Chapter 34
"Sir, sir...Ulvis...he is dead." Mia cried.
"Oh, really?" Bai Le jumped over, squatted down and looked at Ulves who was placed on the ground, then said nonchalantly: "He's really dead...so what? Why are you crying?"
Mia sobbed, "Why are you like this...Ulvis...Uncle is our partner."
"Partner?" Bai Le looked back at the expressionless Rong Yuan, then at Mia, and said with a smile: "Girl, is this your first day on Prison Star? It's normal for a few people to die in this place! Not only should you be aware that you may die in the next second, but you must also be prepared that the people around you may disappear at any time. Otherwise, you will not survive. But~ if someone is willing to protect you, it doesn't matter how naive you are." There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone when he said the latter part.
Mia was stunned.
This wasn't the first time someone had said this to her. But was it that she hadn't yet learned how to live on Prison Star, or... was she really wrong?
Mia couldn't help but look at Rong Yuan for help, but Rong Yuan didn't look at her.
Rong Yuan looked down at Ulves. Among the people who came to the central city together, he was the only one with the clearest purpose, and he never wanted to use Rong Yuan's prestige or strength to achieve his own goals. When he wanted to follow Rong Yuan, he just said that he wanted to go to the central city to find his daughter, and after arriving in the city, he left without hesitation.
"Go and find out what's going on. And..." Rong Yuan said, "He has a daughter. Find her."
"Are you talking to me?" Bai Le tilted his neck and said rudely, "Beg me, beg me, beg me and I'll help you!"
The tough guy A glanced sideways, and his eyes clearly said: Captain, do you want to die?
Rong Yuan glanced at Bai Le calmly.
Bai Le shuddered, shrank his neck, bowed his head and confessed: "I'm sorry, I was wrong." Then he said to the tough guy A beside him: "Didn't you hear me, Germain? Go and do what my boss said!"
The tough guy Germain rolled his eyes, agreed helplessly, and turned to do it.
Bai Le tilted his head, saw Kadi, and suddenly asked, "Hey, why are you with them?"
"Ms. Mia and Ms. Zhihuo are here to shop, and I'm following them to protect them," Kadi said.
Bai Le squinted his eyes and asked, "Who asked you to protect them?"
"Ah?" Kadi was stunned, not knowing how to answer. Was he going to say: [I discussed it with Germain and reported it to you, and you didn't say anything.]
He couldn't do such a thing as slapping his boss in the face in front of so many people.
——What else can I do? I can only take the blame!
Kadi lowered his head, his face full of remorse, exactly the same as Bai Le's before.
Bai Le scolded him angrily, "I was wondering why I couldn't find you guys because there were so many things going on these past two days. It turns out you were just accompanying the little girl shopping. Is this what you should do? Are you in a hurry to find a wife? You are so useless! You are playing the role of a flower protector! If you want to vent, go to the flower street! There are at least 80 flower streets in the central city, even if there are not 100 of them. Aren't they enough for you to spend your time? Are you still a man?"
"I'm sorry, Captain. I was wrong." Kadi hastily admitted his mistake. If he continued to talk, it would be endless. As the third in command of the Howling Knights... and working hard to become the second in command, he still had to save face.
"Humph, it's good that you know you're wrong." Bai Le said, "Come on, two people, throw the body into the animal pen!"
"No!" Mia screamed, "Can't you bury him properly?"
Bai Le raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you going?"
Mia was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go if I want, but you are not allowed to touch him!" She bent down, hugged Ulves' shoulders tightly, and tried her best to lift his upper body, but she couldn't lift it up, and tears fell from her eyes.
Bai Le looked at her coldly and suddenly said, "Don't you understand? When he was alive, he was the uncle you knew, but when he died, he was just a pile of meat and bones, no different from any other corpse."
Mia ignored him, crying and struggling with herself. Seeing this, Zhihuo sighed and stepped forward to help her lift Ulves' feet. After the two girls carried the body for a few steps panting, Okoto came out from somewhere and carried the body without saying a word. Mia and the others hurriedly followed behind.
The three of them walked for a long time, one in front and two behind. This time, the bodyguards did not catch up. Mia kept crying, and Zhihuo scolded her angrily, "Stop crying, okay? How come I didn't know that you had such a good relationship with this old man?"
Mia wiped her tears and cried, "Doesn't he care about us anymore? Doesn't he care about us anymore?"
Zhihuo was silent. This was also the reason why she was so annoyed now - when Bai Le suddenly lost his temper and made indirect accusations, Rong Yuan had already turned and left, but he was not far away and must have heard everything, but his footsteps did not hesitate at all.
Although she had long known that they were not that important to Rong Yuan, she still... always had a glimmer of fantasy, thinking that Rong Yuan might treat her a little differently, but the reality made her feel cold all over.
Sympathy for one's own kind, that's why she helped Mia at that time . But... Zhihuo also keenly noticed that when they found out that Rong Yuan didn't think much of them, the expressions of their former bodyguards around them became very subtle.
If...if they lost Rong Yuan's tacit approval and favor, what should they do in this central city?
"I joined the Howling Knights." Okoto, who had been walking in front, suddenly spoke.
"What?" Zhihuo didn't hear clearly.
"Two days ago, I applied to join the Knights while they were still unaware of our relationship with Mr. Rong." Okoto deliberately added a relaxed and steady tone to his voice, saying, "They happened to be short of manpower and didn't want to add anyone casually, so I passed smoothly. Now I'm in charge of a street, and I'm considered a leader. So..." He paused, coughed dryly, and said, "If you don't want to live in the small building anymore, you can come to my place and help with the accounts or something, that would be great. Oh, of course, Mia can come if she wants, and you can stay as long as you want until your grandfather comes to find you."
It was absolutely impossible for them not to live in the small building. As long as Rong Yuan did not give the order, even Okoto would have to stay there. No matter what Rong Yuan's true attitude was, as long as they were still in and out of the small building, there were countless invisible benefits.
So what Okoto gave them was a way to stay or go back if Bai Le's evil rage had not yet been vented and he drove them out of the small building. Although it was not known whether Okoto would still be able to hold his current position at that time, it was at least a way out. Zhihuo understood this, and so did Mia.
On the overpass, Kadi saw that Bai Le still had a gloomy face, so he cautiously advised: "Captain, are you still angry? You've scolded everyone away."
"Whether they leave or not is none of my business!" Bai Le sneered, and then said in a low voice: "Kadi, go back and bring some people with you to pick up all the strongholds of Baihua on Rose Street and Tulip Street for me!"
"But, the old commander said..."
"Let me ask you, are you angry when Han Yue, that demon, is causing trouble for you? When someone is in your hands, he delays and kills him. Can you still endure it?"
Kadi's eyebrows jumped, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I..."
"I don't care what the old man said about stability being the most important thing. Why has he never admitted defeat in his life, but now that our Howling has become the strongest, he has to swallow his anger?" Bai Le's murderous aura almost burst out of his brows. He said, "Go ahead and do it. I will take care of the consequences! If the old man wants to punish him, let him find me! I want everyone to understand that anyone who dares to mess with my Howling will pay the price, no matter who it is!"
"I understand." Kadi responded readily, with a hint of excitement in his eyes. It was obvious that he also wanted to do this. Then he said worriedly, "What about Germain's investigation..."
"Well~" Bai Le said gloatingly, "If he finds out anything wrong, Rong Yuan will go looking for trouble with them. By then, it will definitely not be a matter of one or two streets. That guy might kill people and cause a river of blood!"
"So...what if there's no problem?" Kadi asked again, "After all, we all know that the Hundred Flowers Festival is the place in Central City that pays the most attention to rules."
Bai Le paused for a moment and cursed, "Bah! You're talking about something else!" Without waiting for Kadi to speak, he looked around and asked, "Where is that boss?"
"Why, you just scolded Miss Mia and the others, and you want to provoke him again?" Kadi asked cautiously: "Even if Mr. Rong doesn't bother with you once or twice, what if he gets angry this time?"
"Hey, am I the kind of person who looks for trouble? I have something serious to discuss with him!" Bai Le said sternly.
Although Kadi's eyes showed "You are that kind of person", he still pointed him in the direction and watched Bai Le chasing after him in two steps at a time, with a dozen people following behind to protect him. He sighed with worry - although Bai Le looked very serious when he was serious, he was still not serious most of the time. He didn't know if he could hold on to this big business after the old leader left in the future.
Rong Yuan didn't walk fast, and Bai Le soon caught up with him. He pushed Qiao Fei, who was like a shadow, to the side so that he couldn't hear their conversation. Then he walked in front of Rong Yuan, walked backwards and looked at him with his head tilted.
With such a glaring person standing in front of him, Rong Yuan couldn't ignore him even if he didn't want to pay attention to him. He sighed and said, "What's wrong?"
"Boss Rong," Bai Le said with a rare serious expression, "What has happened to you in these years?"
"……Um?"
"If you were the old you, you would have taken action if you heard me say that! Today you just looked at me. Isn't that very abnormal?" Bai Le said reasonably.
"Are you disappointed that I didn't beat you?" Rong Yuan asked.
"Hey, don't make me sound like a masochist!" Bai Le protested, "I mean, you've really changed a lot."
"It's been more than 90 years, and everyone will change." Rong Yuan said.
"But your temper has improved," Bai Le stared at Rong Yuan and said, "but it makes me feel even less human."
Rong Yuan paused, finally looked at him, and said nothing.
Bai Le's heart suddenly shuddered, and he watched Rong Yuan walk past him with his whole body stiff.
He suddenly remembered the first time he saw Rong Yuan more than a hundred years ago.
The man was sitting on the windowsill reading a book. The warm wind was blowing and the sun was shining on his hands and shoulders. He felt comfortable and peaceful, as if the place where he was was an independent world.
Balabi put his arm around Bai Le's shoulders and shouted, "Captain!"
The voice broke the silence. He turned his head, raised his light brown eyes and glanced at him indifferently. Bai Le suddenly became so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. He held his breath and widened his eyes, like a little mouse waiting for judgment.
Then Rong Yuan smiled, a very light smile, with a clear and insightful understanding of everything. There was a kind of transparent purity in his eyes, and a bit of naughty cunning.
Just now, he saw a desolate look in Rong Yuan's eyes.
