This is just the beginning...

After Su Qing came out, Lin Ruyu followed, but Lin Ruyu was dressed more like a dutiful wife in the kitchen, wearing an apron, gloves, and holding a plate of fresh vegetables.

These vegetables were kept frozen in the space by Ye Hao; as long as he had Inner Breath, there was plenty of ice water in the space.

When they came out, Duke of Thunder just took a quick glance and then lowered his head. He didn't dare to look much, for fear of angering Ye Hao.

To a man like Ye Hao, having a few girlfriends is nothing, and he has the ability to support so many women without fearing public opinion.

As Lin Ruyu was cooking, she glanced at Duke of Thunder, thinking how pitiful he was. Blood was still flowing at the heels of his feet - evidently from standing too long.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruyu looked at Fang Ni and asked, "Ni, can you tell why his feet are bleeding?"

Fang Ni glanced and said, "The wound is from a gunshot. He hasn't cut away the rotten cloth at the wound, and standing too long made it start bleeding again. His lips are pale, maybe he's too exhausted."

"Well... Ni, maybe we should tell Hao about this? He's quite pitiful." Lin Ruyu didn't want to see a bloody scene and planned to have Ye Hao come out to prevent Duke of Thunder from continuing to stand.

"You go tell Hao! He listens to you the most." Fang Ni smiled.

"You're joking, Ni! Hao listens to all of us." Lin Ruyu humbly smiled.

"Go ahead! We're not jealous, we understand what kind of person Hao is." Fang Ni laughed, encouraging Lin Ruyu to go talk to Ye Hao about Duke of Thunder's situation, to avoid him fainting in front of their small wooden house and causing them trouble later.

"Okay!" Lin Ruyu nodded, then wiped her hands on the apron at her waist and walked into the small wooden house.

At that moment, Ye Hao was looking at the messages on his phone, two of which were from Lv Dong. Lv Dong said the small hill with no minerals had indeed been excavated; as to how deep, he did not know, since there were always a few second or third-degree National Martial Arts experts guarding inside.

The other two messages were from Qin Xiweng. The first one mentioned the recent progress on rubber research, noting that the most effective ones were the young rubber trees, which were cheap and abundant, currently being tested for integration into the hull of Submarine No.2.

The second message stated that rubber could be integrated into Submarine No.2's hull, but since rubber is not invisible, it might get caught on some footage if submerged underwater. Therefore, Heaven-Filling Heroic Spirit Island was pouring all human and material resources into making rubber invisible under special lighting.

Ye Hao replied with a message, smiling, asking them to continue development while he would think of solutions on the technical side.

After sending the message, Lin Ruyu walked in. She didn't directly mention how Duke of Thunder was doing but greeted Ye Hao instead, "Hao."

"What's up?" Ye Hao smiled and approached, wrapping his arms around Lin Ruyu's waist.

"If you saw someone pitiful, would you take them in?" Lin Ruyu asked.

"Haha, I knew you all have kind hearts. Are you trying to say Duke of Thunder is bleeding from his feet outside?" Ye Hao could tell what Lin Ruyu wanted to say from her words, which was one reason he liked Lin Ruyu and the others.

They were kind and gentle, although not worldly-wise, they always maintained a kind heart towards others.

"Did you know what we wanted to say?" Lin Ruyu turned her head and smiled, asking Ye Hao.

Ye Hao looked at Lin Ruyu's delicate red lips, kissed them gently, then laughed, "Of course! If I didn't know even this, would I be qualified to be your boyfriend?"

"Then you..." Lin Ruyu wanted to ask what he planned to do.

Ye Hao chuckled, hugged Lin Ruyu's waist, then walked out wearing just big shorts, without answering her question.

After coming out, Ye Hao took out a pack of Panda cigarettes from the space. Panda cigarettes were usually smoked by leaders of vice ministerial level or higher, and Ye Hao's Panda was authentic, reserved for at least vice-national leaders or founding veteran generals; it was a gift from Vice Chairman Xu Wenlong.

Though not many were sent, there were two cartons, and Ye Hao had been smoking these Pandas lately.

At the staircase, Ye Hao released Lin Ruyu's waist, grabbed a cigarette between his teeth, and walked down to the sand.

Seeing this, Duke of Thunder hurried up, taking out a lighter to light Ye Hao's cigarette, acting as if he was Ye Hao's lackey. Ye Hao did not refuse him and took a deep drag on the cigarette.

"How did you end up in such a state?" After a drag, Ye Hao looked at Duke of Thunder and asked.

Hearing this, Duke of Thunder's face showed a hint of desolation, but he truthfully told Ye Hao, "In the War Dragon Hall on Treasure Island, we were wiped out by the Four Seas Gang, and the mastermind behind all this was my brother, Lei Bao. I was just a stepping stone for him to climb higher. It's all my fault for being young and foolish, a pawn used by others yet feeling smug about it."

"So, you're down and came to the mainland to find support?" Ye Hao asked.

"Yes, down and out, hunted like a street rat." Duke of Thunder replied dejectedly.

"What do you plan to do in the future?" Ye Hao asked.

"I want revenge, I want to tell him, even if I was used once, as long as I'm alive, I have a chance to rise again." Duke of Thunder looked intensely at Ye Hao, hoping he could help, speaking with determination.

"Just you? Starting fresh, do you really think you're still on Treasure Island? How many did you bring? How many died? Still bleeding now?" Ye Hao asked Duke of Thunder a series of questions to which he had no reply.

"I know, this time I got careless..."

"In a person's life, how many chances do you get to be careless? A shot in the head due to negligence, and you lose a lifetime. How many lifetimes do you have to gamble with?" Ye Hao scoffed, glancing at Duke of Thunder.

Even Ye Hao, with mysterious things like a moving space, wouldn't recklessly deal in firearms transactions.

What's more, Duke of Thunder didn't have any moving space, just some rookies in the underworld.

"..." Duke of Thunder had no answer.

Duke of Thunder fell silent, lowered his head, tears welling up in his eyes. Ye Hao was right; not only was he careless, he was brainless, still acting like the young master of the underworld on Treasure Island, thinking no one dared to cross him.

In the end, not only did they try to cross him, but also killed his guards and housekeeper...

"Tell me! What are your plans for the future?" Ye Hao asked.

"I want to follow you." Duke of Thunder, without any hesitation, expressed his desire to follow Ye Hao.

"Following me has no future, I'm unemployed." Ye Hao said, waving his hand.

"I know you're a person who does great things. I want to follow you, I can fight, I won't put up my pretentious young master act from Treasure Island anymore. Whatever you say, I'll do!" Duke of Thunder made his determination known.

"Are you sure?" Ye Hao asked, a slight smile on his lips. (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to recommend it, vote for it on qidian.com; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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