Lin Hu got up alertly, stood up, and turned around to see a man and a woman standing less than five meters away from him.
The man carried a basket on his back and another in his hand. Both of them were dressed well and cleanly, and the woman was even wearing makeup.
"What's wrong?" Lin Hu asked, frowning in confusion.
He held two cherries in his hand, ready to throw them at any moment.
"You seem to have quite a lot of bamboo shoots," Qin Yaowei said to Lin Hu with a smile.
Lin Hu felt a chill run through his body.
This person is quite powerful and harbors a lot of malice towards him.
They probably don't know each other, but the girl looks somewhat familiar. He doesn't usually pay attention to other people's appearances, so he really wouldn't recognize Qin Yaoyao as the female anchor who talked about her love story during her previous live stream.
"They're everywhere." Lin Hu noticed that the two people's baskets looked very light, and they weren't covered in mud, so they probably hadn't dug up much.
"Who said we were going to dig?" Qin Yaoyao stepped forward, a mocking smile on her face.
So you're saying this is outright robbery?
Lin Hu never expected that this girl, who looked to be only around 18 years old, would have such a wicked mind.
Lin Hu replaced the cherry bomb with an orange smoke bomb, threw it on the ground, and was about to run away when, less than half a meter off the ground, a vine broke through the soil and wrapped around his ankle, kicking up a cloud of mud.
A wood-type ability user?!
No wonder he didn't notice; as long as there are plants around, they can be controlled by wood-type ability users. The ground beneath his feet originally had the veins of a large tree.
"Trying to run?" Qin Yaowei's mocking tone was undisguised: "I've already controlled the roots beneath your feet, where can you run to?"
"Brother, this orange smoke is really good stuff. He must have more on him. Let's grab him." Qin Yaoyao's triumphant and excited voice came over.
'Boss Zhou's Shop' now only sells attack fruits, and he limits the daily supply to 60% of the yield of each fruit tree. This ensures that no one has more than him and also prevents people from buying and selling them.
Although there are many people in the area, the Qin family's influence is not weak, so finding out who bought it is not difficult.
If you find the person, use a little coercion or enticement, offer them some incentives, and you can get it from them or buy it from them.
Lin Hu cursed inwardly. These two were shameless, discussing it in front of people. Did they think he had no way to protect himself?
Lin Hu could see the two people, so he threw two cherry bombs at their faces and sent a message to Duan Linzhou at the same time.
Just as the two cherries were about to touch their bodies, a white flower suddenly appeared from the back of Qin Yaowei's neck, from which two streams of ice shot out.
The ice silk touched the cherry, then clung to it, forming an ice ball.
The cherry was also hit by the ice silk and fell directly, rolling to the feet of the Qin siblings without exploding.
Lin Hu was dumbfounded. Could this really be done?!
Lin Hu pulled out his Tang sword and cut the vines at his feet, intending to escape, not even caring about the basket on his back.
Qin Yaowei and Qin Yaoyao also saw the basket, but they were clearly more interested in the treasures on Lin Hu's body.
"Brother! Don't let him get away!" Qin Yaoyao shouted.
"He can't escape!" Qin Yaowei said confidently, then turned to the white flower on his shoulder and said, "Bingbing, go!"
Upon receiving the order, Baihua sent out several strands of ice towards the location of the last trace of information left by the plants when Linhu broke free.
There are seven lines in total, corresponding to its seven petals.
Lin Hu dodged the first few strikes, but was hit in the calf by the sixth one. The ice silk, like when it wraps around cherries, clung to his calf and went down, giving Lin Hu a leg "cast."
The cold was biting, and Lin Hu felt his calves go numb instantly; even the pain was instantaneous.
Because of that momentary lapse in concentration, Lin Hu couldn't dodge the seventh strike either; the ice silk struck his other good leg's knee.
Lin Hu fell directly from the air. He realized that his legs and feet were covered in ice, and if the ice broke upon impact, his legs and feet might also break. He had no choice but to sacrifice his buttocks.
Fortunately, it only flew two or three meters, otherwise it might have crashed to the ground with its butt split in eight pieces.
The expected pain didn't come. When Lin Hu opened his eyes, he found himself being carried horizontally by Duan Linzhou, whose hand held a faint flame that was melting the ice on his knee.
It's fortunate that this is a superpower; if a frozen human body were suddenly thawed, it would peel off and expose the bones.
Has he fallen right into Duan Linzhou's arms?!
Lin Hu was just about to ask Duan Linzhou why he had arrived so quickly when the smoke slowly dissipated.
The four looked at each other, and the Qin siblings were momentarily stunned.
Qin Yaoyao couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes. She ran to greet him first, not caring about the current situation, and didn't see the doubt and displeasure in Duan Linzhou's eyes.
"Brother Linzhou! What a coincidence to meet you here." Qin Yaoyao walked up to Duan Linzhou with a smile and said shyly, brushing her hair behind her ear, completely unaware that there was a living person in his arms.
The word "Brother Linzhou" made Lin Hu remember who the girl in front of him was.
Alarm bells immediately went off in his mind. He glanced at Duan Linzhou's attitude, which was cold and indifferent, not at all like a familiar friend.
He recalled that the girl had said in a previous live stream that they were in love, but were forced to separate due to family issues.
This doesn't look like an ex meeting up.
"Are you alright?" Duan Linzhou ignored Qin Yaoyao and lowered his head, speaking in a gentle tone, "Does it hurt a lot?"
"No, it's nothing." Lin Hu's heart skipped a beat. This damn filter.
Qin Yaoyao seemed to only then notice Lin Hu and the interaction and posture between the two.
Qin Yaoyao's eyes showed displeasure, but she still asked with a smile, "Brother Linzhou, so you know each other? Who is he?"
Duan Linzhou looked up impatiently at the person who had spoken in front of him, his face filled with dissatisfaction and anger: "Who are you?"
He genuinely felt that the person in front of him looked familiar, but he recognized Qin Yaowei, who was walking behind her.
This person had approached him about a collaboration, but he refused because the other party was too greedy and demanded too much profit.
This person had contacted him many times because of this, and that's how he remembered him.
"Lin..."
"Mr. Duan, what a coincidence, we've run into each other."
Qin Yaoyao was about to say something, but was interrupted by her brother.
"It is quite a coincidence." Duan Linzhou's expression was calm, but after saying this, he looked at the white flower on Qin Yaowei's shoulder, his eyes filled with anger, and then said, "But it's not good at all."
After Qin Yaowei realized that the two had a special relationship, he took the initiative to ease the atmosphere. Unexpectedly, Duan Linzhou didn't even pretend and directly confronted him.
"Isn't this a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple? We didn't expect you two to know each other," Qin Yaowei said with a smile. His mother and sister only had a vague understanding of Duan Bohai's family starting a business again, and thought it was just a small business.
But he knew a lot; the Duan family's business was not simple, and it was quite substantial, especially with the assistance of the Wen brothers and Wang Fuqing.
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