Genshin Impact, it's you who rejected me, why are you all in such a hurry if I just give up?

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He then released the two beauties, stood up, walked to the long table, picked up an apple, and sat down on the steps, resting his hands on his knees and smiling as he watched the weeping merchant.

You said you'd fully support me?

"To be my dog?"

"Let's not even talk about whether you're good enough for her."

Lin Jiu'an leaned forward, looking at him curiously: "I'm more curious, I could kill your whole family right now and ransack your house."

"Why should I take you in as my dog?"

"of course."

"I'm not an unreasonable person either."

Hope rekindled in the man's gradually drying eyes, and the merchants, who had been in despair, looked at Lin Jiu'an with hope.

"Take today's incident as an example."

“You want to kill me, and you’re openly rebelling against me on my own turf.”

"If I don't give you guys a good beating and let you go, then who will dare to rebel against me in the future?"

"but."

"I am not a murderer."

"How about this."

Lin Jiu'an took a bite of the apple, then pointed with the apple at the people being dragged in by the soldiers outside the door.

He mumbled indistinctly, "As you can see, I've brought all your immediate family members with me."

"There are mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, and wives. There are all kinds and everything you could want. There's bound to be one that suits you."

"I'll give you two choices now."

Lin Jiu'an held up one finger.

"one."

“Choose half of them and kill them with your own hands with a knife.”

Then Lin Jiu'an extended his second finger.

"two..."

Lin Jiu'an hadn't finished speaking.

"You heartless demon!"

A middle-aged man couldn't help but step forward, pointing at Lin Jiu'an with his eyes wide with anger.

"Don't be too smug!"

"What goes around comes around. One day you will pay the price for the evil deeds you have done!"

Lin Jiu'an's smile faded, he casually tossed the apple aside, and stood up to walk in front of him.

"I remember saying that, didn't I?"

"I hate it when people point fingers at me."

"and."

"do you know?"

"I also hate it when people interrupt me while I'm speaking."

Seeing Lin Jiu'an looking at him indifferently, the middle-aged man's momentum faltered. He was about to say something when he saw Lin Jiu'an laugh again.

"Fine, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't hold it against you."

"Someone, since he's so enthusiastic, bring his family over."

Immediately, cries and shouts became crystal clear. Soldiers escorted more than a dozen people to the middle-aged man and Lin Jiu'an, with two soldiers immediately pinning the middle-aged man down.

"Tsk, they're quite prolific."

"As everyone knows, I am a democratic person."

“You didn’t like it when I said ‘one’ just now, and you even scolded me.”

“I understand you. It’s inevitable to get angry when something like this happens. Well, since you don’t like option ’one’, I’ll choose option ’two’ for you.”

Lin Jiu'an's smile vanished, and he coldly glanced at his relatives.

"One dagger, and each person takes turns stabbing him once."

"Whoever stabbed him to death, including himself and everyone in line before and after him, will die."

"If the first round doesn't kill him, we'll start the second round. We'll stop when he's finally dead."

"let's start."

A soldier handed a dagger to the boy who was closest to them.

The boy was released by the soldier, and after taking the dagger, he rushed towards Lin Jiu'an with bloodshot eyes.

"You monster, I'll fight you to the death!"

'Bang!'

Lin Jiu'an kicked him directly in the stomach.

The other party immediately curled up on the ground like a shrimp.

"remarkably brave."

"Since you're so brave, to show my appreciation for you, why don't you become a contestant alongside your father?"

"Stab the son first, then the father. The rules remain the same. Let's begin."

The next person to hold a dagger was a young girl. She approached the boy, trembling uncontrollably.

"Moon, we must never yield to that demon!"

The girl held the knife tremblingly, looking at her brother who was looking at her hopefully, and then at Lin Jiu'an.

Seeing his inexplicable smile, the girl trembled, almost dropping her knife. Then she cried out, "I'm sorry, brother, I don't want to die!"

Then, to the boy's incredulous gaze, she gripped the knife hilt with both hands and plunged it into his thigh.

Lin Jiu'an clicked his tongue slightly in amazement.

When it comes to ruthlessness, women are the best.

This strike was powerful and heavy, and the knife was deliberately held with both hands. Lin Jiu'an suspected that if the force had been greater, the hilt could have been pierced as well.

"Good, next one."

They savored the boy's melodious yet desperate screams, his repeated cries of "I'm sorry," and the sounds of sharp weapons piercing flesh, until the boy seemed too weak to scream anymore, but he was still alive.

Lin Jiu'an then looked at the other merchants.

"Are there any other people who would like to talk to me?"

"Your Majesty, could you please spare our lives and those of our families? We truly know we were wrong!"

"You know you were wrong?"

Lin Jiu'an laughed, and they laughed along with him, then Lin Jiu'an stopped laughing.

"If admitting your mistakes is enough, then what's the point of having the Thousand Rock Army?"

The merchants' smiles froze.

"If I just let you go like this, wouldn't I make myself look bad?"

"Give you a chance."

"If you play the game I specially prepared for you honestly, the rest of your family members won't have to die."

"If you don't obey, then we'll die together."

Lin Jiu'an waved his hand and said, "I'm a kind-hearted person and I can't stand seeing people cry."

"Ye Lan, I'm leaving this place to you. I'll be going now."

Ignoring the countless wailing cries of "Your Majesty" behind him, Lin Jiu'an turned and walked out of the room.

Ningguang followed him closely, and the two returned to Qunyu Pavilion.

Hu Tao was still in the office.

However, she seemed quite 'abnormal' at the moment, squatting in a corner with her hands wrapped around her knees, her cute little face pale, looking like she had become withdrawn.

"what happened?"

Hearing Lin Jiu'an's voice, Hu Tao was startled. Upon seeing Lin Jiu'an, she opened her mouth, then whispered, "You're back?"

"Why are you unhappy? Who bullied you?"

"No one bullied me."

Hu Tao shook her head, looked at him as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, and finally said with tears in her eyes, "You, you..."

She immediately burst into tears, crying, "I don't want business anymore! I don't want business anymore!"

"Don't think too much about it."

Lin Jiu'an rubbed her head.

"I didn't kill people to get 'business' for you; I just killed them because they were asking for it."

"This has nothing to do with you."

"On the contrary, I just need you to help me with some 'business'."

After a while.

Walnut's starry eyes regained a little light.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but Lin Jiu'an patted her head again.

"Alright, it's getting late, it's almost dawn. You should rest at Qunyu Pavilion tonight and go back tomorrow."

"You don't need to go out and solicit business anymore; you should be busy for a while now."

After the maid left with Hu Tao, Lin Jiu'an sat in his seat, propping his face up with his eyes slightly closed.

"Your Majesty, please go back and rest."

Ningguang said softly, "Leave everything here to me."

Lin Jiu'an then came to his senses.

Although his opponents, apart from "Young Master," were all trash he could easily crush, the long battle still made him a little sleepy. He pinched his nose hard, yawned, and waved his hand.

"No."

Ningguang was about to say something when Lin Jiu'an said, "I can't sleep until they're dead."

Ningguang then stopped telling Lin Jiu'an to rest and instead asked, "Then, Your Majesty, what do you plan to do with their families?"

"Should we do as you just told them, and let them go if they eat the meat, or..."

"Nine clans".

Ningguang couldn't help but smile.

She didn't know why she was laughing.

But when she heard that Lin Jiu'an hadn't actually let those people's families go just because he said he was playing games, but instead was breaking his promise and even going to exterminate their entire clan, she felt somewhat happy.

Seeing that Lin Jiu'an looked a little sleepy, Ningguang offered, "Your Majesty, would you like to take a bath?"

"Yes, tell someone to prepare hot water and make me a pot of tea while they're at it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As Ningguang's footsteps faded away, Lin Jiu'an rested his head on his hand and closed his eyes.

Just as he was drifting off to sleep, he heard the maid's voice.

"Your Majesty, the bathwater has been prepared for you."

Lin Jiu'an then opened his eyes, yawned, and frowned as he looked at the unfamiliar maid in front of him.