Chapter 476 - 324: Lady Lord Su Qin (Part 1)
Chapter 476: Chapter 324: Lady Lord Su Qin (Part 1)
Zhao Chi quickly sent the list to Zhao Cang’s subordinate.
"Sorry to trouble you, brother, but please get these for me as quickly as you can. I need to get going."
The subordinate recognized Zhao Chi and didn’t waste any time, quickly gathering everything for him.
After paying 414 Gold Coins, Zhao Chi immediately returned with the Female Soldiers and Supplies.
Zhao Chi didn’t have time to find Gu Qing, so he said to the Female Soldiers, "Give this list to Gu Qing. Have her distribute the Iron Armor and put the Kerosene in storage. Tell her I had to leave on an urgent matter."
The Female Soldiers all nodded.
"Rest assured, Lord. We’ll get it done."
He teleported out of the Great World.
It was already past 5:00 p.m.
The sun was setting, but it was still slightly hot.
There were very few people on the road.
Zhao Chi quickly ran toward the North Gate.
’Thankfully, I wasn’t delayed; Muchang hadn’t arrived yet.’
The dirt road outside the village was wide and empty. These inter-village paths were never very busy, and now you wouldn’t see a soul for ages.
But inside the village, there were plenty of people.
The various families were already lined up neatly on both sides of the main gate, standing along the road. Many people were waving small yellow flags.
At the very front was Kiro with the twelve Alien Race Lords, surrounded by 300 Alien Race Warriors.
Ever since Zhao Chi had seen them turn into Werewolves, he thought they looked more and more like wolves.
Their eyes were set a bit wide apart, and their noses and mouths protruded slightly.
Their hair was greasy and stiff.
The gate was open. Outside, several large wooden poles stood, with more than ten people hanging from them.
Their skin was torn and their flesh was mangled, their bodies covered in blood.
The blood that dripped beneath them had already dried into a blackish-red crust.
They hadn’t been hung up here recently.
Even though they were so covered in blood they were barely recognizable, Zhao Chi could still tell they were all people from Stream Village.
He couldn’t get a clear view from his angle, but he could see that a few were independents, and two were from the Qi Family.
’I wonder what crime they committed?’
But hanging them outside the main gate like this was probably meant as a show of force.
Either a warning for outsiders, or a warning for those within.
Everyone’s attention was focused outside the gate, so Zhao Chi quickly slipped to the back of the Zhao Family’s ranks.
Su Qin was glancing around, and when she saw Zhao Chi, she immediately squeezed through the crowd to get to him.
She whispered, "Why are you so late?"
Zhao Chi also whispered, "I had some things to take care of in my territory. What’s the situation over there?"
He pointed to the people hanging outside the gate.
Su Qin was a little surprised. "You don’t know? What have you been doing these past few days?"
"I’ve been busy crafting Equipment. I haven’t been reading any notifications unless they’re mandatory."
"No wonder. You didn’t even reply when I messaged you. I thought I might have offended you."
"Of course not. Quick, tell me what happened."
Su Qin glanced around.
Then she leaned closer to Zhao Chi.
She was a bit shorter than him, so much so that Zhao Chi could almost see the top of her head.
She had beautiful hair—fine and soft, black and shiny, a very healthy Color.
’It smells nice, too... I should ask her what shampoo she uses and get some for Gu Qing and the others.’
Su Qin whispered, "Ever since Xiao Ning died, they’ve been investigating the resistance. Anyone connected to them has been captured and interrogated. Those people up there were all connected to the resistance."
Zhao Chi said, "Really? How could I not know about something this major? I wasn’t summoned."
Su Qin smiled. "You have a clean record, and everyone knows it. Plus, our family intended to protect you, so of course you’re safe and sound."
"My record is clean? What do you mean?"
"Haven’t you been busy with your Learning at the academy? And for the past few years, you’ve been more of a homebody than any of us girls. Once those Holy Race People did a little digging, they knew you were harmless."
"Understood."
"Mhm, and didn’t we report that black market before? So our whole family got off pretty lightly this time. Just a few people took a beating and were let go."
"In that case, we were pretty lucky. I saw two people from the Qi Family up there."
"More than that. A few others died and weren’t even hung up here. Of course, our family also paid a sum of money. You know, spending some cash to avoid a catastrophe."
"We had to pay money, too?"
"Mhm, something like 2,000 Gold Coins."
"How do you know everything?"
Su Qin smiled. "I’m good friends with your sister, Zhao Jiao. Isn’t she helping out at Fourth Uncle’s place now? She gets a lot of information early. By that logic, you should be calling me ’elder sister’."
"Don’t try to get one over on me."
"How am I getting one over on you? I really am a year older than you. It’s no loss to you to call me ’Big Sis’."
"Fine then. From now on, I’ll treat you as a ’clan sister’."
"’Clan sister’...? That won’t do. Let’s just go back to how things were. Just call me by my name."
"You sure change your mind fast."
"I was just joking around, but there are some things I’m very resolute about. Once I’ve made up my mind, I don’t change it!"
"What’s that? You sound so sure of yourself."
Su Qin said seriously, "Matters of the heart."
Zhao Chi nodded. "Mm, one should be serious about feelings. But speaking of paying, no one asked me to chip in for the family’s fine."
Su Qin still wanted to say something, but Zhao Chi had already changed the subject.
Su Qin frowned. "How can you change the topic so fast? I didn’t have to contribute this time, either. The family covered it. We juniors get taken care of sometimes."
"Mm," Zhao Chi nodded.
Su Qin brought up the previous topic again. "Actually... I can accept polygamy. I don’t care about official status or position. Even if a Female Hero is ranked ahead of me, I can accept it."
"Oh..."
Zhao Chi’s reply was very perfunctory.
Su Qin was getting a little angry.
"What’s with the ’oh’?! Tell me what you’re thinking!"
"Mmm, I accept it too."
"You... That’s obvious! As if you have a choice in the matter?"