Chapter 2 But in the end, Qin Ren still couldn't get the person...

But in the end, Qin Ren was unable to send the person away.

It wasn't that he had softened his heart, but rather that the thief's reaction was too intense, as if he wanted to fight him to the death.

Qin Ren was worried that before he could even send the person away, the thief would kill him on the spot.

Qin Ren only wanted to catch a thief, but he had no intention of killing anyone.

So, in order to calm the thief down and also to let him know that he was only taking him to the police station and not arresting and selling him, he had no choice but to release him temporarily.

Qin Ren: "I didn't mean anything by it, and I'm not a bad person. I arrested you because you entered my house, and this is a legitimate act of catching a thief. Don't act like... like I'm some kind of big bad guy. I won't do anything to you, I'll just take you to the police station. You know the police station? They're all full of 'hat uncles' there. As long as you haven't committed any serious crimes, they won't do anything to you."

After Qin Ren finished speaking, realizing that the little thief wouldn't understand at all, he chuckled and gestured a couple of times.

When he looked down, he realized that the other person wasn't even looking at him.

She looked pitiful, crying as she wrapped herself in her scattered clothes, like a young woman from ancient times who had been bullied.

Qin Ren was amused by his appearance. What's going on?

Isn't he a boy?

Qin Ren is a man too, isn't he?

Why did the other party react this way?

It seems... that they have suffered a tremendous injustice.

At this moment, the little thief, Liu Qingyue, had indeed suffered a great injustice.

He didn't know what the situation was either.

He clearly remembered that he had entered a dilapidated temple to escape the bandits.

He was afraid of being caught by the bandits, so he wanted to find a place to hide in the temple.

Then he saw a door, a very hidden stone door, which he couldn't open at first.

He accidentally cut his hand when he pushed the door open.

The blood on his hands also stained the bracelet on his wrist.

Later, he heard the noise outside the temple and realized that the bandits were coming this way. In his haste, he accidentally pushed the door open.

Then...then he walked through the stone gate, which was pitch black inside. He walked a long way in and then encountered another gate.

At that moment, he wondered to himself, could he be so lucky as to have stumbled upon a passage connecting to another place?

He happily pushed open the door in front of him, expecting that there would be a desolate wilderness or a dense forest behind it.

When he pushed open the door, he found himself in a strange, secret room.

Yes, Liu Qingyue initially thought it was a secret room. He groped around in the dark for a long time before finally coming out of the secret room by going up the stairs.

After leaving the secret room, he came to a small courtyard.

Because it was already late at night, he couldn't see anything clearly and didn't see the car in the yard. Instead, he followed the eaves to the kitchen.

Of course, Liu Qingyue didn't know he had entered the kitchen. It wasn't until he found the eggs inside that he realized he was in someone else's kitchen.

He was too hungry and too tired.

He fled for half a month, not only getting separated from his family but also nearly being captured by bandits.

When he suddenly saw the eggs, he wanted to use the gold he had to trade with the family for a few eggs.

Once he has eaten and drunk his fill and found out where he is, he will try to reunite with his family.

Then... just as he was groping in the dark to get the eggs, Qin Ren, who had heard the noise, came over.

Liu Qingyue knew that her sudden and inexplicable appearance must have caused the family to misunderstand.

So when he was kicked to the ground, he immediately started to explain.

He said, "Have mercy. I'm not a thief. I just stumbled upon this place by accident."

However, to Liu Qingyue's surprise, the person couldn't understand his Mandarin at all.

The other person not only couldn't understand, but was also an extremely rude, irritable, and vicious fellow.

Because after he got up, the other party seemed to want to beat him up.

Liu Qingyue knew she was in the wrong, but she didn't want to be beaten like that, so she had no choice but to try to communicate with them.

He said in the local dialect of Yubei, "I mean no harm, I'm not a thief, please have mercy on me!"

The man spoke, but I couldn't understand a word he said.

He couldn't understand what he was saying, and the other person couldn't understand him either.

The two talked at cross purposes for a long time. Because Liu Qingyue's clothes were torn when she struggled, she mistakenly thought that he was going to do something to her, so she suddenly stretched out her claws to try to scratch him.

The two people behind them got into a fierce fight.

No, it should be Liu Qingyue's one-sided, fierce struggle. That person seemed very irritable, but in the end, he didn't do anything to him.

It was at this moment that Liu Qingyue gradually realized that he must have misunderstood.

Because if that person wanted to do something to him, they could easily pin him to the ground; there was no need to patiently pull him out.

As Liu Qingyue gradually calmed down, she shakily straightened her clothes while secretly glancing at the man.

Under the bright lights, the man's scarred face looked terrifying.

The man was very tall, much taller than Liu Qingyue's brother.

Liu Qingyue's elder brother is named Liu Yuze. He is twenty-two years old this year and is very tall and imposing.

He always felt that his elder brother was the tallest and strongest man he had ever seen.

Unexpectedly, there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. Today, he encountered someone even taller and stronger... well, the other party wasn't exactly the tall and strong type.

The tall, strong men were similar to the military generals he had seen. They were very tall and large, but some were too muscular and didn't look good at all.

The man in front of me was the kind of person who was tall and slender with strong and powerful limbs.

The man was quite handsome, but the thought of him kicking her the moment they met made Liu Qingyue think he wasn't handsome at all.

Then he noticed that the man's clothes were quite strange.

The man had short hair, and one eye was covered by a white cloth, suggesting he had been injured recently.

The man was wearing separate top and bottom clothing, and what Liu Qingyue found very puzzling was that he was barefoot in such cold weather.

Regardless of his attire or short hair, he looked like a rude and barbaric person.

Considering that the two of them couldn't communicate and the other's behavior was so violent and rude, could they be a foreign race lurking in their Dayong?

...

Seeing that the two of them couldn't communicate for the time being, Qin Ren started boiling water for himself.

He felt that the child did not seem like a bad person. The child's eyes were clean and beautiful, and his hands were so white that they seemed to glow.

Such a child cannot be raised by a poor family. If he is not a child from a poor family, then it means that he steals not because he is forced by life.

Furthermore, Qin Ren didn't have any enemies, so it was impossible for anyone to specifically seek out a weak and crybaby to torment him in order to get revenge.

He felt there must be some misunderstanding, so he wasn't as anxious as before.

While Qin Ren was boiling water, the people on the ground seemed to finally realize that Qin Ren had no ill intentions towards them.

He carefully stood up, straightening his clothes while secretly observing his surroundings.

Then, it would have been better if he hadn't observed him; once he did, he was completely stunned.

Before, he was only focused on being afraid of Qin Ren, and his mind was filled with thoughts of how scary it was, how he wanted to run away, and how he didn't want to be bullied by bad people.

Even though the lights in Qin Ren's house were exceptionally bright, he never thought about why.

At this moment, they noticed that Qin Ren had stopped making a move, and his appearance was no longer as menacing as before.

Having been pampered since childhood and possessing a rather bold nature, Liu Qingyue began to observe her surroundings.

This person's house is so strange.

Why is the light so bright? It's so bright it hurts his eyes.

Liu Qingyue stared at the light bulb for a moment, then rubbed her eyes uncomfortably.

He stopped staring at the light and looked at the stove next to him.

Upon seeing the eggs on the stove, his stomach involuntarily growled.

He was so hungry; he hadn't eaten anything all day.

He had just had a "fight" with that man, and now he was exhausted, thirsty, and cold. He really, really wanted to eat something.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingyue took out a gold bean from her body.

He knew that wealth should not be flaunted in chaotic times, but he still didn't know if he could escape from this wicked man.

He had no idea what he would face in the future, and he thought that even if he was going to die, he would die a full-bodied ghost.

So he didn't care whether he would be coveted because of this; all he wanted now was to have a good meal.

So Liu Qingyue mustered her courage and presented a golden bean to the man.

He pointed to the gold beans, then to the eggs, and then to his own stomach.

Seeing this, Qin Ren smirked, "Oh, you've got guts, you recovered so quickly?"

Just a moment ago I was terrified of him, looking at him like he was some kind of monster.

I never expected that not long after, this child would have the courage to buy food from him.

It seems they really weren't thieves.

Well… he looked at the gold beans in the other person's hand and felt that something was a little strange.

Even if it's a rich kid doing cosplay, isn't it a bit too weird to use ancient currency for money?

Is this kid an idiot, actually believing himself to be an ancient person while cosplaying?

Qin Ren frowned slightly. He first took the gold beans and then walked towards the eggs.

He confirmed that the gold beans were real gold, weighing about twenty grams.

However, it's probably not pure gold; the color looks a bit strange.

With that thought in mind, Qin Ren skillfully found a small soup pot and made two poached eggs for the other person.

Liu Qingyue was also unsure and worried that Qin Ren would not be willing to sell him the eggs. However, when he saw Qin Ren start cooking for him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He felt that this man wasn't so scary after all.

In this situation, only Liu Qingyue is so carefree, still thinking about food.

If it were anyone else in this situation, they would definitely not dare to ask for food, but would be trying their best to think about how to escape from Qin Ren's grasp.

Of course, if Liu Qingyue really dares to play tricks at this time, Qin Ren, who is known for being resistant to both soft and hard tactics, will definitely not let her off the hook.

Looking at it this way, it's only because one of them is easily swayed by gentle persuasion and the other is naive and innocent that they're so harmonious now.

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