Chapter 84: An Unexpected Visit

She twisted open the cap, took a few gulps. Her voice carried impatience:

The organization came to me today. They want to retrieve that little one.

Zhou Ye was stunned.

The organization retrieving? How did they take it away?

He paused, then asked tentatively.

So you felt uncomfortable that the little one was taken away? That’s why you hit me?

Ah, no no no, it was a spar, a spar, hehehe.

Lin Qingxue glanced at him, and Zhou Ye’s smile instantly vanished.

She continued.

No. I kept her. And I almost kept the leader, that Manager Wang or whatever. Screw it, it doesn’t matter. I almost left him there too.

Zhou Ye was dumbfounded, his voice changing.

No way, Sister Lin, that’s not like you. Have you actually started to care about that little thing? I thought she was in a pretty bad state.

Lin Qingxue didn’t speak. She lay on the sofa, staring at the ceiling.

Zhou Ye didn’t know why she was silent. Did he say something wrong?

He thought for a moment and continued.

Well, that little thing is indeed a hidden danger. Why don’t you just send her to a welfare home or something? Keeping her here feels, um, kind of weird.

Lin Qingxue still didn’t speak, but the air in the room seemed to grow colder.

Zhou Ye shivered and forced himself to go on.

And given your personality, you shouldn’t be good at taking care of people, right? And you really shouldn’t have stopped them. You should have let them take that mute kid away.

Lin Qingxue’s aura turned even frostier.

She finally spoke, her voice drifting out like ice.

So you think I’m violent? Cold-hearted? Fine. I’ll show you what violence and cold-heartedness really mean.

She sat up and made as if to drag Zhou Ye to the ring.

Zhou Ye quickly retreated, nearly tipping his chair over, his voice changing.

Hey, no no no no! Sister! I’ll stop talking! I won’t talk! Weren’t you the one who said we should only talk about business? You, you, you shouldn’t have come just to spar with me, there must be something else, right? It’s not just about the mute kid being taken away, is it?

Lin Qingxue lay back down, her voice carrying a trace of fatigue.

I’ll settle scores with you later. Let’s deal with this matter first.

She rubbed her temples.

That guy Luo told me that Manager Wang’s nephew was carrying a micro camera, recording the whole mission in real time. His after-sales service has caused me a lot of trouble, and I almost chopped that privileged brat.

Zhou Ye gulped and didn’t dare to respond.

Lin Qingxue continued.

In the end, Luo guaranteed to the higher-ups that we could keep the little one. But at least I need to give them some explanation. The organization said they would send someone to my place to inspect, meaning they’ll live with me or near me, to monitor in real time.

Her voice turned cold.

Damn it. I hate being watched. The main thing is to see if that little blind girl affects my mission efficiency. And the day after tomorrow is my mission. I’m afraid that guy might come to harm the little one. So I came to ask you what to do. Plus, no one is feeding her. What if she starves to death?

Zhou Ye was silent.

He remembered the first time he met Lin Qingxue. Back then, he was clueless, thought she was beautiful, and wanted her to be his girlfriend.

He didn’t know that she had two personalities, day and night. During the day, she was easy to get along with. But when he tried to ask her out at night and confessed his feelings, he ended up in the hospital for a month.

Later, he found out she was third on the mission leaderboard, and she always completed tasks the fastest and best, without any mercy. Now she had done something like this for a little one. He could hardly believe it.

Lin Qingxue saw the changing expressions on Zhou Ye’s face and punched him on the head.

Hey, I came to you to solve a problem, not to watch you make faces. Hurry up and tell me what to do. My head is killing me.

Zhou Ye took the punch and didn’t dare to daydream anymore. He obediently said,

Well, how about letting him stay at my place? Or at Shen Nian’s? If that’s not possible, we could hire a delivery person to feed her?

Lin Qingxue shook her head.

The day after tomorrow is an escort mission. You’re coming with me. Shen Nian is out traveling, not in the country. And are you stupid? Keeping a person at home.

She has no documents, nothing. I’m afraid someone will report me for child abuse. And if they investigate my identity, they won’t find anything, but if the higher-ups find out, they’ll lecture me.

I don’t want to hear it. And you know, with my personality, I don’t have many friends except Bai Xue, and Shen Nian. No one else. That’s why I came to you. I’ve already thought all this through.

Zhou Ye thought for a while and said,

I have a… well, not really a solution. Will it work?

Lin Qingxue nodded.

Go ahead, tell me. Something is better than nothing.

Zhou Ye spoke.

Well, how about I get an automatic feeder? At set times, it dispenses porridge or something. When she’s hungry, she can eat by herself?

After hearing this, Lin Qingxue kicked him directly in the stomach, knocking him to the ground, and cursed,

Are you treating her like a dog? And she’s blind, how would she know where the food is? I thought about that too, but it’s obviously not feasible.

Zhou Ye rubbed his stomach and got up. He coughed a few times and touched his head.

Well, that was just a joke to lighten the mood. I do have a real idea, but I don’t know if it’ll work. Hmm, I can use my authority to check the list of people assigned to you.

I should be able to manipulate it. Well… you can choose someone you trust. But with your personality, there’s probably no one in the organization you really trust.

You even fought with Luo Qianning, ranked twelfth, and it spread internally. Probably no one really dares to come to your place.

Lin Qingxue thought for a moment and said,

Bring up the list the higher-ups arranged. Let me see.

Zhou Ye took out his laptop, fiddled with it, brought up the list, and turned the screen toward Lin Qingxue.

Lin Qingxue glanced at it and clicked her tongue.

Damn, Luo Qianning. Is she really not afraid I’ll beat her to death? And that woman hates me to death. I bet she’ll do something to the mute girl. Maybe after she arrives, I’ll break her arms and legs.

She thought for a moment.

No, if I do that, who will feed the mute girl?

She stared at the screen for a long time, then said,

Scroll down. Is there someone called Luo Xiaoning?

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