Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

As expected, with Qin Henian's money paving the way, the Huo family's centuries-old family heritage was no match for Qin Henian's, and they ultimately won the three auction items at the Crescent Hotel for nearly 300 million.

To prevent the Huo family from resorting to desperate measures, after purchasing the goods and swiping their cards, Zhala Rossi arranged for someone to pick up Qin Henian and his group. Several members of the Xie family also arrived, and the entire group of six was eventually accommodated by Xie Yuchen at the Xie family mansion. Zhala Rossi, having been sent out on business by Qin Henian, did not accompany the group, but instead took the bodyguards and servants from the Qin clan with her.

Upon entering the Xie family mansion, Qin He was seated in a guest room on the first floor. The other guests' rooms were next door. Since he had only recently recovered, Qin He collapsed onto the bed as soon as he entered the room, intending to sleep soundly for the rest of his life.

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巴乃

Cloud Sister! I'm back!

As soon as he returned to the familiar place, Wang Pangzi took off running towards A Gui's house as soon as he stood on the road at the entrance of the village. Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen were both a little confused as they watched Wang Pangzi's cheerful figure.

"He Nian, what's wrong with this fat guy? Did he forget to take his medicine today?"

Black Bear, with his sharp tongue, asked a question while watching Fatty Wang's departing figure, like a moth drawn to a flame.

"Blind man! You just don't understand!"

"Fatty, this is called love!"

Qin Henian offered his profound critique.

love?

The moment Qin Henian uttered that word, Hei Xiazi felt as if a feather had brushed against his heart, leaving him with a ticklish sensation.

I really don't know when my love story with Henian and the blind man will begin! Waaah X﹏X… My goal is still a ways off, I need to keep trying!

Having mentally fed himself a bowl of toxic chicken soup, Hei Xiazi, after a two-second pause, smiled and looked in Qin Henian's direction, seemingly speaking casually.

"Even Fatty has found love, He Nian, aren't you worried?"

Is it urgent?! Tell me quickly, it's urgent! Even a blind person wants love!

"What's the rush? With a handsome guy like me standing right here, how could love not find me?"

Qin Henian blurted out the question instinctively upon hearing it, and then seemed to realize his mistake a second later, glancing awkwardly at his brothers around him.

He spoke too fast! His brain couldn't keep up! He was socially dead in front of his brothers. Qin Henian's eyelids twitched rapidly, feeling incredibly embarrassed.

Pfft!

Xie Yuchen couldn't help but smile. Qin Henian usually seemed quite composed, but his occasional cuteness was genuine.

"He Nian is right! With your good looks, love will definitely find its way to you!"

Xie Yuchen's seemingly joking words also rang in Qin Henian's ears.

"Ahaha... Well... thank you for your kind words?"

Qin Henian felt even more embarrassed... Oh no! Someone save him!

"My precious Henian is so smart, love will definitely come to him on its own!"

Although Hei Xiazi was a little excited inside, he maintained the same expression as before, laughing and exaggerating as he spoke.

Just as Qin Henian was about to reply to Hei Xiazi that he had good taste, he felt something in his hand before he could even finish speaking. Looking down, he saw that Zhang Qilin's right hand was holding his left hand.

Holding hands wasn't awkward; what was awkward was that Qin Henian's hand was a shade or two lighter and a tiny bit shorter than Zhang Qilin's.

Seriously, how can there be such beautiful hands in the world! It's outrageous! They're so beautiful, I almost want to chop them off and put them on my own hands!!!

"Little Qilin?"

"Um"

"Huh? What?"

"Go! Follow!"

A brief conversation took place between Qin Henian and Zhang Qilin, but because Zhang Qilin was pulling him along, Qin Henian followed the others into the village.

Qin Henian, however, kept wondering as he walked, "Why is the little Qilin pulling me?"

Zhang Qilin, who was holding Qin Henian's beautiful, warm, and smooth hand, was walking with Qin Henian's hand expressionlessly, but his heart was not calm. He was somewhat delighted, like a spring pond with surging waves.

He Nian's hands feel so nice to touch!

The actions of the two were also seen by Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen, who followed behind. The former was already on high alert, while the latter felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Even though he wasn't feeling well, Xie Yuchen still made sure to bring his childhood friend along.

After resting for two days in the Yao village, as Qin Henian expected, in addition to Qiu Dekao's team still at Yangjiao Lake, another team entered the Yao village on the morning of the third day. By covering their bodies with their consciousness, Qin Henian and his team easily discovered that several people had gone up the mountain ahead of time, and their destination was also Yangjiao Lake.

These past two days, people have been moving around both up and down the mountain, as if they've been put on an accelerator. Apart from the six-person group staying at Yun Cai's house, who are peacefully waiting day by day for the moment when the three parties break the ice.

This moment came quickly, just as Qin Henian was agonizing over who to share a room with for the past two days. Because of the arrival of Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen, Yun Cai's house was no longer big enough for the six of them. In accordance with the difference between beast cubs and human cubs, four rooms were allocated: one for Wu Xie, one for Wang Pangzi, one for Xie Yuchen, and the last room was shared by Hei Xiazi, Zhang Qilin, and Qin Henian.

However, since there was simply not enough room in the room, Qin Henian secretly caused trouble these past two nights. As soon as it was time to sleep, he would run to the other three people's rooms and sleep in each of the other rooms.

Aside from having to take an extra shower when sleeping with Jie Yuchen, I didn't suffer much overall.

"Mr. Wu, my boss invites you all to come up the mountain for a talk!"

"Mr. Wu! My boss would also like to invite you all to that room over there for a chat!"

Just then, a few people arrived at A-Gui's house. They split into two groups. One group, which looked like they had a lot of foreigners, was probably Qiu Dekao's group. The other group was naturally the Huo family.

Wu Xie was somewhat at a loss after being invited by both sides, unsure of which side to go to first. He could only turn his head to look at his younger brother, since he knew from the name of the Zhang Family Ancient Building that this was his younger brother's old residence... or even his ancestral home, so it was better to listen to the decision of the Zhang family descendants.

"Bro?"

Wu asked with a slanted dog-like gaze.

"None of them are credible!"

Zhang Qilin stared expressionlessly at the two groups of people standing at the entrance of the courtyard. Without even looking closely, he had a gut feeling that neither side was a good person.

"What should we do then? Brother, the fact that the Huo family and Qiu Dekao came here means they must have information about the Zhang family's ancient building. If we want to enter your hometown, we will definitely need these things."

Wu Xie mumbled his analysis, trying to keep his voice down so that the two people at the courtyard gate wouldn't hear him.

"..."

Zhang Qilin remained silent...

Hei Xiazi felt sorry for his old partner. After all, every time he saw his old partner make a foolish mistake, go down into the tomb to search for memories, and get hurt all over, he couldn't stop him.

Sigh! Fortunately, they can no longer be considered human. Their memories are like clouds and rain, they can see whichever drop they want. However, memories that were not present before cannot be loaded into their minds. They can only memorize them all at once this time.

"Little Qilin, we can cooperate with both sides. Let Fatty tell them that we have two bargaining chips, both of which are extremely important. If they want them, they can only cooperate with us. Of course, if they want to cooperate, they must guarantee our own safety!"

Qin Henian looked at Zhang Qilin and unconsciously put his arm on the other's shoulder. He didn't realize that after he got close to Zhang Qilin, the other's pupils reflected his own image, and they looked like good buddies.

"If we cooperate with both sides, they will have a check and balance effect on each other, which will also make our actions more convenient!"

Xie Yuchen added to Qin Henian's words, his eyes scrutinizing the relationship between Qin Henian and Zhang Qilin, his pupils flashing with an inscrutable light. The others also understood. Wang Pangzi, acting as Wu Xie's representative, went to communicate with both sides as if he were a social expert, just as the two had suggested.