Chapter 414 (2/2)

What made him surprised was that Ji Shiyan was only slightly sweating on her forehead and didn’t even look tired, whereas Old Fatty Li and the eight bodyguards were profusely perspiring and looked fatigued.

After half an hour of rest, everyone began to trek again. For the sake of not delaying time, Tang Xiu took the four backpacks from the bodyguards. This scene caused the eight bodyguards to widen their eyes with shock. Even Ji Shiyan was astonished.

They knew that each of those four large backpacks weighed several tens of kilos. Adding up, it was more than 90kg. Tang Xiu’s strength and physical quality caused everyone to marvel.

Night fell. Everyone stopped at the mountainside of the fifth mountain. They found a place with flat terrain, thus everyone decided to stay there to camp, preparing to stay overnight.

“All of you wait here. I’ll get some wild game and we’ll have a barbecue tonight.” Tang Xiu casually said while looking at the panting crowd on the ground. He then quickly slipped into the nearby woods.

Li Laoshan raised his arm and was about to stop Tang Xiu. However, Tang Xiu’s speed was too fast and he couldn’t stop him. He saw Tang Xiu’s figure disappearing into the woods, as a look of helplessness appeared on his plump face.

“Boss Li, who exactly is he?”

At this moment, Ji Shiyan was full of curiosity toward Tang Xiu. It was because, along the way, their travel was not particularly smooth. On several occasions, they encountered several wild animals, and it was Tang Xiu who came to the front to drive them away. He even lent a hand to several miserably tired people.

“He, ah!” Li Laoshan grinned and said, “He’s someone with extraordinary talent. Even I myself am unable to completely understand this little brother of mine. Secretary Ji, don’t look down on him. I’ve seen people who looked down on him and ended up miserable.”

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Shiyan then said in a low voice, “He’s indeed very strong. To think that he can easily traverse easily this mountain… He should be a martial artist, yes? But, he’s way too insane.”

“Insane?” Li Laoshan burst into laughter, “Brother Tang is modest and has a good character. You think he’s insane because he’s an eyesore for you.”

“Yea, he’s kinda annoying and tiresome.” Ji Shiyan said.

“Well, let’s forget it. I’ll say nothing more about him.” Li Laoshan said with a smile, “If anything, you’ll know what he is like after you get along with him. Regardless, I still must advise you not to provoke him. Let alone you yourself, even if it’s your Boss, he will probably suffer quite a loss.”

“But Boss Li, you haven’t answered me. What is his background?” Ji Shiyan quickly asked.

“He has a lot of identities. However, I won’t tell you the details.” Li Laoshan said with a smile, “In short, just remember my words: do not provoke him. Don’t court trouble for yourself and the Yellowsteel Group. Or else, I won’t work with you again if he acts against you.”

“I understand!”

Ji Shiyan nodded, yet the curiosity inside her heart toward Tang Xiu’s identity grew.

“All right, let everyone rest after setting up the tents!” Li Laoshan said with a smile, “By the way, tell some men to pick firewood for the barbecue.”

A flash of contempt was seen in Ji Shiyan’s eyes as she said, “Boss Li, please don’t joke with me. He did say he’d get some wild games or something, but did you take it seriously? This forested mountain is very dark. Although it’s not as if you can’t see anything, wanting to hunt some game is kind of…”

Before she finished speaking, it was as though an invisible person grabbed her neck at this moment, causing her to swallow her words. A dazed look appeared on her pretty face as she looked at Tang Xiu in disbelief, as he just came out of the darkness with something in his hand. Was that thing in his hand… a deer?

“Wow! You’re amazing, Brother Tang! It’s been only a few minutes, yet you actually got such a … good thing!” Li Laoshan crawled up from the ground with shining eyes and praised.

Tang Xiu put the deer on the ground. He then smiled and said, “It was just good luck that I spotted this deer. Any of you know how to barbecue?”

Li Laoshan smacked his lips and said with a smile, “I’m not sure about others, but roasting meat is something this Fatty Li is great at! That’s right, Secretary Ji, your men bought a lot of life supplies. Did you buy seasonings or something?”

“I saw the item list they bought, and I think they have sauce for roasting meat.” Ji Shiyan nodded and said, “In fact, one of my bodyguards is from a hunter family.”

“That’s great!”

Li Laoshan exclaimed as he took the deer. Afterward, he strode toward the side.

Ji Shiyan turned to Tang Xiu. Although the night was dark, she still could see Tang Xiu’s tranquil expression, since the distance between the two was relatively close. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, “Mr. Tang, you… how did you do it?”

“Well, it was very simple, really.” Tang Xiu said lightly, “I was faster and stronger than it.”