[Host, are you serious?]
The system put the teacup aside.
[Just an immature idea.]
Ya Xiao smiled shyly, [We can scout that club first tonight.]
After the scouting was over, if there was really a problem, then he could find a chance to join the club, to create a little surprise?
The system looked at the excited Ya Xiao in front of it and fell into silence. After four hundred years of living together, it knew all about Ya Xiao's little thoughts.
[Fourth Uncle, what do you think of my proposal?]
The system picked up the teacup it had just put down, took a sip of tea, and waved its hand with a gesture that seemed to be accompanying its own little troublemaker to play. "Alright, host, we'll go investigate tonight."
Just hoping that this club doesn't have any problems. Otherwise, if the host gets hurt, this old system wouldn't be able to handle the scare.
Ya Xiao who got the support of Fourth Uncle returned to the building happily. At this time, Qin Qi's meeting had just ended. Mist and Soren walked out of the office one after the other.
"The marshal is inside." Mist said and remembered something, adding, "The four marshals of the border bases should be dining together tonight, do you know about this?"
"Yes, I've already arranged it."
Ya Xiao curved his eyes.
Mist nodded his head, Ya Xiao was very serious. Since he had already arranged for the marshal to dine with the other marshals at night, there wouldn't be any mistakes, and there was no need for him to instruct anything.
Next to him, Soren was silent as always. He nodded at Ya Xiao and left right behind Mist.
Ya Xiao looked at the two men's hurriedly leaving figure thoughtfully, then turned around and entered the room.
Qin Qi sat alone in his seat, his eyes looking at the pile of information in front of him, and did not look up when he heard the door open.
Ya Xiao could see that Qin Qi's mind was not on these documents. Since he came to the central city, the villain's frequency of contemplation had been increasing. His brows were often furrowed as if there were a lot of things weighing on him.
Ya Xiao didn't disturb him. He was quietly absorbing the demon value beside him, and only when it was almost time for the dinner party did he take the initiative to lean down and gently remind, "Marshal, the time agreed upon with Marshal Wista is almost here."
Qin Qi gave a hoarse hmmm and got up, leading the butler out of the room.
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Because it was a gathering of the marshals together, Ya Xiao had booked a place outside with Yan Chi, the marshal butler of the Fifth Base, early in the morning and deliberately went over to confirm before going to the cafe in the afternoon.
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This was a rare tenderness from the demon.
Ya Xiao had never done this before. Only the powerful villain could obtain this honor.
Qin Qi slightly looked at the butler who had a smile in his blue eyes and subconsciously remembered the young man's warm body heat. The image of being comforted by the other party when he was held in his arms a few months ago clearly surfaced before his eyes, but right now, Qin Qi didn't feel tired.
"No need."
Qin Qi directly voiced his refusal.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao didn't lose heart. He curved his eyes and put his hands back on his own knees as he waited for the hovercar to start.
On the other hand, in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor, Marshal Delbo of the First Base and Marshal Cheng Di of the Second Base were sitting down to dine together, discussing the figure that had just entered the hovercar.
"That would be Marshal Qin, and next to him is his... butler?" Delbo shook the green liquid in his glass and said uncertainly.
As the marshal of the First Base, Delbo had one of the most amiable personalities and a high level of emotional intelligence, an existence that could make people feel a breeze in conversation.
"It should be."
Cheng Di's skin had a sickly pallor to it as he took a small sip of his juice, a blue shield adhering to the surface of his skin and wrapping him up securely.
The butlers for each of the two men stood quietly behind their employers, acting as a backdrop, ready to serve the marshals as they dined.
"Have you heard about Qin Qi?"
Delbo placed the cup holding the green nutrient solution on the table and leaned on his chin with one hand. His pair of amorous peach blossom eyes looked at Cheng Di with as much affection as if they were looking at their lover, but it was clear to anyone that it was just an illusion.
The tone was very mysterious as if compelling the opposite side to ask questions to him.
Cheng Di had just picked up a piece of pastry and was about to put it in his mouth. When he heard this, he immediately looked at Delbo warily, "What is it?"
The smile on Delbo's face deepened. He was about to open his mouth, but before the first word could be uttered, the man across from him, who was tightly wrapped by the protective shield, instantly turned pale.
"No, no!"
The fork landed on the dinner plate with a crisp yet piercing sound.
Cheng Di's body curled up on the stool to cover his ears, screaming in fear, "You'd better not say anything. People can't know too much if they want to live. You can't tell me anything!"
Delbo laughed a few times, "Cheng Di, after not seeing you for so long, you are still so cute."
Cheng Di did not say anything.
He was still immersed in the fear of death, covering his ears and mumbling something silently.
The timid and cautious demeanor showed no sign of the resilience expected of a marshal.
However, Delbo and the two butlers in the room were not surprised at all, as if they had long been accustomed to his state.
After a long time, the smile in Delbo's eyes converged a bit, and he continued to reveal, "Fifth Base border meeting, Qin Qi and the others caught a group of assassins, and those assassins were aiming at Qin Qi."
"What?!"
Cheng Di's eyes rounded in shock before realizing that his hands covering his ears were actually not the least bit useful!
Oh no, now that he had heard the news he shouldn't have, would he be silenced by the assassins today?
"Why are you telling me this? What if I'm targeted by a gang of assassins?" Cheng Di fidgeted.
"No, you won't be. The people who should know about this have already spread the word, it's not a secret."
Delbo shrugged, "And that group of assassins can't become much of a threat, they're all just ordinary people with little combat power. It's just that I'm more curious now, why did they want to assassinate Qin Qi? Aren't you curious?"
Cheng Di said he wasn't curious. He knew very well that curiosity killed the cat. Qin Qi, such a strong marshal, was being assassinated, clearly indicating a conspiracy behind it, which was not something an ordinary timid person like him could meddle with.
The more Cheng Di thought about it, the deeper the chill behind it. He lost his appetite and released his hands covering his ears, warning, "If you mention these things again, I'll leave right now."
"You're really cute."
Delbo couldn't help but laugh a few more times when he saw Cheng Di's appearance and then said, "I won't say it anymore, okay?"
He raised his left hand and gently tapped the rim of the glass, the glass made a booming, crisp sound, and turned to another topic, "Marshal Guwen will be coming over soon."
Guwen, the Third Base Marshal, was likewise the top man among the three second-tier bases.
"That's good news."
Cheng Di, hearing that Delbo had truly dropped the matter from earlier, instantly felt relieved. However, a few seconds later, Delbo brought up another matter:
"Do you know that Marshal Qin's younger brother came with Marshal Guwen? I heard that Marshal Qin beat his brother badly, I wonder what happened between them."
Cheng Di: ...... Why are you so nosy?
If it weren't for the fact that Cheng Di couldn't beat up Delbo, he would have glued a seal on Delbo's mouth by now.
"Although Marshal Qin's younger brother is young, he knows quite a lot. I'll chat with him later about Qin Qi, this introverted guy. Maybe I can find out many interesting things.".
Ah, please shut up, Delbo! Guwen, help me!! I want to live!!
On the other hand, Ya Xiao and Qin Qi were unaware of the private discussions between the two marshals. Upon arriving at the designated hotel, the two of them went straight to the top floor of the hotel accompanied by a waiter.
Their departure time wasn't too early. Originally, Ya Xiao thought that they were the last to arrive, but as a result, when they arrived at the private room, only the Eighth Base's marshal, Lu Chuanxi, was present. The other two marshals hadn't arrived yet.
Qin Qi was quite early.
Ya Xiao helped Qin Qi pull out a chair, and after he sat down, he added a cup of coffee for him.
Lu Chuanxi sat on the opposite side and watched Qin Qi and the butler get along. His gaze was as if he were studying something.
This scene was too rare.
In previous years, Qin Qi would also bring a butler to the spring meeting, but he would never be so close to his butler. The butler would only stand a meter away from Qin Qi, moving like a background plate.
But now it was obvious that Qin Qi trusted this black-haired young man.
The marshal of the Eighth Base, Lu Chuanxi, was a researcher who stayed in the lab daily. His curiosity was heavier than the average person's, but he knew the limits. After looking at it for a few moments, he retracted his eyes and signaled his butler, Gabe, with his eyes.
Gabe nodded and walked over to Qin Qi's side handing him the document in his hand.
"This is the analysis report of the black bone insects' reproduction period that I found out over at my research lab, but why didn't you let me give it to you at today's meeting? It's inconvenient for Wista and Wenbor to know?"
Lu Chuanxi's eyes were a little puzzled.
"Hmm."
Qin Qi put the information away and gave a faint reply back without explaining the reason.
Lu Chuanxi was wise enough not to say anything more. If Wista and Wenbor also wanted this information, he could likewise give it to them directly.
Now, Qin Qi's purpose in taking this information might be to study it in advance to find a way to completely kill the black bone insects. After all, the abnormalities that the black bone insects had recently appeared did make people wary.