Listen to Me Thank You, Because of You

"Is she about to break through to Dou Practitioner?"

Seeing Xiao Yu's change, Xiao Lang immediately let go of her hand, retracting his offending one as well.

However, the feel of her hand still made him a little flustered.

"Felt pretty good, didn't it, Brother Xiao Lang?"

Just then, Xiao Xun'er walked over, her smiling face hiding a murderous intent as she asked Xiao Lang.

Who was Xiao Lang?

An old scumbag, a lecher. He wasn't flustered by the situation at all.

Instead, he grinned cheekily and leaned into Xiao Xun'er's ear, using his scumbag voice to say, "It's still far worse than yours, Xun'er."

How could a thirteen-year-old girl stand against Xiao Lang, a scumbag from two lifetimes? Her ears immediately turned red, all the way to her neck, blushing so hard she seemed to be steaming.

"Big bad guy! I hate you!"

After giving Xiao Lang a shy glance, Xiao Xun'er promptly ran away. She was afraid Xiao Lang would say something even more outrageous, and she'd be too embarrassed to show her face.

"Hmph, little girl, you're still too green to compete with me,"

Xiao Lang watched Xiao Xun'er run off, a smug smile playing on his lips.

If he had been seasoned by society, if he were dealing with those women of the world on the street, Xiao Lang wouldn't have said a single extra suggestive word.

Just give him the compensation money.

But for a young girl just discovering love, her crush's sweet words were the most potent poison.

Seeing Xiao Ning and the Great Elder watching him warily, Xiao Lang sneered and said, "Relax, I'm not that despicable. If I wanted to interrupt Xiao Yu's breakthrough, I wouldn't have let go."

As he spoke, Xiao Lang's lips curved upwards, and he looked at the Great Elder with a smile, "Doesn't Xiao Yu's breakthrough owe something to that slap of mine? Great Elder, don't you owe me a favor?"

"..."

The Great Elder's mouth twitched. He really wanted to say: "I thank you, you giant watermelon."

But then he thought about how he was dozens of years old, and saying vulgar words to a teenager would be too embarrassing.

"Listen to me, thank you, because of you..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Don't sing... Don't say it, I'll really thank you!" Hearing this, Xiao Lang almost thought the Great Elder was a transmigrator too.

But seeing that someone could say the line instead of sing it, he knew the Great Elder was still the Great Elder.

Because no normal person could do that!

"This is bad, it seems Yu'er is going to fail her condensation."

At this moment, Xiao Yu frowned deeply and let out a pained cry. The Great Elder's expression changed immediately.

"Calm down, take this Qi Gathering Powder."

Seeing this, Xiao Lang sighed and took out a Qi Gathering Powder.

He couldn't just stand by and watch someone die, especially with such beautiful long legs. Even if he couldn't play with them, just looking was a feast for the eyes.

Moreover, as a scumbag from two lifetimes, how could he not sense Xiao Yu's feelings?

Hearing him, Xiao Yu opened her eyes, looking at Xiao Lang with a complex expression. Finally, she nodded and took the Qi Gathering Powder, saying, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. If you really want to thank me, then you can pledge yourself to me," Xiao Lang blurted out instinctively, but he regretted it the moment he spoke.

Damn it, he forgot Xiao Xun'er was still present!

As expected, Xiao Lang immediately felt a sword-like gaze piercing him. Who else could it be from but Xiao Xun'er?

"Hahaha, just kidding. We're family, we can't mess with that kind of thing," Xiao Lang quickly tried to salvage the situation.

"I know."

A flicker of surprise crossed Xiao Yu's eyes. How could she, being so perceptive, not understand Xiao Lang's rejection?

When Xiao Lang sensed the sharp, sword-like gaze disappear, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Qi Gathering Powder? You little... Xiao Lang, how do you have Qi Gathering Powder?" After confirming it was indeed Qi Gathering Powder and not some poison pill, the Great Elder looked at Xiao Lang in astonishment.

At the same time, a hint of guilt arose in his heart towards Xiao Lang.

"None of your business how I got it. If you don't want it, then your granddaughter can give it back to me," Xiao Lang said irritably, glancing at the Great Elder. "Or do you want me to hand it over to the clan?"

"..."

The Great Elder's face immediately fell, but he knew he was in the wrong. Moreover, his granddaughter's breakthrough to Dou Practitioner was urgent, so he chose to remain silent.

"Brother Lang, didn't you reach the ninth stage of Dou Qi? Why are you giving this Qi Gathering Powder to someone else?" Xiao Yan asked, somewhat confused.

"It's fine, it's just one Qi Gathering Powder. If I gave it, I gave it. Let's just consider it adding another young Dou Practitioner to the Xiao family."

Xiao Lang shot an annoyed glance at the three elders. "Otherwise, the dignified Xiao family relying on elders in their sixties and seventies to hold the fort makes our younger generation look too useless."

"..."

The corners of the three elders' mouths twitched.

If you want to show off, fine, but why insult us?

They no longer dared to let this kid hand things over to the family.

They had been scolded too harshly last time.

And after that day, this kid had taken Xiao Yan and beaten up all his descendants.

He held quite a grudge.

However, they were also extremely envious of this Qi Gathering Powder; they had no idea where this kid got it.

"Wait, Third Brother, this Qi Gathering Powder, could it be the one you gave me?" Xiao Yan's expression turned strange as he remembered the box he hadn't opened to this day.

Could it be that he had been guarding an empty box for the past eight years?

"Ahem, little brother, don't dwell on the minor details." Xiao Lang chuckled awkwardly. He had indeed only given the other party an empty box back then, as the system had said giving the box was enough.

Moreover, if his own father hadn't lent him money, he would have had to sell that Qi Gathering Powder to get his startup capital.

"Is that so?"

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Lang suspiciously, but he didn't care, as he had already become a Dou Practitioner and no longer needed it.

"Hahaha, of course. How could your Third Brother lie to you? Why don't we go get the box now?" Xiao Lang said, his face not even blushing.

At the same time, he said with feigned heartache, "It's just... alas, I didn't expect... alas, my own dear brother actually suspects me... alas!"

"..."

Seeing Xiao Lang's demeanor, Xiao Yan's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly, "Third Brother, I was wrong. Stop acting, you're making me embarrassed just watching you."

Meanwhile, many people looked enviously at Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu. Qi Gathering Powder was a highly coveted medicinal pill for those at the ninth stage of Dou Qi; it could condense a Dou Qi Vortex and make one a Dou Practitioner in one go!

Boom!

Just then, Xiao Yu abruptly opened her eyes. A sharp glint flashed through them, and she then exhaled a breath of stale air. Feeling a power ten times greater than ninth-stage Dou Qi, a delighted expression appeared on her fair face.

Clearly, she had already become a Dou Practitioner.

"Yu'er, you succeeded?"

"Sister, you succeeded?"

Seeing this, the Great Elder and Xiao Ning looked at Xiao Yu with pleasant surprise and asked.

Xiao Lang, standing by the side, calmly remarked, "Don't celebrate too early. Your sister can definitely beat you up more painfully now."

"..."

Upon hearing this, the smile on Xiao Ning's face instantly froze.

He really brought up a sore subject.

I can't thank you enough!