The bell rang for a while, but Annie didn't come out to open the door, so Zhang Yuanqing walked out of the bedroom and opened the security door himself.

Standing outside the door was a boy of about seven or eight years old. He had big eyes and delicate features. He was a very cute boy.

This is the landlord's child.

He was holding a food box in his right hand and an aluminum can in his left hand, with the words "Iron Guanyin" written on it.

"Hello, uncle!" the little boy called politely.

"It's brother, not uncle. Call him again." Zhang Yuanqing corrected.

"Hello, brother!" Zhang Yuanqing admired the boy's knowledge of the situation. He nodded with satisfaction and asked:

"What's up?"

The little boy looked down at the food box and said crisply, "Afternoon tea. My mother asked me to bring it here, along with tea leaves."

Zhang Yuanqing made way and said, "Come in."

He led the little boy in, took the food box and placed it on the coffee table, then opened the lid. In the double-layer food box was a plate of pastries and a plate of red glutinous rice balls.

"Dumplings?"

"No, it's sugar."

What is Tangbushuang? Zhang Yuanqing took out the cakes and Tangbushuang and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Cao Chao, and my English name is Robin," said the little boy.

Zhang Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, and after a while he managed to say, "What a good name. Well, I mean the Chinese name. Who gave it the name?"

"dad."

"Does your dad like to watch Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

"How do you know?" Cao Chao's face was full of surprise.

I also know that your father must like Cao Cao very much. I hope he appreciates Cao Cao's great talent and strategy, not... Zhang Yuanqing picked up a "tangyuan" with chopsticks and tasted it. He felt that it was crispy, soft, sweet but not greasy, and the sweetness of brown sugar and the aroma of glutinous rice lingered on his taste buds.

Unexpectedly delicious.

He opened the aluminum can and smelled it again. The tea aroma was strong and the quality of Tieguanyin was pretty good.

This should be a return gift from the landlady. After all, the new tenant paid the money so generously that he directly paid half a year's rent plus a three-month deposit, a total of 50,000 federal coins.

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing saw the little boy named "Cao Chao" look at the expensive snacks in the glass plate and swallowed quietly.

Annie bought the snacks in the supermarket.

"Take whatever you want to eat," said Zhang Yuanqing.

"Mom doesn't allow me to eat snacks, or I'll get beaten." Cao Chao shook his head with greed.

"Oh, then don't eat it." Zhang Yuanqing is not the kind of person who would force others.

"I'm not really afraid of my mother's beating." The little boy followed his heart's wishes and reached out to grab a handful of snacks.

He stood beside the coffee table, with a bulging belly, eating attentively. Zhang Yuanqing took the opportunity to ask the little kid about the landlord's family.

Cao Chao's father is Cao Qing, who was born in Baotang Province. When he was young, he followed his parents to immigrate to the Free Commonwealth and opened a small restaurant for a living. After decades of operation by two generations, he now owns six chain restaurants and two snack bars in Chinatown, and is also a major landlord with six houses.

The landlord's wife was Yang Xiujuan. When she married Cao Qing, her family only had two restaurants. In those days, the security in Chinatown was not very good, and there were often naughty people who ate and ate for free.

Law enforcement officers demanding bribes and harassment from local Chinese gangs.

The complex and chaotic security environment has caused Yang Xiujuan to develop an extremely violent temper, and she cannot survive without being aggressive.

"Every time dad and mom quarrel, dad will call mom a tigress, and then mom will beat him. My sister sometimes calls mom a tigress too, and mom will praise her. I am the only one who never calls mom a tigress, because I'm afraid of getting beaten." In order to order some snacks, Cao Chao sold all his family's information.

"But you just mentioned the word tigress three times." Zhang Yuanqing pointed out incisively.

The little boy's face changed, and the snack in his mouth suddenly lost its flavor.

"I won't tell your mother. Let's talk about your sister." Zhang Yuanqing said.

The little boy was relieved immediately, and the snack in his mouth became delicious again. He nibbled on the chocolate-covered snack like a hamster.

Li Nut talked about his sister who loved fighting.

In Cao Chao's eyes, his sister was an absolute devil, moody, who snatched his snacks and toys and liked to beat him, simply because she disliked him.

You should beat your brother as early as possible, your sister is aware of this... Zhang Yuanqing finally understood why the child had such a strong desire to survive at such a young age. He had a mother with a bad temper and a sister who loved to beat people. If he had less desire to survive, he would have died in childhood.

"My sister also knows magic, so I dare not resist her." Cao Chao said with lingering fear.

"Magic?" Zhang Yuanqing's heart moved, and he deliberately said, "That's just a lie for kids."

"No!" The questioned little boy frowned and said loudly: "She showed me that she can emit electricity, just like Pikachu."

As he said this, he clenched his fists, held his strength like he was taking a shit, and roared, "One hundred thousand volts!"

Zhang Yuanqing sensed Cao Chao's emotions and did not lie. He spoke the truth.

In other words, the little girl named Cao Qianxiu is a thunder mage? Uh, no wonder she is irritable and loves to fight. I remember that the characteristics of thunder mage are irritability, anger, and fairness, um, relatively fair, so the thunder mage controls the prosecutor's duties in Tianfa... Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts turned and he asked again:

"So when your mom and dad were fighting, did they release 100,000 volts?"

The little boy shook his head.

Yes, generally speaking, the probability of a family being all spiritual realm practitioners is extremely small. It is impossible to be so coincidental, and it is not certain. If this family is all spiritual realm practitioners, it is easy to understand how they earned this family business. Zhang Yuanqing thought about it and asked again:

"Are your parents not at home for a few days every month?"

"How do you know?" the little boy asked in surprise.

This brother is really amazing. He not only knows that his father loves to watch Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but also knows that his parents are often not at home.

He was a little scared, suspecting that someone had known that he had wet the bed last night.

Zhang Yuanqing grabbed a handful of snacks and stuffed them into the little boy's pocket. "I just guessed. Don't tell anyone what I said today. If you do this, you can come to my house and eat snacks as much as you want in the future. You go home first. I'll bring back the boxes and plates after you finish eating."

"Yeah!" Cao Chao nodded happily and rushed out of the bedroom in a hurry.

After watching the little boy leave, Zhang Yuanqing ate two more candies. Then Annie came out of the bathroom, wrapped in a bath towel and a headscarf. A few strands of golden hair hung down, showing her maturity and lazy charm.

The bath towel wrapped around her heavy chest, the snowy ravines were bottomless, and the towel hem reached her thighs. Her two beautiful legs were long and straight, round and well-proportioned, and as white as if solidified with milk.

"Ah, Master, what are you eating? Is there anything for Annie?" The blonde beauty came over happily, looking so attracted by the delicious food that she had no time to change her clothes.

Zhang Yuanqing handed over the chopsticks.

Anne used chopsticks a little clumsily, picked up a "glutinous rice ball" and stuffed it into her mouth. The sweet and soft taste made her eyes light up:

"What's this?"

"Just think of it as glutinous rice balls."

"What are glutinous rice balls?"

"Don't worry about it, just eat..." Zhang Yuanqing picked up a piece of cake and started eating. "I just found out that the landlord's family are all spiritual realm practitioners. Isn't that a coincidence?"

Annie, who was chewing a glutinous rice dumpling, widened her beautiful eyes in astonishment, and then her face darkened: "They may be official people, or official informants, or they may be members of a loose cultivator organization. Should we change places?"

Zhang Yuanqing hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, just pretend you don't know. Observe first and try to gain the favor of the landlord's family. Maybe you can use them in the future."

Annie let out an "oh" and picked up another candy bar, but accidentally didn't hold it firmly, and with a "pop", the ball fell into the deep valley on her chest.

Annie quickly looked at Zhang Yuanqing and said aggrievedly: "It fell in..."

Zhang Yuanqing took a look at the red sugar stains on Bai Ni's chest and said unhappily, "Why are you telling me this? Do you want me to help you take it out?"

"......I'll go wash up right away." Annie got up hastily and walked towards the bathroom. She curled her lips as she turned her back to Zhang Yuanqing.

Humph, she seemed to have forgotten that I was an illusionist and deliberately threw the ball into her chest to seduce me. How ridiculous! Am I so easy to seduce... Zhang Yuanqing looked at Annie's round buttocks and looked away with difficulty.

The "perfect body" and "charm" of the erotic profession have a fatal attraction to an adult male, just like a mouse seeing rice or a cigarette meeting a match.

Cao Chao returned to Room 301 next door empty-handed and grumbled, "Mom, I'm going to my room. The brother next door said to bring the bowl back after he finishes eating."

Run to your room.

The landlady ran after him and grabbed her son by the back of his collar: "What's in your pocket?"

"Nothing!" Cao Chao quickly protected it with his little hands.

"It's stuffed so full, do you think I'm blind?" Without saying a word, the landlady leaned over, grabbed her son's ankles, held him upside down, and shook him.

The chocolates, milk candies, preserved fruits and biscuits in the trouser pockets fell out with a rustling sound.

"My brother forced it on me, but I said no." Cao Chao tried to pass on the blame with a strong desire to survive.

"You're quite wealthy." The landlady took a look at the snacks and put them away. "I'll confiscate them."

Cao Chaoqiang smiled: "Okay, give them all to mom."

Then he gave his father, who was enjoying afternoon tea at the dining table, a weak, helpless and pitiful look.

Cao Qing is a middle-aged man of average height, slightly overweight with a small belly. He has regular facial features and appears calm and dignified at first glance, with a shrewd and slick look occasionally revealed between his eyebrows.

His hairline is not high, but his hair is a little sparse, and he has a slicked-back style that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. He is dressed very ordinary, wearing gray pants, a black T-shirt and a pair of flip-flops. He doesn't look like the owner of a chain restaurant at all.

Cao Qing ignored his son's request for help and said while drinking tea:

"My daughter said the new tenants of room 403 are a couple, the woman is a foreigner? How do you feel about it? Is it reliable? They paid for half a year's rent in one lump sum and also gave a three-month deposit. There are no such stupid people in the world. Don't be tricked by them. What if they become a house stealer in the first half of the year?"

"I can judge people better than you!" The landlady retorted, "The boy graduated from Songhai University, and the girl is a foreign language teacher. I think they both have good academic qualifications. How about asking them to help my daughter with her homework? It's too expensive to hire a tutor."

Cao Qing chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Let's wait and see."

The next morning.

Zhang Yuanqing got up, washed, and sat at the dining table to eat the loving breakfast that Annie had carefully prepared, including toast, milk, poached eggs, bacon, and sausages.

They are all high-calorie foods.

In fact, Zhang Yuanqing wanted to eat xiaolongbao, fried dough sticks and soy milk more, but considering that Annie got up early in the morning and worked hard, and at least she had put in some effort, he didn't want to throw cold water on her.

After breakfast, Zhang Yuanqing took a taxi to the company where Chen Shu worked.

Chen Shu worked in a large company in her early years. After accumulating a certain amount of experience, she resigned and went abroad. She found a few partners, started foreign trade, and became her own boss.

The foreign trade company is located in New Covenant Port, very close to the Statue of Liberty.

The Port of New Covenant is the largest port in the Free Federation. Half a century ago, its throughput reached 100 million tons, and its cargo volume has continued to break records in recent years.

It is the financial streets of New Covenant Port and the Isle of Man that have made New Covenant County a world-class metropolis.

The two took a ferry across the sea and arrived at the headquarters of the Church of Poseidon - New Covenant Port.

Chen Shu's company is called "Lianhua Trading". Zhang Yuanqing and Annie followed the navigation and found the company in an old office building.

The receptionist was a Chinese woman with delicate makeup but only delicate features.

Zhang Yuanqing walked straight forward and said in Chinese: "Hello, I'm looking for Chen Shu, your general manager."

The girl at the front desk just smiled, but when she heard this, she was stunned: "Excuse me, sir, our general manager is not called Chen Shu."

Not Chen Shu? Zhang Yuanqing frowned: "That may be a job change. I'm looking for Chen Shu, one of the shareholders of your company. Can you help me check it out?"

The girl at the front desk shook her head: "I'm sorry, if you know any of our shareholders, you can call her to inform her..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yuanqing said impatiently: "Check it for me!"

His dark brown pupils became transparent, and his words seemed to contain magical power that made people obey.

The girl at the front desk was filled with fear and obedience, and stammered, "Please wait a moment..."

She leaned over and typed on the keyboard. After a moment, she looked up, her expression terrified and helpless:

"Sorry, we don't have this person in our company."

Without this person, my fist would be hard... Zhang Yuanqing gritted his teeth and thought to himself that I was really blinded by greed and actually believed Chen Shu. That old woman never told the truth.

The two had no choice but to return the same way. On the ferry, Zhang Yuanqing whispered:

"Annie, when you were Mr. Bill's assistant, did you ever meet my mother?"

Mr. Bill and Annie knew his real name, and they also knew that Chen Shu was his mother.

Anne shook her head and said, "I started serving Mr. Bill at the end of last year. He's a nice boss and not into women. I just need to do my job well."

Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath and said, "Call Mr. Bill and ask him... Forget it, don't ask him. Bill and my mom are partners. They are in the same group."

He also had to observe Chen Shu secretly.

This time when I come to New Covenant County, I will definitely make that Riddle Mom take off her disguise and reveal her true colors.

After taking the ferry back to the Isle of Man, Zhang Yuanqing went to the "Colorful Flag Bank" and deposited 500,000 federal coins into the bank card issued by the Hunter's Guild.

Then he opened the Bounty Hunter app, entered the backend, and selected the bounty task:

#Summary of Demon Lord’s lovers in the Free Federation#

Task details: The buyer hopes to provide basic information about the Demon Lord’s lover, including but not limited to family background, position, organization, level, photos, and detailed experiences of the relationship with the Demon Lord.

Bounty hunters need to pass assessments, accumulate points and attain levels before taking on missions, but there are no restrictions on bounty missions. These days, the customer who gives money is always the boss, so who would set a threshold for the boss?

Zhang Yuanqing came to the Free Federation for another purpose: to find the Demon Lord’s beloved lover and collect map fragments.

I hope that the CEO of Sky Punishment is not among the Demon Lord’s lovers, otherwise I will have to give up collecting the fragments, kneel down to the Demon Lord, and shout sincerely: 6.

Zhang Yuanqing prayed in his heart.

The two took a taxi back to Chinatown. Annie was craving for roadside snacks, so she pulled Zhang Yuanqing to buy a basket of soup dumplings.

On the way home, I happened to see the landlord's youngest son, Cao Chao, playing with a basketball on the roadside.

Just then, the roar of motors was heard, and four motorcycles were speeding on the crowded street. One of the motorcycles approached Cao Chao purposefully, and suddenly slowed down. The rider on the motorcycle raised his foot and kicked the little boy to the ground.

Several riders burst into laughter and quickly walked away.

The basketball rolled and rolled until it rolled to the center of the road.

Cao Chao was very anxious and quickly got up to pick it up.

Zhang Yuanqing, who was standing by the road, frowned. He sensed that the rider had done it on purpose, and his emotions were mixed with revenge, pleasure, and naked malice.

"Beep~" A black car drove over quickly. The sudden appearance of the child caught the driver off guard and he honked the horn frantically.

Cao Chao trembled all over and stood there in shock.

In the distance, in front of a snack stand, a long-haired girl screamed, "Cao Chao, come back..."

She dropped the food in her hand and rushed forward like mad, but the distance was too far and she had no time to save people.

Just when she was in despair, she suddenly saw a figure rushing by, picking up Cao Chao before the black car, and quickly retreating.

The speeding car passed him by.