Lü Xiaoqing received Qin Yi's text message. In her room, she stood by the window, gazing at the moonlight outside, and said with a complicated expression, "God King, are you in such a hurry to leave because you're avoiding me?"
Although Lü Xiaoqing and Qin Yi had not known each other for long, Qin Yi's actions and the help he had given her in the past two days had filled her heart with admiration and gratitude towards him...
And also a hint of a different kind of affection.
It was already two or three in the morning when Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian returned to Hai City.
Qin Yi had originally intended to go straight home, but on the way, something occurred to him, and he changed his mind.
Instead of going home, he followed Xiong Zhentian back to his residence, deciding to stay for the night and leave in the morning.
The reason was that if he returned home in the middle of the night, Zheng Shufen and Qin Lei would again think he had gone out to do something bad!
Upon arriving at Xiong Zhentian's place, Qin Yi did nothing else but fall asleep.
The next morning, Qin Yi was awakened by Xiong Zhentian's startled exclamation.
Qin Yi got up and walked out of the room.
He saw Xiong Zhentian in the living room, looking surprised at one of his subordinates.
Qin Yi walked over and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"Mr. Qin, you're up so early..." Xiong Zhentian turned to look at Qin Yi and said respectfully, "Why didn't you sleep in a bit longer!"
"I wanted to sleep longer, but you woke me up with that shout just now!"
Xiong Zhentian quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qin, I didn't mean to!"
Qin Yi waved his hand, "It's fine, I'm not blaming you. What happened that made you so startled?"
Xiong Zhentian dared not hide anything and immediately told him the whole story.
Qin Yi understood after listening.
It turned out that one of Xiong Zhentian's former rivals had returned for revenge!
Several years ago, Xiong Zhentian was not yet the underground emperor of Hai City; there were several other 'big brothers' in Hai City.
Later, Xiong Zhentian defeated all these big brothers and ascended to the position of Hai City's underground emperor.
Among the other big brothers in Hai City at the time, there was one nicknamed Sha Tufu (Sand Butcher). Xiong Zhentian had put in a great deal of effort and lost many men to defeat him and drive him out of Hai City!
Now, many years had passed, Sha Tufu had returned to Hai City, and upon his return, he had already targeted several of the establishments protected by Xiong Zhentian's subordinates, killing more than twenty of Xiong Zhentian's men.
Furthermore, Sha Tufu had issued a threat: he would come to take Xiong Zhentian's life within two days and told Xiong Zhentian to prepare his coffin!
Earlier, Xiong Zhentian had heard this news and couldn't help but exclaim out loud.
"By the way, Master Xiong, I have the surveillance footage of when Sha Tufu attacked our establishment. Would you like to see it?" the subordinate added.
Upon hearing this, Xiong Zhentian immediately said, "Nonsense, hurry up and bring it out!"
The subordinate quickly took out his phone from his pocket and opened a video, which was the surveillance footage from one of Xiong Zhentian's bars.
In the video, a person walked into the bar and, without a word, began attacking the bar's security guards.
Seeing someone causing trouble, the bar's security guards, holding batons, rushed forward, intending to apprehend the intruder.
But as they charged, they couldn't even touch the person's clothes before being knocked to the ground.
In a flash, all twenty-odd security guards were lying on the ground, groaning in pain, unable to move!
Finally, the person looked directly at the surveillance camera and made a throat-slitting gesture.
Qin Yi saw that the person had a scar about a few centimeters long on each side of his face.
"It's him, it's him, Sha Tufu!" Xiong Zhentian said.
Then, Xiong Zhentian asked his subordinate again, "He threatened to take my life within two days, that was yesterday, right?"
"Yes, he said that last night after he attacked our establishment!" the subordinate replied.
"Then that means he might come looking for me today!"
Xiong Zhentian couldn't help but feel a trace of worry.
Especially after watching the surveillance footage of twenty-odd security guards being effortlessly defeated by Sha Tufu, the twenty-odd security guards were as weak as mere chickens and dogs in front of him. His worry intensified.
Qin Yi sensed this and said, "Isn't there still me! If he dares to come looking for you, I'll deal with him for you!"
Xiong Zhentian was stunned, and then his mood immediately relaxed considerably. He realized, "That's right, with Mr. Qin here, why should I be afraid of him?"
"But Mr. Qin, this will trouble you again!"
Qin Yi waved his hand, unconcerned, "It's no trouble at all. I'll stay at your place for a while longer today and go back later!"
Xiong Zhentian was his subordinate and had done a lot for him. Now that his subordinate was facing a rival seeking revenge, it was only natural for him to help.
Moreover, such a matter was truly a trivial task in his eyes!
With Qin Yi present, Xiong Zhentian's mood was completely relaxed, and he had no worries about Sha Tufu coming to find him.
In the morning, Xiong Zhentian had breakfast with Qin Yi at home. At noon, the nanny prepared lunch, and they ate lunch at home again.
Xiong Zhentian did not go out that day, staying at home specifically.
In the afternoon, around three or four o'clock, a black car stopped in front of Xiong Zhentian's house.
A man, strongly built but rather short, with dark skin and a scar on each cheek, got out of the car and walked directly towards Xiong Zhentian's house.
Since the gate was not closed, the man walked right in.
At this moment, Qin Yi and Xiong Zhentian were sitting in the living room chatting. As the man stepped into the house, Qin Yi was the first to turn his head and look.
Xiong Zhentian sensed it and followed Qin Yi's gaze towards the entrance.
Immediately, he stood up abruptly and said in a deep voice, "Sha Tufu!"
Sha Tufu continued to walk in, staring at Xiong Zhentian, and said with a half-smile, "Master Xiong, it's been years, and your courage is truly growing! Knowing that I've returned, you don't even have a subordinate bodyguard by your side!"
"Don't you know what happened at the Honglan Bar last night?"
The Honglan Bar was the bar they had watched on surveillance that morning, the bar where Sha Tufu had caused trouble and injured people!
"Hmph!"
Xiong Zhentian snorted coldly, "Of course, I know what happened at the Honglan Bar! Sha Tufu, I didn't expect your skills to have improved so much in just a few years!"
"Since you know everything, why don't you quickly kneel down and beg for mercy?"
Sha Tufu stopped about three to four meters away from Xiong Zhentian and said, "If you kneel down and kowtow a few times, and call me Grandpa Sha, and return your position as the underground emperor of Hai City to me, I might consider sparing your life!"
His expression and gaze towards Xiong Zhentian were filled with arrogance, and his tone was commanding.