Ya Xiao didn't know the delicate thoughts of his Fourth Uncle. He took a brisk step and just walked to the entrance of the building when he bumped into the villain. His powerful fighting skills, the fun party, and all that were instantly thrown to the back of his mind.
What a lucky coincidence this was!
Ya Xiao's heart leaped with joy. He immediately came to stand beside Qin Qi, greeting Mist and Soren, who were following the villain, in the process.
As long as they weren't at work, Qin Qi didn't mind his subordinates chatting with each other. Ya Xiao and the two adjutants were well aware of this.
"Ya Xiao, congratulations on being chosen as the butler's representative," Mist said to Ya Xiao with a smile.
Ya Xiao followed Qin Qi into the elevator and curved his eyes back, "It's also thanks to your previous advice."
In addition to Fourth Uncle helping him write his speech, Mist had also given him a lot of useful advice.
Inside the elevator, Qin Qi and Soren didn't say anything, quietly watching the two people chatting away in front of them.
Qin Qi glanced at the smiling black-haired butler. Before he could retract his gaze, it was met by Ya Xiao who bumped into him.
"Marshal, I will go and set up the venue tomorrow for you and the other few marshals' gathering."
Qin Qi looked at the sheer joy in Ya Xiao's blue eyes as he hmmed and didn't really react.
A little dissatisfied, Ya Xiao slapped the tip of his tail against his calf and made a point to emphasize, "I will definitely set up the venue beautifully."
"Hmm, I'm looking forward to it."
Qin Qi calmly returned.
Ya Xiao only laughed out in satisfaction now.
Mist and Soren, who saw this, looked at each other. The two of them coincidentally thought of the marshals' villa and the doll gifts that Ya Xiao had previously given them and fell into a short silence.
Anyway, it was just a private parting party for the marshals. Even if the venue's setup was a bit weird, it shouldn't be a big deal. If there's anything inappropriate, the other butlers should be able to stop it...right?
The worries of the two adjutants were not perceived by Qin Qi in the slightest.
In the next few days, every time the border meeting ended, Ya Xiao would stand guard at the entrance of the meeting room.
The young butler was even more clingy than before.
"Happy?"
Qin Qi thought back to the performance of the past few days and looked sideways at Ya Xiao, who was helping him iron his uniform.
"Yeah."
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"Okay."
Ya Xiao thought for a moment and then said, "Marshal, do you need a parting gift for the other marshals?"
"No need."
Qin Qi thought of his fellow marshals and rejected Ya Xiao's proposal in a light tone. Giving them gifts would just be a waste.
Ya Xiao said nothing more, cheerfully preparing to leave for the gathering place.
The appointed time for the gathering was at nine in the morning.
It was about the same time as the usual border meeting started. It was just that because of the long distance, Qin Qi and Ya Xiao were the last to arrive even though they started early.
The other three marshals and their butlers were already there.
When Qin Qi came in, he raised his eyes to look at the surrounding set. Without hesitation on his feet, he walked straight to his seat.
The three marshals present, Wista, Lu Chuanxi, and Wenbor all had some strange looks on their faces.
"Qin Qi, was this set up by your butler?"
The Fourth Base Marshal Wenbor's soft blonde hair was combed back sharply carrying some aristocratic arrogance. His butler Bolton stood next to him, wearing the same style with silver hair. Both of their expressions were a bit hard to explain.
Each butler would only be responsible for the location where their employer was. Since everyone came together to set up, Bolton watched as Ya Xiao organized the location that belonged to Qin Qi little by little.
To this day, he still hasn't calmed down.
On the east side, the scene was out of place with the surroundings. Silver black teacups and teapots with skulls were placed on the table, and the seats and cushions were in black and red tones. The wooden windows were slightly open and unknown flowers were gently swaying on the window sill. The delicate petals made up a sinister and bizarre appearance.
Bolton's gaze swept across to the hidden compartment in the cabinet near Qin Qi, maintaining a calm exterior while inwardly preparing himself. If memory served, there were still some "little surprises" tucked away inside.
Sitting in front of Bolton, his employer's eyes firmly stared at Qin Qi.
"Problem?"
Qin Qi raised his eyes and looked at Wenbor.
No problem? The problem is big alright!
Wenbor fell into silence as he looked at Qin Qi, who was sitting in the rather sinister set like he was as comfortable as if he were home.
Wista looked at Qin Qi and Ya Xiao. After realizing that these two were very satisfied with the current setup and didn't find anything wrong at all, he couldn't hold back his stomach ache from laughing, "No problem, no problem. Don't pay attention to these small details."
Where in the world did Qin Qi find a butler who understood his preferences so well ah!
The few marshals said it was a private gathering, but it was merely a facade to maintain cordial relations for future base cooperation. The current topics were always trivial matters.
"The taboo from our base will also head to the Fourth Base for support at that time to jointly exterminate the black bone insects' lair. When that time comes, Wenbor, you have to treat us well or else watch out for my subordinates who are not sleeping in the middle of the night and just like to do some boring things."
Wista crossed his legs. At this time, he had stopped folding paper cranes and started folding colorful stars instead.
"Don't worry, I'll increase the number of soldiers patrolling in the middle of the night during that time."
Ya Xiao stood sideways next to Qin Qi, uninterested in the military affairs that the marshals were talking about. He looked at the pretty flowers every now and then and occasionally passed the time looking at the star in Wista's hand.
Wista noticed the dark-haired young man's sight. He raised his hand to Ya Xiao and shook the blue star in his hand, grinning, "Do you want it? It's folded for my dear angel, but I can give you a blue star."
Ya Xiao didn't really have much interest in that delicate contraption. Just as he was about to shake his head no, Wista had already thrown the star in his hand towards him.
Before Ya Xiao could reach out, Qin Qi had already stopped the small blue star and threw it back with a calm expression, "Don't throw your stuff at my butler."
"This is not folding paper cranes but stars instead? What? Rejected again?"
Wenbor, who had seen the whole thing from the side, lay back on the couch and let his butler style him, inclining his head towards Wista to strike another precise blow in mockery:
"Wista, I'm really impressed with your efforts. The paper cranes were rejected by your sweetheart. Now, which woman are you giving the stars to?"
"I don't think you should waste your efforts."
Wista carefully caught the star with both hands and immediately became angry at his words, "What did you say? What do you mean by wasting efforts?"
"Bolton, repeat it for him."
Wenbor ordered his butler.
"Ridiculous, who doesn't have a butler huh?" Wista said, turning to the yawning Yan Chi, "You get on it quick, you hear me?"
"This has to be extra pay."
"F*ck! No extra!"
"Stop arguing or let's break it up."
Eighth Base Marshal Lu Chuanxi was calculating important data as he lifted his pale face. Next to him, his butler Gabe looked with equal displeasure at the few people who were disturbing his employer's work.
For a while, the room became even more noisy.
Ya Xiao liked this scene too much. He wagged his tail and looked over at Qin Qi.
Qin Qi also seemed to be enjoying this scene. His expression was calm but his brows revealed a few moments of relaxed coziness.
Noticing the butler's line of sight, Qin Qi looked sideways. Between the two of them looking at each other, Ya Xiao curved his eyes and stepped forward to add some tea.
Qin Qi's gaze fell on the steaming tea. Without saying anything, he just pulled out the bloody eyeball from somewhere and kneaded it in his palm.
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Sheng Cheng, who was far away in the Sixth Base, finally didn't work overtime this day.
That darn butler had forgotten to send out work assignments today. It had been too long since Sheng Cheng had gotten a good night's sleep, so of course, he wouldn't remind the other party and decided to go to bed at eight o'clock that night.
Ever since the failed assassination of the marshal, Sheng Cheng would dream every night that he had successfully assassinated Wei Duo, looking on ecstatically as Qin Qi rioted out of control and enjoying the fruits of his victory.
This time, however, Sheng Cheng had a brand new dream after a long time.
In the dream, during the press conference of the border meeting, the gentle-looking female reporter suddenly got up, pulled out her firearm, and shot toward Qin Qi sitting above her.
Taking this as a signal, dozens of men and women simultaneously decapitated the ordinary people sitting around them. Before the ordinary people around them had time to develop fear, the floor was covered in dark red blood in a flash. The military wanted to stop them, but these rebels seemed to be desperate for their lives, frantically relying on fending off the attacks with the corpses of ordinary people.
No one knew better than these rebels that only if there was a huge commotion at the press conference would they be able to take advantage of the opportunity to assassinate Qin Qi.
Sitting above, Qin Qi calmly looked at all of this. At this time, he had just finished attending the funeral of his elder, Wei Duo, not long ago.
The moment a paranoid-eyed rebel was about to detonate a bomb, Qin Qi appeared behind the man, his arm wearing a razor-sharp skeleton going through his heart, blood dripping slowly down the silver bone claws onto the floor.
"Why kill innocent people?"
The voice of the man in the black uniform was low and hoarse as if he was asking the group of assassins a rhetorical question, or himself.
In an instant, the dream shattered.
Sheng Cheng instantly opened his eyes. He quickly took out his optical brain and kept sliding through the recent news.
No, no, why not?
Shouldn't it be breaking at this time that the Sixth Base Marshal was assassinated and the perpetrators were all residents of the Seventh Base? Qin Qi's already not-so-good reputation had plummeted because of his overly cruel behavior, so why not? It was not right!
Sheng Cheng's eyes were bloodshot. Just when he was in a rage and was planning to smash the optical brain, the optical brain suddenly sounded. Sheng Cheng's eyes flashed with a hint of anticipation, and he rushed to open the optical brain:
[Ya Xiao: Sheng Cheng, we will be back today. I forgot to send you materials during the day. I've just sent them to your mailbox. See you tomorrow!
Sheng Cheng: ......
F*ck, I should have smashed it earlier.