Chapter 143: Beat them up!

Chapter 144: Beat them up!

"Ah—Ah Hao!"

Xia Jin looked at Su Hao who had suddenly appeared, and immediately got up.

"Ah Hao! For the sake of our past relationship, please help us this time—what happened before was my fault, my fault! I'll kowtow to you!"

Before Su Hao could even reply, Xia Jin began to kowtow repeatedly to him.

He kept banging his head against the floor, and soon his forehead was covered in cuts and bleeding profusely.

Su Hao was also somewhat bewildered as he watched this scene, not knowing what Xia Jin was up to.

I had long harbored resentment towards the Xia family because of the matter of clearing up the debts.

Now the other party actually wants him to help solve their problem?

It seems that the Xia family's rice shop has offended the Black Tiger Gang, which is why they are being targeted.

However, just as Su Hao was wondering what Xia Jin was up to, he looked up at the Black Tiger Gang members beside him with a suspicious expression.

He immediately understood what the other person was thinking.

It seems this guy is trying to use his name to make the Black Tiger Gang hesitate to act against him.

As expected, she is as shrewd as ever, and just as annoying!

"Master Hao—look at this—"

At this moment, one of the burly men clasped his hands in a salute to Su Hao again, then glanced at Xia Jin on the ground, unsure of what to do.

After all, Su Hao now is not the blacksmith boy he used to be.

The other party was from Yueshan Boxing Gym, and held a high position within the gym, with a master at the Bone Forging Martial Master level as his backer.

Neither their status nor their position are people that these people can afford to offend.

Moreover, the gang leader had already given them a heads-up beforehand, telling them not to offend Su Hao.

Su Hao looked at Xia Jin, who was still kowtowing on the ground like a dog.

He nodded slightly and said calmly, "What happened?"

Upon hearing Su Hao's question, the burly man who had spoken earlier felt his heart skip a beat. He guessed that Su Hao was going to get involved in this matter today, so he lowered his attitude even further and replied respectfully, "Reporting to Master Hao, we did not know this person was acquainted with you. However, this fellow owes us a considerable amount of money and is also behind on his usual duties, which is why we came to collect the debt. We had no intention of forcibly taking anything from him—"

Upon hearing Su Hao's voice, Xia Jin, who was on the ground, immediately prostrated himself in front of Su Hao, his body trembling.

It seems that his distress call had worked.

This was also beyond his expectations.

You have to understand that he had humiliated Su Hao to the extreme back then, but he never expected that the other party would not hold a grudge against him and would even speak up for him at this time.

However, considering the current situation of the Xia family, if it weren't for Su Hao's intervention, which injured Lin Hong of the Lin family...

Then how could his youngest daughter have been beaten so badly by Lin Hong, kicked out of the house, and become mentally unstable after returning home?

Without the support of the Lin family, Xia Ji Rice Shop's business plummeted. Moreover, without the Lin family as a backer, gangs had long been eyeing him as a lucrative target.

In order to keep his business going and to maintain his livelihood, he did not hesitate to take out high-interest loans from the Black Tiger Gang, thus sustaining his impending bankruptcy.

He persevered for only a short time before his shop was burgled in the middle of the night, leading to bankruptcy. Now, unable to repay the Black Tiger Gang's exorbitant loans, he has ended up in such a miserable state.

And all of this is because of Su Hao, who is standing right in front of us!

If he hadn't harbored resentment towards his past actions, why would he have sought revenge, injured Lin Hong, and told Lin Hong about the annulment of their engagement?

He wanted Lin Hong to know the whole story, and then Lin Hong brought people to his door to force him to admit that he had broken off the engagement.

It's all because of this damn guy!

Although Xia Jin was still kowtowing to Su Hao, his deep gaze was now filled with resentment and malice.

Given time—if the opportunity arises, we must make the other side pay the heaviest price!

"Um!"

However, at this moment, Su Hao had no idea what Xia Tian was thinking. He simply nodded slightly after hearing the Black Tiger Gang's explanation.

At this moment, Xia Jin also raised his head slightly and watched Su Hao reach out and take out the money bag. The tension in his heart completely relaxed!

It seems the other party intends to help them settle their accounts.

The more the other party acted this way, the more resentful Xia Jin became!

Thinking that his current predicament was all thanks to Su Hao, he realized that if it weren't for Su Hao, he would still be a rice shop owner, living a life of comfort and having more money than he could ever want.

But now—everything has vanished, and his years of hard work have gone to waste!

"If that's the case—how much does he owe you?"

Su Hao said calmly.

"Reporting to Master Hao, they owe us a total of forty taels of silver—"

One of the Black Tiger Gang members spoke respectfully again.

He felt a sense of helplessness, never expecting that Xia Jin had any connection with Su Hao.

It seems the other party is determined to control this matter today. If that's the case, then their plan to take over the rice shop will be difficult!

However, there was nothing they could do. Now that Su Hao had spoken, they naturally dared not object.

"Forty taels—" Su Hao nodded slightly, then put the money pouch he had taken out back into his pocket, and finally took out a ten-tael silver ingot and tossed it to the burly man.

The burly man was stunned for a moment when he saw this.

The agreed-upon amount was forty taels, but the other party only gave ten taels of silver?

But he dared not act rashly and had no choice but to accept the money, looking troubled.

"Master Hao—this is a bit against the rules—"

The burly man gave a wry smile and said cautiously.

"What's wrong with the rules?"

Su Hao smiled faintly, "This ten taels of silver is the fee I paid you for your help. From now on, you can handle things yourselves!"

"ah!?"

Upon hearing Su Hao's words, all the members of the Black Tiger Gang present were stunned, their expressions freezing.

Xia Jin, who had thought he had escaped a disaster, suddenly understood the meaning of Su Hao's words and was completely stunned, his mouth agape like a fool.

"Su Hao! You!!"

Xia Jin realized what was happening and was about to get up and curse, but he was quickly kicked over and rolled into the corner of the snow-covered wall.

"Aren't you going to start yet!?"

Su Hao brushed the snow off his feet and said coldly to the Black Tiger Gang members.

"Oh, oh, oh—hurry up and get to work! Give him a good beating!!"

Upon hearing this, the burly man's astonishment instantly turned into ecstatic joy.

Then he called on the people around him to swarm forward and punch and kick Xia Jin, who was cowering in the corner.

Seeing that the screams from the corner were getting quieter, Su Hao turned around calmly and prepared to leave.

His gaze shifted to the summer rice shop next door, where the shelves, which were usually piled high with rice and noodles, were now completely empty.

At this moment, at the main entrance, a woman with a thin face, unfocused eyes, and a somewhat dazed appearance was sitting blankly on the threshold, seemingly oblivious to everything around her.

And this person was none other than Xia Yingying.