NOVEL NEXT Chapter 51: Confession
"Order whatever you like," Yang Qinglan said to the two, without looking up.
Li Qianxia asked Li Changzhou, "Brother, what do you want? I'll get it."
"Just give me a cup. I'll drink my own glacial mineral water, not industrial beverages."
"Hmm, good," Yang Qinglan nodded approvingly, still not looking up.
Li Qianxia got a cup for Li Changzhou, and took a juice for herself. Li Changzhou noticed that their cups were obviously personal.
As for Yang Qinglan, it was her store, so the private cups were expected, but when had Li Qianxia placed her own cup in the store?
"What ideas do you have about this operation?" Yang Qinglan finally finished her summary and looked up to ask the two.
"White cards are strong," Li Qianxia said after taking a sip of juice, adding, "but the three of us are stronger."
"Miss Yang's decision is correct. We must take the initiative to challenge the game to strengthen quickly. If white cards are like the mosquitoes this time, they are somewhat difficult to handle," Li Changzhou leaned back, relaxing against the chair.
"Challenging the game is a given," Yang Qinglan put down her pen, which rolled into the flap of her notebook, "the key is skills."
"Skills?" Li Qianxia repeated.
"Yes," Yang Qinglan continued, swinging her feet, "my 'Call the Wind and Rain' can stop the black mosquitoes' movement, but it doesn't affect the blood mosquitoes and queen mosquitoes, yet it can eliminate the black cloud mosquitoes that you guys couldn't handle."
"That is quite troublesome. All I could do was run," Li Qianxia agreed.
Li Changzhou nodded.
"The gym owner Lou has defense and boxing skills, but those are far inferior to Changzhou," Yang Qinglan added.
Li Changzhou nodded again.
"The actress Mu Rong can comfort others and also confuse people. This is a confusing skill, which I might consider learning."
"She added me as a friend already! I have a celebrity's WeChat!" Li Qianxia said sweetly.
Yang Qinglan looked at her.
Li Qianxia lifted her cup, her lips pressed against the rim, and she averted her gaze.
"Tang Yijun can hide and scout, which is also worth our learning. Qian Xia can learn this area, as you're fast. If....."
Yang Qinglan was speaking and then stopped, turning her gaze to Li Changzhou.
"What are you looking at?" she asked.
"Hmm," Li Changzhou sat up straight, "Mr. Lou invited us to his gym, which I think we should check out."
Yang Qinglan stopped swinging her feet, placed her crossed legs down, and adjusted her skirt.
Turning her head, Li Qianxia's lips parted from the cup's rim: "Brother, if you like feet, from now on, I'll let you wash mine for me."
Li Changzhou knew he was being framed.
He felt it necessary to explain.
"I like legs, not feet; in our profession, liking legs is different from liking feet."
Sounds of flipping pages, rain, a spoon hitting a glass, and typing on an iPhone keyboard filled the quiet store.
Yang Qinglan looked at Li Qianxia: "Has your brother always been like this?"
"He became like this after meeting you. Before that, I even doubted whether he liked women—many girls confessed to him in high school, they even shared cucumbers with him, and one girl at graduation insisted he tell her whom he liked, and she cried."
Yang Qinglan looked back at Li Changzhou, somewhat accusatorially asking him, "What's going on now with you?"
"It's a disguise."
"A disguise?"
"Yes," Li Changzhou nodded, "today, I wasn't very serious in front of Zheng Qing and the others, right? This is showing weakness to fool the enemy, as Han Feizi said, 'being weak and not fearing the strong can lead to destruction,' I'm currently weak, so I disguise myself as an optimistic young man."
"Fair point. Then why do you disguise yourself as a pervert in front of me?" Yang Qinglan asked curiously.
Curious, this woman actually showed curiosity!
"Aren't we here for a reflection meeting?" Li Changzhou asked curiously.
Yang Qinglan looked at him for a couple of seconds, withdrew her gaze, and a slight smile formed on her lips.
But Li Qianxia hadn't let go of the optimistic young man.
"I think it's not a disguise, but 'cannot help oneself,'" she said.
"I also 'cannot help myself,' and now I want to hit you," Li Changzhou retorted.
"Enough," Yang Qinglan interrupted the two siblings, "Let's talk about the base next, any ideas?"
"I'll listen to my brother," Li Qianxia immediately spoke.
Sounds nice, but she's actually just being lazy and doesn't want to think.
Despite being twins, she only has the intelligence of a somewhat smart person with a score of 6, while Li Changzhou is a genius at 7. Perhaps that explains it.
Yang Qinglan gestured to Li Changzhou with a slight nod of her head, signalling him to speak.
"I thought about it a bit before going to bed."
"Let's hear it." Yang Qinglan picked up her pen again.
Li Changzhou recalled, "First, using my 'Earth Tunneling', we'll connect your yard with ours, and build a base underground. For size, the seven yards between our three will do."
They were separated from Qing Lan Bookstore by five yards. Counting their own two, that made a total of seven, each with 130 square meters, making it 910 square meters.
This was the area of one floor, and they could dig several more...
"Earth Tunneling? What Earth Tunneling? Where did this Earth Tunneling come from?" Li Qianxia pushed a little closer to Li Changzhou with each question.
"Yeah, where did this Earth Tunneling come from?" Li Changzhou directed the question at Yang Qinglan.
"Keep telling us about your idea," Yang Qinglan urged without stopping her pen.
"First layer, a small decontamination zone, second layer for cultivation, third layer for leisure, dining room, kitchen, bar, study; fourth layer for living quarters, fifth for power and surveillance."
"Even a study is included," Yang Qinglan appreciated.
"What's this Earth Tunneling?" Li Qianxia asked again.
"Also, I plan to tunnel to a supermarket, and storage warehouses. If things change suddenly, it will be convenient for us to fetch supplies, especially from various logistics companies' warehouses," Li Changzhou added.