Chapter 212: Go! Brave Warrior! (Fourth update, 12th bonus update)

"Name?"

"Hong Guoyi..."

"Age?"

"Forty-eight."

Splash.

A bucket of clear, cold well water, just drawn from the well, was poured over his head, and Hong Guoyi was startled awake from his daze.

It was August, and the weather in Wentian was no longer warm; soaked by the water, Hong Guoyi nearly choked from the cold.

"What!!?"

"Who!? Which damn... ugh!"

Startled and furious, he was just about to curse, but the words stopped at his lips.

A strange yet clear memory flooded into his mind.

In that memory, he had answered all the other person's questions mechanically, like a marionette.

Even the most private secrets, the ones he had decided to forget for a lifetime and could not even remember himself, had been easily spilled.

I've met a ghost!!!

However, as a true, local Wentianguo native, Hong Guoyi still had some worldly experience.

He had encountered someone he could not afford to provoke.

The anger faded from his face; Hong Guoyi fell to his knees with a thud and offered a fawning smile toward Ren Yidao. He asked tentatively:

"Th-this Immortal Master, I do not know how this lowly one has offended you..."

Ren Yidao: "..."

Watching Hong Guoyi, who had gone from arrogant to servile, Ren Yidao felt quite bored.

The other party was just a fragile mortal, and the interrogation process had been too easy, leaving him with no sense of accomplishment at all.

Dull and flavorless.

"Do you still remember what you did?"

"I... this lowly one does not remember."

"Heh, then let me remind you. You tried to end your life at the Fox Tea House last night. Do you still need me to remind you?"

A reminder?

That was naturally unnecessary.

Hong Guoyi remembered clearly what crazy things he had done after drinking.

Seeing that he could not bluff his way through, Hong Guoyi excitedly propped up his upper body and said:

"My lord! It was all a misunderstanding! Everything was because..."

"Because the Fox Tea House caused the tea house's revenue to plummet, and Shi Guangyin used this as an excuse to seize your tea house, so you were left with no choice but to seek revenge through death."

Having leisurely spoken the answer, Ren Yidao sat on a stool with his legs crossed and took a light sip of tea.

"That is the situation, is it not?"

"... Yes, my lord is as discerning as a needle."

Ren Yidao had already asked about this level of inside information clearly while the man was under hypnosis.

Looking at the trembling, head-bowed Hong Guoyi, Ren Yidao shook his head, too lazy to continue teasing him, and said casually:

"Considering your pitiful circumstances and the fact that you have not committed any grave crimes, so... this soaking with well water shall serve as your punishment this time."

Although this guy had caused him to lose a big fish, it did not warrant further punishment.

The crime did not merit death.

He had learned quite a few interesting anecdotes from the man's memories, so let it be.

"Leave quickly."

Waving his hand to open the door, Ren Yidao stood up, ready to leave.

"My lord, please save this lowly one!!!"

Feeling his robe being tugged, Ren Yidao narrowed his eyes.

To be honest, he was getting annoyed.

But the other party was a fragile mortal, so Ren Yidao did not kick him away, but instead said gently yet with no inflection:

"Let go."

Before Hong Guoyi could even begin to beg, he felt his body no longer belonged to him, and under the control of some force, he actively let go of his hand.

!!!

"My lord!"

Listening to the pleas behind him, Ren Yidao did not stop his pace.

Annoyed. Death penalty it is.

Do whatever you want.

Originally, Ren Yidao had expected to hear some heart-wrenching, tragic love story from Hong Guoyi's mouth.

As it turned out, there was indeed an Ox Star, but it wasn't dramatic enough.

What had been "ox-ed" away from him wasn't a childhood sweetheart who had woken him up every day, but a family business passed down for generations.

Although it was more malicious in nature, for someone who lived for amusement, such a development was truly dull.

Not punchy enough!

And honestly, Ren Yidao found it very hard to have much sympathy for Hong Guoyi.

Simply put, wasn't this just a case of a black-hearted noble exploiting his subordinates?

As a former corporate slave, Ren Yidao felt deep empathy.

But as an innocent bystander who got caught up in this and almost had someone die at his doorstep, Ren Yidao felt it was inexplicable.

Pity is pity.

But what does that have to do with me?

It's not like I forced you to do it.

My tea house did indeed siphon off quite a bit of business, but that's just normal commercial competition; it's only right for there to be give and take.

Besides, I haven't even restricted you from plagiarizing; I've already been very merciful.

I even let you cheat, but you just couldn't step up; I gave you a chance and you were useless!

Don't engage in such pure, low-level business warfare, okay? Bring me something high-class.

What's the point of dying at someone else's house?

Why are you holding a grudge against me?

If you've got the guts, why don't you go find that Shi Guangyin and blow him up?

Click.

Walking to the door, Ren Yidao's footsteps paused.

"... Huh?"

Blinking his eyes, Ren Yidao suddenly became interested.

You have to admit, this kind of development is actually... kind of interesting!

Goodness, I actually forgot my original intention!

Back when I was forced to work overtime and had unreasonable tasks assigned to me by my boss, didn't I wish for a brave warrior to stand up and blow him up?

In my past life, I suffered because there were too few brave warriors, and I valued my own life too much, so in the end, I just leaked his dirt to the reporters and quit to start my own business.

Although the result was better, I still had a pent-up feeling in my heart that never got released.

But now, it seems there is a chance to wash away that past shame.

Look, didn't a brave warrior just come looking for me on his own?

"..."

Ren Yidao made up his mind, stood before the door with his back to Hong Guoyi, and said indifferently:

"Do you really want me to help you?"

!!!

Hong Guoyi, who had already given up, never expected that things would take a turn, and immediately said loudly:

"Thank you, Immortal Master!"

Ren Yidao turned his head and chuckled:

"Don't be in such a hurry to thank me; you must be clear that asking me to act will come with a price."

"Perhaps, it will exceed your imagination."

"Are you still willing?"

Hearing these words, Hong Guoyi felt some fear and instinctively wanted to give up.

But!

He remembered the humiliation he had suffered over these years.

Those instances of frustration that kept him tossing and turning at night, those contemptuous gazes he received after bowing and scraping time and time again...

His eyes turned red, and Hong Guoyi knocked his head heavily against the floor toward Ren Yidao.

"As long as I can take revenge! This lowly one is willing to pay anything!"

At this moment, Hong Guoyi felt somewhat unlike himself.

But this anger in his heart was driving him to respond.

Revenge!

Make Shi Guangyin pay the price!!!

Then, he felt a dagger appear in his hand.

"The blade is yours; what you do after this is your own business."

Ren Yidao patted his shoulder, looked at him with an encouraging gaze, and said earnestly:

"Good, you have been buffed, go get them!"

At the same time, a powerful force surged into his body!

Rising with a start, Hong Guoyi gripped the dagger and rushed out!

Revenge!!!

Watching Hong Guoyi depart, Ren Yidao followed behind him, covering his tracks.

Suddenly, Ren Yidao blinked his eyes and wondered:

"Come to think of it... why isn't he wearing a shirt?"

Midnight, half-naked man, seeking revenge with a blade!

A proper serialization!

Four chapters finished today!

Although I still feel very uncomfortable, I kept my promise and wrote it! I paid off one extra chapter from last month, one more to go!

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