Not long after Paimon and the others left, the three secretaries—Baiwen, Baishi, and Baixiao, who knew everything, heard everything, and missed nothing—walked toward the counter, carrying their comics.
When Ningguang had helped her three secretaries choose comics earlier, she had given it very careful thought.
First was Baiwen.
She had previously obtained basic cooking skills.
After tasting her dishes, Ningguang felt that her talent was quite good, so she decided to let her continue developing in this direction—
as her personal chef.
Thus, she selected "Cooking Master Boy" for her again.
As a result, Baiwen became the first person in the comic shop to read the same manga more than twice.
Everyone else, for various reasons, always chose a different manga each time.
Next, Ningguang considered practical applications.
After observing things over the past few days, she realized that what would help her—and Liyue—the most was not overwhelming combat power, but rather the various "miraculous" items from modern urban worlds.
For example—mobile phones.
They had no combat strength at all, yet possessed irreplaceable communication value.
Items like these could bring massive changes to all of Liyue.
Because of this, Ningguang chose "Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions" and "Himouto! Umaru-chan" for Baishi and Baixiao.
Pure urban manga meant a much higher probability of drawing items like phones.
It had to be said—
Ningguang truly had an exceptional mind.
She didn't seek the strongest.
She sought the most suitable.
The three secretaries already loved the shop's manga, so naturally they didn't refuse Ningguang's arrangements.
Now that they had finished reading, they came to Boss Han to collect their rewards.
Soon, the three arrived at the counter.
"Boss Han, we've finished reading the manga."
Baiwen placed the three books on the counter and spoke respectfully.
They all knew how much Lady Ningguang revered this man in private—
to the point that she had ordered them to treat him with the same respect as Rex Lapis.
So none of them dared show the slightest disrespect.
Han Feng nodded and looked at the system panel.
[Customer Baishi finished reading Cooking Master Boy, reward obtained — Intermediate Cooking Skills]
[Customer Baishi finished reading Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, reward obtained — The Book of Love]
[Customer Baixiao finished reading Himouto! Umaru-chan, reward obtained — 20 mobile phones]
[Note: After system modification, these phones cannot access the internet, but all other functions remain intact. They can communicate with one another anywhere in Teyvat and are equipped with solar batteries.]
Buzz—
Buzz—
Buzz—
Three brilliant beams of light descended from above, enveloping the three secretaries.
Moments later, the light faded.
Each of them had received her reward.
"Baiwen received Intermediate Cooking Skills.
Baishi got The Book of Love.
And Baixiao—yours are mobile phones. Same as Ningguang's."
Han Feng explained with a smile.
Perhaps because they were urban manga, all three rewards were quite "normal."
The Book of Love was just a dating guide—nothing special.
But the mobile phones—
this was the second time they had appeared.
The first time, Jean had obtained twenty after reading Detective Conan, but they still weren't enough.
Now another twenty had appeared.
This meant that the upper leadership of Mondstadt and Liyue could essentially each have one.
From now on, communication between Mondstadt and Liyue would only become closer and closer.
"Mobile phones?!"
Seeing the reward, the three women were thrilled.
They had personally seen Lady Ningguang using one before and had been extremely envious.
They never expected to draw them this time!
If Lady Ningguang found out, she would definitely be overjoyed.
Thinking of this, Baixiao said excitedly:
"Let's go tell Lady Ningguang the good news!"
The three hurried over to the card table with their rewards and explained everything to Ningguang.
"You actually drew mobile phones?"
Seeing the phones in Baixiao's arms, a flash of excitement passed through Ningguang's eyes.
Ever since she had experienced the convenience of phones, she had been hoping day and night that Liyue would obtain them too.
Because once you had them—
they were simply too convenient.
For example, Jean had mentioned this during their chats: after getting phones, work efficiency skyrocketed.
No matter what happened, communication was instant.
Now that Liyue had them too, they could finally do the same.
"Lady Ningguang, should we head back now and distribute the phones to Lady Ganyu and the others?"
Baixiao asked.
"Not yet. We'll talk about that later. There's something important right now."
Ningguang smiled and shook her head.
"Important?"
The three secretaries were stunned.
They'd already finished reading the manga— what important matter could remain?
Then—
their eyes drifted toward the playing cards on the table.
"These are playing cards.
The game we're playing is called Fight the Landlord.
It's very interesting."
Ningguang explained.
Baiwen: (⊙⊙)
Baishi: (⊙⊙)
Baixiao: (⊙_⊙)
Was that the point?!
They had mobile phones now—shouldn't that be handled immediately?!
And the aftermath of the Archon incident still had so many unresolved matters!
To think that the always diligent Lady Ningguang was actually… slacking off?!
"Ahem… with Ganyu's clone technique, things are manageable.
I'll thank her properly later."
Ningguang coughed lightly.
"And I just finished smashing a god. My nerves were a bit tense—
I'm just relaxing a little."
She really couldn't help it.
This card game was just too fun.
And in this short time alone, she had already won tens of thousands of Mora.
Winning money felt amazing.
Of course, aside from that—there was another reason.
Ningguang already knew that Rex Lapis had not truly perished.
He had personally informed them earlier.
Because of this, she had no remaining worries.
It was just…
Ganyu might be working a bit harder.
"Then I'll give her two phones later as thanks."
Ningguang thought silently.
Oh right—she should also teach Ganyu and Keqing how to play Fight the Landlord.
That way, when there's nothing to do, the three of them can play together.
Perfect.
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