Introduction to "Historical Mediator"
Shen Yanqing, 28 years old, is a petition mediator at the sub-district office. My daily job is to listen to people talking - listening to Aunt Wang talking about the grievances of seniority recognition, listening to Uncle Li talking about trivial neighborhood disputes, and listening to all kinds of "things that can't be done" and "people who can't let go." He doesn't write history, he doesn't judge right from wrong, he just says: "Speak slowly, I'm listening."
Until two o'clock in the morning, his mobile phone automatically restarted, and a man claiming to be Emperor Chongzhen appeared on the screen.
The system "historian" told him: You have been selected as the historical mediator. The task is not to change history, but to get historical figures to let go of their obsessions. Chongzhen couldn't let go of the regret of killing his wife and daughter, Yue Fei couldn't let go of the assumption of "what if the two saints were brought back", and Li Qingzhao couldn't let go of the shame of his later years - for every "uneasy feeling", someone needs to hear them out.
Shen Yanqing thought this was just a psychological counseling session across time and space. But as the mediation deepened, he discovered that all his obsessions pointed to the same year - 755 AD. Some people are secretly tampering with history, some are trying to erase "regrets", and some are trying to save their own world from destruction in another timeline.
And his only weapon is listening.
This is a story about regret and reconciliation. There are no ifs in history, but behind every "if" there is a person who needs to be heard.
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"My name is Shen Yanqing, petition mediator. I don't write history, I just listen. If someone is willing to speak, I am willing to listen."
