Chapter 1088: Xia Qing, Have Lunch Together?

A group dinner?

Zhang San asked lazily, "Did your cow get gored to death by a sheep, or bitten to death by a wolf?"

Xia Qing... idol, can't you wish me something nice?

"Neither, my little cow is fine. It's just that during the rainstorm a few chickens in my territory got scared to death, so I was thinking of inviting you, Seeing Xin Yu, Tang Huai, Chang Li, and Beard Feng's squad over for a meal and a chat. Third Brother, do you like your sweet potatoes candied or roasted?"

After visiting Xia Qing's territory, whenever Zhang San thought of this territory, his mind was filled with bird droppings in front of Xia Qing's house and animals all over the rooms, and he couldn't work up any appetite at all. "I don't want any kind. If you have something to say, just say it."

The idol was in a bad mood, so Xia Qing stopped beating around the bush and directly explained the situation of Territory No. 14 and her plan, then brought up what she needed the idol to do. "If you're free in the next couple of days, get in touch with Base Commander Hui-3, and mention to him about merging Territory No. 14 into the Ninth Center. Do you think that would work?"

"Sure." Since Zhang San had allied with Xia Qing, when it was his turn to do something, he certainly wouldn't shirk. He agreed very crisply, then asked, "Where are you going to keep the cow, in that little room north of the chicken coop?"

There were only two side rooms in Xia Qing's courtyard—one for raising chickens, one for storing hay—so the cow could only be kept in the hay storage room.

But the idol's casual question made Xia Qing sense killing intent. She immediately recalled the lab safety management rules she had just studied and answered primly, "I can't scrape together enough bricks and stones to build another cowshed right now, so I can only keep the cow in the sheep pen. Because the lab needs a relatively independent space and must be strictly isolated from the animal rearing rooms, I want to move the lab's location two hundred meters to the west. Do you think that would work?"

"Four hundred meters. Two hundred meters is still a bit close." Zhang San's tone was indeed a bit better, and he told Xia Qing another piece of news. "The pollution-free spring water on Blazing Fire Mountain has been confirmed destroyed. Humanity has lost another high-quality water source."

So this was the reason the idol was in a bad mood today. Xia Qing also felt it was a pity. But Hui-1 Base had been derelict in its duty, letting that water source be monopolized by Blazing Fire and used to research various bioweapons or harmful agents, so its destruction wasn't entirely a bad thing.

"Blazing Fire may be detestable, but the destruction of a pollution-free water source is a loss for all humanity. The Doomsday Sect isn't any good either." At the evening group dinner, Xiao Jiang sat in the conference room beside Field No. 3, roasting corn while sharing his views on the Blazing Fire matter.

With very sharp ears, Tang Huai—who was wearing an apron and handling a grouper in the small kitchen—responded, "They call themselves 'Doomsday,' how could they possibly be good? By the way, do you guys have any confirmed news on why Blazing Fire and Doomsday started fighting?"

Er Yong shook his head. "I heard a rumor that the Doomsday Sect's god descended an oracle, basically meaning Blazing Fire Mountain is the source of evil and must be eradicated. By the way, Brother Huai, do you know why Hui-1's deputy base commander got arrested?"

Tang Huai shook his head. "No confirmed news either. Sister Qing, have you heard anything?"

There were no outsiders here, so Xia Qing—who was checking the seeds Hua Yang brought back from Gui Wu together with Seeing Xin Yu—spoke frankly. "I know. But this case is currently under trial, so I can't say."

Since Xia Qing had said so, although curious, the others couldn't very well press further.

After finishing checking the seeds, Xia Qing thanked Hua Yang and asked Seeing Xin Yu and Chang Li, "Shall we go dig up some sweet potatoes?"

The two of course had no objections and followed Xia Qing out of the conference room beside the field, heading toward Greenhouse No. 11.

After the three of them walked far away, Tang Huai glanced at Beard Feng—who was squatting nearby plucking chicken feathers—and wanted to ask him why he broke up with Xia Qing. He really wanted to know so badly.

Unfortunately, Beard Feng's face was pulled long, and Tang Huai had only just managed to get Xia Qing's invitation to enter Territory No. 3, so he didn't dare cause trouble.

This dinner with chicken, fish, and green-light vegetables left everyone extremely satisfied. After leaving Territory No. 3, Tang Huai finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He threw an arm around Beard Feng's shoulder and dragged him aside, asking in a low voice, "Madman, why did you break up with Sister Qing?"

Beard Feng shook off Tang Huai's arm. "None of your damn business!"

"It is a bit—caring about your damn business." Tang Huai grinned. "You were the one who brought up the breakup, right?"

Beard Feng's heart stirred, and he asked without changing expression, "Why do you say that?"

Tang Huai answered as if it were the most natural thing, "Because Xia Qing clearly isn't the type to do something like have her way and then abandon someone."

Damn it, this guy really looks more and more like he needs a beating no matter how you look at him! Beard Feng twisted his arm, then grabbed him by the collar, and slammed him straight into the mud of the northern isolation belt. He strode to swipe open the north gate, left Northern Zone One territory, and entered Mountain No. 49, Zone Three.

Tang Huai, lying in the mud, snorted coldly, "Can't win the argument so you use force—clearly guilty conscience!"

After going with Xia Qing to see her little cow, Seeing Xin Yu—who was the last to leave Territory No. 3—lowered her voice and told Xia Qing, "Yu Wenchuang is coming over tomorrow. He'll probably bring gifts to visit you. I can't keep blocking him forever."

After seeing Seeing Xin Yu off, Xia Qing first mixed feed for the little cow in the sheep pen, then contacted Yang Jin.

Yang Jin's reply was very crisp: I'll arrive before the Chonglian helicopter lands. Sister Qing, open the door for me.

The Chonglian helicopter was scheduled to enter Hui-3 Northern Zone One airspace at 11 a. m. Yang Jin arrived a little past 10:30.

After entering the territory, he first called out on the lord channel to Territory No. 7, "Third Brother, you online? It's Yang Jin. I brought a few jin of green-light beef marinated in green-light beeswax for two weeks. Want to try some?"

Hmm? Hmm? Hmm!

Hearing the supplies Yang Jin brought, not to mention other lords, even Tang Huai was drooling. Green-light beef alone would be enough, but he had to marinate it in green-light beeswax too—if you want to make people jealous just say so outright!

Two minutes later, Zhang San came online. "Yes. What do you want to trade?"

Yang Jin answered, "Some medicine for treating external injuries. Shall I deliver it to your territory's north gate now?"

Inside Territory No. 3, Xia Qing stuffed the cut grass into a basket and clapped the dirt off her hands. Wolf Lao Er, seeing the basket was full, immediately picked it up in his mouth and walked out of the greenhouse to feed the cow at the empty ground south of the territory. Sheep Lao Da, who was gnawing on grass nearby, squinted his eyes with a very displeased look.

After completing the trade with Territory No. 7, Yang Jin asked again on the lord channel, "Xia Qing, where are you?"

Hmm?!!! Tang Huai, who was digging for bugs, immediately stopped and pricked up his ears. Something's off—Yang Jin's tone is very off!

Xia Qing calmly pressed the walkie-talkie. "In the territory."

"Have lunch together?"

"Sure."

!!!

Tang Huai lost focus for a moment and sliced the bug he'd finally found after searching for ages clean in two. What the hell is going on? Are Yang Jin and Xia Qing together?

Was it Beard Feng who abandoned her, or did Yang Jin poach Beard Feng's corner?!

Not just Beard Feng—even the allies in the territory alliance were shocked. But no matter how shocked they were, they had to keep it in. No one dared discuss the alliance leader's gossip on the lord channel.

As Xia Qing walked out of the greenhouse and headed up the northern buffer forest to open the gate for Yang Jin, she heard the roar of a helicopter coming from the west.