Chapter 1210: Chapter 20: From Today On, Happiness [Double-Length Edition]_3

"They are urging Ren Chun to agree."

"They are indeed envious, indeed jealous. But, they still chose to fulfill Ren Chun."

"So, from that time on, I was no longer impulsive."

"But I still worry because some of these little guys from the bottom layer have even more scheming minds than adults. I’m testing them, but they might just be acting."

"So I said goodbye to them, took the little girl and left. Then snuck back again."

"That’s how you also heard about the future plans of the eight little ones alongside Ren Chun... so I showed up to take them all away."

Fang Che smiled and said, "You understand the reason, Xiang Dong, no need to explain further."

"But there was one thing... our good intentions were the cause, but the final result was achieved by the nine little ones fighting together. So, in the end, it wasn’t just about our kindness. It was rather the inevitable result of their nine efforts."

"This genuine childlike sincerity, even if I didn’t take them in today, perhaps you’d feel bad taking them in front of me, but at night, avoiding my sight, you’d still quietly take them in."

Fang Che looked at Feng Xiangdong: "Am I right?"

Feng Xiangdong blushed and smiled: "Yes, after splitting up and sneaking back, hearing their discussions, I decided if you, the boss, didn’t take them, I would."

"So I won’t let you take them."

Fang Che plainly said.

"Why?"

"If you take them, they belong to your respective families. If I take them, they belong to the Guardians! True, genuine Guardians!"

Fang Che smiled faintly: "If I take them, it means we all take them together. You must understand the difference here."

"I understand."

Feng Xiangdong said bitterly: "We, the Shi family’s sons, have deeply ingrained family concepts. It’s really not something we can change just because we want to."

"Yes." Fang Che nodded.

"So you taking them, boss, is the best outcome for them."

"You’re wrong, me taking them is the best result for the Guardians, for the continent’s people, not the best for them."

Fang Che said.

"Yes."

Feng Xiangdong acknowledged sincerely: "The boss’s heart, I can’t even match while riding! Today, I’ve learned."

Fang Che smiled a little.

"But did you really not think of anything else at that time, boss?" Feng Xiangdong asked.

"Something else?"

Fang Che laughed strangely, looking at Feng Xiangdong: "Xiang Dong, it seems you thought of something else? Talk about it, is it the same as what I thought?"

"Those people who snatched the small beggars, Qinglong Gang?" Feng Xiangdong said seriously: "And it wasn’t until after the Heihu Gang incident that they didn’t come out. The timing is a bit coincidental."

"It’s not necessarily all the Qinglong Gang."

Fang Che pondered: "But this line, indeed, can be pursued."

"Understood."

Feng Xiangdong hesitated for a moment, then said: "When the boss let those eight kids go back, on one hand it was a test of human nature, but on the other hand, was there the thought of using these eight little ones as bait to catch those who snatched small beggars?"

Fang Che suddenly became serious, frowned and said: "Feng Xiangdong!"

His voice was somewhat icy.

Feng Xiangdong shivered, immediately straightened up, standing straight: "I’m here, boss!"

Fang Che frowned and said: "I’ll say this only once."

"Little brother is listening."

"We already have the clues, discovered from these nine little beggars. So it’s only right to give them a reward. Maybe they did it unintentionally, but this reward is what they deserve, whether it’s changing their fate or providing them sustenance, we ultimately have to do this. That’s the first point!"

"Secondly, we’ve already got the clues and know which direction to work toward. So why use them as bait? You know how cruel this would be for them. In the late night, if one or two accidentally died, that would be too normal and you and I can’t manage that! If they really died because of this, how could I bear it?"

"Thirdly, if due to their unintentional information and our unintentional kindness, we truly find out about the Qinglong Gang, this would be a great deed for the entire Southeast. Although they don’t know it themselves, this merit is after all theirs, not just credit, but merit. Do you understand?"

"If such heroes die because of their own intelligence, what use do we have?"

Fang Che spoke low and sternly: "I know you’re not thinking maliciously, but since you asked like this, that’s what you’re thinking in your heart. But I must warn you about this very point!"

"You and I are Law Enforcers, holding the Life and Death Order! How could you bear to use small beggars who can’t even bind a chicken to fish!? You can’t commit such acts in the future!"

"Yes!"

Feng Xiangdong stood straight.

Sweat beads began to visibly form on his face.

At this moment, Dongyun Yu and Qiu Yunshang, covered in dust, finished their quarrel and pushed the door open, immediately seeing Feng Xiangdong standing straight and getting scolded.

Dongyun Yu, eyes blank, turned around and immediately started to walk out.

Pushing against Qiu Yunshang’s chest, knocked him over: "What, you’re not convinced?"

Qiu Yunshang’s puzzled voice: "I just got beaten up by you... And you’re still not done?"

"..."

Fang Che rubbed his temples with his fingers, both exasperated and amused: "Sit down. They both don’t even dare to watch you get scolded, what deep brotherly affection."

Feng Xiangdong immediately relaxed, sat down, snorted and said: "It’s not that they don’t dare to watch me get scolded, they’re just afraid of getting into trouble themselves... two heartless scoundrels!"

Fang Che laughed heartily.

Feng Xiangdong sighed and reflected: "The boss is right. Just now I was indeed being utilitarian."