Chapter 279

When Li Qingqing didn't have time to go back to the Novice Village, she usually stayed at the Qiao Family Escort Agency. But today Bei Qiao was back, so she could move in with him to live in Bei Qiao's courtyard in Linjie City.

"Wow!" Dan Ruo, who was welcomed into the house by the Qin family's servants, hugged the whip in her hand in shock. "Qiao Qiao, Boss, can I ask for your shelter? You've made a lot of money! You can actually buy such a big yard! Wow! And a puppy!"

"Are you sure you can stay? Escorting is not about traveling around the world, but going wherever the customer wants to go. At most, you can choose your favorite route." Of course, it doesn't matter where you want to go when you are not working.

"Ah...never mind then." Dan Ruo returned the whip to Bei Qiao, then excitedly squatted down and petted the puppy furiously: "Working to make money is tiring enough, so I still want to be more relaxed when playing games."

The puppy, who was petted and turned over on the spot, said: "Woof?"

Dan Ruo and Li Qingqing were staying in the guest house. Knowing that Li Qingqing was Bei Qiao's subordinate and might come often in the future, the Qin family's maid, under Bei Qiao's instructions, arranged a room specifically for Li Qingqing: "If you come alone in the future, we have no right to arrange for you to stay overnight. Please forgive us."

"Oh, it's okay. It's not convenient for me to live alone in the boss's house." Li Qingqing looked at the room from inside to outside: "Boss! Can I change something?" This house looks too unfamiliar and there is a serious lack of sense of security.

"Change what?"

"Add some protective mechanisms!"

"Oh, then go to the warehouse and move a few."

"What?"

Li Qingqing, with a puzzled look on her face, was taken by Bei Qiao to the door of the agency warehouse. Looking at the things in the warehouse, she held her chin in surprise and said, "Can all these be put in the house?" She felt safe just by looking at them!

"Well, I'll be staying here occasionally, so I have to take some precautions." Bei Qiao would also modify the room himself when he had nothing to do, and try to keep the safety measures on par with the Novice Village. After all, it was an offline environment, so it was never too careful: "Ruoruo, do you want it?"

"Hey, I don't need that." Dan Ruo held the puppy in her arms, raised its paws and waved them twice. "We can go to Yuanshan Village tomorrow. I'm so excited that I can't sleep. I don't need any help to ensure my sleep quality!"

Bei Qiao: "...Yeah, but my puppy needs to sleep, give it to me."

"Ah? Can't I sleep with it?" Dan Ruo hugged the puppy tightly in her arms, but the puppy didn't give her face and kept struggling in resistance.

Dan Ruo couldn't hold the puppy any longer and had to put it on the ground. She watched the furry little fellow happily wag his tail and flutter to Bei Qiao's legs, rubbing against them. "Really? Am I not good to you?"

"It would be scary if a guard dog could just run off with anyone." Bei Qiao picked up the puppy and rubbed its head. "If there's nothing else, good night. If you need anything, you can find them."

After bidding them goodnight, Bei Qiao left, carrying the puppy, ready to go back to his room and log off. Li Qingqing waved goodbye as Bei Qiao left, then asked her maid to help her get a bunch of traps to take back and build her own little nest.

"So many?" Dan Ruo, whose room was next door, followed Li Qingqing closely. She didn't notice it when Bei Qiao was still there, but after Bei Qiao left, she suddenly felt that the yard was so big and spacious, as if it could hide many people: "Can I go back and get a tripwire?" She didn't know if she was infected by them, but now Dan Ruo didn't feel safe at all.

"Sure." The maid smiled and said, "Is the guest afraid?"

"A little bit." Dan Ruo answered readily.

"Will the guest come and keep watch with us?"

"Oh? Is that okay? That's great!" Dan Ruo breathed a sigh of relief: I'll just hold on for one night, and then catch up on some sleep when I go to the Novice Village tomorrow.

Just when the three of them settled in Linjie City, in a county dozens of miles away, Jiang Lian was driving home with his sister and fiancée. The driver was a big, stupid man with a pale face, who seemed to have been seriously injured.

Seeing Jiang Lian's improved complexion, his fiancée, sitting in the car, breathed a sigh of relief. Inwardly, she rolled her eyes at him. "If I hadn't been cut off from power and my livelihood was being disrupted by these bastards, why would I be here, using love as a pretext, snatching scraps from them for something I don't care about?" "Tsk, he must have always thought I was completely devoted to him, right? Ha! I'll introduce him to some more unrefined guys later. This guy's been around me way too often lately, it's a bit of an eyesore."

Jiang Lian chattered incessantly in the carriage, while his fiancée pretended to comfort him. Jiang Zhuer huddled aside without saying a word, silently thinking about what her future sister-in-law had said to her before: the shop would probably not be able to be taken back, but maybe she could save up a little money, so that if she was forced to marry one day, she could at least run away with some valuables.

The next day, Bei Qiao got up and opened the forum, and unexpectedly saw someone in the spam group discussing how an official inn in a certain place was almost set on fire.

Player A: Are you crazy? What did the inn do to offend anyone?

Player B: I heard that it was done by Jiang family's men, but he refused to admit that he was a member of the Jiang family, and the Jiang family also said that there was no such person.

Player B: Fortunately, the person was caught before the fire was set. It has been windy these days. If the fire really started, it would have turned into a fire in minutes.

The Jiang family? Those people yesterday... Bei Qiao climbed out of bed, prepared himself mentally, and then quickly threw back the quilt: "Huh? Much better than expected." He had thought the room would be very cold, but he hadn't expected the insulation here to be so good.

"Qiaoqiao, are you up?" Danruo, who had been squatting outside the house and was forbidden by the maid to disturb Beiqiao, squatted on the ground and looked pitifully at the closed door in front of her: It was the first day I didn't see the puppy, and I missed it.

"Wake up, wait a moment."

The puppy, who had been squatting in the house all night, heard Danruo's voice and subconsciously stood up, wagging its tail and sticking to Beiqiao's legs. After Beiqiao opened the door, it walked out close to Beiqiao, and no matter how Danruo teased it, even making licking sounds, it refused to come forward.

"Does it hate me?" Dan Ruo looked up at Bei Qiao depressedly.

"Just recognizing the master." Bei Qiao pulled up Dan Ruo who was squatting on the ground: "Your cloak is about to be stained by the snow." There was a light snow last night, and it melted a little overnight, making it look a little dirty.

"Yeah, that's right. Dogs are the cutest and most loyal animals in the world." Dan Ruo followed Bei Qiao's movements and stood up. "It can't be that I played too hard and annoyed it, right?"

The maid standing nearby said nothing, only nodded quietly. "There aren't many guests in the courtyard, except this one...who's a bit too lively with the puppy. Compared to her, I'm considered reserved."

Dan Ruo saw the maid nod: "..." Ahem, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything.

Li Qingqing got up earlier than Danluo. Knowing that Beiqiao was still asleep, she started fiddling with the trap she had set up in the house. When Beiqiao came to find her, she stopped with a reluctant look on her face: "Boss, shall we set off now?"

"Are you done?"

"almost."

Just like that, Bei Qiao, who had been away from the Novice Village for several months, embarked on the last leg of his journey back home. His mounts recognized the way home and traveled much more briskly than before.

Li Qingqing went to Linjie City on a donkey. When returning to the Novice Village, she and Dan Ruo took turns driving. She tied the little donkey to the side of the car. The rope was very long, so there was enough space for the donkey to move around.

"It's snowing again! Fortunately, we're almost there. If we were two days later, it would have been difficult to make the journey." Dan Ruo sneezed as the snowflakes landed on her nose. "A-choo... The north is really cold."

"It's only recently that the temperature has suddenly dropped drastically. Although it was cold a few days ago, it wasn't as cold as it is today, with all the wind and snow." Li Qingqing, who had just taken a shift with Dan Ruo, opened her clothes in the carriage and shook off the snow. "It rained last week, and it was wet and cold."

When the three of them returned to Yuanshan Village, the sky had begun to clear up. Although it was still cold under the sun, it felt warmer than when it was snowing just now.

Upon learning that Bei Qiao was coming back today, Yu Qian braved the cold wind and ran to Aunt Ding's inn, intending to be the first to greet Bei Qiao. After waiting for half an hour, she finally saw Bei Qiao: "Qiao Qiao!"

"I see you, stop jumping forward." Bei Qiao lifted the car curtain and, before Dan Ruo stopped the car, used his Qing Gong to leap in front of Yu Qian. "Why are you so anxious to see me? Is there something wrong?"

"No, it's just something that happened to me. I just wanted to hide from someone." Yu Qian raised her hand and patted Bei Qiao's arm: Wow, as soon as I saw the beauty, the cloudy sky seemed to become brighter!

Dan Ruo was just about to stay at the inn. Seeing Bei Qiao landed at the door of the inn, she moved the carriage forward and stopped not far behind Bei Qiao: "Qiao Qiao, I'm leaving."

"Hey? Who are you?" Yu Qian had never seen Dan Ruo before, and was a little surprised to see someone getting off Bei Qiao's carriage with Li Qingqing.

"Hello, my name is Dan Ruo, and I'm from Qiao Qiao's hometown. I plan to stay in Yuanshan Village for a few days this winter and hibernate."

"Fellow countryman? Oh... hello, fellow countryman!" Yu Qian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: he was looking for players who were offline in the safe zone to deal with real-life affairs!

It was Yu Qian's first time reaching out to a player outside of the Novice Village, and she was quite curious about Dan Ruo. Dan Ruo was lively and always made a good first impression, so after a few brief conversations, Yu Qian immediately became friends with her.

Dan Ruo was always very selective with her friends, and Yu Qian wasn't a pushover, so the two quickly became close friends. During their conversation, Dan Ruo noticed Yu Qian was getting a little restless and wondered, "Do you have something urgent to do? Don't worry about me."

"No, no." Yu Qian, who was picking at her fingers, came back to her senses and waved her hands repeatedly: "I'm writing a storybook recently. The protagonist has been decided, but I'm a little unsure about the personality of the supporting role. I don't know if I can use your advice..."

"Really?! Write me into the novel? No problem! As long as I'm not a scumbag or lovesick, I can accept it! If there are no romantic scenes, you can just use my name!"