Trafford’s Trading Club

Chapter 3669: Sister Ren, it's too dangerous. I want to go to work.

This was probably the biggest surprise Zi Ling's mother had received recently.

This was also the most frightening day for Lizi—only because she looked even worse than Zi Ling's mother when she woke up… Of course, as a monster whose true form was a snow spirit, she didn't think she was unmarriageable.

Anyway, she didn't plan to get married.

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"…Lizi, you're so old, what kind of behavior is this?"

The soy sauce chow mein was also delicious.

She would forgive her for now!

Zi Ling's mother glared at this pear spirit, then elegantly wiped her lips. After that, she casually called the company and said she would be late.

Her status was different now. She was the editor-in-chief. It was just a little willful exercise of power—mainly because she had promised Luo Qiu not to drive fast anymore. She couldn't make it if she left at this time, she just couldn't!

"Don't come back without a word next time. Who are you trying to scare?" Zi Ling's mother reprimanded in a dignified manner.

"Next time," Luo Qiu replied indifferently, without much expression.

Zi Ling's mother instantly broke character and couldn't help but roll her eyes… He's back, he's really back. This was the son she knew so well.

What followed was an endless stream of motherly inquiries.

This was probably the most unyielding son Lizi had ever seen. He would answer if he wanted to, and ignore her completely if he didn't want to—Zi Ling's mother couldn't even get angry.

She silently and meekly lowered her head and drank the white porridge… It had even been cooked until the porridge oil came out. She thought this little home was really good—should she move out during this time?

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The home hadn't changed much, after all, only a little over three months had passed here—Luo Qiu left around the time of the autumn school season, and now that he was back, it was almost the New Year in Shenzhou.

"By the way, you're back, what about You Ye?" Zi Ling's mother still asked—after holding back until now to ask.

"Before coming back, she entrusted an agency here to buy a house," Luo Qiu said casually. "After getting off the plane last night, she went to rest first. I will also be staying there during this time."

Lizi and Zi Ling's mother had different expressions.

Zi Ling's mother suddenly had a complicated look of a son growing up and wanting to fly away. She was stunned for a while before reacting, "Wait, during this time??"

Luo Qiu nodded, "I applied for about half a year of leave from the school abroad. After spending the Spring Festival here, I will have to prepare to continue my studies there."

"Like this…" Zi Ling's mother immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Completing his studies was of course the most important thing, but she immediately frowned and worriedly said, "But I heard that Europe is very chaotic recently. There are news reports of [Non-humans] causing trouble every day. Even the British Isles have started to become chaotic recently… Is this okay? Why don't we transfer back to school? Our own place is safer."

This wasn't just talk. Without comparison, there was no harm. Judging from the current environment of the early stages of the global supernatural recovery, Shenzhou was indeed the safest place—especially the city they lived in.

—[Supernatural Forbidden Zone].

"Don't worry," Luo Qiu thought for a moment and said, "Currently, the school is protected by the [Knight Organization] of the British Empire, so there isn't a big problem. After all, if places like schools and hospitals are attacked, it will easily cause public outrage… Let's talk about transferring back to school after I finish this academic year."

Zi Ling's mother said "Oh."

Although Luo Qiu didn't talk much, he was the type who had his own opinions from a young age… Anyway, Zi Ling's mother had never been able to successfully change the decision made by this adopted son.

She couldn't control it if her own son said he wanted to go on a trip that he could leave whenever he wanted, she just couldn't control it!

"Also, You Ye inherited a lot of family property. In fact, it hasn't been completely handled in these three months and still needs some time."

Zi Ling's mother nodded subconsciously, and then gasped—she had just overlooked something!

Her perfect daughter-in-law had already bought a house in the [Supernatural Forbidden Zone]—a house!!

As the only [Supernatural Forbidden Zone] in this world, the price of housing here had reached an unbelievable level—in fact, residences within the [Supernatural Forbidden Zone] were no longer allowed to be traded, and must be approved by the state!

How much money did her future daughter-in-law have?

Having money doesn't necessarily mean it's possible, right?!

—We've climbed up the social ladder, we've climbed up the social ladder!

"Son…" Zi Ling's mother took a deep breath, silently grasped Luo Qiu's palm, and said earnestly, "Tell me, are you under a lot of pressure recently?"

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"Son, listen to me, when you go to her place, you must be well-behaved," Zi Ling's mother continued earnestly, "You must abide by male virtues, do you understand? But if you really suffer grievances, we are not afraid, we have hands and feet, we can support ourselves, and we are not ashamed."

Zi Ling's mother probably started her own little theater in her brain. Luo Qiu sighed lightly, withdrew his palm calmly, and said softly, "Miss Lizi, would you like another bowl?"

"Ah? Oh… Oh oh, okay."

—What kind of ability do I have…

Weak, helpless, boo hoo hoo hoo ~ ~ ~

So Lizi finished three large bowls of white porridge with tears in her eyes, two fried dough sticks, and packed the unfinished steamed buns to take away in case she got hungry before lunch.

"I really have to go to work, you can cool off by yourself."

Rushing out, stepping on the heels of her shoes to press the elevator, this was Zi Ling's mother's daily routine.

"Be careful on the road."

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Back home, after cleaning up the table, Luo Qiu changed into a set of home clothes, and then began to clean the house.

Under the coffee table, the gaps in the chairs, under the bed, behind the TV, above the display cabinet… These were all areas that Zi Ling's mother wouldn't touch.

Clothes… not washed.

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The bright red mini-cooper, even if it missed the morning rush hour, was still stuck on the road.

Zi Ling's mother, who couldn't drive fast but had some road rage, suddenly rolled down the car window and cursed at the 718 douchemobile next to her that cut in line, causing her to brake suddenly.

The other party ignored her completely, stepped on the accelerator, and directly let Zi Ling's mother eat dust.

"Hey! Look at my temper!" Zi Ling's mother's eyes suddenly burst out with terrifying light.

"Calm down!!!" Lizi swallowed hard, "You promised your son never to drive fast! Sister Ren, take a deep breath! Look, how beautiful this world is!"

"Ugh…" Zi Ling's mother deflated like a balloon and muttered, "Bastard, driving so fast, rushing to be reborn! Die early and be reincarnated early!"

Lizi continued to be weak and didn't dare to speak. She had seen old drivers who cursed even more viciously than this.

Bang—!

At this moment, the 718 in front suddenly crashed into the guardrail in the middle of the road, scraping the guardrail all the way for twenty or thirty meters before stopping… Fortunately, it didn't hit any other vehicles.

A milky white youth with pink hair instantly opened the car door, rolled out of the car, with a look of shock.

Zi Ling's mother couldn't help but widen her eyes, turned the steering wheel, slowly drove past, pretending that nothing had happened.

Lizi sighed inwardly. How many times had this happened? Sister Ren's mouth was simply blessed.

"Sister, why don't I say, you should scold less in the future?" Lizi stuck out her tongue, "I'm afraid you'll go to hell in the future…"

"You didn't stop me!"

"??"

"Remember to stop me next time!" Zi Ling's mother solemnly instructed, "Otherwise, I'll deduct your salary!"

—If I deduct any more, I won't have any money to pay the rent!

For the sake of that meager salary, Lizi decided to change the subject… She rolled her eyes and suddenly had an idea, "Sister, you said your little Luo and his girlfriend are coming back after a long time, shouldn't we celebrate… Why don't we have a feast?"

"That's right, that's how it should be," Zi Ling's mother agreed, "Write it down in the memo. You go find a place later, and I'll call the Lao Ma family later. It'll be more lively with more people."

"Sister, what about the funding?"

"It's all easy to say!" Zi Ling's mother was generous for once.

—Emergency broadcast of an instant news report.

The radio was playing, the voice of the announcer sounding slightly rushed.

Zi Ling's mom paused, her brow furrowing.

"…On a small island located in the East Sea region of our country, a fierce battle between [Transcendent Ones] broke out at 7:04 AM this morning. Relevant departments have already intervened. It is reported that two fishing boats have gone missing in the affected sea area…"

Zi Ling's mom turned down the volume a bit, pondering. "The East Sea area? Isn't that the new city area of [Underwater City]? Could it be that the [Underwater People] have clashed with someone?"

Li Zi asked in confusion, "Wouldn't think so. The [Underwater People] seem quite law-abiding. Since their emergence into reality, they've been very peaceful and kept to themselves, haven't they?"

"Then it's probably those little devils from the Japanese side." Zi Ling's mom clicked her tongue twice. "These days, it's too dangerous… Can you even drive, you moron?! Didn't you see the solid line?! Go die, just because you're driving an M9, you think you're all that! Bastard!!"

Bang…

Li Zi swallowed, feeling that this lady was the more dangerous one… Although no one had died each time, and it seemed like a minor warning, if this place wasn't a Transcendent-Forbidden Zone…

Li Zi thought, maybe Sister Ren herself would believe that she had awakened some incredible superpower…?

— Hurry up and get to the company, please!

— That Cadillac in front, don't come near me, ahhhhh! Do you even have insurance?!

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Shenzhou, East Sea region… above an unnamed island.

Several figures were breaking through the waves, an old Daoist, a man with grayish-white hair, and a man in a black suit.

The man in the black suit was from the Shenzhou Management Bureau. After the [Transcendent] resurgence, many hidden ancient sects in Shenzhou also emerged. The man's name was Wu Wudi, hailing from the inner sanctum of Wudang Mountain, walking the path of Daoist martial arts. His Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Dispersing Hand was incredibly powerful, crushing many evil Transcendent non-humans.

Currently, he was a rising middle manager in the Shenzhou Management Bureau, with rapidly growing momentum.

"I didn't expect this matter to alarm Guild Leader Baijie and Mr. Mo Mo!" Wu Wudi seemed slightly restrained.

After all, the old man was the chairman of the Shenzhou Daoist Association, a perennial evergreen in Shenzhou's Daoist world, his qualifications and strength both being among the top of the pyramid.

As for Mo Mo… since the Shenzhou Martial Arts Tournament a few months ago, his name had been circulating among Transcendent non-humans.

"Haha, this old man happened to be passing by with Daoist friend Mo." Daoist Baijie smiled faintly. "This time, an extremely terrifying demonic aura erupted in the East Sea region. There aren't many within Shenzhou with such a demonic aura, maybe this old man knows them. The Management Bureau and the Daoist Association are in the same boat, it's good to help if we can."

Wu Wudi nodded… Although he was called Wudi (Invincible), he didn't choose the name himself. Only he knew how uneasy he felt carrying this name.

Meeting Daoist Baijie and Mo Mo on this trip made Wu Wudi feel much more at ease—he had been monitoring the demonic aura that erupted in the East Sea region for a long time, and he naturally knew how strong it was.

The island ahead had already entered their sight.

The small island, about two kilometers in size, was now shattered, filled with traces of bombardment… Fortunately, it was an uninhabited island.

The three landed directly in the center of the island.

Mo Mo held a piece of talisman, closed his eyes, and quickly probed, "Besides that powerful demonic aura, there are also many other auras. Preliminary estimate, there should be over a hundred, divided into two sides. One side is all demons, the other side… the composition is more complex, true qi, spiritual power… what is this? Mages? There's even Onmyodo from the island nation?"

As Mo Mo explored, Wu Wudi and Daoist Baijie gradually frowned.

The two sides were fighting here, obviously extremely fierce, but when they arrived, they didn't find any corpses remaining on the island… Not even bloodstains, it seemed someone had already cleaned up the traces.

"It seems we're a step late." Wu Wudi said in a deep voice.

Mo Mo thought for a moment and said, "Didn't the satellite images capture anything?"

Wu Wudi shook his head, "When it happened, this place was covered in mist, nothing could be seen."

Daoist Baijie said, "This is very close to the new city of the [Underwater People], we might as well go ask them."

Currently, Shenzhou and the [Underwater City] are in a fairly friendly stage, and there are even many cooperative projects to develop the East Sea seabed underway.

As he spoke, they saw a wave surge in the sea not far away, and then a silver ship, shaped like a manta ray, surfaced from the seabed.

The few instantly exchanged glances.

Daoist Baijie stroked his beard and said, "Let's go, it seems friends from [Underwater City] are also paying attention."

At this time, the hatch at the rear of the silver manta ray ship opened, and a stream of energy dissipated the seawater, revealing a team of [Underwater City] soldiers in white combat uniforms who quickly walked out.

The leader was a man with dark skin and braided hair, looking about thirty years old.

After some introductions, they learned that the man with the braids was a patrol captain of the [Underwater People]'s new city guard: Maus.

"Regarding this place, our floating beacons placed in the ocean have captured some things, please take a look."

"A great help!" Wu Wudi was slightly pleased.

Maus didn't say anything, the two countries were in their honeymoon period, this kind of thing wasn't worth hiding.

He directly opened the recorded footage in front of the three and projected it.

The time was probably late at night, in the East Sea region, a demon cloud was flying quickly over the sea… Elder Baijie widened his eyes.

"This is… monkeys?" Wu Wudi paused, looking at the dozens of monkeys… demons, wearing leather armor and holding various weapons on the demon cloud, greatly surprised.

"It's him…" Daoist Baijie frowned at this time, "Sun Xiaosheng!"

Wu Wudi was stunned and said, "Sun Xiaosheng… isn't that the great demon king deep in Shennongjia? Why did he run to the East Sea region, and brought many monkey soldiers, who is he going to fight with? Brother Maus, besides these, did you capture anything else?"

"Nothing." Maus shook his head, then said again: "However, some of our floating beacons in the ocean have also been damaged, it may have been done by the other party, we are also investigating this matter."

"This matter, it seems, is very strange." Daoist Baijie pondered: "Daoist friend Mo, are you interested in taking a trip to Shennongjia with this old man to see if Sun Xiaosheng has returned?"

"Nothing to do." Mo Mo smiled faintly, "Then I will take a trip with the Daoist priest."

Wu Wudi also quickly said: "I will immediately send people to search the vicinity to see if there are any clues left."

He was just one step ahead, the Management Bureau's ship was on its way.

Maus didn't leave immediately, saying that he wanted to go to the island to collect some data, so the several parties separated.

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[Transcendent Forbidden Zone] City.

Police station.

The office of Ma 0, the big tiger of the Serious Crime… Criminal Investigation Brigade.

"Dinner? Are you sure it's your treat… Oh, Xiao Luo is back! Good to be back! I'm free! I must be free!" Ma SIR hung up the phone with a snap, then looked at Lin Feng, who was working, and said indifferently: "What are you looking at?"

"…SIR, don't we have an operation tonight?"

"Just releasing snakes, I've led you for so long, you should be able to stand on your own." Ma SIR said earnestly: "Look at you, if you don't come up with some performance, I'm about to transfer you to guard the pond."

"Don't ah…"

Ma SIR waved his hand dismissively, not wanting to take Lin Feng along at all, "Nothing to do with you, get out!"

After closing the door, Ma SIR lit a cigarette, took out a photo frame from the drawer, and stared blankly at it.

"Actually, it's only been a few months, but you really can't say, it feels like it's been a long time… Boss, if you were still here, that would be great… you would definitely be very pleased, right?"

The cigarette wasn't actually smoked, as it was lit, it burned to ashes.

Some people, even if they are burned to ashes, are still burning.