Hall Master Zou rested his hands on the armrests of the tall wooden chair, his brows furrowed.
The captains of the purchasing hall did not say anything. Shi Liming had indeed caused them a lot of trouble.
"Mr. Cheng Shui also agreed?" Master Zou thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at Shi Liming.
Shi Liming didn't say much, just nodded.
"I understand," said Zou, massaging his temple, "I'll take care of this matter."
Shi Liming was now Qin Ran's follower. After conveying his message, he turned around and was about to leave.
Zou Tangzhu's eyebrows jumped again, "Where are you going?"
"Ah," Shi Liming responded, smiling with his delicate eyes and eyebrows, "Cheng Mu said that Miss Qin's flowers might not be able to withstand the climate here. I'll go find the gardener at the manor to dig some soil."
After saying this, he did not stay and left in a hurry.
No one in the purchasing hall reacted.
...
...
After a long while, the leader of the purchasing team shook his head and said, "Shi Liming is a talented person. What a pity."
Even Hall Master Du would avoid such things, and no one knew that Shi Liming was going to rush forward to do it. If he were not doing his job every day...how could he improve his strength?
Cheng Shui clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs. When working under him, even if you are a close brother, you have to speak based on your strength.
Didn’t you see that even Cheng Mu didn’t achieve anything substantial?
Master Zou pondered for a long while and said nothing.
Shi Liming is quite capable, and Hall Master Zou has always cultivated him as his top confidant. No one expected that something like this would happen.
Hall Master Zou tapped the armrest with his fingers, thinking that he should probably change a confidant to be trained.
I'm afraid Shi Liming's point won't work.
**
Here, Shi Liming went to the servants' resting place in the tower behind overnight and found the old gardener. After asking him something, he took a shovel and followed the old gardener to the greenhouse to shovel some soil back.
When he arrived at the study, Qin Ran was still lying on the table writing, with her phone next to her and the black earphone cable hanging down her hair.
Yan Xi had already had the framework of this main theme in the Magic City, but she never had time to write it.
She filled a page of paper, frowned, crumpled the paper into a ball, threw it at her feet, and took out another piece of paper.
The sidelong brows were cold and dry.
There is a low pressure all over the body.
No one dares to approach.
After a long while, she finished writing another page with an expressionless face. After reading it from beginning to end, she picked up her phone, took a picture and sent it to Yan Xi first.
Only then did he pick up a pen and slowly begin to refine it.
Cheng Mu saw that her expression had eased, and then he brought her a cup of tea. No matter what he did today, he was in a bad mood. After pouring tea for Qin Ran, he sat aside and thought about life.
The overall atmosphere on their side was depressing, clearly different from Cheng Juan's side.
“Brother Cheng Mu,” Shi Liming handed a bag of soil to Cheng Mu, looked at Qin Ran, and asked in a low voice: “Miss Qin, what are you doing?”
Qin Ran was writing a piece of music, with a pile of crumpled paper under her feet.
It will probably be replaced in a few minutes.
There were a bunch of musical notes on it, and the notes recognized Shi Liming, but Shi Liming didn't know him, so he could only barely recognize a few of them.
Hearing this, Cheng Mu raised his head expressionlessly, "She should be writing something? Miss Qin can play the violin."
"Oh." Shi Liming nodded. "Is Miss Qin left-handed? I see she always writes with her left hand..."
Shi Liming remained calm and got a lot of answers from Cheng Mu.
The study room was quite large, but most people in the room were martial artists. Although Shi Liming and Cheng Mu's voices were low, they could still be heard if one listened carefully.
Cheng Shui listened to the conversation between the two and couldn't help but sigh.
After Master Du finished reporting on Matthew's affairs, he looked at Cheng Juan and asked, "Boss, is Mr. Cheng Huo back?"
Several hall masters knew that Cheng Huo was a hacker.
There are also rumors in the manor that Cheng Huo has joined the Hacker Alliance, but this has not been verified by Cheng Huo.
Cheng Huo often disappears when there is nothing to do, and the only way to find him is through Cheng Shui.
There has been a lot of activity on Matthew's side recently, and Master Du doesn't know a lot of news, so he can only check through Cheng Huo.
"He's not in Continent M. He won't be back for another two or three days." Cheng Juan reached out and flipped through his phone. He calculated the time and gave Master Du an accurate number.
Hall Master Du nodded and said, "I just recently received news from the hackers on Matthew's side. I wonder how much they know about our manor."
"That hacker," Cheng Shui also looked away. He sat on the chair, a little puzzled, "You didn't find out who it was?"
"I can't find any information at all." Master Du shook his head and turned his head to ask Cheng Juan, "Boss, do you know Matthew?"
Cheng Juan leaned back in his chair slowly, holding a teacup in his hand, and said absentmindedly: "We only had one confrontation, he is a cautious person."
Cheng Mu, who was sitting on the side, was talking to Shi Liming. He had just come back to his senses from his confusion when he heard the name Matthew.
I couldn't help but pause.
"What's wrong, Brother Cheng Mu?" Shi Liming patted his shoulder and whispered, "Are you okay?"
"No." Cheng Mu shook his head.
He just suddenly remembered that Interpol Matthew was very familiar with Gu Xichi, and Qin Ran and Cheng Juan were also familiar with Gu Xichi...
Shi Liming smiled and said, "Then let's continue talking about tomorrow's trip. The journey may take two and a half days, and we won't be stopping at a hotel on the way. Tomorrow we will go to the purchasing hall to bring some more things for Miss Qin. She may not be used to it..."
**
At half past ten, the manor's lights were still on.
Seeing that Qin Ran seemed to have finished her work, Cheng Juan asked Master Du and others to leave.
Qin Ran had been sleeping since the afternoon. She was not sleepy anymore. Cheng Juan thought about it and took her to visit the manor.
The manor is large in scale, with all places connected by cement roads and cobblestone paths in between.
The castle where Qin Ran and her friends were currently living was in the second row.
Towards the front is a row of towers with small windows and semi-arched doors, which are arranged in an orderly manner. They should be a meeting hall or something like that, and many people come and go here.
On both sides are large fruit orchards and martial arts training grounds. There is more than one martial arts training ground, some are open-air and some are built under the tower.
Qin Ran was not interested in those European-style buildings.
She stopped at the side of the martial arts training ground. The entire training ground was like a gladiatorial arena, separated on all sides by wooden stakes and the ground was sunken.
Lying on the wooden stake and looking at the martial arts training ground gives you a feeling of being high above.
Even after ten o'clock, dozens of figures could still be seen under the bright lights of the martial arts training ground.
Some people were practicing shooting, some were playing Matryoshka, and some were practicing boxing...all kinds of things.
Qin Ran watched with interest. When she saw a figure at the edge of the martial arts training ground, she raised her eyebrows in surprise and poked Cheng Juan beside her, "Is that Cheng Mu?"
The other hand pointed at the tough figure.
Cheng Juan glanced at it without much interest, leaning against a wooden stake on the side, his delicate features rather lazy: "I've been hit hard, and I'm studying hard."
For so many years, Cheng Mu always thought that he was Cheng Juan's confidant.
However, he did not expect that what happened today would deal him a heavy blow. Not only was he not as good as his brothers, he was even not as good as his brothers' subordinates. He turned his grief and anger into motivation.
Qin Ran nodded, and did not ask what had happened. She stroked her chin and looked at him for a while, then shook her head and said with disdain: "The moves are wrong, and the chassis is unstable."
Hearing this, Cheng Juan looked at her with interest, and suddenly smiled, his voice a little soft, his dark eyes seemed to be filled with crushed starlight under the headlights.
He recalled the first time he and Lu Zhaoying saw her fight at Hengchuan No. 1 Middle School, about half a year ago.
Qin Ran glanced at him and raised her eyebrows, asking him what he was laughing at.
"No," Cheng Juan put his hand to his lips and changed the subject, "Cheng Shui just told me that you are going out with the Purchasing Hall tomorrow?"
Qin Ran continued to watch them train and said “hmm” nonchalantly.
"I've asked someone to prepare the things you need to bring. I'm going to discuss a business with the Maas family tomorrow, so I won't go with you. I'll let Cheng Mu and Shi Liming go with you." Cheng Juan put the hood of her coat on behind her.
Qin Ran paused, then nodded.
**
Hall Master Du lived in the back row of Cheng Juan's ancient castle, on the left side, which was the Law Enforcement Hall.
After he came out of the castle study, he went back to his office. Instead of resting, he searched for information on the computer.
There's someone knocking on the door.
He didn't even look up, and said directly: "Come in."
The one knocking on the door was Hall Master Zou. He was wearing an overcoat and his brows were slightly knitted, as if he was filled with an unrelieved sadness.
"What's wrong?" The hall masters were quite familiar with each other. Hall Master Du put down his mouse, stood up, and motioned Hall Master Zou to sit at the reception table. "You're looking for me so late?"
"I want to ask the Law Enforcement Hall to mobilize a team of people." Hall Master Zou did not hesitate to state his purpose directly.
As everyone knows, the people with the highest overall military strength in the manor are those in the Law Enforcement Hall. Every captain of the Law Enforcement Hall has seen blood, entered the arena, and fought in the arena of life and death.
Master Du poured him a cup of coffee and said, "Tell me about it."
The Purchasing Hall and the Law Enforcement Hall do not overlap. The Purchasing Hall has the smallest military strength, but is the richest. It has many shady tricks and will shoot if it cannot defeat an opponent.
At this time, Master Zou came to him to borrow men and horses. There must be something behind it.
Zou Tangzhu didn't hide anything and directly told the story about Qin Ran. "I asked Mr. Cheng that if Miss Qin really lost a hair, we would all be replaced by the boss."
Hall Master Zou didn't need to remind him of this matter, as Hall Master Du had already experienced it in the study just now.
He put the cup on the table with a thud, frowning, "You guys are here to hand over the goods, not to play. What a joke."
Now is the time when several forces are confronting each other and there is a shortage of manpower. Next month, Master Du is going to conduct an assessment and recruit new members.
But at this moment someone comes to cause trouble and occupy our space.
The two looked at each other, their expressions were extremely complicated.
Those who work behind Cheng Juan are basically judged by their ability, and the annual assessment criteria are also based on this aspect. Cheng Juan is undoubtedly a good boss.
Before this, everyone in the manor felt that Cheng Juan had almost no flaws.
Until today…
"We are investigating the affairs of the Law Enforcement Hall. We don't have many manpower. I will give you a few people from the first team of the Law Enforcement Hall tomorrow." Finally, Hall Master Du assigned the strongest team to Hall Master Zou.
Hall Master Zou was stunned. He didn't expect Hall Master Du to be so easy to talk to. Did you really call someone for him?
Original text: He thought that Master Du would go directly to Cheng Juan and not let Miss Qin get involved.
He took a sip of coffee and didn't leave immediately. He just asked one more question, "That Miss Qin... the boss didn't seem to introduce her to us today?"
As soon as Hall Master Du heard this, he knew what Hall Master Zou was thinking. He only took one look at him and saw through his thoughts. "Not introducing someone doesn't mean that I don't value you."
**
Cheng Mu didn't come back from the martial arts training ground until twelve o'clock.
When he stopped, there were still more than a dozen people in the training ground.
From time to time someone would stop and point at him and laugh.
"Mr. Juan?" After taking two steps outside, he saw a figure standing not far away, and he stopped.
"Well," Cheng Juan asked Qin Ran to go back to sleep first. He habitually took a cigarette in his hand. Shu Juan's eyebrows were lazy. "Follow Miss Qin well tomorrow. Contact me anytime if you have anything."
He gave a warning.
Cheng Mu paused, pursed his lips, thought for a long time, and lowered his head in shame, "Master Juan, please find someone else to protect Miss Qin! I'm not strong enough!"
Even the weakest one in the Law Enforcement Hall could beat him down...
Hearing this, Cheng Juan raised his eyebrows, straightened his coat, and said with a clear look, "How do you know that I will let you protect Miss Qin?"
Cheng Mu was stunned.
Cheng Juan retracted his gaze, and spoke in a clear and slow tone, quite lovingly: "I asked you to take care of her flowers and take care of the chores."
Cheng Mu: “…”
**
The next morning.
Cheng Juan left at six o'clock.
Qin Ran was still asleep when he left, so he didn't call her.
When Qin Ran got up, it was already seven o'clock.
When she took a shower, had her meal and went out, Cheng Mu had already packed up the pot of flowers, and Shi Liming was holding a large suitcase in his hand, "Miss Qin, we can leave now."
A convoy had already stopped at the gate of the manor.
There were more than a dozen figures standing on both sides. Hall Master Zou was standing in the middle of the team, giving orders in a sharp tone.
He paused when he saw Qin Ran and the others coming over.
“Miss Qin.” He greeted Qin Ran politely, “Your car is the one in the middle.”
It was the first time that Zou Tangzhu saw Qin Ran. Seeing her young and beautiful face, he became even more worried.
Qin Ran reached out and flipped through the WeChat message Yan Xi sent her. She said "hmm" nonchalantly and got into the middle car in a rather lazy manner.
Shi Liming drove the car and Cheng Mu sat in the passenger seat.
After they got on the car, the people standing on both sides looked at Zou Tangzhu in confusion, "That's Miss Qin? You want to go with us?"
Except for a few team leaders, no one else knew that Qin Ran was going to pick up the goods.
Zou Tangzhu nodded and said with difficulty: "Mr. Cheng Shui said that she went there to play..."
Everyone in the purchasing hall fell silent instantly. Is she crazy?
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