Chapter 154: Exposing Her Identity

Qin Xiulin's intimate tone made it sound as if he were already the child's father.

He had even become more talkative.

His eyes were filled with tenderness.

He looked at her, then looked at her belly.

"Did you eat well today? Is there anything you want to eat?"

The fruit platter in Ruan Mian's hand had already been taken by him, and he obediently speared a piece and fed it into her mouth.

He was certainly quite observant.

"Do you want to drink some milk? I'll go heat some up for you."

She hurriedly grabbed his wrist.

"Hey, hey, no, no, no, I only drank some this morning. If you have nothing else to do, then go help pick some fruit!"

Only then did Qin Xiulin sit down, a flash of joy appearing on his face as he remembered the purpose of his visit.

"Ruan, I saw it all."

Ruan Mian:?

"Saw what?"

"You opened up the sale of plants to the entire Interstellar!"

So that was it!

"That's right, you only just found out? I thought you would have known long ago."

Suddenly, he stood up straight.

He bowed sincerely toward Ruan Mian to express his gratitude.

It left Ruan Mian stunned.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to apologize to you, and on behalf of all the humans in the Interstellar, I want to express my thanks. You are a hero of the Interstellar!"

What kind of talk was this?

She laughed, "You don't need to be like this. I'm just a businessperson, doing this to make money; it's not as noble as you say."

"That's not true."

Qin Xiulin knelt on one knee before her, gently and lingeringly lifted the back of her hand, and pressed a kiss to it.

It was incomparably sincere.

"Ruan, you clearly could have used these plants to secure benefits for yourself, but you didn't. You sold them to the public at a very cheap price, which saved countless ordinary people who were tightening their belts just to buy Nutrient Solution."

Nutrient Solution was simply too expensive.

Even the cheapest, most filling kind wasn't something everyone could afford to eat every day.

Ruan Mian rejected this high praise.

"No, no, no, I really am just running a small business. Please don't put me on such a high pedestal."

He really wanted to go back and slap his former self twice.

Why was he so stupid back then, thinking she was just a woman with ulterior motives?

She was far, far kinder than he had imagined.

Although she said that with her mouth, he knew she was a true hero.

The Interstellar would remember her kindness.

His gaze fell on her abdomen, and the emotion in his eyes grew heavier.

"Fine, let's not talk about that. I also have a business matter I would like to discuss with Boss Ruan."

Ruan Mian:?

"Are you not coming to eat today?"

"This is also related to eating."

He pulled up a long list from his Light Brain, which was filled with all kinds of ingredients.

And the quantities requested were extremely large.

It was almost half of what was provided to the Huo family.

"I would like to place an order with Boss Ruan for these items, I wonder if that is possible."

Ruan Mian clicked her tongue.

"Are you trying to be a middleman?"

This was clearly written in the contract between her and Huo Junze; they were the only sellers.

Being a middleman would be a breach of contract.

"Apologies, I am very principled when it comes to business."

Moreover, the contract was protected by law, and she couldn't do something like that.

Just as she was about to give a firm refusal, Qin Xiulin shook his head.

His face carried a hint of anger—that was directed at Huo Junze—but it returned to normal when facing Ruan Mian.

"I am not buying them to resell; I am buying them for meals."

That much?!

"Are you hoarding food?"

Could it be that the apocalypse was coming?

Even if the apocalypse did come, she wouldn't have any problems holed up in this place!

She certainly didn't want to go back to the days of the apocalypse.

Qin Xiulin curled his lips helplessly.

"What are you thinking about in that head of yours? This is food I prepared for the Interstellar soldiers."

Ruan Mian's expression became rarely serious for a moment.

She stared at him fixedly for a while.

"You, you wouldn't happen to be an official, would you?"

She felt as if she had been overlooking something all along; it was just like when she first found him, the wounds on his body were also strange.

And there was the fact that he sought her out initially just for plants.

Not to mention the guard planets outside the star.

She felt she was truly quite slow; how did she only realize these things now?

"What exactly do you do?"

Qin Xiulin raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.

"I just work at the Interstellar Command; I suppose you could say I'm the person in charge."

Are you kidding me!

"The person in charge of the Command, why don't you just say you're the Interstellar Chief Commander?"

He rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"You wouldn't be wrong to think that."

Ruan Mian was about to gasp in shock.

Damn it, this man was actually...

"You wouldn't be the Interstellar Marshal, would you?"

He did not deny it, and Ruan Mian really felt like she needed to pinch her philtrum to keep from fainting.

This person was too sly; he actually hid his identity, and she had even scammed him like that...

She wasn't done for, was she!

She sat up straight from the recliner all at once, the smile on her face becoming a bit more fawning.

"Look at you, why didn't you say so earlier! Honestly! What do you want to eat? Shall I go make you some snacks?"

But before she could get up, her shoulder was pressed down by a hand.

"Don't, there's no need for that; I'm just an ordinary guest here to do business with you."

This business deal, she had to do it now!

Ruan Mian carefully looked at the list he gave her; the prices on it were quite high, and he really hadn't let her suffer a loss.

"But this quantity is indeed a bit too much; there's no way to gather it all in a short time."

Unless she drained all the people dry.

"It's fine, you don't need to gather it all for me at once; you only need to provide a portion to us every day."

That was more like it.

"Fine, I'll see to the arrangements."

The business was settled, but after knowing Qin Xiulin's true identity, Ruan Mian felt very uncomfortable interacting with him.

She just felt this person was even more terrifying.

Just at this moment, Qin Xiulin reached out his finger toward her and hooked the strand of hair by her cheek.

"Ruan, why are you so nervous?"

He laughed softly, "I'm not a man-eating Zerg; I won't eat you."

Nonsense!

Who could stay calm when a gun was pressed against their forehead!

"I never expected you to be the Interstellar Chief Commander!"

"But I am still me, and still the baby's father."

His gaze dropped, and he reached out, wanting to touch her abdomen.

"What are you doing!"

A gloomy male voice cut in, and Xia Cheng forcefully inserted himself between the two of them.

Recently, this little wolf looked at everyone as if they were enemies.

He wished he could chase them all out and tear them to shreds.

"This guest, if you want to eat, you can buy it on the Light Brain. Can you not come here if there's nothing else? It's not very convenient to host guests!"

Qin Xiulin also stood up with a start, half a head taller than him, looking down at him with quite a bit of condescension.

His expression was unfathomably serious.

"Then in what capacity are you staying here? Beastman King?"

(End of this chapter)