Chapter 1010: NO.133: First, deduct ten points from her!

NO. 133: First, deduct ten points from her!

Is something wrong?

Half an hour ago, Qieli Ninna, looking at her phone, inevitably thought this way.

After all, just last night at ten, she still saw in a certain group the group owner's notice, which was actually a boast.

However, as for Aomo and his roommate dating...

Frankly, she just felt a slight subtle complexity.

Like an old friend who gets along well and is also single, suddenly sending news of getting out of singlehood.

Perhaps one should congratulate, perhaps regret, perhaps feel wistful; after a hundred thoughts intertwine in the heart, yet it's also clear that all this is natural.

After all, she knows that Aomo's side has been living together, and the girl named Xintiao Qian has never hidden her pursuit of Aomo.

However, compared to psychologically conservative people like Aimu Zhiji, even if hearing from relevant people that it's just cohabitation, they still feel it's a cover-up, and upon hearing that the relationship there is made public, they fall into a state of delusion.

The slight difference of Qieli Ninna from Texas lies in that she clearly knows those two are cohabiting, yet also believes they did not start dating.

After all, according to the Holy Terra Federation's understanding, she is considered of ancestral Iluo Area, actually grew up in Anmei Area, and finally settled in the Dongyan Border as a woman.

Such regional affiliation easily makes one think of affection and openness, even other messy stereotypes.

But in fact, Qieli Ninna's interpersonal attitude is very conservative.

Conservative to the extent of her identity as the last member of a family-style gang.

A bloody past, a silent and taciturn character, a clean and efficient manner, an everyday life that blends in with the crowd—so standard that it's hard not to mistake her for the protagonist of a revenge drama bearing some deep grudge.

But in fact, although she indeed bears no grudge, she indeed has an equally complex past, and furthermore a duty that needs to be fulfilled.

And after fulfilling that duty, she, who is truly carefree and light, obviously did not welcome a life of transformation.

Life remains the same, work remains the same, codename remains the same.

Nothing more than having visited more places, nothing more than her luggage having a few extra sets of clothes and weapons, and also a few friends worth contacting from time to time.

Such her, just like before, continues to stay single, not pursuing passionate love and hate, but rather content with the status quo, thus she can easily reject others' pursuits and never pursue anyone herself.

Just like Aomo Lindun in the past.

So she trusts Aomo greatly, and she and this new colleague are very compatible.

Of course, when it comes to getting along, she and Lei Mou Le are the most familiar combination; their long-term companionship and battle partnership familiarity is something a newly arrived temporary worker could not compare to.

But her and Aomo are more a resonance in lifestyle attitude.

It is, when facing the same thing, knowing each other's roots thoroughly.

This also made Qieli Ninna once feel…… that Aomo would long be like her, stuck in an unbreakable stage of 'friends walk through life together, whoever gets into a relationship first is the dog'.

Love, this thing, ought to be something everyone has no affinity with; at most it's just some palpitations arising from physiological reactions.

And that wavering stemming from aesthetics and hormones also cannot shake each other's long-held lifestyle persistence.

She cannot imagine a future of herself marrying and having children, nor can she imagine Aomo taking that path, so she never took to heart the grandiloquent words of someone in a chat group about the group owner.

But……

Xintiao Qian seems to have really succeeded.

What exactly happened?

Qieli Ninna really wanted to know the cause that would cause such a big change in the other party, but also because Xintiao Qian mentioned in the group fatigue and rest as the reason, she waited very patiently until the next day.

And on the next day, she didn't even want to find out how Xintiao Qian succeeded; instead she directly contacted Aomo, trying to learn the reason from him.

But the result was a rare lack of response.

For Aomo, who usually replies instantly, as if giving everyone special attention and window trembling, this was very strange.

If it were just his previous offline status, that would be fine, but right now he is clearly online.

Could it be because of Xintiao Qian?

She has also not never heard of cases where, in some male-female relationships, one party controls the other extremely strictly, ordering them to report when interacting with the opposite sex, or even forbidding any interaction.

Lei Mou Le and Ke Song have not rarely flipped through such gossip magazines and complained, while she usually does not make evaluations.

Could the case be right nearby?

Based solely on the fact that they have only interacted online, the cautious Qieli Ninna did not regard Xintiao Qian's lively appearance in the chat room as anything.

Yet it's also hard to imagine Aomo being controlled to this extent by a woman.

Rather, if this is true, it would mean Aomo is obsessed with Xintiao Qian to the point of willingly accepting such bondage……

Then perhaps we should ask whether the other party has been threatened.

She inevitably thought this, and even the other people in the company were the same.

Yes.

After being unable to contact Aomo, she directly brought this up in the work small group, first @ Lindun, after half an hour of many question marks, then @ everyone, informing that Aomo could not connect online.

Thus the small group began a lively discussion.

First each tried to no avail, then they asked about Aomo's recent situation, then the eighth person of the group who likes to stir things up blurted out that he got a girlfriend yesterday, and immediately that conversation turned back to the topic Qieli Ninna had momentarily gone off on, with everyone showing off their even more astonishing knowledge and imagination.

Even the boss joined in, his level of involvement even not as usual kicking out the eighth person of the group.

Not even considering taking any action at all? These people……

Having manually ignored those comforting, sympathetic remarks that seemed to be misunderstandings, Qieli Ninna, not led astray in thought, thought that if it weren't because of a girlfriend, then Aomo was probably stuck in some trouble.

"Do you feel like you should do something? Texas~?"

At this time, only the eighth person who used to stir up trouble in the group would call her surname in such a teasing tone.

"Do you want help? Lapulande."

Qieli Ninna looked at this guy, who had once been both enemy and friend, and now might suddenly lash out, a troublemaker just like him.

On the contrary, it's clear that he cares quite a bit about Aomo's affairs.

But given past experience, Qieli Ninna really finds it hard to judge whether that concern is because of Aomo or because of herself.

Sure, although that guy said the last commission counted as repaying a favor, but that half‑hearted investigation always feels a bit lacking.

Let's go then.

Not forgetting the very beginning, it was the fact that the other party was saved by Aomo in the art museum; Qielinina, who knew what Lapulande was saying, had just taken two steps when the other party called out: 'Wait! I haven't finished speaking yet!'

'What else do you have?' Qielinina, turning her head, was impatient.

Since we've decided to help, we shouldn't waste time.

But the other party is indeed dragging their feet.

The other party even put on a relaxed, carefree air, standing there smiling and asking: 'I'm saying, why are you in such a hurry?'

'What do you mean? What do you know?'

Hearing this, Qielinina instinctively thought the other party had some information.

'Know what? No, actually, it's precisely because I don't know that I'm asking now, Deksasi.'

Speaking words that made her frown, Lapulande stepped forward two paces, standing shoulder‑to‑shoulder with her, his smile widening as he bared shark‑like sharp teeth.

'What are you rushing for? Are you that close with Aomo Lindun?'

……

'You didn't even tell anyone else, nor did you report to that Emperor guy.'

'Isn't this your work time?'

'That kind of thing can be done on the way,' Qielinina said coldly, 'Are you delaying our time over this little problem?'

'This isn't a small problem—think about it, that guy Aomo isn't easy to harm; no matter how I think about it, this should just be him running into some tricky personal issue, and at this moment, this time~'

Lapulande happily stepped forward half a pace, moving from the side to in front of her.

The two wolf women, hardly different in height, stared at each other—one smiling silently, the other staring coldly; this kind of standoff was truly familiar.

So familiar that Lapulande could hardly keep from laughing out loud.

I never expected to be able to relive this feeling in a place like this today.

'This probably has something to do with his girlfriend, so why are you in such a hurry?'

'I don't usually see you thinking like this.'

'That really hurts me,' she said, poking her slightly tilted head, 'When it comes to something interesting enough, I've always been quite attentive.'

'You might be wrong—move aside, don't keep wasting time.'

'If it's wrong, if he really ran into trouble, he hasn't asked you for help, so why are you rushing to help her yourself?'

Lapulande's smile didn't change.

'Don't you trust his judgment and caution?'

'You want to convince me to stop?' Qielinina furrowed her brows.

The other party's somewhat reasonable words lowered the tension a bit, but seeing their demeanor inevitably brought back some past events.

Those past events really couldn't make Qielinina's expression look any better.

'No, no, no, why would I do that?' she waved her hands with a chuckle, 'It's not beneficial to me, maybe Aomo really does need help, but I feel~'

'If we could clear up one matter with this opportunity, perhaps it would add some color to this boring, somewhat dull daily life.'

'What matter?'

'Your behavior seems fine at first glance, but it's actually full of problems, Deksasi—have you yourself realized this?'

……

'Where exactly did the problem start? You know it clearly, right? Or should I point it out for you?'

……

'You know? I've been holding onto the news I got last night until now just to see this wonderful expression of yours, Deksasi.'

……

She remained silent, but she drew the blade at her waist.

After seeing her own dazed expression in the smooth, mirror‑like surface, she only then realized the heat in her face.

Qielinina, who had silently hung her weapon back up, finally spoke:

'Is this interesting?'

'Of course, isn't this interesting? Your expression just now was pretty good—your expressions have finally become richer, Deksasi.'

Having put away his phone without flash, Lapulande cheerfully stepped aside.

'Just think, that Deksasi can show this expression—whether collected or later passed on to Qiaowana, Laiangtuso and their crowd, it's quite interesting—oh~ this is actually quite dangerous.'

With agility, they pulled their hands back from the cold light to keep the phone, then swiftly turned aside to avoid the deflected chill; the two were so familiar with each other that even their usual moves were in perfect sync.

'You—weren't you saying we need to hurry?' she raised her phone again, 'Or should I add this annoyed, angry look of yours to my collection?'

'If you fall behind, I'll—' Qielinina, having sheathed her blade and stepped forward, was at a loss for words.

She suddenly realized that she, who usually didn't bother with Lapulande, couldn't even find a way to restrain him.

Or more accurately, the relationship has eased to the point where ordinary threats have no effect, and extreme ones she can't even utter.

Lapulande, who likewise realized this, simply laughed even more wildly:

'What are you? Come on, tell me how you want to threaten me.'

……

With a cold face, Qielinina silently quickened her steps, her mind set on at least noting this down.