Otherworldly Singer: Pure-hearted Wolves and Fiery Love

"Have one?"

"No, I'm quitting smoking."

Hearing Xiao Xinghe say this, the mercenary brothers looked at him in surprise.

Several people burst out laughing.

"Hey, why are you acting like retired old Jiang and his family, like you're looking for a wife and wanting to have a baby?"

"Haha, don't even mention it, Xinghe looks good enough to be a star, he'd be a heartthrob for girls. If he wanted to get married and have kids, tons of girls would throw themselves at him."

"Brother, you're amazing. You came back from the army and started saving money like crazy. I haven't seen you buy a house yet. If you're going to get married, you should buy a house in advance. With your skills, you'll save up for a house very quickly."

"I don't think he needs to take on any orders or do any tasks. With his pretty boy looks, there are plenty of rich women who would want to keep him!"

"Hey, maybe a rich woman really has her eye on Xinghe, which is why he quit smoking... hahaha."

Everyone was just joking.

Xiao Xinghe raised his eyebrows and revealed a handsome smile: "Yes, a nice rich woman has taken a liking to me. I'm planning to quit smoking and marry into her family to live off her."

Everyone was shocked.

The mercenary leader, who was maintaining his weapons, immediately stopped what he was doing.

He asked gruffly, "Xinghe, are you serious? Can you introduce me to some rich women? Our brothers aren't bad-looking either."

Xiao Xinghe's face darkened. After disassembling the beast bones in his hands, he took off his gloves and said, "I was just kidding. I'm quitting smoking so the smell won't affect my hunting of beasts."

Everyone angrily turned their heads away, saying, "Tch~"

The commander sighed in disappointment: "Now the police are everywhere making a killing, and the soldiers outside the city have official equipment and can hunt in large numbers. The beasts aren't stupid; you can hardly see any in the suburbs anymore. We have to go to even farther places to get our goods. Sigh, business is lagging behind."

Since it concerned them, everyone started discussing it amongst themselves.

"Making money is really not easy these days."

"The value of an ordinary exotic beast is about the same as that of a pig. Even if you hunt two or three, you still can't recoup the cost of fuel and taxes for hunting outside the border."

"There's also the money for medicine, anti-energy drugs, sedatives, detoxifiers, and anti-inflammatory drugs to deal with the alien beasts and those who want to steal our goods. If we don't spend ten thousand yuan, plus ten people and three vehicles, who would dare to go now?"

"The most troublesome thing is that there aren't enough beast beads. You have to kill more than twenty or thirty low-level beasts before you can get a single beast bead."

"The drop rate for mid-tier items is also not high; the rarer the ability, the harder it is to obtain."

"High-level exotic beasts can drop beast orbs, but they are difficult to kill. We need to team up with at least three or four groups to do business together."

There are quite a few animal beads available for sale on the market.

But in reality, the drop rate of exotic beasts is not high.

If the drop rate were high, their mercenary group would have become incredibly wealthy long ago.

In addition to the group's mission list, any extra monsters they kill on their own are their own allocated assets.

But this kind of extra income is earned at the risk of one's life.

Most of the 'veterans' in the mercenary group have families behind them, and they usually work in teams to earn extra money.

Unlike Xiao Xinghe, this young man possessed both the drive and the skill to fight to the death, and dared to hunt down alien beasts alone. While everyone secretly envied him, they wouldn't bring it up openly. After all, having such a capable young man with them on the group gave everyone a chance to survive.

Xiao Xinghe actually knew how the brothers in the group viewed him.

He didn't care in the past.

Now... those jokes, and invitations to smoke, drink, and party with him, have to be turned down.

"Boss." Xiao Xinghe looked at the cleaned-up bucket in front of him, stood up, and said, "I'm done here. I'll go back first."

"Okay, you've been working hard for days, go back and get a good night's sleep. Remember to be on time tomorrow night at 11 o'clock, our convoy is already lined up to leave the city, understand?"

"No problem, I'll be there on time. See you all tomorrow night!"

Xiao Xinghe patted his butt, picked up his backpack, and left, reeking of fishy stench.

I originally wanted to go to the rental area.

He stumbled.

Xiao Xinghe couldn't resist getting on his motorcycle to go see Zhou Qiqi.

He gazed at the starry night sky and couldn't help but smile: "A day apart feels like three autumns. It seems I've truly fallen into the grave of love."

I took out my phone intending to contact them first.

As a result, a pop-up window appeared displaying local gossip and entertainment news.

[Today, Young Master Qin gifted Miss Zhou a luxury car. Is this a sign that two powerful families are considering a marriage alliance?]

My finger slipped.

A photo surfaced from the afternoon at the entrance of the Holy War Academy, showing Qin Ye holding flowers and luxury car keys, handing them to Zhou Qiqi. The students nearby looked on with a mixture of surprise and envy.

Xiao Xinghe's smile froze instantly.

He stared intently at a candid photo that had been posted: Zhou Qiqi was taking the car keys and flowers, smiling as she spoke to Qin Ye.