Urban Martial Saint

Li Lianshan looked at Qin Jing’s unsophisticated appearance and thought him incredibly endearing, so he teased, ”Wow, so many channels!”

”Really?” Qin Jing’s eyes widened as he asked, ”How many exactly? Could it be ten? I’ve seen the village chief’s TV pick up six channels. Yours is much bigger, it must get even more, right?”

Li Lianshan said, ”Damn, this TV, forget six channels, sixty channels wouldn’t be a problem!”

”Really?” Qin Jing got excited immediately and asked, ”Can it pick up Pingnan TV? Should be time for the ’Legend of the Condor Heroes.’ I just saw Guo Jing learning the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms!”

Li Lianshan chuckled, ”What’s so special about watching ’Legend of the Condor Heroes’? This TV can even show ’Meteor Garden’ with no problems!”

”What’s ’Meteor Garden’?” Qin Jing was puzzled again; this guy had barely ever left the village and didn’t know the wonders of the outside world.

Li Lianshan couldn’t help but burst into laughter, telling Ye Qing, ”Ye Zi, your friend is really interesting, talking like he’s performing a comic dialogue. If you’ve got no jobs over there, why not let him come help me? I love chatting with humorous young fellows like him!”

”Forget about it!” Ye Qing laughed and said, ”Jing is here to help me collect debts.”

”Collect debts?” Li Lianshan looked over at the dazed Qin Jing, who was cautiously observing the TV, and couldn’t help but laugh again, saying, ”Ye Zi, you must be joking!”

”I’m not joking!” Ye Qing looked at Qin Jing and said, ”When it comes to debt collecting, no one is more suited than he is!”

Seeing Ye Qing’s serious expression, Li Lianshan whispered incredulously, ”Damn, collecting debts, you should at least pick someone with a high IQ. Did your friend even finish elementary school?”

”For debt collectors, education isn’t important, what matters is how greedy they are!” Ye Qing watched as Qin Jing actually tried to carry the living room TV away, laughing, ”People like Jing, when someone owes him money, it’s like they owe him their life!”

Meanwhile, Qin Jing had already lifted the TV. Seeing this, Li Lianshan nodded and said, ”Ye Zi, I’m beginning to believe you. Your friend is really greedy. Hey, buddy, that TV won’t fit in your room, stop bothering!”

Qin Jing also made some gestures, realized it wouldn’t fit in his room, then sheepishly put it back and turned with an embarrassed grin, ”I wasn’t really planning to move it, just wanted to see how heavy it was. It’s pretty heavy, there must be a lot of iron in there!”

Li Lianshan glared and said, ”Damn, why ask that, were you planning to sell it for scrap?”

”No way!” Qin Jing quickly waved his hands, but his eyes still lingered on the TV.

Seeing Qin Jing like this, Li Lianshan quickly turned and said, ”Hey, guys, from now on, keep an eye on the living room TV, don’t let anyone walk off with it!”

The others were all confused, only Qin Jing grinned sheepishly, saying, ”No worries, no worries, I only carry stuff from outside into my house, I don’t carry things out!”

”Good!” Li Lianshan waved his hand and said, ”The electronics in this house, the deposit alone is a hundred thousand, have your fun but don’t break anything!”

Standing nearby and kicking at the sofa, Qin Jing immediately perked up and asked, ”A hundred thousand? Where? Where is the hundred thousand?”

”On your head!” Li Lianshan retorted irritably, standing up and saying, ”Enough, I won’t waste words with you anymore, just settle in here. If you need anything, give me a call. Ye Zi, I’ve picked the date, I’m planning to open the dogfight arena in three days. Look, should I write an invitation for Miss Huangfu, to have her send over even just a floral basket then? That would be face-saving enough for us!”

”I’ll try!” Ye Qing felt uncertain inside, Huangfu Ziyu was a complex woman, and Ye Qing had never been able to figure her out.

When she came to Shenchuan City, she directly killed the Tiger King. You’d think she did it to save Ye Qing, but she also made a few billion from the move, looking more like it was for the money. Yet, if it was just for the money, she also helped Ye Qing rise to power. Therefore, her attitude toward Ye Qing was truly baffling. Ye Qing still remembered the scene of meeting Huangfu Ziyu that night, that breathtakingly beautiful woman whose every word was equally breathtaking. For her, killing was like eating, would she grant him this favor?

Or rather, did his face even merit a floral basket in her eyes?

Compared to Huangfu Ziyu, Ye Qing felt Chen Si was far easier to get along with. Huangfu Ziyu, like her name, was a vicious mantis, acting without regard for grudges or sentiments and just following her desires, wanting to kill when she wanted to kill. The Tiger King hadn’t provoked or offended her, yet he ended up losing his life to her, showcasing her strangeness.

Although Chen Si was just as famous as Huangfu Ziyu, Ye Qing could tell that she was slightly weaker than Huangfu Ziyu. However, Chen Si was a person who adhered strictly to principles, clearly distinguished between friends and foes, and was the type of woman who was a true heroine. For example, she had an agreement with Ye Qing to exchange ten moves at the Lin family’s place, but because the police arrived, she took Boss Lin away early, and the ten moves were not completed. However, she later helped Ye Qing capture He Ziqiang, which was her way of reciprocating for the unfinished agreement, and thus neither owed the other anything anymore.

Chen Si was hot-headed, but not as terrifying as Huangfu Ziyu. With Chen Si, if she wanted to kill you, you’d know in advance. But with Huangfu Ziyu, you would never know when she might silently break your neck!

After thinking it over, Ye Qing decided to send invitations to both Huangfu Ziyu and Chen Si. Sending invitations was a courtesy since both women had helped him. But whether they would come was not his concern.

In fact, Ye Qing didn’t actually want these two women to come; they were too domineering. If they really showed up at the Southern Suburbs Dogfight Arena, something unexpected might happen.

After Chen Jun and others had tidied up the room, Lin Mengjie also came downstairs. She had prepared a boudoir for herself as well. Her foot injury had improved a lot, so going downstairs was no longer a problem. Still, her face blushed slightly when she saw Ye Qing. It was hard for her to imagine why she had had the courage to insist that Ye Qing carry her out. However, recalling that situation, she felt sweet inside.

As soon as Chen Jun had finished tidying up and saw Lin Mengjie descending the stairs, he exclaimed in surprise, ”Oh, Manager Lin, you’re staying here too?”

”Nonsense, if I don’t stay here, where else would I stay?” Lin Mengjie gave him a glance and said, ”By the way, the third floor is my territory. You boys listen well, whoever dares to step into the third floor, I’ll chop off their feet!”

”We wouldn’t dare!” Everyone hastily nodded and gestured with their hands. They might not be afraid of Poisonous Mantis and Fire Butterfly, but they were definitely afraid of Lin Mengjie. After all, they were from Jiuchuan County, and Lin Mengjie’s reputation there was not low at all.

Lin Mengjie nodded in satisfaction and sat down next to Ye Qing, saying, ”Ye, Uncle Yang called just now. He said the fifty people he dispatched should arrive at the station this afternoon. What do you think about going to pick them up?”

”They’re arriving this soon?” Ye Qing was surprised, and then said, ”This afternoon I need to visit an elderly senior. Let’s have Black Bear Mad Dog and their team drive over and bring the brothers back. I had Old Li rent a house across the street; though it’s not as nice as this place, it’s closer and more convenient. They can stay there for now.”

Lin Mengjie smiled and said, ”That’s fine, Ye, whatever arrangements you make are good for me!”

Ye Qing nodded, stood up, and said, ”Alright, we’ve been busy all morning; you all must be hungry. Let’s go and fill our bellies first!”

The crowd cheered and followed Ye Qing out, all genuinely hungry.

The house that Ye Qing had rented was near the outskirts of the city. Although it wasn’t as bustling as the city center, the surrounding environment was quite nice. It had all the necessary shops for eating and supplies.

The group burst into a Shuzhong hotpot restaurant and ordered chaotically, filling the table with an array of food. They all had good appetites, especially Qin Jing, Chen Jun, and Yue Peng, who had struggled with food and rarely had meat when in Jiuchuan County. Thus, their orders were almost all meat, with platters of beef rolls, lamb rolls, and various meatballs piled high.

”Hey, what is this ’feicai’?” Qin Jing, still scrutinizing the menu, asked a question.

”What ’feicai’?” Chen Jun leaned over to look, then widened his eyes and said, ”Damn, that’s leek. Big brother, could you please not misread the characters!”

”Oh, so that’s how leeka is written!” Qin Jing had an epiphany, not at all ashamed of his lack of knowledge but instead excitedly waved at the waiter, saying, ”Waiter, bring a plate of leeks. Make sure it’s the right one, not ’feicai’!”

The waiter gave him a dumbfounded glance, brought over a plate of fresh-looking leeks, and muttered under his breath, ”Leeks in hotpot, what kind of eating method is that?”

Chen Jun turned his head away, pretending not to know Qin Jing. That situation would be embarrassing for anyone.

With many people and a lot of dishes, the soup took a while to heat up. Everyone dumped several plates of meat into the hotpot, watching it like farmers during a communal meal, gripping their chopsticks and dishes and keeping their eyes fixed on the meat. Qin Jing even monopolized the slotted spoon, clearly planning to eat his fill.

Unlike the others, who were like illiterate bandits, Lin Mengjie, mixed sesame paste and chili sauce slowly, making a nice-looking mix and placed it in front of Ye Qing.

”Oh, I could have done it myself!” Ye Qing tried to stop her, but Lin Mengjie took his bowl from him, while mixing it further and saying, ”What, you can’t eat what I make?”

”That’s not it, it’s just...” Ye Qing thought about it but finally didn’t speak, remembering Lin Mengjie’s sudden outburst of temper in the morning and decided it was better not to provoke a woman.