95: We can cooperate

Outside the Bastion, the Axe Gang.

Hundred Flowers Valley was annihilated in a single day, and the Axe Gang quickly took over the territory that originally belonged to Hundred Flowers Valley, and also absorbed the remaining personnel of Hundred Flowers Valley.

Everything happened so fast, as if it had been premeditated.

The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley, however, was imprisoned by them, locked in the Axe Gang's ancestral hall, with several people taking turns guarding her.

In the afternoon, the gang members guarding the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley were all a bit drowsy, but remembering the Old Gang Leader's instructions, none of them dared to leave.

After a while, someone heard footsteps and looked up to see that Xiong Mao had arrived.

"Third Elder."

Inside the ancestral hall, the gang members guarding the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley saw Xiong Mao and immediately greeted him respectfully.

At the same time, they muttered to themselves, the matter of guarding the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley was decided after the Old Gang Leader and Bao Hui discussed it, Xiong Mao was not involved, so why was he coming to the ancestral hall at this time?

"Hmm, Elder He has something to tell you, he wants you to go find him now." Xiong Mao's expression did not change.

The scar on his face was already intimidating, and when he was expressionless, he looked even more frightening.

Elder He was the leader of the neutral faction and a trusted confidant of the Old Gang Leader; within the gang, besides Bao Hui and Xiong Mao, he was the most influential speaker.

"But, but if we leave, what about here?" The guards hesitated.

Elder He called them, they couldn't not go, but they also couldn't leave this place unattended.

"Isn't there still me?" Xiong Mao said.

Since he said so, they had nothing more to say, so they thanked him and left.

In the woodshed in the backyard of the ancestral hall, the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley was chained and trapped there.

"Cough, cough..."

Valley Master Baihua was injured, but no one treated her, her wound was still bleeding, and she couldn't stop coughing.

Hearing these sounds, a feeling of sympathy and anger suddenly rose in Xiong Mao's heart, as if the person locked in there was not the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley, but himself.

"What do you want to do now? Cough, cough, I'm telling you, if you have the guts, just kill me!"

Xiong Mao's footsteps grew closer and closer, and the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley thought it was those guards, so she roared.

"It's me, I'm Xiong Mao." Xiong Mao introduced himself, his tone much gentler than when he spoke to the guards just now.

The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley was silent for a moment.

"Xiong Mao?"

She knew Xiong Mao, the Third Elder of the Axe Gang, but in fact, before today, she had always believed that, as the outside world said, Xiong Mao was a very vicious person, committing all kinds of evil such as burning, killing, and looting, making people grit their teeth in hatred whenever he was mentioned.

But seeing him today, she found that Xiong Mao was not quite like what was said about him outside.

On the contrary, Bao Hui, who usually appeared gentle and refined, turned out to be outwardly splendid but inwardly rotten, completely corrupt to the core.

She only realized now that the Bao Hui she knew in her youth was completely faked.

It was probably Bao Hui who spread rumors outside to tarnish Xiong Mao's reputation.

Although the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley didn't hate Xiong Mao as much, Xiong Mao also contributed to the Axe Gang's attack on Hundred Flowers Valley today, so she didn't want to give Xiong Mao a good look.

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing her speak, Xiong Mao quickly said, "I have nothing else, I just want to ask, did your people from Hundred Flowers Valley really beat our Axe Gang members?"

This question had bothered him all night, because everything happened too quickly, and the whole incident was full of mysteries; he didn't understand what was going on.

So he urgently needed an explanation.

An explanation that could convince him.

"Cough, cough, what gang members, I don't know at all." The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley was very confused; before today, she had never seen anyone from the Axe Gang appear in Hundred Flowers Valley.

"The Gang Leader said that Hundred Flowers Valley beat our gang members into that state."

"Into what state?"

"Well... some had missing arms and broken legs, some were blind, all lying on stretchers, covered in blood." Xiong Mao recalled carefully.

The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley sneered, "Heh, your Gang Leader's ability to blame others is quite good, cough, cough, this idea must have been thought up by that fellow Bao Hui, right?"

A hypocrite is a hypocrite; he just wants to occupy the territory of Hundred Flowers Valley, yet he insists on creating a pretext.

Xiong Mao was stunned, then said, "You mean... those people, they all injured themselves? Or, were they beaten into that state by the Gang Leader and Bao Hui's people?"

Thinking of this, Xiong Mao couldn't help but gasp.

If that were true, it would be too cruel!

Those people were all their brothers!

Although they were all in the neutral faction, they had been brothers for so many years after all.

"Cough, cough, how would I know? Anyway, I'm a prisoner now. If you have the guts, just kill me, cough, cough..."

The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley was not in the mood to analyze right or wrong with Xiong Mao; she was determined to die.

But then she heard Xiong Mao whisper to her, "Do you want to die, or do you want to escape? I can help you."

"What do you mean?"

The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley frowned; she couldn't believe Xiong Mao would be so kind as to let her go.

Even if the rumors outside weren't about Xiong Mao, he was still the Third Elder of the Axe Gang.

He must have done a lot of bad things.

"I said, I can help you escape." Xiong Mao looked back, and seeing no one coming, he repeated it again.

"Why?" the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley asked suspiciously.

Did he really want to let her go?

Hearing her question, Xiong Mao suddenly fell silent.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley's heart gradually sank. Sure enough, this man in front of her was just talking; he himself was a member of the Axe Gang, how could he possibly disobey the Gang Leader's orders and secretly let her go?

"Forget it, you go..."

Before she could finish, Xiong Mao suddenly looked up, staring at her earnestly, and said, "You and Bao Hui, did you know each other a long time ago?"

The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley was stunned, "How did you know?!"

Seeing the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley's reaction, Xiong Mao knew he had guessed correctly.

He had felt something was off about the look in the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley's eyes when she stabbed Bao Hui earlier. He tossed and turned all night, and only then did he realize the fact that the two of them must have known each other for a long time.

"But I don't understand, since you two know each other, why did Bao Hui lead the attack on your Hundred Flowers Valley? Do you two have a feud?" Xiong Mao asked.

Now it was the Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley's turn to be silent.

After a moment, she said, "I also feel now that he must have a grudge against me."

"Huh?" Xiong Mao felt his expression must look like a dork right now.

"You're competing with Bao Hui for the position of the next Gang Leader, aren't you?" The Valley Master of Hundred Flowers Valley suddenly changed the subject.

Xiong Mao, caught off guard, blurted out without thinking, "Yes."

"We can cooperate." she said.