Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.
In order to help Bi’an understand Yin Xuan more comprehensively, Ying Jiao revealed all the stories about Chen Hua and his fellow apprentice Yin Xuan in detail and thoroughly.
Bi’an decided to find an opportunity to meet this senior brother.
But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t find a legitimate excuse to go to Chen Hua’s house.
So far, he had never even stepped into Chen Hua’s door, and his personal relationship with Chen Hua was also not very good. Having just suffered a critical blow from the full score in the questionnaire, Bi’an had some self-awareness and knew that if he rashly went to the door, he may not even be able to see his senior brother and may still be driven out by Chen Hua.
This must not be possible.
He pondered for a moment, then he squinted his eyes and looked at Ying Qiao: “Is there any project that Chen Hua is responsible for recently?” If he used the cooperation project as an excuse, wouldn’t he have a legitimate reason to contact people?
Ying Qiao understood the elegant meaning of Bi’an after hearing it. After thinking for a moment, he found that it really existed, and it was a derivative project after the last cooperation with the Dragon Palace.
“There’s a project coming up soon that I can arrange for you. As for whether you can seize the opportunity, it all depends on your own ability.”
He glanced at the books on the coffee table with a meaningful look. Although he didn’t say it explicitly, his eyes were very arrogant and full of superiority.
“…”
Bi’an wanted to say something, but after thinking about his perfect score on the questionnaire, he finally kept his mouth shut.
Then he waved his hands impatiently, saying, “You’re no longer useful, get out of here!”
Don’t delay my reading.
He didn’t know how long it would take to finish reading this huge pile of books, so he had to hurry.
“Then I’ll be leaving first. I’ll let you know if there’s any problem with Yin Xuan.” Ying Qiao stood up and said, “Jiang Lan and I are going out for dinner tonight and he won’t be back.”
Bi’an: …
His expression suddenly became fierce, and he blurted out word by word: “I know.”
It would take about another 1,800 years for him to completely accept this “brother-in-law”.
Now he got angry just looking at Dogecoin’s face.
Ying Qiao nodded at him, turned around and walked to the second bedroom and opened the door. Suan Ni, who was peeking at the door, was thus accidentally knocked over by the door.
However, he quickly jumped up from the ground and pretended like nothing happened: “Sister-in-law!”
Ying Qiao’s mouth twitched as he asked the three kids in the room, “We’re going out for a big dinner tonight, do you want to go?”
When Suan Ni heard that, he knew he had to go. So he jumped up and hugged his legs: “Let’s go, let’s go.”
Wherever there is a big meal, there he is!
Jiang Chi and Jiao Tu also nodded to indicate that they wanted to go.
So Ying Qiao took the three cubs in his arms and carried them away – in front of Bi’an.
Bi’an felt sick to his stomach, but then he thought, no matter how powerful Ying Qiao was now, he still had to enter the Dragon Palace in the end, right?
The dog is the one that was poured out.
Thinking of this, Bi’an suddenly felt much calmer and turned his attention to the book.
….
By the time Jiang Lan finished his presentation summary PPT, it was almost time to get off work.
Ying Qiao arrived to pick someone up right after work, and the three little ones, along with Jiu Ding, followed. With one adult, two children, and two small animals waiting at the street office entrance, they attracted quite a lot of attention.
Xue Meng, who came out with him, instantly turned into a sourpuss: “We are both handsome guys, but Jiang Lan has a family and I don’t even have a secret crush.”
Why is there such a big gap between people?
Jiang Lan patted his dog’s head and looked at Xue Meng with the eyes of a loving father looking at his silly son: “You may have some misunderstandings about yourself.”
“???”
Xue Meng felt insulted!
So he said goodbye to Jiang Lan angrily.
Xiao Xiaoyu laughed at him from behind: “Xue Meng, if you don’t have a mirror at home, I will bring you one tomorrow.”
Xue Meng walked hurriedly, determined not to look back.
After a few laughs and jokes, Xiao Xiaoyu said goodbye to Jiang Lan and went to give the tickets to the girls. Only Cool Brother stood there rooted to the spot, looking at Jiang Lan and his group expressionlessly.
Jiang Lan: ???
He said tentatively, “Then we’ll leave too. Bye?”
Zhang Tianxing: …
He just continued to stare at Suan Ni without saying a word.
Suan Ni raised its little paw and waved at him: “Goodbye.”
“Goodbye.” Zhang Tianxing finally spoke. Seeing them get in the car, he added, “I bought two more boxes of new meat jerky. They’re all newly released monster meat. I heard they taste good. I’ll bring them to work tomorrow.”
Suan Ni: !!!!!!
His golden cat-like eyes widened immediately, and he leaned against the window and said to Zhang Tianxing, “See you tomorrow!”
He wants to eat jerky!
“See you tomorrow.” Zhang Tianxing curved his lips slightly and watched the car leave.
Jiang Lan looked at Cool Brother’s gradually shrinking figure, then looked at Suan Ni, who was already enjoying the delicious dried meat with his belly spread out and pulled his furry ears: “Bad cat.”
Just to get a bite to eat, he’ll just coax people.
Suan Ni grumbled in dissatisfaction and used its claws to scratch at Fifth Brother’s hand. Its wide-open eyes were filled with questions: Why am I a scumb*g cat?!!
He is not!
Dinner was booked at a steamboat seafood restaurant. The seafood was fresh and sweet, and paired with a special sauce, the kids ate until their bellies were full. Jiu Ding, who hadn’t seen much of the world, especially, patted his slightly full belly happily and muttered to Ying Qiao, “If you had given me so many delicious foods when you first caught me, I wouldn’t have run away.”
Thinking of this, Jiu Ding felt that he had lost out on a lot!
….
The family happily finished their seafood meal. It was barely eight o’clock, so Jiang Lan suggested going to a nearby plaza to help digest their food before heading home. Not far from the mall where they’d dined was a large recreational plaza, complete with landscaped pavilions and gazebos. On their previous visit, they’d seen many people strolling and exercising in the plaza, making it a perfect place to digest their food after a meal.
As the lights came on and the summer heat subsided, residents who were busy working or going to school during the day came out to move around. Families could be seen strolling on the sidewalks everywhere. The cool breeze was mixed with the laughter of pedestrians, and the scene was filled with ordinary bustle.
Jiang Lan and his group walked slowly along the sidewalk toward the square. Jiu Ding and Jiang Chi walked in front, holding Suan Ni and Jiao Tu respectively, while Jiang Lan and Ying Qiao followed side by side, looking no different from any other family outing together.
The square was only a five or six minute walk from the shopping mall, but as soon as Jiang Lan and his friends arrived, they heard bursts of high-decibel screams.
Following the sound, they saw a high stage in the center of the square. People surrounded the stage in three layers, mostly young people, with their hands raised high and waving continuously. Some of them held up light signs with Bai You’s name on them flashing.
This scene attracted many passers-by to stop and watch out of curiosity. From their discussions, Jiang Lan learned that Bai You was actually coming here tonight to participate in a charity event.
Many fans came to the event after hearing the news, which led to the current grand occasion.
Jiang Lan muttered, “What a coincidence!” Seeing that more and more people were attracted to the square to watch the excitement, he thought of walking somewhere less crowded. But just as he turned around, he heard a terrified scream suddenly erupt from the crowd behind him.
Along with the screams came an extremely strong fishy smell.
Jiang Lan subconsciously turned around to look, only to see that the three layers of fans surrounding the stage had automatically separated from the middle, leaving an open space in the middle, where a girl squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, shivering.
The surrounding noises seemed to instantly fall silent, leaving only her suppressed sobs. Fans on either side lowered their heads. Unbeknownst to them, those youthful faces had transformed into rat-like ones, their gray fur spreading all the way to their collars. Their pointed mouths were closed, and their black, bean-sized eyes stared intently at the girl in the middle, revealing a cunning and greedy expression.
Squeaking sounds rang out one after another in the crowd. Jiang Lan glanced around but saw that most of the people in the square had turned into human bodies with rat heads. Their rat eyes, as big as black beans, revealed a cunning and insidiousness that was not like that of a human.
The few people who remained normal either collapsed on the ground in fear or covered their mouths tightly and dared not make a sound.
Others, like the girl at the beginning, screamed in fear, and then ran away like crazy, trying to get away from the monsters in the square.
The fleeing crowd was like a signal. The squeaking sounds in the square became louder and louder. The greed in the rats’ eyes had become real as they surrounded the normal people who had not yet reacted.
The scene suddenly became chaotic. Jiang Lan protected Jiang Chi and the others behind him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and glanced at the traffic and crowd outside the square – they seemed unaware of the horrifying scene in the square.
His nose twitched, and when he smelled the strong fishy smell of water, he frowned: “Is it an illusion?”
“It’s rat miasma.”
Ying Qiao raised his hand and clenched his five fingers. A drop of gray water was suspended in his palm. The drop was motionless at first, but after Ying Qiao slowly closed his five fingers, it rushed left and right like a living thing, trying to escape from Ying Qiao’s palm.
If you listened carefully, you could hear a very subtle sound like a mouse squeaking in the water droplets.
Ying Qiao clenched his fingers together and pinched them, then opened his hands again. The gray water droplets had disappeared without a trace, leaving only a strong fishy smell in the air.
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