Chapter 197: Making a decisive move (2/2)
The splashing sounds from the bathroom suddenly stopped. It seemed that after these disturbances, Phoebe had finally discovered something was happening outside after having her hearing affected by her shower.
The wildly posturing Florida looked back at Harris when he heard the latter’s voice. He put away the staff in his hand and said with an aloof expression, “I came to visit Miss Phoebe and hadn’t expected to be blocked by some blind kid.”
“If you’re here to be a guest, then I welcome you on behalf of the owner. However, I hope you don’t try to start a fight here, or else our Cairo mercenary band will definitely get involved. You surely know the rules after being in the Valley of Sunshine for so long!” Harris snorted coldly when he saw Florida retract the staff in his hands.
“Humph! Today was your lucky day!” Florida said coldly to Han Shuo and turned to leave. He halted when he passed by Harris, saying with his back turned to Han Shuo, “In the near future, I will definitely retake control of the valley. Then, I won’t be as polite to you as I am now!”
Florida laughed heartily after throwing down these words and walked out with large strides, not waiting for Phoebe to come out.
Harris had an ugly expression on his face and a vein began to throb on his forehead. He looked like he would go berserk at any time. In fact, Han Shuo knew that he was a berserker, It was said that a berserker’s strength was quite astonishing. They were able to use a mysterious method to provoke themselves into a mad state, increasing their strength exponentially and giving them incredible destructive power.
Han Shuo rather wished Harris would go berserk as he looked at the latter. If Harris couldn’t control the fury in his heart, he would immediately attack Florida until one of them died.
It was a pity that Harris quickly regained normalcy and Han Shuo’s daydreams didn’t play out. Harris cast a detached glance at Han Shuo and said, “You still need to pay for the door. Florida’s group has great power in the Valley of Sunshine, so you need to be careful after offending him. You can come find us if there’s anything you need from the Cairo mercenary band.”
Although his expression was still aloof, Harris seemed to have undergone a change in attitude towards Han Shuo because of their newly acquired common enemy. There were even traces of concern in his words.
Han Shuo hadn’t planned on paying for the door because it’d been Florida that had broken it, but his thoughts completely changed after seeing Harris’ attitude shift. He did still have need of the Cairo mercenary band to obtain the shop with the place of extreme water, so he laughed decisively and said, “No problem!”
Nodding, Harris didn’t say anything else and waved his hand, departing with his guards.
The room to the bathroom creaked open after Harris left and Phoebe came out wearing a bathrobe, like a flower emerging from the water. Her wet hair was plastered all over and a small expanse of reddened, fair skin was revealed at her chest. Her red lips were full and wet as she flicked her eyes towards the door. “They’re all gone?”
“All gone. What’s going on with that Florida?” Han Shuo looked at Phoebe and asked unhappily.
Chuckling lowly, Phoebe hiked up the bathrobe a bit and wrapped her legs tightly. She walked up to Han Shuo and batted her wet eyelashes, looking at him with interest. She teased, “What, are you jealous?”
“Yeah I’m jealous! That kid doesn’t look too bad and came looking for you with a huge bouquet! He even told me, the boyfriend, to get out of the way. I’m very pissed off right now!” Han Shuo was quite direct as he looked irritatedly at Phoebe.
Her body softening, Phoebe sat on Han Shuo’s legs and chuckled softly. “I used to come to the valley a lot and had business dealings with the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band. But it’s always been him pursuing me, I’ve never had anything to deal with him.”
“Alright, alright, don’t be mad. I’ll explain things to him next time so that he doesn’t bother me in the future. How’s that?”
“No point in explanations, I don’t think that brat is the kind to accept such things. I didn’t like him from my first impression of him, but I think he thinks the same of me. I think our grudge has been well and truly formed!” Han Shuo shook his head.
“Then what do we do? The Rainbow Sickle mercenary band has great power in the valley and is second only to the Cairo mercenary band. It’s said that they’ve been recruiting in recent times and have even hired a group of experts from the Church of Light. They seem to want to replace the Cairo mercenary band. It will be very troublesome to stay in the valley if we’ve offended them!” Phoebe was startled and spoke with some worry.
“We’ll deal with matters as they arise. He’s not the sole ruler of the valley, he won’t be able to do anything to me!” Han Shuo snorted coldly and spoke without fear.