237 Tough Small Figures (1/2)

”What happened? Why is it so loud?” Leo came out of the office on the second floor and glared at the guard. ”What did you do?”

”It’s not us.” The guard shook his head in confusion and gazed at the crazed woman below held down by many people. ”Jennifer suddenly went crazy. She started screaming and yelling your name for some reason…”

Leo froze. He suddenly had a bad feeling. When he rushed downstairs, he was met by the messy workspace and an unruly fat woman forced to the floor. She was glaring at him and cursing him out.

Amidst the chaos, a white-haired youth sat on a chair with a leg propped up. He looked into the distance as if this had nothing to do with him and whistled in satisfaction.

”She went crazy, Mr. Leo…” The guard helplessly came over and showed the bite mark on his arm. ”This b*tch bites so hard, f*ck!”

When Leo saw Ye Qingxuan, he finally understood everything. After checking Jennifer, he was sure that this woman had sunk into an illusion.

A silver ring shone dimly on the youth’s hand. He had his leg propped up as if he was enjoying the show and he hummed, ”Ah, I saw three suns in the sky. They looked at me as if they knew me…”

Even though he was furious, Leo felt mockery toward the kid. He was just some kid who had not experienced the real world and had made such a commotion for a small thing. He had broken the Musician’s Union’s rules and used a music score here!

Leo was just waiting for an excuse to kick him out!

”Enough!” Leo looked down on him coldly. ”Do you know the consequences of using a music score in the Musician’s Union?”

”To be honest, I’d love to talk about rules with you. After all, I know the rules better than you.” Ye Qingxuan was still nonchalant. He looked up at Leo, but his eyes seemed to be looking down on the man.

”Using music scores in the Musician’s Union can result in fines from thirty-thousand to four-hundred thousand pounds, depending on the seriousness and revocation of the musician license. If a death occurs, it will be handed over to the Sacred City. But I don’t have a license so you can’t revoke it even if you want to. As for the fee, no one was injured or died. I caused some ruckus, so I suggest you follow the previous cases and just fine me thirty-thousand pounds. If it’s too high, I can report you to the Sacred City. Oh, you don’t look happy? Don’t worry, I’ll pay the money.”

With that, the youth pulled out a sacred emblem. Leo’s expression grew even uglier and slapped the emblem away. ”You think it’s that simple? You think you understand our rules well?” His expression darkened. ”Don’t forget that I make the rules here!”

”No, no, no,” Ye Qingxuan said, smiling and waving his hand. ”Neither I nor you make the rules here. It should be Mr. Bayer, the man in charge of this branch of the union. Where is he? I’m kind of excited to get my fine from him…”

Leo’s expression changed at the youth’s words; he had finally realized the youth’s true purpose. He had used the music score just to get past all the levels of the Musician’s Union and see Bayer directly! When he had realized that the workers were purposely holding him back, he had decided not to follow their rhythm.

Throughout history, wherever one went, it was all the same—the higher-ups were easy to see, but the lower figures were hard to get past. If he could not see Bayer through the regular process, he would just have to use special ways.

Leo’s expression turned panicky for an instant before darkening again.

”Guards!” He glared at the youth. ”Drag this b*stard out for disrupting the order! Blacklist him and make sure he can never enter the Musician’s Union!”

”Really?” A confused voice rang out behind him. ”What happened that made such a commotion? I could hear the noise from my office.”

Leo froze as his expression changed quickly and he spun around. ”Mr. Bayer?” He felt as if he was hallucinating, but the smirking and dirty blond youth leaning against Bayer caused him to understand everything.

”I was told what had happened.” Bayer patted Leo’s shoulder, telling him to move aside. He walked toward the youth. ”There’s a fine of five-thousand pounds for purposely disrupting the order.” He did not mention the usage of music scores and just used Leo’s words for categorizing the crime.

”I know, I’ll pay up, I’ll pay.” Ye Qingxuan pulled out an emblem from his pocket and gave a sneaky smile, similar to Charles’s. ”But would you have the time to chat with us?”

Bayer looked down at them and sighed. ”Come to my resting room on the second floor. I hope you two didn’t make a mess of my lobby just to drink tea with me.”

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Five minutes later, Bayer sat in his resting room, his face a ghastly pallor.

”Are you sure?” he asked.