Qinling, deep winter.
The Qin family came to Qin Territory to spend the winter. Now Qin Territory is growing larger and larger, and there is no problem settling tens of thousands of soldiers. In the dead of winter, soldiers are allowed to go home. Those who do not have homes stay with the troops. Some who want to settle down in Qin Territory are allocated houses according to their years of service and rank. Those who are not allocated houses can buy or rent them first. They will have the same benefits as others.
In the blink of an eye, two years have passed since the establishment of Qin Territory. Qin Yiyi has now achieved her "lying down" life plan. Every day, besides eating, drinking, and playing, she loves to travel to every corner of the territory. If she encounters injustice, she will speak out or revise the territory's rules and regulations. In the blink of an eye, the population of Qin Territory has exceeded 150,000 this winter and is gradually approaching 200,000.
Next year will definitely be another year of soaring prices, with housing, schools, and road planning, and now some people in the territory have started to own private cars, coming and going. Fortunately, wide roads and sidewalks were built from the beginning.
The gap between the rich and poor within the territory has already begun to emerge. Qin Yiyi looked at Kraken standing beside her.
"Frells, do you remember your past?"
Kraken turned and looked at Qin Yiyi with a strange expression.
"I had long forgotten this name, I didn't expect someone to remember it for me. Let me think, it seems that everyone used to call me that!"
Qin Yiyi asked in confusion, "What did everyone call you before? Do you still have a name? I thought you had forgotten your name after all these years."
Kraken looked even more confused: "Are you kidding me? Have you been starving lately? You just called me Friel, that's my name. Although the memory is a bit distant, I'm sure that's what I call myself."
Qin Yiyi patted her head: "Did I just call your name? Did I accidentally know your name before?"
"I don't know why, but lately I always feel like I can remember some things and I can't remember others. My mind is really confused!"
"If you can't remember, then don't think about it. What's more important than eating and drinking?" Kraken is currently Qin Yiyi's bodyguard, but he also holds several other positions outside, such as sparring partner, coach, and is sometimes temporarily drafted by the army to charge into battle. All the money he earns goes towards food.
Yes, Lord Qin Yiyi, that skinflint, wouldn't provide food for the Kraken. Keeping them alive is already merciful; she wouldn't provide a single meal for such a gigantic Kraken. She used to provide food to keep this weapon of mass destruction in check, but after a while, she'd trick him into accepting a salary and eating whatever he wanted, and then...
Qin Yiyi was a little angry seeing Kraken doing nothing but eating all day long.
"You really don't remember anything about what happened in the deep sea?"
Kraken shook his head, and Qin Yiyi's gossipy curiosity subsided. She then saw her family arrive at the food street.
"Didn't we say we'd take a walk after dinner? How come four or five of you have ended up walking all the way to the food street?" Qin Yiyi snorted coldly, facing her own parents, brother, sister, and sister-in-law.
The five of them were quite embarrassed to be caught, but fortunately, they were thick-skinned and had the "e" personality to recover quickly.
"Sigh, I just got hungry again while taking a walk after dinner!"
"That's right, it was the belly that started it, it has nothing to do with us. Besides, we're just preparing for the New Year. You'll be a year older next year! God bless you, you're finally over twenty!"
They truly wanted to thank their ancestors for their blessings.
Qin Yiyi was confused: "So what if I'm over twenty? I still have twenty-one and twenty-two years left in my life!"
Qin's mother had tears in her eyes.
"Yes, you have a long life ahead of you, my dear daughter!"
She took Qin Yiyi's hand and said, "Come with us to the night market! Mom will buy you whatever you want to eat!"
Kraken leaned closer and asked, "Can I do it too?"
Qin's mother was clearly happy, so happy that she forgot who was speaking next to her. She started nodding and said, "Okay, okay, I'll buy you whatever you want to eat!"
Qin Yiyi was about to stop her, but before she could even speak, her mother pulled her away.
"Mom, Mom, that's Krakenye! If you invite him to dinner, won't you go broke?"
Suddenly realizing what had happened, Qin's mother looked at the Kraken with wide eyes. She had momentarily forgotten that this species was an enormous Kraken that could never get enough to eat. She slapped her thighs with both hands.
"Oh dear, I forgot to bring any money. I'll leave the dinner arrangements to your dad today. He's got money. He'll get a reward for winning the battle and flattening the Misty City. He's got plenty of cash!"
From that moment on, many pairs of eyes were fixed on Qin's father.
"Oh, no, I don't manage the money at home. This, this is all pocket money I earned myself... I..."
In the end, Qin's father paid the bill. Qin's mother contributed a little more money after they had spent all the money. Everyone was happy that night, but Qin's father was left alone, feeling sad and crying silently. He even had a piece of clothing torn by the tentacle monster.
Qin Yiyi laughed heartily as she sat with her family by the lake, gazing at the starry sky reflected in its waters, and then looked up at the sky.
"By the way, Mom, there's something I've always been wondering about."
"Oh? Do you have any other questions? Tell Mommy, and Mommy will listen!"
Qin Yi leaned on her mother's shoulder, and every word she asked struck a chord in her mother's heart.
"Mom, am I really your daughter?"
Qin's mother's heart skipped a beat: "Why do you ask that? How could you not be our daughter?"
"But Mom!"
Qin Yiyi sat up straight and looked at her mother.
"Why do you all have the bloodline of the Kun, while I am a pure-blooded human?"
Although the bloodline of the Kun is very thin and it takes many stimulations to transform, her father has already transformed, and her older brother and sister are about to complete their transformations. Some time ago, she learned that her mother also had the bloodline of the Kun, which made her very confused. It should be impossible for people with similar bloodlines to give birth to pure-blooded humans!
Qin's mother's heart was pounding.
"Nonsense! You're saying you're not my daughter? Not your father's child because of this?"
“Our whole family has the blood of Kun, but you were born without inheriting the blood of Kun, so you feel resentful, right? So you feel that your parents owe you something?” Qin’s mother started to argue a bit unreasonably.
Seeing her mother get angry, Qin Yiyi panicked. Her mother wasn't someone who got angry so easily. It might be because she mentioned Kun, or it might be because her mother also had Kun's bloodline but hadn't fully activated it or undergone a metamorphosis.
In short, she said the wrong thing.
"Okay, okay, Mom, don't be angry. You know that's not what I meant."
Qin's mother breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the child who had grown up in front of her. In any case, she was still her daughter.
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