209: Chapter 209 Even if I'm S-rank, I'm not as important as a single hair on your head.
Su Changqing stood inside the gate, supporting the Head of the Su Family.
He was wearing a black trench coat, and his hair had been neatly styled.
There was a smile on his face.
The kind of smile that comes after holding back for a long time, finally waiting for a backer.
"Muxue."
Su Changqing spoke up, his voice raised high.
"Didn't expect this, did you?"
Su Muxue did not respond.
Sister Long carried her axe, glancing at the heavy machine gun at the entrance.
Tank stood behind Su Muxue like a wall.
Seeing this display, Su Changqing laughed even harder.
"Stop pretending."
"Where is Lin Yuan?"
"Isn't he very arrogant? Last time, he smashed the Su Family plaque and forced us of the Su Family to kneel all over the floor."
Su Changqing took two steps forward, his eyes dark and gloomy.
"Tell him to get over here now."
"Kowtow three times to my father."
"And offer incense to the Su Family ancestors."
"Since Su Xiaonuan and you are both his women, he can be considered half a Su Family matrilocal son-in-law."
"A matrilocal son-in-law visiting the in-laws, do you know the rules?"
On the wall, the survivors in the logistics park poked their heads out.
Someone gasped.
Someone whispered, "So the Su Family is that powerful?"
Su Changqing heard them. He was very satisfied. He raised his hand.
Two men walked out from behind him. One was bald, and the other was thin and tall.
Flames ignited in both of their palms simultaneously. The flames licked their palms, illuminating their faces with a reddish glow.
Sister Long raised an eyebrow. "Espers?"
The bald man grinned, "Woman, I advise you not to move recklessly."
The thin, tall man stared at Su Muxue's face, his tongue licking his teeth.
"We were awakened by Beijing agents; we are certified."
"What would you know, coming from such an amateur background?"
The look in Su Muxue's eyes behind her lenses cooled down.
The Head of the Su Family leaned on his cane, his voice hoarse.
"Muxue. You were disobedient back then, and I knew you would eventually bring disaster upon the Su Family."
"It was the same when you were a child."
"You raised that white cat and secretly fed it meat every day."
"I told you, children of the Su Family cannot set their hearts on useless things."
Su Muxue's fingers, which were hanging by her side, froze.
Su Changqing laughed and continued, "Oh, you still remember that cat?"
"Father slaughtered it himself. Stewed it in a pot."
"Didn't you drink the soup that day?"
The entrance to the logistics park fell silent instantly. Sister Long's expression changed. She cursed, "Beasts."
Su Muxue did not move. Only the snowflakes around her suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The Head of the Su Family looked at her. "You've been like this since you were a child. Too cold. Too stubborn. If we don't break you, you'll never know who the head of the family is."
Su Changqing spat on the ground. "Now Beijing has taken a liking to the Su Family. This logistics park is a temporary aid station for Beijing. We have guns, food, and medicine."
He stared at Su Muxue. "Times have changed, little sister."
As he finished speaking, a wave of fire exploded from his body. Boom! The snow at the entrance melted into water. The water was then baked by the heatwave into white mist.
The survivors on the wall were forced to retreat.
Su Changqing opened his right hand. A crimson fireball compressed in his palm, with unstable black lines of fire at the edges.
He waved his hand, and the fireball pierced through an abandoned car across the street.
Su Muxue's pupils constricted. She could feel it. An incomplete A-rank. It didn't have the life level of a true A-rank, but it possessed A-rank destructive power.
Seeing her reaction, Su Changqing laughed until his shoulders shook.
"Didn't expect that, did you? The person who should really be standing at the forefront of the Su Family is me, Su Changqing!"
He pointed at Su Muxue. "You are just a woman used and discarded by Lin Yuan. Even if he stood in front of me now, he would still have to respectfully call me 'Big Brother'."
Su Muxue raised her hand. Cold air spilled from her sleeves.
Sister Long lowered her voice: "Dr. Su, should we just chop him up?"
Su Muxue did not answer immediately. An A-rank fire type. Even if stacked with incomplete agents, it was still a scarce combat force. Lin Yuan was in the middle of consolidating Shanghai. She couldn't ruin the plan because of personal grudges.
Su Muxue opened her communicator. "Lin Yuan. Northeast Logistics Park, Su Changqing. Incomplete A-rank fire type. Is recruitment necessary?"
Tiangong No. 1. In the command room, Su Xiaonuan was looking at a map. Tang Qiqi was still holding a sample of bulletproof fiber. Captain Han Xue stood in the back row, having just received the training list. Everyone heard this sentence.
A-rank. Even if it was an incomplete product, it was enough to make ordinary factions fight tooth and nail for it.
Tang Qiqi muttered softly: "If we take him in, he'll probably eat a lot, right?"
Su Xiaonuan didn't speak. She just looked toward the main seat.
Lin Yuan sat in his chair, a map of Shanghai spread out in front of him. He didn't even look up. "Didn't I say it already?"
His voice came through the communication channel. "Kill everyone who resists."
Su Muxue's hand holding the communicator froze.
Lin Yuan paused for a moment. "Forget about A-rank. Even if it were an S-rank, it wouldn't be as important as a single hair of yours."
The command room went quiet. The lollipop in Tang Qiqi's mouth almost fell out.
Jiang Xiaowan gave a soft "tsk". "When did this bastard learn to say sweet nothings?"
Only Su Xiaonuan lowered her head and continued recording. She knew Lin Yuan wasn't saying sweet nothings. An incomplete A-rank. Male. Non-system target. To Lin Yuan, the value was far lower than Su Muxue. But what women like to hear has never been data.
At the entrance of the logistics park. Su Muxue turned off the communicator. She stood in the white mist, a thin layer of frost covering her lenses.
[Ding! Target Su Muxue (Beauty 90), favorability +2%, current favorability 53%!]
Su Changqing was still laughing. "What? Is Lin Yuan scared?"
The two fire-type Espers also laughed. The bald man shook his flames. "Young Master Su, once she kneels, can we also have a taste?"
The thin, tall man looked at Su Muxue's legs. "What's the rush? After Lin Yuan kneels, I'll contact Beijing. I don't know why Beijing hasn't replied to our messages for the past two days." "Probably too busy."
The flesh on Sister Long's face twitched. "I can't take it anymore."
Tank pressed down on her shoulder. "Wait for Dr. Su's orders."
Su Muxue finally spoke. "I have received Lin Yuan's order."
Su Changqing spread his arms. "Did you hear that? She received it! Lin Yuan also knows what A-rank represents!"
The Head of the Su Family straightened his back, and his cane hit the ground heavily. "As long as you are willing to admit your mistake, the Su Family can still give you a way out. You will still be a daughter of the Su Family in the future."
"As for that little bastard Su Xiaonuan, tell Lin Yuan to hand her back. The Su Family hasn't finished settling the score with her father yet."
Su Muxue's lips curled slightly. Very faintly. But the temperature at the entrance plummeted.
The flames in the hands of the two C-rank fire-type Espers suddenly shrank.
Su Changqing's expression darkened. "What are you doing?"
Su Muxue took off her glasses and handed them to Sister Long behind her. "Help me hold these."
Sister Long took them. "Don't worry, they won't break."
Su Muxue took a step forward. White frost spread from under her feet.
"He said..." Her voice was not loud. But it drowned out all the discussions on the wall. "To send you of the Su Family. On your way, all together."
The smile on Su Changqing's face froze. The next second, he roared. "Kill her!"
The two C-rank Espers attacked simultaneously. Fire pillars attacked from the left and right, rushing toward Su Muxue.
Su Muxue raised her hand. No flashy movements. Just one word. "Stop."
The fire pillars froze three feet in front of her. The flames turned into ice sculptures.
The bald man's eyes almost popped out. "Fire... fire can be frozen too?"
Su Muxue closed her fingers. Crack. The two frozen fire pillars shattered.
Her figure disappeared from where she stood. When she reappeared, she was already standing in front of the bald man.
An ice needle pierced into the center of his forehead. The bald man's body remained in the casting posture, but he was already dead.
The thin, tall man turned and ran. Su Muxue didn't even look. The ice under her feet cracked.
An ice hand reached out from the ground and grabbed the thin, tall man's ankle. Snap. The ankle broke.
The thin, tall man fell to the ground. Just as he was about to scream, the ice crawled up his leg, sealing his mouth, nose, and eyes.
Three seconds later. He turned into a kneeling ice sculpture.
The wall of the logistics park was dead silent. They didn't fire their guns. Usually, these guys bullied everyone in the park, so seeing Su Muxue kill the two of them so easily actually gave them an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
Su Changqing's face was livid. "Do you think you can win against me just by killing two pieces of trash?"
He brought his hands together. Crimson flames surged. Black fire lines wrapped around his arms.
"I am A-rank!" "I have the fire of the New World within me!"
Su Changqing swung his arms. A wave of fire spread out.
The Head of the Su Family was scorched and retreated. "Su Muxue! Do you think Lin Yuan can protect you?"
Su Muxue put her glasses back on. She looked at Su Changqing. "You talk too much."
She raised her right hand. The surrounding white mist gathered toward her palm. It wasn't just cooling down. It was draining the heat.
The flames under Su Changqing's feet began to tremble. He finally realized something was wrong. His A-rank fire type was actually being suppressed.
Su Muxue said softly: "That cat from when I was a child, I called it Snowball."
Su Changqing took half a step back. "You are S-rank?!"
Su Muxue brought her palm down. "Now, I've come to take it home."
Boom! The temperature of the entire Northeast Logistics Park plummeted past the critical point. The sign that read "Beijing Temporary Aid Station" on the wall instantly froze.
The Head of the Su Family threw his cane aside: "You... wait a minute, the call to Beijing has gone through!"
A cold male voice came from the communicator. "Who are you, daring to attack the logistics park! The logistics park now belongs to the Beijing Special Executive Office. If you do not stop immediately, we will call in the official Jiang City armed forces to strike you!"
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