Translator: Tim Editor: Tehrn
Ye Mo smiled and said, âTell me, as long as itâs convenient and not troublesome, Iâm willing to help you.â He felt good toward Chi Wanqing, so if he could help her, he wouldnât mind spending some of his time for her.
âI have a cousin that opened a company in the Jiang Nan Province at the city of Luo Cang, but she doesnât have enough people right now. Would you have the time to go work at her company? Itâs actually really simple; you just need to survey the factory, and thatâs about it,â Chi Wanqing said, beaming with joy. She suddenly realized that she had smiled more in these 20 or 30 minutes than she did for an entire year.
Ye Mo immediately understood that this little girl was trying to help him out, but was scared that his dignity wouldnât allow him to accept, so she told it masking it as a favor from him. Otherwise, how could there be such good thing? He didnât need to do anything and would just receive money; that would be too good to be true.
This was a very meticulous girl; however, she didnât understand him well enough and was afraid of hurting his self-esteem. He smiled slightly as he gave her an answer: âThank you, Chi Wanqing. If I want to look for a job, I will definitely go to your cousinâs company. To be honest, I really donât know how to do anything anyway.â
Ye Mo couldnât just reject Chi Wanqingâs goodwill so straightforwardly. Even if he had wanted to work at her cousinâs factory, he couldnât do so around this time. He still needed to grow his Silver Heart Grass. Until it was fully ripe, he would not leave.
âYou donât need to do anything...â as she said that, Chi Wanqing realized that her words were too obvious and quickly added, âYou just need to walk around in the factory.â
âWait, Brother Ye, Iâll give you my number. You should save it in your phone just in case.â Chi Wanqing was prepared to give her number to Ye Mo who simply replied, âSorry, I donât have a phone.â
Chi Wanqing was stunned. Who didnât have a phone these days? But looking at Ye Moâs appearance and the fact that he didnât have a job, perhaps he couldnât afford one...
Seeing Chi Wanqingâs troubled look, Ye Mo smiled and said, âYou just need to tell me once, and I will be able to remember.â
Chi Wanqing looked at Ye Mo with an air showing that she didnât really believe Ye Moâs words. âEven if he remembered now, he would still forget later.â She thought Ye Mo was just embarrassed to reject her; however, this didnât trouble her and immediately thought of a way. She took out an exquisite hair brush from her pocket and used a small knife to carve out some numbers on it before giving it to Ye Mo. Finally, she was relieved.
Ye Mo took her brush that still had a faint aroma and looked at it. He smiled and said, âThis number is really unique... Thank you, Chi Wanqing! If there is a time when I need a job, I will call this number for sure.â
Chi Wanqing seemed very delighted to see that Ye Mo accepted it, and immediately, she said, âBrother Ye, could you not call me that way, it sounds weird to me. Just call me Wanqing from now on, or my dad calls me Xiao Qing, you could call me that way too.â
âOkay, Wanqing,â Ye Mo said helplessly. He just heard her teammates call her Chi Wangqing.
As she heard Ye Mo calling her âWanqingâ, Chi Wanqing seemed jubilant; she completely forgot about going back and instead continued her questioning: âBrother Ye, I heard from Guo Qi that you were trying to find something around here. Did you find it?â
Ye Mo shook his head and said, âNot yet, but it should be nearby. There should be two evergreen trees and a valley. I think the valley might be this place, but I havenât seen any evergreen yet.â
âEvergreen? I know. When we hid inside the valley, I saw a place with two evergreens. It isnât too far from here! Brother Ye, Iâll take you there.â Chi Wanqing suddenly felt pleased that she was able to help Ye Mo. Before Ye Mo could say anything, Lu Linâs voice resounded not far from where they were, and Chi Wanqing replied to her: âSister Lin, I have some business with Brother Ye, Iâll be back soon.â
Her voice sounded crisp and touching. Lu Lin was astonished, âSince when did Chi Wanqing have such a cheerful spirit? Her tone was full of joy. Wasnât she always really cold? Did, did they?â
Lu Lin shook her head and turned away; she couldnât understand Chi Wanqingâs change no matter what. Chi Wanqing also stood up a bit shakily, but Ye Mo caught her and said, âIâll carry you.â
Ye Mo didnât have any ulterior motives; he just wanted to reach that place faster and see what that Lama left behind. If he really could find large amounts of Purple Heart Vine, it would be crucial to him.
âMm, thank you, Brother Ye.â Chi Wanqing laid on Ye Moâs back without any protest. For her, since he had already seen her without her pants, carrying her wasnât such a big deal.
She wasnât a shy girl, and Ye Mo highly approved of Chi Wanqing for that. He didnât know if all soldiers were so frank. There were two twirls of softness on his back, and although it was very comfortable, Ye Mo didnât think about doing anything else at all.
âCaptain Lu, did Brother Ye carry Chi Wanqing on her back? Did I see wrong?â Fang Wei stared at Ye Mo and Chi Wanqing with his eyes wide open. He rubbed his eyes. Chi Wanqing who always didnât like talking to male squad members and was even constantly cold actually let a man who she saw for the first time carry her on his back. This was too absurd.
âYou didnât see wrong, now hurry up and pack up these guns. They must have some business and will be back soon,â Lu Lin said coldly.
Guo Qi also saw Ye Mo and Chi Wanqing disappear and nodded: âBrother Ye is a heroic man, although Wanqing is cold to people, perhaps itâs because she hadnât met the right one for her yet, and who knows, it might be Brother Ye! They are a very good match...â
âBrother Ye, do you think Iâm too unreserved?â Chi Wanqing who laid on Ye Moâs back suddenly said.
Ye Mo almost stumbled and immediately said, âNo, I really like your unrestrained personality. You are very frank about everything.â
Chi Wanqing hesitated: âBrother Ye, Iâm usually really cold when Iâm with my teammates. I donât really like to talk, and itâs even possible that I didnât speak as much in a month with them, than what I have said to you since we met. Ever since my parents divorced, I joined the army under my familyâs influence, and due to my father, I have a natural sense of rejection toward men.
âI donât know why but, Brother Ye, I feel a sense of nature and freedom on you. Those are things I have always longed; therefore, it might be why I didnât have the feeling of rejection toward you. Iâm not usually so unrestrained as you might have imagined, so...â
After finishing her sentence, Chi Wanqing looked worriedly at Ye Mo, afraid that Ye Mo wouldnât like her personality.
Ye Mo smiled as he had understood what Chi Wanqing meant. She could sense the feeling of nature and freedom on him. This could only mean that she had a âSpiritual Rootâ [1] making Ye Mo look at her through another lens. On this Earth scarce of spirit Chi, a place where cultivation resources were close to none, it was indeed hard to have a spiritual root.
âLive according to your own will, thereâs no need to compromise yourself for others. If you like them, you like them; if you donât, you donât... hmm, itâs here. There really are two evergreens here,â Ye Mo had just seen the two evergreens while talking to Chi Wanqing.
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1: The Spiritual Root is the determining factor on whether you can cultivate and how fast you can cultivate. It allows the person to be naturally connected to the spirit Chi in the world.