Beauty and the Bodyguard

“Oh? What news?” Xiao Ji paused before asking.

“Li Fu just got injured and is barely getting by. Chu Pengzhan’s daughter got kidnapped, and while that Lin Yi bodyguard did manage to save her, he received severe injuries as well!” Xiao Ben laughed. “The police might’ve hidden the information, but this isn’t much of a secret for people like us!”

“Oh? Someone made a move on Chu Pengzhan?” Xiao Ji said, taken aback, “Who was it? Did they have high level practitioners with them?”

“House Zhen of the East Sea, they extorted two hundred fifty million from Chu Pengzhan, and they also had the help of a mid-phase Mystic class, a physical practitioner!” Xiao Ben said, “I heard that he’s injured as well, and is healing himself at Master Bing’s, but that’s all I know, I don’t have any details. What’s for sure though, is that this is a great opportunity for us House Xiao!”

“Two hundred fifty million, that much?!” Xiao Ji’s eyes lit up as he licked his lips. “I was only thinking a hundred million at first, I didn’t think they’d be deadlier than us! Bro, if you do more research, and if both these bodyguards of Chu Pengzhan are done for, then it’s the perfect time for us to move in!”

“Of course, I know!” Xiao BEn nodded, “I’ve already sent Xiao Wangba and Xiao Wangdao out to gather information- we’ll have news soon! This type of thing is hard to contain, after all!”

“Wahahaha! Even god is helping us!” Xiao Ji started laughing maniacally. He looked at his wife, “Hu Li, you’ve done us a great deed this time! Otherwise we really wouldn’t have any grounds to demand money from Chu Pengzhan!”

“Then why’d you yell at me just now?” Huli was also overjoyed now that the masters of the Chu House were done for- not only could she get her revenge, but their family had a big sum of money coming their way!

“Haha, I didn’t understand the situation earlier!” Xiao Ji said happily as he embraced his wife, “Don’t worry, this piece of cake is ours for sure!”

“Big Bro, how much should we ask for this time? We said one hundred million last time, but that isn’t really enough, is it?” Xiao Ben felt that House Xiao was finally in a position to earn something good. “Those Zhens are really quite the lions, too, asking for two hundred fifty million! And Chu Pengzhan actually gave it to them!”

“We need to at least ask for two hundred!” Xiao Ji said, “This Chu Pengzhan sure is rich, isn’t he! We’d really be wasting this golden opportunity god gave us if we don’t ask for more!”

The two were just talking when Xiao Wangba and Xiao Wangdao returned, hapily exclaiming their news upon entering the door, “Dad, uncle, good news, super good news!”

“Oh? What good news?” Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben looked at each other, already guessing what the good news might be.

“Li Fu might still not be able to make it, and that Lin Yi… He’s lost all of his power!” Xiao Wangba said, “The news is all over the place now!”

“How reliable is this information?” Xiao Ji asked happily.

“We’re not too sure, but Dad, don’t you know Master Bing? You could ask him to confirm it, he should have the most reliable source, considering who he is!” Wangba said.

“Alright, I’ll give him a call right now!” Xiao Ji nodded before taking out his phone.

Zhao Qibing was already waiting for House Xiao to make their move after telling Li Cihua to spread the news- but he wasn’t expecting for just one day to pass before they started calling! With a smile on his face, he picked it up, “Hello? I’m Zhao Qibing!”

“Master Bing, I’m from House Xiao, I’m Xiao Ji!” Xiao Ji still treated Master Bing with quite a lot of respect. After all, being from one of the noble houses himself, Xiao Ji understood that Qibing came from the hidden noble houses, an existence much greater than those noble families! Qibing may be a bastard, but he was a bastard from a powerful house!

“Oh, Uncle Xiao! Is something the matter?” Qibing said, as if he didn’t know why he was calling.

“Here’s the thing, I heard that something went wrong over there on Chu Pengzhan’s side?” Xiao Ji had already asked for Pengzhan’s information from Master Bing before, also hinting at his hate for Pengzha with his words while checking out Master Bing’s attitude. If the man wanted to protect Pengzhan, then Xiao Ji would drop the notion of revenge immediately. What he didn’t expect was that Master Bing was enemies with Pengzhan in the first place! Now he had no cause for fear at all, directly showing his intentions instead.

“Oh, so that’s why you called, Uncle Xiao?” Qibing noted that the family sure was enthusiastic indeed. But that was a good thing for him, the more people that had a grudge with House Chu and Lin Yi, the happier he was! “That’s right, I’ve already confirmed my sources– Li Fu’s injuries are severe and haven’t healed yet. Lin Yi, meanwhile, is now a completely normal man, with no powers whatsoever! Uncle Xiao, you guys have nothing to fear!”

“Haha, I see! So you’ve personally done the research, Master Bing?” Xiao Ji was overjoyed- he was originally worried about the reliability of the information, but now that he heard that it had come from Master BIng’s side, he had no reason to worry anymore.

“You should also be aware of my history with Lin Yi. Now that something like this has happened to him, of course I’m planning something as well!” Qibing gave an intentional pause at this point. “Zhen Dazhou’s extorted a lot of money from Pengzhan’s side- two hundred fifty million! I’m quite envious of that, so I’ve been thinking of trying to get a share of the cake myself!”

“I see, haha, that’s great! Thank you, Master Bing!” Xiao Ji hung up the phone before enthusiastically turning to Xiao Ben.

“Lil, bro, the source is from Qibing himself! Lin Yi is completely powerless, and Li Fu on a sickbed! Even Master Bing’s feeling envious of the money Zhen Dazhou got from Pengzhan, and he’s thinking the same thing as us! We need to make a move!”

“Oh? I see! Then we really do need to hurry! It’d be too late if Pengzhan got squeezed dry, otherwise there’d be nothing left for us!” Xiao Ben nodded, “Qibing would take a big bite out of Pengzhan for sure, we really need to make the first move…”

“That’s right! I’ve already made contact with Qibing already, anyway- he wouldn’t blame us if we went for a share of ours!” Xiao Ji said, “Maybe we should go now?”

“Alright, we’ll bring Uncle Pi directly to Chu Pengzhan!” Xiao Ben said, gritting his teeth, “If we don’t make a decision now, the money would all be gone!”

Inside Chu Pengzhan’s office was a man with the presence of someone greater- a forty year old male in a grey robe. He looked strong.