Shi Xi raised his eyes slightly. The water on his face was still wet, and the wet droplets dripped down his face and onto the ground.
'Tick-tock—'
Chi Yan'an frowned and stared at Shi Xi for a while.
She's not particularly good-looking, just average.
He made his own assessment.
The next second, he lifted his leg and walked towards Shi Xi. Chi Yan'an was tall and straight, exuding a sense of pressure from someone in a superior position.
Chi Zaiqing's gaze instantly darkened, and he called out emotionlessly, "Big Brother."
Chi Yan'an nodded slightly, stopped, turned to look at Shi Xi, and gestured to shake hands. "You're Gao Buran?"
"Xiao Qing is being silly and has caused you trouble."
"No." Shi Xi paused for a moment, then extended her hand to shake his. "Young Master is very obedient and hasn't caused any trouble."
Before they even met, Chi Zaiqing stepped forward, grasped Chi Yan'an's hand, and said proudly, "Big brother, did you hear that? Aran said I'm very well-behaved."
Chi Yan'an released his grip and nodded. "She is indeed very well-behaved."
While the Chi brothers were catching up, Shi Xi decided to take the initiative and shut Pei Muban up.
Mainly because Shi Xi was being stared at by Pei Muban's gray-green eyes, she had the feeling that she was about to be scolded by the head teacher at any moment.
Knowing that Pei Muban liked guns, Shi Xi picked up the sniper rifle on the ground, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Boss, what do you think?"
Pei Mu frowned slightly. "How many times have I told you, don't call me boss."
"Okay." Shi Xi made an OK gesture. "Boss."
"..." Pei Mu took a deep breath and resisted the urge to shoot the kid.
"Where did you get it from?" he asked.
"It was changed," Shi Xi said vaguely.
"What did you exchange it for?" As far as he knew, Gao Buran didn't have anything valuable on him.
He knew that Gao Buran's family was not well-off and that he had a younger sister who was hospitalized.
Because Gao Buran was quite capable and popular with his employers, he would usually take care of them.
After all, they are a pillar of the company; if you don't serve them well, they'll run away.
"I traded wild fruits and roasted meat with the pirates." Seeing that she couldn't be fooled, Shi Xi had no choice but to confess honestly.
Pei Mu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Pretty impressive."
Everyone else gets robbed by pirates, but he's the one who robs pirates.
Pei Mu was almost amused by Shi Xi's outrageous actions.
Shi Xi's lips curled slightly, she waved her hand, and said modestly, "So-so."
"You've really got potential. No wonder you're the number one mercenary on the leaderboard." Pei Mu crossed his arms, his gaze turning deathly towards Shi Xi. "Was I praising you?"
Shi Xi: "..."
Tsk, can't you just curse directly?
He speaks in roundabout ways, and his thoughts are harder to guess than a eunuch's.
Shi Xi rolled her eyes inwardly.
"This gun is stolen property and must be handed over," Pei Muban said.
Jiang Yichen glanced at Shi Xi, who looked reluctant, and said, "No need to hand it over. This is my gun; give it to him."
The gun originally belonged to him, but Ben Asamia took it, and after several changes of ownership, it somehow ended up in the hands of this pirate.
Upon hearing this, Shi Xi immediately thanked Jiang Yichen, "Thank you, Marshal Jiang! Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Pei Mu glanced at Jiang Yichen, then at Shi Xi, and felt a headache coming on.
Just then, Captain Feng entered the cave. "Marshal, the matter has been completed."
Cheng Hao followed behind him, gesturing to Jiang Yichen to discuss the matter further.
Jiang Yichen nodded, his gaze sweeping over the group of people in the cave. "It's time to leave."
When Jiang Yichen spoke, everyone respectfully left the cave.
...
Cheng Hao: "Marshal, when we arrived, most of the pirates had already retreated, and... the remaining ones were either Zerg or notorious pirate leaders."
"As for that omega, we searched the entire place but didn't find any trace of him."
After a pause, Cheng Hao continued, "Perhaps his family has already taken him away?"
Jiang Yichen frowned.
It seems he was right. The person Shi Xi met that day wasn't an omega at all; he met Asamiya!
Jiang Yichen said to Cheng Hao, "No need to look anymore, he's already gone."
...
Jiang Yichen was followed by the Chi brothers.
Chi Zaiqing turned around and glanced at Shi Xi, who was talking to Pei Muban, smiled at him, and then looked coldly at Chi Yan'an beside him.
"Has my engagement with Jiang Yichen been called off?"
After closely observing Chi Zaiqing's change of expression, Chi Yan'an paused for a moment before replying, "I've withdrawn."
"My marriage is none of your business, elder brother," Chi Zaiqing said to Chi Yan'an, dropping his pretense and speaking rather bluntly.
Clearly, he was extremely dissatisfied with Chi Yan'an's previous unauthorized actions.
"You have someone you like?" Chi Yan'an asked.
With Chi Zaiqing's eyes practically glued to Shi Xi, it would be hard for him not to notice.
"Hmm." Chi Zaiqing replied indifferently.
...
As Shi Xi walked beside Pei Muban, she felt that she was at the lowest moral ground.
They could only obediently accept the scolding.
But after waiting for a long time, Pei Muban still didn't speak.
Shi Xi looked at Pei Muban with a puzzled expression.
"What's up?" Pei Mu glanced at him, took off her Bluetooth headset, and said, "Speak."
"It's nothing." Shi Xi shook her head.
So he was busy.
Soon everyone boarded the starship and left the desolate planet.
Shi Xi glanced at this place before leaving.
I wonder if that omega has been taken away by his family.
"What, you want to stay for two more days?" Pei Mu raised an eyebrow.
Pei Mu's words were overheard by Chi Zaiqing, who had come looking for Shi Xi. His eyes immediately lit up as he looked at Shi Xi, "A-Ran doesn't want to leave?"
"No." Shi Xi counted on her fingers and said, "I was just calculating how much money I've earned in the past few days."
Chi Zaiqing lowered his eyes.
So cute, so cute!
Ah Ran looks so cute when she's counting money...
"What? How much money did you make?" Pei Mu tapped his finger on the ground, then looked at Shi Xi. "What have you been doing these past few days?"
"..." Shi Xi said, "We didn't do much, just collected some fees beyond what mercenaries are obligated to do."
"For example?" Pei Muban's temple throbbed slightly upon hearing this.
Shi Xi began to calculate with a serious expression, "For example, rescuing Lieutenant Cheng earned 100,000, rescuing the Marshal earned 50,000..."
"Gao Buran!" Pei Muban felt he needed oxygen.
Shi Xi immediately shut up and made a zipping motion on her lips.
"You're really something," Pei Mu said.
Being a mercenary is a waste of his talents.
"Boss, you're too kind." Shi Xi paused for a moment and unzipped the zipper a little.
"Shut up!" Pei Mu was so angry her head ached. "You're making money off Jiang Yichen! If you're so successful, why don't you become a bandit?!"
Shi Xi made two "uh-uh" sounds, as if she was explaining something.
Pei Mu paused for three seconds in thought, then waved his hand. "Speak."
He wanted to see how Gao Buran would explain himself.
"Boss, being a bandit is illegal, we can't do that!" Shi Xi said earnestly.
"……"
Pei Muban felt that he would be driven to his death by him sooner or later.
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