Give His Student Some Payback

In apartment 301, gate 3, building 7 of the Luoyin Residential Area, four men were sitting at a mahjong table, while a woman stood by the window holding her one-year-old child.

This was a gambling den that had been hidden for several years. It was run by a husband and wife who not only participated in the gambling but also took a cut.

When playing cards, the men sit at the table and play, while the women stand at the window as lookouts.

The room was bustling with noise, the sound of mahjong tiles being rubbed constantly filling the air.

But at that moment, the woman suddenly panicked. "Stop rubbing! Stop rubbing! I saw two police cars drive into the yard! Run!"

After saying that, the woman carried the child to the main power switch of her house and turned off all the circuit breakers.

It was midnight, and almost all the lights in the neighborhood were off, so having the lights on in the house was quite conspicuous.

The four men at the card table immediately got up in the dark. Qing Guozhong muttered a curse under his breath and ran out the door toward the stairwell.

However, the hallway lights that were working fine when I arrived are now out of service for some reason.

The stairwells of this old apartment building don't even have windows, so when the stairwell lights went out, Qing Guozhong and his colleagues, having just come out of their brightly lit rooms, couldn't see anything in the stairwell at all.

One of the four said, "After going downstairs, we split up and ran. There are four gates in this community, so it's impossible for them to catch everyone. Whoever gets caught is unlucky."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming through the dark stairwell.

In an instant, he felt as if he had been punched hard in the stomach, and his whole body arched up like a shrimp on the stairs.

But the man who struck him did not stop; instead, he continued into the darkness and headed straight for his three gambling accomplices behind him!

In just over ten seconds, the black figure swiftly and effortlessly knocked all four of them down.

The gamblers couldn't see the figures clearly, but they felt as if the other party had planned everything in advance, including their reactions.

So from the very first second of the hammer blow, every subsequent second is a performance according to the other party's script.

They weren't even extras; at most, they were just four props.

"Damn it, ugh!" One of the gamblers, whose stomach acid had been violently assaulted, vomited up. "Who is it?! Who is it?!"

However, the figure did not linger; it left before the police could find the building behind Building 7.

Soon, Qing Chen stood in the green belt of the community, silently watching the four people being helped into the police car by the police.

He promised the young woman who answered the call that none of these gamblers would escape.

Then they definitely can't escape.

Qing Chen is a man of his word. Just like that night at Laojun Mountain, he promised Hu Xiaoniu that he would kill the gang leader, and the gang leader will definitely die.

Countdown 00:00:00.

Time travel.

When the darkness of the world dissipated, Qing Chen still sat by the campfire, with only Li Shutong by his side.

The teacher looked at Qing Chen: "You're back? Open your palm so I can see it."

Qing Chen obediently opened his palm.

Li Shutong nodded. "Your injury hasn't fully healed yet. It seems you've been training hard since returning to the Outer World. How's the result?"

"I can climb a vertical cliff of more than 20 meters on my own," Qing Chen answered honestly, "But I've only succeeded three times."

Li Shutong remarked that his student was truly a worry-free person.

Without teachers urging or scolding them, teenagers will use the strongest self-discipline to restrain themselves.

Compared to his and his senior Chen Jiazhang's playfulness and laziness in their youth, this student's life is truly inspiring.

If my senior and I had worked just as hard back then, our teacher wouldn't have been so angry all the time; she would definitely have been very happy.

Only those who have truly experienced that kind of training can understand the feeling of having to put all your weight on those few fingers while climbing, when your hands are already covered in wounds.

The excruciating pain can keep you constantly alert, and you might even regret taking this thorny path.

Li Shutong looked at Qing Chen: "You don't seem very happy? Why are you unhappy? As a young person, you shouldn't always be so listless. You should be happy about the results of your training!"

Qing Chen said in a low voice, "Teacher, I've cut off all ties with my parents, completely and utterly."

Li Shutong paused for a moment. "I used to think you didn't have parents because I saw how hard you worked to live and how you suppressed all your little tempers."

Qing Chen: "..."

"Just kidding," Li Shutong asked softly, "How are you feeling?"

"At first I felt a little lost and sad," Qing Chen thought for a moment and replied, "But then I reported my dad, and my mood turned to exhilaration. Now that I'm back in the Inner World, I suddenly feel a little lost, like it's all unreal."

When I was a child, my father would buy me roasted sweet potatoes every day when he came home in winter. They were the two of us's favorite snack.

His mother would remind him to wear long underwear and would put milk on the radiator to heat it up so he could take it to school.

The whole family would go to the mountains to escape the summer heat. Dad would scoop up the clear spring water with his huge hands and then show off the tadpoles he had caught to his son.

Because of his excellent memory, Qing Chen felt that everything was still vivid in his mind.

I don't know how, but life suddenly turned out like this.

When everything was severed, the past truly became smoke and clouds, and all the beauty existed only in Qing Chen's memory and in old photos.

So it seems somewhat unreal.

No one can go back.

There's no need to wait for anyone anymore.

Li Shutong was silent for a moment, then smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Silly child, you still have a teacher."

"Mmm," Qing Chen responded softly.

Looking at the starry sky, Li Shutong said, "Sometimes I feel like you're my son. When I see you training so hard, I have to be ruthless and not watch, otherwise it will break my heart. When you came back that night, you were covered in injuries and your feet were covered in blood. I wondered what you had been through. You see, your teacher isn't actually that heartless. It's just that your teacher knows you have to walk this path yourself. That's your life."

Qing Chen suddenly asked, "Teacher, was one of the reasons you brought me out this time because of Qing Huai from the Qing Clan Fourth Branch?"

"Yes," Li Shutong smiled and said, "That's right, it's aimed at him. I know his mission is to enter Forbidden Zone No. 002 and capture something. Just like your mission is to come to Prison No. 18 and retrieve ACE-005."

"Why did you seek him out?" Qing Chen asked.

"Of course I'll create an opportunity for you to kill him," Li Shutong's expression gradually turned cold. "The Fourth Branch violated the rules of the Shadow Struggle, and the elders secretly sent assassins to kill you. How can I, as your teacher, not help you get revenge? Why do their Shadow Candidate all have people helping them, while my student can only bring a thug from a nursing home? If Qing Huai doesn't die, I'm not a good teacher."

Li Shutong gently patted Qing Chen on the shoulder. "Don't worry, my students must have everything that others have."

"Thank you, teacher," Qing Chen said, looking at the night sky.

A few days ago, when Li Shutong said he would give him a fourth lesson on how to hunt, Qing Chen had an epiphany.

Li Shutong took him hunting not of wild animals, but of Qing Huai.

Thank you to Jin Dong for becoming a new ally of this book! You're so generous, may you make a fortune!

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