"..." Chu Yao frowned and looked at Chi Zaiqing, who looked delicate and weak.
Doesn't he feel disgusted by saying such things?
Her affected manner and coquettish tone gave him goosebumps.
"Are you scared?" he asked.
"Yes, I'm scared." Chi Zaiqing nodded, paused, and then looked at Chu Yao, saying, "What are you doing here?"
Chu Yao felt a toothache when he saw Chi Zaiqing's innocent little rabbit appearance. He was also on the starship at the time and personally witnessed Chi Zaiqing using his mental power to kill that insectoid.
"Just bored." He paused for a second, then said irritably.
He didn't want to come in the first place, but the Chu family needed to exchange resources with the Chi family, and Chi Yan'an made the request—
Tell him to take Chi Zaiqing back.
"Oh, then you can continue to idle," Chi Zaiqing said.
Shi Xi: "...?" This pair of childhood sweethearts initially followed a bickering-lovers route?
I feel like Chi Zaiqing and Chu Yao are a pretty good couple.
With a cough, Shi Xi pushed Chi Zaiqing aside, bent down to pick up the sniper rifle from the ground, and stroked the black gun barrel with her fair and slender fingers.
Sheng Yingpu's gaze lingered on Shi Xi's hands.
The emerald green eyes were glued to Shi Xi's empty wrist bone like glue.
A few seconds later, the pirate Alpha's pleas for mercy pulled him back to reality. He looked away and walked to Jiang Yichen's side.
The pirates' appearance is suspicious; they're carrying weapons. Something's fishy here.
Shi Xi toyed with the gun in her hand and commented, "It's a good piece of equipment; it's worth a lot of money."
Chu Yao glanced at it and said, "A modified plasma shoulder-fired cannon."
Chu Yao held up five fingers to Shi Xi. "At least this number."
Shi Xi nodded to him, then carried the sniper rifle and walked up to the leader of the pirates, Alpha.
Alpha suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
He instinctively shrank back a little.
Shi Xi looked at Alpha and pointed the gun at his forehead.
Jiang Yichen glanced at Shi Xi and immediately understood his meaning. His deliberately lowered tone carried a particularly oppressive air: "Since you were exiled here, how did you get this?"
Alpha was immediately jolted awake, realizing something was wrong.
"Is there some shady organization here?" Shi Xi voiced her suspicion.
Jiang Yichen then asked, "Besides you, are there any other fugitives here?"
Pressed relentlessly by the two, Alpha turned pale and could only shake his head frantically, "No, no, there's no one else here besides us."
His obvious reaction was practically telling everyone—
Shi Xi and Jiang Yichen were right.
"Who has the ability to gather all these fugitives together?!"
Cheng Hao looked incredulous.
"Asamyak-sambo, only he could have done that."
Jiang Yichen's words startled everyone.
When Alpha heard Jiang Yichen mention this name, he was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot.
Unexpectedly, the other party was able to deduce the truth with just a few words.
Asamia, like Jiang Yichen, is a well-known Alpha, but he is infamous.
A cunning pirate leader, the empire's number one most wanted criminal, rumored to have escaped from prison multiple times.
Even if he were arrested and imprisoned, he could escape silently within three days, which shows his strength.
Unlike the concerns of others, Shi Xi, holding the script in her hand, was not worried—
Because this infamous space pirate never even appeared once in the storyline. :)
To put it bluntly, he's just a background character.
...
After the plot had unfolded, Shi Xi stepped back slightly and sat down again in front of the campfire.
Chi Zaiqing sat down, followed closely by Jiang Yichen and Sheng Yingpu.
Shi Xi suddenly looked at Chu Yao standing to the side, "Accommodation fee, five hundred per night."
Chu Yao was stunned: "Accommodation fee?"
"Hmm." Shi Xi said matter-of-factly, "This is my territory. You can only stay if you pay for accommodation."
Chu Yao looked at Jiang Yichen, silently asking him with his eyes.
"You paid it?"
Jiang Yichen nodded to him.
It means it has been paid.
"..." Chu Yao hadn't expected even Jiang Yichen to have to pay. He glanced at the rain outside and readily said, "Fine, five hundred it is."
I don't know how long this rain will last, it would be good to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Just then, Shi Xi looked at the other three people tied up in the corner and said, "You also have to pay, two thousand each per night."
The three of them looked completely bewildered: "Huh?"
The green-haired beta on the far left of the three asked indignantly, "Why does he get five hundred while we get two thousand?!"
He's saving money to get married.
Shi Xi raised an eyebrow: "They're on our side, but you're not."
Upon hearing this, the group immediately gathered around Shi Xi. Chu Yao paused for a moment and took two steps toward Shi Xi.
Green Hair: "..." Damn, this is the first time I've ever seen a pirate get extorted!
"Aran is the best." Chi Zaiqing looked at Shi Xi as if he had done something extraordinary.
Shi Xi coughed lightly, but did not reply to him.
The next second, Jiang Yichen peeled the roasted fruit and handed it to Shi Xi.
The sweet aroma of fruit filled the air.
Shi Xi thanked him and accepted the fruit.
The three pirates looked at each other, the aroma making their mouths water.
Shi Xi slowly finished eating the fruit, then walked over and tossed them a wild fruit, "Want to try some?"
The Alpha in the lead hesitated for a moment, then gave the fruit to the green-haired and purple-haired ones.
Watching the two wolf down their food, Alpha couldn't help but ask Shi Xi for another one.
Shi Xi smiled and said, "The tasting is over. Five hundred each, want some?"
The three people: "..." It feels like we've stumbled into a bandit's den.
Alpha flatly refused: "No!"
This is outrageous! It's even worse than a shady business!
Hearing him say that, Shi Xi shrugged, seemingly unconcerned about his refusal, picked up the wolf from the cave entrance, and sat back down.
He took out his short knife, deftly cut the wolf meat into pieces, and then began to roast it.
Before long, the aroma of roasted meat wafted through the air.
Shi Xi found a herb shaped like a flower, applied its juice to the meat, and handed it to Chi Zaiqing: "Eat."
"Thank you, Aran." Chi Zaiqing carefully held the food and ate it in small bites.
As soon as Shi Xi turned her head, she saw Jiang Yichen staring intently at the grill.
So he generously stuffed a string of skewers into Jiang Yichen's hand, saying, "Yours."
Before Jiang Yichen could even look away, a skewer of roasted wolf meat appeared in his hand.
Jiang Yichen pursed his lips, his eyes flashing slightly, and took a bite. It tasted good.
It tastes better than his roasted rabbit.
After giving the two men a string of pearls, Shi Xi simply treated them equally and gave Sheng Yingpu and Cheng Hao each a string of pearls.
Then he stood up, walked to Chu Yao who was furthest away from him, and said, "Yours."
Chu Yao raised an eyebrow, a hint of mockery in his eyes: "Charge?"
"No charge." Shi Xi shook her head. "We're doing charity work tonight."
Chu Yao took it, and after briefly covering Shi Xi's hand for a second, he quickly let go.
Chu Yao glanced at the group of people in the cave, each with their own thoughts, and finally his gaze fell on Shi Xi.
He looked away, took a bite of wolf meat, and thought to himself.
They are adept at winning people's hearts.
Hearing Shi Xi's words, the Alpha's eyes lit up with excitement, and he quickly shouted, "We still have three people on our side!"
Shi Xi squinted and looked in that direction.
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