funina was a little worried, and regretted that she had approved the other party's leave without asking about the purpose.

Just as Clorinde was about to say something to comfort Furninda, she heard a knock on the office door and Linette walked in with a calm expression.

Seeing that Clorinde was still in Funina's office, he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Claurinde, what are you doing here? Have you read the documents I sent you?"

"Documents? There are more documents?!" Clorinde's eyes went dark, and she felt that her life was dark and gloomy.

"What's with that expression on your face? The workload is much less than when the bombing happened, right?" Linnet frowned, feeling that Clorinde was getting lazier and lazier.

Although the work she assigned to Clorinde was not too little, it was definitely not too much either. It was at the normal civil servant level, the kind that could be completed in about an hour, leaving her with the rest of the time to think about the value and meaning of life.

With such a workload, Clorinde could actually show such an expression?

"Are... sure?" Clorinde looked at the mountain of documents in front of her. You tell me this is a lot less?

It's clearly much more than before!

Seeing that Clorinde was still questioning her, Linnet couldn't help but feel a little angry, but at the same time she was a little confused. She quickly walked to Clorinde's side, picked up the document she was reviewing, and after taking a look at it, the anger on her face turned into confusion.

"What are you doing?"

Furninna shrank her neck.

"It's work. I review and approve documents, and then I classify them. I put the important ones back into the red box and the unimportant ones into the blue basket. At the same time, I have to make annotations and give corresponding opinions and suggestions."

Furninna lowered her head.

Clorinde paused, with an extremely painful expression on her face, and finally couldn't help asking: "Why are there so many requirements this time? Giving comments... and making suggestions... I'm just a private secretary."

Furninna hunched over and prepared to slip away quietly.

"Why do I feel like I'm doing the job of a minister?"

Furninna was startled by the shout, her left foot tripped over her right foot, and she fell on the soft carpet with a thud.

"But this is what a minister should do. Why are you doing this? Isn't this Lady Funina's job?" As soon as Linette said this, the other two people in the office froze in place.

Clorinde looked as if she had been struck by lightning. She mechanically turned her head to look at Funina, who had just stood up and was about to sneak away, and said in a gentle and resentful tone:

"Lady Funina?"

No wonder you were complaining about being bored the whole morning. It turns out that I was doing all the work and you didn't have to do anything. Wouldn't you be bored?

Funina, who had failed in her attempt to sneak away, smiled politely but awkwardly. "Aha, I suddenly remembered that I ordered a cake from the Debo Hotel. It should have been delivered by now. I'll go get it and we can eat it together later."

Without waiting for the two to react, Funina ran out of the office at the speed of a 100-meter sprint and disappeared from the sight of Clorinde and Linnet.

Linnet retracted her gaze and looked at Clorinde: "So how did you get tricked by Lady Funina?"

Clorinde felt a little uneasy under Linnet's gaze. It was like being fooled by an elementary school student, and what was even worse was that her friends knew about it.

"She handed the box to me and told me to do this and that. A normal person would do as she was told, right?" Clorinde said that after all, Funina was her nominal superior, so it was normal for her to be fooled, right?

Linnet looked at Clorinde as if she were a fool, patted the red leather box and said, "Don't you know that this red box contains documents that the minister needs to review?"

In order to ensure that Furninha would not cause any trouble while Richard was away, Linnet even deliberately increased her workload to reduce the time she had for creative ideas.

"I know. Wait...that's why Fernina asked me to put the important documents back into the red box..." Clorinde's voice became lower and lower as she spoke. She gradually understood why Fernina had asked her to do this.

"Forget it. Secretaries are also responsible for screening documents." Linette looked through Clorinde's work results for the morning. "Just treat it as... further processing?"

"Well, helping the minister share his worries is also part of a personal secretary's job. I'll say a few good words for you in this month's performance evaluation report." Linette rarely comforted Clorinde.

"Linnet..." Clorinde was moved.

"Anyway, remember to finish your work later."

"Hmm..." Clorinde's mentality collapsed, and she wanted to spread her clothes on the table like Funina did.

However, her figure did not allow her to do so. Just by leaning forward, the two huge breasts on her chest were stuck between her and the table. At this time, her cheeks were still quite a distance away from the table, and she could not put her face on the table as easily as Finina.

Linnet's eyes fell on Clorinde's 'sin', then she looked down at her own, and her eyes twitched involuntarily.

By the way, can Clorinde see the road under her feet when she looks down?

"May she fall flat on her face," Linnet cursed.

"Well, I'm back." Furninna knocked on the door and walked into the office, taking off the cake bag hanging on Miss Shebeleda.

There were three beautifully packaged little cream cakes inside, which were the limited edition of the Pod Hotel today. Perhaps because she knew that what she had done was not authentic, Funina bought three more cream puffs on the spur of the moment.

Prepare to use cakes, puffs and sincere afternoon tea in exchange for Clorinde's forgiveness.

"I'm sorry, Clorinde, I won't lie to you again next time. If you need any compensation, just tell me and I will try my best to satisfy you." Furninna put her hands together and apologized on the spot.

"Lady Fininna..." Clorinde's expression became complicated after hearing this.

"You name it! Whether it's limited edition desserts or tickets to the popular musical at the Oprykle Opera House, I can get them for you." Funina patted her chest and promised.

"No, I don't want these."

"What about Mora? Just consider it as overtime pay." Funina tried to compensate the other party financially.

"My salary is enough."

"Then what do you want?"

"I just hope you won't say that I was deceived by you and that sharing your worries is also part of my job as your personal secretary..." Between embarrassment and suffering, Clorinde chose the latter.

After all, if Richard knew that he was deceived by a naive person like Funina to complete the work for her, he would probably laugh at himself for having spent two and a half years, right?

"So, my future job is..." Finina's eyes widened, and the stars in her eyes were about to overflow, as if she had discovered a new world.

"You'd better behave like a human being!" Clorinde felt that Fernina was becoming more and more like Richard. She couldn't just be the one to fleece the sheep, right?

"Okay, okay, I'll do it myself. By the way, Linnet, do you know when Richard will be back?" asked Furninna.

After all, as Richard's secretary, the other party should know something about Richard's schedule, right?

"It should be today or tomorrow. There's a big situation going on in Liyue, so it's normal to be delayed for some time." Linnet thought for a moment and replied.

Linnet has learned more detailed information about Liyue through the channels of the Fatui. Because the whirlpool demon Osel caused a big commotion on the Cloud Sea, Liyue's sea routes were seriously affected.

Therefore, Richard may not be able to buy a ticket back to Fontaine for the time being, thus postponing his return date to Fontaine.

“You’re right. The Emperor of Liyue suffered a heavenly calamity and his soul returned to heaven. An ancient demon is wreaking havoc on the Yunlai Sea. Liyue has been very unstable recently... I don’t know if Richard was injured as a result. So, he shouldn’t have gone to Liyue at this time!” Funina felt upset when she thought of this and couldn’t help muttering to herself.

"Lady Furninna, Richard went to Liyue for you." Linnet reminded.

Finina was stunned for a moment, and then she heard Linnet say, "Although I don't know what agreement he made with you, there is no doubt that he went to Liyue this time for the agreement he made with you."

Funina stopped talking. She lowered her head and kept poking the cream cake on the plate with her fork. Her lips were tightly pursed, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Linette took in Fernina's performance and said nothing more. She thought to herself: Richard, this is all I can do to help you. I hope that after you come back this time, Fernina will be willing to reveal the secret to you...wait!

Linnet suddenly realized that Furniture already had an unusual liking for Richard. Was she asking for trouble by telling her all this?

Create a love rival for yourself for fun?

For a moment, the two girls fell into deep thought at the same time, which confused Clorinde who was eating a cake nearby.

Why did the conversation become silent? Didn’t she still not speak?

Volume 93: Chapter : The Shura Field of Writing 'Cultural Exchange'

Just when the atmosphere in the office fell into a rather delicate situation, there was another knock on the office door.

Without thinking, Funina replied directly: "Sorry, it's tea time now, let's talk later if you have anything to say."

"Is that so? I'll come back tomorrow then."

A familiar male voice came from the door, and the three women looked up.

"Richard!" Furninna was the first to put down her beloved cake and exclaimed, but then she felt that her reaction was a bit too much. Her cheeks became slightly hot and she picked up the cake again, continuing to poke the cake that was already full of holes with a fork.

Cake: You don’t have to eat it, but don’t hurt it.

"I'll go get you a cup of tea." Linnet stood up and said calmly.

She doesn't seem to be happy about Richard's return, but in fact, it can be seen that her cat ears have been standing upright since Richard's return, no longer giving people a lazy feeling like before, and although her cat tail does not sway left and right, it is bent into a nice angle.

Clorinde didn't feel much, but she felt that Richard came back at the right time. The delicate atmosphere just now was swept away by his arrival.

"I'll go get the cake for you too. I ordered an extra portion today and was planning to take it back to eat in the evening. You just happened to be back, so I'll give it to you!" Funina stood up along with Linnet, walked to her private cabinet and took out the cake.

In fact, the reason for this cake was that Funina habitually included Richard in the order and ordered four cakes. After she finished ordering, she remembered that Richard had not come back yet. However, she did not cancel any of the orders. Perhaps she was hoping that Richard would come back today, or perhaps she thought it was okay to have one more cake.

In short, unless Funina said it herself, no one could be sure what she was thinking.

"Thank you, Lady Linnet and Lady Finina." Richard walked into the house and closed the door.

Finally, four people gathered in Funina's office. The familiar feeling came back, and Clorinde felt her mouth begin to move again.

"Please enjoy." Linnet pushed the tea to the table in front of Richard and sat back in her original seat.

Linnet's afternoon tea dining seat was not actually too close to Richard. Instead, Clorinde was the closest to Richard, while the seats of Linnet and Furninna achieved a delicate balance with Richard.

The two of them were sitting neither too close to Richard nor too far away, and it seemed as if they had discussed it beforehand. If you really calculated the straight-line distance from Richard, the distance between them was basically the same.

Funina also brought the cake to Richard and said, "Eat it."

Richard expressed his gratitude to the two girls again. Clorinde also found this scene interesting and said:

"It seems that Richard is more like a true administrative minister."

The three of them turned their eyes to Clorinde at the same time. She realized that she had said something wrong and quickly lowered her head to eat the cake.

"How was it going to Liyue? Was it fun there?"

After sitting down again, Funina asked impatiently.

"I did see a pretty good show, but as for fun... there's not much to do. Compared to more than 20 years ago, Liyue Harbor hasn't changed much except that it's more prosperous." Richard thought for a moment and replied.

"What a big drama... So has the Rock God really returned to heaven?" Finina had an inexplicable intuition that Richard must know something.

"Of course..." Richard kept the other person in suspense and left his words halfway, looking at the three women's curious eyes.

"Hey, why are you keeping me in suspense? Tell me quickly." Funina said dissatisfiedly.

"Of course he is dead, but not completely dead. If you really want to say, he should have retired like the God of Wind?" Richard said. Handing over the Heart of God and completely giving up control of Liyue, in a sense, also symbolizes the death of Emperor Geo, right?

However, correspondingly, the mortal Zhongli also had a new life.

"Oh, retire..." There was a hint of envy in Finina's eyes. When would she be able to end this life of playing the role of a god?

Thinking of this, Funina couldn't help but recall what Linnett had said just now—Richard went to Liyue for her.

Finina opened her mouth and wanted to ask this question, but when she thought of the other people here, she suppressed the urge and decided to wait until she was alone with Richard before speaking.

"Where is the Demon God of the Vortex?"

"After being severely damaged, he was sealed by the immortals of Liyue."

It is not easy for the Demon God to kill, and Liyue does not dare to let K die casually. After all, the byproduct of the Demon God's sudden death, the "Demon God Residue", is a rather tricky problem for Liyue.

The filthy creatures born from the "Demon God's Residues" have caused too many tragedies on the land of Liyue like maggots on the tarsal bones. Even though there are many exorcist families and many immortals represented by the Great Sage who have been exorcising demons for thousands of years, the Demon God's Residues have not been eradicated so far.

After all, if you want to completely eliminate the "demon residue", even the Rock King in his prime could not do it.

"So the Jade Pavilion really fell? Have you been to the Jade Pavilion this time? Is it big? How many people can it accommodate? What do you think... if we have a building similar to the Jade Pavilion when the prophecy strikes, can we survive the crisis safely?" Funina asked a series of questions.

When she learned that there was such a miraculous building in Liyue, her first reaction was whether it could be used to deal with the prophecy of Fontainebleau flooding.

The second reaction was that Liyue’s magic was so powerful that it actually achieved an idea that two-thirds of the scientific academies had failed to research.

I don’t know whether Liyue will sell this technology, and how much it will cost. If it can be obtained, Funina will really consider mobilizing the whole country to build an enlarged version of the Qun Yu Pavilion.

"The Jade Pavilion is very large. If we make full use of the space, it shouldn't be a problem to accommodate tens of thousands of people."

"There are only tens of thousands of people..." Funina was a little disappointed.

"If we force it, we can fit hundreds of thousands of people in there, but then we can't guarantee that people can live normally there."

"That's just a drop in the bucket." Funina wanted to save all the Fontaine people. Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands were too small in front of a population of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. Even if the whole country was mobilized to expand the Qun Yu Pavilion, there was still no way to save everyone.

Funina could only treat it as a backup plan and send people to negotiate with Liyue to see if she could exchange it for the relevant technology to build the Qun Yu Pavilion.

I heard that the owner of the Qun Yu Pavilion is Tian Quan Star, one of the Seven Stars of Liyue. The other party is a businessman. Funina felt that if she could offer a high enough price, the other party would agree to sell the technology, and maybe even buy the Qun Yu Pavilion.

I don't know if Fontaine's financial resources are sufficient...