A Strange Opening Strategy

After traversing the unpaved road between City No. 18 and City No. 1, the convoy picked up speed again.

At High Noon, the Autumn Hunting Team parked their vehicles by the roadside for a short rest.

The servants took out the kind of constant-temperature heated lunch boxes that Qing Chen had seen before, as well as something similar to an induction cooker, and started cooking and stir-frying dishes without needing to light a fire.

Judging from the appearance, the Autumn Hunt Convoy must have a more advanced power source than the Wilderness People to enable wireless charging.

Come to think of it, the wireless charging power source used by Qin Cheng and his group is the "Venus 3 Lead-Bismuth Alloy Reactor" that was phased out from the "Mountain-type" main battle tank. Naturally, the Tuanzi would have more powerful equipment.

At this point, the difference between the Wilderness People and the corporations traveling becomes apparent.

Qin Cheng and his group could only gnaw on dry protein bars, while the Autumn Hunting Team had already started cooking.

Just then, the Kamishiro convoy, which had been slowly following behind, suddenly accelerated without stopping, taking advantage of the Autumn Hunting Team's meal break, seemingly trying to shake off Li Yinuo.

Li Yinuo stared indifferently at the other car's taillights, but didn't immediately tell everyone to get in the car and chase after them, "Give them some time and see how far they can go."

Qing Chen and Li Shutong stood side by side watching the show. Their target this time was not the Kamishiro Family, so they didn't care whether the Kamishiro Family had run away or not.

To their surprise, the Time Walker "Li Chengxi," who had been taken to Li Yinuo's vehicle earlier, was now obediently following behind Nan Gengchen.

Wherever Nan Gengchen went, he went too.

When Nan Gengchen wanted to sit down, he helped by putting something on the ground.

"I don't quite understand it," Li Shutong exclaimed in amazement.

"Um," Qing Chen thought for a moment, "Teacher, I also don't quite understand..."

It's one thing for Li Yinuo not to care about her identity Time Walker, but how did she manage to turn Li Chengxi into Nan Gengchen's little follower?

Qing Chen had previously asked Nan Gengchen: Does Li Yinuo know your identity as Time Walker?

Nan Gengchen replied: I don't know.

At the time, Qing Chen believed it without thinking much about it!

However, considering Nan Gengchen's past behavior, Qing Chen suspects that Li Yinuo may already know Nan Gengchen's secret...

In other respects, Nan Gengchen is indeed more reliable than others and is also loyal.

But the part about hiding one's identity is just plain ridiculous and really cringe-worthy.

Qing Chen whispered, "Teacher, I suspect that Li Yinuo already knows that Nan Gengchen is Time Walker, so she has gathered other Time Walker and plans to help Nan Gengchen establish some power in the Outer World. She controls the Time Walker she discovers and then has them serve Nan Gengchen in the Outer World."

This is the most reasonable guess; otherwise, there's no way to explain Li Yinuo's current behavior.

"There's some truth to that," Li Shutong, somewhat amused and exasperated. "This little girl is truly in love with your classmate..."

The master and apprentice originally thought that life in the wilderness would become very boring after they were forced to follow the Autumn Hunt Convoy.

However, after the two Time Walker arrived, they were like two onlookers with gossip burning in their hearts.

Suddenly, there was hope for the future.

The two then turned their attention to Zhou Xuan, only to find that while the servants were cooking, he was diligently preparing ingredients, cutting meat, and picking vegetables.

I avoid touching those tech products altogether, lest I look foolish.

"Teacher, look, none of the other servants noticed that he doesn't know how to use those electronic products," Qing Chen said with a chuckle. "They even thought he was exceptionally diligent in his work."

"Hmm, he's also very observant. He can learn how to use electronic products while cutting meat," Li Shutong also found it interesting.

Qin Yiyi was not far away, felt a little puzzled. The master and apprentice seemed to have started acting strangely this morning, constantly whispering to each other. Every time she approached, they would fall silent...

Angry.

"Hey, teacher," Qing Chen said while chewing on a protein bar, "Zhou Xuan's eyes have been constantly glancing at Nan Gengchen and Li Yinuo."

"Does he know Nan Gengchen?" Li Shutong pondered, "Did he also discover Nan Gengchen's identity as Time Walker?"

"It shouldn't be," Qing Chen shook his head. "Think about it, this place is already very far from City No. 18. The corresponding place of the journey should be a small city in the south of the Outer World. It's unlikely that Zhou Xuan knows Nan Gengchen."

That afternoon, the Time Walker sitting in the back of the truck repeatedly tried, intentionally or unintentionally, to steer the conversation toward Li Yinuo, but failed because he didn't want to reveal his intentions.

Qing Chen suppressed a laugh, eager to see what the other party was planning to do.

As a result, Li Shutong chose to grant his request. He discussed it with Qin Cheng and swapped the middle-aged servant who was more discreet into the carriage, while Xiao Yiyi's brother was moved to the back of the carriage.

The carriage was certainly more comfortable than the cargo bed, and the middle-aged servant was quite grateful.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shutong seized the opportunity to ask the gossipy servant, "Tell us in detail about Miss Yinuo and that pretty boy?"

The gossipy servant glanced around and, finding his master gone from the carriage, immediately launched into a tirade. "You wouldn't believe it, the Li family has arranged several marriages for Miss Yinuo, but she's always refused. Everyone used to think she preferred girls, but then suddenly she found this pretty boy..."

For the entire afternoon, everyone was basically gossiping about the Li family: the person closest to Miss Yinuo was a young lady from the Li family's direct line named Li Tongyun; Miss Yinuo liked pretty boys, but this only started to show when Nan Gengchen appeared, and she hadn't liked anyone else yet; the head of the Li family really liked Miss Yinuo and Miss Tongyun...

Zhou Xuan's eyes lit up when she heard all this, as if someone had brought her a pillow when she was sleepy. She even looked at Li Shutong with a grateful expression from time to time.

Of course, he was confident that Li Shutong would not notice any of this...

Zhou Xuan remained calm and showed no unusual behavior that night, which disappointed Qing Chen and Li Shutong.

However, at High Noon the next day, Zhou Xuan carried the freshly prepared food towards Li Yinuo.

As he walked up to the muscular girl, he deliberately raised his hand to brush aside his half-length bangs, revealing his handsome face, the instant he put down the plate.

While eating, Qing Chen Li Shutong simultaneously spat out their food. "Pfft!"

Then he quickly pretended that nothing had happened.

Others might not have noticed anything yet, but the master and apprentice who had been silently observing Zhou Xuan knew all too well what Zhou Xuan was planning to do.

The master and apprentice never expected that after learning that Li Yinuo liked pretty boys, the other party would directly choose to seduce her as the starting point!

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