"Let me take you to the infirmary," Yan Su said, making a gesture to help him up.

Su Heng initially wanted to decline, but then suddenly remembered the purpose of his meeting with Qin Zhouyu today, so he accepted Yan Su's offer.

If one doesn't work, try another.

On the way, unlike when he mentioned Liang Qing and Song Zhiji to Qin Zhouyu, he directly asked him if he wanted to deal with Liang Qing.

Yan Su's calm face remained unchanged upon hearing these words, and he continued to support Su Heng as usual.

Instead of answering Su Heng's question directly, he looked at the road ahead and asked him in return, "Why?"

But his tone didn't sound like he genuinely wanted to know why; rather, it sounded like he was casually striking up a conversation because he felt it was impolite not to answer someone's question.

Su Heng disliked Yan Su, but still explained why, which was simply that he couldn't stand Liang Qing's "carefree attitude." During the conversation, he couldn't help but bring up Song Zhiji's matter.

Yan Su listened quietly without interrupting, and offered no comment after Su Heng finished speaking.

Instead, Su Heng couldn't help but ask him again, "Do you want to join forces with me?"

Yan Su still didn't answer him, and asked again, "Is this what you told Qin Zhouyu?"

When Yan Su asked this question, he turned to face Su Heng, and his tone was not so indifferent.

Su Heng's eyelids twitched. For a moment, he thought Yan Su was going to be like Qin Zhouyu, but when he looked at Yan Su, he realized that wasn't the case.

Because Yan Su's expression didn't show anger, but rather a hint of inquiry, with a sly glint in his eyes.

Su Heng was surprised for a moment, then nodded.

"Oh, no wonder." Yan Su smiled, which looked quite strange in this situation.

Even though Su Heng started the conversation, seeing his expression now, he couldn't help but shudder.

Yan Su noticed Su Heng's unusual behavior immediately. He tightened his grip on Su Heng's hand, perhaps mistakenly thinking that Su Heng was acting this way because of the fight they had just had.

When Su Heng looked at him again, he had returned to his usual self, his smile gone, but the feeling that made Su Heng uncomfortable had not faded away.

"What did you mean by 'no wonder' just now?" Su Heng couldn't help but ask curiously.

Yan Su said unhurriedly, "Now I know why you want to deal with Liang Qing, but I still can't understand why you want to cooperate with Qin Zhouyu."

Su Heng replied impatiently, "Heh, what's so hard to understand? The four of us..." He stopped halfway through, remembering Song Zhiji's recent actions, and changed his words, "Not counting that traitor, aren't the three of us all in the same boat?"

Yan Su shook his head in disagreement, "I think you might have misunderstood this point. The situations of the four of us are all different."

The two turned into the corridor and walked slowly.

"Alright, Yan Su, to be honest, if you don't want to deal with Liang Qing, just say so. It's really exhausting talking to you. I've been listening for so long and I still don't know what you're talking about."

Yan Su's words always made Su Heng feel that he was pretending to be profound and unfathomable, which Su Heng found quite annoying.

"is it?"

Su Heng heard Yan Su chuckle softly, and then the two of them fell silent.

Yan Su escorted Su Heng to the entrance of the infirmary and then let go of his hand. Although Su Heng did not like him, he still thanked Yan Su out of courtesy and courtesy.

Yan Su said, "You're welcome."

Their interaction ended there, or so Su Heng thought before taking a step.

Just as he was about to enter the infirmary while holding onto the door frame, Yan Su's voice came from behind him, "You'll understand why our situations are different later."

These words made Su Heng stop in his tracks, frown, and turn around to look at him.

Yan Su continued, "However, I can tell you now why I said I didn't expect you to go to Qin Zhouyu."

"Why?" Su Heng asked.

“Because,” Yan Su’s expression suddenly turned serious, and his firm tone made Su Heng tense up, afraid of missing something.

"Because they are from the same country."

“He’s different from the three of us.”

……

Liang Qing had been bringing Song Zhiji meals for ten days in a row, and he had noticed that Song Zhiji's complexion was getting rosier day by day. Life went on in this orderly fashion.

The only unusual thing is that Liang Qing still hasn't been able to contact Xiao Qi. It's as if it has vanished into thin air, without a trace.

If Liang Qing could still see the favorability panel even with her eyes closed, she would have thought that the days she spent fighting side by side with Xiao Qi in various missions were all a dream.

This panel exists to inform taskers of the progress during system upgrades, and taskers can make it appear or disappear at will.

Su Heng's favorability rating has dropped to negative numbers again, while Song Zhiji and Yan Su's is quite stable. Song Zhiji's current rating is stable at 50, while Yan Su's rating is still the same as before: -30.

Only Qin Zhouyu's mood fluctuated constantly every day, leaving everyone puzzled.

Liang Qing originally wanted to wait for Xiao Qi to return before proceeding with the next step of the plan, but it seems that Xiao Qi will not be able to complete the upgrade for a while, so she has no choice but to take action herself. Although it will be more troublesome, it is not a big problem, it just takes more time.

Liang Qing prefers to get things done quickly, and she didn't want to spend too much time on this task, especially since her emotions are easily influenced.

She's now more eager than ever to finish her mission and retire.

So she decided to go back to the Liang family first; she needed to get more information.

As soon as Liang Qing got out of school, she took the bus to the Liang family home she remembered. The bus didn't go directly to the villa area, so it took her thirty minutes just to walk from the bus stop to the gate of the villa area.

The entrance to the area was blocked by a barrier gate. The security guard peeked out of the window of the guard booth, glanced at Liang Qing, and focused his gaze on her face to see if she was a resident.

"18-306." Liang Qing gave the address of the Liang family's villa, and the security guard stopped his probing gaze, raised the barrier at the entrance, and let Liang Qing in.

Liang Qing had only one thought about the villa area—it had excellent greenery and was sparsely populated.

Following the house number, Liang Qing walked to the front of an impressive three-story villa. Looking at the combination lock in front of her, even though she knew the password from the few descriptions in the original book, she wasn't entirely confident she could open it.

After all, the original owner was kicked out, and who knows if her family might have changed the password.

Fortunately, the password hadn't been changed, and Liang Qing successfully opened the gate. After the gate opened, he walked through a small path in the flower beds on both sides before finally reaching the inner gate.

As usual, Liang Qing used the password to open the door.

As soon as I entered, a middle-aged woman's voice and footsteps came from the direction of the kitchen at the same time, "Sir, why are you here so early today?"

A moment later, Liang Qing saw her walk up to her. The woman had her hair tied up, was somewhat plump, had a kind face, and was dressed very neatly.

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