Chapter 61 p1:
The evening wind rustled the curtains, and the transparent white gauze drifted into the distance.
In a high-rise building outside the villa area.
Qi Peilan, who had just changed into her home clothes, now had a grave expression.
On the other side, Su Ye’s face was heavy, and she sighed, “The Research Institute is pressing too hard. We just got the news this afternoon, and we don’t even know if it’s true or not. Now they’re finding another excuse to ask us to send Qi Fu over.”
Qi Peilan thought and thought, then raised her hand and rubbed her brow, and said in a low voice, “Qi Fu can absolutely not go.”
Su Ye nodded, and then said with annoyance, “The time is too tight. If we had half a year more, we wouldn’t be so passive.”
Qi Peilan was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly, “How could there be half a year? Are you sure there are no spies from the Research Institute in the Thirteenth District?”
Su Ye suddenly fell silent.
And Qi Peilan continued, “They probably had their suspicions long ago. It’s just that we tried our best to suppress the news and sent people everywhere to spread false news, making it impossible for the Research Institute to tell what was real and what was not. Liu Hu’s intelligence just completely confirmed the Research Institute’s guess.”
Su Ye opened her mouth but couldn’t say anything to refute.
Qi Peilan did not wait for a reply. The hand on her lap tightened and then relaxed, and the veins on her hand bulged.
“Professor Ji… you’ve really given us a difficult problem,” her expression was gloomy and uncertain.
Su Ye patted her shoulder and also smiled wryly, “She played this hand because she didn’t want us to keep her.”
From the perspective of a superior, the ability to help ordinary people awaken special abilities was more precious than any other special ability. Who wouldn’t want an army of people with special abilities?
When Ji Yulin stated her request, willing to stay within the range of the Thirteenth District and maintain a long-term cooperation with the Thirteenth District.
Qi Peilan had agreed almost without hesitation. She was very clear about how much selfishness was involved.
But this move by Ji Yulin also made her understand more clearly what a double-edged sword Ji Yulin was. Just one or two people who might be people with special abilities could make the Research Institute so anxious. If they knew that Ji Yulin could help awaken them, then…
Qi Peilan didn’t dare to think about it.
Seeing her ugly expression, Su Ye quickly comforted her, “She also left us a chance, didn’t she?”
Su Ye paused and continued, “I think you should have a feeling too. Anyway, after spending this time together, I feel that Professor Ji has a strong guard against everyone. Only when others pay first and pass her test can she give in a little.”
“Before, we had to ask her three or four times, and she still had to bypass the Thirteenth District and go straight to Anding Town. It wasn’t until we sent Qi Fu over and searched for her for three days with Ling Yun that she was willing to come to the Thirteenth District.”
“Before the South Tower incident, we had extended an olive branch several times, but she never paid any attention. After the South Tower…”
Su Ye couldn’t help but think of that desperate night, and gritted her teeth, “You also said that you had tried to save her with your life at that time but were swatted away by an unknown tentacle. But Ji Yulin knew about this, and then she was willing to exchange the elimination of the darkness for saving Qi Fu’s life.”
Qi Peilan’s brows relaxed a little. She wanted to say something but stopped.
And Su Ye continued, “That dark monster, although it was Ji Yulin who requested its extermination, to the Thirteenth District, this monster absolutely cannot be left. If it weren’t for Ji Yulin’s urging, and if we had let it grow a little more, the surrounding coast would have had to be abandoned, and the Thirteenth District would also…”
“So in this matter, we even owe Ji Yulin a favor.”
Qi Peilan subconsciously nodded, thinking the same in her heart.
“It’s just that Ji Yulin didn’t care and even proposed to help the Thirteenth District awaken special abilities as a condition of exchange, in exchange for our abandoned deserted island.”
Su Ye sighed, “Peilan, I know that you’ve been in the position of district chief for a long time and always want to take the initiative and get more benefits in everything.”
“But this time, we can only do as Professor Ji wants.”
“Pass her test, and under the pressure of the Research Institute, protect her and Qi Fu, and prove that we will not forcibly detain her or use her, and let her see our sincerity.”
The emotion in Qi Peilan’s eyes dissipated, and she shook her head with a wry smile, “She wasn’t like this before in the Research Institute. Although she was cold on the surface, her nature was still kind. Now I don’t know what happened to make her so wary of people.”
Su Ye, sitting beside her, patted the back of her hand.
Su Ye held her hand back and suddenly laughed freely, “Forget it. We have to face it sooner or later. It’s just that the time has been brought forward a little.”
In the next second, her expression became serious again, and she said solemnly, “We have to find a way to stall the Research Institute for a while. The more people Ji Yulin helps awaken, the more hope we have.”
Before Su Ye could answer, she heard a door open.
Qi Fu strode in, holding a large bouquet of roses in her arms.
The two of them had picked and chosen a large basin, almost enough to fill a bathtub. To prevent the rose bath from becoming a real all-rose bath, the rest of the roses were not wanted.
Qi Fu, who had spent a lot of money, had a toothache. So she had just brought them all home.
Not noticing the atmosphere in the house was not right, she called out without a care in the world, “Mom, Aunt Su, you’re both back? Look what I bought. I’ll get a vase later and put it in your room. It’ll be so romantic.”
At these words, even the most solemn atmosphere could not be maintained. Qi Peilan’s lips twitched, and Su Ye said with a helpless smile, “What are you talking about, you child?”
Qi Fu didn’t care and was looking for a vase. It was a good thing she had been teaching her for half a day over there. When Li An had finished learning, she hadn’t even given her a rope to tie the flowers. She had just pushed her out with a red face. Qi Fu had to hold them tightly all the way, and now her arms were very sore.
She really couldn’t find a vase. She turned and stuffed the roses into Su Ye’s arms, and said cheerfully, “Happy Mother’s Day, Aunt Su.”
As for when Mother’s Day was, and the fact that her real mother was right beside her, Qi Fu didn’t think of it at all. The moment she put down the flowers, she was busy rubbing her hands.
As a result, in the next second, her real mother said calmly, “Didn’t you make a fuss about wanting to find Ling Yun?”
Qi Fu was stunned for a moment and subconsciously turned to look.
Qi Peilan just said, “You get ready these past two days. In a little while, you’ll set off with Professor Ji.”
Huh?
Qi Fu was dazed. She hadn’t reacted yet.
She was… being kicked out for giving a bouquet of flowers?
Qi Fu’s face was pale with fright. With a thwack, she knelt down, hugged Qi Peilan’s leg, and began to wail, “I just gave her a rose. You’re so old, and you’re still jealous of a child? If I were really after my stepmother, I would have secretly climbed into her bed long ago when you weren’t around.”
“I told you to read less of those pre-apocalyptic novels, but you wouldn’t listen. I really never thought of inheriting your little wife after you died.”
“Stepmother and stepdaughter really can’t be together. This is incest, Mom! If this gets out, people will point fingers at us!”
Qi Fu was heartbroken but did not notice Qi Peilan’s increasingly dark face.
In the next second, Qi Peilan suddenly lifted her leg and kicked her to the ground, and cursed, “You rebellious daughter…”
Qi Fu and Qi Peilan on that side were in a mess.
But the villa on this side was quiet, with only a slightly rapid breathing, alternating. The hand holding the cake trembled.
This… is what…
Li An, with a superior posture, looked down, but her eyes were innocent and confused, completely giving the initiative to the other person.
Ji Yulin’s clothes were still the same. The white shirt was buttoned to the top, and her temperament was distant. But her eyes were smiling, and she said nonchalantly, “What’s wrong? You don’t know how?”
“Qi Fu didn’t teach me,” Li An vaguely felt uneasy and wanted to slowly move down, but her hand, which was on her thigh, was held, and she was pressed down, not allowed to retreat, nor to go down.
“Ji Yulin,” Li An finally sensed that something was wrong.
“Qi Fu, Qi Fu didn’t teach me like this,” she stuttered, and the earlobes between her pink hair were red, and she couldn’t hide it at all.
“Then how did she teach you?” Ji Yulin was unhurried, her tone even tinged with a hint of seduction.
“She, she said to rub against you first, and then feed you cake,” Li An felt that something was wrong but didn’t know what was wrong and could only answer honestly.
Ji Yulin nodded meaningfully and repeated, “That’s right. It’s rubbing, baby.”
“Why haven’t you started the first step?”
Li An tilted her head and thought for a moment. She didn’t find the trap hidden in Ji Yulin’s words and actually felt that it was right.
So, she lowered her head, naive and inexperienced, her cat ears pressed against Ji Yulin’s neck as she cautiously nuzzled.
As she moved, the bell tinkled.
Ji Yulin tilted her head back. It tickled a little.
Li An did not stop. Like a puppy, she went from bottom to top, shaking her head, rubbing her neck and then her chin, and then her cheeks. Her fine hair swept back and forth, even more itchy than her fluffy cat ears.
“Ji Yulin,” she drew out her tone, her tone inexperienced as she acted coquettishly.
“Master, master,” the name that she could say casually before was now for some reason difficult to say.
Ji Yulin’s gaze grew deeper. She patted Li An and said, “Continue.”
Continue?
Can I eat the cake?
Li An thought simply. Just as she was about to get up, her wrist was grabbed and pulled down.
Huh?
Li An looked up blankly.
Ji Yulin looked down at her and said with an ambiguous tone, “Is that all?”
Li An looked at her blankly, and her cat ears also drooped a little.
What else could there be?
Rub again?
She subconsciously lowered her head and was about to bury herself in her neck when Ji Yulin grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her away.
“Hmm?” Li An was really confused, but she was slapped. With a “thwack,” her azure eyes were instantly covered with a layer of water.
Ji Yulin slapped her again!
“Silly,” Ji Yulin snapped.