Chapter 87

"I never expected they’d use such a disgusting trick to annoy me!" Su Hanlin hesitated before speaking.

Can forcing the landlord to evict him really drive him out of the Intelligence Office?

Su Hanlin thought: if they chose to strike at him, they must have more tricks up their sleeve.

"Brother Su, staying at your place might bring you some trouble."

"No problem, I’m not afraid of trouble," Su Jian said immediately. "This is our ancestral land, not the outer district. Who would dare openly attack a fellow clan member? They’d be insane if they didn’t fear being expelled from the entire clan."

"I’ll find a new house and move out as soon as possible," Su Hanlin thought for a moment, then agreed.

"No need. Stay here for now. If nothing unusual happens, just move into my courtyard instead. It’s sitting empty anyway—your staying there will help maintain the place." Su Jian considered it: better to rent his unused house to Su Hanlin.

Su Hanlin heard this and didn’t hesitate—he nodded at once. "Fine, but I’ll pay you the standard market rent. Don’t refuse."

"Do as you like," Su Jian replied, speechless.

After settling Su Hanlin in, he told him to rest well.

Su Jian then went to find Su Jin.

"Your brother Hanlin will be staying with us for a few days. Calm down Xue Chi Luo and make sure it doesn’t reveal itself."

"Understood," Su Jin replied at once, nodding.

"Also, the clan may soon launch a large-scale search. If anyone comes to inspect your home at night, don’t be startled. I’ll inform Su Hua and your sister-in-law too."

"Big brother, why is the clan launching a large-scale search?" Su Jin asked curiously.

"Ahem, the Police Inspector’s office lost a female locust in our ancestral land."

"What female locust?" Su Jin didn’t understand.

"That mutated black locust queen. Someone hid it in our Su clan land. When the inspectors tried to capture it, they got tipped off—the locusts scattered, and they took the queen with them."

"Now the inspectors have caught every one of the escapees. But the queen is gone."

"The kid who fled with the queen claims it disappeared halfway."

"What does the black locust queen look like? Where did it go missing? Can I go look for it? Even if it’s buried underground, I’m not afraid—my Xue Chi Luo can definitely find it." Su Jin immediately brightened.

If she could just find a queen for free, her Xue Chi Luo would have a feast.

"They say it looks like a silkworm—plump and white, with two pairs of four transparent little wings."

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Su Jin suddenly realized something. "B…Big brother, what happens if the queen is gone?"

"What do you mean?" Su Jian looked at her, puzzled. "The queen isn’t that easy to kill. It’s probably hiding somewhere in our ancestral land, waiting to breed a huge swarm and regain its power."

"So the Su clan will definitely launch a large-scale search."

"Unless they find it, the elders won’t rest until it’s dealt with."

"But it’s gone already," Su Jin said at once.

"Why gone? Do you know who took it out of the clan land?" Su Jian eyed her suspiciously.

"It went into Xue Chi Luo’s stomach."

"What?" Su Jian stared in shock. "That queen flew into our house and got caught and eaten by Xue Chi Luo?" Shock turned to horror.

The queen had actually come to their home?

Had someone discovered they were raising Xue Chi Luo in their backyard?

"No, when I got home from school, I found a plump, white, four-winged insect in the grass—I picked it up. When I got home, I fed it to Xue Chi Luo."

"Such a fat insect is rare to see."

"Xue Chi Luo ate it and said it was delicious."

Su Jin lifted her face slightly, looking at her brother with a guilty expression.

Su Jian: How could it not be delicious? That was the queen!!

The most vital, nutrient-rich, energy-packed queen in the entire nest!!

If they’d caught it, they could’ve traded it for a fortune in cultivation resources!

Too bad it’s already in Xue Chi Luo’s stomach!

And since the queen went missing, the clan won’t tolerate such a massive threat hiding in their land—they’ll definitely launch a large-scale search.

If one search fails, they’ll launch a second, then a third.

As long as they don’t find it, they’ll keep pouring manpower and resources into the search.

Damn it—if they never find it, who knows what the clan might do next.

Worse—if the elders find out they caught the queen, fed it to Xue Chi Luo, and didn’t report it, forcing the clan to waste resources on endless searches… they’d be punished severely.

Su Jian’s head throbbed.

What should he do?

"Are you sure not even a single fragment remains?"

"Gone. All eaten by Xue Chi Luo. Not a trace left," Su Jin said timidly. "I didn’t know it was the queen—if I had known… I’d probably still have fed it to Xue Chi Luo."

Her Xue Chi Luo was so pitiful—it had never tasted anything good since it was born!

"Alright, alright. I’ll handle this."

What could Su Jian do? Could he just grab every inspector and say, "Hey, my Xue Chi Luo ate a plump white queen"?

Tell Da Hu Zi? Ahem—better to tell Grand Uncle first.

Maybe he’ll have a solution?

So Su Jian secretly sent a long-distance message talisman to Grand Uncle.

Su Changyin read Su Jian’s message and felt: Finally! I knew you’d get me into trouble!

Ever since Su Jin hatched Xue Chi Luo, he’d known he’d have to clean up her messes someday.

He just didn’t expect it so soon!

He immediately contacted the clan leader, Su Chengzong—Su Chengzong, a Golden Core cultivator. Once he ascended to Nascent Soul, he’d step down as clan leader and pass the role to the next generation.

Su Changyin: "Brother Chengzong, I have something to tell you—don’t get excited."

Su Chengzong saw the message, blinked in surprise, and replied: "What is it?"

Su Changyin sent: "The queen lost in our Su clan today is gone."

Su Chengzong replied instantly: "Gone? How? Did you see it killed? Tell the truth—or face clan discipline."

Su Changyin hesitated, then decided to tell the truth. After all, Su Chengzong was clan leader—hiding such a major matter from him could bring terrible consequences.

"It went into Xue Chi Luo’s stomach. Completely eaten. Not a scrap left."

Su Chengzong replied instantly: "Who? Xue Chi Luo? Wait—let me sit down."