RITAAB 91.1

Chapter 91: 【o(￣︶￣)o】PART 1

Even after Qin Jiuzhen walked out the door and it closed, Yao Meimei still hadn’t recovered.

Qin Shanzhou patted her shoulder, “What’s wrong with you? You’ve been distracted all day, secretly watching Xiaozhen. Has something happened?”

Yao Meimei thought for a moment and then told Qin Shanzhou about the food.

Qin Shanzhou immediately felt something was wrong. “Could it be for the Yuan family?”

The corner of Yao Meimei’s mouth twitched. She had been a little slow, not understanding what Qin Jiuzhen was doing, but after Qin Shanzhou’s reminder, she immediately wanted to confront the Yuan family.

“Aha! I knew it… Xiaozhen would never favor outsiders, nor would he touch the family’s food. It turns out it’s for the Yuan family! Just wait until I…”

Yao Meimei stood up, intending to go find the Yuan family and settle the score.

Qin Shanzhou quickly stopped her. “Don’t go.”

Yao Meimei, “Why not?!”

If Qin Jiuzhen used the food himself, that would be fine, but to give it to the Yuan family? No way! Absolutely not! Food was so precious now! If it weren’t for Xia Liansheng sending them food, they didn’t know what kind of life they would be living now! Their family simply didn’t have the ability to help others!

Qin Shanzhou, “Don’t be so impulsive. What if Xiaozhen is carrying out some plan? Let’s wait until he comes back and ask about the situation.”

Yao Meimei thought for a moment, realizing he had a point, and gradually calmed down. “Fine, we’ll wait for him to come back. Sigh…”

Perhaps Qin Jiuzhen was having a bit of bad luck today. Not long after he left, before reaching the agreed-upon meeting place with the Yuan siblings, he saw a familiar figure on the road.

“Brother Liansheng?”

Xia Liansheng was standing at the intersection ahead. The direction he was facing was blocked by a wall, so Qin Jiuzhen hadn’t seen him. Originally, no one had noticed him either. However, as soon as Qin Jiuzhen spoke, a strange man walked out from behind the wall.

He stared at Qin Jiuzhen for a moment, his eyes sinister, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face. “Oh, so it’s him. I’d heard about this before, but if you’re close to Qin Jiulin, you shouldn’t be interacting with them, right?”

“I saw you talking to Qin Jiulin before, and Qin Jiulin’s attitude towards them is really bad. But now it seems you haven’t distanced yourself from the rest of the Qin family?”

A flicker of impatience flashed across Xia Liansheng’s eyes. “Hmph! He’s probably used to relying on me. Now that he sees me, he still comes to talk to me. Let’s go, there’s nothing to say to him.”

Qin Jiuzhen knew he had messed up the moment he saw the strange man, especially after hearing his words. Even a fool could understand the implication.

Qin Jiuzhen, as Xia Liansheng’s weakness, had now been officially exposed.

Furthermore, Xia Liansheng was trying to get closer to Qin Jiulin, which was why he hadn’t been in contact with the rest of the Qin family recently. Besides their own goals, Xia Liansheng was actually trying to protect Qin Jiuzhen.

Everything had been going smoothly, but unexpectedly, the stability they had maintained for so long was shattered by Qin Jiuzhen’s single phrase, “Brother Liansheng.”

Qin Jiuzhen watched, his face pale, as Xia Liansheng turned and left without a second glance. The strange man, however, smiled and sized him up for a moment before leaving.

He knew he had been targeted. He was Xia Liansheng’s weakness. What should he do? Xia Liansheng had told him more than once that if he encountered him outside, he shouldn’t react at all, not greet him, not look too much, not approach him, but he… he just…

He felt wronged. It was a subconscious reaction; he hadn’t expected things to turn out like this. It wasn’t his fault…

He could only try to convince himself as he walked towards the agreed-upon meeting place. Xia Liansheng loved him so much, he definitely wouldn’t blame him. Qin Jiuzhen was certain of this.

But from today onwards, he definitely wouldn’t be safe. Xia Liansheng had previously mentioned accepting Zhou Lie’s recruitment, but now the situation seemed a bit different.

After all, the regular army wouldn’t do anything to them. The only ones who would target them were other people, which meant Zhou Lie, the person Xia Liansheng had mentioned before.

Xia Liansheng had also said that Zhou Lie liked to seize the weaknesses of those he valued and then coerce them into working for him. So wasn’t he in danger now? Maybe he would be captured later?!

No, no, as long as he didn’t agree, Zhou Lie definitely couldn’t do that.

After all, he hadn’t come to this safe place with Zhou Lie, but with Xia Liansheng. Zhou Lie had no right to take him away. If Zhou Lie really showed his true colors, then his parents…

Even if his parents didn’t love him, they would definitely not abandon him just because he was their long-term meal ticket. They would definitely go and tell the soldiers, asking them to save him.

After figuring this out, he stopped worrying. The probability of him being safe was relatively high.

Slowly arriving at the agreed-upon location, Qin Jiuzhen blinked in surprise at the empty space. Was he late, or was he early? There wasn’t a single person in sight.

Qin Jiuzhen subconsciously took out his phone and checked the time, happily discovering that he wasn’t late nor too early. There were still five minutes until the agreed time.

Could they not even manage to arrive five minutes early? He was the one delivering the food, and they, the ones receiving it, were actually making him wait here?

Qin Jiuzhen was furious, thinking he definitely wouldn’t give them a pleasant look when they arrived. But after waiting for five minutes, no one showed up.

At this point, Qin Jiuzhen couldn’t help but wonder if he had remembered the wrong location.

He carefully confirmed the place and found that it was correct! So, this meant that he, the magnanimous one delivering food to them, had been stood up?

Qin Jiuzhen thought about how he had specifically woken up early today, not lazing in bed! He checked the time again; they were ten minutes late with no sign of them. Holding back his anger, he stood up and walked back without looking back.

As if intentionally timed, just as Qin Jiuzhen had taken a few steps, two figures came jogging from afar. It looked like the Yuan siblings.

Qin Jiuzhen was still angry, so even though he heard the footsteps, he just glanced over and continued walking, as if he hadn’t seen them.

Yuan Qingning and Yuan Qingfeng hurried to Qin Jiuzhen’s front, vaguely blocking his path.

Yuan Qingning panted heavily, “Hey, don’t go, Jiuzhen! Wait! We’re late, we apologize! We encountered a little something on the way that delayed us. Don’t be angry!”

Qin Jiuzhen stopped, looking at her indifferently. “I’m not angry.”

Yuan Qingning quickly changed the subject, “Oh, are the things in this backpack for us? Thank you so much! I knew only you could help us…”

Yuan Qingfeng, “Yeah, Brother Jiuzhen, only you can help us now. Others are unreliable and even mock us and kick us when we’re down. They’re truly awful.”

Qin Jiuzhen, “Is that so?”

He had been a bit angry, after all, they were the ones asking for help and yet they were late. But fortunately, they weren’t too late and had apologized sincerely…

He took off the backpack and handed them the two bags inside, some rice and some flour, totaling about five pounds. It didn’t look like much, but Yuan Qingning was very happy.

“Thank you! I didn’t expect so much. Thank you so much…”

Qin Jiuzhen, “It’s nothing, it’s nothing. Now that you have the things, hurry back. I’m going back to rest. I haven’t slept enough today.”

Actually, he needed to hurry home and wait for Xia Liansheng to message or contact him. The situation earlier didn’t look good.

After he finished, he quickly left, looking very hurried.

Yuan Qingning breathed a sigh of relief after confirming he was gone and walked back with her brother.

Yuan Qingfeng looked at the things in his sister’s hands. “How much?”

Yuan Qingning weighed them in her hands. “About four or five pounds combined. Not much. He’s so stingy.”

Yuan Qingfeng recalled the appearance of Qin Jiuzhen’s parents when they went to the Qin family’s residence and curled his lip disdainfully. “Just like those two old things who birthed him, stingy to the core.”

“With this little bit of food, if the four of us eat it, it’ll be gone in two or three days, right?”

Yuan Qingning touched the corner of her eye. “Yeah, this little bit isn’t even as much as the gifts I’ve received. But at least it’s free, might as well take it.”

Yuan Qingfeng, “We were only a few minutes late! I didn’t expect him to just leave. Now that our status isn’t high, he probably thinks we need to cater to him!”

Yuan Qingfeng continued, “By the way, Sister, three new mutated beast-human hybrids have appeared recently. Two of them are men! We need to seize the opportunity!”

If they wanted a good life, relying on Liu Zhongyuan was likely a no-go. In that case, they needed to find other mutated beast-human hybrids, and… the best way was to snag one as a partner.

Previously, they hadn’t had any suitable targets.

After all, there were only two publicly known mutated beast-human hybrid teams, with a total of four men.

Xia Liansheng was impossible, no need to even consider him; he liked men. Liu Zhongyuan and Qin Jiulin didn’t need to be contacted either; even if they liked men, they weren’t suitable.

That left only Qi Yue, but after inquiring, they found out that Qi Yue was very young and not interested in relationships at all.

Then there were those hidden within the military. These mutated beast-human hybrids were definitely young, tall, handsome, and powerful, but they couldn’t access the military, let alone the secret mutated beast-human hybrid teams within!