Chapter 57

  Come and go hastily, this is the true meaning of blitzkrieg.

  The whole process took no more than a stick of incense time. Cheng Dalai had already broken in, set fire, kidnapped people, caused a big chaos and left.

  When the guards arrived, Cheng Dairen and others had already left Luoye City by horse from a small road.

  Twenty miles outside the city, when Cheng Dalai saw that there were no pursuing soldiers coming from behind, he slowed down his horse's speed, otherwise if they continued to gallop at full speed, the horses would collapse and die.

  Liu Zhi and Cheng Dali rode on the same horse, her small body leaning against Cheng Dali's chest, swaying with the horse's movement.

  "Oppa..."

  "I won't deceive you, Miss. My surname is Cheng and I am indeed the master of Frog Village. It was I who deceived you earlier."

  "It's already been seen through."

  "The girl is indeed clever and intelligent."

  "Thanks a lot to the big boss for saving me today, otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable. This favor must be repaid to the big boss."

  "Hah, Miss Liu is serious. I, on the other hand, am a man of my word, and once I've spoken, I must act. My reputation in Jianghu is at stake."

  "This... even a slave like me can see it."

  Two people speaking in turn, words chasing each other like needle and thread, densely sewn together. What are they sewing? A wedding dress! Mencius's words echo in my ears, pain in my heart.

  Originally, he was supposed to go and hug the girl first, but Cheng Da Lei actually kicked him away without shame, making the girl mistakenly think that it was him who saved her.

  Alas, Miss is only sixteen years old. The young girl has no romantic thoughts, but mistakenly thinking that it was Cheng Da Lei who saved her, she couldn't help but have a crush and started to miss him.

  Pitied himself for watching Miss grow up from a young age, seeing Miss become more and more beautiful with each passing day. His adoptive father had also mentioned before his death that he would marry Miss to him.

  How can I stand by and watch Miss being deceived by this wicked person, getting deeper and deeper into trouble day by day? She must be stopped before it's too late.

  Spurring his horse forward, he approached Cheng Da's lean horse.

  "Miss, you've had a fright, why don't we dismount and rest for a while before continuing?"

  "Uncle Yun, don't worry about me, let's listen to the master and head back to Frog Village earlier."

  "This... Men and women should maintain a distance, Cheng is an outsider in this household, Miss, you must consider your own reputation."

  "Cheng is a member of our household, not an outsider. If Brother Yun thinks I'm not reputable, then don't follow me."

  Liu Zhi's face turned stern, Meng Zi Yun was taken aback, not knowing which sentence he said that wasn't right and provoked Liu Zhi. What do you mean by "Cheng Dangjia is not an outsider"? You've only met a few times, he's not an outsider, I'm the one who grew up with him since childhood, but now I've become an outsider!

  From far away, the conversation between two people on horseback came from the night curtain.

  "Will the master of the house despise me for having fallen into the dust..."

  "Where I am from, I'm a bandit who occupies a mountain, don't look down on me, miss."

  "How could I look down on Cheng Da's family."

  "Ha, Miss, no need to be polite, just call me by my name, or you can call me LeiLei, people close to me all call me that."

  "Lei Lei, how much longer until we reach the mountain stronghold?" Qin Mian.

  "Get out."

  ……

  On that night, several people returned to the Frog Inn. Xu Shenji also brought everyone back not long ago and was arranging food and lodging for them. Huang San Yuan still had to register them in the book, but tonight's sky was late, so he could only roughly count the number of people and register them tomorrow.

  Cheng Dairen returned to his room and began to check the system interface. He had made a big fuss at the Huang family, reaping a wave of fear value, which now reached a total of 10,000.

  On the system interface, a dot appears on the image of the podium, but the image is blurry and cannot be seen clearly.

  When Cheng Dairen focused his attention on it, he received a system prompt.

  The population of the village is less than 100, and it's impossible to get the blueprint for building a watchtower.

  Cheng Dali looked at the information about Hamao Village again.

  Mountain stronghold: Frog Mountain Stronghold (Primary Mountain Stronghold)

  Owner: Cheng Dali

  Population: 99

  Skills: Unison, Healing

  Upon seeing this, Cheng Da Lei let out a sigh and said "Alas, it's a pity".

  Just like the business game in the previous life, the conditions for building low-level buildings are simple, while those for high-level buildings are more difficult. The Point Tower is definitely a high-end building, and apart from requiring a fear value of 10,000, the population of Shanzhai must also break through 100.

  The mountain stronghold originally had six people, and then pulled the Liu family to the mountain stronghold. The Liu family had a total of 93 people, which added up was still not enough to make one hundred.

  One person short of the goal.

  Cheng Dali felt a bit downhearted and didn't know where to look for the last person, so he turned over, covered himself with his quilt and fell asleep.

  The next day, Cheng Dairen got up early and had Xu Shenji beat the drum to gather the Liu family members in the school field. Firstly, they were registered on the roster, secondly, to see their situation, treating injuries and illnesses. Finally, Cheng Dairen also wanted to give a speech to everyone, such as how they came together from all directions for a common goal, although not blood relatives, but became brothers after falling to the ground, gathering people's hearts.

  The mountain stronghold has more people now, can't be as casual as before, leaders' artistry also needs to be mentioned.

  But things didn't go as expected, the copper drum was beaten loudly, but the Liu family didn't arrive until the sun was high in the sky.

  "My family, the Liu's, have been loyal and good for generations. How can I degrade myself to become a mountain bandit? I am ashamed before my ancestors, ashamed before my ancestors!" An old man with white hair pounded his chest and stamped his feet.

  "It's impossible for me to fall in love, it's impossible for me to fall in love this lifetime..."

  "We will rest here for a few days, and after settling our families, we brothers will again take up arms and achieve great things to bring glory to our ancestors!"

  "This is a den of thieves, a den of thieves! If you stay here for a moment, just eating one mouthful of thief's food, you'll be infected with the thief's aura and can't wash it off for a lifetime." The white-haired old man continued to beat his chest and stamp his feet.

  "You little scoundrel, for the next few days you can rest assured that we will ensure your den is safe, but as for thinking that we'll follow you in becoming a bandit, don't even think about it!"

  "I'm hungry, where can we eat?" a chubby little kid said.

  Xu Shenji, Huang San Yuan, Qin Man, Lin Shaoyu and Xu Ling'er's expressions all turned gloomy, then they looked at Cheng Dairen with their eyes.

  Everyone has found where the problem lies.

  The original Haqi village had only six people, and this time they recruited more than 90 people from the Liu family. So, six versus ninety-three, what is the surname of Haqi village, Cheng or Liu?

  Of course, they didn't mean to occupy the Toad Village. It's not that they were being kind, but rather they looked down on the Toad Village, and even more so at Cheng Dairen of the Toad Village.

  Actually, Cheng Dalai is not without a solution to this problem. After all, with 5,000 years of cultural influence, he understands some unorthodox tactics.

  Cheng Darui should accompany Xiaoxin, put on a smiling face, first think of ways to appease their emotions, and then in the following days, win over some, isolate some, strike at some, and slowly establish their sense of belonging to the mountain stronghold as time goes by.

  After all, Cheng Dairen needs these people. He has to complete the task and if he wants to develop his knockoff business further, he can't just rely on six people, so the dozens of people in front of him are actually very important.

  Ke Cheng Dali is only eighteen years old this year, he is also young and vigorous, he is also full of energy.

  Do you think I can get used to them?

  In the darkness, there seemed to be a voice answering: Yes.

  But Cheng Dali's answer this time is:

  No.