Lin Han asked, “Aren’t you afraid you got the wrong person?”
Wen Qiao replied, “It can’t be wrong. No one has more presence than you.”
Lin Han laughed heartily at the compliment, then noticed the man and woman behind her. “You two are the multi-ability users who arrived last night, right?”
“Not at all, not at all. We just got lucky.” Wen Qiao said modestly. “They are my friends. One is called Xue Qi, and the other is Wen Jiuya. My name is Wen Qiao.” Wen Qiao felt like she was being very pretentious right now.
“It’s nothing. Very impressive.” Lin Han said. “On behalf of me as the Leader of the base, I welcome you to Minqi Base. Minqi Base still has many imperfect areas, and it is exactly the kind of place that needs strong ability users like you. You should join—”
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted.
“Ah Brother Qi-ge, who are they?” A girl ran over with a questioning tone, trying to grab his hand.
Xue Qi was startled and stepped back. The girl was a university acquaintance with some family connection. “It has nothing to do with you, Lan Yueyue…”
“Heh, young lady, you’re questioning the wrong person. He can’t make the decision.” Wen Jiuya cut in directly. She was basically Wen Qiao’s mouthpiece.
Although Wen Jiuya sometimes looked down on Xue Qi, she had to admit that apart from herself, Xue Qi had treated Wen Qiao extremely well for years. She would not allow anyone to break them apart, even if they were not together yet.
So she walked over in high heels, glancing at her newly changed bright red handmade nail extensions she had gotten from the trading street yesterday. She had worn them today—they sparkled beautifully and made her fingers look even fairer.
She walked up beside them and pushed Xue Qi toward Wen Qiao. “As expected, a flirtatious pretty-boy. You still aren’t properly serving my Big Sister.”
She blew lightly on her nails. “You know this pretty-boy kept by my Big Sister? He’s pretty useless. If not for my little Big Sister saving him, he would’ve died. At least he has a good-looking face, so in the end he ended up with my Big Sister.” She then looked Lan Yueyue up and down. “What about you? Are you in this line of work too? Tsk tsk tsk…”
Gu Jie quickly denied it. “You’re slandering me! I’m not that kind of person!”
Wen Jiuya said, “Whether you are or not doesn’t matter. It doesn’t change the fact that your Brother Qi-ge isn’t someone you can just question. Be sensible and stay away from him, or he might suffer in places you can’t see. Heh~”
“What nonsense. It’s the apocalypse already, and you’re still acting like a spoiled young lady.”
How could she know? Her Brother Qi-ge had trained in martial arts for years and was even the president of the university martial arts club.
She had completely failed to notice that the bright and confident Wen Qiao now was the same invisible, often-absent member of that club in the past.
At that moment, Lan Yueyue’s bodyguards caught up. “Miss, don’t run off. It won’t be good if something happens.”
“Whoa! She really is a young lady.” Wen Jiuya said in surprise.
Lan Yueyue was still grieving over how her Brother Qi-ge had become a “pretty-boy” and completely ignored her bodyguards.
Bodyguards… right, she actually had bodyguards. Brother Qi-ge would be better off following her. Her family could protect him well.
Her eyes lit up. “Brother Qi-ge, why don’t you come with me? My bodyguards will protect you just like they protect me. You won’t need to go out killing zombies or suffer under the sun. How hard that must be.”
“This really is true love.” Wen Jiuya said mockingly. “Xue Qi, you should choose. I won’t break up a couple.”
She spoke sarcastically.
Wen Qiao said nothing, only smiled while looking at him.
Xue Qi felt his scalp tingle. His mouth twitched. “How could that be? Second Miss Wen, I and Miss Wen Qiao are true love.”
Wen Jiuya was speechless at the title “Second Miss Wen.” It sounded like she and Wen Qiao were real sisters. But she did not mind—it was basically the same anyway.
Unknowingly, after this incident, many people later started calling them that, even after learning they were not biological sisters, saying it felt more intimate.
Lin Han, who was enjoying this free drama, was naturally very happy. However, as a leader, she was busy. She had stayed this long only because these people were worth recruiting.
Now that they had private matters to handle, she also needed to return to work.
Lin Han brushed the wind-blown hair behind her shoulder. “Miss Wen Qiao, Second Miss Wen, Mr. Xue, I still have matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave. Please continue talking. If you want to join Minqi Base, just come to my office at the Mission Center to find me.”
Then she turned to the bodyguards with a displeased expression. “Tell Lan He to come see me before noon.”
“If she can’t properly teach her daughter, does she expect others to do it for her? Truly disgraceful.”
Lan Yueyue became furious. “Who are you, old woman? Who allowed you to call my father by his name? You—”
She was quickly silenced by a bodyguard covering her mouth.
“Miss, she is the Leader of this base.”
It was over. Her father had told her not to cause trouble here. Their family planned to establish themselves in this base.
After hearing the bodyguard’s words, she no longer cared about Xue Qi and ran off immediately.