I was banned by the Revitalization event.

In a daze.

Qin Luo realized it had been a long time since she had brought them food...

I hope they didn't starve to death.

Qin Luo twirled his pen and continued working. He'd been starving for half a month anyway, so a little longer wouldn't make a difference. He'd finish this design draft before going downstairs.

……

Sunshine Community, Building 1, with a private garage.

On a bench in the corner.

Two figures sat facing each other, one holding a high school textbook and burying his head in it under a desk lamp.

Li Tianxiao's eyes were restless; he clearly wasn't paying attention.

Du Gang studied diligently, occasionally drawing circles and making notes, and then finding the workbook next to him to do two practice questions to simulate the material and reinforce his memory of the knowledge points.

The silence lasted for ten minutes.

Li Tianxiao finally couldn't hold back and threw the book in his hand on the ground.

"Senior brother, what are we doing? If this continues, when will we be able to rescue our junior sister?"

Li Tianxiao looked melancholy.

Stranded in another world with his adorable junior sister, the normal progression shouldn't be one of mutual dependence and shared hardship, followed by the innocent junior sister and the handsome senior brother slowly falling in love without realizing it...

Why do they have to take the college entrance exam here for five years?!

Chapter 374 You don't want Junior Sister Qiu to go hungry, do you?

"If we don't do the problems, we'll be locked up here and can't go anywhere. What else can we do?" Du Gang said sullenly, writing a solution in his workbook.

Li Tianxiao was caught off guard.

Speechless.

After a while, he spat and said angrily, "Anyway, it's better than helping this evil cultivator to do evil."

"You don't actually know how to do it, do you?" Du Gang looked at him calmly.

Speaking of which...

When Li Tianxiao was copying teaching materials for Qin Luo, he was diligent and hardworking, and after each busy day, he would discuss his beautiful vision for the future with Qin Luo. For example, they could earn money by performing and support their junior sister, or after everyone was rescued, he and his junior sister could find a corner of this world to live a secluded life and live happily ever after...

Later, Qin Luo made them do their homework.

Li Tianxiao quickly degenerated, repeatedly emphasizing that doing homework for Qin Luo was aiding and abetting evil.

Du Gang had reason to be suspicious.

What problems does Li Tianxiao have with his learning ability?

Li Tianxiao blushed crimson, flicked his long sleeves with disdain, and stammered, "Don't you dare slander me! I... how could I not know! It's a matter for cultivators, a matter for cultivators..."

The two people were still talking.

At this time.

The garage's roller shutter door made a rumbling sound as it rose.

As light seeped into the garage.

At the same time, the barrier attached to the door was also removed, and Qin Luo, backlit and with a tall and imposing figure, gradually appeared at the garage entrance.

I've finished my work.

He finally managed to find some time to come down and check on the two prisoners.

It is, after all, a life.

Moreover, they had copied a lot of lesson plans before, and they were responsible for all the homework. Qin Luo wasn't the kind of cold-hearted person who would use something and then throw it away. After all, they might still have to do homework when they went to university.

Before coming over, he also bought two boxed lunches.

then……

Then he saw two people sitting in a corner, under a desk lamp, seemingly reading a book.

"?"

Is there something wrong with how he opened it?

Are you all so eager to learn?

"Busy?"

Qin Luo walked over carrying a lunchbox, not knowing what to say, so he could only offer a perfunctory polite greeting.

Have you eaten?

I'm busy.

Where are you going?

These are three classic ways for Chinese people to start a conversation when they run into an acquaintance on the street. They can naturally lead into the situation. However, in the current situation, the other two greetings are not quite appropriate.

After all, they've been starving for a month, so asking them again if they've eaten is pointless.

That's a bit unethical.

"I was bored, so I studied for a while." Du Gang closed the book and nodded steadily.

We are at their mercy, like fish on a chopping board.

He had long understood this principle, so he had no intention of resisting. Moreover, this evil cultivator was controlling his junior sister, and he had to protect her safety and fulfill his responsibility as the senior brother.

Li Tianxiao simply looked away.

He didn't say anything.

They acted as if they were very tough and would rather die than submit to evil forces.

He glanced at the white disposable lunchbox in Qin Luo's hand out of the corner of his eye, then immediately moved it away again, his face full of disdain.

Even if he starves to death.

He died in the garage.

I will never eat a single bite of food from this evil cultivator!

"I've been a bit busy lately and haven't had time to think about you guys. This is a takeout rice bowl with shredded pork with garlic sauce that I ordered from outside. It'll have to do."

Qin Luo casually put down the lunchbox.

Open the box to reveal its abundant contents.

The steaming white rice, coated with shredded meat in a thick sauce, and topped with radish, bamboo shoots, and wood ear mushrooms, is incredibly appetizing, and the portion is two to three times the size of a standard rice bowl.

Li Tianxiao's throat bobbed.

A moment later.

He moved over here, pulled away a portion, and defiantly broke open his chopsticks.

He was nice.

Let's hear what he has to say this time.

"What are you doing here again, you evil cultivator? And how is Junior Sister? If anything happens to her, I won't let you off the hook!"

"She's better than you all."

Qin Luo remained calm and composed, his expression unchanged.

This is the truth.

Qiu Ling has been in the family for so long, and Qin Taixu has treated her like a prisoner without forcing her to do any work, without starving her, without physically punishing or beating her. He has kept this freeloader in the family for so long without throwing her out. This is undoubtedly due to the brilliance of Qin Taixu's humanity.

As for assisting him with his work...

That was Qiu Ling's own choice; it had nothing to do with him.

Ok.

That's it.

Before Li Tianxiao could speak, Qin Luo touched his pocket and took out a contract.

This contract is blessed by the Heavenly Dao, making it a contract from another world. This is something Qiu Shihua taught him, and he had already drafted this before coming down.

After all, they were two strong laborers.

It's such a waste to only let them do homework.

"I have a new job for you. You should have learned alchemy and weapon crafting in your sect. I will bring you design blueprints for spiritual weapons so you can process and create them. You will also be responsible for refining the spiritual herbs and lingzhi mushrooms from this world. The hourly wage is tentatively set at five dollars, and double overtime pay for working more than ten hours a day."

A cultivator should have the proper way of doing things.

After careful consideration, Qin Luo decided that having them refine pills and craft weapons was the most appropriate course of action.

Five dollars an hour.

That's the most I can have.

If you won't do it, plenty of others will.

Li Tianxiao paused.

Instead of reaching for the contract, he glanced at the shredded pork with garlic sauce.

"How much... is this?"

"Fifteen yuan a serving, and the prices for other flavors are about the same," Qin Luo said.

Li Tianxiao swallowed hard. To be able to enjoy such a delicacy after only three hours of refining pills was truly…

But then I turned around.

He saw Du Gang calmly looking at him.

Li Tianxiao snapped out of his daze and quickly adopted an expression of unyielding demeanor.

You wish!