Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1030: Chapter 572: Sharing Information! (Part 2)

"Mew..." This time, Keke didn’t struggle; she just pitifully poked her little head out and looked at Xu Xin.

"Right, there’s another person outside. Take him with you when you leave!" Xu Ying called to Lou Fei’Er, who had already reached the mountain crevice.

"Another person?" Xu Xin was somewhat surprised.

"Is there someone outside?" Lou Fei’Er squeezed out of the mountain crevice, looked around twice, "Where... Ah! Qin Fu? What are you doing here?"

So Qin Fu followed us...

Sure enough, a somewhat embarrassed voice from Qin Fu came from outside: "You two came out before dawn, so I wanted to catch up and see what’s going on, but you were riding wolves and were too fast. I just arrived when you came out. Is Brother Xin inside?"

"Hmm... He’s dealing with something inside. Let’s head back first."

"I just got here!"

"No more nonsense, let’s go, Axue and Silver King, didn’t you two notice him just now?"

"Howl..."

"Mew!"

Footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Xu Ying couldn’t help but laugh: "That guy sure knows how to act. When I arrived, he was already outside and probably overheard our conversation."

"Your senses are quite sharp, so why didn’t you mention it earlier?" Xu Xin looked up at Xu Ying sitting on a human statue.

"It’s not a big deal, is it? It’s just Qin Fu. That guy’s always been like this, and there’s nothing to worry about with one of our own." Xu Ying looked outside, swinging her legs and tapping the statue’s forehead with her heel. "Compared to him, who was that woman earlier?"

Xu Ying lowered her head, looking down at Xu Xin.

Xu Xin frowned: "Get down from there, why are you sitting so high up?"

"Uhh... alright." Xu Ying retracted her neck slightly, slid down and jumped off.

Gracefully landing, she stood in front of Xu Xin.

She still felt a bit of awe towards the brother who had been a team leader for hundreds of years, especially when he frowned angrily.

Her immediate reaction was a slight panic, much like hearing your mother call your full name out of the blue.

Soon, she came to her senses, glaring at Xu Xin: "Wait a minute, why should I be afraid of you? I’m much older than you. You should be calling me ’sister,’ or even... never mind, let’s just stick to me calling you brother."

This face was too familiar—if Xu Xin used that face to call her sister, she might shiver all over.

Of course, Xu Xin wasn’t going to call her sister.

"You’re the same no matter how old you are," Xu Xin said, arms crossed, shaking his head.

Xu Ying immediately replied indignantly: "Wow, the moment we meet, you want to lecture me, is that it? Let me tell you, I know way more than you do. You’d better start flattering me, or I won’t tell you anything!"

Xu Xin couldn’t help but laugh.

This familiar yet strange feeling was truly bizarre.

It’s a good thing her personality hasn’t changed much. If he had to face an old-fashioned Xu Ying, he really couldn’t handle it.

"What’s so funny? You still haven’t answered my question—who was that woman earlier?"

"Haven’t you met her?" Xu Xin countered.

"If I’m asking, of course I haven’t met her." Xu Ying glanced at the mountain crevice, "Qin Fu was indeed a member of our team back then, but I have no memory of that woman."

That should be the case.

Lou Fei’Er didn’t have any special abilities and indeed wasn’t part of the team back then.

"She’s one of our current companions, someone we can trust now," Xu Xin said without much elaboration, just looking at Xu Ying.

"Alright, you decide for yourself. Hmm... don’t you have something to ask me?" Xu Ying felt a bit flustered under the gaze, almost jumping up again.

Xu Xin was also at a loss.

There was so much he wanted to ask, he didn’t know where to start.

His mind felt like a tangled mess right now.

"...How long can you stay here? How about going back with me first? It’s still relatively dangerous outside Crystal City."

"Ah, no, I have to head back soon. There are still things that need my attention over there." Xu Ying waved her hand hastily, "This time, I actually came to prevent you from triggering this mechanism..."

"Leading to... the human base?" Xu Xin lowered his voice.

"How did you...?" Xu Ying looked surprised, "You even guessed that! Well, since you know, I’ll explain!"

Saying this, she grabbed Xu Xin’s arm and pulled him to the nearest spot beside the statue, with both of them almost leaning against it.

She nodded, "There shouldn’t be a problem here. With this statue interfering, it won’t be eavesdropped on or monitored."

The statue has an interference effect?

Before Xu Xin could ask, she began explaining how she had brought Li Wenxi down below.

Perhaps it was because she saw Xu Xin’s familiar face, which gave her a sense of reliance, that she shared with him the less-than-optimistic situation at the human base and the various anomalies they had discovered.

"So that’s how it is. The situation below is not very optimistic, mainly human conflicts. Even if forces from the other side are involved, they only sent some lackeys, who should be called... traitors to humanity? So, your sister-in-law is quite safe down there. You don’t need to worry, brother."

Although at first, when facing Xu Xin, she felt a bit awkward, now having grown used to it, calling him brother came naturally.