After finishing their meal at Wanmin Restaurant, Stelle and the others headed towards Feiyun Slope together.
Actually, thinking about it carefully, there wasn't much else to do today. Hu Tao needed to return to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to continue resting for certain unspeakable reasons, and she also needed to start preparing for potential future work.
As for Stelle and Lumine, after sending Hu Tao back, they went to the rented house next door to receive the beds.
These were custom-made by Hu Tao and had only just arrived.
Originally, they had thought any set would do, but Hu Tao had insisted on having two sets custom-made from good wood.
She said that even if they left later, she could come and stay here herself whenever she wanted.
Although Stelle wasn't quite sure why Hu Tao no longer planned to use this room for coffin boards, since they were only staying temporarily, they couldn't really say anything about Hu Tao's decision.
Anyway, these two rather nice large beds, along with a complete set of bedding, had already been delivered.
Actually, if there were only two of them, one set of beds would have been enough, but unfortunately, there was also Paimon, so they still had to sleep in separate rooms.
Though this wasn't much trouble; as long as Paimon fell asleep, she could go find Stelle, and Paimon always went to bed very early.
"Just put them here, thank you, sirs," Lumine directed the workers to place the beds in the appropriate positions.
"Alright, Director Hu has already paid the wages. If there are no other requests, we brothers will take our leave," the burly middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead, then cupped his hands to Lumine and said.
Liyue's workers were all very busy, doing all sorts of jobs, especially pure physical labor; they had many orders.
"Mhm, thank you all."
After seeing off the workers, Lumine returned to the house and walked straight to Stelle's room.
The bed in her room was already made, and Paimon was lying on the soft large bed, squinting her eyes.
"Could she have fallen asleep?" Lumine raised an eyebrow at this, walked to the bedside, bent down, and poked Paimon's plump cheek.
It was very elastic, and Lumine couldn't resist pressing it a few more times.
Paimon only frowned, then rolled over, her eyes seemingly having no intention of opening.
It looked like she was truly asleep, and quite soundly at that.
"She just lay down a little while ago and became like this," Stelle shrugged, saying softly.
Perhaps it was because she ate too much at lunch?
"It seems she ate too much," Lumine nodded, making the same guess as Stelle.
Yesterday, because of seeing the body, both Lumine and Paimon had poor appetites.
Lumine was fine, as she had seen more and usually didn't eat much.
But Paimon couldn't handle it; her young heart couldn't withstand such a shock.
She hadn't eaten much last night or this morning and only recovered by noon today. Even though they discussed the matter at the dinner table at noon, it didn't affect her appetite much.
"Let her sleep here, I'll go to the next room and make your bed," Stelle slowly stood up and said to Lumine.
"Hmm, okay…" Lumine nodded, her gaze towards Stelle becoming somewhat strange.
Paimon was already asleep, so they could make the bed first, and after that, they could do something else.
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"Oh?" Ningguang raised her head in confusion, looking at the Damselette in front of her.
"Has the identity of that corpse been investigated thoroughly?"
"Judging by the clothes, it seems to be the daughter of De'an from the Minghua Trading Company," the Damselette replied respectfully, holding a stack of documents and lowering her head. "We have already sent someone to call De'an to identify the body."
"It's likely that De'an opposed her marriage to that poor teacher, and she took her own life in a moment of despair."
"I see… Report back to me if there's any new information," Ningguang nodded, casually tossing aside the documents she was processing.
She wasn't particularly concerned about this matter, or rather, if she had to personally handle even such trivial matters, her workload would be far too immense.
It was only because the pollution of the Feiyun Slope's water source was quite severe that she even bothered to ask.
As for whether De'an's daughter truly committed suicide by jumping into a well, she wasn't very concerned; that matter would naturally be investigated by her subordinates.
"What about the intelligence from Yelan's side?"
"It's already been sent; it's all here with me," the Damselette quickly sorted through the items in her hand and pulled out the report Yelan had sent.
"Put the others aside for now; I only want the one about that Damselette," Ningguang leaned back in her chair and took out her pipe.
Yelan has many responsibilities, not just the one she was assigned, but there are priorities, and the others are relatively less important.
"Yes…" This Damselette had been with Ningguang for a long time and naturally knew which Damselette Ningguang was referring to.
She quickly pulled out the thickest report from the pile of papers and handed it to Ningguang.
To be honest, she was also surprised that the report about that Damselette was so thick.
Ningguang took the papers and then waved her hand at the Damselette.
After bowing, the Damselette quickly retreated.
Ningguang held the papers and read them carefully.
They recorded all sorts of events since Stelle and Lumine arrived in Liyue, down to the smallest detail, even what dishes Stelle and Lumine ordered at Wanmin Restaurant had been investigated.
Ningguang also read patiently, not missing a single word or sentence.
Of course, she focused more on the parts concerning Stelle.
"Interesting, so he went to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor…" After a long time, Ningguang finally put down the papers in her hand, brought them to a candle, and let them burn to ashes.
Although that Director Hu hasn't met her much, she is very familiar with Hu Tao and Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Working there, one might not even encounter a single real funeral in two months.
This time was a coincidence, but Hu Tao might not necessarily let Stelle participate.
In other words, Hu Tao letting Stelle work at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor was mostly just a gimmick; in reality, it was simply an act of charity.
It seems this Damselette named Stelle is quite charming.
Although that Director Hu is not an unapproachable person, her actions are usually eccentric, and if she meets someone she doesn't like, she probably won't be willing to talk much with them.
If she has time later, she will personally get in touch with that Damselette.
After all, they are Travelers who saved a neighboring nation; they are rare talents for Liyue.
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