RITAAB 86.1

Chapter 86 【o(￣︶￣)o】part 1

Liu Zhongyuan returned to his usual carefree state, “Aiya, aiya, just say how much you need, I can give a lot at once! Who asked my beast form to be so big? And my venom is plentiful too!”

Qin Jiulin sighed. He had said everything that needed to be said. After telling Gao Siyang, he pulled Liu Zhongyuan, intending to leave, but unexpectedly, Gao Siyang called them back.

Gao Siyang said, “Wait, I have a small matter to mention to you two.”

Liu Zhongyuan asked, “Us?”

Gao Siyang said, “Yes, both of you.”

Liu Zhongyuan asked, “What is it?”

Gao Siyang asked, “I think you also know the Yuan family and the Qin family, right?”

The two men’s expressions darkened considerably as soon as Gao Siyang finished speaking.

Qin Jiulin asked with a forced smile, “Did those two families join forces to cause trouble? Or are they badmouthing us outside?”

Gao Siyang nodded, “In short, they always stick together. They go out to find temporary work, and they always change their jobs. Every place they go, they spread negative things about you, regardless of whether others believe them or not.”

“Although everyone is busy and doesn’t have much time to discuss these gossips, with so little entertainment, many people still talk about these things in their free time.”

Liu Zhongyuan asked, “Is Captain Gao trying to say that it has a bad impact on me, and I should take good care of them?”

Gao Siyang shook his head. He wasn’t very clear about the situation between the Yuan family and Liu Zhongyuan, nor did he intend to pay attention to it. Right now, the matters of the Modu and Zhou Lie were enough to make him frustrated.

He didn’t have the time to focus on those small things, so he was just mentioning it casually to Liu Zhongyuan. “I’m just saying it in passing. After all, it has already reached my ears, which means that perhaps few people at the entire base are unaware of this.”

Liu Zhongyuan said, “Oh, so that’s how it is. It’s okay, it’s not a big deal. Now, many people don’t know, so it’s a novelty for a while. After a while, they won’t discuss this meaningless stuff anymore.”

After Liu Zhongyuan and Qin Jiulin left, Gao Siyang continued to focus on his work. Every day, he needed to work constantly, issuing orders, tasks, and so on. If the people below weren’t so capable, he probably wouldn’t even be able to get enough sleep. Of course, the most important thing was that the ammunition reserves had been resolved, so a huge weight had been lifted from his heart.

Qin Jiulin and Liu Zhongyuan walked back slowly on the streets outside.

“I didn’t expect they still haven’t given up on that kind of method.”

In the apocalypse, trying to use morals and ethics to restrain a powerful variant beast-shifter was simply wishful thinking. Unless the variant beast-shifter cared about those things, it wouldn’t have the slightest effect.

Liu Zhongyuan said, “I also didn’t expect they’d have such a low-level method. After all, as the leading wealthy families of the Modu, they certainly have enough brains.”

It was like how they had flawlessly pretended to be brainless fools demanding this and that in front of them.

How could someone who had been immersed in the business world for decades be so naive? After capturing Liu Zhongyuan, did they think he was the type to give whatever they asked for?

Qin Jiulin said, “Who came up with this idea? It can’t be someone from the Qin family, they tried it a long time ago, and it was useless. So it must be the Yuan family.”

Liu Zhongyuan said, “It’s fine, it’s not our business anyway. There are more and more new survivors coming to this base, and everyone is worried about finding jobs to earn food and supplies.”

“As long as they have a bit of brain, they won’t come looking for trouble with us because of these gossips…”

As Qin Jiulin and the others walked along the road, they quickly noticed that many people around them were staring at them. Of course, they were just glancing carefully as they passed by and quickly looking away.

The looks were very noticeable. After all, their senses as variant beast-shifters had become much stronger, and they could still sense other people’s gazes.

Qin Jiulin said, “It’s strange.”

Liu Zhongyuan asked, “Hmm?”

Qin Jiulin said, “Just like you said before, there are more and more new survivors coming to this base, and most people here only know the names of the variant beast-shifters at the base.”

“But these people who are secretly observing us seem to know who we are. How do they know what we look like? Because of that mission, we often weren’t at the base for long periods of time, so the number of people who have seen us shouldn’t be too high.”

Liu Zhongyuan said, “Those idiots, while they were badmouthing us, did they also reveal what we look like? Is it possible to print photos now? Or do they have phones?”

Qin Jiulin said, “Forget it, so what if they know what we look like?”

Liu Zhongyuan said, “Yeah, it’s not like anyone can actually stop us and tell us to behave…”

Before Liu Zhongyuan finished speaking, he looked in surprise at some people who were blocking their way. These people were all a bit older, around forty or fifty years old, about the same age as Qin Shanzhou and Yuan Zhuo.

The two exchanged a look and both saw the surprise in each other’s eyes. Was Liu Zhongyuan a jinx? How could he say something and then it happened immediately?

The elderly people in front of them looked like they had come with bad intentions. Their eyes were full of the looks people have towards unfilial children. So, it seemed like some people were really willing to meddle in other people’s business.

Before the two of them could speak, the elderly people started asking them all at once if they were Qin Jiulin and Liu Zhongyuan. “Are you them?”

Liu Zhongyuan said with a smile, “Yes, it’s us, what’s wrong?”

After confirming the identities of the two people in front of them, they looked at them with a disappointed expression. They stretched out their hands, shook their heads, and pointed at them, saying, “You two…”

“Aiya, what’s wrong with you two? You don’t even know how to take care of your own families? We all heard that you don’t even look at your elderly parents or grandmothers who don’t have enough to eat.”

“We heard you are also some kind of beast-shifters. Isn’t it your duty to take care of your families?”

Liu Zhongyuan used his finger to pick at his ear, he scoffed disdainfully, with an unruly appearance, “You old fogies are being quite nosy!”

Old…old fogies?

They had never been called that before! So rude, really so rude!

“We’re so old, don’t you know how to respect the elderly? You really have no manners, no quality at all.”

Liu Zhongyuan said, “I really have no manners or quality. You old fogies are no better, interfering in other people’s private matters, are you really just sitting around doing nothing?”

The old people really seemed to be angry. “You’re making me so angry, so angry! I…I want to kick you all out! Out of this base, out of the Modu!”

Qin Jiulin sneered, “You kick us out? Even Commander Gao wouldn’t kick us out. You sure talk big.”

Not only was Gao Siyang not likely to kick them out, he would ignore everything except things that threatened the base or the Modu and retain them.

Liu Zhongyuan said, “If you have the ability, then go tell the commander. I’ll just put it out here, if the commander really kicks us out, then we’ll leave. But before we leave, we’ll take everything we’ve contributed!”

After finishing, Liu Zhongyuan grabbed Qin Jiulin’s hand in front of them. “Let’s go, Jiulin. It’s really unexpected that some people get older but their brains don’t grow.”

Qin Jiulin said, “Don’t be angry. After their brains have had some of the water dried out, they should get a little smarter.”

The two walked away in front of these old people. They didn’t know what to say, and just kept repeating “no manners, no quality, no respect.”

After cursing for a while, they realized that no one was paying attention to them and they gradually stopped. Many people looked at the person who had just said they would kick them out of the base and asked for the situation.

“Bro, is it true that you can actually do what you said?”

“Do you have someone above you? Who is it? Are they in the military?”

“They not only have to be in the military, but they also have to be someone who can influence the commander’s thinking. A small soldier definitely can’t do that.”

“We originally thought that they were good young men with good morals and strong abilities who were helping to protect the base and recover the entire Modu. But it turns out that their only good point is their strength, but not the morals.”

“That’s true. It’s really been hard for those two families. They are still having such a hard time.”

There were about twelve middle-aged men gathered here this time. Each of them had a son or daughter who was a soldier in the military or a regular beast-shifter taking care of them.

Perhaps they had become too idle because of such care, so when they heard Yuan Zhuo and Qin Shanzhou’s complaints, they righteously believed them and came to cause trouble for them.

But the result was just as expected. They tried, but it didn’t do any good. They just made themselves angry. But these old people didn’t give up, after discussing together for a while, they went back together to look for their “good sons.”