Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

The little black cat tried its best to act cute before it made Zhou Siyu laugh.

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Akahoshi's trip to the West City is also to meet with people from the new political party, which will be a good opportunity to share the intelligence he has recently obtained.

The West City is right next to the South City. There are two factions ruling here, and the West City is more chaotic than the South City.

The Qi family, led by Qi Lin, the lord of Xicheng, and the Cheng family, led by the warlord Governor Cheng.

This pornographic film den was run by one of the forces in collusion with the foreign devils. Akahoshi came here to find out who was behind the West City.

After leaving home, Akahoshi went to the train station, disguised himself, and then set off for the West City.

Upon arriving in Xicheng, he browsed the shops there, bought some things, and then went to the train station again.

Disguised as an ordinary citizen, Akahoshi limped out of the train station and headed to the pharmacy at No. 11 Xicheng.

After exchanging the secret code, Doctor Yang from the pharmacy led him to the backyard, where Chixing met with comrades from the new political party.

After some discussion, Chixing gave him a secret letter, which was full of coded messages between Chixing and his old classmate. Most people couldn't understand it, otherwise Chixing wouldn't have entrusted it to this person so easily.

After leaving the pharmacy, Akahoshi limped to the east side of the western city.

The eastern part is the territory of the City Lord's Mansion, while the area closer to the south is under the jurisdiction of Governor Cheng.

Chixing used his divine power to cover the area and quickly found some clues.

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Morning, inside the Chi Mansion.

The melodious opera singing drifted from the third-floor window. The guards in the courtyard were already used to the sound; everyone knew it was the singer the major general had brought back.

Even Commander Chi didn't care and forbade anyone to disturb him. The concubines in the courtyard could only suppress their displeasure and not let anyone disturb them.

That day, after Commander Chi went out, the sound of singing came from upstairs again.

The eighth concubine couldn't help but smash the teacup in her hand, rolled her eyes and said, "I don't know where this vixen came from, she's always singing and singing, it's so annoying."

The maids behind him didn't dare to speak, though they all actually enjoyed listening.

These tunes were only available to the best opera troupes; in the past, servants like them wouldn't even dare to dream of hearing them.

Even if you go to the theater with your masters, you'll be serving tea and water, so how could you possibly hear such a complete story?

She remembered that the concubines usually liked these things, so why were they scolding that young master now?

Yes, the singing was melodious, but the person was just a young master. The servants were secretly quite surprised. Sure enough, anyone who could catch the young master's eye was no ordinary person.

The eighth concubine seemed to get angrier the more she thought about it, so she went down to the living room on the first floor.

The second concubine and several other concubines were playing mahjong.

The eighth concubine started complaining as soon as she entered the room: "The sisters don't do anything about the person upstairs, letting him sing there every morning."

Chen Manman sat next to the second concubine. She came because she heard that Chixing was keeping someone at home.

Who knew that Akahoshi wasn't there, so the person just kept singing and wouldn't come down.

Hearing the Eighth Concubine say this, the smile on her lips became more pronounced. She said, "She probably came from a theater and didn't learn any etiquette, but she does sound pleasant."

"Oh, Miss Chen is giving him too much credit. I think that man is probably an actor, otherwise how would he know these seduction tricks?"

As she spoke, the Eighth Concubine said angrily, "You don't know, last night the Commander asked what this person was like and whether he could join our Chi family."

"What?! Is it a commander or a major general?" The other concubines instinctively clenched their mahjong tiles, and the second concubine was even more stunned.

"You must have misheard me, right?" The second concubine asked with a forced smile.

The eighth concubine continued, "Hmph, how could I have misheard? I'm just afraid that the commander himself is thinking that the man looks so seductive."

Sometimes Zhou Siyu would take the cat downstairs for a walk, and Chixing even built a swing for him in the yard, but Commander Chi didn't care about any of that.

Thinking back to when their children were little, they wanted to put a swing in the yard, but Commander Chi immediately said it wouldn't be good for guests to see it and refused.

But why is it that Zhou Siyu is allowed to do this? It's one thing for Chi Xing, but even Commander Chi doesn't care about this matter.

This made them think more. Besides, it had been so long and there had been no news of Akahoshi taking him as a concubine. Perhaps this was someone that Commander Akahoshi had found.

The second concubine and Chen Manman exchanged a glance and sighed, "Hey, I'm not saying this to be mean, but this major general wasn't a womanizer before. Maybe he really was someone the commander found."

The others reacted with varying expressions upon hearing this.

Even after everyone had left, Chen Manman continued talking to the second concubine.

"Aunt, can I really marry Chixing?" Chen Manman felt nauseous at the thought of Chixing being with a man.

The second concubine chuckled and said, "Don't worry, how could a perfectly healthy young man be incapable? He just hasn't experienced the pleasures of a woman before. When you win him over, the commander will definitely consider you his benefactor."

She knew her son was useless and that inheriting the Chi family was a pipe dream, so she tried to tie him to Chi Xing. The best way was to have Chen Manman marry him.

The second concubine was confident of victory. Now that Chi Xing was away, she was going to find a way to get rid of Zhou Siyu.

"Can they really get rid of Zhou Siyu? She hasn't even come downstairs today."

The second concubine then told her what she had observed over the past few days and told her to wait for others to make their move.

Chen Manman had an idea in mind. Even if Zhou Siyu wasn't taken away, Chixing might not like him anymore. However, it was better not to take action for now and instead reap the benefits.

At noon, the Eighth Concubine sent someone upstairs to call Zhou Siyu down for lunch.

Zhou Siyu initially ignored it and waited for the person who brought the food to arrive.

The person who was supposed to bring him food had already been sent away by the Eighth Concubine's people. The person who came to knock on the door said, "If you don't come downstairs, you won't get any food today."

Zhou Siyu stood at the door, and when she heard the words outside, her hand that was petting the cat paused.

Xingxing said that he should eat on time, because he would feel bad if he didn't eat properly.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Siyu took the pistol, put the little black cat in the box, and went downstairs alone.

"Meow?"

"I'll go down myself, and I'll bring you some meat later." Zhou Siyu didn't want the kitten to follow her, worried that others might hurt it.

When they got downstairs, Chi Tengjiang wasn't there; there were only a few concubines, two pretty young girls, and Chen Manman.

Zhou Siyu doesn't usually pay attention to these people, and they rarely talk to him, so he doesn't recognize them.

He sat down in his usual spot and started eating. Several concubines made veiled accusations for a long time, but Zhou Siyu didn't say a word.

Until a little girl ran over, haughtily asking him to peel shrimp for her.

Zhou Siyu paused for a moment and said, "I don't know how."

"No, then eat the shrimp shells too, or I'll tell my dad and he'll beat you to death." The little girl held her chin high, full of smugness.