Chapter 1070 - 1066: Qian Family Young Master

One has to admit, sometimes a woman's intuition is so keen. With just a slight frown from Xiao Tian, Adison Claire managed to guess so much, truly terrifying!

After the initial surprise, Xiao Tian was about to speak when he saw the half-closed door pushed open once again, stopping whatever he wanted to say.

"Sorry! Sorry!" The voice reached everyone before the person appeared, yet it sounded insincere, even a bit gloating, which made everyone indignant!

This voice, however, felt familiar to Xiao Tian, as if he had heard it somewhere before...

As the voice settled, about seven or eight people filed in. The man at the front looked young, with a square face, straight nose, and a typical bureaucratic appearance.

"Qian Gaochang?"

Upon seeing the person leading them, Xiao Tian blurted out.

"You know him?" Adison Claire asked in surprise, then noticed Xiao Tian's unpleasant expression. She buried her questions in her heart but also felt a growing sense of unease.

Huaxia, to her, was undoubtedly a vast and unfamiliar land. Although Xiao Tian was by her side, she still couldn't shake off that inner anxiety.

This unease stemmed from a lack of self-preservation ability, making her feel like a sheep entering a wolf pack, at risk of being completely devoured at any moment, with no means of resistance!

After calling out the leader's name, Xiao Tian's eyes narrowed as he became almost certain that Qian Gaochang came specifically for him.

Their enmity could be said to be inherited from their families. Xiao Tian's father, Zhong Aiguo, and Qian Gaochang's father had remained adversaries for many years, undermining each other both openly and covertly, though never openly tearing off the mask.

Until one time when Xiao Tian returned home to visit his family, and upon rejoining his unit, he found his subordinates all bruised and battered, with several even bedridden, having lost the ability to take care of themselves.

Xiao Tian was furious at the time and upon inquiry, he found out that after he left, they were arranged to conduct a counter-exercise.

From the start of the exercise, the person temporarily replacing Xiao Tian noticed something was off, as the disparity between the two sides was extreme, with a numerical ratio as skewed as 1 to 23, and the difference in weapons was even more stark.

Xiao Tian's team was equipped with nothing but pistols, along with some fairly useless small tools.

If it were a jungle confrontation, that would be one thing, but it happened to be in an open field overgrown with weeds. In such terrain, with such equipment, they were sitting ducks, bound to be riddled with bullets at the slightest movement.

And because there were so many on the other side, staying put wasn't an option either. If the other side walked hand in hand across, they would eventually be discovered. It was a completely unequal confrontation!

At that time, the new leader immediately protested, but received nothing but sarcasm and ridicule in return...

"Aren't you guys supposed to be so great?"

"Still claiming to be the top team, but being so cowardly, you might as well go home and raise kids!"

"I've always heard how great Xiao Tian's team is, but today I see it's just an empty title. I guess when the soldiers are cowardly, the leader isn't any better..."

Hearing this, the team members were instantly furious!

They had held back earlier, but hearing such insults towards Xiao Tian was unbearable.

The acting leader immediately decided to accept this unequal exercise.

From that moment on, they were entirely caught in the opponent's trap...

The outcome was a complete defeat, no surprises there, considering the disadvantageous conditions. Winning would have been nothing short of a miracle, so losing was normal.

However, during the exercise, even after being marked as "dead" by the sensors, Xiao Tian's team found that the opponent continued attacking as if venting anger, refusing to cease fire!

For any soldier, this is an unbearable insult. Someone immediately stormed over to question them, and the situation quickly escalated into physical conflict...

At this point, the acting leader realized they had been thoroughly set up, and decisively declared defeat, handing over the victory... In fact, there was no other choice; they had lost over half their fighting power and couldn't even organize a valid attack. What's the point of continuing?

But before he could admit defeat, he saw their opponents rushing at them frantically, and suddenly the air was filled with the sounds of fighting and screams of pain, plunging the scene into chaos.

Now the team members were outnumbered, almost overwhelmed by the dozen attacking them, making any resistance difficult.

...

At this, the temporary leader suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing with a fiery light, declaring with authority solemnly: "But I can assure you, none of our team members surrendered. Up until we were called off by higher-ups, not a single one of us uttered a word of surrender!"

Xiao Tian patted the acting leader's shoulder in comfort, a dangerous glint flashing in his eyes, "It's not your fault, since you all stood your ground. I promise here, the pain you suffered, I will return it a hundredfold to that behind-the-scenes schemer!"

Xiao Tian indeed kept his word, as the very next evening after rejoining the team, he found out that the one orchestrating all this was none other than the Qian family's young master, Qian Gaochang, long at odds with his family.

The moment he got the news, Xiao Tian took his team to find Qian Gaochang. Ignoring Qian's panic-stricken pleas, they beat him severely, leaving him mortally wounded.

If not for a squad of experts intervening to stop him at all costs, no one would doubt that Xiao Tian would have beaten Qian Gaochang to death!

This incident earned Xiao Tian notoriety, marking his first major disciplinary action.

The impact of this matter was far from just Xiao Tian being disciplined. With Qian Gaochang nearly beaten to death, the Qian family would not take it lying down, immediately accusing Xiao Tian of vile conduct, demanding severe punishment according to regulations!

As they say, when you hit the young ones, the old ones will come. The Qian family, enraged, but the Zhong Family behind Xiao Tian was no pushover, especially with Xiao Tian's mother Xiao Nianqing backed by the powerful Xiao Family. Though the Qian family was mighty, they could not withstand the combined forces of Zhong and Xiao families!

After all, Xiao Tian was the one involved, and Elder Xiao would naturally protect his grandson. If not for his family restraining him, he might have personally stepped forward.

At this point, it naturally came down to who had the justification to stand firm.