That night.
Three vans pushed through the wind and snow into Settlement Town.
It was about the same size as Black Mountain Town.
As soon as the vehicles entered town, lights came on in all the houses on either side.
Countless figures leaned against the windows, watching them.
Most settlement towns were much the same; their residents were bandits too.
If tough customers came, they would stick to doing business.
If the visitors looked easy to bully, they would take both the people and their goods.
"Wh-what are you here for?"
A Yao had never been outside the city. A little frightened, he warned them, "The people outside the city... are all vicious."
"Scared?" Old Ninth held his cigarette butt and teased him with a faint smile. "Tiger said you were like us. With that little courage... how are you anything like me?"
"Who... who said I was scared?" A Yao craned his neck and blustered.
"If you're not scared, why the fuck are you shaking?"
"I'm cold."
Whoosh.
Old Ninth took off his suit jacket and tossed it to A Yao. "That stubborn mouth is the only thing you've got in common with me."
The gesture left A Yao completely at a loss.
Earlier, he had threatened to kill him and treated him coldly the whole way.
Yet when he said he was cold, Old Ninth gave him a jacket still warm from his body.
"Brother Nine talks tough, but he's softhearted." Hi Dog put an arm around A Yao's neck and smiled. "Don't be scared. He never kills kids."
"But he beats them." Xiao Gang pulled A Yao over to his side in exasperation and explained, "Buddy, a friendly warning: don't believe anything Brother Nine says. He doesn't kill kids, but he does beat them. Third Uncle and