"Pretty much, but we're only targeting Wei Qin, who sits in second place, and Qian Wenyu, who sits in third place." Wang Yingying smoothed a strand of her hair and said calmly, "Let's put it this way, instead of calling us a civilian force, you should call us the 'Protect the First Place Party.' We're the team that's protecting the first place."
"The first seat is... Chongyuan?" Ji Yueyao thought for a moment and asked.
"Hmm." Baiyi nodded from the side, then looked at Wang Yingying with a half-smile, "I didn't expect that the rabble of civilians we always thought they were from Chongyuan."
“We are a team that spontaneously gathered to protect the first seat. We have always been operating in the shadows, so it’s not surprising that you don’t know us.” Wang Yingying chuckled and reached out to touch Wang Yingjie’s head. Wang Yingjie opened his eyes and blinked twice as he looked at her.
"Hmm." Ji Yueyao nodded lightly, glancing at Wang Yingying. "Then why did you tell me something so confidential?"
Wang Yingying looked up at Ji Yueyao, her eyes filled with a complex expression. "What if I said I wanted to tell you?"
"Hmm, that's a pretty good reason." Ji Yueyao raised her hand dismissively, looking completely uninterested.
“Alright.” Wang Yingying chuckled softly, glancing around at Lin Xuan and the others. “Actually, we decided to recruit you all to join us and become the ‘Protect One’ party.”
"Protect Chongyuan, who holds the first seat?" Ji Yueyao raised an eyebrow, looked up at Wang Yingying, and curled her lips. "Why should we? He's not anyone to us."
Wang Yingying seemed to have anticipated Ji Yueyao's words. She looked directly at Ji Yueyao and whispered, "I noticed earlier that Yin Longyuan, the subordinate of the second seat, has already come to find you. I think it won't be long before Qian Wenyu, the third seat, also sends someone to find you. In order to gain a foothold in the Nanxiao base, you have to choose a force to join, right?"
"Hmm..." Ji Yueyao rested her head on her hand, seemingly considering, "But as the first seat holder... is it really necessary for you to try and win over the twentieth seat holder as well?"
“The First Seat is now just a name without substance.” Wang Yingying smiled bitterly. “Apart from Lord Zhao Yi of the Eighth Seat and our force of commoners, Lord Chongyuan of the First Seat has no backing whatsoever. Even the economic issues are entirely supported by Lord Zhao Yi.”
So the First Seat has fallen to this state? Ji Yueyao looked at Wang Yingying with a calm expression. "Shouldn't the First Seat be the highest power in the Nanxiao Base? How could it have fallen to this state?"
Wang Yingying remained expressionless, raising her hand to tuck a stray hair behind her ear. "As you know, there are now more and more forces within the Nanxiao Base, but the Nanxiao Base's capacity is limited. The more external forces come in, the smaller the original forces within the Nanxiao Base become. Now, the First Seat only has this much power left."
“It’s quite impressive that you’re still so loyal now that the Nanxiao base’s power has weakened.” Ji Yueyao flexed her wrists and narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at Wang Yingjie in Wang Yingying’s arms.
Wang Yingying paused for a moment, then raised her hand and patted the drowsy Wang Yingjie.
“Wu Yun is Qian Wenyu’s man in the Third Seat. The Third Seat can be said to be the most notorious force in the Nanxiao Base, and it has always been the target we have tried our best to eliminate. Wu Tian is one of the most heinous people.” Wang Yingying lowered her eyes, gritted her teeth, took a deep breath and continued, “So after you killed Wu Yun, who had been supporting Wu Tian, we decided to eliminate Wu Yun’s younger brother, Wu Tian.”
Upon hearing that Wu Tian was dead, Wang Yingjie's eyes lit up.
"But it doesn't have to come at the cost of your brother's life, does it?" Ji Yueyao said calmly.
“Originally, we wanted to use public anger as a cover to kill Wu Tian and prevent third-party forces from noticing our existence.” Wang Yingying gritted her teeth. “Necessary sacrifices are necessary. As long as it’s for the Nanxiao base, I’m prepared to sacrifice myself at any time.”
"Is your brother ready too? Ha, when I brought Wang Yingjie back, he was almost dead." Ji Yueyao looked down at Wang Yingjie, who was only eleven or twelve years old, and smiled coldly. "Forget it, these are all your business. I can't be bothered with them."
"I'm ready too!" Wang Yingjie, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly spoke up. "I'm willing to give everything for you, sir!"
"Wang Yingjie!" Wang Yingying frowned and whispered.
Wang Yingjie's eyes widened, then she covered her mouth.
Upon seeing this, Ji Yueyao raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and then said, "That lord... um, is Chongyuan really worth dying for?"
Wang Yingying seemed a little nervous. "Lord Chongyuan has given us everything, from housing to food. Without him, we would have trouble even surviving."
"I see." Ji Yueyao nodded and fell silent.
"So... what are your plans?" Wang Yingying looked up at Ji Yueyao and handed her an invitation. The invitation was completely different from the one Yin Longyuan had given her. Yin Longyuan's invitation was gold with a red border, while Wang Yingying's invitation was red with a gold border.
"If you're trying to win over the twentieth seat, go ask Lin Xuan. He's the captain of the twentieth seat." Ji Yueyao glanced at the invitation, waved her hand dismissively, and then got up and walked towards her room.
"You'll regret it if you don't join a team!" Wang Yingying said anxiously, standing up. "We need your strength!"
“We’ll see,” Ji Yueyao said coldly. An organization that would sacrifice a child’s life at any time for its own purposes… no matter who that person was, she simply couldn’t accept it.
At the very least, she would never serve such a person, but... Ji Yueyao paused, a word suddenly popping into her mind.
Ji Yueyao chuckled and happily pushed open the door, thinking she already knew what to do.
Wang Yingying eventually left with Wang Yingjie. Just a few minutes after she left, Qing Guanyan, the nineteenth seat holder, came to visit. Without a doubt, this person must be one of Qian Wenyu's men.
"This is so annoying," Termite muttered to himself, looking at the arrogant Crown Rock sitting on the sofa with his nostrils pointing upwards.
This time, Lin Xuan sat on the sofa, while Ji Yueyao stood by the window with her arms crossed, reading a book.
"Don't you have any manners for twenty seats? Don't you know how to bow to me?" Qing Guanyan looked at Lin Xuan sitting opposite him, his tone very dissatisfied.
Lin Xuan didn't speak, but just frowned.
"Can't you understand human language? I told you to bow!" Qing Guanyan was furious. He stood up and pointed at Lin Xuan's nose, shouting.
Lin Xuan frowned in annoyance and turned to look at Ji Yueyao. "Can I throw him out?"
"Whatever you want." Ji Yueyao waved his hand and then turned the page to read.
"Lin Xuan, you actually let a woman stand here?" Qing Guanyan seemed to only notice Ji Yueyao at this moment, and immediately felt humiliated and angry. He pointed at Ji Yueyao's nose and said, "You, come and serve the master!"
"..." Ji Yueyao rolled her eyes.
In the Nanxiao base, women have an extremely low status because there's no place for them to grow or develop. Therefore, 95% of the women here are merely appendages of men, used and discarded. (To be continued.)
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