Chapter 4

Drink the northwest wind?

As the person in charge of the Minghuoshang Society, that is, the reception envoy, would she be unable to afford this little bit of rent?

And she has more than one or two shops.

A proper rich woman.

On the other side, Tingyun spoke again.

"I was originally planning to contact you, Mr. Lin, on the Jade Abacus, but it just so happens that this little woman has business to attend to in Aurum Alley, so I came by to take a look, lest Mr. Lin say in the future that we Xianzhou people are not hospitable."

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 Aurum Alley are also in the bidding 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. Additionally..."

"Does Mr. Lin have anything he doesn't want to confess?"

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "Qingque, she confessed so quickly?"

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

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

"Where does this come from?"

"Before entering the border, Mr. Lin only said he was 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 First Truth University, the founder of the Curio Sect of the Boshixue Society, the only designated successor of Ms. Herta of the Genius Society, and the rumored boyfriend of one of the newly promoted Stonehearts..."

4. Shock! Qingque actually fell into Mara-Struck

Hearing Tingyun's words, Lin Qi was silent.

After a while, he spoke again.

"Let's not mention the first two titles; I don't deny it, although I indeed didn't say it, but the last few... I really don't know, and they can't be true!"

Lin Qi's expression was strange.

Founder of the Curio Sect of the Boshixue Society? Is there such a thing?

He just left some "small inventions" there that are difficult to explain with the existing scientific system; how did he become the founder of a sect?

Then there's the only designated successor of Ms. Herta; this is clearly unreasonable.

Herta, what a conceited person?

Does she need a successor?

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

As for this rumored boyfriend...

That's even more impossible!

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

How did he become a rumored boyfriend?

Rumors.

It must be rumors again.

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

"In other words, Mr. Lin doesn't deny hiding his identity?" Tingyun said.

"You can think so."

Lin Qi only replied with one sentence and didn't explain the reason.

After all, everyone knows the Xianzhou's taboo against "immortality," even if he is a guest of honor of the Corporation, it is not easy to make an issue of this problem.

That's why Lin Qi kept a low profile and didn't reveal all his titles.

Unexpectedly, it was still investigated by the Xianzhou.

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

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

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

Then she spoke again.

"Forget it, I guess if I don't catch Mr. Lin's handle, no matter what I ask, Mr. Lin won't say. This little woman won't disturb you anymore."

After speaking, Tingyun walked away from the shop.

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

The Xianzhou's efficiency is quite fast.

You know, before he came to the Xianzhou, he also did some disguising, although it was done very casually.

But given the total population of trillions in the entire universe, in less than a year, to have investigated so much information is quite astonishing.

However, Lin Qi is not nervous either.

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

For another, he is not afraid at all.

At worst, he'll just run away; it's just a matter of opening and closing a door.

Just as he was thinking.

A prompt sounded from his ear.

【Standard influence points +300】

【Plot influence points +200】

"Huh?"

"Tingyun is also a plot character?"

"Really didn't expect it."

Lin Qi couldn't help but be surprised, and at the same time sighed again that he came to the right Xianzhou.

Before coming to the Xianzhou, he couldn't meet a plot character for several years; it's been less than a year, and he's already met two.

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

"How could I obtain influence points?"

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

………………

On the other side.

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

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

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

"Yes!"

As the person in charge of the Whistling Flames Merchants, don't look at Tingyun as mostly soft and cute; once she gets serious, she is also quite imposing.

And the reason she is so concerned is also because Lin Qi was able to settle in Aurum Alley through her relationship.

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

As for why she let Lin Qi settle down...

"Tingyun, oh Tingyun, you are already a hundred years old, how do you still have the problem of doing things based on looks? Next time you must not be like this! Otherwise, where would this trouble come from?" Tingyun thought to herself.

In the effort of thinking, two people from the Balance Commission had already "retrieved" the surveillance within a month.

Before long, they discovered an abnormality.

"Miss Tingyun, the Diviner 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?"

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

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

It seems like she had completed some unspeakable transaction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken!

Qingque has a problem!