Chapter 940: Laughter Within Territory Fourteen

Xia Qing said nothing, sitting across the table and obediently eating bamboo shoot strips. She figured that if Seeing Xin Yu were here, she might get a headache, because Zhang San looked like he was spacing out, but in reality his brain was running at high speed, which would definitely generate strong magnetic field fluctuations.

When Xia Qing had eaten her sixth bamboo shoot strip, Zhang San came back from his contemplative state. "There are two possibilities right now: one, Ji Li, someone on his team, or one of his tamed beasts is a high-level olfactory evolver of the same type as your red squirrel; two, Ji Li is carrying an instrument that can quickly test soybean quality."

Zhang San's voice carried a hint of frost. "As things stand, the tamed beast is the most likely. I'll have someone investigate this thoroughly as soon as possible."

A tamed beast? The tamed beasts of Territory Seven aren't just Cat Princess and her kittens...

Although Ji Li fed them a lot, everything those two cats ate, used, and played with was earned by Third Brother—who was so busy he didn't even have time to sleep—through spending points and putting in effort.

Xia Qing's heart clenched along with his. "He was carrying a backpack and a bag of potions at the time. If it's a tamed beast, it shouldn't be too big. Third Brother, next time you trade supplies, could you mention in the lord channel that you don't like my soybeans? Otherwise Ji Li or someone else might invade my territory and destroy or steal the soybeans."

Zhang San shot Xia Qing a look. "I only ate one edamame bean at lunch."

Awesome! Truly the most awesome idol on Blue Star!

"You're still the best! Third Brother, from Ji Li's actions today we can tell that Blaze already knows about the bioweapon soybean leak. Their approach is to cover it up and keep you from finding out, rather than letting it all fall apart. Doesn't this mean they haven't figured this out yet, and Wang Wu hasn't been exposed for now?"

The moment Wang Wu came up, Zhang San was thoroughly annoyed. "Exposed or not, dead or not—a bunch of brainless idiots! I'm so busy I don't even have time to sleep, when would I have the time to care whether they live or die!"

Xia Qing didn't care whether Wang Wu lived or died either, but if they couldn't rescue Wang Wu, they couldn't get the evidence of Blaze's crimes—that was what Xia Qing actually cared about.

But her idol was in a foul mood, so Xia Qing sensibly didn't keep bringing up a topic that would only make him angrier. Besides, even if they discussed it, she couldn't really help.

Zhang San called out to Xia Qing, who was about to slip away. "Bring your squirrel over next time."

Xia Qing paused for a beat, and before she could open her mouth, she got scolded:

"I'm not eating squirrel meat, and I have no interest in dissecting a squirrel!"

"Got it, Third Brother. Next time I bring the mustached monkey over for a checkup, I'll bring the red squirrel along too."

Zhang San...

When did I ever agree to give that ugly monkey a checkup?!

Xia Qing walked out of her idol's office with the documents, and saw Zheng Chen, who wasn't wearing a protective mask, walking over from the sunset. His upright figure was tinged with the afterglow of the sunset, and indeed looked more masculine than the fat foxes rolling around in the sunset at Territory Three, but it also made Xia Qing want to hit him even more.

The two guard captains of Territory Seven—one followed his superior's orders to pull a switcheroo, the other was goofing off like a flower fox!

If the territory alliance's current high-level combat power and firepower weren't lacking, Xia Qing really wanted to kick both groups out, replace them all with her own people, and let her idol research whatever he wanted and sleep as long as he wanted.

Seeing Xia Qing stare at him expressionlessly, Zheng Chen couldn't tell what she was thinking, and was a bit unsure which leg to step with. After finally walking up to Xia Qing, he calmly asked, "Done with your work? Shall I walk you out?"

Seeing Zheng Chen head north, Xia Qing called him back and said expressionlessly, "Brother Zheng, I'm going out the south gate, I still need to make a trip to the Ninth Center."

Zheng Chen turned around and walked with Xia Qing toward the south gate, chatting casually. "You have to farm your own territory and manage the Ninth Center—does it ever get tiring?"

Xia Qing answered with a blank face, "It's alright."

Two words from her killed the topic he'd worked so hard to find, and Zheng Chen could only silently walk her to the south gate.

"Xia Qing?"

Outside the south gate, She Xing, whose cheeks were thinner but who was full of energy, looked at Xia Qing and asked in pretended surprise and hesitation.

Xia Qing understood at a glance—She Xing didn't want the people from the Liang Qing Squad to know that they had used her connections to send Lu Fangchun and Wang Bo into Territory Seven, for fear that Chen Deng would take his anger out on her. She nodded. "It's me. Sister She, what brings you here?"

She Xing and Fu Xiaodan stepped forward two paces and greeted Xia Qing warmly. "Two years and you've changed so much, I almost didn't recognize you! We sent Fangchun and Xiaobo over this morning to ask Third Brother to treat their injuries. By the way, we've left the squad—I'll be at Territory Twenty-one from now on, and Xiaodan will be at Territory Twenty-two. When it comes to farming, we'll definitely need to ask you for advice in the future."

After passing Ji Li's squad's inspection, Xia Qing walked through the security gate and left Territory Seven, nodding at Fu Xiaodan. "Third Brother's medical skills are top-notch, you don't need to worry—Fangchun and Xiaobo will definitely be cured."

On this point, She Xing and Fu Xiaodan had absolute faith. The Green Dragon's Boss Luo and Inner City Hospital's Director Wang Xin were both cured by Boss Fu—Fangchun and Xiaobo would surely stand back up just like them.

Without Xia Qing's help, they wouldn't have been able to send their kids into Territory Seven at all, so both of them were filled with gratitude toward Xia Qing. But there were too many people here, so they could only bury that gratitude in their hearts.

After watching Xia Qing leave, She Xing and Fu Xiaodan walked to the security gate to be inspected, then went in to visit the two kids who were receiving treatment. Territory Seven was strictly managed and didn't allow them to stay and keep bedside vigil—they could only visit at set times every other day.

Ji Li glanced at Zheng Chen, who was staring at Xia Qing without moving, then turned and led She Xing and Fu Xiaodan into the territory.

"Captain Zheng, what are you looking at?" a member of Ji Li's squad nudged Zheng Chen with his shoulder and asked with a grin.

Zheng Chen pointed at the sunset in the western sky, but his eyes remained fixed on Xia Qing's tall back.

Xia Qing had no mind to pay attention to Zheng Chen behind her—her full attention was on Territory Fourteen ahead, carefully examining its wild grass walls.

The north gate of Territory Fourteen, which Liao Chen had cleared out four months ago, had once again been covered by dense, man-high wild grass, with no signs of anyone having trampled through it. If the green-light soybeans were picked inside Territory Fourteen, then the spot where Ji Li traded with Yan Meng or Feng Wen should be on the south side of Territory Fourteen.

"Sister Qing!" Seeing her coming over, Hearing Zhu Li walked out from behind the Territory Six signpost and greeted her with a beaming smile. "Sister Qing, are you done with your work?"

Xia Qing shook her head. "Still have to make a trip to the Ninth Center."

Hearing that Xia Qing still had things to do, Hearing Zhu Li didn't say much more, and handed her a pack of steaming hot steamed buns. "I just steamed these green-light buns—Sister Qing, take them, so you won't have to make a staple for dinner tonight."

"Sure." Xia Qing took Hearing Zhu Li's buns and pulled out a small pack of green-light original-flavor bamboo shoot strips from her pocket. "These are ones I made, the taste is alright."

"Thanks, Sister Qing." Hearing Zhu Li happily took the bamboo shoot strips and asked, "So, how about it—did Third Brother like the green-light edamame you sent over at noon?"

Xia Qing shook her head. "Third Brother said he only ate one, it wasn't to his taste."

"Pfft!"

The moment Xia Qing finished speaking, a low, gloating chuckle from Feng Wen came from inside Territory Fourteen.

The sound was very low, and Hearing Zhu Li didn't hear it. She comforted Xia Qing, saying, "It must be the way you made them."