Chapter 36: Preparations Before the Action

"Here, your breakfast."

Jiang Siyu handed Qin Bei a cup of soy milk and steamed buns in a sullen mood.

She then flopped onto the sofa as if in a huff.

Qin Bei, looking utterly puzzled, pulled the toothbrush that was nearly touching his mouth away and began to wash up.

After finishing, he carried the soy milk over to stand before Jiang Siyu.

"Has Uncle Jiang not returned yet?"

Qin Bei asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Mm, don't know what he's busy with; never mind him."

Jiang Siyu pouted; she had grown accustomed to days like this.

"Uncle Lin doesn't seem to be here either; I didn't see him when I arrived."

"He appears like a dragon, showing only its tail, never its head."

Qin Bei said casually.

"So, do you have anything you need to do in the coming days?"

Jiang Siyu asked curiously.

"Mm... of course, just rest well at home and catch up on my studies."

Qin Bei hesitated for a moment and fabricated such a reason.

He absolutely would not say he was going to the mountain range outside the city.

Otherwise, this girl would absolutely cry and beg to follow him.

It was his first time going to the mountain range; who knew how dangerous it was there.

So, just in case.

It was better for him to go alone.

"I see, that's good too."

Jiang Siyu seemed somewhat absent-minded, not knowing what she was thinking.

"What about you?"

Qin Bei asked in return.

"I... will stay home and read comics."

Jiang Siyu chuckled, but although she said so, her eyes darted away from Qin Bei's gaze.

Qin Bei raised an eyebrow; this girl had lied.

But Qin Bei did not press the matter to the end.

After all, who doesn't have their own little secrets nowadays?

The two then started chatting intermittently.

Finally, Jiang Siyu bid farewell and returned to her own residence.

And Qin Bei also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally gone."

Qin Bei murmured to himself; with Jiang Siyu always here, he didn't know what excuse to use to go out.

Now that she had left, he also needed to go out and do some shopping.

To prepare for the upcoming journey to the mountain range.