"Wait a second, I rember that woman at the hospital said Lin Tang looked very familiar..." Shen Jiayue suddenly exclaid.
"What do you an?"
"Lin Tang doesn't seem to have parents either!"
"What? Could he be the person Gan Leixin is looking for?"
Their eyes widened, and they began to tremble uncontrollably.
If it really is Lin Tang... then all those things we did to him... They shuddered at the thought. No matter how much they repented or tried to make ands, he wouldn't give them the ti of day!
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Dong Mingfeng shook her head repeatedly. "Lin Tang is just a country bumpkin. His dad would never have had the chance to et soone like Gan Leixin, let alone beco his benefactor."
"Right, right. It couldn't be that much of a coincidence, haha..." Shen Xin gave a dry laugh.
Shen Jiayue also felt she was probably overthinking things.
「anwhile.」
Lin Tang took Lee Encai ho.
"Hello, Grandpa Shen!" Lee Encai said politely.
Shen Qiushi looked at this girl who seed far too close to his grandson-in-law. He sighed inwardly, not knowing what to say.
He went to find her again! Shen Youling's face remained expressionless.
The mont Lee Encai returned to her room, she gasped, "Ah? Why have all my clothes been thrown out? Who did this? They have no class!"
Shen Youling's face flushed with embarrassnt, and she was about to go over and apologize when Lee Encai spoke again. "Was it Youling's parents? That would explain it. Forget it, I can't be bothered to stoop to their level. Lin Tang, hurry and give so money. I'll go buy new clothes."
"Alright, I'll perform a magic trick for you!" Lin Tang first showed his empty hands, then gave them a wild shake.
RUSTLE!
A shower of banknotes fluttered down like flower petals scattered by a goddess.
"Wow!" Lee Encai gasped. "How did you do that? Where were you hiding it? Let see!"
She threw her arms around him and began patting him down.
"Hey, where are you touching? Get off!"
"Hee hee, I'm tickling you!"
The two of them bantered and wrestled playfully, leaving Shen Youling standing at the doorway, unsure whether to enter or leave. They finished gathering the cash into a thick stack, at least a hundred thousand yuan.
In the past, I wouldn't have batted an eye at a sum like a hundred thousand yuan. But now, with the Shen Family bankrupt and saddled with debt, I can't even co up with a thousand!
Lin Tang, you're so generous with another woman, but you've never given a single penny! Do I have to ask for you to even notice? Who's your actual wife?! Shen Youling desperately wanted to scream these words, but she kept her mouth shut. She could only purse her lips, her eyes following them resentfully as they headed out.
"Youling, do you want to go shopping with us?" Lee Encai suddenly invited.
"I'll pass. I'm not feeling well..."
"Since you're not going, you can be in charge of dinner," Lin Tang cut in. "Rember to make plenty of dishes."
He then shut the door.
SLAM!
"You... you bastard!" Shen Youling was on the verge of tears.
He didn't even give any money! How am I supposed to buy groceries? I see now, he's doing this just to tornt ! Despicable, despicable, despicable!
「On the street.」
Recalling the aggrieved look on Shen Youling's face, Lin Tang couldn't help but chuckle.
Lee Encai shot him a sideways glance. "Is it really okay to bully her like that?"
"You call that bullying?" Lin Tang scoffed, flagging down a taxi. "How much to charter for the day? Actually, don't answer. Encai, just give him so money."
"You got it!" Lee Encai grabbed a handful of cash from the plastic bag without counting and stuffed it into the driver's hand.
The driver was utterly baffled. In all his years behind the wheel, he had never seen anyone pay like that.
The pair went on a shopping spree, filling the backseat and trunk of the car. Afterward, Lin Tang had the driver deliver their purchases ho while he and Lee Encai turned into the nearby food street. Zhang Xinyu's fried rice stall was located there.
Since they were passing by anyway, they decided to take a look.
"Huh? I rember the stall being right here. Why aren't they around?" Lee Encai said, puzzled when she saw it was occupied by an unfamiliar couple. She walked over to ask.
"Hmph!" The woman, who had initially been welcoming, scowled the mont she heard they were looking for Liu Changping. "Don't know. Go away, don't bother my business."
"Hey, what's with the attitude!" Lee Encai was about to erupt, but the woman's husband sized up Lin Tang, then rushed over and shoved his wife aside. "You stupid, blind woman, get out of the way!"
He then turned to Lin Tang with a fawning smile. "You two are looking for Old Liu, right? They moved..."
According to his account, Liu Changping and Zhang Xinyu had been fined and pushed out by the others, forcing them to relocate to the most remote corner of the street. The man then leaned in and whispered mysteriously to Lin Tang, "I heard they might have killed soone. The police are questioning them every day."
"Killed soone? Who?"
"Those two guys who were collecting stall fees last ti. You two were here then..."
"Oh, them?" Lin Tang said casually. "I'm the one who killed them. What does that have to do with Old Liu and his wife? They're blaming the wrong people."
Lin Tang shook his head as the mory ca back to him. Yu Huaji had attacked him, and he had blasted the man to smithereens. Unfortunately, those two thugs had witnessed it. And so...
"What?! Y-You killed them? You're not joking, are you?"
"Do I look like I'm joking?"
The man broke out in a cold sweat. To think he'd been planning to play the victim to try and get the secret seasoning recipe from them. He never imagined he'd run straight into the murderer!
Just as the man was about to wet himself from fear, Lin Tang smiled. "You're sharp. You figured out I was just kidding."
"Ah, haha—" The man forced a laugh that looked more painful than crying.
Only after Lin Tang and Lee Encai were far in the distance did he let out a massive sigh of relief. He imdiately grew frantic. "Quick! We're leaving! We're going ho, back to our hotown! We're never coming back to Jiangbei again!"
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Lin Tang located Zhang Xinyu's stall. As expected, it was in the worst possible location. Fortunately, Liu Changping's cooking skills had improved significantly. After all, practice makes perfect when you're frying hundreds of servings of rice and noodles every day. Combined with the secret seasoning from Lin Tang, their business was still thriving, with a long line of custors waiting.
"Benefactor!" Seeing Lin Tang approach, the couple greeted him with warm enthusiasm.
"Let introduce you," Zhang Xinyu said. "This is my son and my daughter-in-law. You two, co over and thank your benefactor!"
Zhang Peng and Huang Yun stepped forward to offer their thanks as instructed. Zhang Peng had the simple, honest face of a good man. Huang Yun, however, was dressed flamboyantly, her top cut low to deliberately reveal her cleavage.
Originally, she and Zhang Peng argued so frequently they were on the verge of divorce. It was only after learning how successful Zhang Xinyu's business had beco that she'd changed her tune and even volunteered to help out. Her true goal was to get her hands on the secret seasoning recipe, but Zhang Xinyu was no fool and wasn't about to let her learn it so easily.
Since Lin Tang was the one who had provided the recipe, an idea sparked in Huang Yun's mind. Ignoring her husband's presence completely, she tried to press herself against Lin Tang, her voice dripping with coquettishness.
"Hey, watch it!" Lee Encai shoved her away, clearly displeased.
"Everyone knows Young Master Lin's wife is Shen Youling, the number one beauty in Jiangbei. It's not you, so what right do you have to tell what to do?" Huang Yun shot back, unintimidated.
Lee Encai was furious, and seeing Lin Tang stifle a laugh made her even more so. "We're leaving!" she snapped, pulling him away at a brisk pace.
"Hey, wait—" Huang Yun started to chase after them, but at that exact mont, a few thuggish-looking punks stord over. One of them slamd a plate of fried noodles right in her face.
"Ah! What are you doing?"
"You have the nerve to ask? Look at this garbage you're selling! There's a cockroach in it!" one of them yelled. "Everyone, co look! Is this any way to run a business? It's disgusting!"
"Pay up! You have to compensate us!"
"We're smashing this damn stall!"
They shoved the custors in line and kicked over the small tables and stools. Then, they grabbed Huang Yun by the arms and forced her head down.
Enraged, Zhang Peng started to rush forward, but froze in his tracks when one of the punks pulled out a knife.
I'm just an ordinary person. I don't know any martial arts or Spells... It's only natural to be afraid.
Zhang Xinyu and Liu Changping were equally terrified and felt deeply wronged. "We're very careful with our ingredients! We wash them many tis, they aren't dirty at all!" Liu Changping protested. "And that cockroach is huge! Unless I was blind, how could I have possibly missed it while cooking?"
Hearing this, one of the punks stepped forward and slapped Liu Changping so hard his ears rang. "The fuck did you just say? Are you accusing of planting this cockroach to fra you?" another shouted. "You make us sick and then you try to bla us? Slandering us, huh?"
"Grab 'em all! We'll take them back and teach them a proper lesson!"
The punks were strong young n ard with weapons; Zhang Xinyu's family of four stood no chance. The onlookers pointed and muttered amongst themselves. Most of them believed the stall owners but didn't dare get involved. As the stall was about to be torn apart, one of the thugs snatched the bottle of special seasoning.
"Taste my Beautiful Monkey Fist!" a clear voice cried out, followed by the flash of soft, paw-like hands.
SWIPE, SWIPE, SWIPE!
A series of quick slashes tore open one man's cheek, making him cry out in pain.
"You bitch, you're courting death!" another punk snarled, thrusting his knife toward Lee Encai's stomach.
She froze in terror.
CLANG!
The knife was struck by an invisible wave of True Qi and clattered to the ground. Snapping out of her daze, Lee Encai unleashed another flurry of scratches on him.
The remaining punks attacked at once. Their leader, seeing how beautiful Lee Encai was, instinctively yelled, "Don't scratch her face! A feisty beauty like this... it'd be a sha not to take her back and have so fun..."
Before the words were even out of his mouth, all of his n were suddenly laid out on the ground.
"Holy shit!" the leader yelped in shock and turned to flee.
Lin Tang picked up the fallen fried noodles and slapped them right across the leader's face. By a stroke of pure coincidence, the cockroach flew directly into the man's open mouth.
"BLECH—" The man dry-heaved violently, then roared with fury, "Do you have any idea who I am? Do you know who's backing ? You're finished! Nobody can save you today, I swear it!"
"Oh?" Lin Tang raised an eyebrow, "Is that so? It seems you're the one who doesn't know who I am."
「At the hotel.」
The ga-rich Gan Leixin t up with his wife, Qiu Yuxian, after arriving in Jiangbei.
The mont she saw him, she exploded with anger. "Are you out of your mind? Giving half of our fortune to that little bastard Lin? Didn't we agree that everything would be left to our precious grandson?"
"You should look at this file on Lin Tianyang first," Gan Leixin said, handing her a folder.
Qiu Yuxian opened it. The first thing that t her eyes was a photograph of Lin Tang, followed by his detailed personal information.
At first, she scanned it with a look of pure contempt. But as she continued to read, her pupils contracted.
"How is this possible?"
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