Chapter 151: R-Nationals

Because the Li family's secret base was gone, Liu Hengdao hadn't continued his suppression of Huang Laohu and Wu Di over the past two days. This was mainly because the group of Li family experts Liu Hengdao had brought had been recalled by the Li family. Without those experts, Liu Hengdao didn't dare to suppress them too harshly.

As for Third Brother, Zhang Yinuo, and me, we were having a massive headache. We had hoped to use the secret base to bring down the Li family, but we hadn't expected them to slip away. Although we had Liu Shuang and his parents as witnesses, without substantial evidence, there was no real way to proceed.

There was nothing to do on the weekend. I had intended to stay home, but Chen Ling insisted on dragging me out, saying she wanted to take me out to play. I couldn't resist the girl, and I wasn't good at refusing others, so I was dragged out by Chen Ling.

When Chen Ling and I went out, we didn't bring anyone else. Third Brother had wanted to come along, but he was glared back by Chen Ling’s murderous gaze.

Walking on the street, I followed Chen Ling listlessly, feeling like my soul had left my body. I hadn't rested well, my body was tired, and I was sleepy; I just couldn't muster any energy.

Although I told Chen Ling this, she didn't care at all, saying it was enough that I was just with her.

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow Chen Ling. She skipped along the whole way, looking like a happy little elf. I had no idea what she was so excited about.

Chen Ling walked into a men's clothing store, looked at me, and said, "Brother Yang Yun, let's go in and buy some clothes!"

Seeing the men's clothing store, I didn't think much of it, assuming Chen Ling wanted to buy something for her father. But when we went in and Chen Ling put clothes in front of me, I realized she was picking them out for me.

I quickly shook my head and said, "No, no, I have clothes of my own!"

"I know you have clothes, but you're missing a piece of clothing from me!" Chen Ling looked at me and said.

Hearing Chen Ling, I was stunned. I had clearly rejected her before, but I hadn't expected her to be so persistent.

I said helplessly to Chen Ling, "Xiao Ling, I really don't need it. I have clothes, and the clothes here are so expensive, it’s really not necessary!"

Seeing me, Chen Ling's expression fell, and she looked like she was about to cry. Seeing her like this, I panicked. I was most afraid of women crying, so I quickly comforted her: "Don't cry yet, can't we just talk about this properly?"

"I just want to give Brother Yang Yun a piece of clothing, is that not allowed? Wuwu!"

"Don't, don't cry, fine, fine, is that okay?"

Hearing my words, Chen Ling instantly regained her smile, jumped up, and said excitedly, "Yay! Brother Yang Yun, come on, hurry and try on the clothes!"

Seeing her instant change of face, I knew I’d been played by her. Chen Ling stuck out her tongue and said, "Brother Yang Yun, I didn't mean to, but you wouldn't agree, so I had no choice. Hurry and try on the clothes!"

I was helpless, but I couldn't bring myself to be harsh with her. After all, she hadn't done anything wrong; liking someone wasn't a mistake. I understood that feeling.

Chen Ling had me try on many clothes, and finally, she picked out a very stylish casual outfit. However, when it came time to pay, I saw the price and almost fell to the ground. Even though I had been to the provincial capital and seen the prices there, this was the first time I’d seen such high prices in our local area.

"Xiao Ling, let's forget it, don't buy it. It’s too expensive, it’s not worth it!" I said to Chen Ling, who was preparing to pay.

"Exactly, if you don't have the money, don't buy it. Why put on a show?" A woman not far away mocked.

"Who says we don't have money? You're the ones who don't have money!" Chen Ling said angrily to the woman who had mocked us.

The woman was dressed very strangely; she was in her 30s but wearing a bizarre sailor suit and heavy makeup. Beside her stood a short middle-aged man.

"You? You have money? You bumpkins, you probably don't even know what it means to be rich in your whole lives. Get aside and let us pay!" the heavily made-up woman shouted at us with disdain.

Hearing them, Chen Ling was so angry she was about to explode and wanted to argue with them, but I grabbed Chen Ling and said, "Forget it!"

Seeing us not speaking, the woman became even more arrogant: "Bumpkins, too scared to talk now? Let us show you what real financial power is!"

With that, the woman acted coquettishly toward the middle-aged man: "Oni-chan, can you help me pay?"

The man used very broken Chinese: "Hao de, bao bei!"

It looked like the person opposite was an R-national. Honestly, it wasn't easy to see foreigners in our small city, and coincidentally, this guy was an R-national. In an instant, I took a few extra looks at the middle-aged man.

"Tch, what are you showing off? So you just found a foreigner, how shameless!" Chen Ling curled her lip.

Although Chen Ling spoke quietly, the woman still heard her and cursed at Chen Ling: "You little bitch, who are you talking about? I’ll tear your mouth off!"

With that, the woman rushed over to attack Chen Ling. Chen Ling was startled, so I quickly blocked her, grabbed the woman's arm, and said coldly, "We’ve already been very patient with you, don't push your luck!"

The woman tried to break free, but as a woman, she was no match for me. After struggling for a while and finding it useless, she quickly said to the R-national beside her: "Oni-chan, this guy is bullying me, hurry and help me!"

The R-national looked at me and continued using his broken Chinese: "Ni ku fan kai ta!"

I ignored his words and said coldly to the woman: "Apologize!"

"Dream on!" the woman said angrily.

Seeing me ignore him, the R-national's expression turned angry, and he rushed over to attack me. I subconsciously blocked his fist, but to my surprise, this R-national actually had some skills. He wasn't an ordinary person; he had likely practiced.

As we were fighting, two people suddenly jumped out from somewhere and attacked me. Their skills weren't weak, but after trading two blows with them, I judged that they weren't true martial artists but so-called "fake experts" built up by biochemical potions. I hadn't expected this R-national to be related to the strengthening potion. This was truly a case of "finding what you're looking for without even trying."