Tomb Raider: The Fox's Ways to Seducing the Kirin

Because the procedures for going to Gutongjing now were far less complicated than in later generations, Cheng Ji and his companions reached the desert without much effort.

With the information provided by the Huo family and Xiao Li, Cheng Ji and Zhang Qiling quickly found the temporary team that was formed to go into the desert to steal gold.

Everything was going smoothly, except that the team leader agreed to let Zhang Qiling join, but not Cheng Ji, for a simple reason.

"Are you going into the desert to look for treasure or something? It's such a dangerous place, and you bring a woman with you?" The team leader looked at the useless "woman" standing next to Zhang Qiling with disdain.

Cheng Ji lowered his head and bit his lower lip to hold back his laughter. He was also looking forward to Zhang Qiling's response. He was really curious whether the later Zhang Qiling's talkativeness when playing Zhang Tuzi was a natural advantage or acquired.

Although Zhang Qiling's face now is not as handsome as his own, he still looks like a handsome uncle in his thirties. Because of Cheng Ji's long hair, based on the principle of left and right, he simply replaced his human skin mask with a woman's. In addition, the boy was not very tall, and his skeleton was softer because of his blood. Therefore, even if he did not use the bone-shrinking skill, he could just put on some makeup and wear girls' clothes and no one would notice there was any problem.

But it was precisely because he did it so realistically that no one present noticed that he was a boy at all, and they all questioned Zhang Qiling's seemingly lustful behavior.

Zhang Qiling held Cheng Ji in his arms, his tone and expression were very different from the past: "Brother, the world is in chaos now. My wife has been with me since she was a child. She is very timid. I am worried about leaving her out there by herself. You see..."

The team leader was not an unreasonable person. The man in front of him was the one that the introducer had repeatedly told him he must bring along if he wanted to get out alive, so when he heard Zhang Qiling's request, he hesitated for a moment.

Zhang Qiling saw that the leader's attitude was somewhat loose, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "I can guarantee that my wife won't run around. Whatever the leader says is true. Besides, my wife can boil water and cook, which is not useless in the desert. Don't you think so, brother?"

"..." Cheng Ji was originally watching the show with his head down, who would have thought that the fire would fall on him.

But if he objected, Zhang Qiling would lose face. With no other choice, Cheng Ji had to put on a fake smile and accept the job.

On the last night before entering the desert, Cheng Ji and Zhang Qiling's team stayed in a local's home to recuperate and set off at dawn.

Cheng Ji had been living in the same room with Zhang Qiling before, so it didn't make sense for them to live separately when they were pretending to be a couple.

Cheng Ji estimated the time, stood up and closed the door, then turned on the oil lamp in the room, barely illuminating the table where the lamp was.

Zhang Qiling took out the envelope that the boy had just handed him and spread it flat on the table.

Cheng Ji also handed over the pen at the right time, his eyes locked on the map, and whispered: "Brother, where is the place you mentioned on the train today?"

Zhang Qiling didn't say anything. He circled that area with a pen and then spoke in the same voice as Cheng Ji just now: "This and this are the rooms where the Wang family placed important things in the records, but the structure of the room is complicated. If Gutongjing is restored, it is possible that this place will be directly covered up."

Cheng Ji looked at the strange modeling drawing and frowned as he asked, "This place does look a bit strange. Are you saying that if this place is repaired, it will not be able to return to its original appearance? In other words, is there a mezzanine or independent space here?"

Zhang Qiling nodded and carefully traced an edge on a wall with a pen. Pointing at the edge, he explained, "This place is the real center of the snake mine, inside the wall."

"I see. So their original intention of repairing Gutongjing was to find the snake mine and the black-haired snake with important information inside." Cheng Ji heard Zhang Qiling's explanation and instantly thought of the real reason for the Gutongjing plan. His brows furrowed even tighter. "But who leaked this news to Zhang Qishan? The person behind him?"

Zhang Qiling shook his head, carefully folded the map on the table, put it back into the envelope that contained the map, handed it back to the boy, and then continued to answer Cheng Ji: "It's the Wang family."

"Although the current Wang family has Cheng Shuyu's support behind the scenes, it lacks the most core secret inheritance. After Wang Canghai's death, the Zhang family strangled the Wang family, but because Wang Canghai thought of this possibility, he secretly established the Wang family's base in another place."

Cheng Ji pulled Zhang Qiling closer to the door, and took over Zhang Qiling's words, murmuring softly in response: "A single spark can start a prairie fire."

After saying that, Zhang Qiling took action first. He opened the door that Cheng Ji had just locked and kicked the person who was eavesdropping outside in the abdomen. However, the person's reaction was also very fast. At the critical moment of life and death, he leaned back and bent his waist to almost 90 degrees parallel to the ground, barely avoiding Zhang Qiling's fatal move.

Cheng Ji also took action upon hearing the news. He swept his leg and knocked the person to his knees before he could react.

Cheng Ji raised his eyebrows when he saw the person coming, and a smile appeared on his face: "Hey, isn't this Hei Ye? Why do you want to change your career and do some sneaky things today? And you won't get any money if you kowtow before the New Year."

Hei Xia Zi had originally rushed over without stopping. He greeted the team leader and came over to eavesdrop. After being discovered, it turned out that it was a mixed doubles match between a husband and wife. Anyone would probably not be able to bear it and would die here.

"I... am passing by. Master Hei, I am passing by." Hei Xia Zi panted lightly, with a flattering tone in his voice.

As he spoke, Hei Xia Zi slowly got up from the ground and brushed off the dust on his clothes.

Cheng Ji didn't know whether Hei Xia Zi's explanation was acceptable or not, so he stepped aside to let Hei Xia Zi in, and then closed the door again.

"Tell me, who hired you?" Cheng Ji didn't believe the nonsense that Hei Xia Zi had just explained, and didn't want to beat around the bush with this old acquaintance, so he asked directly.

Hei Xia Zi leaned on the table, looking at the familiar scent of the two people in front of him, groaning. The employer didn't even tell him that they were living fathers of these two, and they were a couple. What a stupid couple.

"Hmm?" Cheng Ji bent his fox eyes and saw that Hei Xia Zi was reluctant to speak. The young man uttered a single syllable with a frivolous tone, which was enough to make the person in front of him sweat profusely.

Hei Xia Zi explained with a wry smile: "I am late. The leader just asked me to test your strength. He said that if you are too useless, there is no need to go in alive."

After he finished speaking, neither Cheng Ji nor Zhang Qiling responded to his words. The atmosphere was silent for a few minutes. Hei Xiazi had no choice but to speak again: "Okay, okay, and there is also Huo Xiangu. You also know that the old lady of the Huo family has been ill in bed for a long time, and the Huo family has stripped Huo Sanniang of her position as the head of the family, so the Huo family can only let Huo Xiangu, a junior, take over temporarily. But Huo Xiangu is very smart. She doesn't believe in your previous agreement, so she let me see what you are going to do. But I swear to God, she didn't tell me it was you two at all, and I just found out about it."

But after Hei Xia Zi confessed everything honestly, Cheng Ji still did not move and continued to stare at Hei Xia Zi with that creepy smile.

Seeing that the two had no other expressions or movements, Hei Xia Zi exerted a little force and sat on the table, folding his arms and crossing his legs, crying out: "I really confessed everything, it's gone."

Seeing that Hei Xia Zi refused to admit it, Cheng Ji was not anxious. He slowly put himself into Zhang Qiling's arms and whispered a number: "Ten thousand dollars?"

When Hei Xia Zi heard this impressive figure, his eyes suddenly lit up: "You want to give me 10,000 yuan?"

Cheng Ji rolled his eyes at the whimsical big black rat and lazily reminded him, "You owe me ten thousand dollars. When will you pay it back? How about now?"

Hearing this, Hei Xia Zi's face froze. The amount of debt that he had subconsciously sealed away in the deepest part of his memory made him darken before his eyes: "I... should I give it a few more days?"

Cheng Ji lowered his head and grabbed Zhang Qiling's left hand, admiring the hairband he had tied around Zhang Qiling's right hand after he was forced to wear women's clothes. He didn't want to pay any attention to the blind man who was pretending to be stupid over there.

In the end, it was Hei Xia Zi himself who was the first to reveal the secret. Although honesty is important in his line of work, his employer only asked him to inform him of the results of the investigation, but did not say that he could not reveal the content of the task to the target. This way, he could collect three shares of the money for nothing and did not have to pay back the ten thousand dollars to the mutant fox.

Well, it’s perfect in all aspects.

"It's Master Jie Jiu." Hei Xia Zi finally spoke and confessed honestly.

"Master Jie Jiu?" Cheng Ji murmured the name softly.

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