Iron Blood Gang's Retaliation

An hour later, the young magician returned to the living room, freshly showered and once again holding the little girl's hand.

Neither of them had brought a change of clothes. Rosalie gave the young magician one of her own outfits, while the little girl beside her put on one of Mark's shirts, which actually fit quite well.

"Tell me your names, your identities and backgrounds, and why those people were chasing you earlier."

After having them sit on the sofa across from him, Mark began questioning them.

Mark had noticed earlier that the young magician was still wary of him, so he had not pressed her for answers.

Now that he had sent people to rescue the sisters and brought them into his home, she should have no reason to keep anything hidden.

"My name is Li Qianhuan. My English name is Jubilee Lee. This is my younger sister, Li Qianle..."

After hesitating briefly, the young magician finally told Mark about her and her sister's background.

Li Qianhuan's parents had been wealthy Hong Kong immigrants. They had lived in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles's famous wealthy district, and owned a biotechnology research company.

Two years ago, the company suddenly went bankrupt, and her parents were murdered in their home shortly afterward. Only she and her sister escaped by chance, because she had taken her sister to play at a nearby park that day.

After that, she and her sister were sent to an orphanage.

Three months after arriving at the orphanage, Li Qianhuan suddenly fled with her sister.

She did not explain the exact reason, and Mark did not ask further.

He had finally confirmed that Li Qianhuan was the Chinese Mutant girl from the Marvel Universe who could control plasma.

Li Qianhuan later met Wolverine, and the two became as close as father and daughter, turning the hardened old wolf into a complete doting father.

"The people chasing us earlier were from the Latin Gang. Over the past two years, I kept investigating my parents' deaths. Eventually, I traced it back to the Latin Gang. Once they found out, they kept sending people after my sister and me..."

Li Qianhuan hesitated, then looked at Mark. "If you're worried that we'll bring trouble to you, we can leave right now."

"That won't be necessary."

Mark waved a hand dismissively. "Since you're already an employee I hired, I'll naturally protect you and your sister."

Li Qianhuan's ability had tremendous potential for development. Compared to recruiting someone as talented as her, offending a mere local gang was hardly worth mentioning.

"What can I do for you, then?"

Li Qianhuan asked after letting out a breath of relief.

"Later, I'll have Alice teach you some knowledge related to electromagnetism and plasma physics, so you can develop your abilities in the future. During your free time, you'll be responsible for cooling and heat dissipation for the supercomputer in the computer room."

Mark laid out Li Qianhuan's future work arrangements.

The supercomputer at home produced a huge amount of heat every day. It really did need someone assigned specifically to handle it.

"Who is Alice?"

Li Qianhuan asked in confusion, assuming she was a tutor Mark had arranged for her.

"Alice, come out and say hello to them!"

As Mark finished speaking, the large screen on the wall lit up, and Alice appeared on it.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Alice. It's nice to meet you."

Alice waved cheerfully and greeted the two girls.

Li Qianhuan looked surprised. She had not expected the Alice Mark mentioned to be such a humanlike intelligent program.

"Alice, record their information and classify them as Level Two access holders."

Mark instructed.

As the number of people in the house grew, Mark divided everyone into different access levels.

Rosalie and Mark had Level One access and could go anywhere in the house.

The twelve bodyguards had Level Two access and could only move around the yard and their respective work areas.

Without permission, they could not enter places such as Rosalie and Mark's bedrooms, study, kitchen, or workshop. Otherwise, they would trigger Alice's alarm.

After Alice entered the sisters' information into the system, Mark glanced at Li Qianle beside her.

"You two are both still minors. I'll have my mother go to the district committee and arrange foster care for you, so you won't have to worry even if people from the welfare home come looking for you later. Your sister is also old enough to attend school, so I'll have my mother take her to the community elementary school to enroll her."

"Thank you... I'll work hard for you in the future to repay you."

Listening to Mark's arrangements, Li Qianhuan felt deeply grateful and spoke earnestly.

While Mark was settling the Li sisters in, people in the Iron Blood Gang's base in the neighboring Frank Street District were also discussing how to deal with him.

"Have you found out? Who exactly killed our brothers that night?"

A bearded middle-aged Mexican man asked coldly, looking at the dozen or so Mexicans seated on both sides of the long table.

He was Wyatt Miller, the leader of the Iron Blood Gang, known as Blood Wolf.

"Boss, our informants have already found out. That night, the Payne Family, who live not far from Weston's house, sent bodyguards to take out our people."

Chris, who handled intelligence work, answered.

The Iron Blood Gang placed great importance on intelligence. Although they had not been there long, the informants they had bought off were already spread throughout the nearby districts.

"What does this Payne Family do?"

Wyatt's expression turned serious.

Anyone who could send bodyguards to nearly wipe out more than a dozen of their armed men was definitely no ordinary family.

"There are two people in the Payne Family. The mistress, Rosalie, is an actress. There's also a six-year-old child named Mark. Rumor has it that he's Rosalie and Tony Stark's illegitimate son!"

Chris reported the information he had gathered.

Wyatt was startled at first, then sneered. "So what if he's Tony Stark's illegitimate son? The Payne Family dared to kill so many of our Iron Blood Gang brothers. We absolutely cannot let them go!"

"Our brothers risked everything to sneak into the United States. They can't die for nothing!"

If Mark had been a son Tony Stark openly acknowledged, Wyatt naturally would not have dared to provoke him.

But he was only an illegitimate son. That was not enough to make the Iron Blood Gang back down.

"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!"

The other Iron Blood Gang members shouted furiously.

"Tell the brothers to get ready. Tonight, I'll personally lead them into Clem District and wipe out the Payne Family. Let everyone know what happens when they offend the Iron Blood Gang!"

Wyatt issued the order.

The Iron Blood Gang had only just established itself in Los Angeles. If they did not dare retaliate after so many of their men had been killed, no one would take them seriously in the future.

After wiping out more than a dozen Iron Blood Gang members last time, Mark had actually wanted to eliminate them completely and leave no roots behind.

But since they had only recently arrived in Los Angeles, Mark had not yet found enough evidence of their crimes, so he had held off for the time being.

Still, he had sent out a drone to keep watch over the Iron Blood Gang's base and prevent retaliation.

Thus, the moment the Iron Blood Gang began moving, Mark received the news.