The scrawny young punk never even registered the resounding slap before he flew backward through the publishing house's front door and ended up dangling from a tree outside like a kite.
Lowering his hand, Chen Yu said to Wang Shanzhang, "Righteous Qi Prefecture really has every kind of person imaginable. With the Chief Inspector gone, all sorts of freaks have crawled out of the woodwork."
"I'm afraid there'll only be more of them from now on." Editor-in-Chief Lei pushed up his glasses and said helplessly, "Still, that kid's had a rough life."
Chen Yu turned halfway around and looked at Editor-in-Chief Lei. "What do you mean?"
"Did you see his neck? Those rings around it, like someone had squeezed it?"
"I did. Aren't those tattoos?"
"No, they're traces of contamination, and they've left permanent damage. He'd have to go to Blessing for treatment, but where would a kid from an ordinary family get that kind of spare money?"
Taking off his glasses, Editor-in-Chief Lei breathed on the lenses and wiped them as he said, "That kid's like Zhi Wu. His parents were killed by the Unknown Sect, and he was the only one left. But there's no need to feel too sorry for him. He's no good himself, spending every day lying and cheating, using important people's names to swindle money wherever he goes. Still, he's fairly clever. If only he could get a proper job. Besides, someone as important as Shanzhang would never associate with a nobody. Isn't that right, Wang Jingting?"
Wang Shanzhang scratched his head sheepishly, only to get elbowed by Chen Yu again.
Looking at the young punk hanging outside, Wang Shanzhang thought for a moment, then got up and walked out.
Chen Yu had held back with that slap. The young man hanging in the