I'm farming treasure chests in the female-oriented world.

Chapter 78 Invitation

"What? They want Youyou to go to headquarters as a special liaison officer?"

Jinghong was led to a single apartment, and Xia Xue took the opportunity to suggest leaving. To avoid suspicion, Old Chen left the room, but to protect Chu Nan, he stood outside the door and did not leave.

Chu Nan only told Xia Jue the news when Xia Jue and Chu Nan were alone in Xia Jue's office.

"No, I disagree!"

Xia Jue reacted very strongly.

Chu Nan sat leisurely on the sofa, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it slowly.

"You really need to change your temper. You're not as mature as your sister who's six years younger than you."

Upon hearing this, Xia Jue's anger dissipated considerably, and an embarrassed expression appeared on his face.

"My two younger sisters are both more outstanding than me, which is a good thing, haha."

Chu Nan looked at Xia Jue, who seemed to be saying one thing but meaning another, and shook his head, saying, "Do you want to protect your sister, or do you want to become stronger yourself? The higher your status, the better it will be for your family and your sister."

Xia Jue naturally understood this principle, but she was still unwilling to give up.

"Why? They just transferred Youyou away with a single sentence. She's the only superhuman in Jiangcheng!"

Chu Nan smiled and took a sip of cool boiled water.

"You still don't understand the ins and outs. Has headquarters issued an official document yet?"

Xia Jue shook her head.

"no."

Chu Nan nodded slightly and said, "That's right, headquarters hasn't issued any official documents. Why do you think that is?"

Xia Jue's eyes darted around, a flash of understanding crossing her gaze.

"They also cannot control the will of the superhumans themselves."

Chu Nan nodded in satisfaction.

"They're not too stupid. Grandmasters of internal energy and superhumans are all transcendent beings. The people at headquarters can only reason with them and appeal to their emotions; they dare not force them. Otherwise, any consequences would be beyond their ability to bear."

Xia Jue only then realized what was happening, and the anxious look on her face had disappeared.

"Headquarters wants me to do Youyou's job? Haha, impossible. If they're so capable, let them do it themselves."

Chu Nan gestured with his eyes to the spot where Jinghong had just stood.

"They didn't expect you to help them, so they sent a lobbyist over."

Xia Jue then realized that this was the main job of the headquarters' special liaison officer.

Xia Jue sneered twice.

"Is the headquarters like a Pixiu, only taking in and never giving out? Boss, didn't you say that the number of superhumans at headquarters is seriously over-limit and that you intend to release some to the local areas? Why are they still eyeing the superhumans we recruit locally?"

Chu Nan was not surprised at all by this.

"Headquarters only said to send some to the local areas, but didn't say they would completely break away from headquarters."

At this point, Xia Jue understood perfectly well that their idea was to use the headquarters special envoy model, like Jinghong, to divert the headquarters' ability users, so as to fully utilize the ability users' role, shift the burden to the local areas, and also use them as a starting point to recruit ability users from various places.

"Headquarters always gets all the good stuff."

Chu Nan wasn't angry at all.

"That's normal. Headquarters has its considerations, and we local authorities have ours. It's a game of strategy, and that's always been the case."

Xia Jue said indignantly, "I still think it's too infuriating."

Chu Nan took a sip of water and leisurely reminded him, "Ability users have a lot of freedom; they can freely choose which unit they want to join."

Xia Jue didn't understand what it meant at first, but after Chu Nan finished speaking, she understood.

"What the leadership means is that we can also poach their people, like Jinghong."

Chu Nan glared at Xia Jue.

"You're getting more and more unreliable. How could you try to poach staff from headquarters? Don't do it again."

When Xia Jue heard Chu Nan's admonition, she initially thought that her leader disagreed. However, after hearing the last four words, she understood her leader's true meaning.

Xia Jue immediately reflected, "Yes, leader. I promise to adjust my mindset and do my job well."

Chu Nan lowered her head and took a small sip of water, then nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm, the water here is good, quite sweet. What kind of water do you use?"

Xia Jue immediately replied, "Boss, you think it tastes good too, right? It's not some famous water source; it's just spring water from the back mountain. When we were on a training exercise, we found that the water was clear and sweet, so we laid a pipe to bring it over."

Chu Nan encouraged her, "Yes, that's the kind of courage and determination you should have to discover beautiful things and lead Black Shield to them. A-Jue, I have high hopes for you."

Xia Jue immediately smiled, stood at attention, and saluted, saying, "Yes, sir, I guarantee I will complete the mission."

Chu Nan shook his head.

"I didn't give you any tasks."

Xia Jue scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly, "I was just making things up on my own; I misunderstood."

Chu Nan shook his head slightly, put down his water glass, and stood up with a smile, saying, "Alright, I have something to do, so I'll head back first. I'll leave the Black Shield matter to you."

Xia Jue immediately and solemnly assured, "Please rest assured, leader. As long as Black Shield is here, no one, whether martial artist, cultivator, or superhuman, will threaten the safety of Jiangcheng. Black Shield will always be the main force secretly protecting Jiangcheng."

……

Xia Xue's ears twitched, and she glanced at Xia Jue's office.

"Politicians, huh."

Chu Mian saw Xia Xue strolling into the parking lot, honked the horn, rolled down the window, and shook her head.

"Beautiful lady, would you like a ride?"

Xia Xue was thinking about leaving the Black Shield headquarters and finding a place to use her newly acquired teleportation ability to go home.

But then I thought, without a movement path, her teleportation ability would be easily exposed.

For the time being, Xia Xue has no intention of revealing this trump card.

Although she knew that Chu Mian must have something to ask her, Xia Xue still smiled and accepted Chu Mian's invitation.

Chu Mian drove slowly out of Black Shield, and said in a casual tone, "I have a tricky case recently. Do you want to come over and take a look? Just to broaden your horizons."

They finally revealed their true colors.

Xia Xue rested her chin on her arm, which was draped over the open car window. The wind blew through her hair, and the sunlight fell warmly on her face. Xia Xue squinted slightly and lazily replied, "Just looking? Then I won't go."

Chu Mian glanced at Xia Xue with a helpless expression, then said with a defeated look, "Alright, alright, I admit it. I hope you can help me. Use your experience in metaphysics to give me some advice. This case is too strange. From a scientific point of view, it is impossible to explain. And the only metaphysician I know is you. Please help me, please."

Xia Xue thought of the favor she owed Chu Mian, and the two treasure chests she obtained from Chu Mian and Chu Mian's patient Shen Wanyi, and a premonition stirred in her heart.

Could it be…

Xia Xue looked like she was being pestered and reluctantly said, "Okay, but this won't happen again."

Chu Mian smiled like a fox who had stolen a chicken.

"Okay, okay, this won't happen again. Thank you, Xiaoxue. Consider it a favor I owe you."

Hmph, you little brat, you're still easily controlled by me.

This time, I'm not only going to win this astronomical case, but also to verify whether Xia Xue has truly awakened her innate wisdom.

Kill two birds with one stone, achieve two goals at once.

Hehe, that's so me!

A hint of anticipation also appeared in Xia Xue's eyes.

"My feeling is that this is a good thing. Could it be the female lead? What kind of treasure chest will appear this time?"

The jeep stopped at the Xia residence. As Xia Xue got out of the car, Chu Mian rolled down the window and called out to her, "I'll pick you up at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Xia Xue walked forward with a flourish, her back to Chu Mian, casually waving her hand and making an OK sign.

Chu Mian shook her head and chuckled.

"This Xiaoxue is just trying to be cool."