Xiao Hao kept a straight face, trying his best to look the same as usual.
Hmph, you dare make your sister swear an oath? Then you can just die!
A chill ran down Ning Qiang's spine. He was the head of this branch of the Ning family, and he could not back down.
"Sister Zuo, aren't you going to give me any face at all?"
His tone was calm, yet it couldn't hide the chilling aura emanating from him.
Zuo Ling smiled:
“Ning Qiang, since we came to the Chinese village, we have never provoked any trouble. It has always been your Ning family that has made things difficult for us siblings. How come in your mouth, it is we siblings who started the trouble?”
Glancing at the thugs behind Ning Qiang, she said, "If we want to leave, Fifth Master Ning won't give us a refund. If we come in, he'll label us as dangerous elements. What, do you think we siblings have 'easy to bully' written on our faces?"
She paused, then said:
"The crew cut guy and the big guy are here to scout things out, we'll behave ourselves..."
It took Ning Qiang a while to realize who the crew cut and the big guy were talking about.
“Your Ning family has sent another thirty brothers, armed with firearms, to kill my brother and me.”
She clicked her tongue a few times, "In every single incident, it was us who didn't give us face. It was clearly your Ning family who didn't want us siblings to have a good life. What, are you trying to play the villain by accusing us first?"
Ning Qiang had never been so passive before. Too lazy to play games with Zuo Ling, he said directly:
"Ning Wu's brain is a complete mess; he'll probably never wake up in this lifetime." Glancing at the steward on the ground, "He and those 21 others should be in similar shape to Ning Wu. How did you manage that?"
That was the purpose of his visit today.
Ning Wu suffered severe damage to his central nervous system and became incontinent. Only after cleaning him up did they dare to carry him over. They didn't dare to give him any food or water. Now he was breathing like a broken bellows. If this continued, he wouldn't last much longer.
The worst part is that the Ning family still has 22, no, 23, of these broken bellows!
The reason he directly targeted Zuo Ling was because Pei Nansheng possessed fire-based abilities, and he naturally assumed that Pei Nansheng could not have awakened a second type of ability.
Most people awaken their special abilities around the age of seventeen or eighteen, so Ning Qiang ruled out Xiao Hao first.
Zuo Ling continued to play dumb, pointing at the steward: "Wasn't it him? He just suffered divine retribution, everyone saw it, don't try to pin it on us."
Ning Qiang laughed in anger, "Sister Zuo, if people knew that you two could kill without leaving a trace, how long would you two live?"
Ha, a threat! A blatant threat!!
Zuo Ling curled her lip indifferently, "Then bring it on, let's see if it's us siblings who are unlucky, or the people who want to kill us who are unlucky."
Ning Qiang gave Zuo Ling a deep look, clapped his hands, and smiled more broadly. "Alright, Sister Zuo, I'll be watching. Let's go."
Not only did they fail to gather the information they wanted, but they also lost a capable assistant. Ning Qiang was in a terrible mood, a chill ran through him, and all his subordinates shivered.
Unlike Ning Qiang, the three Guo brothers were just as happy as Ning Qiang was.
In particular, the fact that the Ning family steward had an accident right before their eyes shocked the three of them so much that their jaws dropped to the floor.
Such methods are appalling!
However, the more assertive Pei Nansheng and his sister are, the more advantageous it will be for them.
Guo Qidao: "Ning Qiang is vindictive and will not tolerate you in the Chinese village."
Pei Nansheng and his sister exchanged glances but remained silent.
They never intended to stay long; their visit to the Chinese village was merely a spur-of-the-moment decision after a long period of isolation.
Guo Qi then said, "I have a suggestion. With your abilities, you two could easily establish your own power base."
"My siblings and I are used to being lazy and have no intention of forming any kind of force."
Zuo Ling refused outright.
Are you kidding me? She must be out of her mind to gather a bunch of ordinary people who can't afford to eat or drink and have mediocre fighting skills to annoy her.
Zuo Ling's reaction was exactly what Guo Qi had expected.
His suggestion, to put it nicely, was to allow Pei Nansheng and his sister to establish their own power base.
In reality, he wanted to gather many ordinary people, including himself, under the protection of Pei Nansheng and his sister.
The benefits that Pei Nansheng and his sister could gain were almost zero. No normal person would want to have a bunch of burdens on them.
If he were to give up so easily, he wouldn't be Guo Qi.
"The Zuo siblings possess extraordinary abilities. Heaven has endowed you with superhuman talents, so shouldn't you give back to society in some way?"
"Moral blackmail?"
"No, it's a request, a request to Miss Zuo, for the sake of our shared origins, please protect us."
Zuo Ling remained silent. Doing a good deed occasionally was fine, but who would want to be a babysitter for a bunch of people?
"We don't need you two to do anything. Just allow us to act under your banner and help us out when things happen. We brothers will take care of the rest of the trivial matters."
"And me too. We'll take care of everything and won't cause you two too much trouble," He Xiao added.
After a while, He Xiao's complexion improved. He struggled to his feet, his eyes sweeping over Zuo Ling and Pei Nansheng, and said:
"After this ordeal, we can no longer stay in Chinatown; we have no choice but to find another place."
He felt a sense of loss:
“Even if the Ning family doesn’t hold a grudge against us for the time being, we still don’t dare to stay. We can’t live in constant fear.”
With He Xiao's statement, Guo Qi felt more confident:
"Regardless, you two will need to find a place to stay. I'll suggest a place. To the southeast, about 350 miles from the Chinese village, there's a rocky beach area by the sea. It's rocky with little land, and although the location is excellent, no force has claimed it. We can settle there."
Zuo Ling and Pei Nansheng exchanged glances. Since Guo Qi had brought it up, it meant he had already thought it through countless times in his mind; it was his backup plan for his chosen people.
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