"My second request is that we sincerely welcome the Old Man of the Moon to visit the Shu tribe. We, the Shu tribe, welcome friends from all realms to visit us often. The Shu tribe provides extremely generous treatment to foreign guests. It goes without saying that foreign friends receive even more preferential treatment in the Shu tribe than our own people."
"However, our Shu ethnic group also has its own market system. In just one night on Baiwei Street in my Cheese City, the matchmaker took advantage of the preferential treatment for foreign guests to solicit kickbacks amounting to hundreds of thousands of yuan, which has seriously disrupted the normal economic order of our Shu ethnic group and deviated from the original intention of our Shu ethnic group to treat foreign guests with preferential treatment."
"I've been getting complaints from the Industry and Commerce Bureau all over the place. It's giving me a real headache," Qiao Bushi said with a wry smile, scratching his head.
Wang Yao blushed upon hearing this. Damn it, it's because I don't have any money. This Qiao Bushi is a shrewd fellow. He never mentions money. If your Shu clan agrees to give me a large sum of money to play with, why should I work so hard to do that shameless thing of taking kickbacks?
"Well? What does the Old Man of the Moon think of my request?" Qiao Bushi paused after speaking, looked at Wang Yao and asked with a smile.
"Huh? Isn't there a third one? I was waiting for you to tell me," Wang Yao said in surprise.
Qiao Bushi had just said he had three requirements for Wang Yao, so why was he asking for his opinion after only saying two? Wang Yao's mind was racing, and he just wanted to wait for Qiao Bushi to finish saying all three before answering them one by one. He didn't expect Qiao Bushi to be so impatient and to urge him for an answer before he had even finished speaking.
“Uh…” Qiao Bushi looked a little confused after hearing Wang Yao’s words, but then he suddenly understood. “The third point is, of course, that we hope the Old Man of the Moon can eat well, play well, and live well in our Shu tribe, and not leave any regrets or unpleasantness.”
“This…” Wang Yao was stunned. He hadn’t expected Qiao Bushi’s third request to be so heartwarming, yet so perfunctory.
The three points and three principles that Qiao Bushi had put forward earlier had greatly shocked Wang Yao. He thought that if Qiao Bushi had put forward three points, they must have been thought-provoking, hitting the nail on the head, and something that Wang Yao needed to seriously consider.
Unexpectedly, the three requests made by Qiao Bushi, especially the last one, were far below par compared to the others.
Wang Yao was pondering how to answer Qiao Bushi's three requests when he glanced up and saw Director Liang Shan twitching his facial muscles as if he was trying to hold something back. He couldn't help but feel puzzled, wondering if Director Liang had eaten something unclean at noon.
Little did he know that the Shu clan chief opposite him had a particular way of speaking: he could never stop talking about "three," such as three points of view, three principles, three requirements, and so on. But this was just his habit; in reality, he might not have prepared a prepared speech in his mind every time.
Therefore, whenever Qiao is about to launch into a long speech, he always starts with "three points, three categories, three points, three..." If the issue is complex, he will add another "three." Just like when he told Wang Yao his "three points of view," he followed it with "three principles."
After the "three principles," there came the "three requirements." But even the most complex things can't necessarily be summarized in multiples of "three." So Qiao Bushi often ended up saying "one" or "two" instead of "three."
Director Liang, as a subordinate, was already very familiar with Qiao Busi's characteristics, so when he discovered that Wang Yao had also been hit by Qiao Busi's irregular "three-three" technique, he couldn't help but suppress his laughter, his stomach already churning with laughter.
"Um... I really didn't know that the Liang girl who accompanied me to the Shu tribe was the Liang princess. I thought she was a Liang college student traveling on a budget. Otherwise, how could I have just watched her father and daughter be separated?"
"Clan Chief Qiao, you must believe in my basic qualities as an immortal. I would never do such a vicious thing!"
"Please rest assured, Chief Qiao, as soon as I see that Liang princess again, I will earnestly persuade her to go home. Why would she play this 'running away from home' act? Luckily, she met a worthy immortal like me. What would have happened if she had encountered a wicked demon?"
“The Holy Land is dangerous. This delicate princess should go home and enjoy family time with her father. How about I talk to her like this?” Wang Yao said with a smile.
"Ahem... I think if you see her, it would be better if you... notified us..." Qiao Bushi coughed twice to offer his advice after hearing Wang Yao's nonsense.
“Yes, yes, I will definitely inform you. You are all from the Holy Domain race, so you have more in common. The two races are also allied, so you will definitely be able to persuade them better than I can.” Wang Yao nodded hurriedly. Qiao Bushi’s facial muscles twitched a few times, but he did not say anything more.
"As for the chief's second request to me, you can rest assured. It's because I'm new here and don't understand the customs of your Shu tribe. I saw that the Shu people love beautiful clothes and delicious food, but they can't afford to. I couldn't help but feel sorry for them, so I couldn't help but lend a hand."
"Those Shu clan friends who bought their beloved items insisted on being polite and wanting to express their gratitude to me. I had no reason to refuse, after all. What do I need your Shu clan's money for? Is it something that can be used in the Holy Realm? Or something that can be spent in the Immortal Realm? What do you say, clan chief?"
"It's mainly because I couldn't refuse their kind invitation. Although it slightly disrupted the economic order of the nobility, I've also forged a very deep friendship with them. I think this is invaluable and can't be bought with any amount of money, don't you think?"
"However, please rest assured, Clan Chief Qiao, now that you have told me all this, I will never again act like a sycophant. I will resolutely uphold the economic order of the nobility! I will resolutely support the original intention of the nobility to treat foreign guests with preferential treatment!" Wang Yao said solemnly.
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