Chapter 169

Not to mention how Beishan was caught and questioned later, Beiqiao, who felt that he had comforted his cousin, had already put down his phone and started eating snacks.

The restaurant had just opened, and because of a promotion, it was packed with customers, so the food was inevitably served slowly. To accommodate the customers, the waiter served each of them a snack and recommended a free dessert that they could get if they gave the restaurant a perfect score on the review app.

"Would you like one? It's free." asked the waiter who brought snacks to Bei Qiao.

"No need, I didn't download the review software." Bei Qiao shook his head.

"Okay, that's okay." The waiter put down the dessert: "Dessert is still free."

"Um?"

As soon as the waiter left, one of the dishes Bei Qiao ordered arrived. The waiter placed the food in front of Bei Qiao and also served him a dessert: "Hello, you can try this dessert for free after you rate it on the review page."

"I have already given it to you."

"That's okay. I'll give you this one too." The waiter smiled, collected the plates and left.

"Um?"

"Sorry, sir, your dish needs to be cooked over high heat, so the service is a little slow. Sorry." More than ten minutes later, the other dish Bei Qiao ordered was also served. At this time, the neighboring table, which had arrived later than Bei Qiao, had already started eating.

"It's okay." Bei Qiao picked up the chopsticks.

"This is a dessert for you. I'm so sorry."

"Hmm? Oh." Bei Qiao looked at the table half filled with desserts in front of him: No wonder there are so many people in this store, the discounts are too big, right?

The female boss looking around at the counter: Discounts and stuff... Hey, letting the handsome customers stay at the window seats for a while can attract other customers and provide better service.

A passerby passing by said: I'm a little hungry, why not try this restaurant first? The food seems pretty good.

After dinner, Bei Qiao sat down to rest for a while, then stood up and walked out of the restaurant. The restaurant was in an alley, and it took three turns to get to the main road.

Standing at the hotel entrance, Bei Qiao pulled out his phone and searched for directions to the nearest tourist spots as he walked out. Just then, a girl blew out of the alleyway like a gust of wind. If Bei Qiao hadn't reacted quickly and jumped to the side, he would have been knocked back into the hotel.

"Where are you running to... Stop!" Just as Bei Qiao was looking around in confusion, several men rushed out of the alley, shouting and cursing as they chased in the direction the girl was running. When they saw Bei Qiao, they pushed her: "Kid, don't meddle in other people's business?" Damn, why didn't they push her?

Bei Qiao, who had taken the time to stand still while playing with his phone, slowly stood up straight: "..." What's wrong with this person? Why did he push others?

It is autumn now. Bei Qiao is wearing loose long-sleeved shirt and trousers. His muscles are not very obvious. At first glance, he does not look strong, but he is a little taller than the average person.

Seeing Bei Qiao standing firmly in place, the man thought he was not pushing hard enough, so he stopped and tried to push again. Bei Qiao took a step back to avoid it, then stood up again and looked down at the other person expressionlessly: What do you mean?

The man was shocked to find that Bei Qiao was actually taller than him. He stood on tiptoe and raised his chin, trying to look down at Bei Qiao. Then he turned around and ran away with a stern face, pretending nothing had happened: "Damn pretty boy, you're lucky I don't have time to deal with you now!"

Bei Qiao watched the other party leave: He cursed out loud, it really broke my defense.

The man continued to shout and curse as he chased the girl. Hearing the noise outside, people in nearby shops rushed to the doors or windows to see what was happening outside.

The noise they made was quite loud, alerting the electronic eye guards patrolling the sky. When Bei Qiao put away his phone and walked onto the main road, the girl and the man were standing on either side of the electronic eye guards, staring at each other, their faces flushed and their necks thick with anger.

Man: "You don't act like a girl!"

Girl: "Why, you're better at being a girl than me?"

Man: “…Pah!”

Girl: “Heh!”

The 25th century was a civilized era, a time of abundant martial virtue. While people could safely use their phones in cars and leave their homes at night, arguments and fights still occurred. Despite the presence of electronic security cameras, these individuals, when their tempers flared, simply couldn't contain themselves. For unknown reasons, a brawl erupted on the street, nearly erupting into a fistfight.

Bei Qiao didn't watch the crowd, but took the bus straight to the scenic spot. When he got tired of visiting the scenic spot, he opened his phone and watched a video app. Surprisingly, he saw a live video of the quarrel. The video had been automatically blurred for everyone. To avoid being caught by the electronic eye guards, the cameraman filmed it from an awkward angle with many obstructions.

In the video, Bei Qiao saw himself passing by with a blurred cartoon animal pattern on his head, and he immediately took a screenshot and saved it: Although, is this what I look like from behind?

Bei Qiao was not in a hurry to go out this time. He only went to three places in one day and spent the rest of the time enjoying the local food.

That evening, Bei Qiao returned to the hotel and video chatted with his family. Bei Shan, for some reason, hadn't replied, and her signature hadn't been changed to "Studying, Do Not Disturb."

After hanging up the video chat, Bei Qiao took out his holographic glasses and put them on, then logged into another world and began his daily martial arts training.

The sky in this other world was the same as the outside world; it was already night. The moonlight wasn't particularly bright, but it was enough for someone without night blindness to wander around the yard without a lantern.

After practicing martial arts under the moonlight, Bei Qiao used his Qing Gong skills to leap onto the rooftop and gazed around idly. The houses in the Novice Village all had the same structure and were about the same height. Standing on the rooftop, Bei Qiao could vaguely see the lights of the food court shops in the distance. Looking further out, he could see vast fields.

There were not many people around, so Bei Qiao simply sat on the roof, holding on to the chimney and opened the forum.

Since all facilities are already complete, Yuanshan Village won't be seeing any new players for now. Only the experts and staff guiding farming will occasionally appear, like a grandfather handing out a golden finger. Yuanshan Village is located in the north, and the climate allows for roughly two crops per year, but players don't have to worry about these. The war preparation test fields are managed by dedicated personnel, and specialized equipment is available for harvesting, so players won't have to toil with sickles themselves.

Official: Farming requires skills. We don’t want crops to rot in the fields just because the harvesting is slow. That would be a waste of food.

After returning to the village yesterday, Bei Qiao returned the wooden sign for the vow to the Earth God Temple. The village chief had previously issued a notice informing everyone that the mastermind behind the attack on the Novice Village had been apprehended, and that everyone no longer needed to hide.

After comparing various sources, Bei Qiao confirmed that the stick that had been shattered into pieces at the Qin family's residence was the village chief's alleged mastermind. According to the village chief's information, the alleged mastermind was a wood demon who had been defrauded of everything by humans. His meager fortune was dwindled after being outsourced to hired humans, and he himself was suppressed by a cultivator. Now, let alone returning to Yuanshan Village to cause trouble, his survival depended on the cultivator's mood.

Bei Qiao, who roughly knew what happened, said: All I can say is, if you don’t seek death, you won’t die.

The evening breeze was a bit cool, but there were also a lot of mosquitoes. Bei Qiao stood facing the wind for a while, swatting mosquitoes with his left hand and replying to Bei Shan's private message with his right hand.

Beishan: Sister, an online friend wants to ask me out for a mountain climbing date. What should I do?

Bei Qiao: If you don’t want to go, then don’t go. Are you afraid that the other party will catch you through the Internet cable?

Beishan: Mainly because we had a good chat before and I don’t want to have a falling out.

Beishan: And he looks quite handsome in the photos.

Bei Qiao: ...

Bei Shan: And he asked me to go hiking with him tonight! He’s a handsome guy, and a handsome guy with a sick side, so interesting!

Bei Qiao: ...

Bei Qiao: So

Beishan: He asked me out tonight, but I live on campus! Help me find a way!

Bei Qiao: ...

Bei Qiao: Let him climb the mountain by himself, using the video chat function on the way, and you can video chat with him while eating snacks in the dormitory, without turning on the front camera. This way, he can enjoy the mountain climbing he wants and the chat you want.

Beishan: Good idea!

A few minutes later...

Beishan: Sis, he said I was sick and blocked me!

Beishan: I don’t want to chat with him anymore!

Bei Qiao: Yeah.

Bei Qiao: Be good and do your homework quickly.

Bei Shan frantically flooded the forum with onomatopoeias reminiscent of crying, scrolling through three pages in a row before reluctantly logging off. Bei Qiao, eyesores from the noise, closed the forum and was about to head back to his room to log off when he stumbled upon a familiar figure outside the wall, struggling to carry a large load.

"Qiao Qiao...can you help me get it?" The girl passing by outside the wall was a player working in the inn. Her name was Dian Xiaoer. Yes, her last name was Dian and her given name was Xiaoer. Even her household registration said so. I don't know why the system could verify this name and not reject it.

"Wait a moment." Bei Qiao leaped off the roof and landed easily on the wall. He held the package on the waiter's body with one hand and asked, "What are these?"

"Although some customers wanted to eat a lot of snacks, he gave them a lot." The waiter breathed a sigh of relief and freed one hand to pat his shoulder: "It's really too much." It was really hard to earn the errand fee this time. I have to buy some ointment from Qi Zhi later.

"Why don't you use Qinggong to rush back?" Bei Qiao remembered that the waitress also knew some Qinggong. During the defense of the Novice Village, her speed of moving back and forth was not slow.

"I'm not proficient enough. I can run back by myself using light skills, but I can't run while carrying a bunch of things." The waiter laughed dryly: "Martial arts really require talent. I have been in the novice village for more than a year, and I have been exercising every day. I finally can fly like a female knight, but it turns out that this flight has a weight limit. It's outrageous!"

Waiter: Shouldn't Qinggong be in the setting of martial arts? Why are you making it so scientific? Could it be that when ancient heroes used Qinggong to travel, they had to do a round of decluttering beforehand?