Zhang Yuanqing carried the little boy back to the street, and at the same time glanced at the girl running towards him. He clearly saw her hair standing up as if she had been electrocuted, and arcs of electricity that were difficult to see with the naked eye were leaping on her body.
But after seeing her brother being rescued, the girl's hair immediately fell down, and the arc of electricity that jumped out of her body dissipated.
It turned out to be a Thunder Mage, but he should not have reached the Saint stage. His combat awareness and adaptability are not very good. Zhang Yuanqing saw it in his eyes and made a judgment in his heart.
He turned to look at the girl's face. She had long, beautiful black hair and was wearing a private school uniform, a light-colored shirt with a white V-neck sweater and a black bow tie at the collar. She was wearing a pleated skirt. The girl's legs were straight and slender, her skin was tight, and she was full of youthful vitality.
Her facial features are extremely delicate, with a typical oval face and slightly upturned eyes, revealing a flamboyant and sharp beauty. Her temperament is a bit like Jiang Jingwei, and she looks like the type with a bad temper.
But the girl stopped in front of Zhang Yuanqing, grabbed his brother without saying a word, and nervously checked him first. After making sure he was not injured, she slapped the boy on the head, her eyebrows raised: "Memory is useless if your brain is useless. You have to look out for cars when crossing the road. I have told you so many times. Mom took it off for you."
Although the tone was fierce, the girl's voice was as clear as an oriole, which made people ignore the fierceness in the tone.
Every word she said was punished by having one's scalp shaved off. Poor Cao Chao, he was not crying at first, but was forced to cry after being beaten.
When encountering such a thing, what should be given to the child is comfort and care, not scalping. Of course, if you are a thunder master, or rounded up to a fire master, there is nothing wrong with doing this.
Zhang Yuanqing pulled the crying Cao Chao away and said, "Don't hit him, he's still a child."
The girl instinctively raised her eyebrows, but she forced herself to suppress her temper. She looked at Zhang Yuanqing with a sincere tone, "Thank you! Thank you for saving my brother. I owe you one. If you need any help in the future, just come to me."
She had just taken her younger brother out to buy food, and while shopping, she forgot about her younger brother.
If no good man had come to his aid, the poor brother would have been killed in the car and died at the age of single digits.
The tigress at home would eat her alive.
Hey, I found that Thunder Masters can control their emotions better than Fire Masters. Although they are irritable, they are not swayed by their emotions.
Zhang Yuanqing smiled and said, "It's just a small favor. Just consider it as a return gift for yesterday's afternoon tea. I really like the candies your mother makes."
The girl looked at Annie, who was wearing sunglasses, and then at Zhang Yuanqing, and suddenly realized: "You are the new tenant."
Zhang Yuanqing smiled and nodded, then said in a deep voice: "Those guys on the motorcycles just now seemed to be coming for Cao Chao on purpose."
Hearing this, the girl gritted her teeth and said, "I know who they are. They are a few white pigs in the school who specifically oppose our anti-black and white alliance. I gave them a good beating last time, and now they are here to retaliate against my family. I am going to skin them alive."
It happened again. The campus conflict of the anti-black and white alliance escalated to revenge on family members. It was a bit too much. Zhang Yuanqing rubbed Cao Chao's head and comforted him:
"Don't cry, let's go to your brother's house to get some snacks later." Cao Chao really stopped crying and sobbed.
The girl took her brother's hand and said, "I'll take him home to wash his face."
The brother and sister held hands and entered the red brick apartment building, took the elevator back to the fourth floor, and unlocked the security door with their fingerprints.
It was almost time for dinner. The landlady was cutting vegetables in the kitchen while Cao Qing, the head of the family, was sitting at the dining table drinking tea. Seeing his son crying, Cao Qing frowned and scolded his daughter, "Did you hit him again?"
"No!" Cao Qianxiu snorted, "Your son was almost hit and killed by a car."
Cao Qianxiu told her parents what had just happened. The landlady rushed out with a kitchen knife in hand, her eyebrows raised and her expression fierce: "Where are those bastards? I'll chop them up."
"Those are some of my enemies in school. You don't have to kill them. I can handle them myself." Cao Qianxiu knew that she would be scolded by her parents if she said it out loud, but she still had to say it. She never makes excuses for her mistakes.
Sure enough, the landlady said angrily, "You stupid girl, I told you not to cause trouble, but you ignored me. If anything happens to your brother, I will skin you alive."
She glared at her daughter for a few times, then lovingly wiped away the tears on her son's face, "Fortunately, everything is fine."
Cao Chao snuggled in his mother's arms and cried, "It was the brother next door who saved me."
The landlord and his wife were stunned and looked at their daughter.
Cao Qianxiu hummed: "It was the kid next door who snatched him back."
The couple looked at each other, both a little surprised. The landlady thanked him and said, "You should thank him."
Cao Qing nodded slightly, and his favorability towards the new tenant increased greatly: "Girl, go and tell them to come to our house for dinner tonight..."
Immediately, he warned: "Conflicts between classmates should be resolved if possible, and try not to escalate them. By the way, what's the name of the boy next door?"
"It seems his name is Zhang Qingyang."
“Ding Dong!”
The doorbell rang. Zhang Yuanqing, who was sitting in the living room chatting with Guan Ya, Xiao Yuan and the Palace Master, put away his phone and stood up to open the door.
At the door was a graceful girl with fair skin, thick and delicate eyebrows, slightly upturned eyes, and a dignified and beautiful look.
The girl glanced around the room, then looked at the handsome face of the young tenant and said, "My parents would like to invite you to dinner tonight to thank you for saving my brother."
Zhang Yuanqing seemed to have expected this and said with a smile: "Okay!"
At seven o'clock in the evening, Zhang Yuanqing and Annie knocked on the door of Room 401. Because it was a thank-you party, he did not bring any gifts, but the landlady prepared a table of delicious dishes.
The dishes are mainly meat-based, lightly prepared, and are a standard provincial soup dish.
The light diet of soup province does not refer to the ingredients, but the light cooking method. All ingredients must be fresh. If they can be eaten raw, they will never be cooked. If they can be eaten in their original flavor, they will not be heavily seasoned.
The wine we drank was rice wine brewed in the restaurant.
During the dinner, Cao Qing, the head of the family, struck up a lively conversation. As a businessman, he was good at socializing. Zhang Yuanqing was equally good at it. After a few drinks, the two began to treat each other like brothers.
But Zhang Yuanqing could feel that this was a sophisticated and experienced man, a veteran who had worked hard in society. Every word Cao Qing spoke was about his hometown, and every word he said was about inquiring about his situation.
Zhang Yuanqing's half-true and half-false response.
Cao Qianxiu listened very carefully, sometimes nodding slightly, sometimes looking thoughtful, no one knew what she was thinking about.
It was already 9:30 in the evening when he finished dinner. He said goodbye to the host family reluctantly and returned to the next door with Annie.
Cao Qianxiu took the initiative to stand up and see him off. After leaving the house, she glanced at Annie who was unlocking the password, approached Zhang Yuanqing, and whispered, "Can I talk to you alone?" She pointed to the corridor.
Zhang Yuanqing glanced back at her, "Sure!"
The two of them immediately entered a quiet corridor. Cao Qianxiu heard Annie enter the room and then said:
"You are a spiritual realm walker, right?"
As she spoke, her bright eyes stared into Zhang Yuanqing's eyes and said, "Don't deny it. The speed you showed during the day has exceeded the limit of human beings. Of course, in order to show fairness and sincerity, I will first confess my profession. I am a thunder mage. This is my biggest secret, and even my family doesn't know it."
The only one who doesn't know is your eight-year-old brother. Not only do your parents know that you are a spiritual realm walker, they themselves are also. Zhang Yuanqing sighed:
"I don't want to be exposed. In the second largest area, it is very dangerous for a wild cultivator to reveal his identity. The authorities only tolerate cultivators who obey management and explain their backgrounds."
Cao Qianxiu nodded slightly: "I heard from my companions that the wild cultivators in the second area are all miserable. The first area is relatively free. As long as you don't cause trouble, the heavenly punishment will not care. By the way, what is your profession?"
"Scout!" said Zhang Yuanqing.
The ability of a scout at the extraordinary stage is reflected in melee combat. As long as your combat power is strong enough, you can pretend to be one at will, and outsiders will not be able to tell whether it is real or fake. "
Cao Qianxiu suddenly realized: "No wonder you are so fast, and you were not surprised when I revealed your identity just now. You must have figured out that I was aware of your identity a long time ago."
This is all your own thinking, I didn’t say it, Zhang Yuanqing sighed again, and nodded with a wry smile.
Cao Qianxiu said: "I heard that the professional attributes of scouts are like those of soldiers, who are disciplined and meticulous. In the second largest area, I admire scouts the most, and I hate fire masters the most. I heard that fire masters don't have much brains."
After saying this, she looked at Zhang Yuanqing for confirmation.
How can you, a thunder mage, have the guts to complain about the fire mage? Second brother, don't laugh at the eldest brother. Zhang Yuanqing said seriously: "The fire mage has a violent and reckless personality, which is indeed unpopular, but the fire mage is straightforward and does not have so many twists and turns. I think it is better than other professions."
The tone of his voice and expression were consistent with a stern and serious scout.
Cao Qianxiu nodded thoughtfully, "My mother told me that you plan to stay in New York County for half a year?"
Zhang Yuanqing said “hmm”.
Cao Qianxiu said: "Although I just said that the second largest area is relatively free, the discrimination in the second largest area is very serious. Whether it is Tianfa or other lawful organizations, including evil professions, there is serious racial discrimination. If the independent cultivators in the first largest area do not have an organization to rely on, once their identities are exposed, the evil professions will come to kill you, and the lawful professions will also come to blackmail you and take your props and money."
Zhang Yuanqing asked back: "What do you want to say?"
Cao Qianxiu was waiting for this sentence, and immediately said: "I would like to invite you to join my organization. In Chinatown, there is a folk organization formed by walkers. Our purpose is to help each other and advance and retreat together. The local forces in Xinyue County organized several encirclement and suppression against Chinese walkers two years ago. It was because we were united that we resisted the initial crisis. Later, under the condemnation and intervention of the Five Elements Alliance, Tianfa stopped the conflict."
"Is that organization called the Anti-Black and White Alliance?" Zhang Yuanqing understood that this girl was recruiting subordinates.
Cao Qianxiu nodded: "Yes, the Anti-Black and White Alliance is one of the Chinese Walker organizations in Chinatown. There are many civil organizations formed by Chinese Walkers in Xinyue County. The largest ones are the Black Dragon Hall, Baolin Hall, and Hong Gang."
"These three organizations have decades of history and have long been integrated into the local community. They do not care about the lives of Chinese travelers and only pursue their own interests. Sometimes they even collude with local forces to harm our own people."
"Our anti-black and white alliance is an emerging force, younger and more energetic, and at the same time, we are determined to protect the dignity and bottom line of Chinese people in New York County."
The first is that the civilian forces in the largest district are more numerous and more complex than those in the second largest district. No wonder the boss said that the Free Federation is very complicated. Zhang Yuanqing has a more intuitive feeling.
He said, "Okay, I can join you, but I won't stay in New York County for long."
He believes that having more contact with local non-governmental organizations is equivalent to opening up one's own channels, which has no harm.
Cao Qianxiu breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on her pretty face, and then she quickly straightened her face, "It's okay, at least for the next six months, we are in the same class. I will give you a form tomorrow, you fill it out, and I will submit it to my superiors, it should be passed quickly, um, can you tell me your grade?"
"Level 2 Scout."
Hearing this, Cao Qianxiu raised her chin proudly, "I am also level 2, but my experience points are almost full. I can reach level 3 if I enter the dungeon again."
Zhang Yuanqing was a little surprised. Considering her age, she was already very talented.
Xiaoluocha and Asano Ryo are about the same age as her. In the first half of the year, Asano Ryo was level 3 and Xiaoluocha was level 2. The two of them were already talented juniors in the big organization.
"With your talent, why don't you join Tianfa?" Zhang Yuanqing asked in surprise, "Tianfa is happy to accept Thunder Masters."
"Why should I join Tianfa and accept workplace bullying?" Cao Qianxiu said with disdain.
Because she grew up in New York County, she is most aware of the local anti-Chinese sentiment. Her parents' early entrepreneurial experiences also had a great impact on her.
"Then you can consider returning to China. The Five Elements Alliance is happy to accept talents like you and is willing to cultivate them." Zhang Yuanqing said: "It is difficult for independent cultivators to obtain dungeon strategies, which is not conducive to development."
Speaking of the Five Elements Alliance, Cao Qianxiu sneered even more, "It would be better to join the Heavenly Punishment. I don't want to be forced to death like Yuanshi Tianzun. You are a scout in the country, you should know Yuanshi Tianzun."
Zhang Yuanqing said: "I'm fortunate to have come into contact with it."
Cao Qianxiu asked curiously, "Is he really as powerful as the legend says? What kind of person is he? I heard from the alliance that he was forced to death, but the Heavenly Punishment side seems to say that he is a fallen person."