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"Lin Hong?"

Su Hao was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected that the young master of the Lin family would come to the shop again.

Speaking of this person, he had some impression of him. When he had just broken through to the Stone Skin Realm, the other party came to find him once. The purpose was naturally to ask him to become a guard in the Lin family, and the treatment offered was quite good.

However, he had to sign a five-year contract and stay by the Lin family's side at all times. In addition, Lin Hong's tone at the time was condescending and condescending, which Su Hao disliked.

So he directly rejected the other party back then.

He just didn't expect that this guy, who had made some harsh remarks after being rejected by him before, would come to his door a second time. He could be considered a person who could bend and stretch.

Su Hao could roughly guess that the reason why the other party came to visit a second time was probably related to their encounter at Senior Brother Zhou's wedding banquet a while ago.

"Hehe! Brother Zhou, I've come uninvited after not seeing you for several days, please don't take offense..."

To Su Hao's surprise, Lin Hong greeted him with a gentle smile as soon as he entered the room. Combined with his handsome face, he appeared very kind and gentle.

Their tone was polite and overly familiar, like two old friends suddenly meeting.

This reaction left Su Hao somewhat puzzled, wondering what the other party was up to.

"Hehe, so it's Young Master Lin Hong. May I ask what brings you here today?"

Out of politeness, Su Hao smiled slightly and glanced at the two burly men standing next to Lin Hong. Their breathing was heavy and their steps were deep, clearly indicating that they were martial artists with considerable qi and blood.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and then he put down the hammer and asked.

Although he didn't know Lin Hong's purpose in coming, since the other party had such an attitude, he naturally wouldn't put on airs.

However, he did not relax his vigilance, and the blood and qi in his arms surged quietly at this moment, preparing to deal with any unexpected situations.

"You are now a well-known figure in Hongqiao Town, although it is mostly because of Master Liu. The reason I came to see you this time is naturally to continue what we did last time and to invite you to join my Lin family's guard team again."

Seeing Su Hao's attitude, Lin Hong's eyes narrowed slightly. He paused for a moment, then continued, "When you disagreed with joining the guard team, I got a good scolding from my father. Considering my father's relationship with Master Liu, you should at least give me a satisfactory answer today..."

Su Hao frowned slightly, looking at Lin Hong with a strange expression, and said, "What do you mean by that, Young Master Lin Hong? I don't understand."

The matter of taking a position in a gang requires the consent of both parties to be mutually beneficial.

Does Lin Hong think that just because the Lin family has made a request, he has to agree?

And what does it matter to him if his own father scolds him?

He neither knew his father nor was he his father.

For a moment, Su Hao felt that Lin Hong might have something wrong with his head, and that his intelligence had all grown into his physical appearance.

Also, you need to give yourself a satisfactory answer.

Rejecting the Lin family is a satisfactory answer for me. Why should I consider other people's opinions?

"The meaning is very clear! You'll join my Lin family next month, with a monthly salary of twenty-five taels, plus two doses of Zhou's Pharmacy's Blood-Nourishing Ointment. The condition is that you sign a ten-year contract with us. How about it? This compensation should be quite generous for you, right? So, you shouldn't even need to consider it!"

Upon hearing this, the two Lin family guards who were originally standing beside him frowned slightly, looking at Lin Hong with a hint of doubt and confusion.

But because of the other party's status, they didn't dare to say anything more.

Today, they were tasked by their master to accompany him on a visit to a promising young man.

But Lin Hong's current actions... seem a bit off...

"There's no need to consider it anymore, so I'll thank you for the invitation, Young Master Lin. I've already accepted invitations from other people and can't get away."

Su Hao's eyes twitched slightly. He didn't know where Lin Hong got his confidence from, or if he was just there to make fun of him. He refused in a low voice.

Twenty taels, and several portions of blood-nourishing ointment?

Where does Lin Hong get his confidence from?

Take, for example, the rewards offered by the forces that spoke with Zhou Zhengtang at his wedding banquet. None of them were less than fifty taels of silver, plus a blood-nourishing medicinal soup every three days.

Therefore, in Su Hao's view, Lin Hong dared to make such a request either because he hadn't thought it through carefully and was just making up a price to get rid of him.

Or perhaps he brought people here specifically to offer such a price as a way to amuse and tease him.

Moreover, judging from the reactions of the two guards earlier, Su Hao felt that the last possibility was more likely.

"Hehe, are you really not going to consider it? Or is Brother Su angry about my relationship with Yingying, which is why he's making things difficult for me?"

Lin Hong's warm smile faded, replaced by a mocking expression.

He looked at Su Hao's calm face, his fists clenched tightly beneath his brocade robe.

"So what if you harbor resentment? She's mine now, and you can forget about ever having her again!?"

Lin Hong's expression suddenly turned ferocious as he stared intently at Su Hao, his tone menacing!

Because of his father's previous coercion, he had no choice but to come and seek cooperation with Su Hao, which already made him extremely resentful.

But he dared not disobey his father's orders, and at the same time, he suddenly remembered the reaction of Xia's parents when the other party appeared at the rice shop in the summer.

It seems to have some connection with Su Hao.

Sensing something amiss, he rushed back to the Xia family's rice shop that very night and had Xia Jin captured. Under two days of intense pressure, Xia Jin finally revealed the truth about the engagement between Xia Yingying and Su Hao!

After learning the whole story, he was instantly enraged!

How could Lin Hong's wife, even if she were just a concubine, be engaged to a blacksmith's son?!

What is his identity? What is the other party's identity?

No wonder he always felt that Xia Yingying was hiding something from him, especially when he went back and mentioned Su Hao, the outstanding disciple of Yueshan Boxing Gym, to her. The astonishment in her eyes was impossible to hide.

So... I actually married a secondhand item that no one else wanted! A used woman??

How could I have treated her like a treasure?

No wonder I didn't see any blood on Xia Yingying, who seemed so innocent and understanding, after that night. It turns out... it turns out they might have already done it...

Lin Hong grew angrier the more he thought about it. His once handsome face turned a deep purplish-red, and his eyes seemed to want to kill someone!

"Lin Hong, if you want to go crazy, go back to the Lin family. Don't try to act like some big shot in my shop. And I have absolutely no interest in your messy affairs with Xia Yingying, so whatever happens between you two, don't drag me into it!"

Su Hao's tone turned cold, and his grip on the hammer tightened slightly.

It seems things are indeed as he expected. Lin Hong came today to cause trouble. Given the other party's previous character, how could he possibly sincerely invite him to join the Lin family's guard team a second time?

"Su Hao! Don't think you can be so arrogant just because Liu Chongshan is backing you up! Believe me or not, I can take care of you today!?"

Lin Hong thought of the patch of green grass above his head, and how his territory had been entered and exited by others, which fueled his anger.

He's determined to make Su Hao pay the price today, no matter what!

"Then let's get started. I want to see what tricks you're up to today, you dog!"

Seeing the other party's attitude, Su Hao stopped being polite and his tone turned completely cold!