One Punch to Quell the Storm, No Gods in the Four Seas
Chapter 14

My Sister's Friend

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"Otherwise, why would I say my dad is lucky? He was dirt poor back then, and he owed a lot of high-interest loans from his business ventures. When he was at his wit's end, he happened to meet my grandpa."

The rest of the story was simple. The father and son, who had been out of touch for many years, unexpectedly reunited. The Su Group, a large and wealthy family business, directly helped the down-and-out Su Zihao.

Not only did they pay off his debts, but Su Ti's grandpa also handed over a portion of the business to Su Zihao to manage. Only then did Su Zihao have the financial means to support his two daughters' education. Finally, with the help of his daughter Su Yuwei, he expanded the business and grew it to its current scale.

After developing successfully in Nanfeng Province, due to some reasons, and also because Su Zihao wanted to help his twin brother, he returned to Nanjiang Province.

This was everything about Su Zihao's years away.

One could say that Su Zihao's life was truly fortunate. It was full of ups and downs, with twists and turns. Although he was truly not cut out for business, he somehow managed to rise with the help of benefactors, accumulating a fortune of over a hundred million.

Moreover, the stock of Sheng Hui Electric Appliance is still soaring, and the company's scale is continuously expanding.

Of course, none of this had much to do with Su Zihao. According to Su Qiaoqiao, Su Zihao was just a nominal director now. The actual operation and management of the company were handled by Su Yuwei, who was the vice-chairman.

After hearing all this, Su Ti's expression couldn't help but become a little strange.

No wonder he told me that the more hardship you endure, the more hardship you will eat. It turns out he has experienced it deeply.

After chatting with Su Qiaoqiao for a while, Su's Father quickly finished cooking. At this time, Su Yuwei also finished her phone call. After calling Su Ling out, the two families, after many years, finally ate together at the same table.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was good. Although Su Qiaoqiao and Su Zihao didn't get along, and she had previously disliked Su Ling, she still found it difficult to resist the enthusiasm of Su's Father and Su's Mother.

No matter what, she was just a seventeen-year-old girl. Although rebellious, she wasn't inherently bad.

After finishing the meal, it was already two in the afternoon. Su's Father, Su's Mother, and Su Zihao had something to discuss, so they asked Su Ti to take his two cousins out for a walk.

As for Su Ling, she had already silently picked up her Kendo bag and run out of the house an hour ago.

When going out for a walk, Su Ti didn't have any good places to go, so he could only let the guests decide and let Su Qiaoqiao and Su Yuwei choose.

Su Yuwei said anything was fine. This time, she had come with a driver, so they could go anywhere.

Finally, after Su Qiaoqiao made the decision, the three of them went to an arcade in the city center.

Upon arriving, Su Yuwei received another phone call and said that she wasn't interested in such "games for kids." So, she waited outside with the driver.

Su Qiaoqiao, on the other hand, walked into the arcade with an excited look, exchanged a pile of coins, and started playing the games one by one.

"Aren't you playing?"

After playing for a long time, Su Qiaoqiao looked at Su Ti, who was standing with his arms crossed and an amused expression, and asked.

"I used to love playing, but recently I found something more fun than this."

Su Ti sighed with a hint of emotion, then looked at his hands and casually clenched his fists.

He used to really enjoy playing games and was even addicted at one point, but that was because he didn't have anything more worthwhile to pursue.

After transmigrating, he suddenly realized that compared to games, the pleasure brought by becoming stronger seemed to be much higher than that of games, which made him lose interest in games.

"More fun? Is there anything more fun than games?"

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you."

"Heh." Su Qiaoqiao was so angry she laughed.

"I think you just don't know how to play. It looks quite interesting, but I didn't expect you to be as old and rigid as my sister."

Su Qiaoqiao sized Su Ti up and down. Seeing that his clothes were ordinary, and even a bit ill-fitting, she said disdainfully.

"Looking at you, you must have studied yourself silly. I just called a few of my brothers to come play together when I went to the restroom. They're all out and about. Don't be scared by them and embarrass me."

"Oh, brothers?"

"We race cars together. You wouldn't know even if I told you. If you're not playing, move aside. Don't stand behind me."

Seeing her so arrogant, Su Ti couldn't help but have the idea of teaching her a lesson. He said,

"Since you're so good at playing games, how about we compete?"

Upon hearing that Su Ti wanted to compete with her, Su Qiaoqiao became interested.

"Compete? You said it. You can pick any game in this arcade. Whoever loses has to bark like a dog three times."

Su Ti smiled.

"No problem, but how about best of three to decide the winner? We'll compete in the fighting game you're playing now."

"Okay!"

The two of them set the rules. As the coin was inserted, Su Ti sat next to Su Qiaoqiao and entered the character selection screen.

Although he was an experienced gamer in his previous life, spending most of his life on various games, he hadn't really touched games in this life. Although the original owner played games, he only played mobile games and was completely clueless about arcade games like this.

Take this fighting game, for example. He didn't recognize any of the characters, let alone know how to perform moves or combos.

Since he was unfamiliar with the characters, in the first round, he chose the same three characters as Su Qiaoqiao, but after a round of fighting, he was directly defeated.

Su Qiaoqiao looked at her second character, which still had half health remaining, and glanced at Su Ti with a chuckle.

"Haha, you do have some skill! I've been playing this arcade game since I was a kid, and many experts have been defeated by me in a clean sweep. It's already pretty good that you could get my second character down to half health, but unfortunately, you're still a long way from defeating me. You're definitely going to bark like a dog three times today."

Saying that, she shook her head regretfully, looking a little smug.

"Don't rush, it's best of three. There are still two rounds."

Su Ti wasn't flustered at all. He inserted the second coin and entered the character selection screen again. Seeing him being so stubborn, Su Qiaoqiao curled her lip in disdain. Games were about raw skill, not the luck of rock-paper-scissors. With such a big gap in skill between Su Ti and her, let alone three rounds, he wouldn't be able to win even in thirty or three hundred rounds.

However, after this round ended,

"How is that possible?"

Su Qiaoqiao stared blankly at the screen. At this moment, all three of her characters were dead, while Su Ti's second character still had half health remaining, completely winning this round.

"This, this must be because I was careless. Again!"

After the third game, Su Ti's first character's health bar hadn't even dropped. He went through three characters with full health.

The absolute crushing strength left Su Qiaoqiao's mouth slightly agape, her face full of disbelief.

Su Ti shrugged. Based on his understanding of the game, in this kind of side-scrolling fighting game, the first thing that matters is familiarity with the game, and the second is the player's reaction speed.

Su Ti was not as familiar with the game as Su Qiaoqiao, but with his high agility and intelligence attributes, his reaction speed and learning speed completely crushed hers.

That's why he chose the same three characters as Su Qiaoqiao, to learn how to use these three characters from her operations.

In the first game, Su Ti had already learned most of the combos for these three characters during his fight with Su Qiaoqiao. This was not difficult for someone with an arcade background. In the second game, Su Ti directly defeated her by relying on his reaction speed, which surpassed hers.

By the third game, sorry, Su Ti's proficiency was no different from Su Qiaoqiao's, and his reaction speed also crushed hers. Going through three characters with full health was as easy as flipping a hand.

"You, you've played before!"

Su Qiaoqiao stood up and shouted, pointing at Su Ti.

Su Ti also stood up and shook his head.

"You don't need to care if I've played before or not. A bet is a bet, call it out."

Su Qiaoqiao was struck by lightning, her face changing from pale to red. She stood rooted to the spot, unsure whether to call it out or not.

Although she was rebellious, she wasn't someone who couldn't afford to lose. It was just that a girl barking like a dog in public was truly embarrassing.

Seeing Su Qiaoqiao in such a dilemma, standing there awkwardly, some people couldn't stand it anymore.

"Brother, you're a big man, why are you making things so difficult for a girl? Are you even a man?"

"Exactly, why are you being so serious with a little girl?"

Most of the people in the arcade were young. At this moment, two young men dressed fashionably and wearing baseball caps stood out to "uphold justice" for Su Qiaoqiao.

Although Su Qiaoqiao was dressed like a delinquent girl, her foundation was very good. Her face was cute, and her legs were fair and long.

When the two young men said this, their eyes couldn't help but drift over. It was clear they intended to stand up for Su Qiaoqiao and gain her favor.

As soon as these words came out, Su Ti's face instantly darkened.

"I'm talking to my sister, what are you two things? Get lost!"

Su Qiaoqiao had been disrespectful to him many times before, but Su Ti hadn't gotten angry. That was for the sake of her immaturity and Su Zihao.

But these two young men, not only were they being generous with others' feelings and morally blackmailing him, but their intentions were also impure. If he didn't get angry, he would truly be made of mud.

"You!"

As soon as the two young men opened their mouths, they were like ducks whose throats had been squeezed.

At this moment, Su Ti's eyes flickered as he stared at the two of them, and an invisible aura burst forth.

That was not some illusory thing. A powerful figure in a high position could unleash an astonishing aura with just a look. Some butchers who had killed too many animals would make pigs and dogs detour when they heard them.

And the aura Su Ti unleashed at this moment was very simple killing intent.

The principle of this thing is very simple: when the desire to kill someone is revealed, that is killing intent.

To put it plainly, it's a kind of performance, but people who haven't really killed anyone can never learn it no matter what. If they have really killed someone, they will know it without learning.

And besides the number of people killed determining the strength of the aura, one's own strength is also very important for killing intent.

The killing intent of a wild cat and the killing intent of a fierce tiger are completely different.

And at this moment, Su Ti's strength, speed, and explosive power were no less than that of a fierce tiger. The killing intent he displayed now was naturally extremely strong.

Even Su Qiaoqiao was startled. The Su Ti who was unremarkable a moment ago was now inexplicably terrifying. The area within a few meters around him was silent. Everyone looked at him, secretly swallowing their saliva, and no one dared to speak.

"You, do you know who we're covered by?"

Perhaps seeing the crowd around, one of the baseball caps said with a forced bravado.

"You know Dragon Bro from the Flying Bar next to Mingguang University, right? We're with him."

"Dragon Bro?"

When Su Ti heard this name, he withdrew his killing intent and showed a strange expression.

"That's right, it's Dragon Bro. Try touching us?"

Seeing Su Ti like this, the two thought that Dragon Bro's name was effective, and quickly threw out harsh words to regain face.

And just then, a commotion came, and a few thugs wearing floral shirts and showing large tattoos walked past from the side.

"It's Fei Ge and them!"

The two baseball caps were overjoyed at the sight and quickly ran over.

Before long, the two brought those thugs over.

"Xiao Qiao? So you're here."

When Fei Ge, who was leading the group, saw Su Qiaoqiao, his face lit up with joy, and he hurried over.

But on the way, his steps suddenly slowed, becoming slower and slower, until he stopped in place, no longer moving.

And besides him, the few thugs beside him were all the same, their faces stiff as they stared ahead, not daring to move.

"Fei Ge, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this is my brother, we're all on the same side, we were just messing around with these two brothers."

Su Qiaoqiao quickly stepped forward to explain, afraid that Su Ti would suffer if a conflict broke out.

At this moment, Su Ti, who had been facing sideways, turned his head and looked at the few people with a half-smile.

"You are my sister's... friends?"

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