Hou Dong smirked when he came back and saw the wealthy man lying on the ground, stripped butt-naked with Sun Jin sitting nonchalantly on his back. "It seems you’ve finished already." Hou Dong crouched down in front of the man and smiled. "Now, how does it feel?"
The man mumbled something but Hou Dong couldn’t make out any of the words. He turned to look at the second man he had brought with him.
Shen Ling shrugged his shoulders. "He was being noisy and you took your sweet time so Sun Jin made him shut up."
Hou Dong took a look and couldn’t help but snicker. Sun Jin really had done good work this time around. He had cut off one of the panels hanging from the red robe that Kanuen had been forced to wear and crammed it into the man’s mouth. Just imagining it made Hou Dong shiver. It couldn’t be a good feeling having to smell that awful fragrance the whole time. Well, this guy deserved it.
"Well, it’s good if he can’t talk. I don’t think I want to hear what he has to say." He turned to Sun Jin and grinned. "That idea he wasn’t bad. Is there another one where that came from?"
Sun Jin motioned at his nose. "Me?"
Hou Dong nodded happily. "Yeah, you. I feel like your ideas today are quite good. You should use this opportunity and show me what you’ve got!"
Shen Ling couldn’t help but chuckle at the side. Sun Jin’s ideas never were good and if he wanted to prove himself in front of their Master, they would likely get even worse. That rich guy was in for a whole lot of trouble.
Sun Jin indeed started thinking about it seriously. "Well, we could castrate him."
Hou Dong shook his head. Not that he didn’t want to do so but … if Kanuen asked, later on, he really wouldn’t know how to face him. Furthermore, if they went overboard, then the ones who would have to suffer were his other slaves. He didn’t want that. No, they had to pay him back in another manner.
Sun Jin pursed his lips. He felt that the idea had been very good. But, well, if his Master didn’t like it … "Then, we could strap him to the bed and let his people laugh at him. We could even give them some weapons so they can take revenge for everything he did."
Hou Dong pursed his lips. Strapping him to the bed didn’t sound too bad. After all, this was the place where he had wanted to exert his power over his slaves. Having to lie there powerless for once wouldn’t be too bad. "Tying him up is okay but I don’t think we should involve the others. At least not for now. They’re still his people so who knows if they wouldn’t just set him free instead of punching him? No, I guess we should first do something ourselves before we let them find him. Give me something that will make him feel powerless. If he dares to abuse his power like this, then we should strip him of it."
The man once again gave an unintelligible groan but the other three ignored him.
Sun Jin looked at his face and then pointed at the beard on his chin. "How about shaving him?"
Hou Dong and Shen Ling exchanged a glance before looking back at Sun Jin.
"How does shaving him strip him of his power?"
Sun Jin harrumphed. "What do you know? Why do you think he’s wearing that beard? Isn’t it because he wants to appear more manly? I bet he has a face like a woman if you shave it off. Actually, if we’re at it, maybe we should also shave off the hair on his head. Might look interesting, don’t you think so?"
Shen Ling scratched his head and looked at their Master. He didn’t really get his argument but, well, if their Master was alright with this, then he would naturally comply.
Hou Dong rubbed his chin. He wasn’t too sure either if what Sun Jin said made any sense but it was worth a try. "Alright, then how about strapping him to the bed first and then shaving off the beard? He won’t be able to struggle as much that way."
His men nodded and Sun Jin got up, dragging the man back to his feet. "Let’s go do it then." He laughed and pushed the man over, motioning at Shen Ling to get him something to tie the guy up with.
Shen Ling pondered and finally went to cut off the second panel of cloth from the red robe, throwing it at Sun Jin who tied the man’s hands up. Meanwhile, he cut what was left of the robe into strips and brought them over, tying up the man’s feet to make sure he didn’t kick out.
Hou Dong couldn’t help but laugh. "I guess the robe had its use after all." He looked around and finally found a chair, dragging it over to the foot of the bed and sat down, crossing his legs. "I’ll let you handle the other stuff." He hooked an arm behind the backrest of the chair and smiled to himself.
He would have liked to administer the guy’s punishment himself but he wasn’t too sure if he wouldn’t … accidentally cut the guy’s throat instead. If he thought back to Kanuen’s gaze before, then he wanted to do so. Unfortunately, he also knew that he couldn’t do it. He didn’t want to be on the same level as this scum and he didn’t want to lie to Kanuen either. No, it was still better to let Sun Jin and Shen Ling have some fun while he just watched.
The other two men exchanged a glance.
"Shaving him was my idea, so I should be the one to do it, shouldn’t I?"
Shen Ling sighed and sat down at the edge of the bed, motioning at the rich guy. "Sure, go for it. It’s not like I like shaving guys. I certainly won’t insist on doing this."
Sun Jin harrumphed. What did this guy mean? As if he’d like to shave a guy! He was just doing this to impress their Master, alright?! This had nothing to do with any fetishes he had.
He ignored Shen Ling and took out a knife, looking at the man on the bed and rubbing his own chin. "You know, I don’t like beards. So I always shaved off whatever I had to shave off. But I still think it’s something different shaving yourself and shaving somebody else. So you should better lay still just in case. Otherwise, you might end up with some scars on your face."
The man on the bed gave another grunt, trying to get some words out around the fabric.
Sun Jin furrowed his brows and turned to look at Shen Ling. "What do you think he’s saying?"
"Ah, it’s probably something like: 'Do you even know who you are messing with? My father, my brother, my uncle … They’re some bigwigs around here and I’ll have my men chase you down like dogs! You won’t be able to flee anywhere under the sun!' Something like that, you know."
Sun Jin blinked his eyes and turned to look at Hou Dong. "Is he saying the truth?"
Hou Dong blinked. "What are you talking so much for? Just shave it off! If you want something, he can go after those merchants. It was their idea after all."
Sun Jin nodded and started to get to work, slowly shaving off the beard, starting from the right. The dark stubbles fell onto the bed, forming a pattern around his face. Sun Jin stopped halfway and looked at his handiwork, rubbing his chin again. "This doesn’t look too bad. I mean this looks like shit but I think I’m rather good at shaving, right? Maybe if we’re too old to be warriors, I could open up a barbershop."
Shen Ling reached over and slapped the back of his head. "What barbershop? You don’t want to live in our Hua country any longer? Who would go to a barbershop?"
Sun Jin rubbed his head and glared at Shen Ling angrily. "What do you know? There are lots of foreigners coming to our country these days. They do shave off their beard and cut their hair. It would be possible."
Hou Dong sighed. "You can still think about that in the future. For now, it would be nice if you could finish that up. Kanuen is still waiting for me."
Sun Jin nodded and continued to shave. He couldn’t help but glance at Shen Ling while he did though. "Why don’t you shave off his hair? It would be much faster if you did."
Shen Ling looked at the hairstyle the man was wearing and furrowed his brows. "What’s there you shave? These foreigners don’t even wear their hair long. I don’t think he’d care."
Hou Dong nodded. He didn’t think so either. The beard might be one thing but as for the rest … He had actually seen some of these foreigners from Kai who didn’t have any hair on their heads at all. He really couldn’t understand but, well, they couldn’t expect them to be just like them. This was another country after all.
"See? Master agrees. So you just take care of the beard. We can think of something else afterward."
Sun Jin grumbled but continued to shave off the last bit of the beard. "I’d really like to know what else you want to come up with. We’ve already stripped him and shaved off his beard. He’s even strapped to the bed like a bug lying on its back that can’t get up anymore. What could be more humiliating?"
Shen Ling stared at the man that was already glaring daggers at them and couldn’t help but nod. "Yeah. What could be more humiliating?" He even had to let some stranger trash-talk him and couldn’t retort a single word … It really was hard to think of something worse. "Well, maybe that depends on who will find him like this." He turned around and walked to the table where a letter was lying. He picked it up and waved in Hou Dong’s direction. "I think this guy is rather fond of partying, Master. How about sending out some invitations?"
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