novelraw Chapter 869: No Such Thing as Unmotivated Kindness—Either a Thief or a Traitor!
Chapter 869: No Such Thing as Unmotivated Kindness—Either a Thief or a Traitor!
Of course, this was just an absurd idea, even Bai Zhiqing herself felt it was nonsensical.
"Qingcheng, are you okay?" Bai Zhiqing looked at Nangong Qingcheng with concern and asked.
"I'm fine."
Nangong Qingcheng shook her head, but her cheeks were still flushed: "Sister Zhiqing, let's work, after we finish this overtime, we can go back."
With that, Nangong Qingcheng walked back to the office.
Bai Zhiqing watched her, still feeling something was off.
However, she didn't think too deeply about it, and just walked back herself.
...
Jiang Feng was in the security room, chatting idly with Heizi, chatting until eight-thirty in the evening, before waiting for Nangong Qingcheng and Bai Zhiqing to finish their work.
Then, he called the two women along with Heizi, and they went out for a late-night snack together.
Eventually, they parted ways and watched Bai Zhiqing go home, while he and Nangong Qingcheng headed back to the villa together.
In the car, Nangong Qingcheng's face was still red.
She hadn't forgotten about the earlier incident and recalling it made her feel endlessly shy and annoyed, puffing with anger.
Jiang Feng smiled at the corner of his mouth but didn't reveal anything, and the two of them remained silent all the way home.
At this time, Chu Feifei, Zhang Qinyao, and Liu Shiyuan were also just finishing their work, taking turns for a bath.
Chu Feifei and Zhang Qinyao had finished first and were practicing yoga together on a mat laid in the center of the living room.
Seeing Jiang Feng and Nangong Qingcheng return, the two women immediately stood up and walked over.
"Uncle, Qingcheng, why are you back so late?" Chu Feifei asked.
"Just finished overtime. How about things here?" Nangong Qingcheng asked.
"It's okay, I just mentioned it in the live broadcast group, and many girls were interested, all expressing willingness to join Fengming, so I had Shiyan and Qinyao help me filter and exclude, but so far we haven't found anyone particularly suitable."
Chu Feifei said helplessly.
"No worries, tomorrow I can help you guys out, the orders are already handled, tomorrow Sister Zhiqing will handle the shipment." Nangong Qingcheng said.
At this point, Liu Shiyuan also came out of the bathroom, wearing a rather conservative bathrobe, stepping on slippers, and using a wet towel to dry her hair.
Seeing Jiang Feng, she shyly said, "Brother Jiang, Qingcheng, you're back."
This girl is still shy, even after living together for so long, after every bath she still instinctively gets shy and demure when she sees Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng nodded and said to Nangong Qingcheng, "Qingcheng, you should go wash up."
"Okay..."
Nangong Qingcheng gave Jiang Feng a sideways glance, said nothing, and went to the bathroom.
Afterward, Jiang Feng sat on the sofa, chatting with the three women Chu Feifei.
Chu Feifei was mainly curious about where he had been all day, Jiang Feng naturally didn't tell the truth, just made up an excuse to brush it off.
And Zhang Qinyao, who was usually well-informed, was also too busy today to keep track of outside events, so she knew nothing about the sensational events in the Provincial City.
Finally, after the four women finished their showers, they all went to their rooms to rest one after another.
Jiang Feng also took a shower, came back and lay on the sofa, finally able to completely relax.
But just then, his phone suddenly rang, he picked it up and saw it was Kong Guyoulan calling.
"Xiao Feng, are you asleep?"
"No, go ahead." Jiang Feng said helplessly.
"Good that I'm not disturbing you, there's something that I've been considering with the Fox Master for a long time, and we've decided to let you know..."
Kong Guyoulan said apologetically on the other end: "Today, Elder Weng Bojun of the Hundred Knowledge Hall spread a message to our Demon Moon Alliance, saying the Blood Ganoderma has appeared! And invited us to join them in heading to Yuxi Pond in Yuxi Ridge to harvest the Blood Ganoderma."
"Blood Ganoderma?"
Jiang Feng frowned slightly.
"Yes! Blood Ganoderma is a type of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, extremely useful to us martial artists! Rare and hard to come by, and we didn't expect it to be discovered by the Hundred Knowledge Hall this time..."
Jiang Feng squinted his eyes: "In that case, why are they telling you guys?"
"The Fox Master and I are also puzzled, that's why I wanted to discuss it with you."
Kong Guyoulan said: "In my and the Fox Master's view, even if we had some disagreements with Hundred Knowledge Hall over Gu Ming's issue, and Gu Yuansheng personally apologized, it was all just superficial harmony to begin with. They have no reason to share such a precious piece of information with us—yet that's exactly what they've done, which is very suspicious."
"Indeed, it's suspicious."
Jiang Feng sneered: "Offering a suspicious kindness for no reason is either treacherous or thievish, not to mention that Gu Yuansheng, who is inherently deceitful!"
"Exactly! Just feels fishy! Given that Weng Bojun is a senior elder in the Hundred Knowledge Hall, surely he wouldn't falsely convey Gu Yuansheng's orders, so this must have been instructed by Gu Yuansheng, but why is he doing this?"
"Where is Yuxi Ridge?"
Jiang Feng suddenly asked.
"I checked the information, Yuxi Ridge is a branch of Yanshan. Deep within Yuxi Ridge, there's a deep pond known as Yuxi Pond! According to Elder Weng's original words, the Blood Ganoderma grows around Yuxi Pond, and the Hundred Knowledge Hall alone can't harvest it all, leaving it would be wasteful, so they decided to offer it up as a goodwill gesture, inviting us to harvest..."
"That makes it even more problematic!"
Jiang Feng interrupted Kong Guyoulan before she could finish, disdainfully saying, "Can't harvest it all, offering a goodwill gesture? Such a childish excuse is meant to deceive children? This only shows they have ulterior motives!"
"So... in your opinion, should we go this time?" Kong Guyoulan asked in a somewhat consulting tone.
"What did you and the Demoness decide?" Jiang Feng answered indirectly.
"We... want to go!"
Kong Guyoulan said bitterly, "Even though we know the Hundred Knowledge Hall may not have good intentions. But the Blood Ganoderma is too valuable for us! The members within the alliance have been stagnant at their current realms for too long, including the Fox Master and myself, who haven't made any progress for a long time."
"The Blood Ganoderma can significantly help us achieve breakthroughs, so—the Fox Master asked me to seek your opinion, could we go?"
Jiang Feng closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: "Since you mentioned that the Blood Ganoderma is so precious that it would be a pity not to go, there's no reason for anyone to go empty-handed."
"Here's what we'll do, you all deliberate on a time, set the itinerary, and I'll go with you! I'm curious to see what trick the Hundred Knowledge Hall dares to play this time!"
"Really?"
Kong Guyoulan was overjoyed to hear this: "That's great! With you, Xiao Feng, accompanying us, there's no way anything will go wrong. Both the Fox Master and I can finally be at ease! Haha, Xiao Feng, you are truly kind to our Demon Moon Alliance, we won't say thank you for such a great favor, rest assured that whenever you need our help, the Demon Moon Alliance will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
In reality, Kong Guyoulan calling Jiang Feng had the purpose of asking for Jiang Feng's company, but she was just too embarrassed to say it out loud.
As for Jiang Feng, it wasn't out of kindness that he wanted to interfere; rather, he had deep grievances with the Hundred Knowledge Hall, and they were irreconcilable!
If that's the case, it's good to take this opportunity to contact those people directly; if they truly have any nefarious intentions, it's best to nip it in the bud!!