Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Dominoes But the Jealous Version of N...

Before Qin Sheng could say anything, he heard Feng Lili quickly say "Contact via text message" in the tone of someone who had gotten into trouble and was in a hurry to escape, and then the call was left with a busy tone.

He rubbed his temples resignedly and said sincerely, "She knows it was an accident. I can't just silence her. I don't plan to keep it a secret from you for long. It's just that I'm not sure I can tell you without destroying the trust we've worked so hard to build. We need to wait a little longer."

Wait until the Qin family's matter is resolved, or Xu Zhaoyi's system comes out of hibernation. Either of the two conditions will be met.

Xu Zhaoyi was just feeling a little complicated because Qin Sheng chose Feng Lili to confide in him or Feng Lili about this so-called secret, but he didn't have any intention of getting to the bottom of it.

After hearing what he said, I suddenly realized that this secret might really be closely related to him.

"You can talk about it when you want to." He didn't mind being generous when Qin Sheng was in trouble, but there was one thing he had to emphasize: "And my trust is not that easily destroyed!"

Qin Sheng made it sound like they were just plastic friends. At least they had a marriage contract witnessed by heaven and earth. He remembered their engagement letter, and the first sentence written under the guidance of some unknown spirit was "Our hearts are as close as iron and stone, and will never change despite wind and frost."

Even if he couldn't trust his fiancé, could he not trust the heavens who had appeared in person to act as matchmaker? Xu Zhaoyi thought to himself that he wasn't the kind of person who would be so suspicious that he wouldn't even make an exception for his own wife.

That's right, during the time when Qin Sheng thought he was seriously training and preparing for the battle, he was actually not working hard at all. Instead, he was reflecting on his abnormal words and deeds during this period, and finally admitted that he might seem to be showing some signs of bending.

And between trying to win herself back and giving up, he chose to treat Qin Sheng as his future wife first.

What should you do if you're facing someone you're attracted to, but the timing isn't right for a relationship? Just be nice to them; that's always a good idea.

Xu Zhaoyi is not so cowardly as to be afraid to face the change in his orientation. He does a lot of deliberate alienation and exclusion and even speaks without thinking, desperately launching boomerangs at his future self.

Qin Sheng didn't know that his status in Xu Zhaoyi's heart had risen, and he was really moved for a moment when he heard it.

But it was just being moved. Trust was something very similar to love, but more changeable and difficult to control. Some things did not allow for trial and error. As long as he hadn't lost his mind, he would not put all his hopes on a man's mouth, even if it was his wife's.

“Thump, thump, thump, thump!”

Just when the atmosphere between the two became a little subtle, in a corner where no one was paying attention, Noodle Fly kicked its legs and crawled out from the screen of Qin Sheng's mobile phone.

"I'm back!" It buzzed around Qin Sheng and Xu Zhaoyi and made a brilliant appearance.

The fatal crisis on Feng Lili's side has been resolved, and now all he needs to do is keep an eye on it from a distance.

After hearing its sound, Qin Sheng had the illusion that the oxygen content in the air had increased, and he could calmly appreciate its fly patrol performance.

"Come here." Xu Zhaoyi stretched out his hand, letting the noodles fall onto his fingers, teasing them deliberately: "Let me ask you, you also know that your father has a little secret about me, right?"

Noodles groaned, rubbed his legs guiltily, and asked tentatively, "Which one are you referring to?"

In his heart, he secretly said to Qin Sheng: [Don't worry, host, I'm a professional at playing dumb.]

Qin Sheng was suffocated after hearing this, thinking that this was not professionalism but authority. The stupidity in his mind was pulled out, and every milliliter was a pure and honest magic medicine that could reduce intelligence.

Xu Zhaoyi smiled: "Are there many more?"

"I can't say much..." Noodles, who had been unable to speak freely for a long time, suddenly became talkative. "Strictly speaking, it's not really a secret. It's just that you don't know it, and he won't tell you specifically."

"for example?"

"for example……"

Noodles chattered loudly to Xu Zhaoyi right in front of its host: "Initially, I only suggested that he coax you into swearing brotherhood, but he was the one who insisted on forcing you to marry him!"

——In fact, Qin Sheng needed a legitimate reason to bring Xu Zhaoyi home to live for a long time without arousing suspicion.

"Besides, he originally wanted to marry you right away, but later changed his mind and got engaged first!"

——Because the task given by the system is engagement.

"Many of your clothes are custom made, with designs he personally picked out."

——Qin Sheng was just bored.

"He also established a new charity fund in your name, because merit is helpful for cultivation."

——To support the male protagonist for the system, Qin Sheng will use it for himself, and also give one portion to Xu Zhaoyi.

"Oh, and more..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking."

Xu Zhaoyi coughed several times to hint that the noodles would stop, but he couldn't stop eating. He couldn't cover the fly's mouth either. He didn't even know where the fly's mouth was, and he was afraid that he would accidentally cover the fly to death.

He glanced at Qin Sheng, who was staring at the noodles with a half-smile. In order to prevent the noodles from getting beaten because of his curiosity, he could only ask him to stop.

After saying that, Qin Sheng's gaze shifted to him. His face became hot, and he felt embarrassed for Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng himself didn't feel embarrassed at all. Every "secret" had a reason. He didn't do these things just to seduce Xu Zhaoyi. He had a clear conscience and was very open and honest.

It's just that this brat Noodles dared to go crazy after not being beaten for a few days. It means he didn't have that kind of intention. If he had really been attracted to Xu Zhaoyi at the beginning, I can't imagine how miserable he would be at this moment.

Xu Zhaoyi wanted to save Noodles and take it away from Qin Sheng's clutches temporarily, but when he thought about the decisive battle tonight and the fact that he couldn't take care of Qin Sheng, how could he feel at ease without Noodles guarding Qin Sheng?

He looked at the little fly lovingly, who was unaware that it was about to receive Qin Sheng's loving education. He could only say that he was helpless to help.

Fortunately, Qin Sheng was probably afraid of affecting his condition, so he didn't make trouble in front of him. Noodles switched back to his Skunk vest without noticing, and controlled Qin Sheng's mobile phone to send text messages to Ramon to send a bunch of junk food over for him to eat.

During this period of time, it has been following Feng Lili, and its life is even more miserable than that of a wild system without a host. It has few opportunities to speak, and it cannot move freely in the watch, let alone satisfy its appetite.

Qin Sheng also knew that it was working hard. Seeing its pitiful appearance as it wolfed down the food, he softened his heart and symbolically took a chicken leg from the huge bowl in front of it as a lesson.

Noodles thought he was hungry too. Although he was greedy, he didn't guard his food. He said generously, "Eat as much as you want! Do you want chicken wings?"

“…You’re welcome.”

"You're welcome~"

Xu Zhaoyi watched the whole process and looked at Qin Sheng's face which had completely softened. He couldn't help but sigh that fools have good fortune.

Qin Sheng was interrupted so many times that it took him a long time to remember that Feng Lili asked him if he wanted to meet the people from the Southern Chuan with her tonight in the capacity of her partner and golden thigh Tang Ling.

"I think it's better not to." Xu Zhaoyi felt unsafe when he heard it. Of course, he now knew how to persuade Qin Sheng so that he would listen to him.

His mind raced, but he continued naturally, "Those people gathered around Feng Lili simply for profit. Feng Lili is their only way to continuously obtain spiritual water, and it's best if this advantage is maintained. Your presence completely diminishes Feng Lili's power. Unless you want to marginalize Feng Lili's role, I don't recommend doing this."

Qin Sheng nodded happily, "Then I'll tell her that there's no need to make any arrangements."

Feng Lili is very useful. From a decent perspective, she is straightforward and grateful. From a villain's perspective, she is not very strong, and if she wants to keep her foothold, she needs his material support. It is impossible for him to find trouble to marginalize her.

After receiving his reply, Feng Lili tremblingly asked him whether the "secret" problem had been solved. When she learned that the two of them had not even quarreled, she didn't know whether to admire her boss's eloquent words or be angry at Xu Zhaoyi's love-brainedness.

Put yourself in his shoes. If she caught her fiancé with another woman and he said something like "You're the only one who knows the secret, keep it secret from her," then this day next year would be the anniversary of the death of the adulterer.

...Bah, you’re scolding yourself.

Feng Lili patted her head and stopped thinking about it. It was her blessing that her boss's lover was generous.

Soon the time for the duel arrived. Feng Lili brought a few newly promoted confidants from Nanchuan to attend, while Qin Sheng sat with Ligaya Raphael in the box they had been to last time.

Li Zixin knew that Karuna had come out of retreat last night. Karuna met Feng Lili and killed his disciple who was said to have evil intentions and announced that Feng Lili was his biological daughter. After Karuna's great joy and sorrow during his retreat again, he almost lost his spirit.

At this time, Xu Zhaoyi came up wearing a silver mask. He opened his mouth to mock, but after moving his lips a few times, he felt it was boring.

So what if the other party is hiding his head and showing his tail? Can a few ridicules change his situation of being unable to beat the other party and being doomed to die?

Xu Zhaoyi's aura was fully displayed from the beginning. He wanted to end the battle quickly, so Li Zixin knew his strength almost immediately. He was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and he was so young at the sixth level. In an instant, his already slim hope of survival was shattered.

The whistle blew on the sidelines, and sparks flashed at Xu Zhaoyi's fingertips. Li Zixin shuddered when he thought of Fernando's death. In a trance, the faces of many people who had helplessly begged for mercy in front of him over the years flashed before his eyes - the look of people who were dying but didn't want to die was always hideous and ugly, but he couldn't stop looking at it.

Does he have that ugly expression now?

No one knew, because Xu Zhaoyi found that after his strength was upgraded to the next level, fighting the fifth level of Qi Refining was like playing a game. He raised his hand and waved his arm lightly, and flames shot up into the sky, quickly circling the arena. A wall of fire with starlight blocked the audience's view.

Before Li Zixin could even react with fear, he was bound by the silver threads controlled by Xu Zhaoyi. Then, a light paper figure landed silently on his shoulder...

Regardless of their cultivation level, most of the people present were shocked and stood up at the sight. In the Dharma-Ending Age, practitioners fight in a way that minimizes their own consumption as much as possible, so a scene with such explosive visual effects is extremely rare.

What's more, he can cast such powerful fire spells at will, which many people cannot do even if they are willing to pay the same price.

Xu Zhaoyi, who had successfully intercepted Li Zixin's soul, put away the paper man with satisfaction. The wall of fire slowly extinguished from top to bottom like a falling fireworks curtain, arousing a series of exclamations. The outcome of this duel was already decided.

He looked towards the approximate location of Qin Sheng in the audience, with the corners of his lips slightly raised under the mask. It was hard for him to deceive himself into thinking that his showmanship just now was not like a peacock spreading its feathers in front of Qin Sheng.

If it was just to conceal his actions, he did have a more low-key way.

But...it's not illegal to secretly open the screen in front of the person you're suspected of being attracted to, right?

[Wow, so cool, host, your wife is so cool, I will really record it and watch it over and over again ten thousand times! ! !]

Noodles was cheering like crazy in Qin Sheng's mind. If it couldn't be exposed, Qin Sheng suspected that it would have wanted to use its skunk paws to grab the glow stick and go to the front audience seats to wave and cheer.

[Send me a copy of the video later.] Qin Sheng patted its little head, thinking that the scene just now was indeed worth saving.

[Okay!]

The duel ended faster than anyone had imagined. Lijiaya was so happy that she almost jumped up, but she still resisted the urge to go home and show off. Instead, she escorted Qin Sheng back to the villa first.

Xu Zhaoyi had to hide his identity and would be back later. Coincidentally, there were a few people on the list in the audience, and since they had to take a detour anyway, he simply followed them and took care of them.

With the deaths of Fernando and Li Zixin, the initial purpose of the plan that Qin Sheng had told him was achieved. The remaining people on the list no longer needed to formally issue a challenge, they could just fight directly when they met.

Although he still had no ambition, he thought that no matter what the outcome between him and Qin Sheng would be in the future, he could not let his future partner feel that he had nothing to do.

So it’s time for him to consider what he will do in the future. Before he has any other ideas, he should follow the plan given by Qin Sheng first, so as not to appear to be unconcerned about the future.

As he was thinking, he took out the list and crossed out the names of the people lying on the ground one by one according to their appearance.

On the other side, Qin Sheng, who had returned to the villa a long time ago, was just about to ask Mian Nian to export the recorded video when he received a message from China. When he opened it, he found that it was sent by Jin Nianyue.

Qin Sheng frowned. Jin Nianyue, the woman who was always like a Capricorn, would never contact him unless it was something important.

He quickly opened the message, read ten lines at a glance, and then his eyes widened unconsciously. After reading it, he put down the phone with a helpless smile.

Xu Zhaoyi came back at this time. Seeing that he looked strange, he asked, "I'm back... uh, what's wrong?"

Qin Sheng pinched his brows and said, "Jin Nianyue...Miss Jin informed me that something happened in the Qin family. She was worried that they would ask me to go home and then find out that you and I are not in the country, so she asked me to prepare early."

"Nian Yue knows that we are going abroad?" Xu Zhaoyi frowned at first, then noticed Huadian.

"Well, after all, Qin Shi always went to her place before. I was worried that the idiot would run out of patience and... offend her, so I told her to contact me immediately if anything happened so I could ask the guards to help. But I only told her that I wanted to take you abroad to play, but I was afraid that my family would not agree due to concerns about my health, so I kept it a secret from them, and she didn't ask any further questions."

What Qin Sheng said was indeed very likely to happen. Xu Zhaoyi felt a little guilty that he had never thought of it. Mainly because he felt that with Qin Sheng's status and temper in the Qin family, Qin Shi should not dare to do it. But Qin Sheng was not worrying too much. After all, nothing in the world is absolute.

And now is not the time to dwell on this, Xu Zhaoyi immediately asked: "Did she say anything happened to the Qin family?"

"...Yes." Qin Sheng's expression was subtle.

"What is it that you can't tell me?"

"Yes." Qin Sheng raised his eyebrows. Why did he add 'again'? It was as if he was secretly complaining that he was hiding something from him.

He coughed lightly and said, "Something happened to Qin Shi. That's why Miss Jin knows the inside story of the Qin family. Qin Shi is really a piece of shit. He doesn't even use his hands and feet to chase people..."

"Who is he chasing after with dirty hands?"

“…Zhou Jianwei.”

"………"oh.

Xu Zhaoyi relaxed slightly as Qin Sheng continued, "I've told you before about the amazing effects of the combination of fox fruit and spiritual roots. Zhou Jianwei has indeed gained some special abilities. According to Miss Jin, Qin Shi has been getting more aggressive with him lately, and he's really having trouble with him. So, he's using his new abilities to try to get this idiot to stop without anyone noticing."

His philosophy is that if the source of agitation is quieted, it will naturally subside, just like a slaughtered pig.

Qin Sheng's unfinished words were all in his eyes. Xu Zhaoyi successfully received the signal and was so shocked that his mouth unconsciously opened slightly.

It seems that Qin Sheng is not the only one with a bad mouth in their family. Didn’t he also say not long ago that Qin Shi looked like a eunuch?

"I'm afraid we'll have to go back early." Qin Sheng shrugged and said, "We need to speed up the process of completing your list."

Xu Zhaoyi replied in a daze, "I just took advantage of the fact that they were all here and took care of a small half of them. I'll work overtime tomorrow to finish the rest."

"Okay then. I'll book a flight for the day after tomorrow. The two of us will go first, and Raphael and Feng Lili will stay. When they have everything arranged, they can follow."

"Yeah." Xu Zhaoyi had no objection, but was curious: "Do you also think that the Qin family will definitely ask you to go back?"

"Of course not." Qin Sheng laughed and said, "Why did you ask me to go back? Do you want me to laugh at Qin Shi in front of you for turning him into a eunuch?"

"Then..." Why are you in such a hurry?

"I'm worried that the Qin family will eventually find out about Zhou Jianwei. Zhou Jianwei really thinks too little of the Qin family.

But Qin Shi was pestering Miss Jin to get revenge on me, and then his attention was accidentally drawn away by Zhou Jianwei. I can't just sit there and do nothing.

The Qin family didn't dare touch Miss Jin because of me, but they don't have that scruple about Zhou Jianwei. He still has a wife and daughter. The Qin family doesn't believe in the sins of their family members. They also need to be protected as soon as possible."

Xu Zhaoyi raised his hand and made an OK gesture to indicate that he understood.

After the discussion, the two of them stood up at the same time and walked upstairs. Qin Sheng walked in front, and Xu Zhaoyi slowed down and followed behind.

For a moment, the only sounds in the huge villa were their breathing and footsteps, and no one knew where Noodles, who usually chattered endlessly, had gone.

——Noodles is immersively editing videos.

After about ten seconds, Xu Zhaoyi suddenly spoke up and asked casually, "Have you been in contact with Nianyue privately?"

He had not forgotten that these two people could have been married in his previous life, but his previous focus had always been on whether Nian Yue's death was related to Qin Sheng, and he had changed his focus to the process of Nian Yue voluntarily helping Qin Sheng, and had not thought about anything else.

The main reason is that I didn’t care about it before.

Only now could he help but wonder, were Qin Sheng and Nian Yue in their previous life in a cooperative relationship like theirs, or... were they really husband and wife?