When the two were finally out of the shower, it was still eight o''clock in the morning.

Much to Xiaoyun''s disappointment, he was forced to end it early after Leyan was completely exhausted.

"Babe, why are you cooking the breakfast today?" Yuqi curiously asked as she walked into the kitchen with Lianrong.

"Leyan is still a little sleepy today," Xiaoyun responded as she sat down by the table.

"Yeah, just a ''little sleepy.'' Totally not because someone decided to force her to get up."

Xiaoyun didn''t flinch a single bit a little as he carried the bowl of noodles to the table before sitting down himself.

"You jealous?" Xiaoyun asked.

"Really? When did you become so greasy like this?" Yuqi questioned as she began eating the noodles.

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"Me? Greasy? What''s that supposed to mean?"

"Never mind."

As Xiaoyun got back up to get himself a bow of noodles, other girls began to come out of their rooms as well.

"Where''s Leyan?" Anna curiously asked.

"Sleeping because of this idiot decided to give her a morning exercise."

"No wonder why there was so much noise this morning," Kate murmured as she sat down next to Anna.

This time, Xiaoyun''s face blushed a little after being exposed, despite the fact that he was about to be married to the two of them.

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After breakfast, Xiaoyun headed over to the office alone today rather than being with Yuqi.

Most people in the office seemed a little surprised to see her missing, but they soon learned that it was due to her daughter''s birthday.

"Governor, the experts are waiting outside right now." The receptionist''s voice appeared as Xiaoyun picked up the phone.

"I''ll be right there."

As Xiaoyun headed downstairs, he could see a crowd of people all standing before the entrance.

All of them were in their soldier uniform, with their gears still fully equipped.

The moment he stepped out, they all saluted at him.

"Good morning, Commander!" The soldiers yelled, causing people walking by to all turn towards them in curiosity.

"Good morning! Are you all ready for your top-secret mission?" Xiaoyun asked out loud, not wanting to waste any time.

"Yes, sir!"

"Good. Follow me."

As the soldiers followed Xiaoyun into the administrative office, everyone was shocked.

For a second, the office workers thought the soldiers were storming them until they saw Xiaoyun leading in the front.

After bringing them to the biggest meeting room, Xiaoyun didn''t make them sit as he took out a stack of paper he had printed this morning.

Turning back, Xiaoyun look back to Huayi before patting her on the shoulder.

"If you need more funding or help, just tell me... Their life is in your hands."

"Okay... Geez, you didn''t have to make it so sad. It''s not like they are going to die or something."

Huayi murmured the last part as Xiaoyun turned around and left the scene, leaving the department without going into it once.

As Xiaoyun walked down the streets, a heavy weight was off his shoulders as the food insecurity was now dealt with.

When he arrived back at the administrative building, he was now facing a problem he made himself.

"How am I going to pay this back?" Xiaoyun murmured as he stared at the war bond number.

There were still two and a half months before he had to pay a ludicrous amount of food stamps that seemed almost impossible to obtain.

However, with the plan to phase out food stamps with artificial money he had created, it was still doable.

Yuqi had even already started leaking it to the press, trying to stir support for it.

Even though he could already tell there would be a lot of pushback, it was a needed move.

Aside from the massive war bond payment, food stamps were becoming increasingly hard to use.

Especially as the value didn''t have any decimals and there were too many one-dollar food stamps in circulation.

Yuqi had already implemented twenty and hundreds-dollar food stamps, but they haven''t been widely adopted due to their high value.

Most importantly, the name food stamps just doesn''t sound like what a settlement''s currency should be.

"I probably should check the designs."

As Xiaoyun looked at Yuqi''s computer, there were already hundreds of internal submissions from the office workers.

Some were scenic pictures with monetary value attached, while others were more sophisticated landmarks like the Canton Tower.

Some even decided to put his face and Yuqi''s face as a submission, which he instantly rejected.

But when he saw a submission that drew the soldier''s mausoleum, he immediately accepted the idea.

After looking through a few of them, he froze for a second as he ran into one that looked extremely similar.

It wasn''t just similar. Rather, it was a photocopy of the country''s currency, with the only difference being the color.

Inside Xiaoyun''s heart, he was conflicted. But in the end, he chose not to use it out of respect.

He felt he didn''t have earned the right to do so, not to mention the confusion and mixup that it might cause.

It was safer to avoid getting too close to the touchy subject when a much stronger force was still in the North.

After selecting which picture goes to which value, he finally sent emails to both the financial department and the central bank.

They could finally begin the printing process, stockpiling them until it was time to replace the food stamps.

With everything settled and dusted, it was already the evening as he forgot to eat lunch.

"Time to go back home... I wonder what Yuqi did for her daughter''s birthday."

After locking the office door, Xiaoyun headed towards the stairs and then left the administrative building.

As he walked down the streets, people were all around him, all heading back home from work.