Chapter 16: Building Relationships
"This..."
Guo Meiyu was completely dumbfounded!
She had never expected Hu Xiaobei to do such a thing!
Hu Xiaobei didn’t know what Guo Meiyu was thinking; he just wanted to stop her bleeding as much as possible...
"Thank goodness for the Nine Wood True Qi!"
After slowly using the Nine Wood True Qi to heal Guo Meiyu’s wound, Hu Xiaobei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The next moment, when Hu Xiaobei looked at Guo Meiyu, he saw her eyes filled with shyness...
So cute!
Looking at Guo Meiyu’s extremely shy demeanor, Hu Xiaobei felt a bit excited...
"What are you looking at?"
Regaining her composure, Guo Meiyu playfully chided in a soft voice and quickly drew back her hand, saying again, "Alright, go back and sit down! Sister-in-law will continue cooking!"
"Okay, Sister-in-law, be careful!"
"Okay, I know!"
While talking, Guo Meiyu picked up another cucumber...
...
"I feel like my relationship with Guo Meiyu has gotten a lot closer!"
After having dinner, Hu Xiaobei left the place beaming with happiness...
Returning home, Hu Xiaobei performed a set of military boxing before going to bed happily.
"Who is it?"
The next morning, Hu Xiaobei opened his eyes in annoyance!
He had just been dreaming about getting married, only to be awakened by furious banging at the door!
Annoyed, he hastily got up and unlatched the door!
In an instant, Hu Xiaobei’s expression turned extremely grim!
Because it wasn’t someone else at the door, but Qian Fei and her mother Wang Tiehua!
"What are you here for?"
Glancing at the two men standing behind Qian Fei, Hu Xiaobei asked emotionlessly.
"What are we here for? Obviously, to make you pay back the money! What? Did you think that tarnishing my daughter’s reputation was just going to be overlooked? Is there such a good deal in the world?"
Wang Tiehua looked at Hu Xiaobei and mocked him coldly.
Having thought over the situation the night before, Wang Tiehua knew that since she had entirely fallen out with Hu Xiaobei, her daughter would never be with him again!
Given that, she decided to extort as much money as possible, after all, every bit counted!
"Tarnishing?"
"That’s right, you tarnished my daughter’s honor. Now stop talking nonsense and quickly hand over one hundred thousand yuan, and we’ll let this go!"
Hearing Wang Tiehua’s impatient words, Hu Xiaobei responded coldly, "One hundred thousand? Why don’t you just rob me!"
"Motherfucker! We are here to rob you, what can a loser like you do?"
"That’s right! Hurry up and give us the money!"
As the impatience escalated, Qian Fei’s two brothers coldly stepped forward!
At this moment, the two of them looked at Hu Xiaobei with a mocking expression, believing that there was no need to say much to Hu Xiaobei because they had him completely under their control...
Qian Fei silently sneered as she saw her two brothers step forward...
The night before, Qian Fei had thought it over and decided that Hu Xiaobei’s finding of so many medicinal herbs was just dumb luck!
She really didn’t need to care about him because compared to her, he was nothing but useless trash!
Hu Xiaobei didn’t know Qian Fei’s thoughts at this moment; he was just squinting and sizing up Qian Fei’s two brothers!
Hu Xiaobei knew that the few sheep his family had were taken away by these two men!
Seeing Hu Xiaobei’s sinister expression, they exchanged glances and chuckled wickedly, "Wow, looking serious there! What’s up? Planning to fight us?"
"Alright! I advise you to stop fantasizing and hand over the money quickly if you know what’s good for you!"
As they sneered and mocked him, undisguised greed appeared on their faces!
Earlier, they had learned from Wang Tiehua that Hu Xiaobei had made one hundred thousand yuan by selling medicinal herbs, and they were instantly green with envy!
They thought to themselves that despite risking their lives, they couldn’t earn thirty to fifty thousand yuan in a year, while Hu Xiaobei had easily made one hundred thousand, which made them want to rob him in an instant!
Hu Xiaobei looked at their greedy faces, his expression growing colder!
At that moment, many people from Xiaohe Village, having heard the noise, gathered around!
Soon, those who had gathered knew exactly what was going on, as Wang Tiehua and others had come many times before, and these villagers recognized Wang Tiehua!
Once they knew that Wang Tiehua had come to demand money again, everyone frowned.
"That Wang Tiehua is really inhuman!"
"Exactly!"
"Sigh, Xiaobei’s parents are gone, and there’s hardly anyone in our village who can help, otherwise he wouldn’t have to suffer such bullying by Wang Tiehua and his people!"
"That’s right!"
Everyone felt sorry for Hu Xiaobei, but they were helpless as the village was full of widows and orphans who couldn’t provide support!
Wang Tiehua, hearing those comments, scoffed disdainfully and quickly turned his head, saying, "All of you back off, this is our family affair!"
After saying that, Wang Tiehua looked at his two sons and ordered, "Go ahead!"
Wang Tiehua knew the importance of acting decisively, so he spoke out loudly...
"Alright!"
With Wang Tiehua’s command, the two men smirked playfully and quickly surrounded Hu Xiaobei...
"Ha-ha, Hu Xiaobei, it’s your turn today!"
Not far away, the village chief Wang Dagui was visibly excited...
At that moment, he really wanted to see Hu Xiaobei get beaten up harshly...
"I can finally take my revenge!"
As he spoke, Hu Xiaobei quickly moved to meet them...
Seeing that Hu Xiaobei didn’t choose to run but faced them head-on, everyone was stunned...
"What is Xiaobei planning to do!"
"Exactly!"
"Don’t just stand there, run!"
When they saw Hu Xiaobei rushing toward them, everyone panicked...
"Idiot!"
As the onlookers became anxious, Wang Dagui, Wang Tiehua, and Qian Fei looked on mockingly...
In their eyes, Hu Xiaobei had completely lost his mind by now...
"Heaven has a path you didn’t take, Hell has no gate yet you break in!"
Seeing Hu Xiaobei charging at them, they were momentarily shocked, but they soon recovered their composure!
Because they believed that no matter what Hu Xiaobei did, it was meaningless, as the gap in their abilities was simply too great...
"Brother, you rest, I’ll handle this myself!"
"Right, go ahead. I’ll watch."
"Alright!"
He agreed with a chuckle, cruelly smiling as he met Hu Xiaobei head-on, "You’re really an idiot. If you had handed over the money earlier, you wouldn’t have needed to suffer physical pain!"
With derisive cold laughter, he suddenly threw a punch...
All the watching women instinctively closed their eyes, because they could guess that the next scene would be heart-wrenching...
Soon, those who had closed their eyes grew puzzled because they didn’t hear the expected screams of agony; opening their eyes reflexively, they were all instantly dumbfounded...