Ye Si: [Baby, I'm back in the country, can I see you?]
Qiao Ying typed back slowly with one hand, probably because she had told Ye Si earlier that it was inconvenient to et: [What a coincidence, I'm leaving for M Continent tomorrow.]
Ye Si: [The annual Gladiator Competition? Are you sure you can just swagger in like that, baby? Should I remind you that you blew up the God's Ard Alliance headquarters last ti?]
Qiao Ying: [Why not?]
Ye Si: [Should I go with you, or see you in M Continent?]
Qiao Ying: [You're coming?]
After making plans to et Ye Si in M Continent, Qiao Ying packed a black backpack lightly and set off the next day.
Right after Qiao Ying left, Li Lilian ca knocking on her door with breakfast in hand, calling her "good daughter" with a smile plastered on her face. After knocking for a long ti without any response, Li Lilian gently advised her to rember to eat breakfast when she got up later.
She acted just like a caring mother, which made Qiao Lingling in the next room gnash her teeth and cover her ears.
Li Lilian was about to go to work when Qiao Ying's brothers arrived with their wives and children, holding large and small gifts.
The younger brothers and sisters-in-law called their elder brother and sister-in-law affectionately.
Third brother Qiao Shengxiang was very generous and had bought a lot of expensive gifts.
Qiao Lingling looked at the beautiful dress and red envelope from third uncle, and then at the big red envelope third uncle had prepared for Qiao Ying. She felt stifled for so reason and couldn't feel happy.
Qiao's father valued relationships and was softened by his younger brothers' sincere apologies. He said the matter from last night was in the past, and they should still be one family.
Seeing that big brother was no longer angry, Qiao Shengxiang was overjoyed and quickly asked, "By the way, is Xiaoying at ho?"
But Li Lilian wasn't as easy to deal with as Qiao's father. She imdiately put on an attitude: "My precious daughter is still sleeping in her room."
"Then I'll sit here and wait for her to get up, so I can apologize to my niece properly as her uncle," said Qiao Shengxiang.
So Qiao's brothers waited.
But the person didn't get up even until noon.
So the group ca again the next day.
This ti, they were in a panic as if soone was about to die. The sisters-in-law were even crying.
When Qiao's father asked, he found out that sothing had gone wrong with Qiao Shengxiang's stone material factory. That Ye Dong they t at the hotel had cancelled all his orders. Then more and more clients started cancelling too.
Just like that, the business was bust.
Without thinking, they knew it was all because of Qiao Ying.
But still, they couldn't et Qiao Ying this ti.
"My sister went out. Don't co again, she won't care about you all or accept your gifts," said Qiao Yi when he ca ho from school. Then he went back to his room.
When Qiao's brothers heard this, it was like the sky had fallen.
Second aunt's family just worked at third uncle's in the end, and fourth uncle's family also relied on third uncle for money.
If third uncle went down, they would all be finished.
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anwhile, Qiao Ying had arrived safely in M Continent.
After leaving the airport, she took a taxi to the hotel she had booked.
At night, gunshots broke the quiet. Qiao Ying paced to the window and leaned on the sill, looking down at the lively street below.
Screams, shouts, various languages ???mixed together.
There seed to be sothing throbbing in Qiao Ying's cold eyes, then it slowly ca alive. In this bloody atmosphere, she regained the long-lost feeling in her heart and felt comfortable all over.
The whole night, this area was not very quiet.
This was the northwest of M Continent. Not Qiao Ying's final destination yet. The place she wanted to go was even more chaotic and lawless.
Qiao Ying was in no hurry to go there. She stayed at the hotel for two days before leaving on the third day.
Hearing where Qiao Ying wanted to go, the thick-lipped black driver refused to take her there. Only after Qiao Ying paid him double did he risk driving her to the hotel she wanted.
He kindly advised Qiao Ying to leave early before parting ways.
Qiao Ying swung her bag over her shoulder and fluently thanked him in Arican English. She was in a good mood.
At the front desk checking in, she ran into a few tall, muscular n of different skin colors who were also checking in.
The leader was a Chinese man with yellow skin and black eyes.
They wore rcenary combat uniforms with guns around their waists and were injured with obvious blood stains, looking as if they had just been through a fierce battle.
"Damn it! Now even those unorganized scums dare to bully us!" A blue-eyed, blond rcenary licked the blood from the corner of his mouth and spat viciously on the ground.
Another black rcenary snorted coldly in his native language, "Our boss died, now aren't we also unorganized 'loose cargo'."
The leading Chinese rcenary Bai Xiao turned around and grabbed the black man's collar aggressively, "Shut your mouth, Bademan!"
Bademan was furious. Without thinking, he grabbed Bai Xiao's collar too, emotionally shouting, "Did I say anything wrong? Isn't our boss dead?! If she's not dead, you tell her to co out!"
"I've long looked down on you, Bai Xiao. Since the boss is dead anyway, let's just fight and go our separate ways. Co on!"
"Enough, haven't we been bullied enough already, now you want to fight within the group too?" The other rcenaries ca to pull them apart.
Bai Xiao gritted his teeth and silently let Bademan go.
Bademan staggered back several steps.
At this ti, Bai Xiao said in a low voice, "I will get first place at the Gladiator Competition in ten days. Those who are willing to follow then can do so, those who are not can join other rcenary groups or surrender to God's Ard Alliance, up to you."
When Bai Xiao said this, the others looked at him in disbelief.
Participating in the Gladiator Competition and getting first place would prove his ability and let him qualify to beco their new leader.
Bai Xiao was indirectly acknowledging the fact that their boss was dead.
"With your ability, you want to beco boss? I, Bademan, will never obey you! I'd rather be a lone soldier!" Bademan left those words and stord out of the hotel, ignoring his companions' shouts.
Bai Xiao gritted his teeth and endured in silence.
Qiao Ying watched this scene. She thought, it seed like her n didn't have an easy ti in the year plus since she left M Continent.
Bai Xiao sensed sothing as he was composing himself to check in. He turned to look at the girl who had been standing there witnessing their argunt all this while.
The girl was indeed watching him.
What Bai Xiao didn't expect was that when he looked over, not only did the girl not avoid his gaze, she even smiled faintly at him.
Bai Xiao was stunned.
By the ti he recovered, the girl had already headed for the elevator.
Bai Xiao watched her figure, with that vague smile of the girl in his mind. It gave him an indescribable sense of familiarity.
Late at night, Qiao Ying stood by the window overlooking the magnificent, majestic palace-like buildings in the distance.
That was the headquarters of God's Ard Alliance that Bai Xiao had ntioned earlier.
This was the border of M Continent, an ungoverned territory. Organized and unorganized rcenaries, bounty hunters, fugitives and international wanted criminals could be seen everywhere.
Criminals were ordinary people here.
This was heaven and hell for villains.
But there were rules here too.
God's Ard Alliance was the largest, best equipped, had the most rcenaries, and highest authority rcenary organization here.
The real boss behind God's Ard Alliance was the king of M Continent.
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