“Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided.
Lawless families like yours must be severely punished.
The first punishment is that you, the Qiao family, must hand over ten people to me, who will be convicted according to law and sent to prison.
The second punishment is that from now on, your Qiao family will not be allowed to participate in any activities.
Not even doing business.
The third punishment is a fine of 100,000 spiritual stones, which must be handed over within three days!"
Shi Fu gave three punishments in one breath.
The Qiao family was shocked to the point of losing their countenance and crying out in grief.
"Get out of here now, you are no longer qualified to participate in the tournament!"
Shi Fu kicked Qiao Zhen away and said coldly.
Those of the Qiao family who dared to resist again would all leave in despair.
When they returned home, the whole Qiao family was huddled in the main hall, each and every one of them dejected, as if they were attending a funeral.
Qiao Sheng, who had bandaged his wounds, came to the main hall and said dissatisfiedly: "Father, are we just going to let it go?
All this was caused by Lin Xiaodong, we must seek revenge from him!"
Qiao Sheng lost an arm and was full of anger. He had to find a place to vent his anger.
He aimed at Lin Xiaodong.
"Then what else do you want?
Lin Xiaodong is now under the care of the special envoy, if we provoke him again, our Qiao family will be doomed."
"Qiao Sheng, I'm warning you, don't provoke Lin Xiaodong again, otherwise I will kill you with my own hands."
"You kid, please don't harm our entire family. Lin Xiaodong is no longer someone we can afford to offend."
Qiao's family objected and threatened Qiao Shengdao.
Qiao Zhen sighed and said: "Sheng'er, let's admit defeat this time. We really can't afford to offend that guy Lin Xiaodong now!"
Qiao Sheng was so angry that he could only bury his hatred in his heart and think about how to punish Lin Xiaodong.
"Master, I think we need to win over Lin Xiaodong. This may be an opportunity for our Qiao family to turn around."
"Yes, if you can get Lin Xiaodong's forgiveness.
At least we can avoid punishment and don't have to send ten Qiao family members to jail."
"Master, wake up, we must re-establish relations with Qiao Shan's family and Lin Xiaodong."
Many wise Qiao family members gave their opinions to Qiao Zhen.
Qiao Zhen thought about it and felt that this might be the best way.
"Okay, let's try to win over Qiao Shan's family and Lin Xiaodong."
Qiao Zhen sighed and said helplessly.
The next day, Qiao Zhen sent someone to deliver an invitation, inviting Qiao Shan's family and Lin Xiaodong to the host's house for dinner.
Unexpectedly, he was directly rejected by Qiao Shan and Lin Xiaodong.
Qiao Zhen was very angry, but in the face of reality, he could only bow his head.
He personally went out and ran to the place where Lin Xiaodong and Qiao Shan lived, hoping to visit them! But he couldn't even get through the door and was blocked by the guards at the door.
Qiao Zhen announced his name and asked the guard to inform him.
The guard sneered and told him that the master had an obligation to not receive anyone coming from the Qiao family! Qiao Zhen was so angry that his nose was crooked. He was so humble and came to invite him personally.
It is unreasonable for Lin Xiaodong to be so disrespectful! Logically speaking, Qiao Zhen would definitely leave angrily when encountering such an aggrieved thing.
But the strange thing is that Qiao Zhen still stayed where he was, looking forward to the door, hoping to wait until Lin Xiaodong and Qiao Shan's family came out.
He had no choice. Now the Qiao family was on the verge of collapse. If he couldn't ask Lin Xiaodong for forgiveness, Shi Fu's three punishments alone would be enough to knock the Qiao family down! After waiting for a whole afternoon, Qiao Zhen didn't see him.
Come out to Lin Xiaodong.
However, Mrs. Qiao went out.
Old Mrs. Qiao was still thinking about returning to Qiao's house, so it wouldn't be a big deal to see Qiao Zhen squatting outside.
"Master, don't wait any longer. They won't see you."
Mrs. Qiao gave Qiao Zhen a pot of tea and persuaded him.
"Auntie, please help us when the Qiao family is in danger."
Qiao Zhen rushed forward and hugged Mrs. Qiao as if grasping a life-saving straw.
"I am an old woman, how can I help?"
Mrs. Qiao sighed.
"Auntie, I know that your heart has always been for the Qiao family, and I believe you don't want to see the Qiao family collapse.
It is not easy to build a family business. It has taken countless generations for our Qiao family to be where we are today.
Do you want to see the Qiao family fall from now on?"
"Master, of course I want the Qiao family to continue to be glorious.
But, that guy Lin Xiaodong won’t listen to me at all, and I can’t help him even if I want to!”
Mrs. Qiao was telling the truth. In fact, she had been persuading Lin Xiaodong to help the Qiao family solve their difficulties.
Lin Xiaodong ignored Mrs. Qiao at all.
"Auntie, can you tell me what is the relationship between Lin Xiaodong and the special envoy?"
Qiao Zhen also knew that Mrs. Qiao couldn't be of much help.
But it should be okay to get some information.
Mrs. Qiao nodded and said seriously: "I really know this.
That kid told me that he saved the special envoy once and asked the special envoy to make him the chief celebrity as a favor.
But the favor is over, the special envoy should ignore him now!"
When Qiao Zhen heard this, he realized that was what happened.
Then what's the use of him fawning over Lin Xiaodong?
Now that all the favors have been repaid, the special envoy will probably not give Lin Xiaodong any more face.
"I thought that boy had some background. It turned out that he was just lucky enough to save the special envoy once."
Qiao Zhen said with an unhappy look.
"It seems I can't count on him. I have to find another way."
Qiao Zhen walked away and stopped squatting.
Back home, Qiao Zhen summoned the entire clan to discuss how to resolve the current family crisis.
You only have three days, if you can't come up with a solution.
He would have to hand over ten members of the Qiao family and pay a fine of 100,000 spiritual stones.
Whether it's money or making friends, it will be a big blow to the Qiao family.
"Father, how is Lin Xiaodong doing?"
Qiao Sheng was the first to stand up and ask.
"Don't mention it.
We were all deceived, and that guy had no background at all.
He saved the special envoy once and used favors to get the position of chief celebrity.
It’s not based on strength.”
Qiao Zhen told the Qiao family the news he learned from Mrs. Qiao.
"What?
Have we been deceived by that kid again?"
"Mom, what a fool! If the favor is used up, then the special envoy will probably not protect him. Let's just kill that kid."
When Qiao Sheng heard this, he was very happy and shouted.
"It's nonsense. We can't protect ourselves. How can we still have time to deal with Lin Xiaodong?"
"Even if Lin Xiaodong's favor is gone, if we really attack the special envoy's savior, the special envoy will not let us go."
"Qiao Sheng, you'd better not act rashly. If you dare to cause trouble to our Qiao family, we will expel you from the house."