On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

After dinner, everyone went out to digest the food.

When I went out, it was still daylight, and a faint red color stained the blue-gray canvas, extending all the way to the dark green mountain tops.

"Brother Xiaoqian, look at that." Lin Xixi raised her hand and pointed to the side of the road. A few white birds were jumping in the green paddy fields.

"They are having dinner, right?" Chen Qian judged based on their constant nodding movements among the green wheat seedlings, and focused the camera of his mobile phone on that side.

"I feel like I'm full of energy now, which is totally different from the half-dead look I had in the city." Yu Wangxi walked with big strides, waving his hands vigorously with his steps, like a little soldier in a cartoon.

Ke Wu and Qi Yu walked in front, leading the way, holding hands.

Occasionally, when they met a few villagers passing by, they would chat with them openly, without loosening their hands or moving their feet. When they heard the newcomers teasing that Qi Yu was Ke Wu's eldest son-in-law, Ke Wu would raise his head with great pride.

"It's great that my couple finally got married. It makes my heart melt." Lin Xixi's eyes were full of stars. She put her hands on Yu Wangxi's shoulders and urged him to find a good one as soon as possible.

"Hahaha... maybe when there's a chance." Yu Wangxi just smiled perfunctorily, blocked her hand and moved closer to Sun Cheng.

A few people walked along the outline of the village until the moon was above the treetops. The windows of the village were all lit up. The light from the windows mixed with the small light from the street lamps, leading a few people back to the Qi family yard.

Before going to bed at night, Chen Qian made a video call to Chi Mu as he had repeatedly instructed her last night.

On the phone, Chi Mu listened to him with a smile as he told him what had happened today. Combined with the photos sent by Chen Qian, it could be said to be a complete story with both pictures and text.

"You must have had a fulfilling day today. I guess you didn't feel uncomfortable since it's your first time in a place like that." Chi Mu smiled faintly. When Chen Qian looked at him, he unexpectedly felt as if they were looking at each other through a screen, which was very novel.

"No, Sun Cheng drives very steadily and cooks delicious food. The path that Ke Wu took us to is very beautiful. The air here is very fresh. When we took a walk at night, it really felt like my brain was open." Chen Qian was in high spirits, with his eyes curved to reveal only a slit.

"Really? I'm really not used to it right now. The house seems empty all of a sudden. Even the air conditioner, which is usually set to 24 degrees, seems a little cold." His expression became lonely and pitiful, revealing a sense of grievance. "Baby, I feel very lonely now."

"What...what? Didn't you live alone like that before?" Chen Qian had been staring at him, and naturally did not miss the moment of cunning that flashed across his face before he felt wronged, but he had to admit that he could not escape being captured by this expression, and he felt distressed unconsciously just by seeing it.

I turned my head away silently, feeling angry at myself for not being good enough. I guess I would help him count money if I got cheated in the future.

"It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it's hard to go from extravagance to frugality. I've been around other people for so long, so it's going to be hard to adapt to being alone.

"Baby, don't you feel heartbroken? Kiss me now and give me some comfort!" Chi Mu still had the same expression, but this time even his voice softened. He could sense the other party's deceptive message without even looking at the face.

This is not the big dog he knew before, it's basically a cunning fox!

Chen Qian pretended not to hear what was said next, and said in surprise, "Oh, it's already this late, time to go to bed, haha, good night."

Then he gritted his teeth and ignored Chi Mu's increasingly resentful look and hung up the video call.

The weather was as good as ever, with not a speck of white visible against the azure sky. So Chen Qian decided to take advantage of the cool morning air and climb up to the rooftop with a half-read book. Ke Wu had told them the day before they arrived that there were tables and chairs on the rooftop, so they didn't need to bring anything extra, just an extra cup of iced coffee with sugar and milk.

Pushing open the iron door to the rooftop, Chen Qian looked at the layout. Outside the door, there was a concrete roof, and underneath was a set of marble tables and chairs, the kind you'd see in pavilions when hiking. Chen Qian was a little surprised. How did such a heavy table and chairs get moved to the fifth-floor rooftop?

Putting the cup and the book on the table, he walked out and took a walk on the balcony.

In the most conspicuous corner of the balcony, a grape trellis was erected. It was obvious that the grapes had received little care, growing recklessly. The vines had crossed the balcony fence and spread outward. Wrapped around the bamboo trellis, they had produced a few meager bunches of fruit, no bigger than soybeans, which glowed emerald green in the sunlight.

From here you can see white birds flying in the vast wheat fields, the dark green treetops on the nearby mountains mixed with a few strands of withered yellow, and cars driving into the village in the distance.

Chen Qian's eyes followed the only noticeable object until it came to a stop downstairs. Someone got out of the car. Who could it be?

Could it be Qi Yu's family coming? But didn't he say they usually don't come home unless it's a holiday?

The phone in my pocket was on silent mode, vibrating against the outside of my thigh.

It’s Sun Cheng.

"Hello, what's wrong? I just saw a car coming. Who is it?" Chen Qian answered the phone and asked his questions at the same time.

"Oh, yes. He said he came to see you. Is there something urgent? Are you still on the rooftop now?" Sun Cheng was also curious about this matter.

"I'm still up here... Why would someone come here to find me? Should I go down?" Chen Qian was stunned and scratched his head in confusion, not knowing how to react for a moment.

It sounded like Sun Cheng held the microphone far away and his voice became weak. He said Chen Qian was upstairs and asked if he wanted to go upstairs to find him directly.

After that, there was a pause on the other end of the microphone, as if waiting for another person to respond. Then Chen Qian heard Sun Cheng pull the microphone closer again, "He's coming up to look for you now. Who is he? He's so mysterious and wearing a mask."

"I don't know. I don't think anyone knows we're here." Chen Qian thought for a long time but couldn't think of anyone who might come. The only two people who could come looking for him were Chen Tian and Chi Mu. He couldn't think of a third name besides them. But even if they were sick and wearing masks, they wouldn't be so sick that Sun Cheng wouldn't recognize them.

The man came very quickly. Not long after Chen Qian returned to the stone table and sat down, he heard footsteps getting closer and closer from the stairs.

He was wearing a black shirt, a silver medallion around his neck, black round earrings on each earlobe, and a sky-blue mask covering his face. In his hand, he held a cup identical to Chen Qian's, which must have been given to him by Sun Cheng.

He had actually seen someone with this style.

Chi Mu's brother, Chi Yuxing.

Sure enough, the man sat down lazily, took off his mask and placed it on the table, then held the cup in his other hand and brought it to his mouth and took a sip.

"Why are you here?" The beautiful morning was completely ruined at this moment.