Chapter 767 (1/2)

Chapter 767: Joining Hands

Translator: Udeze Editor: Udeze

Tang Xiu quietly observed Zhenlei Duomo. He could feel her fluctuating emotions and how she really missed Gu Yan’er. Putting her story bluntly, it could be said that the core experts of the Everlasting Feast were very fortunate, or at least much luckier than her, for they still had the Everlasting Feast Hall as their home… and family, whereas she was like a lonely soul, a ghost, who had been wandering alone outside for many years.

As his eyes fell on Zidan and Ye Shisan’s faces, he found that their expression when they looked at her was much gentler than before.

“Zhenlei, do you want to see Yan’er?”

Zhenlei Duomo’s body shook, and then she hastily asked, “Can I see her? Do you know her whereabouts?”

“Of course I know her whereabouts,” Tang Xiu nodded. “As for whether you can see her, that will depend on your performance.”

“What do you want me to do?” She asked quickly.

“I may allow your Reston gang to temporarily stay in Mist Source Island under one condition: obey my orders while you stay here. Of course, I can also guarantee your safety in Mist Source Island. I can make sure of your safety even from those two elephant organizations, the Pyramid and the Stygian Club.”

Zhenlei Duomo shot Tang Xiu a deep look. A contemptuous look gradually emerged in her eyes as she shook her head and said, “You don’t know how horrifying these two huge organizations are. If I were you, there is no way I would dare to brag.”

Tang Xiu just grinned in response before he smilingly said, “There is a Chinese saying that one can be a frog sitting in the bottom of a well. You may know some secrets in this world, but what you know is nothing but superficial. I never liked to boast, and you can see for yourself whether I can thoroughly protect you as long as you agree.”

“Tell me, why should I trust you?” after a long time in hesitation, Zhenlei Duomo cautiously asked.

“I don’t think you have any other choices, regardless. You can only choose to trust me if you want to keep staying in Mist Source Island and see Yan’er. Besides, you can throw away your worry that I’ll push you into my machinations because you would be nothing but a corpse now if I really wanted to kill you.”

As an intelligent individual, Zhenlei Duomo could see Tang Xiu’s confident expression and fell silent. Then, she asked, “What exactly do you want me to do?”

“I need your help. To completely eradicate the Stygian Club, the Pyramid, and the other forces, or drive them away from Mist Source Island,” said Tang Xiu categorically. “When we’re done solving the problem on this island, I’ll take you to see Yan’er.”

Zhenlei Duomo’s pupils shrunk. She suddenly realized that the young man named Tang Xiu before her was not as simple as she thought him to be. At the very least, there was not only him and his two men at present. After taking a deep breath, she asked, “One last question. It’s about you and her… what is your relationship with her?”

Ye Shisan, who was standing at the side, was angered upon seeing her still not agreeing with Tang Xiu. He was finally unable to hold it after hearing her question and shouted in a heavy tone, “You ask too much, Zhenlei! Boss has already valued you highly by answering your previous questions. Give your answer to the Boss, now! Are you willing to work for him while in Mist Source Island or not?”

“You…” Zhenlei Duomo’s brows wrinkled.

“I’m warning you! This is your only chance to go home,” Ye Shisan waved his hand to interrupt her and shouted. “If you don’t cherish it you can continue living a lonely life wandering abroad. To live and die in loneliness.”

A chance… to return… of going back… home?

Zhenlei Duomo shivered inside, as though she suddenly realized something. With a bit of inconceivable expression, she looked at Tang Xiu, then to Ye Shisan and Zidan. Countless thoughts swirled inside her head before she finally steeled her heart, clenched her teeth and said, “I promise! But I’ll back out and refuse if your request is too much.”

“First thing you gotta do is to scatter your Reston members. I don’t want them to be killed amidst the slaughter between the other armed forces. I want them to act as intelligence personnel to find out the movements of other forces on the island and to give me feedback in time. You have formidable strength, so you are to stay with me!”

Zhenlei Duomo thought about it for a moment before she slowly nodded and said, “Alright. I’ll convey the instructions immediately.”

Tang Xiu stopped her and said, “Tell your men to behave and act dutifully. Don’t do any evil things in Mist Source Island. This place is under Chinese authority and I’m responsible for solving the crisis here, so I don’t want your men looking for trouble that will affect me.”

“Understood.” Zhenlei Duomo replied and flashed toward her subordinates in the distance.

Zidan, who stood beside Tang Xiu, looked at him and spoke in a low voice, “Do you really want to take her into our Everlasting Feast Hall?”

“She has some history with Yan’er, after all,” Tang Xiu sighed. “I’ll consider it if her inner making is not bad. Let’s just observe her first. Besides, we still have grave problems to deal with here on Mist Source Island. Those foreign forces are like starving jackals, fixedly setting their greedy eyes on the resources of this island in an attempt to threaten the Chinese government. We don’t have much time left since I must also participate in the research of the cure of the Darkening Virus. So we must be swift and ruthless, be it our movements or actions.”

“So, what do we do next?” Asked Zidan.

“Now that Zhenlei Duomo has killed Miao Hengfu, it can be said we have removed one of the hidden dangers already,” said Tang Xiu. “The next thing we gotta do is deal with those foreign forces. Let them cut one another’s throat till nearly dying. Only then will we move to clean up the mess left behind.”

Mixed Summit City, the northern suburbs.