Chapter 3

Drink the northwest wind?

As the person in charge of the Whistling Flames Merchant Guild, that is, the Ferrying Envoy, would she be unable to afford this little bit of rent?

And she owned more than just one or two shops.

A proper rich woman.

On the other side, Miss Miss Tingyun spoke again.

"I originally intended to contact you, Boss Lin, via the Jade Abacus, but it just so happened that this little woman had business in the Artisanship Commission, so I stopped by to take a look, lest Boss Lin say in the future that we Luofu Luofu Xianzhou people are poor hosts."

Miss Miss Tingyun continued, "It's like this: the Sky-Faring Commission and the Interastral Peace Corporation have once again finalized the scope of trade cooperation, and the management rights of this Artisanship Commission are also in the tender documents. If nothing goes wrong, the management rights for these shops for the next hundred years will be handed over to the Corporation, so I specifically came to inform you. Also..."

"Is there nothing Boss Lin wants to confess?"

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "Did Did Did Qingque confess so quickly?"

"Did Did Qingque? What does this have to do with her?"

Miss Miss Tingyun was also stunned for a moment, somewhat confused, but she composed herself and said, "Boss Lin, you didn't tell this little woman the truth."

"How so?"

"Before entering the borders, Boss Lin only said you were an interstellar merchant. Did you forget to mention that you are also a permanent partner of the Interastral Peace Corporation, a lifetime honorary professor at the Genius Society's First Truth University, the founder of the Genius Society's Curio School, the only designated successor to Ms. Herta of the Genius Society, and the rumored boyfriend of one of the newly promoted Stonehearts..."

4. Shock! Did Did Qingque has actually fallen into Mara-Struck.

Hearing Miss Miss Tingyun's words, Lin Qi fell silent.

After a while, he spoke again.

"Let's not mention the first two titles; I don't deny them, although I didn't say them either. But the latter ones... I really don't know, and they can't be true!"

Lin Qi had a strange expression.

Founder of the Genius Society's Curio School? Did that happen?

He had only left behind a few "little inventions" there that were difficult to explain with existing scientific systems; how did he become the founder of a school?

And then there was the only designated successor to Ms. Herta; this was obviously unreasonable.

Herta, what a conceited person she was?

Did she need a successor?

It must be a rumor spread by those people at the space station!

As for this last rumored boyfriend...

That was even more impossible!

Lin Qi had indeed met Ms. Jade more than once and had pleasant exchanges, but it hadn't reached the point of deep interaction.

How did he become a rumored boyfriend?

Rumors.

It must be rumors again.

"Miss Miss Miss Tingyun, your information source has many errors; I suggest you change your channel next time." Lin Qi said with a dark face.

"In other words, Boss Lin does not deny concealing your identity?" Miss Miss Tingyun said.

"You can think so."

Lin Qi only replied with one sentence and did not explain the reason.

After all, everyone knew the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou's taboo against "immortality," and even if he were a guest of honor of the Corporation, it was not good to make an issue of this problem.

That was why Lin Qi had kept a low profile and not revealed all his titles.

Unexpectedly, the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou had still investigated it.

"By the way, Boss Lin, you just said Did Did Qingque confessed? What happened to her?" Miss Miss Tingyun changed the subject and suddenly returned to the previous question.

"What Did Did Qingque?" Lin Qi blinked, looking completely unaware.

Miss Miss Tingyun opened her mouth and rolled her eyes at Lin Qi.

Then she spoke again.

"Forget it. I suppose that unless I catch Boss Lin's handle, no matter what I ask, Boss Lin won't say anything. This little woman won't disturb you anymore."

After speaking, Miss Miss Tingyun walked away from the shop.

Watching Miss Miss Tingyun's back, Lin Qi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The Luofu Luofu Xianzhou's efficiency was quite fast.

You have to know that before he came to the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou, he had disguised himself, although he did it very casually.

But given the total population of trillions in the entire universe, it was quite astonishing that they had investigated so much information in less than a year.

However, Lin Qi was not nervous.

For one, he hadn't done anything detrimental to the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou.

For another, he wasn't afraid at all.

At worst, he would just run away; it was just a matter of opening and closing the door.

Just as he was thinking.

A notification sound rang in his ear.

[Standard Influence Points +300]

[Plot Influence Points +200]

"Hmm?"

"Miss Miss Tingyun is also a plot character?"

"I really didn't expect that."

Lin Qi couldn't help but be surprised, and at the same time, he sighed again that he had come to the right place in the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou.

Before coming to the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou, he hadn't encountered a single plot character in several years, and in less than a year, he had met two.

"But I don't seem to have intervened much this time, right?"

"How could I get influence points?"

"Forget it, at worst I'll just run."

………………

On the other side.

After coming out of Lin Qi's "There's a Shop," Miss Miss Tingyun changed from her previous spring-breeze-like appearance and became somewhat serious.

She took out a folding fan and shook it gently, as if thinking about something.

After a while, she said to the Cloud Knights behind her, "Retrieve the footage captured by the mechanical birds in this vicinity within the last half month, no... one month, and focus on reviewing the movement trajectory of the Diviner Did Did Qingque of the Divination Commission!"

"Yes!"

As the person in charge of the Whistling Flames Merchant Guild, don't look at Miss Miss Tingyun as being soft and cute most of the time; once she gets serious, she is quite imposing.

And the reason she was so attentive was also because Lin Qi was able to gain a foothold in the Artisanship Commission through her relationship.

If Lin Qi were some kind of abomination here to harm the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou, she would also be responsible.

As for why she let Lin Qi gain a foothold...

"Miss Miss Tingyun, oh Miss Miss Tingyun, you are a hundred years old, how do you still have the bad habit of judging people by their looks? You must not do this next time! Otherwise, where would this trouble come from?" Miss Miss Tingyun thought to herself.

While she was thinking, two people from the Balance Commission had already "retrieved" the surveillance from within the month.

Before long, they discovered an abnormality.

"Miss Miss Miss Tingyun, the Diviner Did Did Qingque has entered and exited this shop many times within a month, but this last time, she didn't seem to be holding anything when she left."

"Is that so?"

Miss Miss Tingyun looked at the surveillance footage, and her brows couldn't help but furrow tightly.

She discovered that every time Did Did Qingque came over, she was worried and restless, but her expression was very relaxed when she left.

It seemed like she had completed some unspeakable transaction.

Miss Miss Tingyun's heart skipped a beat, and she became increasingly uneasy.

"Contact the deacon of the Balance Commission and see if Did Did Qingque has any other abnormalities!"

Surveillance alone actually doesn't prove anything; every Luofu Luofu Xianzhou native has their own unique hobbies to relieve the negative feedback brought by a long life, thereby delaying the outbreak of Mara-Struck.

Did Did Qingque finding fun in Lin Qi's small shop is not an illegal or undisciplined act.

But if there is other information to corroborate it, it's hard to say.

"Miss Miss Miss Tingyun, the Balance Commission sent back news saying that Did Did Qingque's colleagues at the Divination Commission once saw her falling from the sky, and there was no star-skiff above her; she is suspected of flying with her physical body!"

Oh no!

Did Did Qingque has a problem!