#349 - Chapter 349: It’s better to replace
"Isn't that Xu Manyun? Of course, I know her! What, are you her boyfriend?" Wu Yingcai didn't show a hint of fear.
He was fearless because he didn't yet know that Lu Liren and his son, Lu Liangji, had already been killed.
"I advise you to release us both quickly, or you won't have a good time when Young Master Lu finds out!" Sui Daliu threatened.
"Did Manyun's incident have anything to do with you?" the young man asked.
The two exchanged a glance.
"Hahaha!" They both burst out laughing at the same time.
"What are you laughing at?" The young man's eyes turned gloomy.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Manyun, you call her so affectionately. What, are you two having an affair?" Sui Daliu asked.
"I'll ask you one more time, did it have anything to do with you?" The young man clenched his fists tightly, his eyes flashing fiercely.
"Yes! More than that, I was the one who took Young Master Lu there last night," Wu Yingcai said without any hesitation.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you talking about? Wasn't it me? If I hadn't found out where she lived, how could you have led the way?" Sui Daliu retorted.
The two of them were arguing over who deserved the credit, completely ignoring the young man's anger.
In their eyes, everyone present was an ant that could be crushed at will.
Just as the two were bickering, the young man suddenly grabbed both of their necks with his hands and leaped up. As he fell, he directly slammed their heads into the ground.
"Thud, thud!"
Two muffled sounds echoed, and two craters appeared on the ground. The two men's heads were already embedded in the earth.
"Damn! Damn! Damn!…"
The young man unleashed his fists, repeatedly smashing them into the two men's heads. Each time he smashed, he shouted, "Damn."
He only stopped when the two men's skulls were completely smashed into pulp.
He stood up, took a deep breath, and walked towards the person who had revealed the information earlier.
This slightly older team member was nervously breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Thank you!" the young man said calmly.
"N-… No problem," the team member stuttered, terrified.
"Could you help me fetch a basin of water?" the young man said.
"Ah?… Oh, oh, okay! I'll go get it right away!" The team member was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.
Soon, a large basin of water was brought over.
The young man took off his blood-stained clothes and used the water to clean the bloodstains from his body.
Then, he returned to the woman, picked her up, and prepared to leave.
"Brother…" the team member from before mustered his courage and called out.
"What is it?" the young man asked.
"N-… Nothing. I… I want… to follow you," the team member said nervously, his words jumbled.
"Follow me?" The young man frowned.
"That's right. Now that Lu Liren is dead, the Chaohu Settlement is likely to fall into chaos. What I mean is, since you've taken action, why not take his place?" the team member said.
"Take his place?" The young man hadn't considered this question.
"Yes! I agree too. Big brother, if the settlement falls into chaos, countless people will suffer."
"Yes, that's right!"
"I agree too!"
One after another, many people stood up, wanting to persuade the young man to take over the settlement.
"I'll think about it. Right now, I want to bury Manyun first," the young man didn't immediately agree.
"We'll help you!" the older team member nodded.
After speaking, he began to make arrangements.
Finding a burial site, finding a coffin, setting up a mourning tent, performing rituals…
In short, everything they could find was found.
People heard that this young hero had eliminated Lu Liren, and they volunteered to help. The entire settlement suddenly became active.
Perhaps because they had been tormented by the Lu family for too long, Manyun's funeral had become a grand event that the entire settlement hadn't seen in a long time.
After the funeral ended, the security team members didn't leave.
They stayed behind the young man, waiting for his decision.
"What are you doing?" the young man was a little speechless.
He was in a bad mood and just wanted to be alone.
But these people were worried that the young man would leave without saying goodbye, so they refused to leave his side.
"Brother, how have you considered it?" the leading security team member asked.
"How about this, I'll go see someone first, and I'll give you an answer after I've met them," the young man said.
"This…" The team member was very embarrassed. He was worried that after the young man left alone, he wouldn't be able to find him again. But if he suggested sending two people to follow him, it would be like treating him like a prisoner, which wouldn't be appropriate.
"Don't worry, Manyun is here, I'm not going anywhere," the young man said.
"Alright!" The team member relented.
"You guys wait in the command post, I'll be back soon," the young man said.
"Okay!"
…
"Master!" The young man arrived at a remote thatched cottage in Chaohu, knelt down, and kowtowed.
"Zhenping, how many times have I told you, I'm not your master, and you don't need to come looking for me again," the person in the thatched cottage said, his tone filled with great resentment.
"Master, are you still angry with me?" the young man asked with a bitter expression.
"Hmph! I don't have that qualification!"
"Master, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone to Binjiang with Manyun without listening to you," the young man said, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.
"Something happened to Manyun?" the person in the thatched cottage quickly asked.
"Manyun, she… was killed by that bastard Lu Liangji!" The young man could no longer hold back and burst into tears.
