Chapter 60 Chapter 60 (Shura Field 3) In front is Song Yu...

In front is Song Yucong, and behind is Zhao Jingqun.

It was true that there was a tiger in front and a wolf behind. Tao Ning was caught in the middle, feeling awkward and not knowing what to do.

Song Yucong narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Is this your cousin? How come I've never heard you mention him?" He tutted softly and scrutinized Zhao Jingqun's expressionless face. "But he looks poor and shabby, like one of your country folk."

Song Yucong was completely dismissive of this "cousin" who suddenly appeared beside Tao Ning.

But because this man might really be Tao Ning's relative, he has restrained his words a lot. He is just dissatisfied with why Tao Ning did not tell him that his poor relative would come. He is even more dissatisfied that Tao Ning had the courage to sneak out and stand him up even though they had made an appointment to have dinner together.

This was the thing Song Yucong could not tolerate the most. He said with a sour face, "Country bumpkin...", and just as he was about to pull Tao Ning to his side, a fist came towards him. The fist full of violence hit his face, and you could even hear the sound of bones breaking. Song Yucong was in so much pain that he bent over.

The bodyguards not far away saw this and screamed in fear:

"Second Young Master! Are you okay?"

"Master, hold on! We're coming!"

"Second Young Master..."

The bodyguards quickly surrounded Tao Ning and Zhao Jingqun. Tao Ning was already stunned. Zhao Jingqun withdrew his hand, flicked the nonexistent dust off his sleeve, raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Sorry, my hand slipped."

He then took Tao Ning's hand, shook it as if to assert his sovereignty, and said to the bodyguards surrounding them with a look of surprise, "So you're the Second Young Master Song! I thought you were some thug who showed up out of nowhere to tease my cousin. Oh, sorry."

As he spoke, the man emphasized the word "cousin" and looked at Tao Ning with a smile in his eyes. However, his eyes looked sinister and dangerous, as if he was saying, "You silly boy, I'll settle the score with you when no one is around."

Tao Ning: “…”

He recalled the first time he met Zhao Jingqun. The man had his hands in his pockets, red hair, and countless earrings on his ears. When he looked at him with raised eyebrows and a slight smile, Tao Ning was reminded of those hooligans who dropped out of school and rode colorful motorcycles.

Even though they hadn't seen each other for a long time, the man in his suit and tie still had a faint bandit aura that he unintentionally revealed.

......So who is the gangster?

Song Yucong was about to explode with rage, his head buzzing. He'd already lost too much blood recently, and now, suddenly, he'd been punched in the face. His nose stung, and cold sweat broke out all over his body. He wanted to call for someone to throw the man who had just had such audacity into the river, but his hands were covered in blood, his pupils constricted, and his lips trembled so much that he couldn't speak.

The bodyguard who was supporting him was almost dying of anxiety. He quickly called 120 and called for a private doctor. The scene suddenly became chaotic, and soon attracted more people to come.

Tao Ning knew that Song Yucong was probably afraid of blood, so she tried to break free from his hand and check out the situation, but was pulled into a corner by Zhao Jingqun. The man straightened his shoulders, leaving Tao Ning with nothing but to look at him.

"Damn... Ningning, what's your relationship with him?" The man's smile faded, and he frowned and asked, "This shameless guy actually dared to call you a country bumpkin. The punch I gave him just now was considered light."

Zhao Jingqun was trying his best to control his anger, not wanting to scare Tao Ning. However, the wild dog that appeared out of nowhere just now acted as if it was familiar with Tao Ning, which made Zhao Jingqun very unhappy. Tao Ning even had to fabricate her relationship with him in front of the wild dog.

Looking at Tao Ning's relatively calm little face, which was no bigger than his palm, the glasses he gave her were missing, and her beautiful facial features were as delicate as a doll, which could almost make all men have dark and obscene thoughts.

Cousin? He sneered in his heart, thinking, does fucking your cousin's cousin count? If it counts, then Zhao Jingqun is indeed Tao Ning's good cousin.

More and more people gathered around. Zhao Jingqun didn't care that Tao Ning didn't say anything. Instead, he buttoned up Tao's coat one by one, making sure not a single bit of his body would be visible. He whispered, "I'll deal with you in bed later."

The commotion here attracted Song Rongguo, followed by Song Heng. Seeing Song Yucong trembling and breathing heavily, and hearing whispers behind him, he suddenly felt embarrassed and scolded, "Why don't you send the second young master to the hospital quickly?"

The ambulance arrived quickly, and the servants hurried to help Song Yucong to the car. He waved away one of their hands, turned his head tremblingly, and his cold phoenix eyes passed through the crowd and locked their gaze on Tao Ning: "...Tao Ning, come with me......"

Tao Ning's heart skipped a beat. Song Yucong had indeed suffered an undeserved fate today because of him. He didn't know how things had turned out this way again. How... how did they start fighting again? It seemed like the people he was targeting couldn't get along peacefully. Whenever they met, conflicts like this were inevitable.

He simply couldn't imagine that if three people encountered...

As expected, what he was determined to do was right, that is - he must not let them know that he was entangled with them at the same time.

Compared to the panic he'd experienced before, Tao Ning was now much calmer. He first tried to comfort Zhao Jingqun, "This is one of the people who sponsored me, my cousin..." The name was incredibly strange, but Tao Ning still managed to speak. "We can't do this to him. I'll go apologize to him and come back later, okay?"

Zhao Jingqun didn't buy his rhetoric at all. In his heart, Tao Ning's entire body, flesh and bones, belonged to him, destined to be held in his mouth and crushed into his bones. He was going to let his sweetheart go meet a stray dog? Impossible!

The person involved didn't even glance at him from beginning to end. Song Rongguo said with a forced smile: "Nephew Zhao, can we talk in another place for a moment?"

Tao Ning tugged at Zhao Jingqun's sleeve and blinked her watery eyes, half pleading and half coquettish. Zhao Jingqun stared blankly, his mind completely blank. When he came to his senses, a sinister rage quickly burned from beginning to end.

Who taught Tao Ning to be like this?

Back in those deep mountains and old forests, Tao Ning was a little wooden boy. Even if he smiled a little, Zhao Jingqun would be so happy that he would hug Tao Ning and spin around several times, trying to coax him to smile a little more. Now, after just two months of not seeing each other, Tao Ning actually started to act like a spoiled child?

Zhao Jingqun's fists creaked with anger, and an indescribable sadness spread. His precious child didn't need to act like a spoiled brat, didn't need to do anything.

As soon as Tao Ning stood there, Zhao Jingqun would offer her all his priceless things like treasures.

When he came to his senses again, his precious baby had already slowly moved to the side of the ambulance. Zhao Jingqun did not try to stop him, and of course his smile was gone. Since he was reluctant to let him go, he would have to suffer a little longer.

Zhao Jingqun also smiled with a fake smile: "I mistakenly thought that Young Master Song was the thug who teased my cousin and accidentally hurt him. It was my fault. I hope Uncle Song will forgive me. Another day, no, tomorrow I will come to your house with a big gift to apologize."

Each of them was the leader of their respective territories, and their apology was merely a superficial gesture. Song Rongguo understood this, and he didn't want to cause any unpleasantness with Zhao Jingqun, as he had recently run into some minor trouble when his old rival, who had once fought him to the death, uncovered some shady stuff.

Song Rongguo was not popular in the upper class because of the reputation of being a son-in-law who killed his father-in-law. However, he had a century-old family behind him and a good son, Song Heng. Taking advantage of his promotion, he specially set up this banquet with the purpose of maintaining the relationship with the powerful and getting something that would not make his old rivals happy.

Although the Zhao family is far away in a neighboring province, they are well-known to everyone as arms dealers who were once famous in Southeast Asia. Although the Zhao family is now known as an ordinary family group, its ties with the interests of the military and the government are deeply rooted, and cannot be compared with families that simply started out as small traders.

Song Rongguo couldn't afford to offend him, so he smiled and said that he had the good intention. He was also confused and asked, "Is that child your cousin?" He knew Tao Ning's name. When Song Heng said he wanted to sponsor a countryman, Song Rongguo didn't take it seriously. He had only met Tao Ning once or twice, and had never even looked at her straight in the eye.

I just saw such a beautiful child and thought he was Zhao Jingqun's new lover. Song Yucong had a conflict with him because he wanted to steal his talent. I didn't expect that this child was the country boy they sponsored.

Zhao Jingqun didn't show much expression, but he also admitted that Tao Ning was his cousin.

He is just my adopted cousin.

Seeing their close relationship, Song Rongguo became interested. "He's actually my nephew's cousin. It seems like there's a deep connection between me and him. I'll do my utmost to help him and train him like my own nephew. I hope he'll achieve success and become a big shot. If my nephew comes to visit more often because of the child, I'll welcome him with open arms."

Since returning to the Zhao family, many people have wanted to establish a relationship with him, not least Song Rongguo, and Zhao Jingqun is trying to use these people to learn more about Tao Ning's recent situation.

He would indeed come to the Song family more often. Zhao Jingqun smiled a little sinisterly: "Then, junior, thank you very much, uncle."

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In the ambulance, Song Yucong was almost curled up in Tao Ning's arms and trembling. His eyes were covered with a black blindfold, but his hands were tightly grasping Tao Ning's sleeves, as if he was holding the only life-saving straw.

Tao Ning patted his back, but was grabbed by Song Yucong again. He wiped the blood from his nose and asked through gritted teeth: "...That idiot...is he really your cousin?"

He was not a fool and could tell that the clothes Zhao Jingqun was wearing were very valuable. So many people from the Song family came to the banquet today. Although Song Yucong rarely showed up, he could guess that Zhao Jingqun was one of them.

As far as he knew, Tao Ning's family was very poor, so when did he have a rich cousin?

Tao Ning had never even called him "brother"! Why did he call that idiot "cousin"?

After a moment's silence, Tao Ning's expression remained calm, because as long as there was no emergency, he could now lie calmly, without feeling as guilty as before.

He nodded: "Yes...some fate, we are cousins."

Song Yucong's nose was aching badly. He couldn't see Tao Ning's expression, so he could only hug him tightly. Hearing this, he immediately bared his teeth and said, "Then tell me! When and where did you meet by fate? If you don't explain yourself clearly today, don't even think about leaving my bedroom again!"

Tao Ning: “…”

Why are his targets becoming more and more difficult to deal with?

Sighing, Tao Ning's mind wandered, remembering the story he once told about the mountain god. He hesitated and said, "He brought his sister to our village for a trip, but they got lost. I saved them in the mountains. Well...we got along pretty well, so we became sworn brothers."

Song Yucong laughed angrily, "What the hell, sworn brotherhood? Do you think he and I are Zhang Fei and Guan Yu? What? I'm Liu Bei?!"

Tao Ning thought silently, well, the Three Heroes of Peach Garden, isn’t that a good piece of history?