Something as Minor as Releasing Someone Can be Done by Anyone

"Yi Yixian? We have to release him today?"

Boss Shen nodded: "Yeah. Release him tonight."

"Yeah…?" I sat on Boss Shen's desk and chomped on my pear. With my mouth full, I said: "Do we need to release him so soon? That punk injured old Huang. Old Huang is still bed-ridden."

"I don't want to either." Boss Shen shrugged, "But he qualified for the rematches and has to compete tomorrow. Furthermore, old Huang didn't die. It's not really right for us to lock him up when he's an official after all."

"Hmm……." I casually flipped through the documents on Boss Shen's desk and took another bite of my pear. The distinct sweet pear juice entered my mouth and it felt like the atmosphere turned much more pure. I asked: "So we have to release him tonight?"

"Yes. This is my hand-written decree." Boss Shen tossed a book over. On it was her mark she uses. The ink was still wet so she must've just finished writing it. Boss Shen didn't raise her head: "I got punished by the emperor trying to resolve the mess you all caused. I have to write a report explaining what happened with Long Zaitian so don't bother me."

I only realised it when I took the hand-written decree. Boss Shen wants me to go and release him?

Hey, hey, hey, are you joking here? I'm the only head-constable at Nan Jing's Liu Shan Men, Liu Shan Men's minor lord. You want me to go and handle something so trivial?

"Can't you just get somebody else? I mean, it's just releasing Yi Yixian."

Boss Shen didn't reply. She suddenly frowned and said: "Why are you sitting on my desk? Mind your manners." But she didn't kick me out right away. She just re-arranged the books that I made a mess of. Boss Shen doesn't care about her subordinates' hygiene and tidiness, but she is extremely attentive of maintaining order in her work environment. I heard that her thinking gets affected if it's messy.

"Give me back the document in your