Chapter 142
Shen Xili looked at Shen Shuyu and coughed lightly. “Isn’t that inappropriate?”
Shen Shuyu said, “Doesn’t your house have listening bugs? Besides, you can’t guarantee he won’t bring bugs to your house to block you. Once the Mother Bug comes out, you basically have no combat ability.”
Although these were facts, they sounded very harsh to hear.
Shen Xili pursed his lips. Just as he was about to agree, Wen Jiafei spoke up, “You can sleep at my place.”
Shen Shuyu and Shen Xili looked at Wen Jiafei again. Wen Jiafei said expressionlessly, “My house is close. If he really comes, I can help subdue him. If we succeed in subduing him, maybe we won’t even need to resort to the underground boxing step. Two against one, even if Shen Xili is useless, there should still be a chance of winning, right?”
Shen Shuyu nodded. “Also works. Indeed, if he really goes to Shen Xili’s house, with Wen Jiafei’s ability, I think your chances of winning are quite high.”
Shen Xili opened his mouth. “Yes, Wen Jiafei is very strong.”
This was true. If he and Wen Jiafei really fought, it was unknown who would win. If Xili won, it would at most be because his pheromones were slightly superior.
Having quickly decided, the two didn’t stay longer. Shen Shuyu walked them to the door and only closed it after watching them enter the elevator.
Inside the elevator, the numbers kept going down. Without Shen Shuyu, both were very silent.
Finally, Shen Xili spoke first. “Thank you.”
Just as he spoke, the elevator dinged and opened to the sides. The first floor had arrived.
Wen Jiafei stepped out first, leaving behind a light sentence: “No need to thank me. I didn’t do it for you.”
Shen Xili took a deep breath and walked slowly behind him. Not for him, then it was for Shen Shuyu.
Walking out of the lobby, Shen Xili looked back up and accurately found Shen Shuyu’s home. He withdrew his gaze and walked out with Wen Jiafei.
As he walked, he raised his hand to his chest and pressed down hard until he felt his heartbeat—strong and powerful. Shen Xili suddenly curled his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly.
The Next Day.
Shen Shuyu had just gotten ready to go out when he received a message from Wen Jiafei.
Wen Jiafei had already told the curator he wanted to fight. He was originally a popular fighter in the underground boxing ring, and with the Survival War events, his value had skyrocketed. The curator had been wondering when to find a reason to get Wen Jiafei to fight again, even willing to pay extra, but unexpectedly, Wen Jiafei contacted him himself. However, the curator didn’t mistreat him and proactively increased Wen Jiafei’s pay. With just one word from Wen Jiafei, he could go anytime, anywhere.
Shen Shuyu was in a good mood. It seemed now they just needed Zhong to go to the boxing ring, and the subsequent matters would naturally be easy.
Shen Shuyu hummed a tune as he closed the door, his pace to school a bit faster than usual.
When he arrived at the school gate, Shen Xili and Wen Jiafei were already there. Shen Shuyu walked over. “Have you guys been here long?”
“Just arrived,” Shen Xili said. “Let’s go, talk while walking.”
The three entered the academy side by side. Coincidentally, Chi Yanxun also arrived at this time today.
Chi Yanxun naturally saw the three of them, but his gaze focused only on Shen Shuyu in the middle. His eyes held a few degrees of complexity.
Shen Shuyu felt baffled being stared at like that. He couldn’t help saying, “Why is he staring at me?”
Fortunately, Chi Yanxun just watched from afar and didn’t come over.
Wen Jiafei turned sideways, blocking the line of sight. “Let’s go. No need to care about unimportant people.”
True.
Shen Shuyu nodded in agreement. They had more important things to do now!
Wen Jiafei explained the situation with the curator to the two of them. Shen Shuyu rubbed his chin with his thumb. “Now the only thing missing is how to get Zhong to go.”
Underground boxing was something everyone who liked watching knew about, but no one talked about it openly. The channels were through referrals. Even Wen Jiafei stumbled into it by accident back then.
“Simple. Just give him an underground boxing poster,” Shen Xili said. “He needs money to raise bugs. His part-time job at the factory is 100% because his money isn’t enough to raise the bugs, let alone cover three meals a day.”
How scary having no money was; all three empathized to some degree.
Wen Jiafei said, “I’ll go to the curator’s place at noon to get some flyers.”
Shen Shuyu couldn’t help tilting his head to look at him. “They really have those?”
Wen Jiafei nodded. “Mn.”
Shen Shuyu clicked his tongue and joked, “You didn’t actually hand out flyers before, did you?”
Wen Jiafei fell silent.
Shen Shuyu said in shock, “You really did?”
Wen Jiafei sped up. Shen Shuyu exclaimed “Eh?” and hurriedly caught up. “Why are you walking so fast? I’m not laughing at you…”
Shen Xili followed slowly behind. After taking two steps, he keenly felt another gaze looking over. He looked toward the source of the gaze. Seeing who it was, he raised an eyebrow and clicked his tongue. So it’s Chi Yanxun.
Shen Xili withdrew his gaze and followed leisurely.
Look all you want. Anyway, Shen Shuyu’s gaze won’t stay on you anymore.
Zhong dragged his exhausted body back from outside, running right into Lin Qi. Although the weather was cold, Lin Qi was still dressed flamboyantly. Seeing Zhong’s exhausted look, he smiled. “Neighbor, why are you back so soon?”
Zhong had gone out to find work today. Although he really wanted the bugs to eat Shen Xili in one bite, he had many restrictions here on Amor.
Lin Qi walked up to him, glowing with health, looked him up and down, and couldn’t help clicking his tongue. “You’re living too miserably. Want to work with me?”
Lin Qi scrutinized his face and said with slight disdain, “Although… your looks aren’t very pleasing to the eye, maybe someone likes your type?”
Zhong looked at him with sharp eyes. Lin Qi wasn’t afraid and raised his hand lazily. “Alright, not joking with you.”
Suddenly thinking of something, he raised his other hand, holding a flyer. “Don’t know who stuffed this in my door handle just now. I’m not interested, you can take a look.”
Lin Qi stuffed the flyer into Zhong’s pocket and winked at him flirtatiously. “Heading out to accompany my baby. See you later~”
Zhong’s face turned livid. Lin Qi’s name was added to his assassination list.
Once his mission was complete, he would definitely let his obedient bugs bite Lin Qi into pieces!
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Imagining Lin Qi’s miserable state later, his mood improved slightly. Opening his eyes again, he was just about to throw the flyer Lin Qi gave him onto the ground, but his gaze was deeply attracted by the large characters on it.
[Want to change your fate? Want to earn 30,000 a day? Yiquan Boxing Gym is recruiting! Whether you’re a novice or a fighting enthusiast, you can get what you want at Yiquan Boxing Gym! 500,000 a month isn’t a dream! Spots are limited, call now: 0018-xxxx1 to join us!]
At a glance, this looked like a scam. Although Zhong was poor, he wasn’t stupid. How could a mere boxing gym offer hundreds of thousands a month!
Zhong clutched the flyer as he walked home. As he walked, he couldn’t help taking the flyer out to look at it again, pondering something.
It wasn’t until he got home that he found an identical flyer in his own house, stuffed through the door crack. Expressionless, he picked up that flyer. The “30,000” and “500,000” on it had a truly powerful impact.
Zhong had only earned a few thousand working at the factory for this period. He turned his head to look at the glass vessel covered by the black cloth. His obedient bugs were still waiting to eat.
Zhong gritted his teeth, took out his terminal from his pocket, and dialed that number.
Forget it! Just go take a look. If it’s not right, escaping won’t be a problem.
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