My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love! Chapter 127 - 126: Grandma Ping’s Persuasion

"Welco back to Liyue Harbor, Miss Durandal."

Imdiately upon returning to Liyue Harbor, Miss Durandal received an invitation from Ningguang to et her at the Jade Chamber.

This was primarily to thank Miss Durandal for rescuing the children kidnapped by the Fatui. Although a large portion had been trafficked elsewhere, the return of these children appeased many people and also made the residents of Liyue Harbor see the true colors of the Fatui even more clearly.

Miss Durandal, who had almost put the matter behind her with the combined comforting efforts of Lumine and Shenhe, heard Ningguang’s thanks, and her expression once again turned cold.

This made Lumine, who had co along, exclaim, "Not good!" This was like rubbing salt in a wound. Ningguang, why do you like to step on landmines so much?

Lumine and Paimon, standing behind Miss Durandal, desperately shook their heads, signaling Ningguang with their eyes not to continue this topic, to quickly change the subject, or sothing bad would happen if they kept going.

Ningguang was also a shrewd person. After seeing Lumine and Paimon’s reactions, combined with Miss Durandal’s response, she imdiately understood that Miss Durandal did not want to talk too much about the children.

"Ahem! The Seven Stars of Liyue are already discussing how to thank you. Please wait for a while, and we will deliver the gift of gratitude to you."

..."No need. I didn’t do this for any gift of gratitude."

Miss Durandal’s expression beca even more unpleasant. She understood that Ningguang had no ill intentions and simply wanted to thank her, but when Ningguang said it like that, it made it sound as if she had saved those children to receive so kind of reward.

She didn’t care for such things. She believed that even the greedy Paimon knew what money could be taken and what money could not.

"Uh... I apologize, I didn’t an it that way. It’s just that if good deeds don’t receive any reward, then in the future, when others encounter such situations, most of them might choose to ignore it."

Miss Durandal was very powerful, and her material needs were not high, but others might not be the sa. Among those people, there might be individuals of noble character, but more often, there were people struggling to make a living.

If in the future, an ordinary Liyue person discovered the Fatui or so conspiracy targeting Liyue Harbor, would they imdiately report it to the Millelith?

They usually would, but what if they were too afraid, too timid, thinking that they shouldn’t get involved, and even if they didn’t do it, soone else would certainly do it? What then?

If one person had such a thought, it ant that others would also have the sa idea. To prevent this situation from happening, a reward chanism must exist.

With this reward chanism, once the above situation occurs, even timid people will tell the Millelith, driven by the psychology of seeking wealth in danger.

Therefore, even if Miss Durandal was very displeased with this reward, she had to accept it, and she also had to publicize this matter, to let others see it and know about it.

As Ningguang explained, Miss Durandal gradually understood the importance behind this action.

Ningguang wasn’t preparing to give her a reward to bribe her, but rather to encourage the people of Liyue Harbor, to give them the courage to expose certain things.

Besides such serious matters, so incidents happening in Liyue Harbor could also be reported, such as exposing so heinous cris or providing clues for certain murder cases.

"...Just give the things to her. I don’t have that much ti to co here to et you."

Miss Durandal, feeling a bit annoyed, decided not to stay here any longer. She transford into a black mist and disappeared from the Jade Chamber, leaving only Ningguang, Lumine, and Paimon.

"It seems you still made her angry, Ningguang."

Lumine and Ningguang were already friends. Although Ningguang had manipulated her during the Osial incident, this did not hinder her interactions with Ningguang.

She had understood the plot during the last pajama party. Improving the relationship between Ningguang and Miss Durandal would be much harder than imagined.

"There’s nothing I can do about it. It’s like the impression rchants have of ; it’s my fault for manipulating her back then."

Ningguang sighed. This was one of the worst decisions she had ever made. She should have been an ally, but instead, she earned the other party’s dislike.

Fortunately, Lumine diated their atmosphere, otherwise she would have beco the previous Tianquan Star, missed by other Liyue people.

"By the way, besides thanking you for finding the missing children, I also have a commission I’d like to entrust to you this ti."

This ti, Ningguang had another important commission she wanted to entrust to Lumine at the Jade Chamber.

"A commission? What kind of commission?"

"This commission is related to the Treasure Hoarders. Recently, the General Affairs Departnt received intelligence indicating that the two major leaders of the Treasure Hoarders in the Mondstadt-Liyue area are preparing to unite for a major undertaking. They coincidentally discovered an unexcavated ruin, which is secretly guarded by the Abyss Order."

At this point, Ningguang paused, giving Lumine ti to process the existing information.

"Ruins strictly guarded by the Abyss Order? Could it be... they have another conspiracy?"

"That we don’t know. What we’ve learned is that the Treasure Hoarders believe that since the Abyss Order is guarding those ruins so strictly, there must be so treasure inside."

At this, Ningguang couldn’t help but sigh.

Things generally don’t end well when they involve the Abyss Order. The Treasure Hoarders used to understand this, so they would avoid places related to the Abyss Order.

But this ti, she didn’t know what had gotten into them. They actually set their sights on a ruin strictly guarded by the Abyss Order.

Don’t they know that even if there are precious treasures and a good amount of Mora inside, they still need to be alive to spend it?

"Liyue has just undergone a major change, and there are many things that need to be handled. The General Affairs Departnt and the Millelith have a lot to do every day and no ti to deal with such hearsay about Treasure Hoarders’ activities. But Ganyu believes that anything related to the Abyss Order contains dangerous elents.

Therefore, I want to entrust you, hoping that you can investigate this matter."

On the other side, Miss Durandal, who had left the Jade Chamber, hadn’t gone too far. She was still on Yujing Terrace, preparing to stroll around Feiyun Slope.

"Hmm? Isn’t this Miss Durandal? You’re back from Mondstadt."

"Grandma... Ping."

Grandma Ping, as usual, was still by the stairs leading away from Yujing Terrace.

She still looked at Miss Durandal with the sa benevolent gaze as an elder, even though Miss Durandal was actually older in real age. However, from their appearance, this perception was more aligned with what people would expect.

Understanding this, Miss Durandal no longer fixated on the age issue. She let her have this small advantage, thinking that this made her... look a bit younger?

Hearing Miss Durandal’s address, Grandma Ping’s smile beca even brighter. She waved, signaling Miss Durandal to co and sit with her.

Currently, Lumine was still at the Jade Chamber discussing sothing with Ningguang, and it seed Shenhe had sothing to attend to for Cloud Retainer, so she had gone back to check on it.

With only herself left with nothing to do, Miss Durandal decided to keep her company for a while and see what she wanted to chat about.

"Miss Durandal, your mood doesn’t seem very good. It looks like you encountered sothing unpleasant in Mondstadt."

"...Not really. I’ve already processed my feelings about the matters in Mondstadt. It’s just Ningguang’s actions that have made a bit unhappy."

Miss Durandal told Grandma Ping about what had just happened at the Jade Chamber. After listening to Miss Durandal’s account, Grandma Ping nodded.

"I believe Ningguang’s idea on this matter is not problematic. Doing so helps the General Affairs Departnt gather intelligence."

"...I know it’s the right thing to do, but I always feel like she has so other sche behind it. One should always be cautious about anything she does."

"Hahaha~ Your reaction now is just like those rchants who do business with Ningguang."

Miss Durandal’s reaction made Grandma Ping laugh. Having always lived in seclusion in Liyue Harbor, she often heard many evaluations of Ningguang, with rchants’ opinions being the most nurous and overwhelmingly negative.

Ningguang was very shrewd in business; her powerful business acun allowed her to understand how to maximize her profits.

For this, she often set traps for rchants, and even those who tried to deceive Ningguang would ultimately be outwitted by her.

Although these were common business tactics, after nurous occurrences, rchants beca wary of Ningguang.

This led to Ningguang often encountering issues when conducting business later on, such as remarks like "That Ningguang offering such a good price, there must be a sche" or "I won’t sell anything to that Ningguang."

It could be considered self-inflicted. Fortunately, she did not engage in deceptive practices towards consurs in business, otherwise, she would not have been able to grow to her current position.

"However, that is Ningguang as a rchant. As the Tianquan Star, she is still trustworthy. If she were inherently bad, she wouldn’t be able to govern Liyue well with the other Seven Stars of Liyue. So, I think you should try to trust her."

"...Are you advising to forgive her past actions?"

"I have no right to force anyone to forgive soone, but you cannot only look at a person’s bad side. People have both good and evil aspects. Haven’t you noticed this in your interactions with other humans? If you continue to interact with Ningguang with this mindset, not only will you feel uncomfortable, but it will also affect those around you. She is not soone who can simply be ignored. Given your statuses, you will certainly interact with her frequently."

"Even for the sake of those close to you, try to get along with her. Besides, she should have paid the price for her actions, shouldn’t she?"

Grandma Ping was right. Ningguang, to compensate Jean and Klee, offered many benefits in her cooperation with Mondstadt.

These were her compensations for her mistakes, and because of this series of asures, Mondstadt’s economic situation beca much better than before.

This was a great favor, but Ningguang wanted Miss Durandal’s forgiveness, hoping she could give her a chance for them to get to know each other again.

Miss Durandal fell into thought. Grandma Ping was right, Ningguang had indeed made ands; she had already learned about this from Jean.

Moreover, her relationship with Lumine was also good. If she continued this way, Lumine would be in a difficult position caught between them.

But... she didn’t want to forgive her just like that. She needed a catalyst, a catalyst to forgive Ningguang.

"Let think about it."

"Alright."

Grandma Ping smiled and nodded. With that thought, the subsequent matters would be much simpler.

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