Song Mingqian also disappeared, leaving only Ye Shijie.
Ye Shijie's lips twitched slightly, then he said with a look of righteousness, "Since everyone is coming to your house, I will follow the majority and come over immediately."
He also disappeared from the video call.
Xia Chujian looked at the Fried Dough Sticks on the table and sighed resignedly.
"Gugu, my Dark Night Hunter team members are coming to our house for a meeting, can you help fry some more Fried Dough Sticks?" Xia Chujian asked Xia Yuanfang loudly.
Xia Yuanfang had been working in front of the physical high-definition display screen all morning. Hearing what Xia Chujian said, she immediately replied, "No problem, I was just thinking of meeting your teammates. I want to thank them for taking care of you for three years."
Xia Yuanfang went to the kitchen to get busy.
Xia Chujian had already sent her home address to her teammates.
Actually, Ye Shijie and the others knew she lived here, but they didn't know the specific floor number.
Twenty minutes later, Ye Shijie and the others arrived at Xia Chujian's door almost simultaneously.
"Did you come together in a Flying Vehicle?" Xia Chujian opened the door and invited them in with a smile.
Each teammate brought a gift.
Ye Shijie handed her a bottle of what looked like very high-end red wine, and a black velvet gun case.
Opening it, there was a brand new Killer 018 Smart Pistol inside!
Xia Chujian was immediately excited and hugged the gun case tightly, not letting go.
Li Fu gave her a box of five hundred tubes of Advanced Nutrient Solution, saying, "Little Chujian, what's so good about that gun? Mine is better!"
Li Fu's Mental Strength level had increased by two levels, and his Advanced Nutrient Solution quota had also increased.
But even with the increase, this box of five hundred tubes of Advanced Nutrient Solution was at least his quota for a year, and it was a big investment.
If it were before, Xia Chujian wouldn't have accepted it.
But now she knew that Advanced Nutrient Solution could help Gugu's body recover as soon as possible, so she accepted it with a smile, saying, "Thank you, Fu Ye! I like this even more!"
Song Mingqian gave her a silver metal box the size of a cigarette case.
"What's this?" Xia Chujian asked curiously, opening it.
Song Mingqian said, "It's the 'ID card' for your Flying Vehicle. You only need to insert this card into your Flying Vehicle to be officially registered and can take off freely. Don't worry, everything is legal, and no identity information is leaked."
Xia Chujian was overjoyed, "Thank you, Song Ge! This really solves my urgent need!"
Ping Qiong gave her a set of particularly high-end skin care products.
She said fiercely, "Little Chujian, this cost Cai Jie half a year's salary, you have to use it every day for me!"
Xia Chujian nodded repeatedly, thinking that she could give it to Gugu. Gugu knew a lot about skin care, but Gugu had never bought even the cheapest skin care products for herself.
She hugged Ping Qiong and said to everyone, "I'm treating, why did you bring gifts?"
Song Mingqian and Ping Qiong, like they were old friends, carried their things inside first.
Ye Shijie looked at Li Fu and said, "...You can actually get an Advanced Nutrient Solution quota?"
Among the gifts they brought today, Li Fu's was the most difficult to obtain, because it couldn't be bought with money alone.
Li Fu chuckled and said, "Little Chujian has saved me so many times, what's a little Advanced Nutrient Solution? I'll give it to her even if I don't eat or drink myself!"
Ye Shijie scoffed and said to Xia Chujian, "It was a bit rushed today, and I didn't prepare anything. Next time, I'll bring you something good."
"Thank you, Ye Dui! That gun is good enough!" Xia Chujian took the red wine from Ye Shijie's hand without any pretense.
In fact, Xia Chujian was also very satisfied with this bottle of red wine.
She wasn't interested in red wine, but she knew that Gugu liked it very much.
But they couldn't afford it before.
Xia Chujian had seen Gugu looking at the red wine with reluctance in the shopping center of Mulan City, and on the Star Network.
It was as if she had recalled some particularly beautiful memory, and the smile on her lips was breathtakingly beautiful.
Even if time passed, it could not take away her beauty.
This time, my aunt can finally enjoy a good glass of red wine.
Xia Chujian came in carrying things and told her teammates, "My aunt is frying Fried Dough Sticks in the kitchen for you guys, wait a bit."
The teammates quickly said, "We should go greet your aunt first. She's our elder, how can we make her wait?"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Song Mingqian took the lead, with Ye Shijie, Li Fu, and Ping Qiong following behind him into the kitchen.
They heard the four of them say in unison, "Hello, Xia Gugu, thank you for your trouble today."
Xia Yuanfang was wearing a blue and white apron, standing in the kitchen with an air of scholarly refinement.
Although golden-yellow Fried Dough Sticks were bubbling in the oil in front of her, and the silent range hood was spinning overhead, she stood there as if surrounded by countless books, untouched by the mundane world.
Ye Shijie, Song Mingqian, Li Fu, and Ping Qiong were awed by Xia Yuanfang's aura, barely daring to breathe.
The four of them thought in unison, Little Chujian's aunt looks like a genius, so why is Little Chujian such a dunce?
It just doesn't seem right...
However, when Xia Yuanfang opened her mouth to speak, the four of them immediately felt that they must be related.
Their manner of speaking was exactly the same.
Xia Yuanfang said with a smile, "You must be Chujian's teammates, right? Let me guess, you're the captain, Ye Shijie. You're Li Fu. You're Cai Jie, and you must be Song Mingqian, am I right?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" the four of them replied in unison.
Ping Qiong was the most excited. She especially liked it when people called her "Cai Jie." She didn't expect Xia Chujian's aunt to be so perceptive! Xia Chujian said triumphantly, "I didn't show my aunt any photos of you! Besides, I don't even have any photos of you. I only told my aunt your names and some of your habits."
"So amazing?! This is Recognizing People by Reputation! Only a truly talented person can do this!" Song Mingqian gave Xia Yuanfang a thumbs up, then quickly realized that this action was too abrupt, and quickly put his hand behind his back, smiling awkwardly.
Xia Yuanfang smiled and said, "You're exaggerating. Actually, I guessed based on your heights. Chujian didn't tell you, but she also told me about your physical characteristics."
The four of them: "..."
Xia Chujian was laughing so hard she was about to faint.
Xia Yuanfang said, "Chujian, if you've laughed enough, go talk to your friends. I've fried the Fried Dough Sticks, you can eat them first. I'll make a few more dishes, everyone just eat whatever you like."
"Thank you, Xia Gugu!"
Xia Chujian went to the kitchen, took out the Fried Dough Sticks that Xia Yuanfang had just fried, along with soy milk, and put them on the dining table in the dining room.
"Everyone, sit wherever you like, let's eat and talk."
The four of them sat down at the dining table, each taking a Fried Dough Stick to eat first.
As soon as they tasted it, their eyes widened.
Then they closed their eyes and chewed, as if they had never imagined that carbohydrates could be so fragrant and unique.
The four of them devoured the foot-long Fried Dough Sticks, finishing them in just a few bites.
Then they started on the second one.
When they ate the second one, they weren't so fast, but chewed slowly, as if savoring the unique satisfying taste of carbohydrates.
Song Mingqian ate Fried Dough Sticks and drank soy milk, then asked, "What about meat buns? Are there any meat buns left?"
Xia Chujian spread her hands: "There are no meat buns left, I ate them all. Meat buns require chopping the filling, kneading the dough, and letting it rise, it's too much trouble. Next time, next time I'll ask my aunt to make them for you."
It was impossible for her to give them meat buns, because her meat filling was Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat filling.
Her teammates would be able to tell as soon as they ate it.
She couldn't explain where she got the Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat from.
So she simply didn't take it out for them to eat.
"Remember that!" Song Mingqian gave her a resentful look and said, "It would be best if we could have meat buns on New Year's Eve."
"Who eats meat buns for New Year's?" Ping Qiong slapped Song Mingqian and glared at him, saying, "If you want to eat meat buns, bring your own meat!"
"I'll bring it, I'll bring it!" After Song Mingqian finished speaking, he looked at Xia Chujian and said, "I'll even bring the flour myself, I'll come early and help you knead the dough and let it rise."
"So amazing? Song Mingqian, you can even knead dough?" Xia Chujian took a sip of soy milk and said with a smile.
Then she looked at Captain Ye Shijie: "Ye Dui, what did you say you wanted to tell everyone? What's up with the Bounty Hunter's Hunted List?"
Ye Shijie glanced quickly at Xia Yuanfang's back in the kitchen and said softly, "...Can I talk about it now? Your aunt...?"
"My aunt is fine. She knows what I'm doing and doesn't object." Xia Chujian leaned back in her chair and stretched. "I haven't been on a mission for a while, and my bones are getting rusty."
"Tch!" Ping Qiong rolled her eyes at her. "Isn't it good to rest at home? Why are you so eager to risk your life?"
"Cai Jie, you're resting at home, but I'm not. I'm studying all day long, and I'm about to throw up!" Xia Chujian made an exaggerated "vomiting" gesture. "--I finally finished my graduation exams, and I really don't want to go to school anymore!"
"Oh, so it's already the graduation exam." The four of them looked at each other with sighs.
Of the four of them, only Song Mingqian was a university student. The other three had only graduated from high school.
Xia Chujian waved her hand. "Let's not talk about depressing things. Come on, let's hear what valuable figures have appeared on the Bounty Hunter's Hunted List."
Ye Shijie then lowered his voice and said, "...Fan Chengcai."
Xia Chujian's expression froze slightly. "...Who?"
"Fan Chengcai."
"Really Fan Chengcai?!" Everyone exclaimed in unison.
"Is it that Fan Chengcai from the Fan Family Nobles of Da Fu Prefecture? The one who tried to steal our Combat Aircraft at the Mulan City checkpoint and almost killed me?!" Xia Chujian's eyes lit up, and she smiled calmly.
However, the Other Shore Flower birthmark on her forehead showed a bit of a ferocious pattern with her smile.
Ye Shijie nodded. "Fan Chengcai is a noble, and the requirements are higher for nobles on the Hunted List. Ordinary Bounty Hunters won't accept contracts to kill nobles. And Bounty Hunters who are willing to accept noble assassination missions charge even more."
Xia Chujian curled her lips. "...So Bounty Hunters are just the lower classes hurting each other..."
"Hehe, there's no need to be so pessimistic. Bounty Hunters never kill ordinary commoners, but rather wealthy and powerful commoners. If you kill an ordinary commoner, who would hire a Bounty Hunter?" Ye Shijie said disdainfully.
Seeing Xia Chujian's unhappy expression, Li Fu quickly interjected, "Who's acting on behalf of heaven to kill Fan Chengcai? What other outrageous things has he done? What's the bounty?"
Ping Qiong asked curiously, "Hunted List missions are all clearly priced, right? --What price are they offering?"
Song Mingqian also said, "The Hunted List isn't our Association's internal mission list. The Association doesn't provide equipment for these kinds of missions."
Xia Chujian had long been tempted, but didn't want to show it in front of her teammates.
She pretended to be uninterested, yawned, and said, "Ye Dui, why do you think I'd be interested in a mission that requires me to pay for my own ammunition?"
Ye Shijie couldn't help but say, "That's right, I was wrong. If you had to pay for ten thousand bullets yourself, you'd probably have to sell yourself to complete the mission."
The ten thousand bullets thing was obviously not going to go away.
Xia Chujian resigned herself to her fate and didn't struggle. She said with a grin, "Ye Dui understands me, that's the way it is. So why would I be interested?"
Ye Shijie glanced at her and said, "I thought you wanted revenge."
"That's right, since he's on the Hunted List, it's only right and proper for us to accept the mission and kill him, and we won't be held legally responsible!" Li Fu slammed the table, revealing a "let's do it" kind of boldness.
Song Mingqian thought more deeply and further. He pondered and said, "Although that's true, it's not completely foolproof. After all, he's from a noble family. If he's on the Hunted List, he'll probably know..."
Li Fu narrowed his eyes and nodded. "That's right, the Fan Family must know. Even if they don't actively find out, someone will leak the information to them."
"So, it's too difficult to kill nobles. Their security is already better than ordinary people, and if they know they're on the Hunted List, they'll definitely hire even more bodyguards for themselves." Ping Qiong pointed out the difficulty of the mission while eating Honey Tangerine.
Ye Shijie also said, "Especially since the Fan Family is quite wealthy. You know Fan's Clothing, right? That's their family's business, and they're about to sell it to other planets."
After he said this, they all fell silent.
In the Beichen Empire, having a noble status was already superior to most people.
Having status and money basically meant you could do whatever you wanted.
Compared to these wealthy nobles, ordinary people like them were as insignificant as grass.
"Then forget it, I don't want to pay for my own bullets anyway." Xia Chujian shrugged, looking indifferent.
At this time, Ping Qiong was anxious and had already used her Quantum Optical Brain to check the bounty on the Hunted List.
"Oh? The bounty for killing Fan Chengcai is quite high... one million Beichen Coins, plus a Civilian Flying Vehicle!"
Ping Qiong's eyes lit up. "There's actually a Civilian Flying Vehicle!"
"The most ordinary Civilian Flying Vehicle is about one million Beichen Coins, plus one million in cash, for a total of two million Beichen Coins, to buy Fan Chengcai's life. --What do you think?" Li Fu looked at Xia Chujian. "Really not interested? We can cooperate, then sell the Civilian Flying Vehicle. Five people, we can get two million Beichen Coins in total, and each person gets four hundred thousand Beichen Coins."
Xia Chujian still shook her head: "...The risk is too great, the reward isn't high enough."
Song Mingqian also felt it wasn't a good idea: "In case the other party hires a powerful Gene Evolver, we'd just be going there to deliver food. --It's too uneconomical."
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