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Chapter 40: Chapter 039 The Branches of Dragon Soul

”I, I... since when did he become my boyfriend?”

Amidst everyone’s teasing, Lu Qing blushed and glanced at Qin Tian, saying, ”Stop talking nonsense. If this gets out, how will I ever get married?”

After speaking, Lu Qing walked away with a shy smile gracing her blushing face.

”Tsk tsk, Qin Tian, the two of you really make a handsome couple,” someone remarked.

”Exactly, Lu Qing was always so hard to impress before; you must be lucky. It seems like she really does have feelings for you.”

”Hehe, can’t wait to attend your wedding,” another teased.

”Wishing you a happy marriage and early childbirth... hehe.”

Facing the playful mocking from the sales department beauties, Qin Tian was overwhelmed and said, ”You guys really gossip too much, let me clarify that Qing is not my woman yet, hehe, don’t get the wrong idea.”

”Keep dreaming, it’s definitely an underground relationship,” one teased.

”Exactly, we’ve all noticed it long ago.”

Uh... faced with everyone’s teasing, Qin Tian just shook his head and quickly excused himself to the restroom to escape.

Not long after, police arrived at the private room. It turned out that Qin Yue had called them.

After hearing from Qin Tian and Lu Qing, the police took away Wang Chao, who was lying on the floor, and mentioned they might contact Qin Tian later to come to the police station if needed.

With Wang Chao taken away by the police, righteously so, everyone at the sales department cheered and happily drank.

The dinner lasted until past nine at night.

When Lu Qing went to settle the bill, she found out it was already taken care of. After seeing off her colleagues, Lu Qing and Qin Tian walked side by side out of the hotel.

”Boss, had a good meal? Got time? How about joining me for some late-night snacks?”

As they left the hotel, Qin Tian saw Boar standing at the door of an Audi car, grinning and waving at him.

This guy, it turned out he had been waiting for Qin Tian to come out.

”You... knew each other from before?” Lu Qing asked.

Reading her concern, Qin Tian said, ”Don’t worry, he’s not some vicious villain. He and I had some acquaintance before.”

”Right, right, sister-in-law rest assured, when I’m with the boss, I’m definitely about fighting evil. I’m really not a bad person, sister-in-law,” Boar said cheerfully.

Listening to Boar calling her ”sister-in-law” made Lu Qing’s heart sweeten, especially considering that Boar had come to help out earlier that evening, so her impression of him was quite favorable.

”You helped out today, hmm, I’ll give you some face, let’s have some supper together.” Qin Tian told Boar, then added, ”But for her alone...”

”Don’t worry, boss, I’ll arrange for someone to take sister-in-law home. If she loses even a single hair, I’ll kill myself as an apology, hehe.”

After speaking, Boar called a Mercedes car, from which a woman dressed in black alighted.

The woman was named Guo Caixia, quite striking, in her thirties perhaps, still very charming. Boar thoughtfully opted for a woman fearing Lu Qing might feel uncomfortable being escorted by a man.

After Guo Caixia took Lu Qing away, Boar finally invited Qin Tian into the car and they headed towards the night market by the riverside in Zhonghai City.

”Boss, the thing I mentioned last time, can we do it now?”

In the car, Boar spoke cheerfully to Qin Tian.

”What thing?”

”It’s about me wanting to swear allegiance to you, to follow you in conquering the world. Dragon Soul Mercenary Corps is my dream,” Boar said.

After Boar finished speaking, Qin Tian looked down in thought.

Based on Qin Tian’s previous understanding of Boar, this guy was not really a bad person, but rather quite a dutiful fellow, which is why Qin Tian didn’t entirely dislike him and had previously let him off the hook.

Otherwise, following Dragon Soul’s old practices, any troublemaker would have ended up bedridden for the latter half of his life!

”Boar, what’s your real name?”

Qin Tian hesitated before asking.

”My name is Li Jinyang, hehe, my dad gave it to me.” Upon hearing Qin Tian wanting to know more about him, Boar smiled broadly, sensing he was starting to be accepted.

”Alright, you can temporarily follow me. The Dragon Soul Mercenary Corps has disbanded, and I’m planning to rebuild it. I hope you can contribute by then.”

”Thank you, boss!”

Boar was overjoyed, ”From now on, Li Jinyang lives for Dragon Soul, dies for Dragon Soul, and will never betray!”

Li Jinyang swore to Qin Tian.

Qin Tian nodded, ”I believe in your character.”

Soon after, the two arrived at the riverside night market in Zhonghai City. Originally, Li Jinyang had planned to treat Qin Tian to a lavish meal, but at Qin Tian’s insistence, they ended up at a barbecue stall in a corner, chatting away.

They ordered two bottles of beer. Qin Tian asked Li Jinyang, ”Wild Boar, what kind of business are you running?”

Li Jinyang chuckled, ”Well, so far, I own an arcade, an internet cafe, a night market stall, and also, a KTV and a nightclub.”

”Oh, you’ve spread out quite a bit,” Qin Tian said with a smile.

Li Jinyang hurriedly poured Qin Tian a glass, and they toasted.

After drinking, Li Jinyang said, ”This is my base here, worth about sixty to seventy million all up. Most of it was earned by my brothers.”

”Have you engaged in any illegal business?”

”Uh... Boss, since you’re my boss, I’ll tell you the truth. A bit. That includes running high-interest loans for people and then, there’s a group of girls at the KTV and nightclub... You know, at the nightclubs, these girls mainly help me generate income.”

Qin Tian smiled faintly, ”That woman you called over earlier, is she your woman?”

”Kind of, hehe, Guo Caixia, she helps me manage the KTV business, she’s my confidante, hehe.”

Watching Li Jinyang laugh naively, Qin Tian nodded, ”Not bad, you’ve got the look of a boss, quite popular with the ladies, huh?”

”Boss, if you think there’s anything wrong with what I’m doing, or if I’m breaking any of Dragon Soul’s rules, just give the word, and I can cut ties with her right away,” Li Jinyang said earnestly.

”No need for that, Jinyang, just tell me honestly, how many women do you have?” Qin Tian stretched lazily, now that he considered Wild Boar his brother, he naturally wanted to know about his life.

”Two, boss, just two. One is my wife, who helps look after my parents back in my hometown. The other one is Guo Caixia. She’s been with me for three years, these years, it’s her who’s been by my side taking care of me.”

Wild Boar spoke sincerely. Qin Tian nodded, ”Alright, just make sure you handle your personal life properly, manage it well, just don’t be an irresponsible man.”

”Yes, yes, I’ll follow your lead, boss.”

The two chatted while eating barbecue, and before they knew it, it was around eleven o’clock at night.

Bang!

Just then, not far behind Qin Tian and his company, the sound of a beer bottle shattering was heard from another table.

”Damn it, I found a worm in my food, boss, what do you say!”

Behind Qin Tian were a group of four shirtless, tattooed men, one of them bald, who had smashed a beer bottle and approached the barbecue proprietor right away.

The barbecue proprietors were a middle-aged couple, around forty years old, with their son helping out, who looked to be in his twenties.

”My brother, which dish did you find the worm in? I’ll change it for you right away,” the male proprietor said respectfully to the bald man.

Upon hearing this, the bald man sneered, ”Change a dish? And that’s it? Do you know how disgusted I felt just now? And how do I know how many worms were in the food I just ate! He-mother, do you believe I could report you to the city management team?”

The female proprietor, a woman in her forties and dressed plainly who seemed to be from the countryside, said in a rural accent, ”Brother, what would you like to do then? How about, we give you half off tonight’s meal?”

”Half off? Half your ass!”

The bald man scowled, ”What kind of shady business are you running, finding worms in the food, and you think you can get off with a discount? Heh, I’m not afraid to make a big deal today, your illegal stall setup, my city management has contacts, believe me if I say I can shut down your business!”

The middle-aged couple was frightened by the bald man’s threats. The male proprietor said, ”Then, how about we make your meal free? He glanced at what the four people had consumed, which amounted to several hundred dollars at least; if they complied, they’d basically have worked for free tonight and might even lose money.

But they had no choice, coming from the countryside with no connections, and definitely couldn’t afford to offend these four.

”Well, you’re smart.”

”Alright, today I’m in a good mood, consider yourself lucky,” the bald man said smugly as he and his three companions swaggered off to leave.

”Stop!”

Just then, the son of the middle-aged couple stood up, blocking the bald man, and angrily demanded, ”You say you found a worm, where is it? Show it to us! I think you just want to dine and dash!”

The young man was about twenty years old, but he spoke with authority and didn’t seem intimidated by the four tattooed men.

”Xin’er, don’t cause trouble for me, come back!” the middle-aged male proprietor quickly tried to pull his son back.

The middle-aged woman also said, ”Xin’er, you’ve just been released, can’t you avoid trouble? Can’t you just live a good life? Your father and I only have you as our son.” The tone of the middle-aged woman was a bit frantic, as if she was on the verge of sobbing.

[Please favorite this! Those familiar with Hong Qi know he’s a college student, yeah, a big one, hehe. Lately, my thesis has been driving me crazy, so updates have slowed down a bit, but once I’m less busy, I’ll get back on track. Don’t worry, updates every night at 12, don’t miss them.

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