I'm in Liyue, but I'm the only person in the chat group?

Back in the office, Han Xiao opened the chat group directly. He needed others to help him think about this problem.

[Original God·Hanxiao]: "Another seven-star candidate has come to my side. What do you think?"

[Yu-Gi-Oh! Hanxiao]: "There is fraud in it."

[Jiji World·Hanxiao]: "I also agree. If he comes to the new city to help you work, doesn't this mean that he has given up the chance of being a candidate?"

[One Piece·Hanxiao]: "You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. I think you need to understand the other party's purpose first."

[World of Warcraft·Hanxiao]: "I think there is a ghost. I remember when you were chatting with us before, you said that this Zhiyi is a disciple of Tianshu Star and seems to have studied abroad before?"

[Genshin Impact Hanxiao]: "I know that Mingbo has decided to give up. I know Ganwei and can't get along with him. As for Zhiyi, I really didn't know about it before."

[Genshin Impact Hanxiao]: "I asked Xingqiu to investigate privately for me. It seems that he has good abilities and is popular with everyone, but the family conditions are relatively poor, and his father seems to be in debt."

[One Piece·Hanxiao]: "Tsk, what a coincidence, before you joined, the other person was the one with the best reputation among the three candidates."

[Yu-Gi-Oh! Han Xiao]: "The other party pointed to this opportunity to turn around, but it happened that you blocked his way, and now he comes to your side again. It's weird if there's something wrong with him."

After closing the chat group, Han Xiao leaned on the chair and closed her eyes to rest.

In fact, there were many things that he did not tell anyone, including the matter of Zhiyi.

After Xingqiu helped him investigate, he found that the other party's good reputation had only started to spread recently.

Dong dong dong——

A knock on the door interrupted Han Xiao's memories. He opened his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"Please come in."

Chapter 55 Ridiculous reason

As the office door opened, Zhiyi walked in.

"Hello, Master Hanxiao."

"Please sit down, Mr. Zhiyi."

Zhiyi pulled up a chair and sat down. He took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and placed it on the table with a thud. Then his whole body felt relaxed.

"Finally I have a chance to talk to you in person."

"Mr. Zhiyi, what is this?"

"Poison, very poisonous poison."

Han Xiao raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhiyi, who was sitting opposite her, with half-lidded eyes.

"It seems that Mr. Zhiyi is here today to tell me a story?"

"Yes, I am indeed here to tell a story to Mr. Hanxiao. I wonder if you want to hear it."

"Please, I'm all ears."

Seeing Han Xiao's calm expression, Zhiyi chuckled and straightened his spine and looked at Han Xiao:

"This bottle of poison was suddenly found at my door when I was studying abroad in Zhi Dong."

"Master Hanxiao, do you want to guess what they gave me this bottle of poison for?"

"Tianshu Star?"

"Yes, they want me to lurk next to Uncle Tian and wait for the opportunity. Once the opportunity arises, I will poison Uncle Tian."

"This is extremely poisonous and it attacks quickly."

Hearing this, Han Xiao vaguely understood, but he did not interrupt the other party but motioned for the other party to continue speaking.

"Master Hanxiao may not know, but as for me, my poor father still owes foreign debts. How can I not seize the opportunity when I finally get it?"

"So you promised the person who gave you the poison, you fools?"

"Yes, I agreed."

Zhiyi nodded and continued.

"I improved the poison into a chronic poison. Uncle Tian's body became weak because of my poison."

"In about four years, he will die from the poison."

"I know Mingbo and Qianwei well, and I'm sure I can beat them, but..."

"It just happened that I suddenly entered the candidate list at this time."

"yes!"

Zhiyi sighed, with a complicated look on his face.

"You appeared when I was about to succeed."

"Not only that, your strategy allowed Liyue to survive the crisis that might come after the Layer Rock Abyss was sealed."

"I knew from that point on that I and the other two guys were probably going to lose."

"You know, I originally came to Xincheng District to make a last-ditch effort."

As he spoke, Zhiyi's eyes fell on the poison bottle on the table, and Han Xiao felt a chill in his tone.

"You are my biggest opponent in running for Seven Stars, so I'm going to take a gamble. As long as I can sneak into your side, I'll have a chance to take over your strategy."

"But I don't think you want to attack me now."

"Yeah, I gave up."

Facing Han Xiao's doubts, Zhiyi smiled bitterly, looking a little depressed.

"I am a child of a poor family. I know very well how difficult it is to climb up in Liyue if you are not born well."

“So when I found out that the fishing friend I knew turned out to be Tianshu star among the seven stars, I was very excited at that time.”

"I worked hard to perform in front of Uncle Tian, ​​and finally got his investment. All this was because I wanted to get rid of the status gap."

"Until you appeared and shattered my last hope."

As he spoke, hot tears flowed from Zhiyi's eyes, and his whole body trembled.

"Some time ago, I signed up to come to Xincheng District. Through my work, I gained the appreciation of lawyer Yan Fei and helped her organize the documents of Xincheng District's laws and regulations."

"Just when I was still excited that my goal was about to succeed, I accidentally heard the conversation between Lawyer Yanfei and Lord Ningguang."

"It was also at this time that I learned that you planned to build a school in the new city so that all residents' children would have the opportunity to receive education."

As he spoke, Zhiyi couldn't help but cover his face and burst into tears in front of Han Xiao.

"At that time, I was thinking, if I replaced you, would I be able to build the school?"

"But reason tells me that it's impossible. I don't have the power behind you to help me suppress the opposition in Liyue Port, and I have no way to gain support from other Seven Stars."

“But I know that what the school can bring to the poor children in Liyue is an opportunity to climb up and change their status!”

"So I choose to confess to you. It's ridiculous. A sinner who betrayed his teacher and the country actually chose to surrender for such a trivial reason."

For a moment, the office was extremely silent, except for Zhiyi's crying.

As the crying gradually disappeared, Zhiyi stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears, raised his head and looked at Han Xiao with red eyes.

Han Xiao, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke slowly, with a bit more hoarseness in her tone:

"What are you going to do next?"

"I will return to Liyue and surrender to Qixing."

"You could be in jail for the rest of your life."

"Maybe, I don't care anymore, I just want to ask you a question."

"What words?"

"You will definitely build the school, right?"

"I will, I promise you!"

Facing Zhiyi's red eyes, Han Xiao's tone was extremely solemn.

"The school will be built, and I have already found the teachers."

"I invited Mondstadt's famous alchemist master, I invited Liyue's top legal expert, and I also found the most knowledgeable person in Liyue to be the principal!"

"I guarantee you that children in the new city will receive a good education."

"That's great."

Zhi Yi burst into tears and laughed, then stood up and stumbled towards the door, leaving only one sentence floating in Han Xiao's ears.

"I'm waiting in jail to hear your good news."

Han Xiao stared at Zhiyi's back as he opened the door and left without saying a word. Xu Wan, who had been standing outside the door and heard the conversation between the two, walked in timidly.

"Xu Wan."

"Han, Lord Hanxiao."

"Inform Keqing and ask her to send Qianyan Army to escort Mr. Zhiyi back to Liyue."

"I see."

"besides."

Han Xiao turned to look at Xu Wan, her eyes so sharp that Xu Wan couldn't help but lower her head.

"I don't want to hear any bad rumors about Mr. Zhiyi, do you understand?"

"Yes, Lord Hanxiao."

"Go down."

After waving Xu Wan's hand to retreat, Han Xiao leaned tiredly on the chair and remained silent.

He is not afraid that Zhiyi will poison him. Although the chat group is useless, it will remind him that his body is in danger.

He had verified this before when he stayed up late for several days.

Han Xiao was silent just because she saw a person who had low self-esteem and gradually went crazy, but finally woke up.

He felt sorry for Zhiyi.

Through Xingqiu's investigation, it was revealed that Zhiyi was capable and scheming, and could have relied on his own abilities to succeed.

It's a pity that things are wrong after all.

Because of his inner inferiority, he chose to rush for success, and ultimately made a big mistake that he could not look back on.

Maybe there are reasons for it.

Han Xiao let out a long sigh, and the office returned to silence.

Chapter 56 Han Xiao’s Alchemy Classroom

In the next two days, the new city was still very busy, and as workers began to lay the foundation, everyone's faces were full of hope.

Zhiyi's departure did not cause any waves.

Only Xu Wan and a few others knew that Han Xiao had been in a bad mood these past few days.

The efficiency of work has also slowed down a lot.

As a last resort, Keqing went directly to find Hanxiao who was staying in the temporary workshop.

"Hanxiao!"

"How did you come?"

Han Xiao, who was studying the new formula, raised his head when he heard Ke Qing's voice and said with some surprise.

"Come see you."

Looking at the messy temporary workshop on the ground, Keqing couldn't help but frown, picked up the broom placed in the corner and started sweeping it.

"I said you should pay attention to your hygiene at least. You look at the mess in the room."

"I've been working on the recipe, thank you very much."

Han Xiao replied without raising her head, still busy with the formula in her hand.