Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder's Counterattack Strategy

Yang Suiyi is a total homebody whose favorite pastime is writing novels on various websites. However, she inevitably abandons every single one, earning curses from countless readers while gleefully...

Chapter Thirty-Three: The Little Beggar's Rise to Become a Tycoon (7)

Suiyi clung to Lao Ba's back, looking at how much suffering he had endured since he was just a little boy.

"Myna, do you have a name?" Suiyi asked.

“Names? No, don’t you know? None of us have names. From the moment we became beggars, we were nothing to ourselves,” Lao Ba said self-deprecatingly.

"Hey myna, how about we work together to come up with a name for everyone?"

"Okay, then this arduous task is yours!" Lao Ba felt like he must be crazy to open his heart to someone whose name he didn't even know. But then he thought, what did they have that was worth anyone else's attention?

"Let me think... Since we're both beggars, how about we take Qi as our surname? As for our given names, I'll be called Qi Jiu'er, and you, Eighth Brother, will be called Qi Muzhi." For some reason, a sudden inspiration struck, and Sui Yi came up with this name.

"Qi Muzhi, that's a good name! What about the eldest brother and the others?" The eighth brother pondered the name repeatedly, finding it truly excellent, and then agreed. He then asked about the names of the others.

"Hehe, well, the eldest brother will be called Qi Da, the second brother Qi You, the third brother Qi Ci, the fourth brother Qi Li, the fifth brother Qi Gei, the sixth brother Qi Wo, and the seventh brother Qi Shang, how about that?" Sui Yi chuckled mischievously.

"Oh! Are you sure you're not joking about us older brothers?"

"Of course not, I was seriously thinking of a name! Qi Muzhi, you're wronging me."

"Hmm, let me think! This is outrageous! Attack! Thank you, Jiu'er, for showing me mercy."

"Uh, hehe! Brother Ba, I was just thinking that they'd look really cool in the future, right? This combination is really powerful, but if Brother Ba thinks it's not appropriate, just think of a new name!" Sui Yi felt a little ashamed after being exposed.

"Very well, let's leave it at that!"

"Wouldn't I feel a little bad..."

"It's okay, just tell them the name and let them decide for themselves whether they want it or not."

"Hehe! Myna, you're so kind!" Suiyi said happily, then suddenly glanced around.

"Hey, myna, this doesn't seem to be the way back." By the moonlight, Suiyi noticed that Muzhi wasn't carrying her towards the dilapidated temple. So she asked.

"If we go back in the middle of the night, what will they think if they find out?" Qi Muzhi said calmly.

“Uh, myna, they’ll only start to overthink if we don’t go back, okay?” Suiyi replied.

"What are you thinking? How old are you?" Qi Muzhi asked mischievously.

Sui Yi: "..." Yes! Her soul is that of an adult, but her body is that of a ten-year-old girl who is malnourished.

“Myna, you’ll corrupt the children,” Suiyi retorted.

"You? A child? Who knows if you're some ancient monster who's lived for thousands of years!" Qi Muzhi joked.

Suiyi choked, "Brother, can we still be good siblings?"

"Aren't we siblings? If we're not siblings, what do you want to be my relationship with?" Qi Muzhi asked Suiyi with some surprise.

"‖", feeling like they were talking at cross purposes, Sui Yi leaned against Qi Muzhi's back in frustration and stopped talking!

Qi Muzhi carried Suiyi for a short while before they saw a cave. He carried her inside, took out a flint and struck a spark to light a candle. The cave's interior was now clearly visible. Further inside, there was a stone bed covered with animal hides. Qi Muzhi placed Suiyi on the bed, took off his outer robe, and covered her with it. He then turned to find firewood and lit it, making the cave warmer.

Sui Yi watched Qi Muzhi sit up and bustle about, a feeling she couldn't quite understand welling up inside her. As she watched, she even felt that the moving figure somewhat resembled Long Moting from the first world. Although she didn't have a deep emotional connection with him, they had been together for decades, and a sense of kinship existed between them.

Then he mocked himself for being delusional, realizing that not everyone is like him, able to go to another world after death.