latelenovela Chapter 202 Meeting an acquaintance by chance
Chapter 202 Meeting an acquaintance by chance
With a "rip," Zhong Ming's pants were torn open, revealing his strong thighs.
"Ouch! Which bastard pushed me?"
"Hey, hey, I'm sorry, fellow Daoist." The other person immediately understood and went to help the person up, but unexpectedly, the person who fell to the ground slapped the helping hand away.
"Are you blind? Do you even know who I am?" The man stood up and, taking the opportunity, bumped Zhong Ming with his butt, causing him to stumble.
Now, they're bound to get angry.
Sure enough, Zhong Ming placed a hand on his shoulder.
"They've taken the bait! They've taken the bait!" the man thought with elation.
"I have no intention of interfering in your conflict, but you two are responsible for the torn clothes." Zhong Ming was bored, and now he had something to do.
"Hmph, he's the one who tore it, what does it have to do with me?"
"If you hadn't pushed me, would I have fallen? Would this fellow Daoist's pants have torn? Of course, you are fully responsible, and you will have to pay for it today whether you want to or not."
"Oh, according to your logic, if I plant a seed here today and a tree grows into one hundreds of years later that collapses someone else's courtyard wall, I'll be responsible, right?"
"Shameless scoundrel, stop making excuses! Don't you know that under military law, the mastermind is the greater criminal than our accidental actions?"
The two argued incessantly, Zhong Ming frowned deeply, and the waiter looked bewildered.
It's rare to encounter such oddballs today, but to run into three of them at once? How come you three, who don't know each other, have been browsing in the store together for so long?
When a fight breaks out in a shop, someone from the shop will naturally step in, and the waiter will immediately come to their aid.
“Gentlemen, if you are going to argue about the issue of compensation for the underpants, could you please move outside the shop? This shop is not a court of law, and we cannot concern ourselves with such matters.”
"Alright, come on, let's go outside. Do you dare to have a match with me? Let's go to the martial arts arena and practice. Whoever wins pays the difference."
The man was thinking that the martial arts arena required real-name registration, making it easy to identify the participants.
Zhong Ming said... "I won't go if I don't get military merit points."
"You two are really brainless. You pulled down my pants and expect me to walk to the training ground? Are you afraid others won't see me?" Zhong Ming was already getting angry. He had a bad day and ran into two idiots.
While one person was still thinking of a roundabout way, the guy who pulled down his pants immediately bought his teammate and stood next to Zhong Ming, saying:
“Fellow Daoist, this whole affair is his fault. Why don’t we join forces and make him pay compensation? My Daoist name is Junye. May I ask your name…?”
"I refuse." Zhong Ming shrugged. It's just a pair of underwear, made of ordinary material. Any tailor shop downstairs could make it. You two have been arguing for ages. You're both broke, aren't you?
I'm poor enough already. Let's go, let's not get any more bad luck and let the god of poverty really haunt us.
"It's just a pair of underwear, you two can fight over it, I'm leaving first."
Zhong Ming took out a long bandage and wrapped it around his thigh several times, covering all the damaged areas completely with the white bandage. Then, he turned and left in front of the two of them.
Seeing that things were going wrong, the two men hurriedly gave chase, shouting, "Hey, fellow Daoist, let's keep things clear! I don't owe anyone money, hey, hey, hey~~"
They chased after them.
The waiter was left speechless, staring outside. "There are always weirdos every year, but there seem to be more than usual today."
After winding and turning, Zhong Ming ran faster and faster, wondering what these two were up to. Were they deliberately trying to cause trouble?
The two chased for a while, then felt a little embarrassed. If they continued chasing, it would be too deliberate and they would be exposed. So they gave up the chase and, in order to play their part, headed towards the training ground.
As Zhong Ming walked, he shook off the two men. He decided it wasn't a good day to go out and became more vigilant, suspecting everyone.
In particular, the patrolling soldiers, who were already highly vigilant and looking around, seemed even more dangerous to Zhong Ming.
Never mind, it's not a good day to go out, so....
Eh!
As I was walking, I ran into an acquaintance.
"Hey, you shameless bastard, I haven't settled the score with you from last time yet."
Upon closer inspection, it was none other than He Guang, the young apprentice under the master brewer Danpo. He had tried to trick Zhong Ming last time, and it was unknown whether his master had given him a good spanking.
"It's you~ I'm here today on my master's orders to make purchases. Don't cause any trouble. We can settle our scores another day."
"Hey~ you say 'tomorrow' and it's happening?" Zhong Ming blocked the boy's path, chuckling as he looked every bit the troublemaker.
"Don't push your luck. I just wanted you to help me carry the load. You've done the work and taken the wine, so just let me go like I'm nothing." The boy was really anxious. He had just finished his solitary confinement not long ago, and his master had finally given him a mission to go out. In his eyes, it was a chance to "atone for his sins."
"Do you still remember what your master said when you left last time?"
"Uh, you're telling me to leave it alone and let her clean up the mess herself?"
"No! The bottle of strong liquor I took was nominally a deposit, the foundation for our future cooperation. She said she really hopes I'll go to see her. She's been quite free lately, and I want to go to your place to fulfill the promise I made back then. Do you agree?"
"Me? I~~"
"You really want to sleep with me? Is that a question you're qualified to answer? Take me to see your master."
And so, under Zhong Ming's threat, He Guang obediently led Zhong Ming through the heavily guarded underground defenses and numerous security doors, finally arriving at Fairy Danpo's wine cellar.
Zhong Ming knew that Danpo Fairy was a powerful cultivator he had befriended before he offended the Yan family, and she was most likely not a member of the Yan family. He had inquired and found that the Yan family had many Golden Core cultivators, but there was only one (on the surface) in this stronghold, who was an officer in the operations room and was definitely not involved in brewing wine.
This place is heavily guarded. If you want to cause trouble in the wine cellar (the lifeblood) of a Golden Core cultivator, you really have to be prepared to fight to the death.
He Guang arranged for Zhong Ming to stay in the same wine cellar as last time, and respectfully said, "I'll go report to my master. Don't wander around."
After saying that, he ran away as if fleeing.
Zhong Ming sat leisurely in the chair, looking at the wine jars, wondering if he should resell them himself.
Earn some spirit wine by working, then sell it to other cultivators for military merit points?
Just then, a loud rumbling sound came from the doorway, and a burly woman rushed in barefoot, her large, rough hands gripping the bell tightly, her eyes filled with excitement.
"Young friend Cuihong, I am so sorry for not welcoming you properly today."
Zhong Ming was startled and at a loss for words. He looked awkwardly at her wide waist and round face. "Senior Danpo, there is no need for such formality. I came without prior notice, which is already impolite. I hope you will forgive me."
"No, no, no, you can come whenever you want. You are always welcome here. Wait here, I'll get you a pot of good wine."
"Fairy~~ What's wrong with your feet...?"
"Hey, weren't we just stomping grapes to make wine?"
!
Zhong Ming immediately pictured this burly woman stomping on grapes in the wine vat, as if the wine itself smelled of foot odor.