RITAAB 65 PART 2

 

CHAPTER 65 PART 2

 

“Let’s do that task today. The area is quite clean, and the number of half beastmen is pitiful. Cleaning it up won’t take too much time, maybe in a couple of hours we can send people to clean up.”

 

Gao Siyang nodded, “Okay, let’s do it that way today. You all can go back now. Oh right, all the beastmen will be assigned a place later. After all the assigned areas are cleaned up, we’ll arrange for you to patrol and protect them, and send people to clean up.”

 

Liu Zhongyuan said, “Alright, let’s go then. Since the danger is low, we don’t need to wait for them to come back. We’ll go now. Remember to quickly assign us our area of responsibility.”

 

Gao Siyang waved his hand, “Understood, hurry up and go, get the task done!”

 

Qin Jiulin followed the cheerful Liu Zhongyuan as they left the building. Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan followed behind. Xie Sihan could have left directly, but today was different – they had a task to do.

 

She was in the same small team as Xia Liansheng, so she would definitely be needed to accompany him on the task later. That meant she couldn’t leave now.

 

She rolled her eyes as she followed behind Xia Liansheng, not even bothering to look at him much, since from the very beginning, Xia Liansheng’s gaze had been fixed on Qin Jiulin, as if he wanted to glue his eyeballs to the other person. It was really embarrassing.

 

She didn’t know how many people had noticed, but Liu Zhongyuan and Qin Jiulin definitely would have felt it. Xia Liansheng was just too unrestrained, wasn’t he?

 

Xie Sihan followed Xia Liansheng, but without sticking too close, keeping a few steps behind. As long as she didn’t fall too far behind, it would be fine.

 

As expected, Xia Liansheng caught up to Qin Jiulin, ignoring the fact that Liu Zhongyuan was walking right in front of Qin Jiulin, and stood by Qin Jiulin’s side, walking alongside him.

 

“Jiulin?”

 

Qin Jiulin did not respond. Xia Liansheng, unsurprisingly, was blocked by Liu Zhongyuan again, who stood between the two, shielding Qin Jiulin behind him.

 

“Captain Xia, do you have any business with my team member?”

 

Xia Liansheng said, “Qin Jiulin is indeed your team member, but he is also an independent person. Don’t you think you’re managing him too much?”

 

Liu Zhongyuan placed his hand on Qin Jiulin’s shoulder. “If there’s no other relationship, then yes, it’s too much management. But we have a very intimate relationship, didn’t I tell you that before?”

 

Xia Liansheng said, “I don’t need you to lie to me about that. I know Jiulin is currently angry, so you’re using me as a shield. But it’s fine, I can understand.”

 

Liu Zhongyuan paused briefly, then directly kissed Qin Jiulin’s cheek in front of Xia Liansheng. This time, not only Xia Liansheng, but even Qin Jiulin was shocked.

 

Fortunately, Qin Jiulin restrained himself and did not make any special moves. He just looked at Liu Zhongyuan with a slightly surprised expression, then stood by his side as if nothing had happened, apparently waiting for Xia Liansheng’s conversation to end.

 

Xia Liansheng regained his composure and stared intently at Qin Jiulin. Qin Jiulin, however, still had that uncaring attitude. Was he truly uncaring, or had he already gotten used to the kisses?

 

Or was this an acknowledgement? To drive Xia Liansheng away, even casual kissing was allowed?

 

If that was the case…

 

Xia Liansheng chuckled coldly. “Jiulin, are you serious? Do you really like this seemingly carefree Liu Zhongyuan?”

 

“Although he’s powerful, his character is so bad. He looks like a scoundrel most of the time. You’re so serious and aloof, how can you like someone like that?”

 

“I know you’re angry with me, but you don’t have to degrade yourself like this…”

 

Liu Zhongyuan didn’t like to hear these words at all. What do you mean he’s a scoundrel? What’s wrong with Qin Jiulin kissing him?

 

He, Liu Zhongyuan, was the strongest variant beastman, okay? What was this Xia Liansheng?

 

The snake was angry!

 

He directly started mocking Xia Liansheng, “Hmph! I didn’t know you, a subordinate who has been defeated… no, a subordinate who is utterly powerless against me, actually have the nerve to say such things in front of me. Is there no problem with your thick face?”

 

Xia Liansheng said, “You don’t need to tell me that… Anyway, I don’t believe a single word about the relationship between you two that you mentioned just now.”

 

“Now I want to talk to Jiulin alone. Please don’t block me here anymore, okay? Are you blocking me because you’re afraid that if Jiulin and I resolve the misunderstanding, he’ll leave your team?”

 

Qin Jiulin took a deep breath. “Zhongyuan, you go on ahead first. I’ll catch up with you in a bit.”

 

Liu Zhongyuan did not object. He just had a cold smile on his face as he looked at Xia Liansheng, but the words he said to Qin Jiulin were very gentle. “Okay, I’ll go wait up ahead. Don’t chat too long, the Captain will soon assign us the area we’re responsible for, and we still have a task to do.”

 

With that, he walked a distance ahead, and Xie Sihan who had been following behind also went over to him.

 

The two of them watched Qin Jiulin and Xia Liansheng talking from a distance.

 

Xie Sihan said, “Captain Liu, aren’t you worried?”

 

Liu Zhongyuan replied, “To say I’m not worried would be a lie, but I don’t think Jiulin will get back together with this scoundrel.”

 

Xie Sihan nodded, “Yeah, that’s what I think too. Actually, I don’t know why Captain Xia is so obsessed. He’s already a variant beastman, he really doesn’t need to be so obsessed… Forget it.”

 

She trailed off a bit, “Forget it, I won’t say anymore.”

 

Xia Liansheng looked at the indifferent Qin Jiulin in front of him, feeling a bit frustrated. These past few days, it wasn’t that he didn’t want to find an opportunity to be alone with Qin Jiulin, but he hadn’t managed to find a single chance!

 

He never imagined that Liu Zhongyuan would be so stubborn. Whenever Qin Jiulin went out, he would definitely follow him, or rather, Qin Jiulin would always be brought along by him.

 

That’s why he came over directly in front of Liu Zhongyuan today, but at least he got the chance to talk to Qin Jiulin.

 

“Jiulin?”

 

Xia Liansheng, “Recently, I…”

 

Qin Jiulin, “You mean my parents?”

 

Xia Liansheng, “……”

 

He didn’t actually want to talk about that, but rather about the two of them. And now that Qin Jiulin had brought up the other Qin family members, his expression and attitude made it clear that this was not a conversation he wanted to have.

 

But Xia Liansheng also knew very well that the conflict between Qin Jiulin and the other Qin family members was irreconcilable, so it was best not to bring that up now.

 

Xia Liansheng shook his head, “Not about them, why talk about them?”

 

Qin Jiulin, “Then what do you want to talk to me about?”

 

Xia Liansheng, “We haven’t had a private conversation in a long time.”

 

Qin Jiulin, “Does it matter?”

 

Xia Liansheng, “Of course it matters? I… I just can’t accept it.”

 

Qin Jiulin, “There was never anything between us to begin with. I told you that from the start.”

 

Xia Liansheng, “We were so intimate before, I thought we didn’t need those superficial things, that we would naturally be together. I never expected you to use that as an excuse now…”

 

Qin Jiulin saw that Xia Liansheng seemed quite heartbroken. “It’s okay, time can dilute everything. After a while, you won’t think of me anymore.”

 

Xia Liansheng, “You’re saying that wrong.”

 

Qin Jiulin, “I’m already with Liu Zhongyuan. Can’t you just let go?”

 

Xia Liansheng, “I don’t believe it.”

 

Qin Jiulin, “Why? You don’t seem like the type to persistently cling to someone.”

 

Xia Liansheng, “You’re right, I’m not that kind of person. But unfortunately, you and Liu Zhongyuan have no relationship, you’re just on the same team.”

 

Qin Jiulin looked at him with some surprise. “Are you so sure about that?”

 

Xia Liansheng, “Yes, I can clearly see the way you like someone.”

 

Qin Jiulin was taken aback. He didn’t expect Xia Liansheng to say that, which made him feel very embarrassed. His expression became even colder. Yes, the way he liked someone, Xia Liansheng knew it well.

 

But what did this love of his ultimately bring him?

 

Should he be grateful to Xia Liansheng for giving him the best process, and that the pain in the end was only temporary?

 

Xia Liansheng saw Qin Jiulin’s expression changing, “Jiulin?”

 

Qin Jiulin took a deep breath. He was in a very bad mood now, and if they continued talking, he might not be able to hold back. It was best to end this quickly.

 

“If you’re done, then I’ll be going. The Captain is looking at his phone, probably because the Captain has already assigned us the area for the task.”

 

When Xia Liansheng looked over, sure enough, Liu Zhongyuan was already waving and smiling at Qin Jiulin. The result for Xia Liansheng was being left behind, watching their backs as they walked further away.

 

Xie Sihan came over, “Captain Xia, has the task requirement from the Captain come in? Just now Captain Liu has already accepted the task and left, we should go too.”

 

Xia Liansheng snapped out of it, “Okay, let’s go.”

 

He took out his phone as he walked, and indeed there was a message. The area they were responsible for was on the far left, while Liu Zhongyuan and the others had gone to the far right. Was this intentionally separating the two variant beastman teams to the edges?

There’s no choice, they can only go complete the task for now.

 

As for Liu Zhongyuan’s side, he seemed a bit anxious and kept questioning what Xia Liansheng and Qin Jiulin had just talked about. He looked at Qin Jiulin with a mixture of resentment and distress, just like looking at his newly-wed wife suspected of infidelity.

 

With a lot of gloom in his eyes, he kept asking, “What did you two talk about just now?”

 

“Why didn’t you tell me? Is there something you can’t say? Jiulin? Jiulin? Am I still your dear? You’ve already agreed to be my boyfriend before, are you going to renege on that now?”

 

The snake was aggrieved!