Zhou Zishu, however, didn’t expect the young boy currently standing at a corner to be unsurprised and unafraid. He only lowered his head as if looking at the two bodies, showing the top of his head. Silence fell over him completely; whenever people asked him something he would only nod or shake his head.

Gao Chong bent down a little and asked Zhang Chengling with a kind face. “Chengling, do you know these people?”

Zhang Chengling glanced at him, then shook his lowered head.

Gao Chong, in turns, spoke even more gently, hand reaching out to pat his head. “Don’t be afraid, my child, we will avenge you. Tell me, what did these two vile individuals say to you last night?”

Zhang Chengling didn’t look him in the eye and shook his head again. Gao Chong was starting to become perplexed when someone cut in enigmatically, “What good would come out of asking that question, Sir Gao? We elders all know that these two are Scorpion martyrs; they are merely blades and blades don’t talk, do they? What a joke! You should ask the boy if he knows something we don’t instead.”

That was Feng Xiaofeng, currently standing on the ground instead of perching on Gao Shannu’s shoulder. Because of his height, he had to crane his neck with his nose facing the sky; completed with his mocking tone, he made it hard for people to not want to beat him up.

Gao Shannu stood behind him quietly. With his scary face, he was like a demon in folk tales.

Gao Chong frowned at that. Zhao Jing, on the other hand, discarded all manners as he stood up, pointed at Feng Xiaofeng and shouted, “You despicable dwarf, how can your conscience let you say those words?”

Feng Xiaofeng scoffed, “Sir Zhao, why is it that ever since you took in the Zhang orphan, you didn’t let him leave your side for one second? You and I know the reason all too well, don’t think I’m an idiot!”

With shining eyes, he looked at Zhang Chengling, his voice sharp as knife, “Tell us the truth, boy, do you know where your family’s Lapis Armor piece went? Is it still with you? Or is it stolen by this Zhao– no, Sir Zhao?”

Zhao Jing was enraged. “You dwarf, curse your family all to Hell!”

Gao Shannu suddenly looked up to pin Zhao Jing down with his stare. Feng Xiaofeng stopped him with a wave of an arm, and Gao Shannu obediently stepped back to his place behind him. Feng Xiaofeng continued. “Did I hit a nerve, Sir Zhao? Don’t be so discourteous.”

Zhao Jing wanted nothing more than to charge forward and teach him a lesson.

Gao Chong quickly stepped in, his voice serious, “Brother Feng, unfounded accusations should not be thrown around to disturb our solidarity—someone come take these bodies away first, then we will discuss something long-term…”