Chapter 284: Aunt #222

The match had ended.

In the hallway outside the private room, the middle-aged female bodyguard who had been protecting Qing Shi knocked and entered, “Miss, it’s time to leave. The audience leaving will cause a huge chaos, and you need to leave here before it starts.”

“Who is this?” Li Yinuo asked with interest.

“My sister, arranged by my father for my protection,” Qing Shi said with a sweet smile, “Her name is Wang Mengli.”

Wang Mengli nodded towards Li Yinuo, “Nice to meet you.”

Following that, Qing Shi smiled at Li Yinuo and said, “I had a great chat with you tonight, Yino. I hope our cooperation can be as pleasant. We talked about so many details just now, but it’s still not perfect. I hope we can meet again to discuss further.”

Li Yinuo, Li Tongyun, and Nan Gengchen internally grumbled, where were you seriously discussing business just now?

It was clearly Li Yinuo who said ‘let’s cooperate’, and you replied ‘yes’, and then everyone started focusing on the match!

Moreover, everyone understood what Qing Shi meant; when she said she hoped for another meeting to talk things over, she really just wanted another chance to watch the match!

However, Li Yinuo didn’t pick up on that, since she had appointments with several Shadow Candidates over the next few days. It wouldn’t be ideal if Qing Shi appeared when everyone else was there…

So Li Yinuo said, “I think what we discussed just now was quite comprehensive. There’s no need to continue in detail for now, I’ll contact you if necessary.”

Qing Shi’s face visibly drooped at a rapid speed, and she said gloomily, ‘Alright then,’ before being led away by Wang Mengli.

The plainclothes staff responsible for protecting Qing Shi came over covertly, crossing paths to escort their Miss out.

Wang Mengli always felt there was something off, but couldn’t pinpoint the problem…

In the private room, Li Yinuo glanced at the Octagon cage. When she realized Qing Chen had already left, she said, “Let’s go, let’s go home to sleep.”

When they exited the Begonia Boxing Gym, they were startled to find a huge crowd gathered at the door, a dense mass of people.

To the dismay of Li Yinuo’s bodyguards, a closer look revealed a group of fans holding LED light signs, all bearing the name Qing Xiaotu.

Everyone was somewhat bemused.

However, just as Li Yinuo stepped through the main door, she suddenly froze.

A line of black cars was parked not far from the door, all bearing the auspicious cloud insignia of the Li Family on their sides.

Opposite stood an old acquaintance, Xiao Gong, Wang Bingxu, and a woman in her thirties, strikingly elegant.

The woman was dressed in a black trench coat, a black hat perched atop her head, smiling radiantly at Li Yinuo.

“Auntie!” Li Yinuo exclaimed joyfully as she rushed to the woman and, in an impulse, lifted her by the waist and spun her around, “Why are you back?”

“At a time like this, how could I not come back,” the woman laughed, “I’ve finished up the business in City Number One. I heard your uncle has been causing a stir lately; if I didn’t come back soon, I might miss a lot of things.”

Li Yinuo’s uncle naturally referred to the current spokesperson for Li’s Big Room.

“Auntie, did you visit Grandpa?” Li Yinuo asked, “His condition isn’t good…”

“No, I didn’t go; he doesn’t want to see me anyway,” the woman said indifferently.

“That’s not true. When I visited him before, he even asked if I had contacted you recently,” Li Yinuo said, “Grandpa doesn’t say it, but he actually misses you.”

The woman paused for a moment, “I will visit him later.”

With that, she turned to point at Xiao Gong and Wang Bingxu, “After I came back, I found out that these two had taken a leave under some pretext after returning from the Autumn Hunt. I’ve brought them back now to keep protecting you.”

Xiao Gong and Wang Bingxu hung their heads, silent.

Li Yinuo thought for a moment and then said, “Let’s just let it be, they were also pretty exhausted from the Autumn Hunt.”

The woman scoffed, “They’re just worried about being implicated in the power transition within the Li Family. They want the money but don’t want to put in the effort. Where on earth is there such a good deal? Don’t worry, I’ve already dealt with them. Having Wang Bingxu, a B-Class Expert, to protect you, only then can I rest assured.”

“Alright,” Li Yinuo agreed readily. She didn’t know how her aunt had dealt with them, but she was right; chaos was impending, and it felt great to have a B-Class protector by her side.

What Li Yinuo didn’t know was that the Time Traveler, Zhou Xuan, who had once tried to seduce her and was later handed over to Wang Bingxu by her, was now being confined in a certain house, complaining to the air: If you’re going to deal with Wang Bingxu, deal with him, why involve me!

This Time Traveler could never have imagined that his capricious actions would lead him to become a prisoner.

The woman looked sternly at Wang Bingxu, “Would your mother have had the money for medical treatment if I hadn’t sponsored you? Would you have had the chance to get a Genetic Potion and advance to B-Class? Ungrateful wretch, do you realize your mistake?”

Wang Bingxu grimaced and sincerely said, “Miss Changqing, I dare not forget your kindness, not even for a moment. It’s mainly because you were in City Number One recently, and I didn’t need to kill myself working for others… I realize my mistake. From now on, I will earnestly protect Miss Yino.”

“Protecting Yino is like protecting me,” Li Changqing stated plain话ly, “If I find out about anything like this again, make your own arrangements to atone with your death.”

“Understood,” Wang Bingxu responded quietly.

If Li Yinuo was considered the prominent princess of the third generation of the Li Family, then Li Changqing was the most distinguished princess of the second generation.

She was the eighth child in her generation, but all those above her were brothers.

Moreover, she was the late-born daughter of the Master of Li Family; all her brothers were over twenty years older and doted on her tremendously.

Thus, this princess of the second generation had never been bullied since her childhood and had developed her current character.

However, what Li Changqing was most famous for within the Federation wasn’t his personality but his methods.

At that moment, Li Changqing pulled Li Yinuo aside and whispered, “I heard from Wang Bingxu about the autumn hunt, and some parts of it seemed strange. Tell Aunt the truth, did you run into your seventh uncle?”

Li Yinuo was stunned for a moment, “No.”

“You won’t even tell your aunt the truth, after all the love wasted on you. He hasn’t doted on you for so many years, yet you’re still closer to him,” Li Changqing said, tapping Li Yinuo’s forehead with her slender, delicate fingers.

Li Yinuo, looking simple and naïve, just smiled and did not respond.

Li Changqing said, “If you get another chance to see him, remember to tell him that the person the old man wants to see most is still him.”

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“Mr. Xiaotu,” the staff member enthusiastically briefed in the changing room, “You have six matches tonight, with an appearance fee calculated at 75,000 per match, which totals 450,000. Plus, tonight’s betting pool was quite substantial, and your personal share, calculated at the Land Cruise Grade, is 14.71 million!”

Qing Chen replied indifferently, “Hmm, got it.”

“Also, some female fans cheered for you tonight, donating 1.31 million in cash for virtual gifts, all of which goes fully to you.”

“Hmm,” Qing Chen said calmly.

The staff member continued enthusiastically, “Do you need me to arrange for a doctor to check if you have any injuries?”

“No.”

“There’s one more thing, other fighters all receive post-match massage services, but the boss specifically instructed that you are not allowed to use this service…”

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, why was he not allowed to use this service?

He didn’t understand, it seemed the staff member was talking about something… that involved his own areas of ignorance.

Given Qing Chen’s reading, honestly speaking, there weren’t many things that were beyond his knowledge.

After thinking for a while, he said, “Got it, you can leave now.”

“Alright, take a good rest,” the staff member said cautiously as he turned and left the door. By now, everyone at the Begonia Boxing Gym knew that this young fighter was the gem of the gym with first-rate money-making capability.

Only after the staff member had left, leaving Qing Chen alone in the changing room, did his brain begin to run rapidly: 16.47 million!

This was his first time earning so much money on his own that even thinking about the number made Qing Chen feel a stirring excitement he hadn’t felt in a long time.

The last time he felt this thrilled was when he watched the sunrise on the sheer cliff of Green Mountain…

Moreover, things must have gone smoothly for Nan Gengchen as well, although the betting odds for him to clear the stage weren’t that high but leveraging knightly ancestral skills by ten times could indeed provide a boost.

Considering this, the 68 million loan didn’t seem so frightening anymore.

Qing Chen packed up his things and slipped out quietly through the back door.

It wasn’t that he had done something guilty, but the staff member had reminded him earlier that his female fans had blocked the front entrance, waiting for his autograph.

Just as Qing Chen had stepped out the back door, he heard Huang Zixian laughing nearby, “I knew you would come out this way.”

Huang Zixian’s bandages were not yet removed, and he was still sitting in a wheelchair. However, this time he was alone, waiting here by himself.

Qing Chen wondered, “Coming alone, do you have something private to discuss?”

“Let’s walk and talk,” Huang Zixian laughed cheerfully, “Here’s the thing, there’s a favor I’d like to ask… As you know, all the streets are talking about how you made me cry. Of course, you indeed made me cry. I was thinking, could you make a few more people cry… I can pay!”

Qing Chen understood but shook his head and declined, “The time you cried might have been because I unintentionally hit your tear glands; I didn’t intend to make you cry. So, making others cry would be difficult.”

The potency of Knight Vital Energy is each knight’s trump card.

He had been forced to use it in a public setting previously out of necessity.

But now, he couldn’t possibly expose his trump card just for some money.

Qing Chen always maintained clarity and calm.

“By the way, could you tell me how to get to the ‘Everlasting Club’?” he shifted the topic.

Huang Zixian was taken aback; he hadn’t expected that after fighting six boxing matches, Qing Chen would want to go to such a place.

He thought about it, “You don’t come to the Fourth District often, do you? I can take you there.”

“Thank you,” Qing Chen said.

“No need to thank me. If you’re ever unfamiliar with places in the Fourth District, just ask me,” Huang Zixian said, “Until I have repaid my life debt to you, consider this as some of the interest I owe.”

Qing Chen thought for a moment, “That’s a bit little for interest.”

Huang Zixian: “… The Everlasting Club is very famous in the Fourth District; it gathers the most beautiful women and fiercest mercenaries from the entire No. 18 City. Many society heads like to go there at night.”

“I see,” Qing Chen nodded.

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