RITAAB 89.2

PART 2

Lin Lou, “Of course. Those prey with a high degree of ancestral reversion are generally very large, and it’s indeed too troublesome for us to handle them ourselves.”

Song Wennan, “This food tastes great, better than what we cook.”

Duan Shuangshuang’s eyes flickered. As a woman, she couldn’t cook… Oh well, who said women had to be good at cooking? She just couldn’t!

Qin Jiulin, “Eat quickly. After we finish eating, I’ll take you to do the mission. By the way, do you have any experience hunting semi-beast transformers? You should, right?”

Lin Lou, “Yes, after all, when we were with Zhou Lie, there were a lot of battles. Not just against semi-beast transformers, but also many ferocious animals.”

Qin Jiulin, “Oh? You…”

Lin Lou sighed, “You noticed?”

Qin Jiulin, “Since you didn’t stay with him willingly, he assigned all the dangerous tasks to you?”

Duan Shuangshuang clenched his fists, “Exactly! That Cheng Lin is simply detestable. Not only did she mistreat our families, but she would also speak ill of us in front of Zhou Lie from time to time.”

Song Wennan, “Any slightly dangerous task was assigned to us, and we couldn’t object.”

Lin Lou, “Come to think of it, we’re actually much safer after coming here. After all, staying inside, Zhou Lie and those two young masters wouldn’t be in danger, so we were also much safer.”

Qin Jiulin, “…” That sounded very much like something Zhou Lie would do.

Liu Zhongyuan was a little puzzled, “Then weren’t the other three heterogeneous beast transformers raised to be useless by Zhou Lie? Since all the dangerous tasks were given to you.”

Lin Lou revealed a somewhat gleeful smile, “Exactly! Of those three, aside from Cheng Lin whose beast form is poisonous and somewhat useful, the other two are completely useless!”

Qin Jiulin, “One is an elephant… That’s still quite powerful, right? Since he’s a heterogeneous beast transformer.”

Lin Lou, “Yes, the heterogeneous beast transformer with the elephant beast form is indeed very strong just based on size, but he can’t stand being a brainless idiot.”

Qin Jiulin, “How is he brainless?”

Lin Lou and Song Wennan fell silent, but Duan Shuangshuang said with a somewhat twisted smile, “This person has a problem with his brain. He thinks that since he’s become a heterogeneous beast transformer and is so big and powerful, he’s protagonist material. And if he’s the protagonist, shouldn’t he have a harem? He also happens to like men, and thinks that non-heterogeneous beast transformers are not worthy of him, so…”

As he spoke, he looked at his two new teammates, and Liu Zhongyuan and the other two looked at them with surprise.

Lin Lou gave a dry laugh, “Of course, he couldn’t succeed. I have a wife and son, and Wennan has a daughter. We both like women!”

Duan Shuangshuang’s face was contorted from suppressing his laughter, but fortunately, he quickly regained his composure and his expression returned to normal, “That guy is really something…”

“He really thinks he’s the male protagonist, constantly approaching Brother Lin and Wennan and saying disgusting things. Sometimes he’d even kabedon them when they weren’t paying attention.”

“If our families weren’t in Zhou Lie’s hands, we would have killed him long ago!”

Duan Shuangshuang became more and more animated, “Just like those overbearing CEOs in those old cliché CEO novels, you know? Just like that, incredibly greasy.”

“Just the scenes I happened to see made me lose my appetite for a whole day. Things like ‘Follow me and I’ll make sure you live the good life, you’ll never have any more trouble.'”

“Things like ‘You’ve caught my attention, and now you want to escape?’ And also ‘Am I not good to you? Why don’t you respond to me? I’m such a good man, where else will you find someone like me after you lose me?'”

“‘I’ll be good to you, I’ll be good to you for the rest of my life.'”

Looking at the food in front of him, Qin Jiulin suddenly felt too greasy to eat, “Is this for real?”

Duan Shuangshuang twitched the corner of his mouth, “Isn’t it? If he only said these things to one person, it would be acceptable. After all, when you truly love someone, it’s okay to be a little foolish sometimes.”

“The key is that he would say these things to Brother Lin and Wennan in turns every day. He’d say them to whoever he saw. Sometimes, when the two of them were talking together, he would actually just spout all that nonsense to both of them…”

Liu Zhongyuan was stunned, “He’s quite a character.”

Qin Jiulin, “And Zhou Lie just let him do that?”

Duan Shuangshuang, “Yeah, after all, he’s one of his own, and we’re not. As long as it wasn’t too excessive, that bastard Zhou Lie wouldn’t do anything, not even say anything.”

Qin Jiulin, “However…”

Lin Lou smiled awkwardly, “Yeah, it was really frustrating, but compared to Cheng Lin, it wasn’t too bad. After all, he only talked, he wouldn’t touch us, and he wouldn’t specifically target our families.”

So their revenge against Zhou Lie wouldn’t involve anyone else.

As for the other two heterogeneous beast transformers who remained with Zhou Lie, the other one’s beast form was a seagull, also a man, but this person was relatively solitary and didn’t often appear in their sight, so they weren’t familiar with him.

Qin Jiulin, “By the way, do you know their names?”

Lin Lou, “The one with the elephant beast form is Jiao Longwenhua…”

Duan Shuangshuang, “But he always asks people to call him Brother Aotian… Of course, everyone ignores him.”

Lin Lou, “The other more solitary one is called Peng Lixiu. We’re not familiar with him.”

Liu Zhongyuan, “Good, I have a general understanding of the situation. Have you finished eating? Let’s go to the Martial Arts Department.”

Lin Lou, “Let’s go, we’re done eating.”

They felt pretty good chatting and eating. They hadn’t dared to imagine such a relaxed scene before.

When they went to the mission location, they naturally had to pass through the safe zone. Whether by coincidence or not, they actually saw Qi Jinglan again!

Lin Lou and the others didn’t know Qi Jinglan. Liu Zhongyuan and Qin Jiulin noticed her but pretended not to see her. Qi Yue, who was behind them, took a couple of extra glances.

He noticed that Qi Jinglan was somewhat out of breath, as if she had just undergone strenuous exercise, with sweat on her forehead and neck. Had she just run over?

Qi Yue felt a little conspiratorial. Could it be that she had somehow learned about the mission they had taken and come here specifically to intercept them?

Qi Yue only thought about it briefly before retracting his gaze and following the others. He ignored Qi Jinglan as he passed by, and perhaps because Liu Zhongyuan and Qin Jiulin were both present, Qi Jinglan didn’t react.

After walking a certain distance, Qi Yue said to Lin Lou, “Brother Lin, that person sweeping the streets behind us…”

The three of them looked back, feeling a little puzzled. “What about her?”

Qi Yue, “That’s my older sister, Qi Jinglan.”

Lin Lou and the others were silent for a moment. Although she was his sister, his attitude just now and his current tone of voice seemed a bit strange.

Qi Yue continued, “She cheated on me with my ex-boyfriend, and during the early stages of the apocalypse, when I had just awakened as a heterogeneous beast transformer and was still weak, they teamed up to try and starve me to death.”

“Now I’ve broken ties with her and that man. If she tries to approach you using her identity as my sister, just ignore her.”

Lin Lou, Duan Shuangshuang, and Song Wennan were shocked when they heard this. “Your sister teamed up with your ex-boyfriend to harm you?”

Qi Yue, “Yes, they didn’t want to have an affair anymore, they wanted to be together openly, but they cared about their reputation, so they took advantage of my weakness to secretly kill me, so they could be together without any obstacles.”

The three had never seen such bizarre behavior, someone harming their own family. “Okay, we understand. We’ll ignore her if we see her again.”

Qi Yue, “She just saw the three of you with us, so she’ll definitely find an opportunity to approach you.”

Lin Lou, “Is it because of your status as a heterogeneous beast transformer?”

Qi Yue, “Yes.”

Then Qi Yue looked at Liu Zhongyuan and Qin Jiulin, as if asking whether they should mention his situation beforehand.

Liu Zhongyuan shrugged, “Jiulin and I are partners.”

Lin Lou blinked. “Oh? Oh! I can see that. I wish you happiness!”

Liu Zhongyuan said with a chuckle, “Oh, how embarrassing… Hahaha… Thank you…”

Qin Jiulin added, “Zhongyuan and I also have some troublesome family members who want to take advantage of our status as heterogeneous beast transformers. They’ve been spreading bad rumors about us because we don’t take care of them. Just listen with one ear and don’t pay them any mind.”

Lin Lou, “Oh, okay, we understand.”

Duan Shuangshuang thought of his younger brother and their parents who often abused them, and sighed, “Every family truly has its own troubles.”

As they approached the mission location, they saw a familiar figure.

Xia Liansheng turned around, “Jiulin? Long time no see. Did you also take a mission here? What a coincidence.”

Qin Jiulin thought about the time they accepted the mission; all the missions in the surrounding locations had already been taken, so was this really a coincidence?

Before he could speak, Liu Zhongyuan stepped in front of Qin Jiulin, blocking Xia Liansheng’s view, “Well, well, if it isn’t Captain Xia. What are you doing here?”

“Oh, I heard you accepted that General Zhou’s recruitment and are now working for him? Good for you! Make sure to be General Zhou’s loyal dog, otherwise, you won’t be worthy of his kindness!”

Xia Liansheng twitched the corner of his mouth. “You don’t need to worry about my affairs. And I only accepted some commissions from General Zhou, it’s not like what you said…”

A dog? Was there anyone who could make him, Xia Liansheng, be a dog? Impossible.

Lin Lou and the others didn’t know what Xia Liansheng looked like, but they had heard his name. He was a heterogeneous beast transformer whom Zhou Lie had sent someone to recruit when he was still concealing the identities of all beast transformers.

He was said to be the captain of one of the only two heterogeneous beast transformation teams here. They hadn’t expected to meet him so soon. He looked respectable, but unexpectedly, he had accepted Zhou Lie’s recruitment. What a lack of judgment!

Lin Lou approached Xia Liansheng and said earnestly, “Why are you so blind at such a young age? You should stay as far away from that Zhou guy as possible…”

Xia Liansheng narrowed his eyes, “Are you three the heterogeneous beast transformers who betrayed General Zhou before?”

Hearing the word “betrayal,” the expressions of Lin Lou, Duan Shuangshuang, and Song Wennan twisted simultaneously. Betrayal? They betrayed him? They had never pledged allegiance to that Zhou guy in the first place!

Lin Lou sneered, “Hmph! Taking kindness for weakness.”

Liu Zhongyuan took Qin Jiulin’s hand, “Let’s go, Jiulin. Let’s go do our mission over there. We’ll be late if we delay any longer, and we won’t have enough time for the mission.”

Qin Jiulin, “Let’s go.”