Qi Lin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and nodded before leaving the study.

The young woman sat at her desk, looking at the stacks of contracts on it, and smiled. "It seems that the Delin family has gone to great lengths to survive these past few years."

Now that she's back, we can't let her trip be in vain.

Next, the girl began to slowly flip through the pages, reading ten lines at a glance.

She didn't know how much time had passed when there was a knock on the door. Only then did she rest for a bit and rub her slightly sore eyes.

"Come in."

Lin Yan was still feeling a bit chilly. Looking at Qi Jiu's appearance, he placed the coffee he was holding on the table. "Sis, I just came back from the training ground."

"Hmm, what did you find?"

This afternoon, they took a walk around the training ground. Although the people in the training ground were somewhat inexperienced, the people in the training ground and the arena were not.

Obviously, they must have been trained and guided by someone; they certainly couldn't have learned it on their own.

"Sister, don't be fooled by Kesen's gold-rimmed glasses and refined demeanor. He's ruthless when he strikes. That guy is fearless."

Kesen?

Qi Jiu looked up and thought of how Kesen and his family had been responsible for the safety of the Delin family.

"Later, I found out that this Kesen didn't live with the Delin family before; he was practically one of our colleagues?"

"A half-professional? A mercenary?"

Qi Jiu raised an eyebrow at him, a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Yes, you didn't expect that either, did you? This young master of a prestigious family was actually a mercenary, spending his days crawling and fighting, licking blood from the edge of a knife. He's a young master now, why would he still live such a life?"

"Then the skills of those people I saw today can be explained. Having experienced life and death, they naturally have countless experiences."

The students on the training field are novices, but those on the practice field are.

It seems that even the Delin family has its dark horses.

"You should go and rest first. I should have plenty of time." She rubbed her temples wearily.

After Lin Yan left, she took a sip of the coffee she had just brought over and finally felt better. Just looking at things wasn't physically tiring, it was her eyes and mind that couldn't take it.

"Buzz!"

"Ah Lin?"

Looking at the handsome face on her phone screen, Qi Jiu smiled faintly, and all her fatigue vanished instantly.

"Are you settling in well with the Delin family? If the organization hadn't been so busy, I would have gone with you."

The girl waved her hand. "Your affairs are important. Everything is fine here, so don't worry. They're not stupid; they won't lay a hand on me. This international territory is truly my domain."

Hearing this, Qi Silin finally breathed a sigh of relief. "How are those people?"

"Hmm...it was alright, anyway, the acting was pretty good."

She suddenly smiled and continued flipping through the documents beside her. The two of them had reached a tacit understanding at some point. The video was on, and although they didn't speak, they were both shining brightly in their respective fields.

The atmosphere was inexplicably warm.

By the time I finished reading all the documents on the table, the sky outside was beginning to lighten. My phone, I don't know when, had run out of battery and shut down.

After such a night, she not only understood the current situation of the Delin family, but also discovered something different.

"Sis? Didn't you sleep all night?"

Lin Yan pushed open the door, his eyes filled with heartache as he looked at her.

Staying up all night was a piece of cake for them, but he still felt it wasn't worth it for a family he had no feelings for.

"Um."

Slender, well-proportioned fingers held the pen, sketching and drawing on the paper.

Seeing this, Lin Yan moved forward a bit. Seeing that Qi Jiu wasn't deliberately hiding anything, he became bolder and stared at the things that had been sorted out above him, stunned.

"So many documents, and this is all?"

There are quite a few documents on this table, but how come there are only a few sheets of paper that have been organized? They don't seem very important...

Qi Jiu smiled faintly, "Yes, that's all."

"With so many contracts, the Delin family's contribution is so minimal. What's the point?"

To put it nicely, these are contracts; but to put it bluntly, in some contracts, the Delin family's share is so large that there's no need to draft a contract at all.

Isn't this just playing a supporting role?

"Given the current situation and status of the Delin family, it would be difficult for them to become the big boss in order to survive, since the other party is not stupid."

Therefore, most of them are small contracts, and there are very few truly large collaborations.

However, the Delin family has survived these past few years thanks to these small collaborations. Without them, they would probably have disappeared from this world by now.

Although the collaboration was small, the sheer number of projects represented a victory in one aspect.

only……

Qi Jiu narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at the same contracts that had been used intermittently several times in their collaboration. Why was the Delin family interested in cooperating with them so many times over such seemingly ordinary collaborations?

The profits are so-so, everything is so-so, there's no reason for it...

Could it be... that there's something being hidden?

Lin Yan stopped talking and helped organize the other things. In an instant, Lin Yan went from being a brother of the assassin organization to a follower.

Not only did he have to tidy things up, but he also had to serve tea and water. Qi Jiu was working, and so was he.

By the time the two of them left the study together, most of the Delin family members had woken up.

Kesen sat on the sofa, staring in surprise at the direction from which the two people upstairs were coming down.

"Qiqi, you didn't sleep in the study all night?"

As soon as he finished speaking, not only he but also the people around him were stunned. They looked at her and saw that she was still wearing the same outfit as yesterday, and pursed their lips.

"Little sister, take your time reading these documents. Although our Delin family is in imminent danger, we are still doing our best to protect it. Please take care of your health."

Qi Jiu waved her hand, "They're only surviving on the surface. If Zero comes back, how long can you hold out?"

Given the current strength of the Delin family, whether in terms of military force or economic resources, they are generally no match for Zero. Therefore, it's best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

"What are you saying? Your brother is just concerned about you. Why are you being sarcastic..."

Rongman's expression was rather unpleasant as she looked at Qijiu and instinctively retorted.

"Man'er!" Qing Shuang frowned and tugged at her daughter's arm as she watched her daughter behaving so rudely. "You can't talk to your sister like that!"

Rongman looked at Qingshuang, and there were some words on the tip of her tongue, but she didn't say them.

"What, now even telling the truth is wrong? I know you mean well, but as the heir, if I'm not efficient, what will you say about me? What will outsiders say about me? Both paths are blocked. If you were me, what would you do?"