Newly transformed ratmen cannot forge simple armor or manufacture weapons; relying solely on their teeth and claws, they are no match for humans.
The dozen or so ratmen were dealt with in a short time by the experts from Hope City and Golden Feather County. No one on the human side died; only two or three unlucky ones suffered minor injuries and were ridiculed by the others.
"Take out their demon cores first, and leave the corpses for now," Zhang Lin stepped forward and gave the order.
Nowadays, the city lord's presence is becoming increasingly weak, seemingly tacitly accepting his overstepping of authority.
The crowd was used to it; they did whatever Zhang Lin said.
Ignoring the bloodstains on the ground, Qiao Ruoxi squatted down with the people around her to retrieve the demon cores. After a short while, she personally took two demon cores out of the ratman's brain and handed them to Zhang Lin.
"Hmm, you did a good job." Zhang Lin nodded and smiled at her. "It seems you are truly committed to joining Hope City."
“We are a group of homeless people, and of course we are sincere in joining Hope City!” Qiao Ruoxi said excitedly.
Her attempts to please him were not in vain; Zhang Lin's attitude softened somewhat.
Although Zhang Lin had previously said that the people of Hope City and Jinyu County were one family.
But anyone who believes that is an idiot.
When they fought the Golden Crowned Giant Eagle, all the dead were people from Golden Feather County.
When entering the rat's nest, it was the people from Jinyu County who went first.
His wariness was written all over his face.
Qiao Yuren, being an experienced and shrewd man, instructed Qiao Ruoxi to behave well in front of Zhang Lin, and she indeed did a good job, showing no arrogance and maintaining a humble demeanor in front of Zhang Lin.
The result was good.
Zhang Lin's words just now indicate that he has initially accepted the people of Jinyu County.
On the side.
Chen Junyu leaned against the stone wall to rest, but his eyes were fixed on Zhang Lin's direction. He saw Qiao Ruoxi, disregarding the bloodstains on her clothes, personally dig out two demon cores and hand them to Zhang Lin with a flattering expression. After Zhang Lin said a few words, Qiao Ruoxi, like a puppy being stroked on the head, had an expression full of obedience and joy on her face...
He felt even worse.
Just now, he fought desperately, ensuring that not a single filthy ratman could touch the goddess. Yet, the goddess disregarded the filth and personally dug open the ratmen's heads, extracting their demon cores and handing them over to her enemy…
"Chen Junyu, stop daydreaming, let's keep going." Qiao Ruoxi had returned, and she greeted Chen Junyu with a smile.
She was in a good mood after receiving Zhang Lin's approval.
"Xi Xi..." Chen Junyu followed behind Qiao Ruoxi, looking like a protector of a flower. After walking for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you like Zhang Lin?"
"?" Qiao Ruoxi turned to look at him, giving him a questioning look. "What do you mean?"
Chen Junyu was silent for a moment before saying, "Xixi, I know that you don't actually like me. If you really had someone you liked, I would never have kept you or hindered you from finding happiness. But... does that person have to be Zhang Lin?"
Qiao Ruoxi was going crazy. How could she possibly like Zhang Lin? If it weren't for Zhang Lin, would she be in this situation where she has to get married?
But what Chen Junyu said next shocked her even more.
So... he knew everything!
Qiao Yu kept Chen Junyu hanging on because of Qiao Ruoxi; otherwise, with his abilities, he could go anywhere in the world and wouldn't have been stuck in Jinyu County all this time.
Both father and daughter thought Chen Junyu was a silly boy.
But now it seems he saw things more clearly than anyone else.
only……
He likes Qiao Ruoxi too much; he just deliberately doesn't make these things clear.
To put it kindly, such a person is a super kind person who gives silently and asks for nothing in return; to put it bluntly, they are a super sycophant who only knows how to please themselves.
Now that Qiao Ruoxi and Zhang Lin are getting so close, he finally couldn't hold back and brought things to the forefront.
"Junyu, don't overthink it. My dad has already agreed to it, and I will definitely marry you," Qiao Ruoxi said after a moment of silence.
Chen Junyu was speechless.
Call it arrogance or a strange personality.
If Qiao Ruoxi didn't like him, he really felt that marrying the goddess wouldn't make him happy.
He didn't understand Qiao Yu's good intentions, nor did he understand that Qiao Ruoxi, who was usually proud and arrogant, was putting on a humble posture in front of Zhang Lin just so that the people of Jinyu County could better integrate into Hope City and not be treated differently in the future.
After all, they would have to make a living under Zhang Lin and the city lord from now on.
The city lord will not do anything discriminatory.
But Zhang Lin...
Qiao Yu and Qiao Ruoxi knew that Zhang Lin was truly capable of doing something like 'sending all the death missions to the people of Jinyu County'.
Chen Junyu never thought about these things because he was strong and could get along well anywhere.
But ordinary people in Jinyu County cannot withstand such turmoil.
Therefore, he only saw that Qiao Ruoxi always had a blank expression towards him, and even occasionally showed impatience, but she was different towards Zhang Lin...
But he always had a smile on his face.
“Xixi… never mind, I won’t force you anymore. Let’s cancel our wedding when we get back to Hope City and talk to Uncle Qiao.”
Chen Junyu's face was full of bitterness.
"Chen Junyu, what's wrong with you?" Qiao Ruoxi was really confused. Although she didn't want to marry Chen Junyu, since her father had agreed, she wouldn't say anything more. But Chen Junyu was unhappy about it.
"I'm not crazy!" Chen Junyu said in a low voice, his head down. "It's just... Zhang Lin is definitely not a good man. I saw it. He and Captain Xia are a couple, but he's also involved with another woman. It's fine if you don't like me, but don't like that scumbag either."
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