Genshin Impact: Funina's Official Pastry Chef

Hearing this, Paimon was stunned at first, then nodded.

"It's about the trial, but... more importantly, I want to ask you what you plan to do with the guy who assassinated you."

"After all...we all knew everything about that family last night~"

Paimon said, shaking his little head.

Looking at Paimeng who was shaking his head in front of him, Chang Ming showed a meaningful smile on his face, and then he said:

"Do you...really want to know how I deal with Edward?"

"That's right! Compared to the 90 million Mora check being a conspiracy of the Fatui, the guy who used the evil eye is more like a real conspiracy, right?"

Paimon asked tentatively while wagging his finger.

After spending some time with Chang Ming, Paimeng realized one thing, that is, he must never use common sense to look at things involving Chang Ming.

His thoughts...really can't be guessed by ordinary people.

Compared to Paimon’s direct questioning, Ying’s statement is more reassuring.

She lowered her head slightly, thought for a while, and then asked directly:

"Was he imprisoned directly in Mellow Petersburg?"

Chang Ming shook his head gently, then looked at the two people in front of him with a half-smile and said:

"What if I tell you...the so-called assassination was actually a play I directed and acted in myself?"

"Eh???"

Hearing this, Paimon and Ying's eyes suddenly widened, as if they had heard something unbelievable.

Even though they have traveled across most of the continent of Teyvat, they have never seen anyone who would arrange for someone to assassinate them.

Chang Ming's existence...really keeps refreshing their three perspectives.

Looking at the two people in front of him with surprised expressions, Chang Ming gently waved his hand and said:

"Don't be so surprised, it's just some political tricks that are not worthy of being mentioned on the table."

"Although I directed and acted in this incident myself, they really did want to kill me."

"But then again, even though I directed and acted in this whole thing from beginning to end..."

"I never threatened them that they had to use Mora to settle the matter, did I?"

An unfathomable smile appeared on Chang Ming's face, as if... all this seemed normal to him.

After a brief outage, Paimeng began to recall what Chang Ming said last night.

Just as he had just said, regarding the assassination of Edward, he had not produced any substantial evidence from beginning to end, only a few sentences.

When the fat guy heard this, he was so scared that he dared not speak, and directly stated that he wanted to use Mora to ask Chang Ming not to "harm the innocent"...

Thinking of this, a question emerged in Paimeng's mind.

Are they...really innocent?

When they expelled Edward...did they really not have similar thoughts?

As if seeing Paimeng's doubts, Chang Ming smiled lightly and said:

"Just as you thought, when Edward was first expelled... they did want to use him to assassinate me."

"After all, two months ago... I hadn't shown any particularly strong power, so they thought I was just a piece of fish on the chopping board, and they could slaughter me at will."

"But in the trial more than a month ago, I defeated the Fatui's executor with just one sword, which made Edward dare not attack me at all."

"In the eyes of the world, the Fatui's executive officers are extremely powerful. If I can easily defeat an executive officer..."

"Isn't the so-called assassination just a way to commit suicide?"

Chang Ming smiled slightly, then took a sip of the black tea in front of him and stopped talking.

Hearing this, Paimon fell into a brief contemplation and then shook his head.

"I still don't quite understand...Knowing that the assassination would fail, why didn't Edward, who was not exposed, return to the family but was left outside?"

Ying nodded upon hearing this, and then added:

"Edward who is wandering outside is a time bomb. If they don't take this bomb back, then they will..."

Hearing this, Chang Ming nodded gently, and then continued:

"It's simple, because they are betting that I will be in a mess because of the prophecy, and that the Mo Mang Palace will be seriously damaged because of the prophecy."

"If they win the bet, the benefits they get will be far greater than you can imagine; if they lose the bet, they will just lose a discarded child of the family."

"If the matter ends here, I really can't make them pay a higher price. I can only send them to the court to deal with the matter objectively."

"But... this world does not favor those who harbor deep malice towards others."

As Chang Ming spoke, he took out a grass-green envelope - it was still sealed with wax from the Ministry of Education.

"Some time ago, I received a letter from the acting sage, which mentioned that Edward's academic paper was suspected of being fake, and hoped that we would arrest him and punish him."

"And we did so, so...that's why what happened next happened."

As Chang Ming spoke, he stood up and continued to clean the table, without raising his head, he continued:

"When Edward was imprisoned in Melro Petersburg for academic fraud, he asked the jailer more than once to help him contact his family, but...he was directly abandoned by his family."

"An academic type would be more or less exhausted after going through the intense labor in Melopenerburg, and would therefore resent the family that abandoned him."

"Then he confessed everything and asked me to make a deal."

"Mello Petersburg provided him with conditions to complete a new academic thesis, and he told me all the plans of the Noklan family against me."

"After that... I made a deal with him, using a reduced sentence and a letter of recommendation in exchange for this assassination scene."

"So far... this is the whole situation."

Having said that, Chang Ming paused slightly, then raised his head and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.

——It’s time to get off work.

He stretched his stiff neck a little, then started to speak:

"Any other questions? If not...I should get off work at this hour."

Chang Ming smiled and looked at the two people who were stunned in front of him, and said softly.

Hearing Chang Ming's words, Ying and Paimeng quickly shook their heads, then left Chang Ming's office in a daze.

Chang Ming shook his head gently, then locked the door of the office and left Momang Palace.

He raised his head slightly and glanced at the sky, a smile from the heart appeared on his face, and then he whispered:

"Well, I should be able to get home on time."