Chapter Seventy: Who could refuse her purification?
Qi An's crying only lasted for about 5 minutes.
She felt that she did like Yang Yuning, or rather, she liked people like Yang Yuning.
Like Yu Shuang, he was upright and honest, like a radiant fireball, drawing her, a small insect in the shadows, closer without her even realizing it.
But she still felt that her life and freedom were more important.
Qi An quickly composed himself, calmed down, and said in a low voice:
"I'm sorry I can't reciprocate your feelings. I hope you have a smooth journey on the battlefield and return home safely."
Yang Yuning was rooted to the spot by her words and watched helplessly as she walked out of the grove.
It was getting dark outside, and it seemed like someone was watching her, but Qi An was too exhausted to tell.
She went straight home and collapsed onto her bed.
......
The next day, Qi An saw Yang Yuning off from afar.
She endured it, not looking at the string of unread messages on her phone, nor walking into the crowd when Yang Yuning stopped and looked back several times.
She hoped he would have a good time on the battlefield, achieve military merits, and return home safely.
After the farewell ceremony, Qi An did not go to the training ground with the rest of the team. She explained that she was not feeling well and wanted to go home to rest.
After she left, Zhao Bohan kept frowning as he watched her retreating figure.
Even though Yu Shuang argued that it was normal for Xiao Qi to be unhappy and not want to train because of relationship problems, she couldn't dispel Zhao Bohan's doubts.
“Don’t tell me you didn’t notice her unusual behavior!” Zhao Bohan said, “Didn’t you always advocate that anything should be said in a timely manner, and that keeping it to yourself will only lead to accidents?”
The reason you're so eager to stop me from overthinking is because you yourself are already overthinking! You're just afraid of being confronted!
Zhao Bohan's words were quite insightful. Yu Shuang was taken aback. She instinctively wanted to deny it, but in the end, she just remained silent.
......
We went to the "Looking Back" restaurant.
Xiang Shiyang is asking her for money again, but this time it's not much, just 100 contribution points.
She had no choice but to go, and she had planned to go long ago.
When Boss Qian saw Qi An, he greeted her with a big smile and immediately offered to make her a bowl of mutton noodles at half price!
This guy is really stingy. Even a thorough purification isn't worth the price of a bowl of noodles for him. Half price is probably the limit of how much he can repay a debt of gratitude.
Qi An didn't care about that. She readily transferred her contribution points and informed Xiang Shiyang of the non-existent "transfer progress."
She was too obedient, which made Xiang Shiyang lower his guard by half again, but he still reprimanded her harshly for giving money to the boss for purification without permission.
Qi An listened with his head bowed.
For a high-level purifier to be so subservient, watching his expression as if he were just getting by, made Xiang Shiyang feel lazy and satisfied. He even wanted to buy a bag of dried fish as a reward for the little monster!
Qi An changed back into a sturdy and durable gray casual outfit today, but before leaving, he casually mentioned that he was going to buy clothes.
After leaving the store, she strolled leisurely through two shops selling fabric and ready-made clothes. After a while, she saw Wang Ming following her.
It happened faster than she expected.
Qi An seemed unsurprised to see him, wandering among the clothes without turning around to look at him.
Wang Ming felt an itch in his heart, like ants were crawling on it!
Before leaving, Qi An glanced at him and smiled gently, making Wang Ming feel as if the words "buy clothes" were said specifically for him!
After Qi An left, Wang Ming became restless and, after hesitating for a short while, slipped out under the pretext of going to the toilet.
There's no restroom in the shop, and the public restroom on this street is quite far away, so it wouldn't be a problem for him to be delayed for half an hour.
Seeing Qi An lower his head and remain silent, Wang Ming felt a surge of anger rising within him. He leaned closer and chuckled softly:
"Did you call me out on purpose? Brother Xiang is so fierce, did he scare you?"
Wang Ming finally understood that if Qi An approached him, it was probably to win him over in order to oppose Brother Xiang.
But he thought it was a good thing. Qi An needed him, and Brother Xiang needed him too. He could benefit from both sides.
Qi An was very impressed, but then glanced at Wang Ming with a hint of grievance and gave a soft "hmm".
Wang Ming couldn't stand it, so he moved even closer and laughed:
“If you have any difficulties, you can talk to me first. I will talk to Brother Xiang and I guarantee he won’t be so mean to you.”
Discuss it with her first? Qi An was surprised; he really didn't expect her to turn against him so quickly.
She hasn't even started anything yet!
However, she didn't need to provoke anyone; she simply said softly, "Thank you."
She took a warm wool sweater and paid by card.
Wang Ming looked at her and her card with eager eyes, and followed Qi An out of the store and onto the street.
Qi An asked casually, "I've noticed that Mr. Qian seems to be in good spirits these past few days?"
Wang Ming thought to himself, "Not only is it good, but Boss Qian is like he's on steroids every day. He's polished the kitchen countertop so fast it's practically reflective!"
"Is your purification... different from other purification masters?" Wang Ming finally couldn't hold back and asked the question that had been nagging at him for days.
Qi An smiled gently: "I don't know, but it seems that people who have been purified by me feel very comfortable."
The words "very comfortable" seemed to have a hook attached to them, leaving Wang Ming stunned.
Qi An walked straight ahead, heading back to the military camp.
"If we keep going, we'll pass the 'Looking Back' shop," Wang Ming said through gritted teeth.
"Look at my pollution level, isn't it quite high? Why don't you purify it for me too!"
Brother Xiang has told me several times not to let the little monster purify her easily, I don't know what strange methods she has.
But what strange methods could she use to make someone fall in love with her? Even though Boss Qian is so comfortable, he still wouldn't give Qi An a bowl of noodles for free!
Now that they've got the little monster under their control, how can they not make her their personal purifier?
Is it pleasant to tough it out and fight pollution?
Qi An paused, looking hesitantly at Wang Ming: "Do you really want me to purify it for you?"
Wang Ming: "...Yes!"
Okay, that's what I said! Qi An immediately turned into the alley, dodging Wang Ming's lewd embrace, and took his hand!
She wanders through Wang Ming's memories.
Wang Ming grew up in a small base with only tens of thousands of people, the Central Plains No. 7 Base, and became an employee of a private ranch at the age of 18.
After working there for a few months, he discovered that the ranch would occasionally gather groups of people who were "hunting".
Those people would go into the wild to hunt small groups of fallen insects, or even cause people to mutate and extract their oil.
The ranch owner only performs the most basic purification on these insect oils before selling them to the base's black market, or mixing them with trucks transporting meat and vegetables to restaurants, ordinary households' kitchens, and even gas stations! The profits are extremely high.
Wang Ming immediately joined this gray industry chain, dreaming of following the ranch owner and becoming a powerful force independent of the base's jurisdiction by relying on insect oil!
Xiang Shiyang is also involved in this industry chain.
Xiang Shiyang traveled from the southeastern mountains, through the wilderness, and hitched a ride with a convoy to this small base, where he became a transport worker on the ranch.
Based on his past battlefield experience and B-level physical enhancement, he became a core member of the leadership of this force a few years later.
However, this force first ignored the warnings of the garrison troops during the summer invasion three years ago and went out of the defense zone to collect insect corpses. Then, they piled up the insect oil warehouse too much without taking fire prevention measures, which caused a violent explosion and subsequent widespread pollution!
One side of the ranch was almost wiped out, and more than a dozen soldiers stationed nearby were killed. It even almost caused the already stable battle to fall into a stalemate again!
Wang Ming and Xiang Shiyang were both at the base when the incident occurred, and they were extremely lucky to escape unharmed.
However, such a heinous incident would inevitably lead to a manhunt and crackdown. The two escaped the base after several close calls and hid in the mountains for two years.
When this happened, the nanosatellite had not yet been launched, communication between the bases was inconvenient, and there was no unified electronic wanted list. Otherwise, Xiang and Wang would not have been able to enter the Central Plains Base No. 3 at all!
Qi An was somewhat shocked. She had only wanted to know when Xiang and Wang would go to the black market again, but she hadn't expected to uncover such a past!
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