New Order Plan

When Jiang Qingshan woke up, it was already afternoon.

The sunlight warmed the small office, and he yawned, noticing that Xiao Tian hadn't returned yet, which puzzled him.

He took out his phone and checked it; the messages he had sent earlier were read but not replied to.

What is this guy up to?

Jiang Qingshan pulled off the coat covering him and sat up from the sofa.

Just as I was about to call Xiao Tian to ask about the situation, I suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

Then the door was gently pushed open.

"I'm sorry to bother you."

Qin Xiaoxiao was still dressed in a black business suit, wearing glasses, with her hair in a ponytail, and her makeup was simple but still radiant.

Jiang Qingshan paused for a few seconds, then casually turned off his phone screen and said calmly, "Please come in."

Qin Xiaoxiao bowed slightly and walked lightly into the room, her eyes scanning the room with curiosity: "Senior, do you have time? The investigation team would like to ask you about some things regarding the catastrophic variant 'Wuzhiqi'."

"No problem, but you'll have to treat me to a meal at this time."

Jiang Qingshan stood up, buttoned up his shirt collar, and said to Qin Xiaoxiao in a serious tone.

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled and gestured for them to proceed.

Jiang Qingshan nodded, picked up his coat, and walked out of the room.

It seems that Xiao Tian was invited to the United Hotel last night.

The investigation team wanted to question the two of them separately and then compare their findings.

Qin Xiaoxiao walked beside him, occasionally glancing at Jiang Qingshan discreetly.

Jiang Qingshan's expression remained calm, and apart from the stubble he hadn't shaved for several days, there was nothing unusual about him.

The two walked down the corridor. Li Dabai and his friends were craning their necks along the doorway of the office, their faces full of amused expressions.

Someone asked curiously, "Captain, what's going on? Has the iron tree bloomed?"

Li Dabai slurped up a candy ball, shook his head, and said, "Hard to say."

"Look, that young girl keeps stealing glances at Old Jiang; she's clearly fallen for him."

"Hard to say."

"This young lady is quite lovely, each with her own charm compared to yesterday's. But judging from her demeanor, she's probably a wealthy heiress. Old Jiang might not be ending up with a gigolo, is he?!"

The group fell into deep thought.

After a moment, Li Dabai muttered, "Hard to say."

At this moment, Bai Shouzhen came out of the office carrying a glass teacup. Seeing the group, he asked curiously, "Li Dabai, what are you doing?!"

The group was startled, their heads collided one after another, screaming in pain, and were instantly reduced to ashes.

Bai Shouzhen shook his head, and when he looked up, he saw Jiang Qingshan and Qin Xiaoxiao turning down the stairs, and he couldn't help but frown.

......

The car sped by.

Jiang Qingshan yawned from the passenger seat.

Qin Xiaoxiao said casually, "It seems you were very busy last night, senior."

"Surely no one wasn't busy last night?"

"That's true."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, and after a moment of silence, asked, "Senior, would you like to dine at the hotel later, or at that food stall you usually go to across the street?"

"A food stall, I'm used to it."

"My treat."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Jiang Qingshan smiled and turned to look out the window.

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't say anything more, and soon the car stopped on the side of the road in front of the United Hotel.

After Jiang Qingshan filled his stomach at a snack stall, he followed Qin Xiaoxiao into the hotel.

Top floor.

The presidential suite's reception room.

Jiang Qingshan took the ice-cold beer Qin Dahai handed him and sipped it: "I haven't thought about what Counselor Qin mentioned yet. I wonder what Team Leader Qin has to say this time?"

Qin Dahai laughed twice, took two documents from his desk, and placed them in front of Jiang Qingshan.

Jiang Qingshan roughly guessed what it was, and pretended to pick it up and look through it for a while.

As expected, one report was about two unusual rainfall events in the Chang'an Avenue area, and the other was an analysis of the anomalies of the mutated monster "Wuzhiqi" that appeared last night.

Qin Dahai sat down on the sofa opposite Jiang Qingshan, lit a cigarette, and said with a sharp look in his eyes, "You know what I want to ask."

Jiang Qingshan tossed the document onto the coffee table, wondering how Xiao Tian would explain it.

Xiao Tian arrived after Ye Wan'an left that day and had no idea about the details of his fight with Ye Wan'an.

Of course, Xiao Tian wouldn't be foolish enough to reveal the symbiotic contract.

What will this guy say?

Jiang Qingshan was thinking rapidly in his mind.

Across from him, Qin Dahai's gaze gradually hardened. The ground beneath their feet began to darken, spreading outwards like a rising tide.

The field of meditation is unfolding.

Jiang Qingshan remained silent for a moment, then came up with an idea.

Xiao Tian certainly wouldn't describe what happened that day out of thin air.

Based on his understanding, this guy would definitely use what happened at the Longevity Garden that night to deal with the investigation team.

So he decided to do it.

So Jiang Qingshan vividly recounted his battle with Ye Wan'an that night to Qin Dahai.

Qin Dahai stared into Jiang Qingshan's eyes without saying a word.

Jiang Qingshan didn't evade the question, calmly leaning back on the sofa and drinking beer.

The darkness on the ground had spread to his feet, but it didn't go any further; instead, it would recede and rise again.

Qin Dahai frowned and said, "Given the strength displayed by the catastrophic variant last night, I can't believe that you and Xiao Tian could repel it unscathed."

"I have already explained the situation in detail. If I, a victim, need to clarify and prove my innocence, then what is the point of having an investigation team?"

Jiang Qingshan placed the beer can on the coffee table with a light touch and asked in return with a serious expression.

Qin Dahai was slightly taken aback, and the words he was about to say were abruptly cut off.

Yes.

No matter what, Jiang Qingshan is a victim.

Asking a victim to explain why the killer didn't kill him is no different from asking a terminally ill patient to explain why they're still alive.

Not only are they impolite, but they are also unreasonable.

Qin Dahai snapped out of his daze, his expression softening as he smiled: "I just wanted to hear your opinion."

"Perhaps the other party was in a good mood that day and didn't want to kill me, or perhaps they were deliberately hiding their strength to launch a surprise attack, or maybe they just happened to break through to level three in the last two days..."

Jiang Qingshan glanced at the surging darkness on the ground and said calmly, "Who knows?"

Qin Dahai nodded, dispelled his meditation field, raised his beer, patted his belly, and said, "Sorry for the fuss, I forgot you're also a mental-type aptitude user, hahaha."

Jiang Qingshan raised an eyebrow and took out a cigarette.

He is immune to abilities of the same type. No matter how high Qin Dahai's energy level is, mental abilities are ineffective against him.

Qin Dahai downed his beer in one gulp, got up, took a pistol from his desk drawer, removed the magazine, and placed it in the middle of the coffee table.

"Let me see if your telekinesis has improved."

He sat back on the sofa, glanced at Jiang Qingshan, and said shrewdly, "There's a regular bullet in the magazine. It's no threat to us. I'll count to three, and we'll see who fires first."

"Can I refuse?"

"Three...two..."