CH 38

Chapter 38

They made a simple mixed dish in the kitchen. They just cooked everything together. Everyone ate with their chopsticks, and in the end, not a drop of soup was left. It was all finished, clean and empty.

After returning to his room, Duan Qiufeng waited for Qi Jinglan to come find him. But after waiting for two hours, she still hadn’t shown up. He thought to himself, Qi Jinglan probably feels embarrassed to come out now, considering that she’s sharing a room with Fu Jingjing.

In that case, he might as well go to sleep first. After all, once everyone gets used to it, if Qi Jinglan comes to find him at night, everyone will just pretend not to see it.

However, things didn’t go as Duan Qiufeng had imagined. Qi Jinglan waited until Fu Jingjing lay down and pretended to be asleep before getting up and leaving. However, when she reached the stairs, she ran into Wang Boming.

Qi Jinglan was a little surprised, “Wang Ge?”

Wang Boming seemed to understand why she came out and looked at her without much surprise, “It’s so late, aren’t you going to sleep? Are you coming out to get some water?”

Qi Jinglan intended to shake her head, as everyone already knows about her relationship with Duan Qiufeng. Coming out at this time, it’s obvious that she’s going to Duan Qiufeng’s room.

But after thinking for a moment, she nodded, “I do feel a bit thirsty, so I came out to get some water.”

Wang Boming handed her the cup of water he had in his hand, “Here, drink this. I haven’t touched it.”

Qi Jinglan immediately understood the meaning behind Wang Boming’s words. She hesitated for about ten seconds, but in the end, she reached out and took the cup, “Thank you, Wang Ge.”

Wang Boming smiled at this moment, “Let’s go, let’s go to my room and have a chat?”

Qi Jinglan nodded, “Okay…”

Since she accepted the cup of water, her intentions were clear. She accepted Wang Boming’s invitation for tonight. Fortunately, when she’s with Duan Qiufeng, it’s always at night, and they don’t have electricity. They sleep together at night and can’t even see anything, so even if there are any marks left on her body, Duan Qiufeng won’t notice.

Qi Jinglan returned to her own room after about three hours. She didn’t care whether Fu Jingjing was really asleep or not. After all, Fu Jingjing would definitely think she went to Duan Qiufeng’s room.

At this moment, Duan Qiufeng was already asleep, completely unaware that the woman he had just acquired openly had been slept with by another man.

As a result, the next day, Duan Qiufeng didn’t even realize that anything was amiss. He interacted with Qi Jinglan in the same way as before, and Qi Jinglan and Wang Boming acted as if nothing had happened, not even exchanging a glance.

So, aside from Lin Yuzhe, no one else knew about this.

After all, Wang Boming had mentioned his intentions to Lin Yuzhe before. Especially since Lin Yuzhe was also a Beastman, during the quiet night, others couldn’t hear any sounds through the walls, but for Lin Yuzhe, even if he couldn’t hear clearly, he could still catch a hint.

That’s why today, when Lin Yuzhe went hunting with him, he asked, “Do you really have feelings for this woman?”

Wang Boming replied, “I just wanted to release some tension. If she gets into trouble in the future, I’ll help her to the best of my ability, but that’s about it. I have to admit, though, the taste was quite good. If you’re interested, you can give it a try.”

Neither Fu Jingjing nor Duan Qiufeng had been considered. After all, Fu Jingjing was attractive, but not discreet. They wanted to have fun, but didn’t want to take responsibility, so Fu Jingjing was never in their consideration from the beginning.

Of course, they had initially set their sights on Zhou Yiyi, but before they could make a move… she died. Now, only Qi Jinglan remained.

Although Qi Jinglan had Duan Qiufeng, what use was he to them? He posed no threat to them. Whether he was discovered or not, it didn’t matter. Duan Qiufeng would simply endure silently.

After all, if he wanted to survive, he had to rely on Lin Yuzhe and Wang Boming. They were the ones who brought back food from hunting. They gradually realized that in this world, it seemed like the strong ruled.

Those with power could do as they pleased, within certain limits, of course. If they encountered someone stronger, they would have to step aside.

Lin Yuzhe commented, “I actually think that Fu Jingjing has more flavor.”

Wang Boming replied, “I don’t deny that Fu Jingjing is indeed beautiful, but her personality doesn’t suit my taste.”

Lin Yuzhe said, “Although her personality is a bit fiery, at least it’s straightforward and easy to see. But as for Qi Jinglan, she appears gentle and charming, like a docile little bird. But don’t forget that she willingly abandoned her younger brother in the villa to fend for himself, just so she could openly be with Duan Qiufeng.”

Although they made the decision, they could imagine what Qi Jinglan did afterwards. After all, Qi Yu now lived with Qin Jiulin. If those two didn’t have ulterior motives while going out to bring them food and drink every day, Qi Yu wouldn’t be living with them.

They probably ate and drank the food and water themselves, planning to starve Qi Yu to death.

Wang Boming commented, “You’re right. That’s why I have no intention of getting close to a woman like her. I’m just playing around. But it seems like Qi Jinglan is taking it seriously?”

Lin Yuzhe replied, “Does she think you’ve fallen for her?”

Wang Boming smiled indifferently, “That’s how I acted.”

Lin Yuzhe gave him a knowing smile, “Alright, let’s go. We don’t know if we’ll find any good prey today. It’s tiring, you know, having to feed all these mouths in the villa. If we ever find a group of Beastmen, we should leave them behind without hesitation.”

Wang Boming nodded, “Sure, let’s go.”

Those still in the villa were oblivious to the conversation between Wang Boming and Lin Yuzhe. They were busy tidying up the new villa, fortunately, it had never been occupied before. After all, not many people had bought houses in this neighborhood, and many villas were still in the renovated state, waiting to be sold.

Duan Qiufeng wondered if he was imagining things, as he felt that Fu Jingjing and Qi Jinglan were giving him odd looks today. But it wasn’t surprising, Fu Jingjing had always had issues with him and Qi Jinglan being together. So it didn’t matter if she looked at them strangely now.

Qi Jinglan was a bit nervous, but it wasn’t like Fu Jingjing had nothing better to do than to come and talk to them about last night’s events. After all, Duan Qiufeng had just had a heated argument with Fu Jingjing earlier, so if she came over now, she would just provoke a fight.

And Fu Jingjing’s best friend had died, so there was no one on her side. Fu Jingjing had become much quieter now, and no one knew what she was thinking.

***

Time passed quickly, and Li Zhongyuan looked at the dark sky outside, “Tomorrow morning, we’re going to meet up with the military at that location. They will establish a makeshift base there and start advancing towards the city from that direction. Anything that attacks them should be killed.”

Qin Jiulin nodded, “Understood. Qi Yu is now familiar with his Beast form, so the three of us should form a small team. Let’s not allow anyone else to join us.”

Li Zhongyuan smirked, “No problem. People we don’t know always cause problems and have low cooperation. They won’t be able to help us and will only create chaos.”

Qi Yu sat quietly on the side, he just needed to follow orders.

Qin Jiulin looked at the simple map they had drawn and pointed to the location Li Zhongyuan had mentioned earlier, “Is this the right place? If we meet up with them tomorrow morning, does that mean we have to leave early in the morning? Will we be coordinating operations in the afternoon?”

Li Zhongyuan shook his head, “No, we’ll go there in the morning to register and verify some basic information. Then we’ll rest there for the day. The next day, they will assign us missions according to our abilities, giving us tasks of moderate danger.”

Qin Jiulin agreed, “That makes sense.”

Li Zhongyuan continued, “The three of us, being variant or variant Beastmen, will probably be assigned to more dangerous tasks. So we need to be cautious.”

Qin Jiulin rolled his eyes, “Are you a fool? If we can win, we fight. If we can’t, we run. What’s the big deal?”

Li Zhongyuan had probably never considered the option of running away, but now that it was mentioned, it did sound like a good idea. If they couldn’t win, they could slowly wear down their opponents by fleeing.

“Good idea, good idea. But I’m not very fast, so when we run, I’ll transform back into human form. You…can you carry me while running?”

Qin Jiulin didn’t think twice, “Sure, I can do that.”

But after agreeing, he suddenly remembered that when they transformed back into human form, they were both naked. So if he carried him while running, wouldn’t it mean exposing him…

Qin Jiulin looked at Li Zhongyuan with a skeptical gaze, but Li Zhongyuan appeared serious and innocent, looking back at him, “What’s wrong?”

Qin Jiulin wasn’t sure if he was genuinely foolish or just pretending, but now wasn’t the time to dwell on that. Did he really expect Qin Jiulin to say it out loud? He couldn’t be that thick-skinned.

Qin Jiulin didn’t notice anything amiss.

Qin Jiulin asked, “So, does that mean we’ll be staying there for a long time?”

Li Zhongyuan replied, “Yes, until the entire city area is cleared. Only then will we have free time. But on the other hand, we’ll also gain a lot. After all, the military controls the entire city area, and they most likely won’t allow any organizations to occupy territory within the city.”

Qin Jiulin asked, “So, if we obey the military and follow the rules, we’ll be allowed to exist?”

Li Zhongyuan replied, “I don’t know either. The city’s order hasn’t been fully restored yet. We’ll have to wait until that time to find out.”

Qin Jiulin said, “Then we should strive for more benefits when that time comes.”

Li Zhongyuan gave a thumbs up, “No problem! When the time comes, I’ll use my connections to get us more benefits. We won’t be treated unfairly.”

Qin Jiulin suggested, “Since we’ll be staying there for so long, should we pack some things?”