Chapter 23 Is it difficult?
Qin Huai didn't respond for a long time.
Ji Qing was getting impatient and thought that he was busy with other things, so he was planning to close his phone and leave him alone.
Qin Huai replied just before closing his phone. Although his tone didn't sound like anything serious, Ji Qing felt that he was in a terrible mood, as if he had eaten a bomb.
Qin Huai: [Who is he with?]
Ji Qing: […With me, or I can see him and send you a message?]
Ji Qing: [Oh yeah, there's also my target. He should have been brought in by Xu Jue, the A+ rank succubus. I've been keeping an eye on him for three months.]
After listening to Ji Qing's description of the "Yinyan" building, Qin Huai rarely spoke much.
After sending a text message to Ji Qing to confirm that Chen XX, Gu XX, and Lu X were indeed not in the entire villa, and that the succubi could not feed on each other, Qin Huai finally seemed to feel relieved.
[Don't worry about him, just focus on your own task.]
Oh, you still don't want me to take care of it?
Ji Qing found it magical and looked at Duan Ke curiously. Not long after, his phone vibrated again.
Don't look at him, and don't talk to him.
Ji Qing: ...You are really nosy :)
Anyway, Qin Huai was not around and there was no evidence to prove his identity, so Ji Qing could not find a reason to revoke his ID. He decisively slammed his phone shut, not bothering to pay attention to his warning.
There were brisk footsteps heard from far away outside the door. Ji Qing and Duan Ke looked towards the door of the room at the same time and knew that Xu Jue was coming back.
Ji Qing didn't linger. He stood up, patted his thigh, and casually said hello to Duan Ke, "I'll be leaving first."
Duan Ke uttered a puzzled sigh and turned to look at Ji Qing.
"Aren't you waiting for Xu Jue too? Why did you leave? He will be here soon."
Duan Ke spoke softly, his eyes a little evasive, not daring to look strangers in the eye. Ji Qing was amused by Duan Ke's tone and demeanor.
So well-behaved.
Assigning such an easy task to Qin Huai would be a waste of the Administration's human resources. He had to use this as evidence to complain to Lin Jiangli.
"If he comes, I'll be leaving." Ji Qing smiled, "See you again someday."
A question mark slowly formed in Duan Ke's mind. This human was being so vague, as if he had no intention of understanding.
"Bye." Although he thought this person was weird, Duan Ke still responded.
Ji Qing was amused again. If time wasn't a priority, he would have loved to chat with this well-behaved succubus leader and share some complaints about Qin Huai. But now there was no time. Xu Jue was almost at the door.
Duan Ke stared in amazement as Ji Qing walked towards the window and started to take action.
He wanted to climb through the window, but this is the second floor!
In stark contrast to his dangerous actions, Ji Qing looked remarkably calm and his movements were agile. Duan Ke figured he wasn't about to jump, so he sat quietly and watched the man's movements with quiet curiosity.
Ji Qing skillfully found the lock on the window, opened it, and climbed down from the side of the building, holding onto the pipes and eaves. He returned to the ground briskly in less than a minute.
When Xu Jue opened the door, Duan Ke saw Ji Qing just returning to his car parked outside the villa.
"Master Duan Ke, come and have something to eat." Xu Jue was completely unaware of what had just happened and put down the tray with a smile.
"I thought you might like sweet things, so I took a little bit of each kind of sweets."
Duan Ke really likes sweet food.
In reality, human food was completely indifferent to him, but sweets made Duan Ke feel good. During his first human transformation, Duan Ke particularly enjoyed collecting small cakes and snacks from school, becoming a bit addicted to them, and getting upset when he couldn't get his hands on them.
Succubi are nocturnal animals, and it takes a long time for them to adjust to human routines after transforming. Before Duan Ke had fully adjusted, he would often wake up hungry because of dreams of cakes, and then he could no longer fall asleep, and he would lie awake with sweet distress until dawn.
"Thank you." Duan Ke took the strawberry cake that Xu Jue had cut for him and ate it in small bites.
The cake was indeed delicious. Duan Ke narrowed his eyes and licked his lips in satisfaction.
Then he hissed twice out of stimulation.
It would be better if my lips didn’t hurt.
After enjoying afternoon tea, Xu Jue began to help his lord solve the problem.
"Master Duan Ke, why are you in conflict with your owner? Is there something wrong with your magic power? But I see that your magic power is obviously abundant..."
"Does it have anything to do with magic?" Duan Ke was puzzled. "My owner won't be affected by my magic."
Xu Jue clicked his tongue: "Why?"
But he was very smart and figured it out immediately. He was so surprised that he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Are you saying that since your awakening, you've never used your charm on your owner?"
Duan Ke nodded: "Yes. Doesn't the Administration have new regulations?"
Xu Jue didn't know what to say for a moment.
Although they had long known that their new lord had a soft temper, they were still surprised by Duan Ke's good temper after seeing it with their own eyes.
Xu Jue had lived as a succubus for hundreds of years, had served many lords, and had seen many ancestral-level monsters. He either relied on his power to make money or to commit violence, and was extremely unfriendly to the lower-level monsters around him.
I have never seen Duan Ke act like this before. He said thank you after eating a strawberry cake and also obeyed the regulations of the administration in private.
Xu Jue stared at Duan Ke's bright and hopeful almond eyes for two seconds, took a breath imperceptibly, and held his soft hand.
Too! Cute! Right!
Which blind human being is so ignorant that they don't know how to be grateful for being favored by their king, and even dare to lose their temper with their king?!
Xu Jue was filled with hatred, and it was best not to let him catch this man. But Duan Ke insisted on resolving the conflict between them, and Xu Jue couldn't say anything, so he could only give him some advice.
"Master Duan Ke, the supervision of the Administration is actually not as strict as you think. Look, everyone in our room is using charm techniques, but no one has touched us."
"Well, someone who has squeezed someone to death has indeed been caught... The owner chosen by Master Duan Ke shouldn't be so bad, right? Not really, right?"
"Really? It won't get discovered! I use it every day and I haven't been caught. How could I lie to you?"
"Come, come, let me teach you how to use charm to make him obey. First..."
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Monster Management Bureau.
Ji Qing, holding a cigarette in his mouth and a file bag lazily between his fingers, went to Lin Jiangli's office to punch in.
When he arrived at the office, he found Lin Jiangli was not there. He was probably drunk or out on a business trip. Ji Qing was too lazy to look for him and just decided to just brush up on it and be done with it.
Just as he walked into the door, Ji Qing suddenly felt a chill behind him. He reflexively drew his gun and turned around. After seeing who it was, he shouted "Fuck!"
"Fuck, why the hell are you pretending to be a ghost here?!"
This is not groundless talk. Qin Huai was wearing a black uniform and leaning against the wall, with his long legs propped up, and his pair of black eyes looking at people coldly. He looked really fucking spooky.
Qin Huai said calmly: "Where are the people?"
Ji Qing knew he was asking about Duan Ke, so he walked over to the time clock and replied, "Still having a feast? Don't you treasure it so much that you won't let me bring it back?"
Qin Huai immediately frowned: "No."
After saying this, Qin Huai added, as if to emphasize, "Watch your wording."
“…Okay, okay, okay, okay.”
He must be sick. Ji Qing really didn't bother to care about him. He held a cigarette in his mouth and put the documents in his hand on the scanner.
Xu Jue's photo was put on the time clock, and the electronic screen on the machine lit up, with a line of words appearing.
[A+ level monster Xu Jue, responsible person Ji Qing. Has it been confirmed that this monster poses no potential threat?]
This was the Monster Management Bureau's special treatment for monsters above Rank A. Lin Jiangli was responsible for dispatching senior military officers to monitor these monsters one-on-one. If these monsters didn't deliberately attack humans for a long period of time, their surveillance would be lifted.
Ji Qing thought, if a succubus uses some charms on humans to feed them, it wouldn't be considered illegal if it wasn't too excessive, right? She couldn't let people starve to death, right? She could just capture the few who went too far and be done with it.
He didn't hesitate and nodded. After the machine finished entering the information, Xu Jue's data was automatically destroyed.
"I'm done with work and going on vacation." Ji Qing said casually.
He glanced down at the information Qin Huai was holding, and said, "Hey, you're here to clear the mission too? You've confirmed it's safe, right?"
Qin Huai's eyes moved slightly, and he hummed in response.
After completing the task, Ji Qing no longer had to follow the task target around all day. He felt as if the burden of three months had finally been lifted, and he felt extremely relieved.
He left Lin Jiangli's office, humming a little tune as he pondered how to treat himself tonight. He hadn't walked far when he suddenly paused, turned around as if sensing something, and raised his eyebrows at Qin Huai.
——This man was holding Duan Ke's information and standing at the door of Lin Jiangli's office, motionless like a sculpture.
Is it so difficult to complete a task?
Ji Qing felt strange. This man had been acting strangely and moodily since two days ago.
However, Ji Qing was a carefree person and didn't want to ask any more questions. He quickly turned around and left.
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