Yaoyao Takes Charge

When Nahida left for the celebration with all the other Archons, she assigned Yaoyao to watch over the area, and specifically make sure that Collei and Baizhu were doing their jobs properly, especially Baizhu. Yaoyao had no trouble at first, everything was going just right. Soon enough, Baizhu grew tired of doing so much work, so he lied that his back was hurting so that Collei could do his work. "Uh Collei, my back is killing me today, can you please grow the garden for me?" he asked innocently. "Uh sure, anything for you, Baizhu" she said cheerfully. Once Collei was done with that, Baizhu told her to fetch some water for him, and she agreed. Baizhu kept lying about having injuries until eventually Collei was concerned. "You know, Baizhu, ever since Nahida left, you coincidentally said that you've been having injuries, are you just saying this to get out of work?" she asked. "No, Collei, I would never lie to you, you're too precious, I wouldn't want to use you for my own gain, so just understand that sometimes a friend just needs some help, ok?" "Alright, just checking up on ya, I love you" she said tenderly. Baizhu smiled, and not because of what Collei said, he was happy that he could relax even longer. Eventually, Collei was slowly getting tired of Baizhu's demands, and finally told Yaoyao about it. Yaoyao quickly knew what to say. "Excuse me Collei, but has Baizhu been ordering you around since Nahida left, and has been telling you to do his jobs for him?" asked the old Dendro. "Yes, and it's getting quite troublesome, listen I love Baizhu and will help him out whenever I can, but being hurt every day and not seeing a doctor is quite suspicious, plus all the running around tires me out quickly, I don't like to assume things, but I think he's lying, do you?" "Indeed, listen poor Collei, Baizhu was manipulating you, using your trust and innocence to get on your good side, and making you believe that you're being helpful, while in actually, you're just intentionally doing his work for him, and l and Nahida both know that you two should be doing your own separate jobs, so I have a plan" She whispered something inside Collei's ear. "Tomorrow evening, gotcha, thanks Yaoyao, hopefully this will teach him to not manipulate me or whatever, this will be lovely" Collei chortled. Next morning when Baizhu woke up, he saw Collei and decided to talk to her. "Yo Collei, I know you're probably tired of hearing this, but can you-" "Grow the garden, that's your job, get the vegetables, that's your job, Baizhu, notice the word 'your', not mine, ok" she said sternly. "But Collei, my back is killing me and it would be a shame if I broke it while doing a heavy task". Collei couldn't be cross, she became rather sympathic to Baizhu, and agreed to help him again. That's when Yaoyao came in and settled the score once and for all. "Listen here, Baizhu, we all know that you're lying about your back hurting so you can get out of work, but you must know that you are required to do your jobs daily, regardless of your injury, and we all know that you're lying so just give it up, and Collei, you need to learn to stand up to Baizhu and don't let your emotions get in the way, you both still have lots of stuff to learn, and if Nahida saw what you two were doing, she would be past her boiling point right about now, so I expect you two to learn sense and do your jobs properly, do I make myself clear?" Yaoyao said severely. The two Dendros didn't say nothing, and just went to go sleep in their tents. Now, Collei knows when Baizhu is lying or not, and Baizhu knows not to trick people. When Nahida arrived and Yaoyao told her about what had happened, she was about to scold the two, but quickly saw that they have changed quite a bit ever since Yaoyao took charge, leaving the ol' Archon much impressed.