Chapter 142: Murderous Intent

  I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my chest, I knew it was Sharleen's uncontrollable excitement, she was frantically hitting my chest with a stack of cash. 81√. I didn't fight back or retreat. I silently endured the pain and whispered: "Are you sure those murderers are our government's soldiers?"

  Xia Lin roared: "What kind of people are you, you bunch of wooden-headed soldiers? Don't think I don't know, you soldiers, put nicely, are the guardians of the country, the protective gods of the people. Put bluntly, you're just organized and armed bandits. How many of you have bullied ordinary people? How many of you have broken the law? I won't say it, but you yourself know what kind of things you so-called soldiers really are!"

  I took a deep breath, feeling the pain in my chest where Xialing had hit me: "I don't deny that there are also people in the army who are lawless and violate discipline. But you say they would... kill innocent people, I... I just can't understand."

  Xia Lin excitedly grabbed my collar and shouted: "What makes you not believe? Is it just because of the education you received in school before? You're too naive, are the things taught in school all correct? How have you been living these years? It's a miracle that you haven't died!"

  I suddenly remembered the unpleasant things of the past, those days of escaping and being pursued, those days of fleeing to the ends of the earth... I couldn't help but say: "Maybe what you said is true, some people among us are indeed lawless. But I still want to advise you not to easily categorize all soldiers and police as bad people, after all, there are more good people among us. Besides, aren't there also murderers and arsonists among ordinary people?"

  Xia Lin sneered: "That's still much better than you armed bandits, at least, the number of people harmed will be much less."

  I nodded slightly and leaned in front of Xia Lin, smiling and said: "What you said is also right, but not everyone is bad, at least I am not a bad person. You say yes or no?"

  Xia Lin slightly leaned back and then stretched out her hand to push me away, pouting: "Get a little further away from me! If you weren't a bad person, I wouldn't know where else there are bad people."

  I smiled and did well, unintentionally reaching into the package brought back by Dongfang Yonghao again to take out something.

  This is a gun, a laser gun. And it's the latest model, I applied for two of them not long ago, unfortunately they were lost later on.

  I held the laser gun and smiled slightly, asking Xia Lin in a low voice, "Whose fingerprint password is this gun? Can I use my own fingerprint to operate it?"

  Xia Lin's eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation, but in the end she said: "This gun is still new, anyone can use it. You... if you want to, hurry up and put your fingerprint on it. Once Dongfang Yonghao comes back, even if I wanted to help you, it would be too late."

  I was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "It seems you really like me. I'm so lucky to have found a girlfriend among my enemies. When I get back, I'll definitely show off to my friends."

  Xia Lin's face suddenly turned red, but surprisingly she didn't glare at me with anger or coldness like the previous times, instead she just lowered her head and remained silent.

  I felt a sudden movement in my heart, and immediately changed the subject, smiling and saying: "This gun I've used before, it's very useful, why don't you take it for self-defense?" After a pause, without seeing Xia Lin react, I stuffed the laser gun into her hand and took her hand to press her fingerprints on it.

  Xia Lin struggled for a moment, but she didn't have my strength, and in an instant, her fingerprint was pressed onto it. Then I saw a red light flashing on the laser gun, and the laser gun was activated.

  Now this gun, except for Charlene, no one else can use it unless the fingerprint lock on it is cracked.

  Xia Lin's face was still flushed, and she said in a low voice: "Why didn't you seize this opportunity to give yourself a convenient weapon?"

  I smiled: "Actually, I don't have a special fondness for guns now, and it's not like I won't go to the battlefield without one. Moreover, this gun was originally yours, and I have no reason to occupy it."

  Xia Lin smiled slightly and said: "Then why did you take away the bombs made from our energy again?"

  I was stunned for a moment, then I said with a smile: "What I did was just to temporarily keep it for you, not to really take it as my own."

  Xia Lin smiled and said: "Then I should thank you? You're really shameless, unmatched in the world."

  I also laughed: "Thick skin is originally invincible in the world, didn't you see Dongfang Yonghao's thick skin, eavesdropping on our conversation for so long, without even breathing, what else can be called invincible?"

  As soon as I finished speaking, Dongfang Yonghao almost immediately appeared in front of me, and then one fist was suspended straight in front of my nose.

  The gust of wind from his fist made me feel a stinging pain, and then nothing else. I smiled, stretched out my hand to gently push away his fist: "Was I wrong? Isn't the person who eavesdrops on others' conversations someone with a thick face?"

  Dongfang Yonghao's face turned slightly red, then he angrily said: "How could I have eavesdropped on your conversation? I...I just happened to come back, but was afraid of disturbing you and my family's young lady talking, so I waited for a moment."

  I clapped and laughed loudly: "You said you have a thick skin, but you really think you're thick-skinned! Great, at least you're more daring than me, to dare to tell such lies!"

  Dongfang Yonghao was truly enraged this time, his fist raised again and he charged at me with a punch. Seeing that this punch seemed to be for real, I dodged it by retreating one step back, lightly avoiding his attack.

  Dongfang Yonghao was taken aback and exclaimed: "Still has a hand in Wudang lightness skill, admirable!"

  Xia Lin also exclaimed in surprise: "Is this really Wudang Kung Fu? It's truly eye-opening!"

  I smiled and said: "This is Wudang body method, also known as qinggong. How about it, do you two want to learn? Pay a tuition fee, and I'll start teaching you right away. I guarantee that you will definitely be able to learn."

  Dongfang Yonghao immediately sneered: "Who cares about your Wudang kung fu!"

  Xia Lin said, "Can you really teach me?" After a pause, the excited expression on her face disappeared, replaced by a strong sense of disappointment: "I studied with Dongfang for a period of time, but unfortunately I'm not cut out for it and didn't learn anything. Even if you're willing to teach me, I won't be able to learn."

  I saw that she seemed a bit down, so I took a step forward, made a gesture and said: "Our Wudang Kung Fu emphasizes the importance of cultivating inner energy before mastering external techniques. We call this internal power 'Nei Gong'. Once you have achieved a certain level of Nei Gong, you can learn various martial arts techniques. Just like the lightness skill I used earlier, it's actually a type of martial art technique too. If you really want to learn, I can teach you..."

  Xia Lin didn't wait for me to finish speaking and immediately shouted: "Alright, I'll pay you the tuition now... how much money? How much do you want in order to teach me?"

  I thought for a moment and stretched out one finger. My face was full of smiles, like the kind of smile a sly merchant would have when he saw a big fat sheep.

  Xia Lin slightly furrowed her brow and hastily said: "It's so expensive?! Then I'd rather not study, the money we just saw earlier is only a few million, where would I get 10 million to pay for tuition? You're intentionally making things difficult for me!"

  He hasn't even spoken yet, and Dongfang Yonghao has already said: "He's just a despicable person, a swindler. Miss, don't believe him, maybe he won't even teach us real kung fu after we pay the tuition fees. He's our enemy, how can he be so kind as to teach us kung fu? He must be trying to trick us."

  Xia Lin nodded, with a resentful expression: "You're really a cunning businessman, the lion's mouth is wide open but doesn't speak, whether you can teach me or not is still an unknown number."

  I smiled and said, "Are you guys done?"

  Xia Lin was taken aback for a moment, and Dongfang Yonghao said: "Not yet, we..."

  "I cut him off: 'That's for me to say! Honestly, if I wanted to teach you... it would be you, Xia Lin, not you, Dongfang Yonghao, remember that first! If so, I'd definitely be able to teach you.'"

  Xia Lin was overjoyed and immediately said: "If you really teach me, I'll give you one million. But I don't have that much money now..." She stretched out her hand and handed me the stack of money that I had just turned over, then continued to say: "This money is a deposit, when we get back, I'll immediately give you the rest of the money."

  I was overjoyed and immediately picked up the money and put it in my backpack.

  Dongfang Yonghao wanted to stop Xia Lin, but didn't make it in time, and could only glare at me with a face full of murderous intent.

  I just pretended I didn't see it and smiled at Xia Lin saying: "Now I'm your master... come, call me Master and listen."

  Xia Lin was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said: "Good teacher!"

  "I deliberately said loudly: 'Call Shifu, what teacher? Am I very old?'"

  Xia Lin's face was unwilling, and she looked at Dongfang Yonghao with a pleading gaze. Dongfang Yonghao didn't know what he was thinking either, and this time he actually lowered his eyelids, pretending not to see Xia Lin's pleading eyes.

  I couldn't help but laugh to myself, knowing that Dongfang Yonghao was trying to take this opportunity to clarify the relationship between Xia Lin and me. In the martial arts world, a master and their disciple are like father and child. If Xia Lin were really forced to call me Master and became my disciple, Dongfang Yonghao would be the happiest person. Because this Dongfang Yonghao is actually infatuated with Xia Lin, he's afraid that Xia Lin will fall in love with me. Once Xia Lin becomes my disciple, it's like she becomes my daughter, and there won't be any special relationship between Xia Lin and me anymore. This would greatly increase Dongfang Yonghao's chances.

  I didn't say a word, just staring at Xia Lin, as if waiting for her to call me "Master". Dongfang Yonghao's hand trembled slightly, looking very tense, and I don't know what was going on.

  Xia Lin's face fell in disappointment, then she said resolutely: "Forget it, I don't want to be your disciple..."

  As soon as she said this, I saw Dongfang Yonghao's hand tremble violently, as if he had received a huge shock.

  I also felt very surprised and couldn't help but say: "An opportunity like this will not come again, just this one chance, won't you reconsider?"

  Xia Lin shook her head and said calmly: "Isn't it just learning kung fu? I...I don't have to learn kung fu, and I also don't want to be your disciple."

  Dongfang Yonghao's face turned somewhat pale, and I secretly cursed myself for taking the joke too far. If Dongfang Yonghao were to hate me because of this, I would be more wronged than Dou E. This Xia Lin is a proud and arrogant person; let alone that she has only known me for a few days, even if it were Dongfang Yonghao, who had grown up with her since childhood, she wouldn't have looked at him with favor, so how could she possibly look at me with favor? Although there was some joking between us, that was just something I did on purpose to get close to her. Xia Lin wouldn't like me because of that.

  Unfortunately, it's too late for me to make up for this misunderstanding now. Dongfang Yonghao looked at me with eyes that were truly filled with jealousy and hatred for the first time, as well as a hidden murderous intent. Before, when he wanted to kill me, it was all written on his face, so I could still be on guard. Now, he's hiding this murderous intent, and I don't know when it will erupt, making it even more dangerous.

  I guess I had it coming, but all I can think is that it's like a mute eating bitter melon - there's no way to express the bitterness. Holding the money Xia Lin gave me earlier, I have this inexplicable feeling of not knowing what to do with it.

  Luckily, I noticed Dongfang Yong's murderous intent and was mentally clear, so I immediately thought of a way to resolve the current predicament. I laughed and said: "Haha, just kidding, actually our Wudang sect doesn't collect tuition fees when accepting disciples. The reason I said that earlier is because..."

  I stopped here on purpose and waited for Xia Lin to ask me the reason. As expected, Xia Lin cooperated very well and said: "Because what?"

  "I slowly continued: 'Because I'm really short of money now, I want to keep this money for myself.'"

  I spoke while putting the money into my backpack at the fastest speed, then hugged the backpack and sat down in a position at the front, haha laughing.

  Xia Lin was stunned for a moment, then immediately became angry and shouted: "I knew you were a big liar! You actually lied to me about teaching me martial arts just to cheat my money. Watch me beat you up... Dongfang, help me beat him!"

  Dongfang Yonghao habitually took a step forward, and I immediately said: "Don't forget that I know kung fu, it's not certain who will beat whom."

  Dongfang Yonghao's footsteps came down, and he said coldly: "Don't even think about entering our territory. Don't think that just because you saved us, you can infiltrate our inner circle. Hmph... unless I die, otherwise, don't even think about it for the rest of your life."

  "I'm not going to your base or whatever, I have money now and can live well anywhere, why would I risk my life to be an undercover agent?"

  My words made Dongfang Yonghao stunned for a moment, and his originally cold face actually rose with a hint of unusual expression.

  I turned around and glanced at Dongfang Yonghao and Xia Lin, smiling: "Consider this money as my reward for saving you. You two, we can be considered acquaintances now, I'll speak the truth, I will get off this train on the way back and return to my hometown to see my parents. What are your plans, I don't want to know, nor am I interested in knowing. Now, let's part ways here, I will leave your sight, guaranteeing that I won't appear before you again..."

  Dongfang Yonghao was stunned, and Xia Lin was also stunned. The two of them looked at me as if they had never seen me before, staring blankly at me.

  I reached out and touched my face, laughing: "There's no turtle on my face, is there? You two are looking at me like this, I'll be embarrassed!" After saying that, I moved my body and was about to step out of the train car.

  Xia Lin almost immediately said: "Don't go!"

  I turned back and looked at her with a smile: "What's wrong, can't bear to part with this money?"

  Xia Lin immediately shook her head and then bit her teeth without saying a word. But in the eyes she looked at me, it was clear that she was saying: "Don't go, stay..."

  I sighed secretly, then smiled and said: "So you want to learn my Wudang Kung Fu? That's not possible. To be honest with you, there are rules in Wudang, one of which is that we cannot do anything that harms the people or the martial arts world. You're currently a member of the Female God organization, which is also considered part of the underworld, so I won't teach you Kung Fu."

  Xia Lin's face was full of disappointment, but she didn't say a word, just quietly looked at me.

  I smiled again and turned around without hesitation, leaving with no lingering attachment.

  Actually, my mission this time has failed from the very beginning. The purpose of saving them was seen through by them from the start... or they also misunderstood me, I was just fulfilling my promise and didn't have any other ideas. Although I also wanted to move them and let them join the government army to serve the country, since they were already suspicious, it's better to leave early and avoid being misunderstood and not treated well.

  I'm not really thick-skinned, although I pretend to be.

  So I really left them...