Chapter 7 – Zhu Mingyu

Translated by: FourTimesTwo
Edited by: FourTimesTwo
TCLed by: FourTimesTwo

Seventh and might be the last chapter of the week! I’ll try to post another one if possible though.

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Shi Dashan was in an extremely bad mood.

He deliberately raised such a high demand, wanting to flare-up by using the problem as an excuse. However, each time he prepared to do so, Lin Hao would respond in a neither hot nor cold manner, causing him to lose the mood to flare-up altogether. Though he clearly achieved his aims, he didn’t feel happy at all.

Similar to a punch which landed on cotton, he felt he had expended his strength for nothing.

Hmph!

I will let you live for another two days!

As he moved toward the outside of Lin Family’s courtyard, his sight became colder.

“Wait, leave that burlap sack behind.”

At this time, Lin Hao’s voice came from behind.

Hearing this, Shi Dashan sneered. His hand which was gripping the burlap sack became tighter, evidently he didn’t want to hand it over.

Though a sack of provisions isn’t much, but it’s enough to eat extravagantly for a few meals. It’s already in his hands, yet the wastrel wants it back. He must have been buried for too long that his brain has been damaged from the burial to daydream under broad daylight.

When he was thinking this, even wanting to laugh for a bit, just when he was about to turn around and mock him, an ice-cold hand grabbed the back of his hand.

“You!”

Shi Dashan’s complexion sank. This wastrel actually dared to touch him!

Turning around, just when he was about to flare-up, his complexion suddenly flushed. A tearing pain came from the back of his hand, which made him couldn’t help but groaned, causing him to loosen his hand afterward.

At this time, Lin Hao released his hand and grabbed the burlap sack, slightly smiled.

“Many thanks.”

Retreating two steps while lifting the burlap sack, he clasped his hands facing Shi Dashan and went back to the stone house.

Shi Dashan’s expression remained ice-cold while gazing at him coldly with a flushed complexion as if wanting to swallow him. But he didn’t take action eventually. Only until Lin Hao had entered the stone house, he let out a snort. He swept his sight around in all four directions, seeing there weren’t many people left in the vicinity, he turned around and left.

The fatty took another look at Shi Dashan before entering the stone house in haste.

“Second Uncle, you can’t go mining!” He chased after him hastily.

“Why?” Lin Hao stared blankly.

He had known earlier that things weren’t so simple but he didn’t understand what the point was. Couldn’t it be that they wanted to starve him to dead?

The fatty’s face flushed out of worry, “The iron mine has collapsed a few times, crushing quite a lot of people. That’s why not many people dared to go there. The village’s demands are so high this time. Something dangerous will definitely happen!”

Having just came back from the gates of h.e.l.l, he didn’t want his Second Uncle to go to such a dangerous place.

Generally, even if Second Uncle goes there to work, he will receive extra provisions as compensation. Yet, not only he didn’t receive any compensation, even his provisions are deducted by this much. And they still asked him to work for them. This is simply madness.

So it’s like this.

Lin Hao, who suddenly came to a realization, nodded.

No wonder they forced him to work. Now that he thought of it, be it forging or mining, none of them should be up to any good.

Indeed, if he encountered mining accident during mining, he could only blame his luck and n.o.body could say a thing of it. It happened to satisfy the desire of those people as well.

“It’s alright. I have been staying in the cave for so long that I have my own way to deal with rocks. Otherwise, I can’t get out either.”

After some thoughts, Lin Hao comforted the fatty eventually.

With his temperament, he wouldn’t explain it at first. But seeing how the fatty cared for him, if he didn’t give him an explanation, it didn’t seem quite right indeed.

Contrary to his expectations, the fatty became even more worried instead.

What kind of joke is this? Can you compare rock and iron? If it’s rock, one fist is enough to crumble it. But we’re talking about iron here!

It wasn’t something to joke about if the iron mine collapsed. An iron half the height of a human was at least thousand pounds in weight. Even hunting squad warriors who hadn’t reached the small success of Fighter Blood stage would be in danger if they were smashed by it. They might even suffer serious injury because of it.

“Rest a.s.sured.” Lin Hao laughed.

“I can’t!”

The fatty became impatient and continued, “If it isn’t just thousand pounds each day, I’ll dig it. Even if there’s mining accident, I can still hold it for a while. Second Uncle, you should just relax and stay at home. I’d like to see who dares to ask you to work. At worst, we will take out clan rules!”

“Don’t be willful!”

Lin Hao’s complexion sank. He was serious this time.

The fatty had good intentions but now wasn’t the time to fall out with those people.

Those hunting squad warriors weren’t people that could be easily dealt with. He had probed out Shi Dashan earlier by pressing on the crack on his hand. Though he used all his strength, he only left behind a red mark.

It had to be known that his strength was far much greater than when he first woke up. At that time, he could already break apart the cave. Though he might not be able to break apart the iron mine, his strength wasn’t something an ordinary person could withstand. Yet, Shi Dashan actually managed to withstand it with just a groan.

Moreover, those people behind the scene couldn’t possibly be only Shi Dashan alone.

Putting it nicely, Lin Family was Lin Clan. But in fact, there were only him and the fatty left. Other than this stone house, they couldn’t even be counted as a pseudo-clan. He hadn’t clearly grasped the circ.u.mstances yet. If the truth were to be revealed, it was impossible for him to be their match……

The fatty only snorted, obviously was unwilling to accept it.

The next day.

Lin Hao packed his bundle, changed into new beast skin clothes and rushed to the mine according to the map on the bronze medal.

It was just that he was subjected to all kind of gazes during the journey, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Instead of saying that he was going to work, it was better to say that he was a new official, who just took office, who was going to oversee the workplace. There were even some of the gazes that he felt difficult to bear.

The fatty was unable to disobey him in the end and could only let him go. Though, it was unknown where did he find a top quality ferret skin and asked him to wear it, unwilling to concede no matter what.

It was said that it was something left behind by that Tribe Elder ancestor of his which could hold off for quite a while even if a mining accident occurred. As long as he wasn’t crushed to death directly, the fatty would surely dig him out.

Hearing this, he felt a warm feeling in his heart. He even had the urge to stream his cheeks with tears……

“He really isn’t dead yet.”

Just when Lin Hao pa.s.sed a certain alley, inside a s.p.a.cious red carriage quite a distance away from the stone house, a youth in silver leather armor gazed at Lin Hao through the window.

The youth had an aura of elegance, carrying along a sword which was leaning inside the carriage. His expression, however, was an ice-cold one.

“He actually dared to warn me to not lay my ideas on Nie Li.”

“Actually, Childe doesn’t need to act this way. He is merely but a worm that can’t see the reality clearly. After all, Childe is someone destined to do big things. Why bother arguing with this kind of people. Seeing him acting this way, he must think that mining is something impressive.” An elderly who sat beside the youth said respectfully.

“Do you really think I’m bothering him for this kind of thing?” Zhu Mingyu squinted at the elderly.

“What Childe meant is…” The elderly stared blankly.

At this time, Zhu Mingyu put down the carriage’s curtain, “Shi Tong, return!”

“Alright, jia1!”

The groom who sat in front of the carriage immediately brandished his horsewhip.

1 驾, a syllable usually used to command a horse to move (at least in China).