Legendary Ingrate Tang San! (Please Bookmark!)

Outside Nuoding Academy.

The puzzled Xiao Wu looked at the messages in the group, and her little rabbit head instantly went adorably blank.

"Xiao Wu, I made these carrot cakes for you."

Tang San continued his fawning display beside her.

Lafen, A Fen, and Zhou, who had been following Xiao Wu all along, immediately stepped in front of him.

"Hey, hey, hey, brat!" A Fen, dressed in white, wiped a hand over his red hair.

"Do you think our Sister Xiao Wu is someone you can get close to? Get back three meters, nice and obediently!" The short young man in yellow glasses looked utterly arrogant.

"Back off, back off." The honest-looking Lafen made shooing gestures.

The three of them looked at Tang San with disdain.

"You..."

Holding a box of pastries, Tang San's eyes instantly darkened when he saw the three of them ruining his plans.

Those three damn lackeys!

They had merely gathered some hoodlums from Notting City, yet they dared to ruin his plans here!

"Oh, oh, oh~"

Zhou tugged at his collar and swaggered up to Tang San, reaching out to pat his little cheek.

"What? You little bastard, not happy about it?"

The three of them knew Tang San all too well. Back then, they had even introduced him to the job at the blacksmith shop. Who would have thought he would dare to give them attitude today?

Just like the boss said, he was an ungrateful wretch you could never raise right. He truly lived up to his name.

Just as the situation reached a stalemate.

"What are you guys doing here?" A familiar voice reached everyone's ears.

Everyone looked toward the source of the voice.

"Uncle!"

Xiao Wu instantly jumped up and charged toward Du Bei. When she was about to reach him, she leaped into the air!

She clung directly to Du Bei's body!

"Uncle! You're finally back!"

"That nasty woman didn't do anything to you, did she?" Xiao Wu lowered her voice considerably when she said this.

She was clearly still very worried about her uncle's current condition.

After all, her mother had been taken by that nasty woman back then...

Thinking of that, Xiao Wu grew even more worried and kept feeling all over Du Bei's body. She was terribly afraid that the person she cared about most... would be hurt.

"Alright, alright. Didn't I come back?"

Facing the tree sloth clinging to him, Du Bei could only soothe her by continuously stroking her fur.

That gradually calmed her trembling body.

After comforting her for quite a while.

Xiao Wu, still reluctant to let go, was finally peeled off Du Bei by him.

"Alright, we'll talk later."

Du Bei patted Xiao Wu's head, then shifted his gaze to his three underlings.

He also glanced at Tang San beside them.

"A Fen, Lafen, Zhou, are you here to deliver the protection money today?"

"Yes, Boss!"

The three answered in unison, their discipline impeccable.

A Fen, carrying a money pouch, hurriedly took the bag of gold coins from his clothes and handed it to Du Bei.

Du Bei weighed the coins in his hand.

Satisfied, Du Bei nodded and looked at the three of them approvingly. "Well done. Looks like Notting City brought in quite a bit this month?"

Du Bei asked again, "There haven't been any troublemakers under you this month, right?"

"Boss, absolutely not!" The three hurriedly waved their hands, afraid Du Bei might get the wrong idea.

Lafen and the other two knew their boss quite well. Though he seemed very friendly on the surface, if anyone under him touched something they should not have touched.

Then his methods were exceptionally cruel!

For example, a few years ago, five gang members had helped someone hunt a soul ring and luckily obtained a hundred-year right leg soul bone.

However, one of the gang members was overcome by greed and grabbed the soul bone before running away, nearly causing devastating casualties to the hunting party!

Fortunately, the remaining four worked together seamlessly and did not allow their employer to be harmed. Otherwise, the Mafia's reputation would have fallen to rock bottom!

As for that traitor... all that could be said was that he had not even made it out of Notting City before he was captured and brought back.

His fate went without saying.

"Alright, you three, don't be so nervous." Du Bei smiled and patted their shoulders.

"I was only joking." Du Bei spoke slowly.

The three of them collectively let out a breath of relief.

"Boss, you really shouldn't scare us like that. The three of us truly can't handle it." A Fen smiled, trying to ease the atmosphere.

The other two also laughed and chimed in.

"Alright, I won't say much more."

"When I leave Notting City in the future, the Mafia here will be entrusted to you. Don't let me down."

Those words were not said without reason.

Xiao Wu would soon graduate, and Du Bei would definitely leave Notting City with her to seek opportunities elsewhere.

The original plan had been to wait until Xiao Wu enrolled in school, or entered Shrek according to the original plot.

Then he would try following Dugu Bo's lead and attempt to obtain the immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

But now, that was clearly unnecessary.

Setting aside the cheat-like existence of the chatroom, he had just... done that with Bibi Dong not long ago. It could be said that as long as he had no shame, he could continuously obtain cultivation resources from Bibi Dong.

Still, to avoid getting hacked to death by jealous women in the future, it was better not to do such things if possible. After all, his ambitions were quite large.

"Alright, arrange the protection money yourselves from now on. Just don't forget to regularly help the children in the villages."

"No matter how much soul power they have, as long as they are willing to join the Mafia, bring them in! They are our foundation!"

After making a few simple arrangements.

"Boss, we'll be going first!" After saying goodbye, the three left together.

Watching their retreating figures, Du Bei felt deeply moved.

He had never expected the underlings he took in back then to now be capable of standing on their own.

Although the three were not particularly talented and had only barely reached two rings so far, that was already enough in Notting City.

He only hoped they could develop steadily in the future.

"Uncle Du Bei! I want to talk to you..." Tang San's voice suddenly came from beside him.

"What is it? Do you need something?" His tone was calm, neither rejecting nor distant.

Faced with Du Bei's attitude, Tang San, as a genius, forcibly suppressed his displeasure while maintaining a respectful expression.

"Uncle Du Bei, my teacher recommended an academy called Shrek Academy. That academy's teaching staff is extremely strong, so I want to take Xiao Wu there with me."

"I wonder what you think?"

From beginning to end, Tang San never so much as hinted that Du Bei could go with them.

That matter-of-fact tone.

It was obvious that he wanted to take Xiao Wu away while casting aside Du Bei, his greatest obstacle, so that he could fulfill the filthy thoughts in his heart.

"Hehe, can I go with Xiao Wu?"

"Of course not!" Tang San answered without a moment's thought, leaving no room for doubt. "At your age, wouldn't it be better to stay here and peacefully enjoy your old age?"

"Teacher said only geniuses like Xiao Wu and me can enter..."