Sun Ping saw Xu Qing approaching and suddenly shrank back, like a rat driven into a corner, his eyes filled with terror.
"Xu... Senior Brother Xu..." His voice trembled, and so did his body.
Xu Qing stood outside the cell door, looking down at him without speaking.
Constable Qi filled in the whole story. "Before the Tiger Head Gang approached Qin Liang, they also approached Sun Ping. The same job: lure your younger sister out and hand her over at the Land God Temple outside the city. One hundred taels of silver after it was done, and they promised to help him break through to Dark Force."
He glanced at Sun Ping, his tone turning colder. "Sun Ping agreed. This morning, he sneakily took people to the school. Before he could even get near the entrance, our men pinned him down."
"Lord Su had always secretly assigned people to protect your family. I told you about this long ago. There were people watching outside your second uncle and second aunt's noodle shop, your younger aunt's steamed-bun shop, and beside your sister's school."
Constable Qi gave Sun Ping one last look and shook his head. "How to deal with him is up to you."
Xu Qing stood there without moving.
His gaze passed through the iron bars and settled on Sun Ping. Sun Ping huddled in the corner, trembling from head to toe, his lips quivering, tears already streaming down his face.
Qin Liang and Sun Ping had once lived with him. Both of them carried shadows of his former self. He had wanted to give them a hand, to treat them as friends.
The same matter, two friends.
One had been beaten half to death, one arm and three ribs broken, lying in a pool of blood in his own