Chapter 237 – Xia He: Old Qin, You Work Eight Hours a Day, and You Slack Off for Six of Them?!

Fuhai District.

The Jianghai monsoon had arrived, bringing days of continuous rain. Outside the window, everything was shrouded in haze, and large trees swayed violently in the fierce wind.

“Master, what exactly are these people trying to do?”

Xiaobai lay by the floor-to-ceiling window, sensing the densely packed personnel from the Star Martial Police Department outside. It made her feel extremely irritated.

It was like having tiny insects crawling all over her…

With these people restraining them, she couldn’t do anything.

And more importantly!

Xiaobai glanced back at the instant noodles in Qin Yang’s hands, and for no reason, her nose tingled with sadness.

Was her master actually eating instant noodles now?

This was simply an insult to her fox life!

Without her cooking for her master, she felt strangely unsettled. It was too pitiful that her master couldn’t enjoy this Fairy’s dishes anymore…

“Probably need to endure it for a while longer,” Qin Yang said indifferently, slurping his noodles noisily. Having gotten used to eating Xiaobai’s cooking every day, having a couple of instant noodles occasionally actually felt like a refreshing change.

Moreover.

Having these Star Martial Police Department people watching outside wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

“Not having to worry about cultivation, it’s time to return to the life of an ordinary person.”

Thinking this.

He then transmitted his voice to Xiaobai: “Don’t keep thinking about revealing your true form these days. Just behave properly and act like a regular fox.”

“Oh, alright.”

Xiaobai drooped her fox ears, took small hurried steps, climbed onto the sofa, curled her fox body into a ball, and sulkily rolled up into a furry sphere.

In the following days.

Time flowed like water, and Qin Yang continued his routine of clocking in for work.

Every day he browsed trending videos, after work he took Xiaobai to the park for walks, occasionally cooked for himself, and his simple life felt quite content.

Before, he was always exhausted from striving to improve his strength.

But now, under surveillance, he felt like he had returned to the simplicity of an ordinary person—leisurely and carefree.

Many Police Inspector personnel had infiltrated the library these days. To avoid detection, they constantly changed appearances, but none could escape Qin Yang’s notice.

Yet he remained composed.

Every day he slacked off at work, rested after work—a simple two-point, one-line lifestyle.

It carried a certain charm of remaining unshaken no matter how turbulent the outside world became…

One day, while Qin Yang was slacking off in his office.

Knock, knock, knock—

A knocking sound came from the office door.

“Come in!”

Qin Yang put down his phone, grabbed a pen, and began his practiced act of looking busy.

The person entering from outside was Li Qinghe.

But today she hadn’t appeared in her female form, instead logging in with her alternate account “Li Qing.” Holding some documents, she perfectly played the role of a library employee.

She slowly walked to the desk.

“Manager Qin, I have some documents here that need your signature.”

Li Qinghe placed the documents on the desk, displaying them one by one as she proceeded with their usual handover tasks.

“Is that all?”

Qin Yang picked up the documents, scanning them briefly.

“Mhmm.”

Right at that moment.

Li Qinghe’s voice suddenly transmitted privately.

“Master, has someone been targeting you recently?”

While arranging the documents, Li Qinghe whispered through voice transmission: “The atmosphere outside the library feels off, like there are many people out there.”

“Oh?”

Hearing this, Qin Yang remained expressionless and continued signing the documents on the desk. “You noticed it too?”

“Mhmm, I can sense something.”Li Qinghe said softly, rearranging the documents on the desk, “The flow of people in the library has been strange these past few days… many disguised visitors have appeared. Are they here for Grandmaster? Do you think it’s necessary for me to intervene? I could even employ some of the Li Family’s methods…”

Her words hung in the air.

“Employ Li Family methods?”

Qin Yang shook his head and waved his hand without hesitation. “Better not.”

The current situation outside remained uncertain.

The Li Family remained uninvolved, and dragging them into this matter felt somewhat inappropriate.

“It’s fine, just carry on as usual. No need to go through great lengths.”

Qin Yang leaned over the desk, signing documents, and replied calmly, “I can handle these matters myself. There’s no need for you to worry, and don’t interfere recklessly. Think twice before acting, understand?”

“Alright,”

Li Qinghe responded, still concerned. “If there’s anything I can assist with, Master, please don’t hesitate to ask.”

After Li Qinghe left,

Qin Yang stood up, stretched lazily, picked up a glass of water, and leisurely walked over to the “Golden Lotus” plant in the room, sprinkling some water on it.

He pondered to himself.

This silly girl certainly means well.

But during these troubled times, there’s no need to drag the Li Family into this.

“Besides, calculating the time, those people have waited so long… they probably can’t hold back anymore, right?”

Qin Yang turned to look out the window, where a heavy rain fell, concealing those lying in wait for the right moment.

……

……

On the rooftop of the building.

Star Martial Police Department surveillance center.

“Team Leader Xia, this week’s surveillance report is out!”

A team member handed a paper report to Xia He, pointing to the ratio analysis. “This guy does nothing but slack off! He hardly does any work at all!”

[Works eight hours a day, slacks off for an average of 6.5 hours daily]

“Team Leader! Is this guy even really working?”

“…”

Xia He took the report, glanced at the information, and couldn’t help but twitch his lips, feeling equally speechless inside.

Old Qin’s slacking skills…

They just keep improving day by day!

Being a Manager, isn’t this money coming too easily?

“Damn, I really made the wrong choice back then, listening to the old man and coming to this godforsaken place to suffer.”

Xia He stared at the slacking ratio on the paper and nearly lost his composure!

So leisurely every day, with nothing to do!

Isn’t this hundreds of times better than my job?

Heaven and earth, completely incomparable!

“While we brothers work hard here day and night, this is how he behaves?!”

At this moment, the detection team member grew even angrier, his hands trembling. “Team Leader! I’ve never seen anyone who slacks off this much. During a whole workday, he does nothing but slack off. The Police Inspector went through so much trouble just to monitor this lazy…”

Before he could finish,

Smack!!

Xia He directly gave him a sharp slap!

Leaving him seeing stars!

“Hey, Team Leader, why did you hit me…”

The team member covered his head, looking at Xia He with grievance. “What did I say wrong?”

“Tch, is his slacking off eating your family’s rice?!”

Xia He retracted his fist, glanced in the direction of Jianghai Library, and said irritably, “We’re here to carry out a surveillance mission, not to hold an evaluation meeting for you. Just do your job properly.”

“Yes, Team Leader…”

“You’re right to scold me.”

The crew-cut team member covered his head, glanced at Qin Yang on the surveillance screen, and whispered again, “Then how much longer do you think we’ll need to continue the surveillance?”

“You’re asking me? Who should I ask?”Xia He rolled his eyes and said irritably, “I want this resolved even more than you do, Captain. But with the higher-ups breathing down our necks, we have to maintain routine surveillance.”

“How about this, Captain Xia?”

A crew-cut team member looked at Xia He and cautiously suggested:

“Why don’t we just arrest him and interrogate him directly? With his slacker attitude, he’s probably spineless…

We could arrange a session of the ‘Grand Memory Restoration Technique’… then we’d get all the information we need!”

“……”

“Heh…”

Xia He let out two stiff laughs as he scrutinized the team member.

His gaze…

was like looking at a fool…

Arrest Old Qin?

“You try arresting him!”

With his heaven-defying abilities, who would be “restoring” whose memories… remained to be seen.

If they actually confronted him, this entire team would be wiped out – not a single survivor. He could literally dig through your memories!

Maintaining the status quo

wasn’t to protect Qin Yang, but to ensure the safety of these team members.

“Ah, the ignorance of the fearless…”

But as Xia He reconsidered, his brows furrowed again, a trace of worry appearing in his eyes as he watched Qin Yang on the monitor.

After all this time, the higher-ups showed no signs of relenting. It seemed they truly had no intention of letting this go.

If this continued, not just his team, but more Police Inspector teams would likely join this surveillance operation.

If it really came to that…

Would he still be able to control the situation?

“Sigh…”

Xia He let out a heavy breath.

“I need to come up with another plan. Have to get Old Qin out of surveillance as soon as possible…”

……

……

Time flowed like water, and two days passed.

Today was Grain Rain.

A continuous drizzle enveloped Jianghai City, washing the dust from the streets, the rain curtain connecting heaven and earth.

Liu Wushuang and Qi Qingshan still stood atop the high-rise, overlooking the umbrella-holding citizens below.

They easily spotted the figures of Qin Yang and Xiaobai.

“Why is there still no movement?”

Qi Qingshan’s expression turned grim, “It’s been a week now, and we haven’t even seen a ghost?

“After waiting all these days, this Qin fellow really is a slacker! Every day he just takes that little fox for walks, eating and drinking, not even cultivating… Is this guy really a disciple of the Sword God?”

As he spoke, he flicked away the rain curtain, saying:

“Maybe the Sword God’s school only has him and the Arrow God as Supreme Realm cultivators??”

“Just two?”

Liu Wushuang frowned, glanced at him, and sneered, “You want to bet on that? If you lose, we’d be facing a Supreme-level self-destruction.

Qi Qingshan, you brave enough to test that?”

“I…”

Hearing this, Qi Qingshan was speechless.

Testing the self-destruction theory was definitely not something he dared to do.

The power of a Supreme Realm self-destruction was immense – not just him, even the Supreme Alliance Leader couldn’t withstand it.

Having painstakingly cultivated to the Supreme Realm, if everything was destroyed, soul and spirit extinguished, the loss would far outweigh the gain…

“So what’s your plan then?”

Qi Qingshan gripped his sword hilt, watching Qin Yang and Xiaobai below – the man and fox walking under an umbrella in the rain, crossing the zebra crossing.

“We can’t just keep waiting here, watching this kid walk his fox every day, can we?”

“Three days.”

Liu Wushuang sighed upon hearing this, “If nothing happens in three days, we’ll lend a hand to make that school member show himself.”

“Good!”

Hearing this, the corners of Qi Qingshan’s mouth curved into a smile, Sword Intent blazing in his eyes.”I’ve been waiting for you to say that!

We’ll give him three more days. If there’s still no trace by then, I’ll make my move.”

As the words fell.

Drip, drip—

The curtain of rain within several meters around him abruptly stilled.

Threading together into lines.

Tremendous Sword Intent gathered within the water strands, like invisible swords soaring upward to pierce the clouds.

“If there’s still no news within three days, perhaps… my method would be more effective!”

(End of Chapter)