"A bowl of shredded pork noodles."

"A bowl of pork chop noodles."

"A bowl of braised beef noodles with pork chops, vegetarian chicken, shredded pork, eggs, dried tofu and noodles."

"…"

The three of them found a random seat in the noodle shop and sat down. The location of this noodle shop was very remote, far away from the main road, and the signboard was tattered. However, the aroma of noodles coming from inside could be smelled from a long distance away.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and Lin Qiye and his table were the only ones in the entire noodle shop. They did not choose to sit in the dim storefront, but instead sat down at a small table at the entrance of the noodle shop.

In the quiet and dim alley, the bright light coming from the kitchen, mixed with the colorful neon lights of the ** store next door, sprinkled on the small blue-gray table, which is a unique flavor in this noisy city.

"You mean eating noodles in a place like this?"

Baili Pangpang looked around, leaned close to Lin Qiye's ear and complained in a low voice.

"Given our current situation, can I take you to a big hotel for dinner?" Lin Qiye rolled his eyes. "We have to choose a corner where no one comes so that we can have a peaceful meal."

"I see. You are the one who thinks long-term."

"And I only have enough money to treat you guys to noodles here."

"…"

"Don't worry, even though the store doesn't look that great, the noodles taste absolutely top-notch." Lin Qiye added.

After a while, three bowls of steaming noodles were served on the small dining table. In the dead of night, the rich aroma of the noodles seemed so plain, yet so amazing.

"Boss, how much is the total?" Lin Qiye took out his wallet.

"Shredded pork noodles are 10 yuan, pork chop noodles are 12 yuan, and this young man's... 42 yuan, a total of 64 yuan." The boss stretched out his hand with a smile.

Lin Qiye's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.

"He has to pay for it himself." Lin Qiye took out a twenty-dollar bill and two one-dollar coins from his wallet, handed them to the boss, and then pointed at Baili Pangpang and said.

Baili Pangpang's body trembled, "Qiye, didn't you say you would treat me..."

"I've changed my mind."

"..." Baili Pangpang hesitated for a moment, "Boss, can you pay by credit card?"

"…"

In the end, Cao Yuan took out a crumpled fifty-yuan bill and paid for Baili Pangpang's meal, but in exchange, Baili Pangpang had to pay for his food and lodging for the next few days.

It's not that Lin Qiye is stingy. He only brought fifty yuan with him this time. He thought it would be enough to eat noodles, but he didn't expect...

Sizzle—!

The three of them were eating noodles while discussing the battle that had just happened.

"So, you were attacked directly? They blew up the 90th floor accurately?" Lin Qiye said with a frown after listening to the description of the two people.

"Yes, didn't you see that I'm still wearing a bath towel?" Baili Pangpang pointed at the tattered bath towel and said with a smile, "But they should have used some kind of mass destruction weapon, not hot weapons."

"The one who can cause that kind of power is at least from the Sichuan realm. Your strategy of jumping off the building to escape is correct. Once they catch sight of you, you won't be able to escape at all and will only be dragged into the battle between the instructors." Lin Qiye analyzed.

"You're staying too conspicuously." Cao Yuan interrupted, "You need to register your identity when staying in a hotel like this. Anyone with ulterior motives can easily find out your whereabouts."

Baili Pangpang muttered, "I... I'm used to it. When I was traveling in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, I always stayed in better hotels than this."

"This is Cangnan, not your Baili family's world."

"But since I was a child, I have encountered at least 800 assassination attempts, if not a thousand. An assassination of this level is nothing." Baili Pangpang waved his hand nonchalantly.

Cao Yuan shrugged, "It seems that being a rich man is not that easy."

Just as the three were talking, four more figures walked in from outside.

"Brother Shen...we have already eaten noodles for two meals in a row. Tonight...are we eating noodles again?"

"What do you know? Noodles... Noodles are a specialty of Cangnan. It's a rare opportunity. How can we not eat a few times?"

Shen Qingzhu, Deng Wei, Li Jia, and Li Liang walked in from outside in a swaggering manner. Before they even arrived, they spoke loudly:

"Boss, four bowls of clear soup noodles."

"Oh, it's you again? You've had two meals of clear soup noodles in a row, and now you want this?" The boss asked in surprise when he saw the four people.

"right."

Shen Qingzhu walked to the door of the store and was stunned when he saw three people sitting there eating noodles.

"you?"

"Hey, Brother Zha is here to eat noodles too?" Baili Pangpang greeted Shen Qingzhu with half a pork chop in his mouth.

Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan also nodded to him.

We are all comrades who have gone through half a year of hell together. Although we don’t have much interaction on weekdays, we still have comradeship.

Shen Qingzhu hummed, her eyes fell on the three people's fragrant faces, and pursed her lips.

Gurgle.

I don't know who swallowed, but the sound was especially clear in this quiet alley.

Shen Qingzhu looked back and saw that his three followers all lowered their heads. He looked up at the price list hanging in the middle of the store, with confusion in his eyes.

"Boss, please change it up and give us three servings of shredded pork noodles and one serving of clear soup noodles."

Shen Qingzhu sat down at the table next to Lin Qiye and shouted into the store.

"Okay, shredded pork noodles are 10 yuan a bowl, and clear soup is 6 yuan, a total of 36 yuan."

Shen Qingzhu took out his wallet, took out a few crumpled banknotes from it, placed them on the dining table, and then quickly put the wallet away.

Lin Qiye only needed to use his mental power to scan and he knew that his wallet was completely empty.

He calculated the price.

"Brother Shen, why are you eating shredded pork noodles again?"

"After eating so much clear soup, I think you must be tired of it. Let's change your taste."

"What about you, Brother Shen?"

"I just like to eat clear soup." Shen Qingzhu raised his head proudly, "Simplicity and purity are the true meaning of noodles."

The three followers looked at each other, lowered their heads and said nothing.

Shen Qingzhu seemed to have thought of something, and turned to look at Lin Qiye, "By the way, are you okay with the injury you got in the car?"

Lin Qiye shook his head, "It's okay."

Shen Qingzhu hummed, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Thank you for that. If you hadn't blocked those fragments, we would have been injured."

"Brother Zha, when did you become so polite?" Baili Pangpang asked suspiciously.

"Fatty, I've always been clear about gratitude and resentment, why are you being polite?" Shen Qingzhu glared at Baili Pangpang, then looked at Lin Qiye and spoke slowly.

"I know this vacation will not be easy. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me. For the sake of our friendship, I will definitely help you if I can."

Lin Qiye raised his eyebrows, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

"So, I actually have a business I want to discuss with you." Lin Qiye said.

"What?"

Lin Qiye pointed at Baili Pangpang and said, "Protect him closely during the holiday."

Everyone present, including Baili Pangpang, was stunned.

"Him?" Shen Qingzhu's gaze fell on Baili Pangpang and his brows frowned slightly.

"In exchange, he will pay you one thousand yuan in protection fees every day, how about that?" Lin Qiye said the next sentence.

Shen Qingzhu's body trembled. He stared into Lin Qiye's eyes, wondering what he was thinking...

After a while, he slowly spoke:

"Can."

Then, he pointed at his three followers and said, "But this deal only includes me, not the three of them."

"make a deal."

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