Alternative Exploitation
"No matter what, it's not Number Seven's turn. She's just so-so in appearance. Why should we let an unprofessional person judge us?" Number Eight, who was previously held in Pei Qing's arms, was the first to speak sarcastically, "If Number Seven can do it, then what's wrong with me? Why can't I do it?"
"It's not easy for anyone to get here. Why choose number seven? We don't accept it," several other people protested in unison.
Su Liu didn't show any fear even when surrounded by three Alphas. He popped his head over Qi Fengling's shoulder and fanned the flames, "Why? Because she's number seven. Isn't it okay for me to like the number seven?"
"Why are you being such a scoundrel?" Number Eight was furious. "Master Pei, kick him out!"
Su Liu looked at Pei Qing, who was the dominant figure among the three Alphas. "What? What do you want to do? You Alphas are bullying a weak Omega like me. Do you have any shame?"
"You are weak? Why can't I see that?" Pei Qing shrugged.
"Why waste your time talking to him? First beat up his fiancé who's blocking the way, and then see if he still has the guts to keep his mouth shut," Pei Ba soothingly took No. 2's hand and kissed him on the forehead, as if to say: Don't be afraid, the top spot will definitely be yours, and no one can take it away from you.
Number Two glanced at Qi Fengling intentionally or unintentionally, seeming to be a little conflicted. He wanted to ask Pei Ba to release the person, but he couldn't find a suitable reason.
"...Why are you kissing him randomly? Can't you see that he doesn't want to?" Su Liu pushed Qi Fengling behind her and pretended to protect her husband.
"He doesn't want to?" Pei Ba turned to look at Number Two and said with a forced smile, "You don't want to? Do you dislike me? Are you attracted to that pretty boy hiding behind the Omega over there?"
As he said this, he pointed at Qi Fengling arrogantly with his chin.
"No," Number Two didn't dare to look up, but just whispered, "I...I'm willing to follow you."
"Are you threatening me?" Su Liu said disdainfully, "You are so square-faced, it's normal for beauties to look down on you."
"Our side?" Pei Ba had always been praised for his good looks since he was a child, and it seemed no one had ever said that to him. He immediately lost his temper and rushed forward, wanting to beat Su Liu up. "I'll teach you a lesson!"
When Su Liu stretched out her leg to trip him, he fell to the ground and was still a little dazed.
"You want to take this opportunity to have physical contact with me, huh, pervert!" Su Liu condemned.
"I... I'm a pervert?" Pei Ba was so angry that his face turned red.
Pei Wu and Pei Qing were also stunned.
Maybe if someone else said this, it wouldn't be as powerful, but when Su Liu said it, it seemed to make sense.
The two of them then looked at Pei Ba with extremely strange eyes.
"You two are not much better. If you like me, just say it directly. Why don't you be so roundabout? What's the point of beating around the bush?" Su Liu created a very interesting character for himself.
"We're all going to beat you up, and you still think you like me?" Pei Wu had been watching the show since the disaster hadn't happened to him before, but now that Su Liu was fantasizing about him like this, he wanted to curse, "Are you sick?"
"What else are you saying? You say one thing and mean another?" Su Liu smoothed her hair.
His action was very pleasing to the eye, but the Pei family members present had an inexplicable illusion that they were being harassed.
Pei Qing smiled, his eyes cold, "I think you must have misunderstood. We do think less of you, but we don't have the slightest intention of having anything to do with you."
If an ordinary person were to be told this, they would probably feel ashamed and hurt and would have cried long ago, but Su Liu was not bothered. After all, Pei Qing and others were not people he cared about. So what if they disliked him? Su Liu did not care at all.
"Hmph, you're playing hard to get. You're saying this just to piss me off, and then sneak back to me in a few days, trying to give me a surprise. I've seen this kind of trick a lot," Su Liu said contemptuously.
Pei Qing fell into the trap of self-proof. He found that no matter how he explained, it was useless. He could never wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.
"Beat him until he cries. Such a delicate Omega will be obedient after a beating," Pei Ba climbed up.
"In the final analysis, it's because you like me and want to do something to me," Su Liu signaled Qi Fengling not to interfere, and he wanted to teach the three of them a lesson himself.
After half a cup of tea.
The three Alphas were lying on the ground, some crying out in pain, some questioning their lives.
The manager was smart and seeing that things were not going well, he took the lead in taking those beauties away.
"Which number do you plan to vote for, the champion?" Su Liu picked up the tea lid on the table and patted Pei Ba's face.
Pei Ba cried. A wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. "Whatever you say is what it is."
"What about you two?" Su Liu asked again.
Pei Wu was unconvinced. "Just wait, the manager has already gone to find the patrol team and will arrest you and put you in jail."
Pei Qing hissed, as if warning Pei Wu not to talk nonsense. What would they do if Su Liu got desperate and did something extreme?
"The King's patrol?" Su Liu pretended to say "I'm so scared."
Seeing Su Liu like this, Pei Ba immediately ignored Pei Qing's warning and said proudly, "Yes, if you know what's best for you, kowtow to your grandfather, otherwise I won't forgive you."
Su Liu slapped Pei Bay with a teacup lid. "Since they're coming to catch me anyway, why not take you with me first to save me from being lonely on the road to the underworld? What do you say?"
"It's not good!" Tears welled up in Pei Ba's eyes again. "I'm still young."
"You... hurry up and leave. The patrol team will be here soon, and you won't be able to leave even if you want to," Pei Qing said with an "I'm doing this for your own good" look. His expression at this moment was even more upright than Pei Ba's decent face. "If you take someone's life, your life will be over. You're so beautiful. If you're locked up, you might be tortured to death. Don't be impulsive..."
"I like to root out the evil completely. Since you can't get my love and you want to make me a criminal, I have to treat you well," Su Liu ordered Qi Fengling, "Go find a pair of scissors."
"You vicious Omega, what are you doing?!" The three people from the Pei family felt a pain somewhere.
"You'd better kill us!" Pei Ba burst into tears.
Pei Wu cursed loudly, "Why hasn't the manager come over yet? It's only a few steps away. Is he directionally challenged?"
"What does it matter? Your Pei family is so rich. Just go to the black market and buy a bottle of medicine and the wound will grow back, right?" Su Liu took the scissors handed to him by Qi Fengling and smiled even more evilly than Pei Qing before.
"That medicine won't work if used only there!" the three Alphas said in unison.
"Oh? Is it so bad?" No wonder Li An never mentioned this medicine. Su Liu opened the scissors, seemed to have given up the first option, and instead pointed the bladed side at Pei Ba's neck, slowly gesturing.
"Let's grind it first before cutting. I'm afraid of the pain," Pei Ba suggested, crying. "This one looks quite blunt."
"What are you playing?" Suddenly, Lu Liang's voice came over. Behind her were Gu Liu, the conference manager, and the king's patrol team.
At this moment, Lu Liang's voice sounded like heavenly music to Pei Ba's ears. He immediately tried his best to move away from Su Liu, raised his hands upwards, and sent a signal for help.
"Your Highness, Lord City Lord," the patrol team who came just happened to have seen Qi Fengling and Su Liu, and immediately revealed the identities of Qi and Su.
The whole place was silent.
"It's not fun," Su Liu threw away the scissors, "It's really a bummer."
“…You may continue,” the patrol captain said respectfully with his head lowered.
"You Lu family are too cruel, aren't you?" Pei Ba recognized the captain as a Lu family member at a glance and immediately shouted, "Sir, he is seeking revenge for his personal gain."
Pei Ba remembered that when this vampire was still a human, he had fought with him because of a beauty. He was young and arrogant at that time and had mocked the other person a lot. He didn't expect that one day he would be defeated.
"What a sin," Lu Liang gloated. She was glad that she stopped herself at the last minute, otherwise she would be the only one lying on the ground screaming in pain.
As she spoke, she bowed to Gu Liu in gratitude.
Gu Liu raised his eyebrows and watched the show with his arms folded.
Seeing Lu Liang's "successful villain" look, Pei Wu immediately complained to Su Liu, "It's all her fault. She made us punish you and said a lot of bad things about you..."
Lu Liang's face immediately turned bad. She shook her head in panic but couldn't speak for a long time.
"Okay, there's no need to pull each other down. You're all troublemakers anyway. I think it's better for our Spark City to host this beauty pageant in the future. Don't you think so?" Su Liu finally showed his claws.
Lu Liang and Gu Liu immediately expressed their support.
"...We have to go back and discuss it," Pei Qing did not give in.
As he said this, he glanced at the other two members of the Pei family.
Pei Wu and Pei Ba quickly echoed.
"There's no need for that," Su Liu had received news from Dang Xia a few days ago. Although the beauty pageant was hosted by the Pei family, it was not impossible for other families to take over. As long as the Pei family took the initiative to give up power, everything else would be easy.
After all, such a matter of great importance to humans is worthless in the eyes of the vampires, and the king would not care even if he knew about it.
Pei Qing's attitude made Su Liu guess that Pei Qing might be the next head of the Pei family after Pei Zhuo.
Su Liu sat down, looking as if he was ready to fight to the death with Pei Qing and the others.
Pei Qing and the others secretly looked at Qi Fengling with condemnation, as if they wanted Qi Fengling to control Su Liu.
Qi Fengling looked at Su Liu without saying anything, not caring about other people's gazes at all.
"Why are you looking at him? You even said you were going to beat him to death," Su Liu laughed.
Pei Ba was so upset that he couldn't even cry. He began to shirk responsibility, "Your Highness, why didn't you tell me earlier? It was all a misunderstanding."
"I just said clearly that I wanted the hosting rights, but you were vague about it. Aren't you disagreeing? If I had told you earlier, would you really have given it to me?" Su Liu went straight to the point.
It seemed like this couldn't be resolved peacefully. Pei Qing gritted his teeth and said, "If that person from Nancheng agrees, the hosting rights of this beauty pageant will be given to you."
Su Liu thought about it. Since he still had something to do with Pei Yunxiu, he took a step back and asked, "What about the ranking in this conference?"
"The master has the final say," Pei Qing was flexible.
The absurd and dreamlike beauty pageant came to an end.
When contestant No. 7 put on the wreath, he was still a little confused.
Number Two lowered his head and cried silently.
When Su Liu wanted to leave, Number Two suddenly caught up with her. He said aggrievedly, "I also want to know what I did wrong. It's obvious that the master liked me very much before, and it wasn't me who deliberately provoked Master Pei that night. He...he forced me to do it."
"But after he treated you like this, you started to have delusions in your heart that you didn't have before," Su Liu stopped.
Number Two was stunned.
That's true.
He didn't think he had to be number one before, and he didn't have an obsession with that position. After all, the others were not bad either. But after being bullied by Pei Ba and being offered a rosy position, he felt a surge of resentment in his heart: "I've paid such a price, why can't I fight for it? Besides, I really need the money, why can't others give it to me?"
If he really gets it this time, maybe in the future, he won't work so hard and will take shortcuts instead. But he... is obviously not that kind of person.
Number Two started to cry, "So that's how it is. I'm sorry, I... I..."
"The road we walk steadily, even if it's a little hard, is at least down-to-earth," Su Liu said with profound meaning.
"...But I really need money," Number Two sobbed, "Can you lend it to me?"
"You are so beautiful, Mr. Andri will definitely keep you. If you work hard, you can save enough money to buy medicine in less than half a year. You ask me to borrow it, but do you know what the price is?" Su Liu raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"But... my uncle is really in pain, and I don't want to make him wait any longer," Number Two cried uncontrollably.
"Didn't he get his hand cut off because of gambling? Why should you impose his sin on you? What's wrong with letting him wait for a while?" Su Liu said calmly.
"He was really good to me. He taught me how to read and paint when I was a child, and he bought me candy. He is a good man. He just made a mistake for a moment. He..." Number Two defended herself with tears in her eyes.
"So he asked you to participate in the beauty pageant? You are not from Taocheng, right?" Su Liu asked back.
"It was my own decision. He, my uncle, didn't force me to come here," Number Two said haltingly, obviously lying.
"Really?" Su Liu smiled lightly.
Number Two then stopped talking.
"The sacrifice of the weak is just another form of exploitation. Do you know why I prefer No. 7? You might as well think about it carefully." After Su Liu said this, he left without looking back.
Number Two lowered his head and counted the tears at his feet. After a while, he suddenly understood.
Without unnecessary sacrifice, it's just a joke.
He could have had a bright future, but why did he lose his mind and choose to be bruised all over?
He shouldn't have opened the door that night...
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