Zhang Xixi couldn't get any grand, generous words from Chen Ergou's mouth, so her brain, which didn't like thinking about profound questions, could only imagine Chen Ergou suddenly getting angry and fighting with Zhang Dake, the two of them exchanging blows until they were covered in blood. The thought made Zhang Xixi ecstatic. She was too caught up in her own thoughts to notice that Chen Ergou was also intimidated by the middle-aged man's gloomy atmosphere on the sofa. Zhang Dake seemed to be thinking about how to deal with Chen Ergou, and for a while, all three of them were silent, creating an eerie atmosphere.

  Zhang Dake didn't intend to waste time with the unruly daughter and that small fry here, before leaving, he let out a ruthless remark, "Young man, I haven't gotten my hands on 10 million yet, if you dare get into bed with my daughter, I'll break your third leg, believe it or not. Now the market is bad, for just 20-30 thousand, you can buy someone's arm, this person has no skills, but he has money, buying a hundred arms and legs wouldn't even make him blink."

  Sun Dàyé's magnanimity, Sun Mǎn Gōng's obscurity, Song Jiémíng's elegance, the deceased Yāo Xióngzi's arrogance, Xiǎo Méi's absurdity, and this Zhang Xiǎoxiǎo's father's crudeness all broadened Chen èr Gǒu's horizons. How could he have known that these city people were on a par with mountain savages? If Sun Mǎn Gōng was the Northeast Tiger in its heyday, then Sun Dàyé was the toothless old Northeast Tiger; Song Jiémíng was a deer, Zhao Kūnpēng was a blind man, Xiǎo Méi was a roe deer, and Zhang Dàjiàng was a wild boar. Everyone had capital to look down on Chen èr Gǒu, this unknown mountain goat.

  When Zhang Dake walked out of the room, Chen Ergou was just about to enjoy the comfortable feeling of Zhang Xixi's soft chest pressing against his arm. But this woman, who had just used him once, suddenly jumped back onto the sofa and continued watching her idol drama, as if nothing had happened. Chen Ergou came to the apartment to borrow a few books from Xiao Yao's room, but ended up being tricked by Zhang Xixi. This girl was secretly delighted in her heart, wishing that her father, who had good relations with many big shots in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, would castrate Chen Ergou on the spot for his dirty behavior towards Xiao Yao. Watching Chen Ergou walk into Xiao Yao's room with a confused expression, Zhang Xixi suppressed her urge to burst out laughing and rolled around on the sofa. When Chen Ergou came out with the books, Zhang Xixi had already regained her composure and coldly reminded him: "Don't stare at Ben Gege wearing sleepwear, or I'll give my dad 30,000 yuan and have him break your second treasure while digging out those thieving eyes of yours."

  Chen Ergou muttered: "It's really true what they say, if the beam is not straight, the house will be crooked."

  "Who's been tampering with the beam?"

  Zhang Xiangxue stood on the sofa, facing Chen Ergou with a fierce expression, "You said I'm not upright, but how can you, a low-income, low-quality, and low-altitude 'three-low' person, comment on high-cultivation, high-emotional-intelligence, and high-income 'three-high' talents?"

  Zhang Xixi couldn't stand Chen Ergou's disdainful expression towards her. Seeing that this guy dared to walk out of the house with a face full of contempt, she felt an overwhelming rage and picked up a pillow to hit Chen Ergou. After hitting him once, she felt particularly satisfied and comfortable all over, so she immediately hit him again. Before Chen Ergou could even reach the door, Zhang Xixi had already thrown five or six pillows from the sofa at him. When Zhang Xixi went to grab some fruit from the fruit platter, Chen Ergou, who couldn't take it anymore, turned around and glared at her, wishing he could use the book in his hand to smash her into a vegetable. He said menacingly: "Zhang Xixi, last time you splashed dirty water on Xiaoyu's parents, I haven't settled accounts with you yet. If you keep being such a shrew, be careful that I won't execute you on the spot!"

  Chen Ergou smiled slyly and said, "Even if Wang Yuyan from the Ami restaurant said so, I might have taken a chance and gone along with it. But since you said so, I really won't do it. You can play by yourself slowly, I won't accompany you in being perverted."

  Zhang Xixi sat down on the sofa with a cold smile and said, "You have the heart of a thief but not the guts."

  "To correct you, it's having the guts but not the heart of a thief."

  Chen Erdog shook his head, holding the book against the door frame, and didn't care if Zhang Xixi was protesting or not. He lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said: "Zhang Xixi, is that man your father? He's quite overbearing, I'm glad it wasn't you who took a liking to me, but rather Xiaoyao. At least Xiaoyao's mom, although unreasonable at times, wouldn't ask me to take out 10 million or cut off my limbs for no reason. But don't think I'm talking too much, your dad was indeed fierce towards me, but he wasn't as cruel to you as Xiaoyao said. You're just a porcupine, always liking to prick people, and in the end, you're actually pricking yourself. I say you're abnormal, it's not unjustified."

  I like it.

  Zhang Xixi munched on potato chips, staring at the LCD screen with a expressionless face and said: "You're not my man, hurry up and get out. From now on, don't lecture me, I find it disgusting. If you really can't stand me, then be like a real man, hit me or scold me if you want, just please don't use this kind of tone to talk to me."

  Chen Ergou, who was puffing out clouds of smoke, laughed and said: "You really have a masochistic tendency?"

  "I'm sick."

  Zhang Xixi turned pale with rage and scolded: "Get away from Ben Gigi quickly, otherwise I'll tell Xiao Yao that you've tarnished me. I can really do such a thing. When the time comes, it's up to Xiao Yao to decide whether to believe you or me. Anyway, I'm good at acting."

  Chen Ergou sighed and said: "Xiao Mei was right, you are indeed a cheap person. If someone marries you, they must have no virtue in their ancestors."

  The wretched Chen Ergou fled in disarray, this woman is really an unreasonable madman, and such a despicable and heartless thing can be done.

  But the rabbit doesn't eat grass at its burrow's edge, Chen Ergou is a wild mountain goat, so that's his principle. Besides, if Zhang Xixi could be easily swallowed by men, she wouldn't be Zhang Xixi. Chen Ergou acknowledges he doesn't have the skill and energy to deal with a crazy woman.

  Zhang Xiang lay on the sofa, first laughing hysterically and then wailing as if crying, heaven knows whether she was crying or laughing, anyway in this vast world no one cared whether she lived or died.

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  Under the overpass, a boy with a bruised face and messy clothes sat on the ground next to a slightly smaller child of ambiguous gender. The boy's shoes were dirty and his toes were exposed, but he didn't look defeated. The other child looked calm and detached, staring at the passing cars without noticing the shock and admiration in their companion's eyes. The boy with the bruised face wiped his face and said, "Sanqian, don't tell my mom about what just happened. You saved me this time, I'll definitely repay you."

  "It doesn't matter."

  "Two Dogs said that if others respect me by one inch, I must return it with a yard; if they cheat me by one point, I must cheat them back by two points. He thinks this is the most reasonable thing to say. Just now outside the game hall, if you hadn't stepped in, I would have definitely not passed that level. Getting beaten up is no big deal, but losing face is a huge loss. By the way, do you know martial arts? Who taught you, Two Dogs?"

  It was obviously Li Sheng and Zhang Sanqian who got into trouble for the little kid.

  Zhang Sanqian calmly said: "It's Uncle Fugui, not Uncle San. In our Zhangjiacun, Uncle Fugui is invincible in the world."

  A ten-year-old child can hardly know how vast the world is and how deep the rivers are.

  Li Sheng made a gesture with his palm facing forward and his fingers slightly bent, saying: "What kind of fist is this?"

  Zhang Sanqian shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I just followed Uncle Fugui for a few years, learning some horse steps and a few routes of boxing, called Baguaquan, and another one that Third Uncle called Pihuangquan. Third Uncle once said 'Bagua plus Pihuang, even ghosts are afraid'. Anyway, Uncle Fugui is the most fierce in fighting, and no one dares to provoke him in six or seven nearby villages, because they all say that Uncle Fugui can single-handedly flip over a wild boar."

  "Are you bullshitting?"

  Although Zhang Sanqian is younger than Li Sheng, his speech and demeanor are more mature than the already mature Li Sheng. "What's the point of bragging to you? Rich Uncle is fierce, Third Uncle is cultured. If you don't believe me, stay away from me in the future, I'm too lazy to talk to you. If you dare tell Third Uncle about today's events, I'll beat you up."

  Li Sheng stuck out his tongue and said, "I'd rather die than tell you, three thousand. Otherwise, I'll follow you around from now on. Originally, I wanted to give my sister to your Third Uncle, but he didn't want her. How about giving her to you?"

  Zhang Sanqian turned his head, staring at Li Sheng, and the little rabbit that sold its sister for glory made him feel terrified. Zhang Sanqian turned his head again, continuing to gaze at those strange and bizarre steel machines, saying: "Women are not things, they can be given away or sold, no matter how much money is paid, it cannot prove their worth."

  "Three thousand, what do you plan to do in the future?"

  "Pull the erhu."

  "You're not sick, are you? Can't even get a decent meal with that erhu of yours? I want to be like one of those big shots from the Northeast or Huang Jinrong from old Shanghai, so that in the future when all the big and small hooligans in Shanghai see me, they'll have to call me 'Li Ye'. A different woman every day, a different car every day. Look, how cool is that?"

  Zhang Sanqian stroked the head of the black Tibetan Mastiff beside his foot, his eyes without Li Sheng's fervor or the ambition sown by watching too many gangster movies in Li Sheng's mind. He said softly, "Anyway, I only listen to Third Uncle, he says playing the erhu is pretty good."

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  The lives of ordinary people are always slipping away, like a fart in the wind, and before you know it, two months' summer vacation has passed. The SD bar has finally reopened, and the pockets of college students returning to nearby universities are always full, so business is booming.

  Chen Ergou arrived at SD, where the army was as tough as iron and the soldiers were as fleeting as water. The bar was no exception, with beautiful girls constantly coming and going due to various reasons such as being unable to withstand the hardships or harassment, or having climbed the social ladder. Meanwhile, a batch of new beauties was lured into SD by Liu Qingfu's generous salary. This time, SD had changed many new faces. Perhaps Chen Ergou's reputation had already spread far and wide, and when he arrived, the unfamiliar waitresses would greet him with a mix of respect and curiosity, calling him "Dog Brother". Xiao Mei and Zhang Xiangxue came to the bar to support Chen Ergou today. The latter was originally unwilling to come, but Xiao Xiang declared that she must pass on the message in person at the first opportunity. Having no choice, Zhang Xiangxue reluctantly told Chen Ergou that Xiao Xiang had to delay her return to school for a few days due to her grandmother's health issues. Zhang Xiangxue seemed to be in a bad mood, scolding and belittling Chen Ergou as usual, but there was a hint of something different in her eyes, which was well hidden and even Xiao Mei couldn't sense it.

  Boss Liu Baozi also arrived at the bar, accompanied by only that Yan Zi. This time, Liu Baozi's face didn't have a Maitreya Buddha smile, and Yan Zi surprisingly didn't throw flirtatious glances at Chen Er Gou. Liu Baozi found Chen Er Gou and told him someone was looking for him outside, finally saying "take care" with deep meaning.

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