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Chapter 27 The Hall of Regret

As Tony Stark's personal assistant and Arlin's aunt, Pepper felt it was her duty to help Arlin keep an eye on Coulson and his ilk.

Prevent those things from happening.

Pepper's concerns were not unfounded; there are far too many chilling people and things in this world.

Although Coulson's character is relatively reliable, it's never a bad thing to take precautions for the future.

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Friday night.

The noise seemed somewhat unexpected.

After Pepper and Coulson left.

A group of "guests" arrived at Erin's home once again.

An elderly man dressed in a Tang suit, with a full head of meticulously groomed silver hair, arrived outside Erin's three-story building, surrounded by a group of people.

A huge crowd even blocked the road in front of Erin's house.

Such a large commotion quickly attracted the attention of Erin's neighbors.

They all started pointing and whispering about the group from the Loyalty Hall, and some even secretly wondered if Ailin, who lived in the three-story building, had gotten into some big trouble that attracted so many people from the Loyalty Hall to his door.

With such a commotion outside, Erin couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

Before he could even begin to meditate, he put on a coat, went down the stairs, and opened the door to the first floor.

After opening the door, Erin looked at the group of Loyalty Hall gang members who seemed to have come with ill intentions, and asked with narrowed eyes, "I didn't expect Seventh Uncle to personally grace us with his presence. May I ask what brings you here?"

Uncle Qi glanced at the crowd around them, who were occasionally stealing glances at them, and said indifferently, "What, aren't you welcoming me? Please invite me in and have a seat. This isn't the place to talk."

"I'm overjoyed to have Seventh Uncle grace us with his presence! How could I not welcome him? Please~~~"

As he spoke, Erin, who was blocking the doorway, stepped aside and gestured for Seventh Uncle to come in.

Seventh Uncle, who was fairly satisfied with Erin's attitude, softened his cold expression slightly. He then turned to the large group of people behind him and said, "Little Yang, Little Li, you two come in with me. The rest of you stay outside and keep watch!"

"Yes, Seventh Uncle!"

After nodding, Uncle Qi, along with two exceptionally burly men with explosive muscles beside him, followed him into the three-story building.

After guiding Uncle Qi to sit on the sofa, Erin took out a can of aged tea that his grandfather had left behind and brewed a pot of tea for Uncle Qi.

Before the tea was even brewed, Uncle Qi twitched his nose!

The aroma of tea is so strong! Could this be a treasure left behind by that old man from the Lin family?

Old Chen tea isn't valuable, but old folks like Uncle Qi and Erin's maternal grandfather just really like its flavor.

This flavor is quite strong.

Smelling the rich aroma of tea, Uncle Qi felt his mood improve considerably.

but.

Even though I'm in a good mood, there are still some things I need to ask.

"Yuan Li and his gang died mysteriously in the Water Ghost Gang's territory. The government said it was a gas leak, but I don't believe it. Our Zhongyi Hall people saw you talking to the people who blocked Morning Star Bar. Even their leader came to see you this afternoon. Lin family boy, tell me, how exactly did Yuan Li and his gang die? Were they killed by the Water Ghost Gang? I can't let my young man die like this, without knowing why."

After listening to Uncle Qi's words, Ai Lin shook his head and said, "Uncle Yuan and the others did not die from the poison gas leak, nor were they killed by the Water Ghost Gang. In fact, more members of the Water Ghost Gang died."

After a pause, Erin continued, "Uncle Yuan and the others were killed by a forbidden object left behind by the devil."

"A forbidden relic left behind by the devil?"

Before Uncle Qi could speak, the two men beside him, known as Little Yang and Little Li, couldn't help but chime in.

"Who are you kidding? There's no such thing as a devil in this world! Yuan Li and the others were killed by forbidden artifacts left behind by the devil? Hah, how could that be?"

Erin ignored the two muscular men who were all muscle and no brains.

He looked at his seventh uncle and asked, "Seventh Uncle, you don't believe it either?"

Uncle Qi did not answer Erin's question.

His eyes seemed unfocused, lost in some kind of memory, and he appeared somewhat silent.

Seeing this, the two burly men, Yang and Li, exchanged a glance, then whispered, "Seventh Uncle?"

Their calls seemed to awaken Uncle Qi, who was somewhat lost in his memories.

After a moment of silence, Uncle Qi muttered to himself in a tone of sudden realization, "No wonder no matter how we inquired, the politicians always gave us the ridiculous reason of a poison gas leak. They wouldn't even let us see Yuan Li and the others' bodies, saying they were afraid of being infected by the poison gas. So that's why."

After saying this, Seventh Uncle gave Erin a deep look, then slightly clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Thank you for telling me."

"Xiao Yang, Xiao Li, let's go!"

After calling out to the two muscular men behind him, Uncle Qi turned and walked towards the door, without even drinking the old tea that Ai Lin had brewed.

They just left like that?

Yang and Li, two burly men, looked puzzled, but the prestige that Seventh Uncle had built up over the years still made them follow.

"Seventh Uncle, wait..."

However, this time, before the three of them, including Seventh Uncle, reached the door, Erin called out to them.

Ok?

Upon hearing the shouts, Uncle Qi frowned, slowly turned around, and looked at Erin.

That puzzled look seemed to be wondering why Erin had called him back.

"Since Seventh Uncle is here, let's take this 100,000 US dollars back with us!"

As he spoke, Erin pointed to the $100,000 that Erin had already put in a bag.

One hundred thousand dollars?

Uncle Qi's thoughts raced, and he quickly recalled the $100,000 he had promised to shelter Erin.

However, upon seeing this $100,000, Uncle Seven's heart was filled with regret and guilt.

It was because he took on this $100,000 job that Yuan Li and more than 30 members of the Loyalty Hall died on the Water Ghost Gang's territory.

One hundred thousand US dollars, more than thirty lives—this business deal was a complete disaster.

Putting aside everything else, the compensation that Zhongyitang will have to pay to their families this time is more than ten times that amount of 100,000 US dollars.

If only time could turn back.

Uncle Qi would never have taken on that $100,000 deal.

"well······"

After sighing, Uncle Qi shook his head somewhat dejectedly. He waved his hand and said to Xiao Li beside him, "Xiao Li, go and put away that 100,000 US dollars. Use that 100,000 US dollars to buy Yuan Li and the others a better urn so that they can leave this world with dignity."

(End of this chapter)