CHAPTER 423: CHAPTER 423: TROUBLEMAKERS

Chu Jiaojiao immediately dialed Grandma Chu’s contact number, but there was no one answering.

Chu Jiaojiao grimaced, hung up the communication, and cursed: "Really unreliable."

Then, not giving up, she called the contact numbers of Grandma Chu’s Deputy Officer, personal aide, and several others. Without a doubt, no one answered those either; these people, like Grandma Chu, were all retired old men, old women...

Chu Jiaojiao’s expression turned utterly dark. It was obvious that the collective disappearance of these old men and women was certainly not a simple matter.

The temperature around her seemed to drop quietly in tune with Chu Jiaojiao’s darkened face...

Sheng Qingyan shook off the goosebumps on his body and sneaked a peek at Chu Jiaojiao, then said in a low voice: "Your granny is quite formidable, oh, ten of you wouldn’t match up to your granny... so Jiaojiao you don’t need to worry, oh..."

Chu Jiaojiao furrowed her brows and glanced at Sheng Qingyan before suddenly asking: "What treasure did you call me over here to see?"

Sheng Qingyan shrank his neck and was silent for a moment.

Chu Jiaojiao said: "Hurry up and bring it out, don’t waste my time."

Sheng Qingyan looked around and quietly stepped back a few paces before saying: "There’s no treasure... I was fooling you..."

Chu Jiaojiao: "..."

Chu Jiaojiao glared at him and cursed: "Do you think I have as much free time as you? Are you asking for a beating?"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Qingyan knew she was back to her usual self, immediately covering his mouth, and said with a giggly smile: "Actually, there is something... That online shop selling Soul Devices I found lately seems like it’s going to update its stock... Do you want to join me in keeping watch for the new items?"

Chu Jiaojiao asked: "...Are you talking about Green Glaze Master?"

Sheng Qingyan nodded like a bobblehead, urging her: "Yes, yes... Do you want to join me in keeping watch?"

Chu Jiaojiao gave him a sidelong glance and said: "You think I don’t know? Green Glaze Master himself has already announced that he will give advanced notice before restocking, there won’t be any sudden updates. What’s the point of keeping watch now?"

Sheng Qingyan said: "Anyway, brawling is no fun at all, oh, I’d rather camp out at the Master’s shop... Maybe if I’m lucky, I might catch the Master coming online unexpectedly..."

Chu Jiaojiao, somewhat speechless, said: "You go by yourself! I’m not going! I’m going back to brawling!"

As soon as Sheng Qingyan heard this, he lost interest and said: "I really don’t want to participate in this what’s-its-name online competition, oh... It’s just that my family’s Elder Sheng always withholds my pocket money to blackmail me, oh... It’s so tough for me, oh..."

Chu Jiaojiao didn’t want to listen to this loser talk and lifted her feet to leave.

Just then, a news flash suddenly popped up on the Star Network scroll screen, and Chu Jiaojiao’s steps halted, her eyebrows furrowing tightly enough to crush a fly.

The laziness on Sheng Qingyan’s face vanished in an instant: "Jiaojiao, oh... Isn’t that biggest piece of charcoal mentioned here your granny, oh?"

Chu Jiaojiao: "..."

Chu Jiaojiao scowled and snapped, "It’s not."

Sheng Qingyan looked puzzled, "But it obviously is... Look at the shape of the face, the contours, these eyes, this nose, these big white teeth - they’re exactly like yours, if she’s not your grandma then who could she be?"

Chu Jiaojiao’s forehead twitched with veins, cursing, "You’re the one who’s ugly!"

Sheng Qingyan glanced at the figure in the holographic video, then back at Chu Jiaojiao, covering his mouth and laughing meaningfully.

Although Chu Jiaojiao was angry at Sheng Qingyan’s gaze, she was even more angry at the person in the news!

What can be seen is—

About fifty or so old men and women, disembarking one after another from a pitch-black starship, all dressed in black protective clothing, their faces smeared with black paint, revealing only their distinctly black and white eyes and gleaming white teeth...

At the forefront, a old lady with impeccably combed black short hair, with only slight wrinkles at her slender eye corners, long legs, tall stature, and a robust and upright figure... It was impossible to tell that this was a 280-year-old granny.

This spirited old lady was currently representing this group of elderly people in an interview with reporters.

The reason this group of elderly people attracted a swarm of reporters was because they secretly pulled off a big stunt! Last night, Alliance time from eight to ten o’clock in these four hours, Chu Jiaojiao’s grandma led her former subordinates and ambushed in the triangular area between the Sixth Star System and the Seventh and Eighth Star Systems, suddenly attacking the largest force among the interstellar pirates, the ’Moon Fox Alliance’, not only dealing a severe blow to the Moon Fox Alliance but also capturing their boss, ’Du Yue’.

Once this news broke, it caused an absolute sensation. As the largest and most wicked organization among the interstellar pirates, the Moon Fox Alliance had caused the Alliance tremendous losses over the past centuries, with countless merchant ships, passenger ships, and warships being robbed and numerous civilians and warriors lost to this vicious organization...

And now, Grandma Chu actually inflicted a heavy blow to the Moon Fox Alliance and captured their leader, who wouldn’t be shocked after the news spread?

Not just shocked, but also full of admiration and respect.

Hence, media and reporters from various Star Systems in the Alliance were eager to interview Grandma Chu, to obtain firsthand information. However, Grandma Chu showed little enthusiasm for the interviews, only answering a few unimportant questions before finding an excuse to say, "Oh dear, please spare this old woman, I’ve been away from home for days, I need to go back and play with my granddaughter, if I’m late, the little one will get angry."

All reporters: "..."

Among them, a rather bold and straightforward reporter called out loudly, "Commander Chu, you’re using your granddaughter as a shield again, aren’t you? Isn’t your granddaughter at school at the moment? She should not be home now."

"Ah ha... what shield?" Grandma Chu put on a stern face, seriously said, "Nonsense! Am I that kind of person? My granddaughter loves me a lot, even though she’s gone to school, but she makes sure to check on my health status every day, and I have to report to her daily. I can’t talk any longer, if we keep delaying, my granddaughter will really get angry."

With that, she was ready to make a run for it.

But—the reporters were not giving up so easily, they all crowded around, hoping to dig up more information...

Just then, Grandma Chu’s communication phone rang, and she immediately put on a bitter face, saying, "Oh! Oh! What to do? The little taskmaster is calling to check up on me, how should I respond? You absolutely mustn’t let her find out I went off to fight with interstellar pirates suddenly, otherwise..."

Grandma Chu intentionally shrank her neck.

Seeing her like this, although the reporters wanted to continue the interview, they still gave way, allowing Grandma Chu to pass smoothly, but they did not leave and instead followed her at a distance.