novelraw Chapter 887 887: A Slip-Up?
Chapter 887 887: A Slip-Up?
Nangong Qingcheng was in the kitchen, helping Jiang Feng with whatever she could.
Washing vegetables, chopping vegetables, things of that sort.
Although she was also delving into culinary skills now, she was far from being a chef and could only assist.
During this time, Liu Shiyuan and Zhang Qinyao both came in to help at different times, until Jiang Feng officially started cooking, at which point they left.
And just at that moment—
"Imagine, you can actually cook? Tsk tsk, that's terrifying!"
Baili Xiyue appeared outside the door with an apple in her mouth, speaking with mock seriousness.
Isn't it true? If outsiders knew, the demon who went on a killing spree in the Qi Family not long ago, was now ladling soup like a househusband, wouldn't it shock the world?
Jiang Feng looked up at her; Baili Xiyue was a bit taller than Chu Feifei, and Chu Feifei's pajamas seemed a bit small on her. The pajama shorts, barely longer than hot pants, only just covered the root of her thighs, vividly highlighting her long, alluring white legs.
"What's your real reason for getting involved?"
Jiang Feng said calmly, "Don't tell me your main job is truly being a streamer?"
"What's wrong with streaming? This is the era of everyone streaming; even female celebrities can stream, so why can't I?"
Baili Xiyue looked at Jiang Feng with a condescending eye.
In fact, before this, her streaming was purely out of interest.
Yet just for interest with her stunning looks, she could still hold up half the world of streaming.
And the difference between her and Chu Feifei is that Chu Feifei is now chairman and not as free as before.
But as the eldest lady of the Baili Family, Baili Xiyue was covered by the family in everything, acted very freely, and only did things based on her hobbies.
"I warn you, getting close to Qingcheng and Fei'er is fine, and I'm willing to believe that you're sincerely here to help them, but I don't want you playing any tricks, or I won't let you off easily."
Jiang Feng said unceremoniously.
"Jiang Feng, what do you take me for?"
Baili Xiyue got angry, showing her true colors: "Of course I came sincerely to help; who knew I would run into you here? If I had known you were here, I wouldn't have come!"
As she spoke, Baili Xiyue gritted her teeth in anger.
She didn't come here purely for Fengming, but after thorough investigation, she found that Jiang Feng was actually also in this company and cohabitated with four women, which she couldn't take. That's why she came under the pretense of Chu Feifei's invitation.
For her, infiltrating the "enemy's" ranks was the best way to understand and know Jiang Feng more clearly.
Jiang Feng looked at Baili Xiyue's face filled with contradictions, just about to warn her again when suddenly Chu Feifei walked over: "Hey, Xiyue, Uncle, what are you two chatting about?"
"It's nothing, I was just curious seeing a big man cooking, so I came to take a look."
Baili Xiyue put on the demeanor of a well-bred young lady and laughed.
"Haha, just wait till you taste it, then you'll know. Uncle's cooking skills are truly exceptional, one taste and you'll remember it for life," Chu Feifei praised.
"Really? Then I look forward to it."
Baili Xiyue gave Jiang Feng a meaningful look, made a face, and then left with Chu Feifei.
...
Qixia Mountain, Hundred Knowledge Hall Headquarters.
As the Hall Master, Gu Yuansheng did not, as usual, confidently go to the Mountain Stream Pavilion to feed the birds, but instead paced back and forth anxiously in the main hall.
The reason was simple: the day before, Weng Bojun and others sent to Yuxi Ridge to pick Blood Ganoderma had not returned, and even with Hundred Knowledge Hall's information-gathering abilities, there was no news at all from them, and they were missing.
Since the founding of Hundred Knowledge Hall, this kind of thing had never happened before, leading even the usually ambitious Gu Yuansheng to feel unsettled, anxious, and angry.
At this moment, all eight brain-level personnel of Hundred Knowledge Hall were present.
This was no trivial matter, including the Great Elder, who ranked right below Gu Yuansheng, and the Supreme Elder who outranked him, both unusually appeared.
Weng Bojun and Xiao Jinsan were the Second Elder and Ninth Elder when alive, and now that they were absent, the empty seats were particularly conspicuous.
"Gu Yuansheng, didn't you say that the Blood Ganoderma picking operation was completely under your control and foolproof? Why is it already midday, and there's still no news from Weng Bojun?"
The Supreme Elder sat in the chair with an air of seniority, questioning.
"Supreme Elder, why are you in such a hurry? Maybe they're already on their way back!" Gu Yuansheng, already irritated, retorted unceremoniously.
"Haha! What a joke! If they had really returned victorious, would they not even send a message? And what about your useless son, didn't he go with them this time? Hasn't he reported to you, his father, at all?" The Supreme Elder sneered.
This was exactly what worried Gu Yuansheng.
This time, his precious son also went with Weng Bojun on the mission; if anything went wrong, his only heir would be gone.
"Supreme Elder, are you hoping for something to happen to Ming'er?" Gu Yuansheng said coldly.
The Supreme Elder chuckled disdainfully, bothered to speak no more.
Like any major power in the world, Hundred Knowledge Hall was also full of factions internally.
The Supreme Elder and Great Elder were allied, while the Great Elder had failed in his bid for Hall Master, leaving him in a disadvantaged position.
Gu Yuansheng, Weng Bojun, and a few other elders were a clique, usually relying on the Hall Master status to suppress others, but now that something had gone wrong, they naturally faced accountability.
At this moment, a senior member rushed in from outside, saw the Hall Master and eight elders present, and immediately said, "Reporting to the Hall Master and all elders! There's new information—"
"What is it? Is there news from Elder Wang and Ming'er?" Gu Yuansheng asked urgently.
"There isn't... but we've detected that a group from the Demon Moon Alliance had previously returned safely to the Taihu headquarters and also... also..." The elite hesitated to speak.
"Also what? Speak quickly!" Gu Yuansheng said impatiently.
"And they seem to have brought back Blood Ganoderma! They've already been delivered to the island, while Elder Weng and the Young Master seem to have failed..." The elite said bitterly.
Boom!!!
Hearing this, Gu Yuansheng was shocked, taking two steps back in disbelief.
The thing he had been afraid to believe and could not believe had finally happened!
Weng Bojun and his team actually failed, letting the Demon Moon Alliance scoop up an enormous advantage and successfully pick Blood Ganoderma?
"Gu Yuansheng, what do you have to say now?"
The Supreme Elder sneered repeatedly, coldly looking at Gu Yuansheng along with the Great Elder!