IRCDM Chapter 39

Chapter 39: A Return Gift, You’re Not Even on the List

In the Black Market’s temporary conference room, a detailed dynamic map of the entire Black Market and a panoramic view of the Eastern Third District were being displayed.

Liang Huan sat in the main seat of the conference room, with Ling Xuan and Yue Hang on either side. Deng Meng, Lu Biao, and Chen Jia sat opposite them, each with a different expression as they looked at the map in front of them.

“Although the Black Market is said to be a lawless zone, it actually has a lot of grey and black market dealings. Over the years, Yu Wan Yao has set high tax rates for the merchants on the fifteenth floor, most of which is handed over to the administrators of the Eastern Third District’s Administrative Court. The two sides have a tacit understanding about this. Although the Eastern Third District is chaotic, the taxes paid by the Black Market and the Mercenary Base are comparable to those of the First and Second Districts. This is also why the Administrative Court turns a blind eye to the Black Market and the Mercenary Base.” Ling Xuan tapped the screen in front of her, and dozens of detailed data reports unfolded above the map.

“These are some reports I made temporarily yesterday. The first few are about the Black Market’s various businesses, tax rates, and development prospects. These are feasibility reports on cracking down on illegal transactions. The next one is a comparison chart of the Black Market and the Mercenary Base and their market share in the Eastern District. The last one is the approximate industry structure of the entire Eastern District base,” she said. “Mr. Liang can use it as a simple reference.”

Yue Hang, Deng Meng, and the others were shocked by the enormous numbers and looked at her with newfound respect.

They originally thought that Liang Huan was only reluctantly recruiting Ling Xuan in order to completely take control of the lower seven floors, after all, she looked like a frail old woman. But which old woman could produce dozens of detailed data reports overnight and still look so energetic? It almost made people want to kneel down and call her grandma.

Liang Huan looked through the reports and looked at Ling Xuan with satisfaction and appreciation: “Ms. Ling, you’ve worked hard. This information and data are very useful to us.”

Ling Xuan nodded: “But the most important thing now is to re-establish contact with the Administrative Court of the Third District.”

“How so?” Liang Huan asked, following her train of thought.

Ling Xuan opened several holographic portrait images. The first one was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with thin limbs but a round belly, his fat face gleaming with oil, and a cloying smile.

“His name is Ling Zao, and he’s the current head of the Administrative Court of the Third District. He and Yu Wan Yao have been old acquaintances for many years, colluding with each other and accumulating countless wealth. He also has cooperation with the Red Light District in the Fourth District, harming countless lives.” Ling Xuan’s disgust was undisguised. “Yu Wan Yao’s death was too sudden, and Mr. Liang’s control was so swift that he probably hasn’t reacted yet. However, this person has always bullied the weak and feared the strong. Before he figures out the situation, he probably won’t act rashly.”

Yue Hang said: “Ms. Ling, may I ask, he also has the surname Ling, are you two—”

“He’s my younger brother,” Ling Xuan said with some sarcasm. “I was able to be exiled to the Black Market thanks to his pushing the boat along. Later, he even sent people to assassinate me in the Black Market, but that’s a personal grudge. Ling Zao is greedy for money and lustful, and also suspicious by nature. He has very close ties with the East 1 Rich District. My suggestion is to stabilize him for the time being, and then make other plans.”

Lu Biao and Chen Jia were good at fighting, but they were a bit clueless about these complicated matters. Deng Meng was good at flattering and making people happy, but he was even more at a loss. Yue Hang was extremely capable and reliable, but asking such a person to be insincere and play along would be worse than taking his life. They looked at each other, and finally looked at Liang Huan, waiting for him to make a decision.

Liang Huan glanced at them. The most suitable candidate was originally Ling Xuan, but she had old grudges with Ling Zao. If she went, she would probably suffer. After thinking about it, Liang Huan had to go himself.

He sighed, looking at the “important officials” in front of him. He still had too few capable people under his command. If Li Yao could be used, it would be easy for him to stabilize Ling Zao with his brain and eloquence. Unfortunately.

“This matter is not urgent for the time being. There are many eyes staring at the Black Market, wanting to see what we are going to do. They won’t act rashly until they are completely sure, at most they will probe,” Liang Huan said, flipping through the map in front of him. “This period of time is crucial for us.”

Yue Hang nodded: “In addition to the Eastern Third District Administrative Court, we also need to maintain good relations with the Mercenary Base on the opposite side. The Black Market is not suitable for continuing to use force now.”

Liang Huan looked at him: “Yue Hang, how is the reorganization of the bodyguard team going?”

“According to Brother Liang’s wishes, Yu Wan Yao’s bodyguards and the bodyguards from the lower seven floors have been mixed together and uniformly renamed the Shenfeng Team. There are a total of 336 people divided into three groups. One group is led by me personally, the second group is Deng Meng, and the third group is Lu Biao. The second group is responsible for the ground, and the third group is responsible for the underground.”

“The number is still too small,” Liang Huan said. “Offer employment conditions. Anyone from the upper and lower floors can sign up. Pay attention to reviewing their backgrounds. Reorganize a patrol group. The number should be at least 600. Yue Hang, you will train them personally. The patrol group belongs to Shenfeng and is led by you personally. Deng Meng, you withdraw first.”

“Okay,” Yue Hang nodded.

Deng Meng touched his nose a little uncomfortably.

“Deng Meng, you follow Ms. Ling,” Liang Huan said. “Many of the Black Market’s current policies and resource allocation are very chaotic. Follow Ms. Ling to learn more. You can discuss the specific personnel allocation for each floor.”

Deng Meng instantly cheered up: “Okay, Brother Liang!”

“Chen Jia, you are still responsible for the specific allocation of resources. You are careful, and I am not at ease entrusting these things to others,” Liang Huan said with a smile. “You have to stabilize our rear.”

Chen Jia nodded repeatedly: “Brother Liang, you can rest assured if you leave it to me.”

Liang Huan said: “We are just getting started now, and we can’t rush things. The trading market on the fifteenth floor is the main source of income for the Black Market. We can’t brutally cut off illegal transactions. We have to give everyone a transition period…”

The meeting lasted for more than six hours. When it ended, Ling Xuan had already drafted a Black Market development plan. Everyone got busy.

Liang Huan left Ling Xuan behind for a small meeting. The two of them talked until late at night before Liang Huan let her leave. He looked at the Eastern Third District map in the center of the conference room and thought for a long time. He subconsciously reached for his teacup, but the cup was empty. He then remembered to look at the time.

His relationship with Li Yao was almost at a standstill. It didn’t seem feasible to use Li Yao to break through the Mercenary Base. He needed to contact the real power holder of the base… He and Ling Xuan discussed it for most of the night. This step of the Mercenary Base was extremely crucial.

First cooperate to enter the game, then gradually nibble away and keep it for his own use.

With the relationship with Li Yao developed to this point, he had considered the situation at that time many times. Was it really necessary to trick Li Yao into the Black Market in the first place? He admitted that he was a little too hasty, but he wanted to explore the reason for his decision even more. After all, this kind of impulsive decision was really rare for him, to the point that the originally “close” relationship between the two had fallen to this point – if he had been patient, he might not have to look for others now. Using Li Yao as a breakthrough point to nibble away the Mercenary Base would be the best choice.

But then what?

Li Yao would find out that he had been using him all along. Liang Huan had seen too many people like this. They would rather die than surrender. They were not afraid of death, not afraid of infamy. That upright and unyielding spirit was their greatest asset, enough to resist countless dark schemes. In the end, they thought they were dying for a worthy cause, pointing at Liang Huan’s nose and scolding him with righteousness, making his unscrupulous methods seem so ridiculous.

Li Yao would be disappointed in him, and then leave completely. There would be no possibility between them.

But Li Yao was a good person, and affection was the greatest bargaining chip to keep a good person. Li Yao couldn’t see his true nature too late, but he couldn’t see it too early either. He had to expose himself when Li Yao was ready to open his heart and let down his guard, so that the other person would want to stay away but be unable to do anything. Only then would he have a chance to completely subdue him.

Liang Huan put his hands behind his back and lowered his eyes, looking at the unfamiliar but clear map of the Eastern Third District, and smiled slightly.

It was just a new round of games, and he would always encounter some tough nuts to crack. That’s what made it more interesting. The 3S+ genius was worth his effort.

If he got tired of playing that day—

“Bang bang bang!”

A violent knock on the door suddenly rang out, interrupting his thoughts.

Liang Huan frowned, walked over and opened the door, but the corridor outside was empty. The clock opposite the conference room showed 4:10 AM.

He rubbed his throbbing temples, turned off the lights in the conference room, and returned to his room.

However, recently he wasn’t very keen on sleeping. Perhaps the side effects of the drugs were too strong, coupled with the mental instability, he always had nightmares after closing his eyes. Although he didn’t care, seeing his closest relatives die in front of him again and again was a bit annoying. Even the chubby Jinbao had died three or four times, his head rolling to his feet, tearfully shouting, “Your Majesty, I really don’t want to be eaten by zombies again.”

If it was just the aliens occupying the palace, and the zombies and civil and military officials fighting back and forth, that would be fine. He could even laugh in his dreams.

Liang Huan sighed faintly and closed his eyes.

The next day, he rarely ran into Li Yao. This person spent most of his time sleeping. After coming out of Li Yao’s room last time, he hadn’t seen him for three or four days.

Li Yao was leaning against a pillar in the lobby on the first floor, smoking with someone. Liang Huan had good ears and could clearly hear their conversation.

“…Jing Si, I heard you can drive a mecha? How much is your mental power?” Li Yao asked.

Jing Si was a bit taciturn: “B grade.”

“Teach me, my mental power is C grade, I can’t get in,” Li Yao said with a smile. “Go drive Shenfeng when you have time.”

Jing Si said matter-of-factly: “Shenfeng is Brother Liang’s mecha. I don’t have the authority to drive it at will.”

“I’ll talk to Liang Huan,” Li Yao stared at him, carefully observing his reaction. “I heard you came from the military?”

“Brother, you’re exaggerating a bit. I used to be in the logistics department of a Dawn Group outsourcing company. I only had contact with the military during a mission,” Jing Si said.

“Hisss, your brother is exaggerating a bit too much,” Li Yao said with a smile, biting his cigarette. “Then the work you do is similar to what we mercenaries do. The commission must be high for outsourcing companies, right?”

“Don’t mention it. The group can take 5,000 out of 10,000 condensed coins, but we have to pay all the taxes ourselves. They are such a big company, and they have to rob us of this little money,” Jing Si became talkative. “Many of my colleagues couldn’t stand it and quit directly. But the group doesn’t do things properly and directly informed other companies. If it weren’t for this, I wouldn’t have come to the Black Market.”

Li Yao shook his head with a sigh: “These idiots.”

Jing Si said: “But it’s much better now. We at least have a future with Brother Liang. Brother Liang pays all the taxes, and the salary is whatever he says it is. We just got a bonus a few days ago.”

Li Yao smiled: “Yes, Liang Huan is really a good person. He is kind-hearted and told me that he is very optimistic about you and specially asked you to be responsible for the Shenfeng mecha.”

Jing Si scratched his head embarrassedly.

“Alas, he just doesn’t know how to take care of himself. He doesn’t even know to treat his injuries. As a result, he drank a cup of coffee and got mentally unstable,” Li Yao’s worried expression didn’t seem fake. His eyes were a little red from being choked by the smoke. “He stayed up most of the night yesterday. I was so distressed. He just doesn’t know how to take care of himself.”

Jing Si said: “Brother Deng used to say that Brother Liang and you were actually very close. We didn’t believe it, but now we know.”

Li Yao gritted his teeth and squeezed out a smile: “Tsk, he’s actually just a quiet person and doesn’t like to say anything. He always sneaks over at night and pesters me to sleep with him… But that three-no coffee is really ruthless. He hasn’t slept well for several days and is still unstable. It makes me want to mess with that small workshop. You guys are really brave to make it for him.”

Jing Si said self-reproachfully: “I’ve drunk it before and thought it was okay. I saw that the packaging code was genuine, and the package I made even had the logo of the Dawn Laboratory on it.”

Li Yao’s eyebrows twitched slightly: “Dawn Laboratory?”

“Yes, ordinary people may not recognize it. I used to work in their outsourcing company in logistics. They supplied this to the military,” Jing Si said. “Their laboratory factory seems to be in the Third District.”

Li Yao cursed and said with a smile: “Did you take it from inside?”

“No, someone helped me bring it over,” Jing Si recalled carefully. “He wore gloves. I even thought he was pretending… Strange, why can’t I remember what he looks like?”

“It’s okay. It’s probably because there were too many people and it was too chaotic at the time,” Li Yao said.

The two smoked for a while, and Li Yao was so easy to talk to, he immediately felt a lot closer. Jing Si said: “If Brother Liang agrees to authorize it, I can take you into the mecha. You don’t have to worry about being C grade. You can use mental power linking. I’ve tried it with my brothers. It might be a little dizzy.”

“Okay,” Li Yao took out a chip. “How about we now—”

“What are you chatting about? So happy?” A gentle voice interrupted him.

“Brother Liang,” Jing Si was startled and quickly put out his cigarette and stood up straight.

“It’s okay. Everyone has been very tired recently. It’s okay to relax occasionally,” Liang Huan said, walking down the stairs, smiling and looking at him. “Go get busy.”

Jing Si was granted amnesty and hurried away.

Liang Huan looked at Li Yao lighting another cigarette and said: “I heard Yue Hang say that your cigarettes can slightly improve your mental power. You should smoke less while taking medicine.”

Li Yao narrowed his eyes: “You’ve at least mixed up as a boss, how can you still eavesdrop?”

“I just heard it while passing by,” Liang Huan looked at him. “If you want to drive Shenfeng, Yue Hang has higher mental power. He can take you.”

Li Yao curled his lips: “No need, I was just talking casually. I can’t even smoke a cigarette. Wouldn’t all those medicines I took before getting into the mecha be for nothing?”

“It’s good that you understand,” Liang Huan lowered his eyes and looked at the cigarette in his hand.

Li Yao bit it in his mouth and raised his eyebrows: “This one doesn’t count. It’s a waste not to smoke it. One box is 10,000.”

Liang Huan took the cigarette from his mouth, pressed it against the pillar and extinguished it: “Even if one box is 1 million, I can afford it.”

Li Yao laughed and spit a puff of smoke at his face, crossing his arms.

Liang Huan frowned slightly from being choked, and stared at him thoughtfully.

“I’ll go back first if there’s nothing else,” Li Yao leaned against the pillar lazily and opened his mouth. “Let me pass.”

Liang Huan didn’t move: “Don’t knock on the door so hard next time. Half the floor was woken up by you. Doesn’t your hand hurt?”

Li Yao looked at him inexplicably: “Yo, you’re hallucinating. The situation is a bit serious.”

Liang Huan smiled: “You’re being so friendly with Jing Si. Was there really something wrong with that cup of coffee?”

“How would I know,” Li Yao wanted to touch a cigarette again, but found that the cigarette case was in Liang Huan’s hands. “When did you take it?”

“When you accused me of hallucinating,” Liang Huan put the cigarette case in his pocket. “Confiscated.”

Li Yao narrowed his eyes unhappily: “Are you trying to fight?”

“My physical strength is E-, and your mental power is E-. If we fight, we can only hurt each other,” Liang Huan made way for him, unhurriedly said. “If you really want to smoke, you can eat a piece of candy.”

Li Yao was still leaning against the pillar lazily, not intending to leave. Hearing this, he snorted and laughed: “The candy was stolen, what am I going to eat?”

“I asked someone to buy two more boxes from the East 1 Rich District,” Liang Huan said. “Go to my room to get it later.”

Li Yao stared at him suspiciously: “You wouldn’t have been swindled out of 500,000 again, would you?”

“…I’m not that stupid yet,” Liang Huan cleared his throat and stood there without moving.

Li Yao also didn’t move, leaned against the pillar and glanced at his face, the scar on it had completely disappeared: “Is your face better?”

“Yes,” Liang Huan responded.

“Should I take your pulse?”

“How have you been sleeping these days?”

The two spoke in unison, and then fell silent again, the air seemed to become thin and viscous, and even the surrounding temperature rose a bit.

Liang Huan lowered his eyes, grabbed his wrist to take his pulse, and said in a deep voice: “I’m sleeping okay. The medicine Wang Le Ren prescribed is still working.”

Li Yao’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly: “Okay.”

Liang Huan let go of his hand and said: “Drink it for a few more days. Let Wang Le Ren measure your mental power. I feel it’s much better than a few days ago. These few days, supplement it with acupuncture to clear the meridians, and maybe it can stabilize at D grade.”

Li Yao was a little disbelieving: “Is it that mysterious?”

“You can try it,” Liang Huan said with certainty.

Li Yao looked at him: “Acupuncture?”

“Come to my room tonight,” Liang Huan said. “And candy.”

Li Yao nodded, seeing that he was still standing there: “Aren’t you going to get busy?”

“I just finished breakfast,” Liang Huan pointed to the outside of the door. “Want to go for a walk?”

Li Yao was about to open his mouth when Deng Meng suddenly came in with a hurried expression, and was stunned when he saw the two standing there like pillars.

“What’s wrong?” Liang Huan asked.

Deng Meng glanced at Li Yao, hesitated, and Li Yao waved his hand: “You guys talk, I’ll go for a walk.”

Liang Huan watched him go out and turned to look at Deng Meng.

Deng Meng lowered his voice: “I bought a plane ticket to the Northern District for Xu Yunyan, but he heard that something happened in the Black Market and ran back. He insisted on seeing you and couldn’t be persuaded to leave.”

Liang Huan frowned: “Where is he now?”

Deng Meng slapped his forehead: “That’s bad, he’s right outside the door. Did Brother Li just go out?”

Li Yao looked at Xu Yunyan, who suddenly stopped him, and wondered: “Do you have something to say?”

Xu Yunyan squeezed out a smile: “Mr. Li, aren’t you a mercenary? Why do you live in the Black Market?”

“Mercenaries also have to earn money,” Li Yao walked to the side, but Xu Yunyan stopped in front of him again.

Li Yao had finally come out to breathe some fresh air after sleeping for so many days, but all he smelled was his perfume, which gave him a headache: “Do you have something to ask me?”

Xu Yunyan bit his lip: “Since you want to earn money, are you still taking on missions? I want to hire you as a bodyguard at a high price.”

Li Yao looked him up and down: “How much money?”

“Three million,” Xu Yunyan said. “But you have to stay by my side all the time and can’t leave me for even half a step until I come back from school.”

“Xu Yunyan,” a cold voice interjected.

“Brother Liang?” Xu Yunyan’s eyes immediately turned red when he saw him. “Are you really going to drive me away?”

“Li Yao is my man. You’re overestimating yourself if you want to hire him,” Liang Huan was very dissatisfied with his actions.

Xu Yunyan argued: “Brother Liang, you misunderstood. I’m, I’m afraid to go to the Northern District alone.”

“Then stay in the Black Market,” Liang Huan said lightly.

“Really?” Hope ignited in Xu Yunyan’s eyes.

“If you stay, be a resident of the Black Market and don’t have any dealings with us in the future,” Deng Meng looked at him with disappointment. “You know how many people in the Black Market want to go out to study but can’t, let alone go to the Northern District. Xu Yunyan, can you please be sober?”

Xu Yunyan looked at Liang Huan pleadingly: “Brother Liang, I want to stay by your side.”

“I don’t keep useless people by my side,” Liang Huan looked at Li Yao walking away and glanced at Deng Meng.

Deng Meng understood: “Xiao Xu, let’s go. I’ll have someone send you off.”

Xu Yunyan had no choice but to watch Liang Huan leave, and all the bodyguards around the luxurious villa were guards. He felt that he seemed to be getting further and further away from Liang Huan.

He was sent out of the courtyard by Deng Meng.

“Brother Deng, you don’t have to see me off. I will study hard,” Xu Yunyan turned around and got into the car next to him.

Deng Meng shook his head helplessly.

Mu Bo sat in the driver’s seat, watched Deng Meng go back, and turned to look at Xu Yunyan: “Are you dead set on it now?”

Xu Yunyan lowered his head and didn’t speak.

Mu Bo smiled: “The Northern District is not a good place for you. You betrayed Liang Huan once, he will not keep you by his side.”

Xu Yunyan slowly clenched his hands on his knees: “No, I must stay, Teacher Mu… Please help me.”

Mu Bo looked at him gently.

Xu Yunyan raised his head and looked at him, his lips pale: “That day I saw you enter here with my own eyes, turning into another person, I, I saw everything.”

Mu Bo’s smile turned cold: “Aren’t you afraid?”

“I can’t take care of that much,” Xu Yunyan shook his head, “If I’m sent away, I’m afraid I’ll never come back. Li Yao, a mercenary, can stay by Brother Liang’s side, why can’t I? I… I heard them say that Brother Liang was mentally unstable a few days ago, that’s the day you went in, can you, can you make him unstable again, so I can take care of him, he will definitely see my sincerity.”

He gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind.

“Ah,” Mu Bo smiled, raised his hand and tapped him on the temple, Xu Yunyan passed out directly, he said helplessly, “Sorry, too low-level.”

He was a little surprised why humans could be so stupid, even low-level aliens knew to use their brains occasionally.

The hover car started and sped away.

——

The daytime was still busy, and Liang Huan even took time to go to the lower eighth floor and “invited” Su Murong, who refused to come out of the shop, to the upper floor.

Su Murong was still brooding over her 30 million condensed coins: “Mr. Liang, you already owe me almost 50 million condensed coins. I’ve been collecting those medicines for more than ten years.”

“I’ll allocate a piece of land to you specifically for growing medicine when the Black Market is running smoothly,” Liang Huan said calmly, “We are recently preparing to set up a laboratory to study mental power. Dr. Su, are you interested in joining?”

Su Murong hesitated a little: “I’m actually not that interested…”

“I heard that Dr. Su has her own full-time job outside the Black Market, so she rarely appears in the Black Market. What will happen if your superiors know that you opened a shop in the Black Market and sold unregulated high-concentration mental power enhancers? As far as I know, the transaction amount between you and Wang Le Ren is very considerable, not to mention how much money Wang Le Ren used your enhancers to swindle from the mercenaries,” Liang Huan smiled slightly. “Do you want me to continue?”

A bright smile instantly appeared on Su Murong’s cold face: “We are all teammates, of course I am willing, not to mention this is my beloved career.”

“Then wish us a happy cooperation?” Liang Huan stretched out his hand.

Su Murong held it with a forced smile: “Happy cooperation.”

“I will allocate a few people to you. You and Wang Le Ren will enter the laboratory together. Now your most important task is to help Li Yao stabilize his mental power,” Liang Huan said with a smile. “Dr. Su, I have always respected knowledgeable people, and you are one of them.”

“Haha,” Su Murong laughed dryly, “I don’t deserve it.”

After she finished laughing, she suddenly asked very seriously: “Liang Huan, what are you building the laboratory for?”

Liang Huan smiled: “Probably to make the people around me a little more normal.”

Su Murong was puzzled: “Normal?”

“Once human mental power is unstable, they will become extreme and out of control,” Liang Huan said jokingly. “I don’t like it very much, it always makes me feel like I’ve found a kindred spirit.”

Su Murong: “…Haha.”

She really didn’t understand this world more and more.

After finding Su Murong to change the prescription, Liang Huan was in his room processing documents. In fact, he didn’t really like working, especially at this time when everyone else was resting.

Li Yao was late in coming. Liang Huan was about to make a call when the door outside was suddenly knocked on lightly twice.

Liang Huan opened the door and saw Li Yao raising his hand to prepare to knock for the third time.

“If it wasn’t for my good ears, I would have thought it was the wind blowing,” Liang Huan said.

Li Yao said with a justification: “I was afraid of waking up half the floor.”

Liang Huan laughed, stepped aside and let him in. Li Yao glanced at the pure white carpet covering his room, “Should I change my shoes first?”

“No need, Jinbao will be here tomorrow,” Liang Huan closed the door, his eyebrows twitched slightly as he saw him step on a string of gray footprints.

“Let’s hurry up, I can barely keep my eyes open,” Li Yao directly yanked open his coat and threw it on the carpet, with a combat vest inside. “Should I take this off?”

“…Take it off,” Liang Huan saw him sit on the sofa and reminded, “Lie on the bed.”

Li Yao simply took off his vest: “You make it sound like we’re having some kind of amorous affair.”

“Although I’m not interested in women, I’m not interested in that kind of thing either,” Liang Huan said.

Li Yao turned his head and stared at him, Liang Huan calmly looked back at him. Obviously, the huge gap between eras made it impossible for both sides to accurately understand each other’s meaning, but it wasn’t too far off.

Liang Huan looked at the majestic black dragon on his back, pinpointed his acupoints, and first injected a little internal force. Li Yao only felt a slight heat on several areas of his back skin, and he couldn’t even feel the silver needle piercing in. Liang Huan grabbed his belt and pulled it down. He turned his head to move, and Liang Huan’s hand was pressed on the back of his head, pressing half of his face into the soft pillow.

Li Yao’s hair was a bit prickly. He turned his head sideways and opened his mouth fiercely: “What are you doing?”

Under the light, his sharp eyebrows and eyes were slightly fierce, his eyes full of killing intent, like a wild beast unwilling to obey, ready to pounce at any time and tear the opponent’s throat. Liang Huan then discovered that there was a small black mole behind his ear.

“Your spine was broken, I’ll help you with an acupuncture needle,” Liang Huan ignored his threat, simply pulled out his belt, and the waistband instantly loosened, easily pulled down a few inches.

The mercenary’s waist was slender and smooth due to years of combat. The dragon’s tail wrapped around his waist looked particularly overbearing. Liang Huan gave him two needles and injected some internal force to nourish him, calmly said: “Relax a bit, don’t be so tense, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

Li Yao wasn’t very convinced: “You kicked Wang Le Ren’s needle tube crooked, how can you still have the nerve to talk about me?”

Liang Huan’s face didn’t change: “I was a little unstable at the time.”

Li Yao snorted and turned on the chip to watch the mecha competition. Liang Huan sat on the sofa by the bed and said: “You have to keep your mood calm, don’t watch this kind of exciting competition, and you also have to pay attention to abstinence after you go back.”

Li Yao snorted and laughed: “That’s a bit difficult. The Black Market’s network security is extremely poor. The videos that pop up in the chip are even more exciting than the mecha competition.”

Liang Huan had also encountered it a few times when he was watching the chip, and he understood: “I’ve already asked Deng Meng to find technicians to fix the loopholes.”

“How is it, is it more exciting than the ancient erotic pictures?” He looked at Liang Huan jokingly.

Liang Huan stared into his eyes, thoughtfully: “Not very good-looking.”

The bodies of those people in the video were not as pleasing to the eye as Li Yao’s.

Li Yao was a little uncomfortable from being stared at by him, cleared his throat, and said: “I’ll take a nap, wake me up when it’s done.”

Liang Huan didn’t answer, lowered his eyes and looked at the documents. Li Yao had just brewed a little sleepiness, and between half-asleep and half-awake, he heard the person next to him open his mouth: “I asked people to check the coffee manufacturer, there is no problem.”

Li Yao yawned.

“It’s just that the packaging of the packet of coffee that I opened that day suddenly disappeared. Li Yao, do you have any clue?” Liang Huan said.

“Shut up, I’m going to sleep,” Li Yao pretended not to hear.

“The surveillance chip that day was destroyed. My people looked at it for a long time without any clue,” Liang Huan’s voice continued to ring in his ear unhurriedly. “Maybe someone deliberately hid it. What do you think?”

Li Yao’s sleepiness was completely dispelled by his nagging, and he opened his eyes half-dead: “If you suspect that I poisoned you, feel free to investigate.”

Liang Huan was slightly stunned: “That’s not what I meant.”

“During the day you were touching my cigarette and wanting someone to take me to drive the mecha, and even said an excuse for a walk, didn’t you just want to take the opportunity to search my body to see if I was the murderer?” Li Yao said indifferently, “Let me come over just to search my room. Don’t do these roundabout things. If I poisoned you, your life would have been gone long ago. I wouldn’t use these tasteless methods to harm people.”

Liang Huan frowned, and a layer of thin anger appeared in his eyes: “I have never suspected you. I just saw you hiding the packaging bag and testing Jing Si, thinking you knew something, that’s why I asked.”

“See, you are mentally unstable and you can’t forget to pretend to be asleep. As expected, you are still worried about me,” Li Yao said with a smile, “I understand, I understand.”

Liang Huan’s face darkened and said: “I took the cigarette for your health, and you didn’t let me into your room, so I asked you to come over. I have never suspected you.”

Li Yao said strangely: “Yo, am I back to ‘I’ again? Aren’t you pretending to be me, calling yourself ‘I’?”

Liang Huan almost couldn’t suppress the anger in his eyes, and said with a smile: “What good is it for you to deliberately anger me?”

“Acupuncture is too boring to wait, and you won’t let me watch the competition. Watching you get angry is more fun than watching a small video,” Li Yao smiled very obnoxiously.

Liang Huan glanced at him coldly, suppressed his anger and went to approve documents.

Li Yao was a little bored and lay on the bed scrolling through the news.

After a while, he took out something from his pocket and poked Liang Huan’s knee with a smile: “Hey.”

Liang Huan raised his eyes, his eyes landed on the chip, which was very similar to the positioning chip of the sniper rifle, it was crystal clear light blue, the difference was that there were a few white currents inside, at first glance it looked like an exploding lightning, very beautiful.

He looked at Li Yao.

“Do you want it? If you don’t, I’ll throw it in the trash,” Li Yao flipped the chip between his fingers, pretending to throw it out the window.

Halfway there, it was stopped by a hand. Liang Huan held the document in one hand and pressed his wrist to the bed with the other, picked up the chip, and frowned: “Don’t move.”

Being unable to move made Li Yao feel extremely uncomfortable, so he wouldn’t stop talking: “This is what I made fighting against sleep to the death. The radiation chip inside has been replaced with an ordinary locator, which looks more beautiful and can be used as an external chip.”

“Thank you,” Liang Huan held the chip against the light, which refracted brilliant colors, like an exploding mental source.

“You’re welcome, it’s a return gift for the candy,” Li Yao moved his head dishonestly, burying half of his face in the pillow, making his voice sound a little muffled. “No matter why you did it, you are indeed helping me heal my injuries. I went to test it today, and my mental power has really improved a lot… Thanks.”

Liang Huan seriously observed him: “Are you like this to everyone?”

“?” Li Yao raised his eyebrows.

“So—