Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 477: 317, Family Members_2

“What, are you worried someone will see me here at your place?” Li Changqing tucked away his irritation and asked with a smile, “What’s there to be afraid of, if one is upright, one doesn’t fear a crooked shadow… All right, all right, don’t be angry, next time I’ll make sure to hang the ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign.”

“I’m not angry,” Qing Chen shook his head, “If you indeed find it easier to fall asleep here, I don’t mind; I can rest on the lounge chair outside.”

Li Changqing thought carefully, she had actually lied; there was nothing particularly unique about the smell of the bed, just a dry scent that lingered after being washed and often aired out.

But when she lay in this bed, she really felt a strange sense of safety.

This feeling of security wasn’t an empty illusion, it seemed to have started when Qing Chen had desperately rushed into the building with her during an attack.

Li Changqing smiled, “Then I won’t stand on ceremony with you; next time I can’t sleep, I’ll come here.”

“You look very tired, has a lot been happening in City 18 recently?” Qing Chen asked.

“Yes,” Li Changqing said, “Jindai and Deer Island have been restless, even Qing’s shadow candidates have joined the disturbance, a few might die in the next few days. Now, City 18 is truly a city of spies, everyone wants to gain something from the Li Family’s power transition. Even yesterday, Qing’s shadow appeared.”

Qing Chen curiously asked, “Who is Qing’s shadow exactly? What’s his name?”

Li Changqing shook her head, “I don’t know.”

Qing Chen didn’t know how to describe his feelings; he knew Qing’s shadow hadn’t arrived in the city just yesterday, he had been here for a while.

And, perhaps he was right now drinking tea on the 132nd floor of Luo Shen Building.

“What is Qing’s shadow’s purpose for coming to City 18?” Qing Chen wondered aloud.

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“That’s the weirdest part, you know he came here with a purpose, but you can’t guess what it is,” Li Changqing frowned and said, “He’s like an observer, not participating in anything, just watching. But you don’t know what he’s observing.”

Qing Chen asked, “How much longer will you be busy?”

Li Changqing thought for a moment, “Soon, maybe soon I won’t have to be this busy.”

A chill went through Qing Chen, the storm clouds hanging over City 18 seemed finally about to break.

This also meant that the Time Travelers controlled by Jindai and Deer Island in the Outer World were probably about to make a move.

Li Changqing didn’t want to talk about it anymore, she looked at Qing Chen with a nonchalant smile, “Don’t make me talk about work when I’m here; tell me, what’s the deal with the Happy Sect? The old man handed over so many of the Li Family’s brightest young ones to you, and you teach them this stuff?”

Qing Chen: “…”

He knew Li Changqing would ask about this tonight.

Damn his reputation!

“Enough joking, I know you are a serious person,” Li Changqing said while sitting on the bed, smiling broadly, “But you’re pretty good at hiding, even fooling me saying you are a Genetic Warrior.”

Qing Chen explained patiently, “That cultivation method was secretly given to me by the old man a few days ago, I just received it. And it truly is a legitimate system of cultivation, even I didn’t expect this turn.”

“Huh?” Li Changqing was curious, “Why is the old man so good to you?”

“You’d have to ask him that,” Qing Chen said.

“If you’re his secret child from outside, you’d better tell me early,” Li Changqing said.

Qing Chen changed the subject, “I see you are very tired, you should also pay attention to rest appropriately.”

“Can’t rest,” Li Changqing sighed, “With my identity, wherever I go I have to maintain a facade, not because I want to, but because someone in my position has to, to make subordinates respectful and enemies fearful. Over the years, whenever my motorcade leaves the hillside manor, it gets watched, I haven’t even been able to properly see the changes in City 18, unless someday I’m no longer with the Li Family, maybe then I can be a bit more carefree.”

“That’s really tough,” Qing Chen said sincerely.

Just then, Li Changqing’s eyes lit up, “Tomorrow night, you take me out through this corridor, let’s go have fun in City 18?”

Qing Chen hurriedly said, “No, no, City 18 is very dangerous right now, I can’t allow you to do such a capricious thing.”

Truth be told, Qing Chen felt quite sorry for Li Changqing, who even had to be watched when going out for leisure, every move overly scrutinized.

“Heartless,” Li Changqing pouted, “I can wrap myself up tightly, and as long as we don’t leave through the main gate of the hillside manor, who would guess I’m Li Changqing? I just want to experience City 18 as an ordinary person, consider it a thank you for your kindness these past days!”

Qing Chen thought about it and finally sighed, “Okay.”

Li Changqing’s eyes sparkled, she jumped off the bed and walked up to Qing Chen, “It’s a deal then, see you tomorrow night, pinky promise!”

She said, extending her slender pinky finger.

Qing Chen hesitated and didn’t stretch out his hand, but saw Li Changqing grab his arm and force a pinky promise, “No going back on it, okay?”

After that, Li Changqing walked out spiritedly, seemingly her fatigue swept away, “Don’t hide from me tomorrow, I’ll be following you wherever you go.”

She opened the small door of Autumn Leaf Courtyard; outside, Xiao Ying and the others were silently waiting, even Lao Jiu, who had previously been recuperating from an injury, had rejoined them.