Urban Carefree Warrior God

After leaving the director's office, Chen Yang didn't leave right away, waiting instead until Shanshan woke up.

If the little girl woke up to find he was gone, she would become anxious over her biological father's attempt to adopt her, and that would be an utterly heartbreaking sight.

"Uncle Chen, you're still here," Shanshan said with delight.

Chen Yang picked her up and gently booped her little nose. "Shanshan, I have some news for you. Your father won't be taking you away anymore. There were some legal issues, so you don't have to worry."

"Really?" Shanshan was overjoyed, a brilliant smile spreading across her small face as she said cheerfully, "I'm so happy now!"

"You look so beautiful when you smile," Chen Yang said, putting her down. "I have to go for today, but I'll come back to see you another day."

"Okay, Uncle Chen," Shanshan beamed.

Looking at the little girl, Chen Yang felt an impulse surge through him. The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he forcefully suppressed them.

Now is not the time. I want to adopt Shanshan! That sentence almost slipped out. It's really not possible right now. Even setting everything else aside, I at least need to discuss it with Qin Qiu and get her permission, right? If I said it now, it would only give Shanshan hope. How disappointed and heartbroken would she be if I couldn't follow through? It's not too late to tell her once I can actually adopt her.

Waving her small hand, Shanshan stared intently at Chen Yang's departing figure, her bright eyes filled with a deep reluctance to see him go.

In truth, she also wanted to leave with Chen Yang. But... she was afraid of upsetting him, worried that he might never come to see her again.

「...」

Seeing the silent Chen Yang, Yang Hu smiled. "Boss, can you hardly stand it?"

"Shut up." Chen Yang glared at him irritably. The man just had to touch a raw nerve.

Yang Hu just grinned. "Go home and have a good talk with Sister-in-law about it."

Chen Yang said no more.

He and Qin Qiu were both healthy. They would surely have their own baby someday, so she might not agree to this. But regardless, when the time was right, he would still have a proper talk with Qin Qiu about this.

With that, Chen Yang pushed the thought aside.

Just as they stepped out of the orphanage gate, a voice snarled, "Damn trash, you finally came out!"

Luo Yongqiang, who had been waiting at the gate, was suddenly energized. He fiercely dropped his cigarette butt, stomped it out, and pointed at Chen Yang, saying viciously, "Remember how you beat me just now?"

Yang Hu chuckled, a smirk spreading across his face. "To think you're still here waiting for us. Looks like the lesson we gave you earlier wasn't enough!"

Chen Yang's face darkened, his gaze turning icy.

What a reckless fool.

"Feng, it was these two pieces of trash who ruined my plans!" Luo Yongqiang turned to Peng Feng, pointing to his own swollen face. "Otherwise, I would've had that damn girl out of there and handed over to the big shot already, and I wouldn't have had to bother you," he pleaded pitifully. "Feng, you have to stand up for me!"

These words revealed so much. He was going to hand Shanshan over to a big shot?

In an instant, Chen Yang's already grim expression turned downright glacial.

"Are you saying you planned to sell Shanshan to someone with perverse tastes?" Chen Yang asked, managing to suppress his rage for the moment.

"What do you mean sell? I'm doing what's best for Shanshan!" Luo Yongqiang scoffed and then proclaimed with self-righteous indignation, "Do you have any idea how rich that big shot is? He owns all the casinos in Lingjin City! To say he rakes in a fortune every day is an understatement!"

"If Shanshan goes with him, she'll be living the high life, a thousand times better than staying in this broken-down orphanage!"

Chen Yang remained expressionless. "You know exactly what he would do to her."

"What does that matter? To get something, you have to give something. Otherwise, why would someone like that help you?" Luo Yongqiang replied with a dismissive, almost scornful tone.

Chen Yang nodded and said no more.

He had been staring into Luo Yongqiang's eyes the whole time, but there wasn't even a sliver of remorse. Sigh. If there had been even a hint of it, he wouldn't have been moved to kill.

Chen Yang lit a cigarette, gave a slight wave of his hand, and started walking toward the van.

This man is rotten to the core. Leaving him alive would only cause more harm.

"Hmph!" Peng Feng spoke up with a cold snort. "Kid, you dare act so arrogant in front of me?"

The words had barely left his mouth when he planted a foot on a nearby stone block, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He sneered, "Acting tough in front of me? Do you really think you're somebody?"

"Don't waste my time," Chen Yang tossed over his shoulder.

"Heh!"

Peng Feng fell stiffly to the ground.

Yang Hu wasted no more time, aiming at Luo Yongqiang.

THUD.

Luo Yongqiang dropped to his knees, his fingers trembling violently as he begged, "I... I'm Shanshan's father! For her sake, please... spare me!"

"You're just an animal. No, you're worse than an animal." As the saying goes, even a vicious tiger won't eat its own cubs. If an animal knows to protect its young, let alone a human being.

"I..."

Before Luo Yongqiang could say another word, a bullet pierced his forehead, and he collapsed backward, dead.

As Yang Hu walked toward the van, he made a call to have someone come clean up the mess.

「In the van.」

"Boss, heading home now?" Yang Hu asked.

"To the casino," Chen Yang replied.

"You got it!" Yang Hu knew exactly what that meant. The boss was going to deal with that old pervert, too.

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