Chapter 377 Wolf Cub
On the morning of the second day after Du Heng left, when everyone was still sleeping, two people, one old and one young, arrived at the door of the villa, exhausted. The old one was Li Changgui, and the child next to him was about eight or nine years old, a fat boy. Although his face was washed, his hair was still messy. He was Jia Xiaolong, the son of Jia Ba.
Li Changgui looked at the locked door and was about to call for help when Jia Xiaolong shouted, "Changgui, I'm hungry."
Li Changgui said: "Wait."
"I don't care!" Jia Xiaolong climbed up the gate fence impatiently and jumped into the yard. Although he was fat and young, he was very agile.
Li Changgui had no choice but to jump in as well. Jia Xiaolong yelled at the top of his voice, "Is there anyone alive? I'm hungry!"
Although the people in the house were not as sharp-eyed and sharp-eared as the scouts, they still had their combat alertness. They noticed someone jumping out of the door and most of them came out at once.
Zhang Nianzu saw that there was a child beside Li Changgui, and subconsciously said: "This is——"
Li Changgui nodded and said, "Jia Ba's son." Then he said to Jia Xiaolong, "This is the Zhang Nianzu I told you about. Call him Grandpa."
Jia Xiaolong's focus was not on calling people, and he said, "Changgui, I'm hungry!"
Ah San said, "You little bastard, how dare you call him Changgui or Third Grandpa!"
Li Changgui waved his hand and said, "Go find him something to eat."
Soon someone brought yesterday's leftovers and cold chicken legs. Jia Xiaolong rushed over, grabbed them and started stuffing them into his mouth while sitting on the ground. He didn't even use the bowl and chopsticks, and just started eating with his hands. His cheeks were puffed up. He stared at the people around him and made a whining sound from his throat from time to time, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch the food from him.
Ah San said: "Little wolf cub!"
Zhang Nianzu pulled Li Changgui aside and asked, "Where's his mother?"
"Dead."
Zhang Nianzu was surprised and asked, "What's going on?"
Li Changgui said: "When I finally found them, the child's mother had been dead for several days. She was skin and bones, and the house was full of needles and other things."
Zhang Nianzu asked, "Did he die from taking drugs?"
Li Changgui nodded.
Zhang Nianzu was silent. Jia Ba was a drug lord when he was alive, so he and Jia Xiaolong's mother might have known each other because of this. No wonder he wanted to entrust his son to Zhang Nianzu before he died. It seems that he also knew that the child might not grow up if he stayed with his mother.
Jia Xiaolong quickly finished all the food, wiped his greasy hands on his pants, and walked around the yard casually.
Li Changgui said: "It seems that he has only studied for a few days and does not understand the ways of the world. If he did not have a certain ability to protect himself, he would have died long ago." When Jia Xiaolong looked at people, his eyes were vicious, much like a wounded little animal.
Ah San said, "It's hard for this little bastard to be so fat even though he's in this condition."
Li Changgui said: "I guess it's from eating junk food."
Jia Xiaolong turned to the lawn and saw Li Erhu practicing his martial arts moves. He looked up and said, "Big guy, what are you doing?"
"This is called Bajiquan, do you want to learn it?" Li Erhu had been practicing boxing attentively and did not know Jia Xiaolong's identity. He thought he was a kid from the neighborhood and looked like a kind uncle.
Jia Xiaolong asked: "Can you beat me with this skill?"
Li Erhu laughed and said, "Practicing boxing is not for beating people..."
"That's useless!" Jia Xiaolong said, "How about this, let's have a fight. If you can beat me, I'll learn from you ."
Li Erhu said, "Stop fooling around. Go play somewhere else." But he didn't expect Jia Xiaolong to rush up to him after he finished speaking. He tripped Jia Xiaolong and put his hands on Jia Xiaolong's shoulders, hoping to knock him down and make him give up. Unexpectedly, the fat man was thrown out, but the other party's punch was so fast that it hit him in the lower abdomen. Jia Xiaolong rolled over on the grass and got up. Li Erhu also fell down in pain.
Li Changgui said to Zhang Nianzu: "This child doesn't know his own life experience yet. He just thinks that he is born strong, so he is not afraid of anyone."
Zhang Nianzu pondered for a while and said, "We have to find a home for him, and we can't let him out of our sight."
Li Changgui said, "I asked Ah Si, and he said he could negotiate with the Civil Affairs Bureau in Yunnan in the name of the Public Security Bureau. Jia Xiaolong has no relatives, so he can just go through the adoption procedures."
Zhang Nianzu said: "Let's see who he is willing to follow first."
After learning that he was a clan member, Yang Jie, the Liu brothers and others said that they could take Jia Xiaolong back. Wei Biao said, "I am an old man alone. I will find a brother for Xinliang. After he gets married, the child can still accompany me."
Liu Xinliang said, "You're making it sound like I don't want you anymore."
Wei Biao said, "Just tell me whether you are happy or not?"
Liu Xinliang said: "I have no objection, but he is of the bloodline of the Golden Guards, you have to think it over. If he doesn't listen to you, I won't be able to beat him in two years."
Wei Biao said: "From now on, we will be a Confucian merchant family. Don't always talk about fighting and killing."
Liu Xinliang: “…”
After being punched, Li Erhu guessed that something was fishy. When he looked over and saw everyone coming out, he covered his stomach and asked, "Whose child is this?"
Ah San laughed and said, "You deserve it. If you continue to pretend to be a hermit, you still want to teach the tiger some skills?"
Li Changgui waved and said, "Xiaolong, come here."
Jia Xiaolong still listened to Li Changgui's words. He walked over with his chest puffed out and asked, "What's wrong, Changgui?"
Li Changgui said: "You know your father is dead, right?"
Jia Xiaolong nodded: "You told me."
Li Changgui said: "He is one of our tribesmen, but he is also our enemy."
Jia Xiaolong asked: "Did you kill my father?"
Li Changgui said: "It's hard to explain in a few words. I will tell you slowly later."
Jia Xiaolong was a little confused. He was still a child after all. Now someone suddenly said that his father had so many enemies, and he didn't know what to do.
Li Changgui said: "If you still want revenge after you figure out all the causes and consequences, that's up to you, but now you have to grow up first, so you have to choose one of us to be your guardian."
Liu Erbei shook his hands and said, "What can we do now that I have said this?"
Li Changgui squatted in front of Jia Xiaolong and said, " Our race is called the Strongman Clan. All the men in the Strongman Clan are warriors. The reason you are alive today is because the warriors' blood is working in your veins. Warriors do things in an upright manner, so I will tell you everything. Before you are 14 years old, we only treat you as a child. After that, we will not blame you for being ungrateful if you want to attack us. During this time, you should eat well, sleep well, and learn skills well. Do you understand?"
Jia Xiaolong nodded, not quite understanding.
"Okay, now choose someone and you will live with him from now on."
Everyone looked at Jia Xiaolong with eager eyes. It was an honor no matter what to be able to raise a golden guard.
Li Erhu said: "You can also follow me."
"Tsk, you can't beat me." Jia Xiaolong said to Li Changgui, "I'd better follow you."
Li Changgui said, "I will be gone in two years, so choose another one."
Ah San said, "Come, hang out with Third Uncle. When he's free, he'll take you to chase wild boars." Ah San did this for selfish reasons. Firstly, he could instantly become "Third Uncle". Secondly, he wanted to use the time he spent with Jia Xiaolong to discipline this kid so that he wouldn't dare to rebel again. Only he could do this job.
Unexpectedly, Jia Xiaolong stubbornly grabbed Li Changgui and said, "I'll follow you!"
Li Changgui had no choice but to say to Zhang Nianzu, "Let's do this for now."
