Qiu Ming hummed a pop song that Xu Qian once liked to sing during her live broadcast. He was frying the steak in the kitchen, and his control of the fire was perfect. In the end, the steak was tender and juicy. After serving it on the plate, Qiu Ming sprinkled black pepper on it and paired it with two broccoli that had been boiled in boiling water.
After that, Qiu Ming took two steps back, admired his masterpiece, and poured himself a glass of red wine. Then, he walked out of the kitchen with the wine glass in one hand and the steak in the other, ready to celebrate the successful completion of his work.
However, the next moment, he was stunned on the spot.
Because he found that there were two more people at his table.
He had no impression of one of them, but Qiu Ming recognized the other.
"Where is Xu Qian?" E-Goat asked with a sullen face. He puffed out his chest and tried to make his voice sound fierce.
"F * ck!"
Qiu Ming couldn't help but curse. However, he immediately apologized to E-Goat.
"I'm not targeting you. I just didn't expect Xu Qian to tell others about her. This will make the whole thing more complicated. By the way, didn't you break up with her because you stalked her? Why do you still want to interfere in this matter?"
"Although she said she doesn't want to see me again, and I've decided to silently wish her happiness, if she's in danger, I won't sit idly by," E-Goat said passionately.
"…"
"Bootlickers are really good!" Qiu Ming sighed.
Seeing E-Goat's expression change, Qiu Ming gestured for him to calm down. He then walked over and placed the steak and red wine on the table. Then, he pulled up the chair opposite Zhang Heng and E-Goat and sat down.
"You guys are really making things difficult for me. Speaking of which, how much do you know about Xu Qian? Have you told anyone else?"
"Why? From the looks of it, are you planning to kill us to silence us?" After E-Goat finished speaking, he even let out a few contemptuous laughs. In the end, he realized that neither Zhang Heng nor Qiu Ming cooperated with him. After laughing dryly twice, E-Goat could only shut up awkwardly. Then, he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed. "You want to silence me? Am I also a clone?"
"I don't know why all of you care so much about whether you're clones or not." Qiu Ming blinked.
"Isn't that nonsense?" E-Goat said. "If Xu Qian wasn't a clone, these things wouldn't have happened. No matter if the number of viewers in her livestream is declining, who she marries, or whether she retires, no one would come to trouble her. If I weren't a clone, you wouldn't dare to do anything to me, would you?"
"Hmm …" Qiu Ming rubbed his chin. "That's what you think."
"Hmm …" Qiu Ming rubbed his chin. "So that is what you think.
"But I can't blame you because that's what everyone thinks." Qiu Ming smiled. "This is the reason why New Shanghai 0297 can operate normally."
The more E-Goat listened, the more confused he became. However, he didn't forget the important matter at hand. He said to Qiu Ming, "Stop talking nonsense. Get straight to the point. Hand over Xu Qian!"
"Sigh, programmers are just simple and crude. There's no mood at all. It's rare that I have the mood to chat today." Qiu Ming sighed. "You guys aren't even as good as Xu Qian. At least she's still a little persistent about the so-called truth."
"Truth? What truth?"
"It doesn't matter," Qiu Ming said. "Unfortunately, you're too late. Xu Qian has been sent away, and you won't be able to see her again. However, what's slightly comforting is that she left a video of her retirement. I'll use her social media account to post it later. You guys can wish her well with everyone."
"You bastard!" E-Goat was really angry this time. He stood up from his seat. "Are you guys planning to kill her? Just because the number of viewers in her livestream has dropped! "
"Hmm, let's understand it according to what you believe," Qiu Ming said. "Clones are pure production tools. The efficiency of production tools has dropped, so of course we have to replace them. So, what we're doing is very reasonable."
Qiu Ming's words left E-Goat speechless, but then E-Goat said, "Aren't you guys just trying to make money? Give me a number. Even if I can't fork out that much money alone, I'm not the only fan of Xu Qian. If we all pool our money together, we'll be able to gather enough."
"I'm a little touched by what you said, but believe me, your plan is useless."
"Are you forcing us to use violence?!" E-Goat's patience had finally run out, especially when he thought about how Xu Qian was suffering somewhere. His heart ached, and he didn't want to drag it out any longer.
"We can give it a try." Qiu Ming still looked indifferent.
In terms of their figures, there was no doubt that E-Goat had the advantage. Although he was a network engineer, he maintained his figure well, and there were even a few muscles on his arms. In contrast, Qiu Ming looked more pampered. He was slightly fat, and it seemed that he didn't exercise enough every day.
Therefore, E-Goat didn't even use all his strength in his first punch. He just clenched his fist and smashed it at Qiu Ming's face. In the end, Qiu Ming didn't react at all. It wasn't until the fist was about to reach his nose that he smiled. Then, his right hand suddenly bounced off the table at a speed that didn't match his figure at all.
Then, Qiu Ming's nose took a solid punch from E-Goat.
At the last moment, Qiu Ming's right hand, which had bounced up, was pressed back onto the table by Zhang Heng. Qiu Ming couldn't care less about touching his sore nose. His left hand had already reflexively pulled out the pistol hidden under the table. The whole process was done in one go, incomparably smooth.
In the end, he was still a step too slow. Before he could point the gun at Zhang Heng, the latter's knife had already been placed on his throat.
It was only then that Qiu Ming's expression changed slightly. He looked at Zhang Heng in surprise and said, "It seems that I've misjudged him this time. How can a programmer with basically zero social skills find such a powerful friend? But I don't understand. He's in this muddy water for love, so why are you? "
Zhang Heng didn't answer Qiu Ming's question. Instead, he asked, "Xu Qian should have just left your place not long ago. Where was she sent?"
"I don't know." Qiu Ming shook his head. "We belong to different departments. My duty is to make the target disappear from New Shanghai 0297 reasonably. As for where they go after they disappear, that has nothing to do with me."
"Is that so? But from what you said before, you don't seem like an honest screw," Zhang Heng said as he raised the knife by half a centimeter and cut Qiu Ming's skin.
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