Chapter 361 - 359: Arrival at Huacheng
"Humph, keep pretending, you just said you were talking to a bird, do you speak bird language?" Guo Jingjing looked scornful.
Originally, he thought that by befriending the principal’s son, he wouldn’t be afraid of being bullied, but now, he’s still being bullied by Chen Tianlong without daring to make a sound. Situ Nan is really useless.
"Don’t worry, this was a misstep. Next time I see him, watch how I teach him a lesson." Situ Nan, having lost face in front of the beautiful Guo Jingjing, quickly put on a strong front now that Chen Tianlong wasn’t around.
"Haha, really? It better be, or else... don’t even say you know me!"
After saying this, Guo Jingjing slammed the accelerator, and the car zoomed off, nearly throwing the bodyguard in the back off the car.
The city gate of Gongcheng.
"Whew!"
Chen Tianlong looked at the colorful scene in front of him, knowing he had reached Gongcheng. After three hours of travel, he was a bit tired.
By now it was already one in the afternoon. Chen Tianlong took Wu Mengting to a restaurant for lunch.
Strangely, as if the weather was accommodating the two of them, it had been sunny and somewhat hot, but now it turned overcast with a gentle breeze.
Such weather is undoubtedly perfect for sightseeing; it’s cool and not scorching.
The meal was uneventful, very ordinary. After eating, the two headed directly to Gongcheng’s most famous spot, Huacheng!
Standing at the entrance of Huacheng, it was already crowded, feeling like there were more people than flowers to see.
The two joyfully approached the ticket booth, only to find a long queue, not a hundred but eighty people at least.
"Chen Tianlong, it seems we’ll have to wait for a long time!" Wu Mengting smiled wryly.
"Yeah, who would’ve thought so many people would come here to play."
Chen Tianlong was a bit depressed; it was tough driving over three hours to get here, only to have to wait another hour to buy tickets. Truly frustrating.
Just then, a man in his thirties, looking quite honest, approached and said, "Are you two looking to buy tickets? I happen to have two, interested?"
Chen Tianlong was stunned, then immediately realized this was a scalper selling tickets.
At every tourist site ticket booth, there are always scalpers who get cheaper tickets through other means, then resell them for a big profit.
But this is also a skill of theirs, and it’s up to others whether they take the bait.
"How much for a ticket?"
Chen Tianlong looked at the ticket price in front of him, then deliberately asked.
"Seeing how refined you both look, meeting is fate, so how about this: I’ll charge you two hundred per ticket, saves you waiting in line for over an hour, right? Look, the lady is even wearing high heels, surely you won’t have the heart, handsome?"
The scalper really knew how to talk, using Wu Mengting to pressure Chen Tianlong.
Chen Tianlong secretly cursed, this scalper was really cunning, not only selling it expensive but deliberately using Wu Mengting to pressure him.
The booth sold them for just eighty, and here he was asking two hundred while saying it was cheap, practically robbery!
However, Chen Tianlong didn’t show his feelings, directly took out his wallet, passed two hundred-yuan bills to the scalper, took the tickets, and left with Wu Mengting.
Damn!
Tricking money really is exhilarating, especially from these young couples who care about face and showing off, if I’d known, I’d have asked for three hundred a piece.
The scalper was delighted inside, having swindled several couples standing there, making a good sum, so thrilling!
"Chen Tianlong, it’s so expensive, why didn’t you try to bargain before buying, we could’ve queued, it’s fine to enter a bit later too."
Wu Mengting, a regular citizen, felt a bit pained seeing Chen Tianlong spending money like that.
Although it was nice that Chen Tianlong was willing to spend on her, since his money was hers too, seeing others take advantage was still unsettling.
"Hehe, is it really expensive?"
Chen Tianlong chuckled, then took out a wallet from his right hand, a wallet different from his previous one, revealing it belonged to someone else.
"What?"
Wu Mengting was stunned, eyes wide open, realizing, "Chen Tianlong, did you steal someone’s wallet!"
"Oh, he was trying to scam me, I just taught him a lesson."
Chen Tianlong said nonchalantly.
"Isn’t that wrong? Although he was asking a bit much, he still needs to make a living. How about this: take a hundred from it and return the wallet."
Wu Mengting, soft-hearted, suggested after thinking it over.
Chen Tianlong chuckled, eventually nodding. He didn’t mind the small money, but that guy was too merciless, buying for eighty and selling for two hundred; asking for one hundred twenty wouldn’t have been too much, but he just had to double it.
"Hey, brother, you dropped your wallet."
Chen Tianlong pointed at the wallet on the ground, then turned to leave.
The scalper had been worrying about his lost wallet, but hearing someone pointed it out, he quickly looked around and found it miraculously there on the ground.
He then thought of the young man who spoke earlier, but upon looking up, saw the couple had already entered the gates of Huacheng.
Shaking his head, the scalper realized he had met an expert today.
Chen Tianlong and Wu Mengting quickly entered Huacheng, finding it indeed very crowded inside.
"Wow, it’s so beautiful, the flowers are stunning!"
Upon entering Huacheng, Wu Mengting saw a garden full of flowers, blooming vibrantly, gently swaying in the breeze, full of life’s rhythm.
At this moment, Wu Mengting was overjoyed, holding Chen Tianlong’s hand, weaving through the flowers, savoring the scenery.
Occasionally having Chen Tianlong take photos for her, she also got passersby to help take pictures.
Thus, half an hour swiftly passed.
At the other end of Huacheng.
Mo Shaoyun and Hao Jian were ready, having followed from South Sea No.1 Middle School all the way here, arriving at Huacheng early to set everything up, waiting for Chen Tianlong’s arrival.
Clearly, they weren’t here to play, as two grown men had no interest in such things.
However, they hadn’t acted yet, for a reason.
That’s because the expert hired by the Mo Family hadn’t arrived yet, this expert was from the Xu Family’s Pure Yang Martial Arts Hall.
Two disciples from Pure Yang Martial Arts Hall had been crippled by Chen Tianlong, which infuriated the Pure Yang Hall Master Shangguan Ba, who swore to tear Chen Tianlong to pieces.
But his strength was too overwhelming, so he couldn’t act recklessly to avoid punishment from the Ancient Martial Cultivator Association, thus secretly sending his third disciple Shangguan Wei to deal with Chen Tianlong.
Shangguan Wei was a Yellow Dao five-star, ranking fifth in the hall’s strength. Shangguan Ba felt Shangguan Wei’s strength should be among the top in the Mortal Realm, more than sufficient to handle Chen Tianlong.
After all, he dared not easily send disciples too powerful, as the Cultivator Association had rules that those above Yellow Dao five-star would face punishment if they went down. He was always careful, never risking his disciples easily.