RYEY -Chapter 445 Blind Eyes

“I forgot about that, but it’s fine. If she can’t find a teaching job, she won’t starve. Worst case, we’ll let her open a small shop—she can still support herself.”

“Second Sister-in-law, you want Lele to open a small shop—where would it be?”

“Isn’t there an open piece of land outside the garrison area? I see people setting up stalls there on weekends. I’m thinking of building a small shop there, selling grain, oil, rice, flour, some snacks, and daily necessities.”

“Second Sister-in-law, if—just if—Sister Lele becomes a teacher, could that small shop be handed over to my wife to run? I’m just saying hypothetically, don’t take it the wrong way.”

“Pfft—”

Hantong couldn’t help laughing. That was exactly why everyone liked Xiao Dan. Not only was he good at research, he also knew how to advance and retreat, always leaving himself a backup plan.

“Sure. If Lele doesn’t do it, it’d be a waste anyway. You can go discuss it with Brigade Commander Qin—how to get that piece of land, whether by contracting or leasing. It all depends on your own abilities.”

Li Huan secretly nodded. If that land weren’t taken by Cheng Qiao herself, and instead left to Lele, it might not be possible to secure it. Qin Daqiang would also have to avoid suspicion—he couldn’t let people gossip behind his back.

But Xiao Dan was different. His family conditions weren’t great. Once family members came over, they still needed to eat and drink, and if they had children, expenses would only increase. If the family could be self-reliant, wouldn’t that be even better?

Seeing Cheng Qiao nod, Xiao Dan unknowingly floored the accelerator in excitement. Fortunately, aside from military trucks, there was hardly anyone on this road.

“Cheng Qiao, why do you insist on going to the Qilian Mountains?”

Hantong didn’t quite understand. Cheng Qiao was living comfortably at the medical college—good food, good lodging. Why was she always looking for things to do? The depths of the Qilian Mountains were mysterious and dangerous, not a place ordinary people could go.

“I just have a feeling something will happen there. I have to go take a look.”

Hantong suddenly laughed at herself. She’d forgotten—Cheng Qiao wasn’t an ordinary person. She was merely a medical saint without self-protection… no, that wasn’t right. She did have self-protection—otherwise, how could that agent have been knocked out by her?

The car soon arrived at the Qilian Mountains. After dropping them off, Xiao Dan went off to take care of his own business. Just as the car left and the exhaust hadn’t yet dispersed, a sharp eagle cry rang through the sky.

“Damn, that’s a huge gyrfalcon—how did it grow so big?”

Hantong looked up and saw a massive shadow swooping down. Startled, she already had a gun in her hand. If the gyrfalcon hurt anyone, she wouldn’t hold back.

“Don’t shoot—that’s my gyrfalcon!”

Cheng Qiao immediately pressed down on Hantong’s hand. What a joke—how could her pet die at the hands of her own people? That would be far too unjust.

The gyrfalcon had long smelled Cheng Qiao’s scent and had been following Xiao Dan’s car in the sky. Seeing Cheng Qiao get out, it cried excitedly.

But what did it see? A woman actually wanted its life. Fine then—it wouldn’t be polite. As it flew in front of Cheng Qiao, preparing to land, it forcibly squeezed out a lump of droppings and dumped it right onto Hantong’s head.

Hantong actually could have dodged, but she understood well the vindictive nature of such animals. If it didn’t get its way this time, her future days wouldn’t be peaceful.

That lump of droppings landed squarely on Hantong’s head, completely covering her face. Li Huan wanted to laugh but didn’t dare—afraid Cheng Qiao would be unhappy.

Sure enough, seeing the gyrfalcon behave like that, Cheng Qiao directly smacked it hard on the head. That blow truly hurt; the gyrfalcon squawked angrily.

“She’s my good friend—how could you treat her like this?”

The gyrfalcon lowered its head in grievance. She was about to kill me just now! Giving her a lump of droppings was already for your sake—otherwise I’d have slashed her face with a claw and torn her throat.

Cheng Qiao sighed inwardly and took out her water flask to wash Hantong’s face, but Hantong had already run to a low-lying area at the foot of the mountain, where spring water flowed down from above.

“Cheng Qiao, come up quickly—I’ll take you to see my kid!”

Cheng Qiao froze. This guy had offspring so soon? Where did it even find a mate? She was about to say something to Li Huan, but the gyrfalcon tugged at her sleeve, pulling her upward.

“You two wait here. I’ll go see what’s going on.”

Cheng Qiao climbed onto the gyrfalcon’s neck. With its wings beating, a rush of air sent sand and stones flying. Li Huan and Hantong squinted instinctively, watching the gyrfalcon slowly ascend.

“Incredible. A gyrfalcon this big—and it can even carry Cheng Qiao while flying. This is shocking. I wonder how many more secrets Cheng Qiao has that will surprise me.”

“It’s a pet she’s raised since childhood—nothing unusual,” Li Huan replied alertly. Even though Cheng Qiao’s secrets were already known to special departments, not every ability user needed to know. What should be concealed still had to be concealed.

Hantong glanced at Li Huan. This guy was really protective of his wife.

“Has anyone gone up the mountain recently?”

Cheng Qiao tightly gripped the feathers on the gyrfalcon’s neck, surveying the perilous peaks below as she communicated with it. The gyrfalcon tilted its head and directly carried Cheng Qiao toward a certain spot.

“Do you see it? Do you see it? There are three people fighting here.”

Cheng Qiao told it to fly lower. With leaves blocking her view, she couldn’t see clearly. The gyrfalcon grumbled in annoyance, calling it troublesome, but still descended.

“My heavens—it’s Uncle Lata! Quick, let’s go down and help. That ragged middle-aged man is my benefactor—we must save him!”

The gyrfalcon swiftly folded its enormous wings and dove straight toward the ground, its massive beak aimed at one of the men pointing a gun at Hu Lata.

That man was an assistant by Gu Yuhua’s side. He wasn’t an ability user, but he specialized in poisons. Several soldiers had unknowingly died at his hands, yet no one had ever found out.

Cheng Qiao clutched the gyrfalcon’s feathers with one hand, while the other palm already held a handful of poison powder. As they closed in, she scattered the powder straight at his face.

The agent only felt a huge bird flying toward him—no, crashing toward him—and hurriedly dodged. Being struck by such a bird would mean death or crippling injury.

At the same time, the agent grabbed a handful of white powder and flung it at the gyrfalcon’s eyes. The gyrfalcon’s vision instantly went black, losing all sense of direction, and its body crashed to the ground.

Cheng Qiao had long been prepared. The moment the gyrfalcon fell, she took it into her space, stuffed a handful of antidote pills into its beak, and used the well water from the space to wash its eyes.

The gyrfalcon blinked repeatedly, seeing only blurry shapes ahead. Panicked, it squawked loudly. The Qilin Soul-Returning Tree shook its trunk slightly—this bird was far too timid, truly useless.