Chapter 1976: Chapter 1971: Tell Me Your Terms
Previously, when it ran into Hu Xiaobei, it figured it was just its bad luck, bumping into that kind of top expert...
Now, it had just run into this terrifyingly strong guy again in such a short time, and it started doubting whether masters like this were everywhere.
Otherwise, how could it be that just moving around a little, it kept running into so many of them!
"Do you think that just because you keep your mouth shut, I won’t notice there’s something different about you?"
Letting out a silent sigh, it spoke in a low voice: "I don’t know who you are, but we’ve got no past grudges and no recent feuds, so you’d better not provoke me. Otherwise, who wins and who loses is still up in the air."
Knowing it couldn’t dodge this, it stopped trying to evade and met him head-on, coldly...
Hearing it come right out and threaten him without the slightest politeness, the old man laughed. "You still dare to threaten me? You think I can’t see it? You’re nowhere near your prime right now, so you’d better not really make me angry, or the consequences won’t be something you can bear."
"I wasn’t planning on provoking you. I’m leaving right now."
Having been seen through, it turned around quickly.
"Hold it. I’ve got something to ask you."
Hearing him question it again, it turned its head, spoke in a low tone: "Go ahead."
"There used to be a woman living here, didn’t there?"
At that question, it looked at the old man very seriously, several times.
It suddenly realized he looked very similar to that woman who was already dead.
"Could he be that woman’s father? If that’s the case, then this is great!"
Thinking that, its expression started to get excited.
"Hu Xiaobei, now this is a real top expert! This time you’ve really stirred up a hornet’s nest! I want to see how you clean up this mess."
Laughing wildly in excitement, it relaxed.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
It knew it and this old man shared the same enemy, so now they could really sit down and talk cooperation.
"Got something wrong with your ears? I’m asking you a question here!"
Getting no answer, the old man’s face went completely cold.
He felt he’d been too gentle with it...
He figured he should use a more aggressive way to "chat" with it.
That way, it might be more willing to tell him what he wanted to know.
Feeling that chill, it knew he was clearly losing patience.
With a human-like deep breath, it spoke quickly: "My ears are fine. I was just hesitating over whether to tell you the truth."
"What’s that supposed to mean?"
Seeing his brows knit, it lazily shook its head. "I mean I don’t know if you can handle it."
"That’s not for you to worry about. Just tell me straight."
"Fine!"
With a forthright grin, it went over everything that had happened before in detail.
After finishing, it looked off into the distance. "Tell me, at our level, wiping out a few weaklings is nothing. But that young guy named Hu Xiaobei insists on carrying some so-called banner of justice. If you ask me, he’s just slaughtering the innocent for show."
"Wiping out weaklings is nothing? Who the hell do you think you are!"
He roared like a madman...
The it that was lodged inside the fox was completely dumbfounded...
From its point of view, this guy was clearly sick in the head. It was speaking up for him, and he didn’t appreciate it at all.
"Does this guy have a hole in his brain or what?"
Muttering that, it was about to say something else when it suddenly heard his voice grow even icier.
"For a doctor, the most important thing is to treat the sick and save people. She didn’t do that, she crossed the line. Being punished was what she deserved. But she was my daughter—if anyone was going to punish her, it should’ve been me. No one else had the right."
"Right, that guy Hu Xiaobei had absolutely no right. So now you should take revenge, take revenge hard."
"Shut up. I know exactly what you’re thinking, but we’re not on the same path. I will absolutely not wallow in the mud with you."
Being flatly rejected, it froze. Very quickly, it asked in a rush, "Hu Xiaobei is really strong. If you don’t cooperate with me, there’s a good chance you’ll fail!"
As soon as it finished, it saw the old man’s face full of disdain. "That’s my problem. You can get lost now."
"You..."
It had run smack into a brick wall.
But it still refused to give up.
It was about to speak and persuade him again, but as soon as it opened its mouth, it met that utterly emotionless gaze.
It knew that if it said one more word, it really would piss him off, and then it might seriously be screwed...
Giving up on saying anything else, it sighed, slunk away, and left in a hurry.
...
"Damn your sister, if you won’t cooperate, I’ll go on my own. I seriously don’t believe I can’t get my revenge without you!"
As it slunk off, it turned back to glance at the old man still standing there, cursing wildly in its heart.
Before, it hated Hu Xiaobei to death. Now, it had one more person to hate.
Watching it leave, the old man drew a deep breath. Soon, he arrived outside the house where his daughter had once lived.
Sitting behind the Gazebo with a face as dark and still as water, he stared into the distance. "I’ve told you many times before: a doctor should have the heart of a parent. You always scoffed at that. Because of it, we fought more than a hundred times. Later, you suggested moving out, and I didn’t stop you. At the time, I thought letting you leave and think things through on your own might do you good. Looking at it now, I should never have let you move out, because once you were free of my restraint, you really went even more off the rails."
His face was full of desolation and regret...
Back then, he really thought that separating from his daughter for a while would give her a chance to calm down.
As long as she calmed down, she’d realize she was wrong!
At that point, things would start heading in a better direction.
In the end, he’d been overthinking it.
Because after she left, she never seriously reflected!
That not only kept things from improving, it pushed them into an even worse direction.
...
"Now that everything’s already happened, you can rest in peace. I’ll avenge you. I swear I’ll get revenge for you!"
Blood is thicker than water...
Even though she had done a lot of things before, she was still his own flesh and blood.
So of course he was still going to take revenge...
"Hu Xiaobei, I know you were basically cleaning house, but in the end you’ll still have to pay the price!"
With that, he picked up a bottle of liquor and downed it in one gulp...
After he finished, he glanced around and rasped out: "On the seventh day after her death, I’ll come back. By then, I won’t be coming alone, so you’d better stay here and wait for me."
Once he’d said that, the old man smashed the empty bottle in his hand and left this place quickly and coldly...
...
"Damn your sister, damn your sister, you really think that without you I can’t get revenge? Soon enough I’ll show you what I can do, I..."
Before it could finish, all the fur on its body stood on end...
Instinctively turning its head, it saw that old man it had met once before staring at it with a chilling gaze.
"Y-you... when did you get here? Weren’t you not planning to cooperate with me?"
"I really have no interest in cooperating with you. But I need you to lead the way for me, to help me find that Hu Xiaobei."
"Any benefits in it for me?"
He gave it a look and shook his head. "No benefits. But I guarantee I’ll have that Hu Xiaobei on his knees begging for mercy. You can stand to the side and watch it all with your own eyes. I figure that should be enough for you."
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