Chapter 300: Should They Be Cut Into the Shape of an Octopus?

"No, big brother, can you please stop following me? I need to pee!"

Ye Lin felt like his head was about to explode.

After Xie Hong left, the trip to the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm finally came to an end, and in the end, Xie Zhanxin was the one who shouldered everything alone.

The Emperor was satisfied with this result, Ye Lin was satisfied, everyone was satisfied, and Xie Zhanxin himself didn't say anything.

However, Ye Lin had gained a big headache: Chen Long.

Back in Qingcheng, Ye Lin had thought this guy was actually quite decent, not someone whose conscience was completely extinguished.

But now, after spending time with him, he realized this guy was a complete stubborn mule!

Since Xie Hong told him to keep an eye on him, he was truly single-minded about it; he watched him no matter what he was doing, even when he was kissing Duan Ling, this guy watched without blinking, making Ye Lin feel completely uncomfortable.

Who would want to be stared at by another man all the time for no reason?

He had intended to use the "pee escape" to create a clone to lure Chen Long away, but even when he stood in front of the urinal, Chen Long still stood right next to him, staring, with no intention of leaving at all.

"Go ahead and pee, it doesn't bother me," Chen Long said in a calm tone.

Ye Lin was about to go crazy, yet he couldn't actually drive Chen Long away; he could fully imagine what that old guy Xie Hong would say if he did.

"Oh, so you don't need my Xie family's protection anymore, is that it? Fine, then go tell the Emperor yourself, and from now on, if anything happens to you, it has nothing to do with my Xie family."

Following that, he would face the full-force pursuit and encirclement of the Xie family.

Chen Long's existence was a double-edged sword; with Chen Long around, the Xie family would never dare to make a move on him.

But the problem was, with Chen Long around, it was inconvenient for him to do anything! He couldn't make any small moves at all!

"Buddy, you should really go outside; I'm mainly worried about scaring you," Ye Lin sighed.

"I have undergone professional training; I will not be scared," Chen Long remained unmoved.

"Fine! You forced my hand!"

Ye Lin couldn't be bothered with Chen Long anymore and simply opened the floodgates.

In an instant, Chen Long took half a step back, and the pupils behind his mask shrank violently.

At this moment, Chen Long witnessed the true Nibelungen!

After coming out of the restroom, Chen Long's mind was a bit dazed; any man would clearly be unable to remain calm after seeing what he had just seen.

However, he still followed Ye Lin very dutifully.

Ye Lin could barely tolerate it at first, but when Duan Ling came to see him at night and Chen Long still had no intention of leaving, and even wanted to watch from the front row at close range, Ye Lin finally couldn't take it anymore.

"No, are you sick or something?" Ye Lin was about to go mad with anger.

"I am not," Chen Long shook his head.

Ye Lin realized that things couldn't go on like this.

He had to think of a way to deal with Chen Long; since he couldn't drive him away, why not try... turning this guy against them?

From the incident in Qingcheng, Ye Lin could tell that Chen Long actually didn't like some of the Xie family's methods.

Thinking of this, Ye Lin sent Duan Ling back and then bought three cases of alcohol.

As the saying goes, Budweiser cures all illnesses, Wusu cures long-lasting feelings, Jägermeister with champagne, lie like a corpse until dawn.

When you want to open a man's heart, the best thing is alcohol.

When you see someone who is usually reticent start talking incessantly while drinking, or someone who doesn't usually smoke suddenly ask for a cigarette, it means they've had about enough.

After setting out the snacks, Ye Lin poured a glass of alcohol for himself and Chen Long each.

"Ahahahahaha... here comes the good wine, drinking is such a beautiful thing, eh, this, this, the dishes are all here, why aren't you drinking yet?"

"You just drink your own," Chen Long refused vigilantly.

"Sigh!!! Damn it, why aren't you drinking?"

"Not drinking... not drinking, right? If you don't drink, I'll commit suicide right here!"

Ye Lin took a knife and held it to his own throat.

"Mr. Chen Long, you wouldn't want me to die and have no way to answer to the Head of the Xie family, would you? If I die today, your Xie family will have to take full responsibility!"

Chen Long: "......"

Under Ye Lin's coercion, Chen Long had no choice but to sit down opposite him and lift a corner of his mask; Ye Lin keenly noticed that the face under his mask seemed to be covered in scars!

Then Ye Lin started drinking with him, glass after glass.

Chen Long could see that Ye Lin wanted to get him drunk, but Chen Long wasn't too panicked in his heart; he still had confidence in his alcohol tolerance.

He observed clearly that Ye Lin was drinking much more than him; at this rate, Ye Lin would definitely be drunk before he was.

Sure enough, after three rounds of drinks, Chen Long only felt his head getting a bit heavy, while Ye Lin opposite him was already slurring his words and stuttering.

"Big Brother Chen Long, there's something I've always wanted to ask you; what exactly are you forced to do, and why do you listen to the Xie family so much when you don't like their ways? Isn't that self-contradictory?" Ye Lin couldn't help but ask.

Chen Long fell silent.

Ye Lin immediately handed him a cigarette.

"It's okay, Big Brother Chen Long, if you don't want to say it, don't; I just feel that saying some things out loud makes the heart feel better."

With a click, the flame of the lighter ignited the cigarette butt, the flickering light casting a red glow in the dark night, and the rising smoke blurred Chen Long's mask.

"Have you ever heard of... a Demon Child?"

Ye Lin's pupils suddenly constricted; he had heard the name "Demon Child" when he was helping Qiu Xingyuan look after the shop.

There was a beast-fighting arena in Gui Street, but it wasn't beasts fighting beasts inside, but humans fighting beasts!

Those homeless children would be taken there, relying on the instinct to survive to fight to the death with monster cubs for people to watch, bet on, and amuse themselves; such children were called Demon Children!

A Demon Child could only win, never lose; to lose once was to die without a burial place.

That beast-fighting arena attracted countless wealthy people to watch; they threw money around like dirt, feeling the thrill of their adrenaline surging.

"I used to be a Demon Child; I was only nine years old back then. My will to survive was strong enough, ruthless enough, more like a beast than the monsters themselves, and just like that, I won ten matches in a row and killed ten monster cubs; this was extremely rare in the entire history of the beast-fighting arena."

Chen Long smoked his cigarette, recounting his past in a flat tone.

"Many guests made a fortune by betting on me to win, and by the time I went up for the eleventh match, the bets placed on me had reached an astonishing number."

"So for this eleventh match, the beast-fighting arena wouldn't let me win; as long as I died, the arena could make a huge profit, so in the eleventh match, I ran into a Fire Goblin cub."

"Even though that thing was just a cub, its skin was covered in temperatures of over a hundred degrees Celsius; I would be scalded just by touching it, let alone winning with my bare hands."

"I was scalded all over with blisters, dripping with blood, and the entire arena was filled with the smell of my own flesh being roasted, but those guests were even more excited, screaming at me to hurry up and kill that Fire Goblin; only I knew I was about to die, and I was very scared."

"It was Master who saved me."

Chen Long stubbed out the cigarette.

"He took me away from that hellhole, treated my wounds, gave me food, and taught me how to read."

"I will always remember that when I first arrived at the Xie family, Master cooked himself and fried a plate of red sausages for me; that was the most delicious thing I had ever eaten in my life, and he even specifically asked me if I wanted them cut into the shape of an octopus."