Chapter 115: The Complaints Pour In

“Yeah, what about it?”

Even though they were just working together as usual, Menglinna inexplicably felt a twinge of guilt, as if she had done something wrong to Nanaya.

“So the two of you were alone in a room together, right?”

“Is that how you put it?”

Menglinna felt her head spinning. Clearly, Nanaya still hadn’t given up on opposing Jijige.

Nanaya ignored Menglinna’s response and simply asked, “So what were you two doing?”

Menglinna answered truthfully, “I was just teaching her some basics about managing the church.”

“Clang!”

Nanaya abruptly dropped her spoon into the plate, making a loud noise.

Menglinna couldn’t help but look at Nanaya. “What’s wrong? Did your hand slip?”

“It’s nothing,” Nanaya took a deep breath, then picked up the spoon again. “So you two were just chatting?”

“To be precise, I was giving her a lesson,” Menglinna corrected. “She hasn’t had any systematic training in church management. She’s just running it purely on instinct.”

Nanaya said sourly, “Sounds like you’re really invested in this church management stuff?”

Menglinna didn’t catch the slight jealousy in her tone. “Not really, just offering a few suggestions.”

After a brief silence, Nanaya spoke again. “What do you think about that issue?”

Undoubtedly, the “issue” Nanaya referred to was Jijige’s strict enforcement against improper relationships between women.

“I think you have a point, but trying to convince Jijige through a war of words alone is completely impossible.”

From Menglinna’s understanding of Jijige, she was purely…

From Nanaya’s understanding of Jijige, she was a pure woman of action. Nothing convinced Jijige better than a real taste of hardship.

“Alright.”

Having gotten the information she wanted, Nanaya buried herself in her meal, her mind already pondering Menglinna’s words.

How could she make Jijige suffer a major setback?

While Nanaya was thinking, Menglinna couldn’t help asking, “So why are you so set against her? You don’t have some ulterior motive, do you?”

Hearing this, Nanaya didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she stared into Menglinna’s eyes for a moment.

‘Mm, there’s a hint of naivety on her face. Doesn’t look like she has any hidden agenda.’

Nanaya thought for a moment, then slowly spoke, “Look, she came back and chewed us both out right away, didn’t she? That makes me really suspicious of her motives.”

“Motives?”

“I just can’t stand the way she acts!” Nanaya waved her hand, too lazy to explain further. “Anyway, I’m definitely going to make her realize she’s wrong.”

“Sigh—”

****

Although Menglinna had indeed seriously tutored Jijige on church management the previous day, the already decided schedule couldn’t be changed so easily.

Thus, as soon as the sky brightened, the monk who strictly followed Jijige’s orders rang the great bell on the church tower.

“Mrew!”

Miaomiaonia, who was still sleeping next door, was startled awake by the bell and immediately transformed into her spinosaur form.

Besides Miaomiaonia, many other staff living nearby were also woken by the bell.

Nanaya rubbed her sleepy eyes. Lately, she had been sharing a room with Menglinna. As a devout believer, Miss Scumbag indeed got up early every day for morning prayers.

Although Menglinna tried to keep her voice down for Nanaya’s sake, Nanaya had more or less gotten used to being woken by Menglinna—like a morning alarm.

But this bell was different. Even though she was used to being woken by Menglinna’s whispers, Nanaya’s eyes flew open, startled awake in an instant.

“This blockhead!”

Nanaya threw off the covers and sat up angrily.

****

“Ah, you’re here!”

Seeing Menglinna push open the door, Jijige couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“You look stressed?”

Menglinna casually set her notebook aside and looked at Jijige.

Although the day had just begun, Jijige already had an expression of utter despair, making it seem as if she had been working overtime late into the night.

“We’re screwed!” Jijige grabbed Menglinna’s arm and wailed, “Our church got complaints!”

“Hold on a second,” Menglinna carefully extricated herself from Jijige’s embrace. “Can I take a look at those complaints?”

“Sure!”

Jijige immediately pulled out several complaint letters from the side. Some of the seals hadn’t even dried, as if they had just arrived.

“We got this many complaints the moment we opened the doors this morning. How can these commoners be like this!”

Ignoring Jijige’s grumbling, Menglinna opened a letter that hadn’t been sealed yet.

“Ringing the bell so early in the morning, and so loud—do they even let people sleep?”

Menglinna read the letter aloud, then looked at Jijige.

Jijige couldn’t help defending herself, “That’s unavoidable!”

Menglinna didn’t contradict her. Instead, she opened the next letter. “The sound of the bell and morning prayers has severely affected the normal life of the surrounding residents. If this continues, we’ll definitely shut this church down!”

“You don’t have to act cute.”

Jijige was a bit exasperated by Menglinna’s sudden strange phrasing. She understood that Menglinna was trying to lighten the mood, but now was hardly the time for that.

“I’m not acting cute,” Menglinna said with an innocent expression. “That’s exactly what the original says.”

“Fine,” Jijige said, feeling even more deflated since Menglinna wasn’t even willing to act cute for her. She slapped the table and stood up, snarling, “So what’s this guy saying? How dare she threaten us like this? Says she’ll shut us down? I’ll take care of her!”

“Unfortunately, she actually has the power to shut us down,” Menglinna turned the letter over. The signature clearly read “Miaonia”—that is, Miaomiaonia’s name.

“If Miaomiaonia wants, the guild really could revoke our church’s property rights.”

“How can this be!”

Jijige felt as if the sky had fallen. All she did was ring a bell, and now she was actually facing closure.

“Didn’t I tell you? Church management needs to be more secularized.”

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