The last thug to remain alive kowtowed before Su Yang as he spoke about his client, "The person who hired us to vandalize your business is a man nad Qian Fuju— he's the owner of a brothel in the Yellow Light District. He ca to us out of the blue one day and offered us a thousand middle-grade spirit stones to vandalize your store. That's all I know about him, I swear!"
"Qian Fuju? Yellow Light District? How did I end up offending this person? I don't even know where the Yellow Light District is located, nor have I ever stepped foot inside that place. Are you sure you're telling the truth?" Su Yang raised his eyebrows, as he wasn't familiar with this na even in the slightest.
"I have no idea. We were only hired to vandalize your store. He didn't tell us anything more than his na." The thug responded in a desperate voice.
Su Yang narrowed his eyes at the thug, and he could tell that the thug wasn't lying.
"I have told you everything I know! You'll let go now, right?!" The thug said to him.
Su Yang remained silent.
The thug shuddered at his cold stare, and he continued, "Y-Y-You promised that you will spare if I tell you about our client! Or are you going to go back on your own words before so many witnesses after everything you've said?! Nobody will ever believe you again if you kill !"
Hearing his words, Su Yang smiled and said, "Calm down, will you? I haven't even said anything and you're already making your own conclusions."
"I will let you go for now, but that doesn't an you're free to go just yet."
"W-What do you an by that?" The thug said with a frown.
"I promised to let you live if you told about your client. While it's true that you did tell about this Qian Fuju, how do I know that you're actually telling the truth? For all I know, you could have given so random na."
"I-I swear it's real! His na is truly Qian Fuju! We investigated him after we received this job to make sure he wasn't trying to do us dirty! He's a pretty famous individual within the Yellow Light District who works at the Grand Mountain Brothel!"
"Whether it's true or not… I will figure it out myself when I visit him later." Su Yang said.
"You can leave for now. If I find out that you'd lied to , I will find you and make you regret lying to — even if you decide to run away from the City of Pleasure."
"I-I understand!"
The thug quickly stood up and ran away with a dark spot between his legs.
Su Yang then turned around and walked away.
However, before he could go very far, soone there asked him, "W-What about your business? It's still soaked in flammable liquid."
Su Yang glanced at the person and said, "If it burns down, I can simply move to another building. You can destroy my building, but you will not be able to destroy my business."
The business owners there were stumped by his profound words, and they even repeated it to themselves in a mumbling voice.
"You can destroy my building but you won't destroy my business? What a good sentence!"
Soti later, Su Yang returned to the hotel, and to his surprise, both i Xing and i Ying were awake....
"Manager… Is everything okay?" i Ying asked him.
"Yes, everything is fine. I just had to get rid of a few annoying bugs snooping around the store."
"So the culprits who vandalized the store has returned! What happened to them?" i Xing asked him.
After a mont of silence, he said, "They tried to burn down the entire store, so I killed most of them."
Su Yang expected i Xing to express shock and disgust, but to his surprise, she said, "Good! They deserve it!"
"Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" i Ying asked him in a worried voice.
"No, I am fine."
He then asked, "They also told that soone had hired them to vandalize the store, but I don't recognize this na. Do you know of soone nad Qian Fuju?"
i Ying's eyes widened with shock when she heard this na, and her body even subconsciously began trembling with fear.
Su Yang imdiately realized her abnormal reaction to this na and said, "You know this person?"
Although she was hesitant at first, i Ying nodded slowly, her eyes flickering with despair.
Su Yang didn't ask her anything else, as he could already guess that they had so sort of history— an uncomfortable one at that.
However, after a mont of silence, i Ying spoke in a low voice, "I-I think it would be for the best if I stop associating myself with you, Manager. Please don't misunderstand my intentions. There is nothing wrong with you, but if I stay with you, I will only bring you more trouble."
"But before I leave, can you do one last favor? Can you take i Xing from my hands?"
"W-What are you talking about, mother?! You can't leave us!" i Xing was shocked by her mother's words.
Su Yang silently stared at i Ying for a mont before speaking, "So the reason I am being targetted by this Qian Fuju is because of you, huh? At least the situation makes more sense now."
"Tell more about it. If you don't want to tell , I can go ask Qian Fuju instead."
"!!!"
i Ying's eyes widened when she heard his words, and she quickly responded, "You cannot! Qian Fuju is a dangerous man! If you offend him anymore, he'll do more than destroy your business! He'll kill you!"
"Kill ?" Su Yang couldn't help but chuckle at her words, and he continued in a calm voice, "Even the Heavenly Emperor cannot kill . What can a nobody in the City of Pleasure do to ?"
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