Part 2
Qin Jiulin looked at him, “I… didn’t think of anything.”
He then turned and walked into the living room. Liu Zhongyuan quickly followed, “Hey, hey, don’t walk away so fast! Tell me, what are you thinking? This Xia Liansheng…”
Qin Jiulin walked back to his own room, standing at the door and looking at the silently following Liu Zhongyuan. Liu Zhongyuan didn’t speak, just quietly stood outside the door, looking at him. “Jiulin?”
Qin Jiulin said, “Let me quote a famous saying for you – when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
With that, Qin Jiulin closed the door. Liu Zhongyuan returned to his own room, lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling.
“Eliminate the impossible, and what’s left…”
“Precognition? Impossible, otherwise Xia Liansheng wouldn’t have let himself have the chance to meet Qin Jiulin. So it can only be time travel?”
“Fuck!”
Liu Zhongyuan suddenly sat up from the bed. “That’s even more impossible! If this is time travel, then what is this world? A false world?”
He fearfully touched and pinched himself, “Ouch… it hurts! I’m fine, I’m real, so has Jiulin gone crazy?”
But at the same time, Liu Zhongyuan also thought about the strange things Xia Liansheng had said to him before.
“Is it true? I’ll try to probe him next time we meet.”
Yes, going to probe him would be the simplest and most practical method, right? After all, Xia Liansheng is no match for him, even if he gets exposed, Liu Zhongyuan can still return unharmed.
Xia Liansheng is basically powerless against him, the disparity in strength is right in front of his eyes!
Liu Zhongyuan thought of the simplest and most useful method, although it might stir up a hornet’s nest, but at least it can confirm the opponent’s true cards!
This way, in the future, no matter if the opponent uses schemes and tricks or comes at them directly, there’s no need to worry.
On the other side, Xia Liansheng had already finished talking with them. He then looked at Duan Qiufeng and Qi Jinglan, “I can’t give you a definite answer to the questions you asked, since there has never been a similar situation before, so…”
Duan Qiufeng said, “Sorry, Mr. Xia, we didn’t mean to make things difficult for you, we were just asking casually.”
Xia Liansheng seemed unaware that Duan Qiufeng’s question was intended for some purpose. “That’s good then.”
Duan Qiufeng said, “Oh yes, Mr. Xia… if you have any news or accurate information in the future, could you let me know?”
Xia Liansheng silently looked at him. Duan Qiufeng was practically laying his intentions bare. Is it this obvious?
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll go around telling people or even tell Qi Yue?”
Duan Qiufeng smiled, “Mr. Xia and I have the same thoughts, you definitely won’t tell anyone.”
He wasn’t an idiot. After understanding the relationship between Xia Liansheng, Qin Jiuzhen and Qin Jiulin, and then thinking about the seemingly inadvertent loopholes Qin Jiuzhen revealed in the process of contacting him, as well as the relationship between Qi Jinglan and Qi Yue, it was easy to piece everything together.
A glimmer of murderous intent flashed through Xia Liansheng’s eyes, though he hid it well. Duan Qiufeng was feeling smug, so he didn’t notice it, and Qi Jinglan standing behind him didn’t notice it either.
Xia Liansheng smiled, “Since that’s the case, then I can give you a definite answer, but whether you can pull it off in the end depends on yourselves.”
“And oh, if this comes out, don’t try to implicate me, I won’t admit to anything, and without evidence, if I say you’re framing me, you’ll only end up in a worse situation.”
Duan Qiufeng blinked, “Of course, that’s no problem. But since it’s like that, then we won’t need to have any further contact in the future, right?”
Xia Liansheng said, “Exactly, we won’t have any more contact in the future, since I won’t be able to help you. If there are no other issues, you can head back now.”
Duan Qiufeng hugged Qi Jinglan and the two of them slowly left. Only Qin Jiuzhen and Xia Liansheng remained, their expressions vastly different.
Qin Jiuzhen said guiltily, “I’m sorry, Liansheng Ge, my acting was just too poor…”
Xia Liansheng shook his head, “Don’t say that, it’s my fault for underestimating Duan Qiufeng, I didn’t expect him to have a bit of brains, that was my mistake.”
“But it doesn’t matter, even if he goes around telling people, it won’t affect us, because…”
Qin Jiuzhen said, “I’ll avoid him from now on, I absolutely won’t let anyone know we still have a relationship, if we run into each other, I’ll pretend not to know him.”
Xia Liansheng nodded, “Yes, if we run into each other, you must pretend not to know him!”
Qin Jiuzhen said, “…Liansheng Ge, I really miss you…”
Xia Liansheng took the small backpack he was carrying on his back and handed it to him, “I know… I miss you too, but this is just how it has to be. Inside is some food I packed for you, hurry and take it back, eat it with your family, there are a lot of people at home, so I packed quite a bit…”
When Qin Jiuzhen took it, he really felt the weight of the backpack. “It’s a bit heavy…”
Xia Liansheng said, “It’s all prepared for you, don’t forget to save some for yourself later.”
Qin Jiuzhen smiled, “I knew Liansheng Ge likes me the best.”
Xia Liansheng patted his head, then leaned in and gently kissed the corner of his mouth. “Alright, it’s about time, you go back, I’ll follow behind you.”
Qin Jiuzhen nodded with a smile, “Then I’ll head back first.”
He said, walking away with three backward glances, but after turning the corner, he didn’t look back again. Xia Liansheng followed behind to protect him, as the big backpack might draw some attention.
Fortunately, Qin Jiuzhen encountered no issues on his way back to the community. After seeing Qin Jiuzhen enter the building, Xia Liansheng left. Once inside the building, nothing would happen.
Qin Jiuzhen, carrying the backpack, first went into the stairwell. The two communities were temporarily powered, so the elevator was usable, but walking up the stairs, there would be no one inside. He walked up the stairs, then found an unoccupied apartment, went in and closed the door, checking around to confirm no one was there before opening his backpack.
Here, there are a lot of meat and some snacks he hasn’t had in a long time. He didn’t touch the meat, but ate a lot of snacks, hiding some in his clothes. After confirming everything was fine, he took the backpack and rode the elevator back home, then placed the backpack on the table.
“Mom, Dad, this is what Liansheng Ge gave me, it’s filled with a lot of meat.”
Qin Shanzhou and Yao Meimei were lazily resting before, and didn’t even spare a glance when they heard him come back. But upon hearing there was meat, they immediately got up and within two to three seconds were quickly walking over to the dining table.
“Wow, it’s from that kid Liansheng? I knew Liansheng is the most filial, he treats you the best. Ah, so much meat? Enough to last a long time…”
There were three boxes of meat neatly arranged. The amount in each box seemed similar, but Qin Shanzhou still picked and chose, taking the box with the least meat to hand to Qin Jiuzhen.
“Here, Xiaozheng, you take this box of meat. There’s no refrigerator now, if we leave it overnight it’ll go bad. These three boxes, one for each of us.”
Qin Jiuzhen nodded and took the box, not caring if the meat inside was the least. He had already seen that they were all about the same.
“Then I’ll go back to my room first.”
The remaining two boxes were naturally for Qin Shanzhou and Yao Meimei, the meat inside were all big chunks, very delicious to eat. And there was also some broth, which would be great for dipping the steamed buns later!
Of course, the two elderly people in the other room weren’t mentioned at all, they had an unspoken understanding. Normally just giving them a bit to eat was already quite good, they definitely wouldn’t be getting this delicious meat.
Qin Shanzhou said, “It’s so delicious, we haven’t had meat this satisfying in a long time. Xiaozheng is really capable, he’s got Liansheng wrapped around his finger!”
Yao Meimei said, “Yes, if they could officially be together someday, then we won’t have to worry about food anymore.”
Qin Shanzhou said, “Let’s wait a bit. Once the army takes over Mo City, we’ll go find that bastard.”
Yao Meimei asked, “Will he give it to us?”
Qin Shanzhou said, “Not give it? How could he not give it? We’ve raised him with great difficulty, shouldn’t he repay us something?”
Yao Meimei said, “That’s true. What should we ask for then?”
Qin Shanzhou said, “How about houses? A few sets!”
Yao Meimei said, “There are only this few people here, what do we need so many houses for? Rent them out? To whom?”
Qin Shanzhou thought about it, “It’s fine, this is Mo City. Once it’s safe, there will be a constant stream of people coming to settle here, then won’t they be useful?”
Yao Meimei agreed, “Yes, yes, yes. Then we should ask for more than a few sets, at least ten! No, let’s just directly ask for an entire community? Since he’s a variant, giving us a whole community’s worth of houses won’t be a big deal, right?”
Qin Shanzhou said, “We’ll negotiate well with him later, if he doesn’t give it, we’ll kick up a fuss!”
Yao Meimei said, “We need to find out where he lives first.”
Qin Shanzhou said, “That’s not difficult, just ask Liansheng, right?”
Yao Meimei said, “Yes, even if Liansheng doesn’t tell us, he’s also a variant, he must know. Then we’ll have no worries, as long as Liansheng protects us and helps us!”
The two of them never even considered that someone like Xia Liansheng would go along with them and demand things from Qin Jiulin like a shrew.
