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nEditor: Sahloknir

nShi Qing felt like this kid Song Xiabing was trying to tell him something by beating those guys up.

nAlas, he was a straight man. He certainly wouldn’t understand, hehe!

nAfter venting, Song Xiabing refused to own up to his actions in a particularly shameless manner. He acted like his words just now weren’t meant for Shi Qing.

nThe Song family members were all beaten up, but they were still alive.

nIt’s not that Song Xiabing couldn’t kill them. He deliberately spared them for a reason.

nHe knew all too well what these people were like.

nThey were your usual bullies that feared the strong and tormented the weak.

nNow that he noticed he had an audience (Shi Qing), Song Xiabing, who looked like he was about to raze the place to the ground, stopped his rampage. He suddenly turned into a ‘pitiful little thing’, softly but insistently clinging to the man.

nThe fear that the Song family originally felt towards him was instantly halved.

n“Is this Mr. Shi Qing from Blazing Thunder?”

nThe person who spoke was the Song family’s young master. He struggled to his feet with a bleeding nose. After glaring resentfully at Song Xiabing, who had wriggled his way into Shi Qing’s arms, he plastered a fake looking smile on his face.

nIt’s not that he didn’t want to smile more sincerely…

nHe couldn’t help it because of how swollen his face was, ah.

nThe young master cupped his fist. “I’ve heard that the Blazing Thunder Boss, Shi Qing, is a straightforward person, so I will be frank. Our Song family came here to do legitimate business. Have we offended your Blazing Thunder in some way for you to send people to target us like this?”

n“If nothing else, our Song family has an abundance of food. Enough to hire several top tier ability users. Mr. Shi, if you can’t give us an appropriate reason, it will be hard for us to let today’s matter go. If Mr. Shi doesn’t want to make an enemy of our family, it would be best if you let us discipline the person by your side.

nSong Xiabing’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Black mist swirled around his fingertips.

nHe only liked to pretend to be pitiful around Shi Qing. This guy, who was a nobody before he left the Song family, sure had a lot of guts.

nHis expression cooled. Just before he was about to teach this guy a lesson, the man he was leaning against suddenly spoke coldly. Shi Qing still had that impatient gangster look on his face. His words were slurred and he had a cigarette in his mouth.

n“How we handle our own affairs has nothing to do with your Song family.

nSong Xiabing was slightly moved.

nShi Qing…

nIs he defending me?

nAlthough he knew that logically Shi Qing was only defending him because of his phantom fox physique, Song Xiabing felt like things were different this time.

nShi Qing was a very possessive person. He would rather beat his Blazing Thunder members to death himself rather than hand them over to outsiders.

nBy presuming they could discipline his Blazing Thunder members, the Song family had crossed Shi Qing’s bottom line.

nSong Xiabing seemed to vaguely realize something.

nYes, Shi Qing was a very protective person.

nHe wouldn’t say anything if Song Xiabing was domineering to others. At most, he would come to share in the profits.

nBut if outsiders were domineering to Song Xiabing, and he made himself the weaker party…

nThe young man buried his face against the man’s chest. No one could see it, but his lips quirked up a fraction.

nWhen he looked up again, there was a pitiful expression on his face.

n“I only came for a look after I heard that the Song family was here. After all, I’m also part of the family. I was starting to miss them after being separated for so long.”

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nSong Xiabing seemed very aggrieved. “Who knew they would start cursing me out as soon as they saw me? Boss, I wouldn’t have done anything before, but we’re together now! By insulting me, they’re basically insulting you! How could I let them continue to slander you like that. Besides, they didn’t just hurl hurtful words at me. They said that I’m a dead man walking even if I have you and Blazing Thunder’s protection.”

nThe Song family members: “…”

nThe Song family’s young master almost spat out blood. “Bull**!! What proof do you have that we said those things?!!”

nSong Xiabing appeared to cower back at his tone, pressing himself even more onto Shi Qing’s body. “But you did say that. If you want to deny it so badly, why don’t you bring out proof that you didn’t?”

nThe Song family members: “…”

nSong Xiabing pleaded his case with more urgency. “Boss, you might not know this, but they always looked down on me and bullied me when I was a child. When they couldn’t bully me anymore as an adult, they abandoned me at this base after the apocalypse. My dad doesn’t care whether I live or die. He pretends that he doesn’t have a son like me. I’ve suffered so much at their hands…”

nHis words would’ve made everyone shed tears.

nUnfortunately, all the people around him right now witnessed how he had beaten up the Song family.

nOn the inside, they were all like: “…”

nOn the contrary, it was Shi Qing who was slightly moved.

nThis couldn’t be considered OOC because Song Xiabing knew that he was also abandoned by his father and raised in a single parent household.

nA warm feeling flooded Song Xiabing’s being when he saw how his last few words affected the Blazing Thunder boss.

nAlthough Song Xiabing knew that the main reason was because Shi Qing was reminded of his own father…at least a small part had to be because of him, right?

nThe man’s sword-like eyebrows furrowed. He spat out his cigarette with a disgruntled look and looked down at the person with injuries all over his body.

n“Your Song family’s gone too far. I’m going to give you one last chance. Give all the food you bought with you to Blazing Thunder and I ‘ll spare your lives.”

nThe Song family members: “…”

nFuck this guy’s so shameless, ah!!

nWho the ** is going too far right now, ah?!!

nIt’s obviously this Song Xiabing who came over to their place and wordlessly approached the Song family young master.

nThe guards tried to ambush him but ended up beaten until they didn’t know up from down.

nThen they were all beaten up for no apparent reason.

nAnd now Shi Qing wanted them to offer compensation??

n“Boss, I don’t think this will work.”

nThose words were like a ray of light shining on the Song family members who didn’t know whether to start fighting or cursing.

nFinally, someone reasonable around here!

nThey looked over hopefully, only to find that it was Song Xiabing who spoke.

nTheir faces immediately became twisted.

nSure enough, Song Xiabing softly leaned into the man’s arms and whispered in his ear like a malicious concubine.

n“How can they be let off with a bit of grain after bullying me like this? Boss, from what I saw before, ten members of the Song family came this time. How about this? Why don’t we detain all of them and send a ransom to the Song family asking for more food? We’ll kill them one by one if they refuse to pay up.”

nThe Song family members: “…”

nShameless!!!

nUtterly shameless!!!

nSo this bitch, Song Xiabing really was still holding a grudge against them for taking advantage of the apocalypse to seize power.

nBut Shi Qing wouldn’t play along, right?

nIf he really detained ten people from the Song family, and in public no less, there was no way the Song family wouldn’t find out the truth.

nAt that time, wouldn’t their Blazing Thunder immediately become enemies with the Song family?

nThat’s right!

nAt the very least, Shi Qing had personally created Blazing Thunder. He couldn’t be that stupid, right?

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nHowever, the man standing across from them nodded thoughtfully. “Damn, you’ve got a point there.”

n“Yep. We can also make them do hard labour while waiting for the ransom to be delivered. It’s a win-win situation.”

nSong Xiabing gave the Song family members turning blue and green an unkind look. “I think we can get quite a bit for ten people.”

nOne of the Song family young masters felt his legs soften involuntarily as soon as he met Song Xiabing’s eyes.

n“They won’t give you anything for us. We’re all worthless as hostages because we’re from a side branch of the Song family…”

nShi Qing scowled. “A side branch, huh??”

n“So they’re useless? Kill them then.”

nThe Song family members: “…”

nThese two are both screwed up in the head!!

nSong Xiabing smiled. “I suppose it’s true that members of the main family are more valuable. How about this Boss? I’ll go to their base and kidnap their main branch for ransom. We can kidnap as many as necessary to get the amount of food you want. After that, our Blazing Thunder will never lack food again.”

nThe Song family members: “…There’s no way that’ll work! Our Song family has level seven experts protecting us!”

nShi Qing couldn’t help but chuckle.

n“Then are the people here, who were beaten up by a member of our Blazing Thunder, not considered level seven experts?”

nThe Song family didn’t respond to that.

nNot just because they didn’t know what to say, but also because they noticed that Song Xiabing’s mood had become odd after Shi Qing spoke. They were worried that he decided to kill them after all.

nActually, Song Xiabing couldn’t care less about them at the moment. All his attention was focused elsewhere.

nHis pretty eyes were glittering slightly as he regarded the man letting him lean on him. This man who looked pretty happy, whose big, fiery red tail was wagging.

nHe just said ‘a member of our Blazing Thunder’…

nDid Shi Qing just admit that he was also a member of Blazing Thunder?

nSong Xiabing’s cheeks went faintly red. Not due to shyness, but excitement.

nThe young man gently nuzzled the man with his face as he whispered, “Boss, you think I’m a member of Blazing Thunder?”

n“Of course I do.” Shi Qing admitted it straight away. He even brought Song Xiabing’s whole body closer to himself.

nSong Xiabing’s already good mood improved even more. Even his lips became ruddier in colour.

nShi Qing…

nHe isn’t so hopeless after all.

nThen he heard Shi Qing continue, “You’re a member of our Blazing Thunder! Naturally, all of the grain you secure also belongs to our Blazing Thunder! Laozi isn’t going to budge on this!! Everything belongs to me!!”

nSong Xiabing: “…”

nHe barely, barely managed to squeeze out a smile. “You’re…just after the grain? You think grain is more important than me?”

nThe little brothers nearby: “…”

nIf it was before, they might have just sighed at how bad their boss was at reading other people.

nBut now…

nSong Xiabing had single-handedly defeated several level seven experts by himself!!!

nBoss, calm down and think about this!!

nOne wrong word and things won’t end with just domestic violence…

nThis guy will send you straight to the afterlife, ah!

nShi Qing gave the question serious consideration. “En…”

nThe little brothers nearby were tense with apprehension.

nEven Song Xiabing, knowing full well what Shi Qing was like and how he wouldn’t change anytime soon, couldn’t help but get his hopes up a bit.

nIn the end, the man gritted his teeth and spoke with pained determination, “Fine, I’ll give you 20%! That’s my final offer!”

nSong Xiabing: “…”

nHe clenched his fists expressionlessly.

nBehind them, the Song family members came to an agreement and shouted with pained determination, “Fine, we’ll agree to your terms. We’ll get you the grain if you let us go.”

nThe young man turned to them with ice-cold eyes.

nBlack mist suddenly surged and wrapped around them.

n“I’ve changed my mind.”

n“I have to destroy the Song family no matter what!!”

nThe Song family members: “???”

nWTF?!!

nDidn’t you just want some food before?!

nHow shameless can you be?!!

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