The Zhao Family's Reaction
"Qin Chen!"
After Qin Chen walked out of the school, Wang Hai came running after him.
"What is it? Going out drinking again? Look how fat you've gotten," Qin Chen said with a smile.
"Drinking? I quit ages ago."
"Really?"
"Really. I quit the day you sent Liao Tao flying with one punch," Wang Hai said seriously.
Qin Chen had stunned all their classmates in combat class that day. As his best friend, Wang Hai had also thought about it for a long time afterward and finally resolved to give up his gluttonous, pleasure-seeking habits.
"I came to find you because I have something important to discuss!" Wang Hai said suddenly.
Qin Chen was surprised to see how serious he looked, but happy for him. He nodded. "Go on!"
Wang Hai gathered his thoughts. "You know my family runs a martial arts school. I couldn't cultivate before, so I spent all my time fooling around. But just yesterday, I met the requirements to cultivate."
"That's great!" Qin Chen nodded.
Meeting the requirements to cultivate before the college entrance exam was indeed good news. At the very least, Wang Hai could go to college.
"It is, but I'm not planning to go to college. After my dad found out I could cultivate, he told me to skip college too and take over the martial arts school directly. Then he'll help me out from behind the scenes," Wang Hai said.
Qin Chen nodded. "That sounds pretty good too!"
Although Wang Hai could cultivate now, he would only be able to get into an ordinary college. After graduating, he might not even do as well as the head of a martial arts school. Besides, an ordinary college's educational resources might not match those of his own school.
After all, no matter how small the martial arts school was, it belonged to him, and all its resources would be spent on him.
"I support you!" Qin Chen patted him on the shoulder encouragingly.
"Really?" Wang Hai brightened and immediately said, "In that case, since you're sincere about supporting me, let me put your name down at my Shanhai Martial Arts School. Just so we're clear, you've got money and skills now, so there's no salary!"
After saying that, a sly look appeared in Wang Hai's eyes.
Qin Chen stared at him in surprise. He hadn't expected the kid to draw him into a trap.
"Well?" Wang Hai stared at Qin Chen nervously.
He knew Qin Chen's future accomplishments would certainly be great. Having his name associated with the school would be a huge bargain for him.
He had brought it up because the two of them were close.
But no matter how close they were, Qin Chen had the right to refuse. It wasn't his responsibility.
Qin Chen looked at Wang Hai. It was rare for the fatty to take something like this to heart, so naturally he wouldn't refuse. "Just put my name down."
A martial arts school put someone's name on its rolls simply to use that person's reputation to attract business.
So once his name was down, he wouldn't need to do anything at the school. Whether out of friendship or reason, he wouldn't refuse a favor like that.
"That's my brother!" Seeing Qin Chen agree, Wang Hai immediately grabbed his hand. "Come on, my treat..."
"Uh... I quit, and school isn't even out yet. Next time. Next time you come to Shanhai Martial Arts School, I'll have Wang Shanhai treat you!"
"Get back to class!" Qin Chen waved with a smile.
Before long, he arrived at Qinghe Garden.
He had to admit, Xu Hua was efficient. By the time Qin Chen returned, he had already left, and his new home had been put in order. The city lord's residence had provided not only a house, but every kind of furniture one could need.
"My parents' safety is taken care of. Next, I need to become a General Star and settle the matter with the Zhao Family once and for all."
It's time to return to the training camp early! Qin Chen thought.
He had originally taken ten days off, thinking that moving and everything else would take a long time. But the city lord's residence and the Martial Arts Association had arranged everything, and it had taken only two days.
Even so, Qin Chen spent another three days with his parents. By then, he had spent a total of five days away from the mountain. Early on the sixth day, he took a taxi to the training camp.
Meanwhile, at the Zhao Family residence.
A corpse lay in the center of the Zhao Family's main hall. It was none other than Zhao Kuan, the Zhao Family's young master whom Qin Chen had killed with a single punch several days earlier.
"Wanshi, you have to avenge Kuan!" A woman looked at the dead Zhao Kuan, her face full of sorrow and tears still streaking her eyes.
"Did you find out?" Zhao Wanshi looked at an underling in the hall and spoke coldly.
"Family head, we did. The surveillance footage shows that Young Master Kuan was last seen at the Energy Mall. At that time, he got into a car and left with a woman and a boy."
Before Zhao Wanshi could ask further, the underling continued, "That woman is dead now too, but the boy is still alive!"
"Who?" a young man in the hall hurriedly asked.
The underling glanced at the young man and quickly replied respectfully, "Young Master Liang, the boy's name is Qin Chen!"
"Qin Chen?" Zhao Liang and Zhao Wanshi frowned. The name was familiar.
"Is he the Qin Chen mentioned in the city announcement just now?" Zhao Liang suddenly realized, his expression changing slightly.
"Yes!"
"Also, this Qin Chen actually has some grievances with our Zhao Family."
"The man Young Master Kuan hired someone to run over was Qin Chen's father."
The servant related everything he had uncovered in his investigation, leaving nothing out.
Zhao Wanshi and Zhao Liang's expressions changed. They knew that Zhao Kuan had hired someone to run over Qin Dahe.
But at the time, no one had cared. After all, Qin Dahe was just an ordinary man.
"Looking at it that way, Qin Chen must be the one who killed my brother!" Zhao Liang frowned.
Qin Chen had now been certified as a Two-Star Martial Artist and had the strength to do it. Given the depth of his grudge against Zhao Kuan, he had a motive too.
They simply hadn't expected that an ordinary family they had once paid no attention to would produce such a genius-and one who had caught the city lord's residence's attention at that.
The difference between this city announcement and the one about Zhao Kuan back then was enormous. The announcement alone showed how much importance the city lord's residence placed on Qin Chen.
Moreover, Qin Chen had only gone to the Martial Arts Association for certification yesterday, yet the announcement had come out early this morning. Clearly, the Martial Arts Association had also helped bring it about.
"I don't care who he is, he has to die! Not just him-I want his whole family dead!" the woman suddenly shouted.
"Womanly compassion!" Zhao Wanshi shot her a glance and shouted coldly.
"Zhao Wanshi, he was your son too! He's been killed, and you're not going to avenge him?" The woman looked at Zhao Wanshi, her eyes red.
"Who said I wouldn't avenge him? Do you think my son can die for nothing?" Zhao Wanshi said coldly.
When had the Zhao Family ever suffered a loss like this?
But Qin Chen had only just attracted the attention of the city lord's residence and the Martial Artist Association. Striking now would undoubtedly carry the greatest risk.
He believed the city lord's residence and the Martial Arts Association must already know about Qin Chen's grudge with the Zhao Family. If they killed Qin Chen and it was traced back to them, the Zhao Family would surely be uprooted.
So now was not the best time to strike. They had to wait for an opportunity, one that was foolproof and would leave no evidence.
"Dad, let me handle this?" Zhao Liang volunteered.
"You?" Zhao Wanshi frowned.
Zhao Liang was now a Three-Star Martial Artist, but he was also his only son and the Zhao Family's hope. If anything happened to him, the Zhao Family would truly have no chance to grow stronger in the future and would only fall into gradual decline.
"Don't worry. I won't make a move myself, but I have a way to kill him!" Zhao Liang said confidently.
In the end, Zhao Wanshi nodded. He trusted Zhao Liang to handle things.