Super Soldier King and Cute CEO
Chapter 497

Chapter 497: 497

"Can you now tell me about your story?" Tang Zhong looked at Fang Susu and said.

Fang Susu looked at Tang Zhong beside her, her hands clenched together and already drenched in sweat, "I..."

"If you have unspeakable difficulties, just speak up, I’ve said it, I will protect you!" Tang Zhong said with a smile.

"Mr. Tang?" Fang Susu looked at Tang Zhong, feeling complicated, "I... my name is actually not Fang Susu. My surname is Fang, with just a single name, Su. My name is Fang Su!"

"Continue," said Tang Zhong.

"I am indeed from Xuan Country. I am from a martial arts family in Lin City. Originally, I lived a very happy life, with a perfect family, and I even studied abroad. You could say my life was very fulfilled. But good times didn’t last - within our Fang Family, internal strife broke out. My beautiful family was ruined by one person, Fang Jingde, who is now the Family Head of the Fang Family." As Fang Susu spoke, her fists clenched tightly together.

"Five years ago, my grandfather passed away, leaving the position of Family Head vacant. In the Fang Family, the final candidates for the position were my father and Fang Jingde. After a duel between them, Fang Jingde lost and my father became the Family Head. But it didn’t last long. On the surface, Fang Jingde appeared to accept my father, but behind the scenes he was still up to no good, poisoning my father. After my father died, Fang Jingde raped my mother. She was a woman of integrity and hung herself the next day. I managed to escape from the Fang Family with the help of my father’s loyal supporters and our heirloom, the Jade Pendant... I ended up wandering outside and eventually became a slave!"

The color drained from Fang Susu’s face, her jaw clamped tight, making a cracking sound.

Hearing these words, Tang Zhong couldn’t help but feel sympathy for Fang Susu.

"Mr. Tang, can I lean on you and cry for a while?" Overcome with grief, Fang Susu had turned into a tearful mess.

"Of course!" Tang Zhong suddenly thought of the scar on Fang Susu’s face when he first saw her, perhaps that was this woman’s way of protecting herself.

Only then did Fang Susu lean her head over and bury it in Tang Zhong’s shoulder, crying uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Tang Zhong reached out and stroked the hair of the person in his arms.

"Don’t worry, I will definitely help you reclaim what you’ve lost, after all, I promised to grant you the freedom you deserve," murmured Tang Zhong, then looked off into the distance towards Lin City.

The bus roared along, with no glass left, it afforded some pleasure, but otherwise, there was no difference.

Of course, no one dared to speak ill of Tang Zhong and her, but to any observer, the two at the back looked just like an ordinary couple.

However, concerns grew for their circumstances – Shen Heng was no simple man, and this was Lin City. They had only seen Shen Heng fly out earlier, but he was surely still alive, and there was a good chance the people of Lin City were already aware of their existence.

Finally, Lin City bus station arrived.

Before getting off, a kind old lady still came over to remind the two to be careful.

Tang Zhong took Fang Susu with him, thanking the old lady, and then they left the bus station.

Exiting the station, Tang Zhong could be seen in the distance.

"Do you still remember the direction of the Fang Family?" Tang Zhong asked.

"Of course I remember, I’ll remember even in death!" Fang Susu had reverted to her previous demeanor, she said through gritted teeth.

"Then let’s go. I’ll help you settle the score. Oh, and one more thing... I didn’t get to ask you when I saw you upset earlier, whose blood is inside the Blood Jade you gave me?" Tang Zhong couldn’t help but ask.

"That Jade is the ancestral treasure of our Fang Family. Our Fang Family was established during the Qing Dynasty, and at that time, there was a Martial Arts Grandmaster who can be said to be the founder of our Fang Family!" Fang Susu explained.

"His name was?" Tang Zhong furrowed his brow.

"Fang Shiyu!" Fang Susu said slowly.

Fang Shiyu!

This name was so familiar. Tang Zhong had seen it in numerous film and television works, especially from Zhu Island City. He had thought that Fang Shiyu was merely a fictional character but had not expected Fang Shiyu to have truly existed.

He had actually absorbed Fang Shiyu’s Essence Blood!

"Moreover, originally, Fang Jingde murdered my father just to get his hands on this Jade Pendant!" Fang Susu said, "To become the reigning Family Head, one must possess the family’s Blood Jade and also learn the Shadowless Kick..."

"Don’t worry, I’ll help you!" Tang Zhong said.

"But Fang Jingde is a Grandmaster!" Fang Susu exclaimed.

She didn’t know the true extent of Tang Zhong’s strength; she could only tell that Tang Zhong was a Martial Artist. Whether it was his fight with Huang Qinglong or with Tang Ran, Fang Susu had not witnessed it, so she didn’t know Tang Zhong’s true capabilities.

"I am also a Grandmaster!" Tang Zhong said with a laugh.

"That’s different, Fang Jingde is not an ordinary Grandmaster. You know about the Master List, right? He’s ranked ninth on the Master List, known as ’Shadowless Lord Fang Jingde’..." Fang Susu said urgently.

"But what of it?" Tang Zhong smiled.

"That’s the Master List! I know Mr. Tang is powerful, but if you compare him with Fang Jingde, there’s still some distance!" Fang Susu said.

"Oh, no matter!" Tang Zhong said.

Just then, Tang Zhong suddenly furrowed his brows and whispered, "There are many martial artists nearby!"

He looked around and, despite the crowd, he could sense the presence of martial artists.

Martial artists? Fang Susu was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "I know, this is the annual Martial Arts gathering in the autumn, held at the Fang Family, where heroes from all over come to discuss heroism..."

"Is that so?" Tang Zhong said with a smile, "Going to the Fang Family now would be just perfect!"

"No, it’s definitely not, going to the Fang Family now is definitely not good!" Fang Susu hastily said, "The reason why the martial community chooses the Fang Family is to rely on us. If we go now, we will surely be blocked by thousands of heroes. They will certainly try to ingratiate themselves with Fang Jingde!"

"But what of it?" Tang Zhong smiled.

"They will kill us!"

"Let’s see who kills whom!" Tang Zhong said with a smile.

He wasn’t a heartless or ungrateful man. Fang Susu had saved his life once; she was his benefactor. And since he had obtained Fang Shiyu’s Essence Blood, he was even more determined to help Fang Susu.

"But..." Fang Susu wanted to say more.

But at that moment.

Tang Zhong had already walked far ahead, leaving her no choice but to quickly follow.

Finding the location of the Martial Arts gathering wasn’t difficult; most of the martial artists in this area were headed to the Fang Family. All you had to do was follow them.

But at this moment, they had already been surrounded.

Just after leaving the bus station, not getting very far, they encountered a large group of people in black cars, three sedans that effectively blocked their path.

Then they saw men in military uniforms with sunglasses getting out of the cars.

From the other cars, more people came out, about twenty or so, surrounding Tang Zhong and Fang Susu in the center.

"Army Bro, according to the message sent back by Shen Heng, these are the two people, a man and a woman: the man handsome, the woman beautiful, just got off the bus. I’ve been stalking around the bus station for years, definitely wouldn’t recognize the wrong people!" a skinny lackey said, who had been thieving around the bus station for years.

"Got it!" The man called Army Bro took off his sunglasses, his face stern and nationalistic, his eyebrows knitted as he glared at Tang Zhong and shouted, "I heard it was you who beat up Shen Heng?"

"And then?" Tang Zhong said, smiling.

"Beating up Shen Heng is the same as looking down on our Brother Strong, so we’ve decided to cripple your legs!" Army Bro shouted.

Immediately, his minions behind him all revealed steel knives in their hands.

"Oh, and who is your Brother Strong?" Tang Zhong asked, smiling.

"Country bumpkin, you don’t know our Brother Strong? He’s the richest man in Lin City, name’s Fu Daqiang. Kid, surprised now, aren’t you?" Army Bro said with a cold laugh.

Fu Daqiang, that name!

Tang Zhong burst into laughter.

"And then what, you chop me to death, you idiot?" Army Bro roared.

He could never have imagined that there would be someone daring to cross Brother Strong in Lin City, so he immediately gathered his men to prepare to chop up Tang Zhong.

"Is that so?" Tang Zhong’s voice turned cold, "Tell Fu Daqiang to get out here!"

(Novels are but stories.)