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Chapter 123 Brother Zhou has a woman!

Qin Hongmei opened her eyes wide, her face twitching and her expression a little out of control because of this thunderous gossip.

Where did this girl come from?
She's so beautiful, what kind of background does she have to come from?

Is she waiting for Zhou Qing? What's the relationship between these two?
At least ten questions rushed into her throat in an instant. She opened her mouth, but no words came out. She just stood there like a wooden chicken, watching Xiao Yao walk forward and call Zhou Qing, and the man and woman walked out side by side.

In the sunlight filtering through the window, the woman's profile was gilded in a pale golden hue, a beauty that seemed unreal. The man beside her, dressed in casual clothes, seemed ordinary and unfocused, making the scene seem rather abrupt, like flowers planted in cow dung or a school beauty sitting on a will-o'-the-wisp.

"Fuck, Brother Zhou, what's going on?"

When the two figures disappeared in front of the door, a faint sigh came from inside the door. Li Jie stuck his head out from behind the corridor, his eyes wider than Qin Hongmei's.

"Brother Zhou, is this blooming?" Li Jie murmured. "No, is this flower on him?"

Qin Hongmei, standing next to him, trembled. As the office's gossip expert, she considered herself to be a radar, closely monitoring everyone's emotions and never missing a single move.

But now a stealth bomber suddenly appeared within her radar range and dropped a giant nuclear bomb on her gossip area.

"When did Xiao Zhou find this girl?" She was stunned for a long time before turning to ask Li Jie, "Did you know about this before?"

"How would I know?" Li Jie was also stunned for a moment, then filled with righteous indignation, "I thought Brother Zhou was as pure and simple as us. It turns out he built high walls and stored up a lot of food, secretly eating the good things!"

The two were chatting back and forth when they heard footsteps. Fu Chenghao, carrying a briefcase, also walked out. Looking at the two people in front of him with uncontrollable expressions, he was a little confused: "What's going on?"

"Hey, Brother Fu! If you had come out two minutes earlier, you would have seen it—Brother Zhou has a woman!"

Li Jie gestured exaggeratedly, "My goodness, you didn't see it. That woman looks like a real celebrity. Her legs are longer than my life. I think Brother Zhou might be a big shot in private. He's playing such a big game!"

Fu Chenghao watched him gesture and frowned slightly. He wasn't particularly interested in such gossip. He was more concerned about next month's performance review than his colleague finding a beautiful woman.

Li Jie and Qin Hongmei were still whispering behind him. He said a few perfunctory words and walked out with his bag on his back, stepping out of the room at the same time as the two people before him.

At the same time, on the path outside the community.

Xiao Yao strode beside Zhou Qing with her hands behind her back, looking up from time to time, taking in the scenery of the old neighborhood on all sides, taking in the yellowed air conditioners, hanging clotheslines and rusty security windows, with a childlike interest flashing in her eyes.

"I usually stay in the government office, and it's been a few years since I've come to take a closer look at the people's homes. Brother Zhou, do you live here now?"

Xiao Yao looked around, as if she had discovered a blind spot: "There doesn't seem to be a satellite dish installed here?"

"What is that?"

"Brother Zhou, you don't know?" Xiao Yao gave him a surprised look. "It's used to connect to a device called a television. The last time I inspected ordinary homes, almost every household had one. It's only been a short while, haven't they stopped using it?"

"When was the last time you came to inspect?"

"About ten years ago." "That's really not that long." Zhou Qing thought for a moment. He returned from the Heavenly Dao and reshaped his body seven years ago. At that time, people already widely used mobile phones, and few people watched TV. He had rarely seen things called satellite dishes.

Nowadays, the secular world changes too fast. A few years can produce changes that may not have occurred in the past hundred years. In their perception spanning thousands of years, this can truly be called rapid change. The world will change in just a short period of time.

However, some things remain unchanged.

"Why did you come to my place today?"

"I was too bored staying in the mansion, so I wanted to come and see Brother Zhou." Xiao Yao was straightforward as always. "Now that you and I are only two thousand miles apart, we are very close."

Zhou Qing looked at her and said, "Your realm has been damaged before. You should retreat and recuperate for a while to stabilize your state. Running around now will not benefit you."

As a former Khitan goddess, Xiao Yao had been bathed in the grace of the Eternal Heaven for centuries, the bond woven into her very bones and blood. However, when faced with divine punishment, she had proactively stripped it of its power, a devastating blow akin to bone removal. Under normal circumstances, it would have severely damaged her, and it would have taken at least a century to heal.

Now he draws on the heaven and earth to replenish her energy so that she will not be hurt, but the fall in realm caused by the loss of blessing is unsolvable, and she can only rely on her own recuperation to rebuild herself - but Xiao Yao is obviously not a person who can stay still.

"There have been a lot of unusual movements on the grasslands recently, and they are closely related to the former Khitan. I should step in to resolve them. It is not appropriate to remain in seclusion at this time."

Xiao Yao shook her head. "A few days ago, I heard news that many strange phenomena are appearing in the heart of the grasslands and are spreading to the Central Plains. Judging from this situation, it seems that a new agent of heaven has emerged, preparing to lead people south into the Central Plains."

As she spoke, a sharp gleam flashed in her eyes: "I want to see what kind of powerful person they have chosen to replace me."

As she said this, her expression brightened. There was no fear or anger, only the purest fighting spirit, as if she was about to meet the unknown agent in the next second.

Even though she had left the grasslands and was no longer at her peak, she was still the same belligerent Shaowa. She would definitely not sit still in front of her opponent.

Zhou Qing saw that expression, but he just smiled.

"Having such ambition isn't a bad thing, but going to extremes is unacceptable," he said. "Since you're in a position of defense, it's important to take care of yourself. If you only think about moving forward, it will harm your long-term future."

"But back then, Brother Zhou, weren't you also the one defending this Central Plains territory all by yourself?" Xiao Yao asked back, "I couldn't even stop you back then. In terms of extremes, Brother Zhou is probably even more extreme than me."

"Times have changed. The Central Plains doesn't need a single person to hold up the sky." Zhou Qing looked up at the sky. "Besides, looking back now, what I did back then was just the wrong path."

"Error?" Xiao Yao was slightly stunned.

While she was speaking, she had already thought of something.

After arriving in the Central Plains, she also studied the history of the past few hundred years in detail. Shortly after the fall of the Liao Dynasty, the Jin people on the grassland moved southward, causing heavy damage to the Song Dynasty and forcing it to retreat to the south. Then Mongolia rose and took over the entire Central Plains.

"Brother Zhou, what were you doing at that time?" Xiao Yao asked.

(End of this chapter)