187: Liu Qing Returns

That Bastard takes the benefits from the Li family, and besides eating, he sleeps every day, and I still have to fawn over him like a pug.

Just thinking about it makes me want to die!

"Damn it! If I had known, I should have gone to City 39 back then. With my talent, I might have become a Great Martial Saint by now!"

Li Jie regretted it so much that his intestines turned green, completely forgetting how he had not believed in City 39 and Liu Jiangyi back then.

He merely attributed all of this to his bad luck.

...

Ever since Master Ma returned, Li Jie's mood had not been good for a single day.

After sending off the middle-aged man, Li Jie went straight to a club to drink his sorrows away, only stumbling back to the City Lord's Mansion late at night.

In the bedroom.

A meticulously made-up young girl quickly came to greet him.

This person was Lu Yue, Liu Qing's former wife and the Young Miss of the Lu family.

Smelling the stench of alcohol and perfume mixed on Li Jie, Lu Yue's stomach churned.

But she dared not show it.

They had agreed that after jointly destroying the Liu family, the Li and Lu families would divide the Liu family's assets equally and rule City 10 together. What was the result?

The Li family, relying on its power, preemptively swallowed up the Liu family, leaving only scraps for the Lu family and suppressing them at every turn.

What was even more terrifying was that Li Jie gradually exposed his true nature.

Eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling were all minor matters.

Sometimes, he would even bring Young Misses home to stay overnight.

The most disgusting thing was.

That Bastard, Li Jie, even demanded that she and those Young Misses sleep with him!

This pervert also had even more depraved habits.

He specifically sought out beggars to humiliate her, then silenced them afterward.

Lu Yue had long regretted her choices, but in front of Li Jie, she could only choose to swallow her anger.

However, even now, Li Jie hadn't given her a formal title.

This made her the laughingstock of everyone in City 10.

Even in this chaotic society, for the Young Miss of the dignified Lu family to cohabit with someone unmarried was enough to make people laugh their heads off.

Li Jie often used Liu Qing to humiliate her, saying things like, "You actually married trash like Liu Qing back then, you must have been blind!"

Yet, what was ironic was.

Wasn't it he who had told her to pretend to marry Liu Qing in the first place?

She and Liu Qing had never done anything.

Her first time was clearly forcefully taken by this beast!

Recalling the handsome, upright Liu Qing who had doted on her, Lu Yue had several times thought of ending her own life.

She hated herself for being blind, for betraying the Liu Qing who loved her deeply for a scoundrel like Li Jie.

How gentle Liu Qing was back then.

Even after marriage, she always used the excuse of being unwell to avoid intimacy, yet Liu Qing never complained, his eyes always full of love, and he never flirted with other women.

Lu Yue... you truly are a monumental fool!

Looking at the blue and purple bruises on her body, her heart was twisted with pain.

But since things had come to this, she could only grit her teeth and bear it.

She could only convince herself through constant self-deception.

At least... Li Jie was the future Lord of City 10.

As long as she endured until the day of their official marriage, everything would be worth it...

"Don't sleep, I have something to tell you." Lu Yue suppressed her nausea and pushed Li Jie.

"Get lost!"

*Slap!*

Li Jie raised his hand and delivered a harsh slap, "Stop bothering me, damn it!"

Lu Yue covered her face and sobbed, "Today, the servants said someone was sweeping graves at the Liu family's mass burial ground..."

"What!?"

Li Jie sat up abruptly, his drunkenness instantly sobering by more than half. "There's still someone in City 10 who isn't afraid of death and dares to visit the Liu family's graves?"

"Go investigate for me!"

"Find out who it is, and I'll wipe out their entire family!"

"Yes..." Lu Yue cried and ran out.

Not long after, Lu Yue rushed back, her face devoid of color.

"Something... something big has happened!"

"Damn it! Speak clearly!" Li Jie roared.

Lu Yue ignored the threat, trembling all over. "Liu Qing... Liu Qing isn't dead! He... he's back!"

"People outside are saying the person sweeping the graves was Liu Qing himself!"

"It's over... he must be here for revenge... we're finished!"

Lu Yue did regret choosing the wrong person.

She was filled with guilt towards Liu Qing.

But she also knew that some mistakes could never be remedied.

If Liu Qing didn't die... she would!

In an instant, all guilt vanished into thin air.

She now only wanted Liu Qing to die!

"Liu Qing!?"

Li Jie was struck by lightning, his drunkenness instantly dissipating.

He stood frozen in place, staring intently at the door.

On his face, it was impossible to distinguish between ecstasy and fear.

However, the next moment!

Li Jie's eyes suddenly erupted with bloodthirsty excitement, and his mouth twisted into a sinister arc.

"Good! Very good! That trash Liu Qing dares to come back to die?"

"Last time he luckily escaped, this time I'll make him wish he were dead, wish he could die!"

In stark contrast to Li Jie's arrogance, Lu Yue's face was ashen, and her fingers unconsciously twisted the corner of her clothes.

"But... but he went to City 39! What if... what if he really made it to Spirit Mountain, even if he was driven down, he's definitely not someone we can..."

Before she could finish, a loud slap sent her sprawling to the ground.

"What the hell are you talking about!" Li Jie's face was contorted, spittle flying. "What is Liu Qing? Nothing but a stray dog under my command!"

He grabbed Lu Yue's hair, forcing her to look up. "Spirit Mountain is a place this trash can go? He probably died on the mountain path before even touching the gate!"

Blood seeped from the corner of Lu Yue's mouth, but she dared not wipe it away.

She knew Li Jie's brutality all too well.

"But... what if he really was lucky enough to reach Spirit Mountain..." she stamblingly squeezed out a few words.

Li Jie suddenly smiled eerily.

He gently stroked Lu Yue's swollen cheek, but the next second he violently pressed her onto the bed.

"Bitch! Dare to boost others' morale and diminish my prestige?"

Accompanied by the sound of tearing fabric, he grinned savagely as he bit her pale shoulder.

Blood trickled down Lu Yue's collarbone, but she bit her lip tightly.

At this moment, she actually blamed all the mistakes on Liu Qing.

"Bastard! Why aren't you dead, why!!!"

...

At dawn, Liu Qing walked out of the Liu family ruins, treading on the morning dew.

"Young Master Liu...?"

An early-rising vendor was so startled that he dropped his load, and fruits rolled all over the ground.

The news spread like wildfire.

Ragged beggars, women carrying vegetable baskets, white-haired old men...

The crowd spontaneously gathered into a silent river, following the figure in the green robe.

"Young Master Liu, please leave quickly!" The old blacksmith, who had once received kindness from the Liu family, suddenly knelt, his forehead hitting the bluestone slab heavily. "Young Master Li is now a Great Grandmaster expert."

"The other members of the Liu family are also not what they used to be. If they find you, you'll be dead for sure!"

Liu Qing stopped, his fingertips gently tracing a sword mark on the broken wall - one he had accidentally left when he was ten years old.

Sunlight passed through his slender fingers, casting flickering shadows on the mottled wall.

"I appreciate everyone's good intentions, but some things cannot be left unsettled, and some grudges cannot go unavenged."

Liu Qing turned and bowed deeply to the dense crowd, his eyes firm.

Some matters, after all, needed to be resolved.