Chapter 340: No One Can Take Her Down Right Now!
How much skill does it take to do that?
Cao Lanzhu thought the same.
It could only be called a coincidence.
Someone even resented Jiang Lan: “You too, standing so close, it was so exciting just now, all because of your shiny bald forehead.”
Jiang Lan flushed red with anger and ran off.
She didn’t care about her cousin who came with her.
Du Lin, the little girl, was seriously thinking that this older sister named Lu Qiaoge was so awesome—should she tell the coach about this?
If she brought her into the team, there might be another great general.
Du Lin didn’t care about her cousin who ran out, but left the compound to go back to the team to find the coach.
At this time, the two people leaving the activity room didn’t take the activity room matter to heart and slowly strolled around the compound.
October in Beidu, sky high and clouds vast, red leaves like fire.
As Grandma Qin said, the temperature was suitable, exactly the right time.
When the two finished a lap and returned to the Lu Family, the huge living room was quiet.
Qin Hengzhi quietly asked Lu Qiaoge: “Do you want to rest a bit?”
Lu Qiaoge didn’t feel tired, so she said: “No need.”
Qin Hengzhi’s eyes brightened: “Then I’ll show you my room?”
Qin Hengzhi’s room was also on the second floor.
At the end of the corridor.
One look inside showed it had been unoccupied for years.
But it was still fresh and clean, obviously Grandma Qin and Aunt Guo cleaned it often.
On the bookshelf were books like 《Ten Thousand Whys》 and 《How the Steel Was Tempered》, with distinctly dated charm, and yellowed posters on the wall.
Qin Hengzhi obviously hadn’t returned for a long time either.
Lu Qiaoge looked at his bookcase.
Five layers up and down, against the west side wall.
There were many books inside.
But Qin Hengzhi’s gaze fell on a box next to the bookcase.
Qin Hengzhi said to Lu Qiaoge, who also squatted down: “I thought this box was in the storage room.”
Lu Qiaoge curiously touched it casually and said: “Is this your box?”
Qin Hengzhi nodded: “Yes, my treasure box from childhood.”
Lu Qiaoge thought that the Qin Family members must have worried Qin Hengzhi wouldn’t have anything to talk about with her, so they moved out his childhood treasure box.
It could be called well-intentioned.
Qin Hengzhi opened the box, and Lu Qiaoge glanced inside: various dated trinkets—tin frog, glass marbles, cigarette labels with little figures, dog-eared comic books, and a stack of colorful candy wrappers bound with a rubber band.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t laugh, nor did she think boys couldn’t collect candy wrappers.
The box had not only candy wrappers, but also matchboxes.
These were the joys of children in this era.
Especially candy wrappers, which were hard to collect.
Even Xiao Si now had a box of candy wrappers and glass beads, accumulated just recently.
Before times got better, he only had three candy wrappers and one glass bead.
Qin Hengzhi organized the little things inside while talking to Lu Qiaoge.
“Only one of these glass marbles is mine; the others I won.”
Lu Qiaoge imagined it and chuckled: “You wouldn’t crouch on the ground playing marbles, would you?”
Then she added: “Otherwise, want to play a round?”
Qin Hengzhi’s voice carried a smile: “You can squat to play; why crouch? But I won’t play with you—your point-and-shoot skill is too advanced.”
Just now in the activity room, it seemed unintentional, but that table tennis ball precisely shot toward Jiang Lan’s forehead.
No need to think; Jiang Lan must have done something annoying.
Qiao Ge’s control of strength was unmatched.
Probably no one could beat her now.
If she joined the military, she could absolutely be the soldier king!
Lu Qiaoge laughed too, pinched Qin Hengzhi’s face like lightning, and grinned: “I can pinch wherever I point!”
Qin Hengzhi’s face flushed red in an instant.
This girl was simply a female hooligan!
A heart-pounding female hooligan at that!
They were very close, close enough to hear each other’s breath.
Lu Qiaoge smiled brightly and kissed him, teasing: “Why are you blushing? Didn’t you say I can point and shoot wherever?”
Qin Hengzhi nervously looked back.
The door was open, the corridor very quiet, no one moving at the stairs.
His courage suddenly grew, then his eyes darkened, and he leaned in to kiss those loveable yet embarrassing red lips.
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At night, Xiao Cangcang flew back.
Lu Qiaoge had just lain down and, seeing the little thing return, got some space water for it and put it on the table.
Xiao Cangcang drank it all clean.
Lu Qiaoge got some food for it again.
Full and satisfied, Xiao Cangcang said to Lu Qiaoge: 【Little master, I found Peng Gong. He came to report the situation to a relevant leader. He’s staying at the guesthouse of the petroleum base office now. Tonight he met a person.】
Lu Qiaoge praised it, then asked: “What situation did he come to report?”
Xiao Cangcang: 【He told that person that Chen Liangsheng’s disappearance was definitely not normal, because they had talked on the telephone before he disappeared.】
Lu Qiaoge was stunned.
Peng Gong and her former second uncle-in-law were friends?
Right, right—second uncle-in-law had worked at the Northern Oil Base back then.
Xiao Cangcang continued: 【Little master, I didn’t understand much of what he said next; it seemed like code or something. He and that man also communicated with strange symbols. But in the end, he told that man that Chen Liangsheng discovered that secret, so he definitely went to find the truth, evidence, and people all over the world.
Thus, his disappearance was abnormal. Even if he discovered something, he could seek help from the organization instead of disappearing, so he came to report the situation. Though late, he still hoped that man would launch an investigation for the sake of past ties.
That man said the current problem is how to launch the investigation—Chen Liangsheng disappeared, Lu Yun was confirmed sacrificed; what would you investigate and how?】
Lu Qiaoge got off the bed and stood barefoot on the floorboard.
No moon tonight, pitch black, the streetlights by the road casting hazy yellow glows, like lamps in a black ocean.
The next moment, the streetlights went out too.
The entire Qin Family plunged into darkness.
Lu Qiaoge touched her somewhat uncomfortable heart. She thought this matter wouldn’t come so soon. These days, she rarely thought of the Nanyang Sheng Family maid suspected to be second aunt, but now suddenly hearing second aunt’s name from Xiao Cangcang’s retelling.
Lu Yun—that was second aunt’s name.
For some reason, an indescribable emotion suddenly welled up from the bottom of her heart.
In the blink of an eye, it made her feel a bond of blood.
Second aunt, if that Nanyang maid really was second aunt, how did she fall into the ocean? Who hit the wound on the back of her head?
Why was the news to the Lu Family that she had already sacrificed?
How was this sacrifice determined?
She didn’t believe it could be so casual.
Lu Qiaoge said to Xiao Cangcang: “Rest. Tomorrow Qin Hengzhi and I will check the information.”
Xiao Cangcang added: 【I was supposed to come back earlier, but I followed that man to his home.
He lives in a building west of the city, but I don’t know where he works. I only know Peng Gong calls him Lao Kang…】
Lu Qiaoge praised Xiao Cangcang again and let it rest wherever.
Xiao Cangcang circled once and still landed on the bed head.
Lu Qiaoge closed her eyes, stopped overthinking, and forced herself to fall asleep quickly.
Because there were many things to do tomorrow!
Thanks to the cute correctors, thanks to this correction feature—some don’t even need editor treasure unlocking to edit directly. I actually check after writing, but surprisingly missed some, even the obvious ones…
