Chen Hao could not help but to laugh bitterly as he shook at his head looking at these people.
Things had changed drastically; when he thought back to a year ago, no matter how calm and composed he usually was, he would still feel nervous if he encountered so many bodyguards surrounding him.
But now, Chen Hao could just kill the dozen people easily with a flick of a finger; those people wouldnât even know what killed them.
So obviously, when a person obtained powers beyond the imagination of common people, that person would naturally be unbothered by small threats like this; Chen Hao was completely not taking the situation seriously at the moment.
Currently, Tie Cheng and Bai Xiaofei had gone back to Jin Ling for treatment.
Now that Ziyan was missing, Chen Hao had no other choice but to ask for information from these people.
âWait!â Du Yining suddenly called out at this moment.
âWhat is it, Miss?â the middle-aged man asked.
âLi Da, donât you think he looks like someone familiar?â asked Du Yining as she stared at Chen Hao with her arms crossed.
âLooks like someone? Who?â Li Da asked.
âDonât you think that he looked like the servant, Jun, that I had beaten to death?â Du Yining looked like she was excited; she circled around Chen Hao and kept on staring at him.
The more she looked at him, the more similar she thought they were.
âNow that you mention it, Miss, he looked exactly like Jun!â Li Da nodded and agreed.
âHahaha, I thought that the manâs face looked so familiar. Hmm, I am still very regretful that I had beaten Jun to death back then. What if I just take him in as my subordinate? It seems like he could not even manage to feed himself properly. Fine, Iâll offer him a job then!â Du Yining said.
It was true that Chen Hao was looking rugged as he had spent his three days training in the wild, but he could not help but laugh bitterly when he heard Du Yiningâs words.
As far as he remembered, no one had the guts to talk to him like this ever since he became Young Master Chen.
âMiss, I just wanted to look for my friends who were taken away by you. If you know where they are, then please take me to them!â Chen Hao smiled lightly.
âHow ballsy of you. Our Mistress wanted to make you her servant because she thought highly of you.
You should be grateful to her!â Li Daâs gaze was cold.
âBack off, Li Da. You said that you wanted to find your friends, right? Sure, I promise that I will bring you to your friends, as long as you come with me until I am done with settling the matter at hand!â Du Yining threw Li Da a glance, signaling him that she was up to something as the edge of her lips lifted slightly.
Of course, such small tricks would never escape Chen Haoâs attention.
Chen Hao could roughly predict Du Yiningâs thoughts, but he might need to comply with her since she was his biggest clue in finding Ziyan, Uncle and the others.
But of course, Chen Hao also had another choiceâhe could just beat them up and make them tell him the truth.
But if these people couldnât handle even a light hit from him and he ended up killing them by mistake, that wouldnât be great if these people were really Uncleâs friends. After thinking through for a while, Chen Hao decided to go along with her and make further decisions once he was sure of her true purpose.
âI will go with you if I can meet my friends!â Chen Hao answered.
Du Yining snickered. âHahaha, thatâs settled. Oh yeah, whatâs your name?â
âChen Hao!â
âSuch a girly name. It wouldnât do me good to call you Hao. How about me calling you Chen? From now onward you will be my follower and I will give you the same treatment as Jun, but without the beating. Hahaha!â said Du Yining as she laughed.
She seemed to have come out on this day to settle some business, for before long, she gathered a number of people and all of them headed to a manor out in the northern side of the town.
Chen Hao was also able to roughly grasp the situation when they were on their way there.
Strange happenings seemed to be happening in the North Desert since a month ago.
Many clans had come and gathered here one after another; the Du Family was simply one of them.
Du Yining was representing the Du Family to negotiate with Tiger Lei, but as for the contents of the negotiation, he still had no idea of it; Chen Hao was disinterested in their matters after all.
Soon, Du Yiningâs car entourage arrived at the Lei Familyâs manor.
Outside the manor stood rows of their bodyguards. Tiger Lei was the leader of the local tyrants in the area who had his position firmly secured; he was a middle-aged man who was slightly chubby and his eyes were so narrow that they appeared to be straight lines on his face.
âMiss Du, I thought the Du Family would just ignore this meeting. I had no idea that you would be the one to come here yourself. How very bold of you. You are definitely a strong woman!â Tiger Lei was looking all over Du Yiningâs body with a lecherous look on his face.
âStop talking nonsense Tiger Lei. Weâll just go straight to the point. I wanted to ask you thisâthe original agreement was to have the Four Great Families cooperate together and to equally share our resources and ideas to seek out the ancient ruins, but why did you suddenly change your mind by changing the share for our family to the smallest portion? What do you mean by this?â Du Yining said, sounding very domineering.
âHehe, youâre very frank, Miss Du. Youâre right, we did agree to share the historical ruins equally. But the Xu Family had given the most manpower and was the first one to find the ruins. The Du Family on the other hand, barely made any contributions at all. So to be more fair, the other two families have come to an agreement to let the Xu Family have the largest share!â Tiger Lei smiled.
âDonât bullsh*t me, Tiger Lei. Donât you forget that the Du Family was the one who opened the gates to the ruins. If it wasnât for the Du Family, the other three families might still be suffering out there under the sun!â Du Yining retorted.
Despite not having a full grasp on the situation, Chen Hao managed to get a rough idea of what they were talking aboutâancient ruins.
Chen Hao was wondering that maybe the clans had found a tomb and decided to work together to equally split their share for the things they had found, but it seemed like one of them had decided to turn their backs against the other families by using some dirty tricks!
âTiger Lei, donât forget who was the one to have saved your life, you ungrateful dog!â Du Yining roared.
âHmph, Du Yining, I was being nice to you for old timeâs sake. Stop trampling on other people, you b*tch. It seems like I have no choice but to teach you a lesson so that you can understand your current situation! I see that itâs great that you came here on your own. Youâve saved me the trouble for going out to find you myself!â
At that moment, Tiger Lei waved his hand and a group of armed bodyguards came in, surrounding them completely.
âHow dare you, Tiger Lei!â Di Yining yelled angrily.
Slap!
Tiger Lei stepped up and gave Du Yining a slap across her face instead.
âI have nothing to be afraid of, b*tch!â
Little did Du Yining expect that Tiger Lei would slap her. âKill them, Li Da!â she immediately ordered in rage.
âHahaha! Li Da is definitely a rare expert. To be completely honest, I had my reservations about getting into direct conflict against the Du Family, all because of Li Da, since he is an Iron Palm user of the one hundred and eighth generation! Such terrifying skills!â Despite his words, Tiger Lei was smiling as he spoke calmly.
âWhat are you standing there for, Li Da? Kill them!â Du Yining yelled at Li Da who was still standing at the side.
Li Da sighed and said, âMiss, I have already advised you many times to just sit back home. The situation now is no longer one where you can act stubbornly the way you always do!â Li Da smiled bitterly as he shook his head. With the dozen bodyguards following behind him, he slowly walked to a place behind Tiger Lei and continued, âPresident Lei had already treated you kindly enough, Miss!â Li Da smiled and shook his head.
Treason!
Du Yining widened her eyes in disbelief; Li Da had actually taken the familyâs bodyguards with him and turned against her!
Even though Du Yining was also skilled to a certain level in the martial arts, she still couldnât help but take a few steps back in fear as she looked around at the bodyguards of the Lei Family, who were all glaring intensely at her.