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Chapter 169 - 11 Resolving Past Resentments (Extra, Please Subscribe)

Chapter 169: Chapter 11 Resolving Past Resentments (Extra, Please Subscribe)

North District (2,4)

A relatively luxurious accommodation area, third floor.

In the middle of the night, awakened by the sobbing sounds of the couple upstairs, the twenty-eight-year-old young wife Bai Qian opened her eyes. Shifting her luscious body that seemed as though it could drip water, she noted that it was already past three in the morning. She couldn’t help but sigh softly, turning over to continue sleeping.

"It seems he’s not coming back tonight either..."

Her man had been out on overtime for a week and had yet to give any news; she worried but felt helpless.

A man’s career is vital, especially for her husband who often worked overtime for a week or two.

Although Bai Qian couldn’t speak of it because her husband had told her about the special nature of his work.

She had to keep it a secret.

When neighbors from upstairs or downstairs asked, she always responded with a sweet smile, "The man’s out making big money."

Of course, she felt aggrieved and even doubted her husband’s profession because of some small, peculiar cautious demands he had.

However, Bai Qian was a woman who couldn’t do much on her own, and living in such a bustling city center depended on the money her man made.

She endured it.

But there were some things she could bear and others she could not. After all, she was a mature woman, not an inexperienced girl. In this era rampant with desires, when watching others revel night after night, who wouldn’t feel restless?

But with her husband often away and their daughter at home, she dare not stray, so she had to endure.

Always enduring could be suffocating.

Thinking this, her heartbeat slightly quickened, and her hand that was originally on top of the blanket snuck into the cozy bedding.

"Just this once... the last time, I won’t do it again..."

She swallowed, her thoughts becoming inappropriate.

"Whimper~"

Before long, she couldn’t help but let out a pitiful sob, as if harmonizing with the humming of a man’s song from outside the window:

"You said your favorite is the padlock, because your name is on it, such a familiar lock, oh sentimental soul~"

"Swinging, swinging life away... just like that, abruptly you’re gone..." (Note 1)

The melodious song floated in her ears; because the rhythm was too good, Bai Qian also couldn’t help but join in the swaying.

"Wait..."

"Why is the singing getting closer?"

Bai Qian, who also entered "Sage mode," suddenly woke up, quickly turned over to turn on the light, but was suddenly silenced by a hand covering her mouth and neck, her body pinned down completely immobile.

"Mmmph! Damn, who are you?"

Bai Qian struggled, but it felt as though the person holding her was not human but an iron clamp with tremendous strength.

"Ma’am, it’s best not to speak loudly. Your six-year-old daughter is sleeping in the next room. I presume you don’t want your daughter to see you in bed with another man," a man’s voice came from behind her as he firmly maintained his grasp.

Bai Qian couldn’t help but cry out, barely making out the silhouette of the man’s robust figure against the wall, illuminated by the moonlight.

She bit her lip and said, "Damn it, you can do whatever you want to me, just please don’t harm my daughter, mmmph, may the Mother Goddess protect us."

Saying this, she tried to twist her hips, moving backward voluntarily.

"?"

Damn, this woman defies heaven!

"Get lost, you wish."

The man behind her held her firmly, speaking in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, we’ve run into some trouble. Big brother sent me back to get some money. Take out whatever money we have at home."

"Sister-in-law? Big brother? Who are you?" Bai Qian was stunned.

"My big brother Wu Wukai, here’s his ID."

An ID was tossed onto her face, and she saw it indeed belonged to her husband.

"Ah? What happened to my husband?" Bai Qian continued weakly.

"Heh, quit pretending. Big brother never mentioned us to you?" The man bluntly peeled an orange, overly eager, showing no mercy with his strength.

"I really don’t know, are you colleagues? What happened to him?" She sobbed and whimpered.

"Big brother has always been honest and never told you, but at this point, let the brother come clean to you. We’re actually Wasteland Hunters, you get it?" The man coaxed persuasively.

"Wasteland Hunters? Ah, the ones who rob traders in the Wasteland..."

"Good to know! Anyway, big brother got caught, here’s his wanted document for you to see... there, now that you’ve see it, get the money. We need to go bail someone out."

"Damn, I didn’t get a good look, wait! Why can they still ransom him if he was arrested..." Housewife Bai Qian instinctively felt something was off, as if there was a big loophole in what was said which, given time, she could unravel a lot of truths from.

But the orange was nearly squeezed to burst; she cried out in pain, completely losing rational thinking ability in front of this criminal.

"Enough talk! Sister-in-law, think about it, so much money at home, is it all in cash? Big brother never allowed you to bank it, nor speak of his profession to anyone, right?" The man said ominously.

"How do you know?" Bai Qian froze; this was something only her family would know.

And he was right, it wasn’t just about not mentioning his profession, she herself didn’t even know what her husband did.

"Because big brother and we are cohorts, hehe, sister-in-law, you’ve had your suspicions but didn’t dare to believe, right? Forgot to tell you, we, are Transcendents!"

During the conversation, the man easily picked up a strangely shaped solid iron rod next to him, gave it a slight twist, and it twisted into a corkscrew.

"I, I, whimper... Is it really like this?"

At first, seeing that ID, Bai Qian was initially shaken.

After thinking about it and the clues induced by the other party, she completely believed him.

So, at this point, after this man had laid bare everything, she couldn’t doubt it anymore because Lu Bingwei was indeed a wanted criminal.

No matter how well he hid it, how could he possibly deceive someone who shared his bed?

The doubts that had been suppressed in her heart for years, when plainly dissected by someone else, completely shattered Bai Qian’s psychological defenses.

Moreover, having witnessed the man’s displayed power, it was a power that could easily kill her.

With such power, there was really no need to lie to me, right?

Bai Qian also thoroughly believed in the man’s identity.

"Alright, quickly get the money out, or the other party will start advertising our situation everywhere. You wouldn’t want your daughter to be looked down upon by her classmates just because her father is a criminal, would you?"

The voice of the Demon, triumphant in its scheme, rang in her ears, and Bai Qian helplessly imagined the scene, mournfully whimpering, "Gulp, not that kind of thing, please~"

"Alright, go open the safe and get the money." the man said.

"How much is needed?"

"As much as you have!"

"Okay, sob sob sob..." Bai Qian went off crying.

...

Half an hour later.

Xu Shu pushed her from behind, warning her not to look around and to just quietly take the money.

All three safes in the house were opened.

"Why is there only a little over four hundred thousand yuan?" Xu Shu complained.

A Second Rank Transcendent’s savings are just this, not even half a million yuan? Shouldn’t it be a few million at the least?

Bai Qian, in agony, said, "Your brother only gives me money once a month, and the household expenses are high, so there’s not much saved up."

Xu Shu smacked his lips and then thought, Lu Bingwei’s real assets are probably his Contribution Points on the upgrading network, which can’t be taken.

That being the case, he added, "Tsk, fine then, don’t say I’m not being generous as a brother-in-law. Here’s seventy thousand yuan, keep it to look after your child and have a good new year. If big brother can’t get out, your days next year might be tough, you better start saving."

"What? I thought we were going to redeem someone?"

"That much money isn’t enough to redeem a damn person, big brother might as well wait to get out in eighteen years."

"What? Eighteen years? Was he sentenced for that long?"

"Enough talk, I need to go or the Patrol Soldiers will catch me and big brother will be done for, with no money to pull strings he’d be sentenced to death! You wouldn’t want to lose your husband, would you?"

"Oh, okay! Take care on your journey." Bai Qian was not only no longer afraid, she was very obedient and even advised him.

"Keep it down, we’re all fugitives, we don’t like our faces being seen." The man pressing from behind withdrew and even took her orange peel with him, tossing it on the ground.

Damn it, even after messing with me like this and then doing nothing, how could he...

Bai Qian, gasping and blushing, leaned against the wall, not daring to look back: "Okay, I’ll do as you say, but no matter what, he did commit robberies... Please tell him to behave well in prison, to get a sentence reduction if possible. Tell him his daughter is still waiting for him to come home, put in a good effort, maybe he can make it to her wedding."

"You are really magnanimous! I’ll send him your message."

"Mmm make sure to pass it to him, by the way little brother, can you tell me your name?"

"Lu Bingwei, they all call me the alias: King’s Spear!"

"Ah! King’s Spear... truly dominant, okay, I’ll remember that. When your older brother is not home, you, you being the younger brother, remember to check in and help take care of your sister-in-law, it’s only right." she shyly said.

"Got it. In light of what you just said, I’ll give you another thirty thousand!"

Xu Shu counted and tossed a stack of bills, exactly thirty thousand.

Now that it was clear, Bai Qian, unaware of the misdeeds of Lu Bingwei whom she had encountered fatally four times, Xu Shu naturally wouldn’t trouble her too much.

The remaining three hundred and eighty thousand yuan, Xu Shu didn’t feel guilty at all, he took it all.

These were 1000 yuan large denomination bills, though the quantity was three hundred and eighty thousand, when stacked together, it wasn’t even as big as a packet, squeezed here and there within the loose embrace, it could fit easily, not even as big as Bai Qian’s single orange.

Before leaving, Xu Shu glanced at her waist and hips: "With your slutty disposition and looks, you surely could live luxuriously just by messing around in the city~ Tsk, pity, time to leave big sister. Remember, every year on the 13th of this month is a good day for your husband, set an extra pair of chopsticks at the dining table!"

"Eh?"

Damn, to dare say that about me! Where am I slutty? I’m just a bit... what’s this about setting an extra pair of chopsticks?

Bai Qian was initially stunned, but when she looked back, there was also no longer any trace of Lu Bingwei’s brother outside the window, her heart felt empty.

She had just vaguely felt the brother’s might, especially the sharp awareness through his hand that he was still very young, which tingled her heart, that strong male scent further stirred her long-suppressed psychological and physiological needs as a woman, but in the end, nothing happened, a challenge akin to stopping short.

Now, her brain had already cast aside her husband, who had caused serious trouble after not being seen for a long while.

Oh, Mother Goddess, would he come again? Bai Qian felt vaguely melancholic.

Tonight was bound to be a sleepless night.

...

...

At six in the morning.

Xu Shu walked out of the towering buildings, through the relatively open fields and small town area, and exited the city gate.

Facing the rising dawn and blushing, he slowly unfolded the Tai Chu Scroll.

[The sun rises in the east, bringing life to all things, welcome back to the Tai Chu Scroll, great master]

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