Chapter 1269 - 1269: Rookie Seeking Praise

Ten minutes later.

After listening to the rich kids' story, Hua Ling fought the urge to burst out laughing, frowned, and said, "I'm going to be very responsible and tell you right now: you've been scammed.

The time we notified you to come to the hotel was 'at the hotel', not 'at eight o'clock'.

And we have strict discipline. There is no way we'd ask you for any personal property. Recruitment has never been done this way."

As expected, her words instantly caused an uproar. The conference room exploded on the spot!

Hua Ling pressed down all the noise and said, "I'll report this truthfully and chase it to the end.

But your act of bribery will also be fully investigated!"

...

Driving the container truck loaded with the treasure he'd gotten off those rich kids, Xiao Feng headed straight for the expressway.

The Kyoto matter was now settled; staying any longer was meaningless.

And as for wrapping things up, that was Ma Yuliang's job.

Thinking of this, Xiao Feng felt completely at ease.

Behavior like stirring things up and not taking responsibility is certainly not something to be praised, but that sense of smug satisfaction is definitely real.

Xiao Feng even wanted to roll down the window and belt out the Song of Juyou Town that he'd personally composed.

"If everything's going as expected, Ma Yuliang should've gotten the call by now…"

Xiao Feng muttered to himself, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

In fact, the stuff in the truck was secondary to him.

Making those rich kids swallow this dumb loss wasn't the point; the point was to saddle them with the trouble of 'having bribed the Demon Suppression Action Team'.

That way, the families behind these rich kids would definitely pull their attention back from Jiangcheng for a while.

Of course, that's the ideal scenario. Whether it works or not depends on how much effort Ma Yuliang is willing to put in…

Nearly three hours later, the container truck finally rolled into Jiangcheng.

Xiao Feng headed straight for Jinyue Garden, planning to move everything into his own basement first.

However, just as he drove in, out of the corner of his eye he caught a familiar figure sitting in a black sedan next to him…

"Du Zhixiang?"

Xiao Feng froze for a moment, unsure if he'd really seen correctly.

He thought about it: if Du Zhixiang had come looking for him, the little girl should've called him long ago.

From that angle, the odds that he'd misseen were pretty high.

But whatever. He was already at his doorstep; whether it was Du Zhixiang or not, he'd know once he asked.

He drove up to the gate and rang the doorbell.

The little girl, who'd been squatting in front of Little Fragrant Pearl Castle, slowly walked to the door, full of vigilance, and said, "You are?"

"Delivery?"

"Got the wrong place, haven't you?"

"Nope, this is the right address."

"But none of us ordered anything. Who sent you?"

Xiao Feng's eyes flicked. Wanting to take the chance to test his family's ability to react, he replied, "A gentleman named Xiao Feng asked me to deliver this."

"Brother Xiao Feng?" The little girl narrowed her eyes. "Wait here, I'm going to get the key."

And so, three minutes later, Xiao Feng was surrounded by a ring of familiar faces.

Xue Nuofu, eighteen Martial Monks, Aspergillus oryzae, Iron Baby—every single one of them was there.

The little girl led Du Qingyue and the others to the door and said, "Drop the act. Who sent you?

What's in the truck?

Spit it all out honestly and you'll suffer less physical pain!"

Xiao Feng shook his head, laughing, and cooperated. "How'd you spot the flaw?"

"That's none of your business. You only have the right to answer questions, not ask them."

Since he'd been found out, Xiao Feng simply laid his cards on the table. "Fine, I just got back from Kyoto. Let me move the stuff inside and put it away. Open up."

"Just back from Kyoto?" The little girl's eyes went wide. "You…"

"I'm Xiao Feng."

"Pfft!" The little girl cursed outright. "You think these big eyes of mine are just for show?

My Brother Xiao Feng is at home right now. And you spin a lie like that? Tsk tsk… didn't even use your brain."

"I really am Xiao Feng." Xiao Feng wanted to rip off his mask, but since they were outside, he had to prove himself another way.

That was easy enough—just say a few secrets and his identity would naturally be clear.

Very soon, everyone walked into the villa. In the living room, Xiao Feng tore off his mask—and then froze.

On the sofa there was actually lying…

"My dad just got here," Du Qingyue said.

Xiao Feng stared, stunned. "Hold on, when I was coming in just now, I think I saw him…"

Before he could finish, Lu Yao explained, "The person you saw was probably Old Ha."

"Old Ha?" Xiao Feng glanced back and saw that Old Ha was indeed nowhere to be found.

He looked again at Du Zhixiang on the sofa and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Someone explain."

"Me, me, me!" The little girl raised her hand immediately and laid out the plan in detail.

According to her, the main idea had been Du Qingyue's.

Du Qingyue's thinking was to find someone to disguise themselves as Du Zhixiang and see what kind of shady tricks the Bai Family was brewing.

Originally, Du Qingyue wanted to go herself. After all, she knew Du Zhixiang better than anyone; it'd be easier for her to imitate him than anyone else.

But her height, voice, and other hard limitations were too much, so she had no choice but to pick Old Ha, whose height and build were closest to Du Zhixiang, to shoulder the responsibility.

"Brother Yanhuang, did we… do something wrong?"

Seeing Xiao Feng's furrowed brows, Lu Yao asked cautiously.

"Old Xue, you guys head back first." Xiao Feng ordered lightly.

Xue Nuofu nodded and led the group away.

Xiao Feng shook his head with a sigh and walked out into the yard.

In the living room, the four women exchanged looks. Deep down, each of them felt more or less bad.

Like kids who've done something they think deserves praise, only to get scolded instead.

Du Qingyue beckoned and walked out to the yard as well, with the little girl and the others following behind.

After standing there a long time, Xiao Feng turned around and smiled. "Your plan has a lot of flaws in the details, but you're newbies, after all. Making small mistakes is understandable."

"Brother Xiao Feng, is that you praising us?" The little girl asked, eyes full of hope.

Her face practically had three big words written on it: Asking for praise!

Xiao Feng just smiled ambiguously and switched topics. "Let me ask you a few questions."

"Go ahead," Du Qingyue replied.

"Let's assume for now that Bai Huanyu's goal is to confirm whether I'm in Jiangcheng. Once he concludes I'm not here, what would he do next?"

"He'd probably take the chance to kidnap all of us and use us to threaten you," the little girl replied immediately.

"Excellent answer!" Xiao Feng nodded, satisfied.

And then…

He rewarded the little girl with a flick to the forehead.

Before she could even be happy, she took the hit. She clutched her head in grievance. "Brother Xiao Feng, why'd you hit me?"

"Because you're just too smart!" Xiao Feng said in an exaggerated tone. "So smart it makes people jealous!"