Chapter 521 A visitor from Kyoto 8 Moreover, this woman had flattered her father before he lost power, and now that her Jiang family was in dire straits, she immediately changed her face. Along the way, she had seen Xiao Qing's expression many times, but for the sake of the Xiao family and her fiancé, she endured it.

I didn't expect that now, she was so naive that she wanted to steal people's crystal cores, and she also humiliated her in front of so many people.

She really wanted to show the power of a genius and slap her twice, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that this would not be satisfying enough.

She thought that her father asked the Xiao family to protect her and come to find Shen Ran, but she didn't expect that she would also come with him. As a woman, it was not difficult for her to guess what Xiao Qing's purpose was.

Unfortunately, the man she had been thinking about was standing in front of her as soon as she entered, but she could not recognize him and even took a share of other people's gains in front of them.

Haha, it's so shameless.

Thinking of this, she had already thought of a way to hit her back hard.

She ignored Xiao Qing, turned around and took two steps forward. Suddenly, there was a letter in her empty hands. She held the letter and said to Shen Ran, "Major General Shen, long time no see. My father asked me to pass this to you. Please take a look." After that, she handed over the letter.

Shen Ran performed so well in the military, and as the daughter of the leader of the G family, she naturally noticed him. She once admired Shen Ran, but after meeting him, she found that he was more handsome than a woman, but had a very bad temper. She felt that she could not control such a man, and finally her admiration turned into appreciation.

She recognized him the moment he appeared just now.

Xiao Qing is the illegitimate daughter of the Xiao family. She was taken back to the Xiao family when her mother died when she was twelve years old. Since the Xiao family has a marshal in the army, she naturally heard a lot about Shen Ran's deeds.

She was one of the many people who admired Shen Ran, but unfortunately she had never met him in person, nor had she seen his photo. Because Shen Ran rarely took photos, and he was an important elite in the military, his appearance could not be exposed to the public, and he rarely appeared in public, so even fewer people knew him.

So, even if Shen Ran was standing in front of her now, Xiao Qing couldn't recognize him.

Jiang Chuyue knew that she liked Shen Ran, so she said this deliberately. Not only did she point out who the person in front of her was, but she also let her know that she had lost face in front of the person she liked.

Don't feel so good about getting slapped in the face.

Sure enough, Xiao Qing's face changed drastically, like a color palette, sometimes blue, sometimes red, and sometimes purple, very exciting.

No matter how her face looked, everyone just took a few glances, laughed a few times in their hearts, and then no one paid any attention.

Shen Ran naturally knew Jiang Chuyue, which was why he took action before the zombie king was about to trample those psychics to death.

He nodded to Jiang Chuyue and replied, "Long time no see." Then he took the letter from Jiang Chuyue's hand and opened it.

After a while, he finished reading the letter and replied to her, "There is no problem with this matter. When you come to my place, you can just stay here with peace of mind. As for whether to leave or stay, you can decide for yourself at that time." At this point, he glanced at Xiao Qing and continued, "But there is no special treatment here. Even if you have an extraordinary status, you have to obtain all resources by yourself. No one is exempt."

Jiang Chuyue was delighted to see that he was willing to take her in, but when she heard the last part, her face froze for a moment. Thinking about her current situation, being taken in was already good enough, so why should she be picky? However, when she thought about how Shen Ran glanced at Xiao Qing before saying the last few words, she immediately understood that it must be because she had offended Shen Ran, and she was implicated, that she was not given special treatment.

When she looked at Xiao Qing again, there was a hint of resentment in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 522 Someone from Kyoto 9 However, she had not lost her mind and vented her resentment on Xiao Qing in person. She raised a polite smile and expressed her gratitude to Shen Ran.

Today's affairs ended here. Shen Ran asked Chen Qidong and other fire-type psychics to burn the body of the Zombie King and bury the ashes in the mountains. Then he led the team to rush to the base.

Jiang Chuyue followed them back, thinking that such a large team would encounter zombies again, and then continue to fight before reaching City Z. However, she found that the road back was smooth, and she did not even see the shadow of a zombie, let alone encounter mutant animals.

What she could see most was that from time to time there were large groups of people repairing various damaged buildings, and some were working in the fields.

Although she didn't know whether those people's actions made sense, she felt a sense of life. Compared with the dead, smoke-filled and fearful Kyoto, this place was simply a paradise.

Everything seemed so peaceful and tranquil. If they had not just escaped from the zombie king's jaws, they would have thought this was a paradise.

She was surprised in her heart: I didn't expect the base in City Z to develop so well!

Then he sighed again, thinking that it would be great if the people in Kyoto could be as calm as Shen Ran and focus their energy on recovery and development. It is not like now, as soon as the zombie wave is over, all forces become ambitious and busy fighting for power and profit, completely ignoring future development.

As for her father, his power has been largely taken away by several other families, and now they are still not satisfied and continue to press forward step by step. It is difficult for him to protect himself. Even if he has the intention, he is powerless.

Thinking of her father, Jiang Chuyue couldn't help feeling sad, wondering how he was doing now.

While she was feeling sad, Xiao Qing, who was sitting next to her, had a dark face and did not hide her anger at all. She glared at Jiang Chuyue angrily.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

"Ah? What did you say?" Jiang Chuyue didn't react for a moment, and turned around to look at her blankly.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Qing thought she was pretending and her face turned even darker.

"You knew that the man was Shen Ran a long time ago, but you didn't tell me on purpose so that I could embarrass myself in front of him, right?"

"Oh, you're talking about this." Jiang Chuyue finally came back to her senses. After hearing what she said, she understood what she meant, so she deliberately dragged out the sound of the word "oh", and then paused before continuing: "I think you misunderstood. Although I have seen Shen Ran twice, it has been many years. I didn't recognize him when he appeared just now, so I didn't remind you."

At this point, she stopped and looked at Xiao Qing. Seeing that her face was flushed with anger, she suppressed her joy and continued with a look of doing good for her: "But you are really something. Regardless of whether the other party is Shen Ran or not, we have already left Kyoto and are in someone else's territory, and you don't control your temper. The zombie king was originally killed by someone else, and we were saved because of their help, but you went to compete with others for that little bit of benefit."

"Luckily, that person was Shen Ran. He knew our identities and didn't bother with us. If it was someone else, do you think they would care whether you were from the Xiao family or the Liang family? We have already lost so many people. If you rashly go to fight with them, you will not only lose everything, but also yourself and all of us."

"you......"

Xiao Qing had known Jiang Chuyue for many years, so she naturally wouldn't believe what she said about misunderstandings. Also, she hated the way Jiang Chuyue always lectured her in a dignified and calm manner. She had seen her like this for more than ten years and hated her to death.

If they were still in Kyoto now, she would definitely go up and slap her a few times.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 523: Someone from Kyoto 10 She used to be the illegitimate daughter of the Xiao family. Although she had no worries about food and clothing, compared with Jiang Chuyue, one was like heaven and the other was like earth.

When she was first brought back to the Xiao family as an illegitimate daughter, her life was not easy. Later, after she met Jiang Chuyue, in order to make her life in the Xiao family easier, she had to shamelessly please her. By relying on her relationship with Jiang Chuyue, the legitimate wife of the Xiao family did not dare to make things difficult for her.

But now it was different. The legitimate wife of the Xiao family died when the apocalypse broke out. Although the two sons she gave birth to didn't like her, they wouldn't embarrass her too much. And the Xiao family only had her as a daughter. For a time, her status rose rapidly, and she no longer had to look at the faces of outsiders.

The Jiang family has now begun to decline, and in order to maintain their status, they have to win over the Xiao family through marriage, and it was Jiang Chuyue's father who took the initiative to propose it. From this point of view, the Jiang family seems to be at a disadvantage, and she naturally will not take Jiang Chuyue seriously anymore.

This is also the reason why she always gave Jiang Chuyue a cold look along the way.

But what she said just now was also right. Now they were not in Kyoto, but in someone else's territory, so she had to be more restrained.

So even though Xiao Qing was angry and unreasonable, she had not completely lost her mind. She still remembered that Shen Ran was not someone who was easy to get close to, and Jiang Chuyue had some relationship with Shen Ran. She had to rely on their relationship to complete her mission and wish this time.

As long as this is accomplished, what does Jiang Chuyue matter? Is she still worried that she won't have the chance to avenge this time? Humph! After weighing it over, she suppressed her anger and swallowed back the curses she wanted to say. She tried her best to calm herself down, and then she forced a fake smile, looking like she had been taught a lesson, and replied: "You are right, I was too presumptuous and impulsive before, please forgive me."

Jiang Chuyue got goosebumps all over her body because of her behavior, which was obviously very angry but still tactful and flexible.

I thought to myself, it seems that I really underestimated her.

But as calm as she was, she shook off the goose bumps without leaving a trace, and smiled with relief, "It's okay, it's just that we are in someone else's territory after all, and we are outnumbered and weak. When you speak outside in the future, you should think before you speak, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

Although Jiang Chuyue was smiling, the smile did not reach her eyes.

She thought to herself: Pretending? The only people in this world who can pretend better than her are the gold medal-winning actresses and actors, and she, Xiao Qing? Is still a little naive.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Qing became so angry that her eyes were full of fire again. She hated her even more because she had just given her some respect, but now she started to take advantage of her.

Is she calling her stupid? How abominable!

She was so angry that her eyes almost popped out, but she thought that she still needed her and couldn't offend her, so she couldn't do anything about her. In the end, she could only stare at her, squeezed out a "yes" from her teeth, and then turned her head to the side, not wanting to look at her anymore.

Jiang Chuyue was happy to see her like this, and thought of a lot of things at the same time. She glanced at Xiao Qing who was still looking at the scenery outside the car window, smiled sarcastically, then retracted her gaze, and then had some plans in her mind.

The Jiang family had been forced into a dead end by the three forces, and her brothers had been killed by those people in various ways. Now she was the only bloodline left in the Jiang family. Her father knew that he could no longer support himself, so he had to win over the Xiao family through marriage, which led to the formation of a three-way balance of power in Kyoto.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 524: A visitor from Kyoto 11 However, the Xiao family was ambitious, and they were only being wooed on the surface. Her father saw through their thoughts, and in order to protect her, the only bloodline, from being held hostage by others, he used the excuse that Kyoto was too chaotic and that war was about to break out, and had someone escort her to the southern base to hide for a while, and when the situation in Kyoto stabilized, he would take her back to marry the Xiao family.

When the Xiao family found out about this, they initially disagreed. But later, probably because they thought of Shen Ran's ability and learned that he had a base, they coveted his power and wanted to win him over to expand their own power. So they not only agreed, but also sent people to escort her, but Xiao Qing was also added to the escort.

But everyone knew that Shen Ran was not easy to approach, especially with a purpose, so the Xiao family did not dare to tell the purpose of sending Xiao Qing here, lest Shen Ran knew about it and directly rejected her, and was on guard. They just thought that they were afraid that she would be lonely on the road, so they asked Xiao Qing to accompany her so that she would have a companion.

However, their intentions are known to everyone.

Xiao Qing thought she had concealed it well, but her expression was so clear on her face that it was hard for people not to see it, but they just didn't say it out loud.

Besides, Xiao Qing is a companion, she is so noble now, she can't afford to look down on others. If she didn't think of relying on Xiao's father in Kyoto and protecting their strength, she would have to endure Xiao Qing's many difficulties, provocations and insults along the way.

But now, she had killed more than half of her own people because of her previous suicidal behavior. Among the remaining dozen escorts, more than half were her own people. Now that she was in Shen Ran's territory again, she didn't want to continue to be bullied by her. When she arrived at the base, she would find a chance to separate from her.

She wants to take advantage of me? Dream on.

——

In the car in front, Zhang Yue took the letter that Shen Ran handed to her and read it. Then he looked up and asked, "This letter only asks us to help take care of Jiang Chuyue, so should we send someone to rescue him as well?"

The letter said that the power of the Jiang family had been almost completely weakened, and they had no choice but to win over the Xiao family. However, he did not say too much in the letter, only asking Shen Ran to help take care of Jiang Chuyue and not let their only bloodline die, as a way of repaying his favor.

Whether or not to repay the favor is another matter. But that person is, after all, the one sitting at the top, and now he is in a precarious situation. If Shen Ran has a friendly relationship with him, it would be the right thing to do to save him.

Shen Ran shook his head. "Those people will not allow anyone to rescue him, otherwise they would not have kept on chasing him. Only when he is gone will they have a strong excuse to occupy their own places. If we rescue him, the three forces will unite and keep an eye on our base. If they gather bases across the country to deal with us, it will involve a wider range of people and cause more deaths.

If the foreigners had already cleared out the zombies and invaded us, wouldn't it be a great advantage for them to take advantage of us if we suffered heavy casualties? Since he didn't ask me to help in his letter, it means he had already thought of this, and didn't ask me to help in order to prevent more people from sacrificing in this battle for power."

"But didn't you say you still owed him a favor? Just taking care of Jiang Chuyue, is such a simple thing enough to repay him?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 525: Someone from Kyoto 12 What happened in Kyoto was just an internal conflict, not a national hatred. Zhang Yue, a second-generation military officer, had no way of stopping other people's ambitions. She was not so great that she thought she could take on all the things just because she had some ability.

However, people who practice Taoism pay the most attention to the theory of cause and effect. If taking care of Jiang Chuyue is not enough to repay the favor, it may have a negative impact on his future practice. This is actually what she is mainly worried about.

Seeing that she was worried about him, Shen Ran explained to her: "It's okay, I just owe him a small favor, and helping him take care of Jiang Chuyue is enough to pay it back."

The reason why his marriage report was approved so quickly was that he called that person to ask for this favor, otherwise their marriage certificate would not have been approved so quickly.

However, this favor is not very big, but to them, or to be more precise, to Shen Ran, it is very meaningful.

Because of this favor, he was able to marry the beautiful woman early. So, when he read the letter, he immediately agreed.

The man from the Jiang family also knew that this favor was not very big, and he didn't know if he would be able to live to see his daughter again. He didn't have a strong background and was on someone else's territory. If his request was too excessive, not only would he fail to find shelter for his daughter, it would also be very likely to be harmful to her.

Shen Ran was the highest commander of the base. Although he was a very upright person, it would be impossible for anyone to use any means to control him. Therefore, he only asked him to help look after his daughter. This was something that Shen Ran could do easily. Even if he didn't look after her in person, as long as he said that Jiang Chuyue was under his protection, how many people in the base would dare to bully his daughter? He saw it very clearly and thought very clearly, so he didn't dare to ask for too much.

After hearing what he said, Zhang Yue decided not to dwell on the matter anymore since it was enough to repay the favor and would not affect him.

Shen Ran said there would be no special treatment, and there really would be no special treatment. No matter whether it was Xiao Qing or Jiang Chuyue, they had to stay in the observation room for two or three hours, and after coming out, they would be arranged in the temporary living area.

However, the base here is so large, and there are more houses than people. Even if it is a temporary residential area, except that the furniture is not very luxurious, it is much more spacious, clean and solid than the houses in Kyoto.

Today's Kyoto has experienced the apocalypse for more than two years, and then experienced a zombie attack. It has not been properly repaired, and then the war for power has begun. It is no longer the prosperous Kyoto. Many parts of the base have been destroyed. Even people with high status can't live in much more spacious places than here.

Xiao Qing was surprised in her heart, but she didn't want others to notice, so she pretended to be disdainful and even pointed out a few places she was dissatisfied with. She said, "I am the daughter of the Xiao family in Kyoto. I came all the way here, and you let me live in such a shabby place?"

After hearing this, Jiang Chuyue looked at her as if she was an idiot.

This Xiao Qing, if you say she is stupid, sometimes she has a lot of little tricks, and she is the kind that makes people feel annoyed. But if you say she is smart, she is really stupid, and often speaks nonsense when she can't see the situation clearly. It was like this before when she couldn't see the situation and wanted to separate the crystal cores, and it is still like this now.

The house here is almost new, the doors, windows and walls are all intact, and the furniture inside is complete, just not high-end, but they are all new. How can it be as shabby as she said? She is clearly like this, you don't know how to write the word "death" until you do it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 526: Someone from Kyoto 13 However, since she wanted to die, she was too lazy to remind her and would just wait and see her make a fool of herself.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Li Xu, who brought them in, saw Xiao Qing's picky look, and his originally smiling face immediately fell.

Humph, he hasn't forgotten that she ran out to share the crystal core. He hated her greedy look at that time. Now she is acting arrogantly in front of him, criticizing and disdaining him many times. Does she really think that their southern part is far away from Kyoto and they don't know the situation in that remote area? He thought: What's wrong with being the daughter of the Xiao family? What's wrong with coming here from far away? Did we invite you? It's good enough that we can let you into the base. What qualifications do you have to dislike this place? You actually act like a rich girl in our southern part and make a fuss here. If you are not satisfied, just go back to your Xiao family.

However, he was a leader after all, and he was usually friendly to the people, so he didn't say what was in his mind directly, but just replied to her coldly: "Our base has many people and few resources, so it is indeed a bit shabby. Since Miss Xiao doesn't like living here, there is no better place. Why don't you go back to the Xiao family to live?"

"I......"

Xiao Qing: Given her status as the daughter of the Xiao family, shouldn't the other party immediately give her a better house after she pointed that out? Why is it different from what she thought? Should they let her move back to the Xiao family? Although the house she lived in before was not small, there were many people in her family. With her status in the Xiao family, no matter how noble she was, she could not compare with those powerful brothers, so the room she could get was only a few dozen square meters. How could it compare with the two bedrooms and two living rooms here that she can use all by herself.

The reason why she disliked it was probably because the furniture here was not high-end enough and did not match her status.

But she didn't expect Li Xu to be so rude and ask her to go back to the Xiao family. She was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Seeing Jiang Chuyue looking at her with a half-smile, she immediately realized that she was being laughed at. Her face, which was originally a little angry, suddenly smiled sweetly. She said, "Chief Li, you are joking. I am a guest, so I will follow the host's wishes. I will stay wherever you arrange for me to stay."

Seeing that she was no longer making a fuss, Li Xu nodded, "If that's the case, then let's do it." After that, he turned to Jiang Chuyue and said, "Miss Jiang, your house is the same as this one, but on the other side, please follow me."

Seeing that he really arranged it like this, Xiao Qing was furious. When Li Xu turned his back and couldn't see her, she glared at him fiercely. She was very unhappy at first, but when she heard that Jiang Chuyue lived in the same place as hers and didn't get any special treatment, she finally felt a little better.

After listening to Li Xu's words, Jiang Chuyue did not show any dissatisfaction in her heart. She nodded and followed Li Xu.

Xiao Qing did not follow them, and the people they brought had been arranged to live somewhere else, not far away from them.

After entering the house, it was just as Li Xu said, similar to Xiao Qing's, also a simple two-bedroom apartment. However, it was more than enough for her to live alone.

At this time, Li Xu said to her: "I'm sorry, Miss Jiang, because our leader has just led us to clean up a city, and there are still many things to arrange and deal with later, so you have to stay here for the time being. After two days, our leader will arrange everything and arrange another place for you to live."

"It's okay, it's actually quite nice here, and I'm not such a princess. I've lived in worse places before." Jiang Chuyue replied politely with a grateful smile.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 527: A visitor from Kyoto 14 "That's good,"

Seeing her so calm, unlike Xiao Qing who relied on her status to put on airs and be picky, Li Xu felt deeply: She really is worthy of being a daughter raised in a wealthy family. Not only is she beautiful, dignified and elegant, but she is also calm in the face of difficulties.

I couldn't help but look up to her, and my voice became more natural, easy-going and gentle when I spoke to her.

"Then you can take a look and see if there is anything missing or needs to be supplemented. If there is, please make a list. I will have someone come to explain the rules of the base to you tomorrow. When the time comes, you can give him the list and he will help you get things done."

Jiang Chuyue turned around and took a quick look, and saw that all the utensils here were indeed similar to those at Xiao Qing's place. If she was still the noble lady she used to be, it would be a bit too inadequate to use such a house to host her.

However, she will soon no longer be the noble daughter. In fact, she is not much different from ordinary people now. The only thing she relies on is her father's few remaining connections, so it is not her turn to be picky.

She was not like Xiao Qing, who always acted superior and wanted others to praise her. She was a hard-working person, and the conditions here and the current situation, not to mention that they had said that it was only temporary and she would be reassigned in two days.

People should know how to be content, so she really has nothing to complain about.

Moreover, she was given a separate house so she didn't have to live with Xiao Qing. This gave her the opportunity to get rid of the Xiao family, so she would not be picky.

After looking at the layout of the room, she turned around and smiled at Li Xu and said, "No need, everything here is very complete, there is nothing missing or supplemented, your arrangements are very thoughtful, thank you."

In this way, the two women settled down in the base in the same state but with different mentalities.

However, the base's rules state that, except for the first three days of adaptation, everyone must go out to work in exchange for food. If you don't want to go out to work, unless someone is willing to support you with the resources they earn, you will starve.

Such regulations pose no pressure to Jiang Chuyue.

She graduated with a master's degree in physics, so after living in the temporary residence for a week, she met with Shen Ran and talked about her ideas for the future, and then she was arranged to work in the base's research institute. The welfare benefits here are very good, and the place to live is also near the research institute, so the level is naturally much higher. The most important thing is that she no longer has to see Xiao Qing from time to time, always looking down on others with her dog eyes to seek a sense of existence.

And the people she brought with her have been incorporated into Shen Ran's army. As long as they perform well in the team, they can become a small force of their own. With the support of her relationship with Shen Ran, she lives a very comfortable life in the research institute.

However, the rules of the base were difficult for Xiao Qing to endure. She graduated from the dance department of an art school. If it were in the civilized era, she could have gone into the entertainment industry, but it was a pity that it was the end of the world. It was not easy to survive in the end of the world. How many people were willing to spend unnecessary resources to watch others dance? Therefore, this profession disappeared temporarily in the end of the world.

Moreover, Xiao Qing felt that with her status, why did she need to work herself? If there was any work to be done, it should be done by the people who protected her, and then they would earn money and use it to support her.

Moreover, she came here with a mission . Her mission was to seduce Shen Ran with the beauty trick, and then bring him to the Xiao family and make him a helper of the Xiao family.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 528: A surprise counterattack 1 I don't know what they are thinking. There have always been countless people who like Shen Ran. If the beauty trap works, there would be so many women around him. Why would he have to stay single for so many years before getting married?

So, although this mission sounds simple, it is difficult to do.

Xiao Qing hasn't seen Shen Ran since she entered the base. Even if she wanted to look for him, how could she find him when she didn't even know where he was? So, she stayed in the base for more than a month, and the beauty trap she had originally planned could not be carried out at all.

In addition to the honey trap, she also had another mission, which was that the head of the Xiao family asked her to find out the depth and development of the base. However, she had been living in the temporary residential area, and people in this area were not allowed to enter the official base area without approval.

Shen Ran was very strict in this regard, so she couldn't go deep into the base to record the conditions inside and send them back to the Xiao family.

Two months later, news finally came from Kyoto that the two strongest forces in Kyoto had launched a war against Jiang Chuyue's father. Her father fought back with his life, but was eventually defeated and died tragically. After his death, the two forces started a new round of competition. As a result, when both sides were injured, the Xiao family, which had the smallest power and was least favored, took advantage of the situation and became the biggest winner.

Two months passed, and the Xiao family sent people to pick them up, but they only took Xiao Qing back. They kept silent about Jiang Chuyue, as if the Xiao family didn't even have her as their fiancée. Everyone could see the meaning of this attitude.

"Are you okay?"

Because their personalities are very compatible, Zhang Yue and Jiang Chuyue are now good friends, knowing that she was engaged to the Xiao family before she came here.

But now Jiang Chuyue's father is dead, and she is the only girl left. Without the support of the family, the Xiao family acted as if the engagement had never happened. From the time they met to the time they left, they didn't even look at Jiang Chuyue.

Her father had just died and her fiancé had left her. When the Xiao family's car was so far away that it was almost out of sight, Zhang Yue turned her head and looked at her with a little concern.

Jiang Chuyue's gaze did not retract until she could no longer see the Xiao family's car. She took a deep breath, turned around and smiled and replied to her, "I'm fine! In fact, we had already thought that they would do this. The Xiao family is actually very snobbish. The reason why we proposed a marriage with them before was only because of the situation. They also agreed to the engagement because they thought it would be good for them to marry us. I don't actually have any feelings for the Xiao family's fiancé.

Now they don't recognize me as their fiancée and haven't taken me back. I think this is a good thing. Otherwise, I would have no backing and would have to rely on them to make a living. I would have been oppressed by them for the rest of my life. It would have been hard for me to live like this, and I would have nowhere to complain if I was wronged. If one day they dumped me and married another woman in order to expand their power, wouldn't I be even more miserable? So, I am glad that they didn't take me away."

Zhang Yue had thought about what she said before, but just thinking about it was one thing, and now seeing the Xiao family's chilling behavior with his own eyes was another. As an outsider, Zhang Yue felt a little angry when he saw their indifferent attitude, let alone the person involved.

Zhang Yue was worried that Jiang Chuyue would be sad.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 529: Counterattack 2 But now seeing that she didn't look sad because she wasn't picked up, but rather relaxed, Zhang Yue finally felt relieved and nodded in agreement with what she said, "You're right. You're here, and with us here, we can help each other. If we go to Kyoto, even if we want to help, we can't help much."

"Yes." Jiang Chuyue took her hand and said to her with a smile: "I have you and Shen Ran here to support me. Who in the base dares to bully me? So, why should I be sad if they don't take me back? I am so happy."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

——

Jiang Chuyue returned to the research institute, and Zhang Yue followed Shen Ran back to the base center.

As soon as he entered the room, Shen Ran said to Li Xu: "Go and notify the leaders of each regiment and ask everyone to send out half of their men to prepare for battle."

"yes!"

After Li Xu left, Zhang Yue asked, "Is it confirmed that they will strike back?"

Shen Ran nodded. "The people they brought with them have stopped in Zeng City, which is across from our base in An City. As long as they go back and reunite, they will bring people to attack us within three days."

"Will our base be destroyed by them?"

"Don't worry, they don't have many people to begin with, and the journey is long, so even fewer people will come. The south is our territory, and it won't be easy for them to take over our base when we're not paying attention, and it's even more impossible for them to destroy our base. I won't give them that chance."

The Xiao family had great ambitions. They brought tens of thousands of people to pick someone up, but only a few dozen people arrived at the base. With such an action, anyone with a little bit of brains could guess what they were up to.

They thought they had done it very secretly, but they didn't expect that they had already been discovered and reported by the team from their base who went there for adventure.

They stayed in the base for a week, probably to get a feel for the situation at their base. Now that they are leaving, they must think they have gotten the feel of the base almost completely, so they will soon bring people to attack us.

However, Shen Ran already knew their thoughts and was on guard against them. How could he let them find out the real situation in the base? All they could find out were just unimportant appearances.

So, as soon as they left, he immediately started to prepare for war.

Xiao Jingyang didn't know that his plan had been exposed. He thought they had covered it up well. Now on his way back, he was criticizing his half-sister, whom he had always looked down upon.

"What's the point of you being alive? I asked you to win over Shen Ran, but you couldn't. I asked you to spy on the situation at their base, but you couldn't do it either. We in the Xiao family feed you well, just to feed a useless person? You can't even do a little thing, and you still want me to do it myself. When you go back, don't even think about being a rich lady anymore, just go to Hongdengju."

The red-light district he mentioned is where those people who have no ability to survive and can only survive by selling their bodies live.

"No, brother, I can do it. Please give me another chance. I don't want to go to the red light district."

Xiao Qing knew her position in the Xiao family. Although she looked very glorious from the outside, in fact, only she knew the suffering inside. Although her life had been a little better in the past two years, she still had no say in the family.

So when she heard Xiao Jingyang say that he wanted to throw her to a red-light district, she immediately panicked. She was no longer as arrogant as before. She knelt down, crying and pulling Xiao Jingyang's arm, begging for mercy.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 530: A surprise counterattack 3 Xiao Qing is the only daughter of the Xiao family. The Xiao family has raised her for so many years just to gain benefits. Otherwise, how could Xiao Jingyang's mother allow her to be brought back to the Xiao family to be raised? So no matter how much Xiao Jingyang dislikes her, he would never throw her into the red-light district.

The reason why he said that just now was because she had been in the southern base for almost half a year, but had not completed any of the tasks assigned to her. He was very dissatisfied with her performance and said that deliberately to scare her.

Xiao Jingyang didn't like the illegitimate daughter born by the woman who destroyed their happy family. He didn't have much pity for her pitiful appearance. Instead, he bent down and pinched her chin, saying indifferently: "If you don't want to go to the red light district, it's okay, but when you return to the base, you must obey the arrangements and marry into the Liang family, and then gather information for us there and report to us. Otherwise, you should know the consequences."

After saying that, he released the hand that was pinching her chin and gently patted her fair face a few times.

The Liang family was one of the two strongest forces before. The last time they fought against the other side, although the Xiao family gained the advantage, they failed to completely replace them. They just changed from the weakest side to the strongest side. The two forces are still alive in Kyoto, but their current strength is not as strong as that of the Xiao family.

However, the power of these two parties is very deep, and the Xiao family is worried that they will rise again and make them the weakest party again, and they will be suppressed by them forever. This is what they least want to see.

Since they were unable to eradicate those two forces, in order to ensure that the Xiao family would always remain the leader of Kyoto, they planned to marry one of them.

They thought the Liang family was the best choice.

They asked Xiao Qing to marry into the Xiao family as an undercover agent and infiltrate their inner circle. They asked her to report the Liang family's situation to them from time to time. Then they would find a way to infiltrate the other party and slowly disintegrate their power, and then take them down in one fell swoop.

"Liang family?" Xiao Qing was stunned for a moment, "But didn't you say before that you wanted to win over Shen Ran? Their base is so big, and their influence is even greater. If I marry him, wouldn't it be more cost-effective than marrying the Liang family?"

Although the Liang family was very powerful before, there was no one who looked good, not to mention that it was not as good as the Xiao family now. Xiao Qing didn't want to marry them at all. Since it was the same as marrying someone and also seeking benefits for the Xiao family, why didn't she choose to marry the person she liked? Although that person already had a woman, with the strength of their Xiao family, she believed that she could beat Zhang Yue and snatch Shen Ran away.

After hearing her say this, how could Xiao Jingyang not understand what she was thinking? He laughed, but this laugh was chilling.

I only heard him say in a cold voice: "This is a decision that Dad and Big Brother have discussed. You don't get to choose. You just need to obey and don't think about those things. If you don't want to, go to the red light district. It's your choice."

Before, they asked Xiao Qing to come to the south, in addition to using the beauty trap to win him over, they actually had the same plan as dealing with the Liang family. However, the south was still too far away, and many things were inconvenient. In addition, Shen Ran was a stubborn person, and their plan could not be implemented at all.

They had lost their patience with Shen Ran's refusal to acknowledge him, so this time he brought tens of thousands of people with him under the pretext of picking up his sister. Of course, he couldn't think that his tens of thousands of people could take down a base of millions of people, so he had to resort to other methods, and he had thought of a way.

Since they were about to fall out, how could they let Xiao Qing marry Shen Ran and waste resources? (End of this chapter)