The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 849: Chapter 849: Terrible Acting!

The atmosphere of silence on the lawn became lively again, as someone intended to break the rules, prompting the students to eat faster and tense up anew.

Ji You and her group continued patrolling.

While walking and patrolling, Ji You, being a businesswoman, was especially dedicated. Whenever she encountered people from other groups, she would approach them for promotion, grinning shamelessly: ”Hey! Big brother, big sister... While there’s still time, how about I distribute some discount coupons to everyone now?”

The others: ”...”

Ji You: ”It’s free.”

The others: ”...”

Among the group of silent and speechless people, the captain stepped forward, waved his hand, and shooed, ”Rejected, get lost.”

Ji You pursed her lips: ”When buying my beef jerky, you didn’t ask me to get lost.”

Captain: ”I’m not buying your beef jerky now.”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You lowered her head slightly, a hint of faint disappointment showed in her eyes. This scene fell into the eyes of the crowd; her slightly lowered eyes, lightly pursed lips, and the hidden disappointment on her body made the onlookers feel a twinge of heartache.

Yue Qiguang suddenly stepped forward, blocking Ji You, and lifted his eyelids towards the others, saying: ”No matter how dumb No. 4444 is, she’s still my captain, Yue Qiguang. Disrespecting her is disrespecting me, Yue Qiguang. You want to die?”

The captain looked slightly uncomfortable.

Yue Qiguang forced sternly: ”10 vouchers each for your squad, everyone must accept 10 discount coupons!”

The whole team: ”...”

There’s even coercion?

Yue Qiguang turned around and urged Ji You: ”Fool, aren’t you going to produce 60 vouchers?” This squad currently only has 6 members left.

Ji You reached out to pull out—

The captain’s mouth twitched slightly, muttering: ”But... but so many, it’s useless for us to hold them.”

Yue Qiguang angrily shouted: ”Hold them! Even if they’re useless, keep them!”

Captain: ”...”

After finishing the words, Yue Qiguang reached out, asked Ji You for the vouchers, and Ji You pursed her lips. Suddenly, a slender white hand stretched from beside them, stopping Ji You, ”Rushing isn’t selling... Even if a poor dead’s things aren’t worth much, they shouldn’t be distributed like this.”

After speaking, Sheng Qingyan reached out, grabbed all the discount coupons from Ji You’s hands, and said: ”Let’s go... off to patrol.”

When the words dropped, the typically laid-back and almost wishes to be carried while walking Sheng Qingyan actually took the initiative to walk ahead.

Ji You: ”Cough cough...”

Ji You whispered: ”Forget it, I won’t do promotions. Let’s all continue patrolling together.”

...

After walking a few steps, Ji You hummed, ”Spicy Eye, give me back my vouchers.”

Sheng Qingyan rolled her eyes disdainfully: ”As if anyone cares.”

Ji You thought for a moment, waved, and said: ”Forget it, I’ll give them to you.”

The group had already reached a secluded place, backs to the crowd, and Ji You lowered her voice: ”The acting is really bad. Especially you—Yue Qiguang! Exaggerated!”

Yue Qiguang: ”...”

Yue Qiguang: ”Papa chooses to act with you, that’s already giving you enough face.”

Ji You hummed and turned to Sheng Qingyan: ”You too, straighten your waist when you turn, walk with big steps, make the wind under your feet. Your posture? Should be more determined. Just now, you looked like a fool.”

Sheng Qingyan: ”...”

Sheng Qingyan stuffed the discount coupons back into Ji You’s hands: ”Take them back, Little Cutie isn’t serving you anymore.”

After saying so, she turned her back angrily.

Ji You cradled the vouchers in her hands, still glaring at Chu Jiaojiao, Shen Changqing, Yue Qiyuan, Xuzhou... several others, and scolded: ”And you guys, bad reviews! Each one of you stood like wooden stakes, wouldn’t you give some reaction, try to liven up the atmosphere together?”

Everyone: ”...”

This person is really hard to serve.

***

In the corner.

Penny, Yu Yi, and the other 10 people, forcefully intercepted by Ji You’s group, squatted on the grass, looking at each other, with expressions somewhat displeased.

Someone asked: ”Captain, are we just going to wait until the time is up?”

Yu Yi listened, didn’t answer immediately, but turned to Penny, asking: ”Are you sure there was no problem with the trash cans just now?”

Penny frowned, a flash of doubt crossed her face, said: ”I examined them closely, found no problems whatsoever.”

Yu Yi stroked his chin: ”That’s strange.”

Penny’s face darkened, said: ”There are a total of 44 trash cans, I inspected 14, the sampling rate has reached over 30%, each one meticulously checked, found no issues, it can almost rule out the possibility of hidden explosives.”

Having eaten, Penny followed Yu Yi’s instructions and circled the trash cans Ji You touched, discovering nothing abnormal. Out of 44 trash cans, she only checked 14 due to time constraints, proving Ji You’s previous behavior was purely to reclaim her discount coupons.

But!!!

A faint unease lingered in her heart, Penny said: ”Have we been too sensitive?”

Yu Yi shook his head, said: ”I keep feeling that during the critical time of the assessment, Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiyuan, Shen Changqing... their presence feels too coincidental, no matter how I think about it, it seems off.”

A male team member spoke, said: ”Could it be we’re overly sensitive?”

Ever since deciding to come out to dine on the delicacies, the group may have appeared jovial on the surface, but internally, they kept their guard up, never relaxing. However, Ji You, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan... among the group of 10 people, every move was secretly watched and guarded by Yu Yi, Penny, and their team, never slacking for even a second.

No anomalies.

All 44 groups seemed to have no abnormalities, what they said and did matched their personalities...

By now, it’s made everyone begin doubting their own feelings and judgments:

——Could it really be just a coincidence?

Coincidentally returned, coincidentally Teacher Mu wasn’t here, coincidentally brought so much food back to sell?

...

Because of doubting their own judgments, Yu Yi decided not to keep staying passive; he wanted to leave, take his group and leave immediately.

Any apparent threat is far less troubling than lurking dangers. When not sure where the crisis comes from, doing things that are a bit against the rules is understandable.

Penny said: ”It’s not a matter of sensitivity, I also feel a certain dangerous sentiment, but where exactly, for what reason, it’s like looking at flowers in the mist, dimly and elusive to grasp.”

Hearing this, other team members remained silent, still the male team member from before, said: ”So now, do we just sit like this without moving?”

Yu Yi: ”Hmm.”

After contemplating, Yu Yi looked around, whispered: ”Try to stay away from the trash cans Ji You touched.”

Checked 14 trash cans, no problems. But, aren’t there 30 that haven’t been inspected? Perhaps, the issue lies in one of those 30.

Upon hearing Yu Yi’s instructions, the team members replied: ”Don’t worry, captain, we will surely stay alert. And now, the trash cans around us are those already checked.”

Yu Yi finished survey around, found no apparent anomalies, calmed slightly.

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