Quick Transmigration: Cannon Fodder's Daily Rise to Power and Face-Slapping

Chapter 170 Slapping the Vampire's Face: The World's Top Man

When the servants arrived at the dungeon, Song Qianqian was still pleading with Lin Hao to ask the elders to release her.

Lin Hao was quite surprised to see the elder's attendant come to the dungeon.

He stood in front of Song Qianqian and asked, "An Yi, what are you doing here?"

After bowing respectfully, the attendant replied, "The elder has ordered Song Qianqian to be expelled from the Vampire Association."

"What? No way!" Lin Hao shouted angrily.

"What exactly did Qianqian do wrong that the elders are punishing him like this?" Lin Hao still doesn't know what Song Qianqian did.

"Song Qianqian harmed Shangguan by injecting the venom of a low-level vampire into Shangchang Leng Yuexing's wound, causing him to become infected with vampire venom," An Yi replied respectfully, bowing his head.

Upon hearing this, Lin Hao immediately turned to look at Song Qianqian and asked incredulously, "Qianqian, when you were bandaging the boss's wound, he got infected with the venom of a low-level vampire?"

Song Qianqian clutched her chest, looking at Lin Hao with tears welling up in her eyes. "Brother Lin, I didn't, I really didn't! I don't know anything he said. He's slandering me! Please, please plead with the elders for me!"

Song Qianqian grabbed Lin Hao's arm, "You and the eldest brother are both disciples of the elders. Are you willing to always be inferior to him? You can't even protect the person you love?"

Lin Hao was deeply shocked upon hearing this. As an elder's disciple, he naturally did not want to be inferior to Leng Yuexing forever.

However, he had to admit that Leng Yuexing's power was far greater than his own.

Some people are born to stand on high mountains and be admired by others, while others have to put in countless efforts to climb those mountains.

Throughout his childhood training, whether it was speed training or strength training, no matter how hard he tried, he could never compare to the dazzling genius Leng Yuexing.

For a long time, he hated himself and felt that he could never be as good as Leng Yuexing, but then Song Qianqian appeared in his life.

Song Qianqian understood him, comforted him, and always encouraged him, which helped him to start to cheer up again.

But now he realizes that everything Song Qianqian said before was a lie.

Song Qianqian also felt that she was inferior to Leng Yuexing and could never compare to him.

He knew Leng Yuexing well; Leng Yuexing wasn't one to make baseless accusations. If Song Qianqian hadn't done anything to harm him, he certainly wouldn't have accused her.

Lin Hao looked at Song Qianqian with a conflicted expression. "Qianqian, it's just being expelled from the association. I'll take care of you from now on. Will you stay with me?"

Upon hearing this, Song Qianqian's eyes widened in disbelief. "You dared to argue with me and Leng Yuexing before, but now that I'm asked to plead with the elders, you're completely unwilling. Is that all you're capable of? I really misjudged you!"

Hearing Song Qianqian's accusations, Lin Hao's chest heaved with anger. He roared, "If you hadn't done anything, I would have pleaded with the elders at all costs!"

"Do you dare tell me that you really didn't do anything?"

Song Qianqian took a step back, glanced at the ground somewhat guiltily, and then shouted in a threatening but weak voice, "I didn't do it!"

The two stared at each other, neither willing to back down, their eyes filled with anger.

An Yi couldn't help but say from the side, "Commander Leng has already handed over the low-level vampire's teeth to the elders. There should still be Song Qianqian's fingerprints and Commander Leng's blood on them."

Upon hearing this, Song Qianqian abruptly turned to look at An Yi, "Leng Yuexing didn't become a vampire? How is that possible?"

An Yi rolled her eyes at him, but didn't answer him.

"Song Qianqian! What else do you have to say?" Lin Hao shouted from the side.

Song Qianqian then realized what she had just said.

He originally thought the elders ordered him to be punished because they had discovered that Leng Yuexing had become a vampire.

But he didn't expect that Leng Yuexing wouldn't become a vampire. Why didn't she become a vampire? Why?

Song Qianqian was completely baffled.

An Yi naturally wouldn't tell Song Qianqian the reason why Leng Yuexing turned back into a human.

Seeing that Lin Hao and Song Qianqian had finished speaking, he raised the whip in his hand and said, "The elder said that before being expelled from the Vampire Hunter Association, he should be whipped fifty times."

"What? I don't want it!" Song Qianqian shouted loudly as she looked at the whip in An Yi's hand.

He knelt down beside Lin Hao in a flash. "Brother Lin, please, I'll accept being expelled from the association, but please don't whip me, okay? I'm scared!" Song Qianqian hugged Lin Hao's leg, crying so hard she could barely breathe.

Lin Hao looked at Song Qianqian, who was crying and clinging to his leg, with a complicated expression.

He knew in his heart that Song Qianqian didn't even look at him.

Perhaps everything Song Qianqian did for him before was just a second-best option, because she couldn't win Leng Yuexing's heart, so she pursued him instead.

But he still loved Song Qianqian. No matter what he did, Song Qianqian had indeed been there for him through a difficult time, and he couldn't ignore her tears.

So he closed his eyes briefly, then opened them and looked at An Yi, saying in a low, hoarse voice, "I will take those fifty lashes for him."

Upon hearing this, Song Qianqian stopped crying. He looked up at Lin Hao with complicated emotions, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

His lips trembled; he knew he should feign a rebuttal at this moment and tell him to bear it himself.

But after hesitating for a while, Song Qianqian still knelt on the ground and whispered, "Brother Lin, thank you."

Lin Hao glanced down at Song Qianqian, who kept her head down and didn't dare to look him in the eye.

He said in a low voice, somewhat pained, "In that case, we're even."

Song Qianqian knew what Lin Hao was referring to: all the effort he had put in over this period of time had been exchanged for these fifty lashes.

From then on, it was as if nothing had ever happened between him and Lin Hao.

Song Qianqian did not reply or make any move. She just knelt silently on the ground, her head down, seemingly lost in thought.

Lin Hao silently unbuttoned his shirt, took it off, and turned his back to An Yi. "Let's begin."

An Yi looked at Lin Hao, who had her back to him and was ready to be tortured, and said with a conflicted expression, "But, as you know, our association has never had the concept of scapegoating."

"If you insist on taking the punishment for Song Qianqian, please allow me to report to the elders." An Yi dared not make the decision on his own regarding this matter.

"I'll take care of the elders. I'll talk to them about it later!" Lin Hao shouted impatiently.

An Yi was still hesitant, fearing that the elders would blame him later.

Lin Hao turned around and looked at An Yi, who was still hesitating to make a move, then walked over and snatched the whip from his hand.

"If you won't hit me, I'll hit myself!" Lin Hao said, and then took the leather whip and struck himself on the back.

He used all his strength with each strike, and with one lash, his back was already a bloody mess.

Song Qianqian kept her head down, not daring to look at Lin Hao at all, but her body trembled every time she heard the sound of the whip.

With only ten lashes remaining, Lin Hao could no longer bear it and knelt on the ground.

An Yi pounced over, "Why are you doing this to yourself?"

Lin Hao pushed him away and silently continued to finish the remaining ten lashes.

He then collapsed to his knees, utterly exhausted, and said in a hoarse voice, "Hurry up and take Song Qianqian out of the association!"

An Yi frowned, looking at Lin Hao with reluctance, then grabbed Song Qianqian's arm and led him out of the dungeon.

Song Qianqian kept her head down the whole time and didn't say a word.

Just as Song Qianqian was about to leave Lin Hao's sight, Lin Hao said loudly, "Song Qianqian, we're even now! Take care of yourself from now on."

Song Qianqian's body trembled, but he still didn't say a word and silently followed An Yi out of the dungeon.