Chapter 636 - 599: Reaching the Peak 8
Inside this bag, a simple space array is engraved. The bag is about two to three meters square, not very large, and it can carry some personal items and currency. So, it’s not surprising that such a small bag can hold two thousand gold coins.
The burly man looked at the small bag in front of him and couldn’t help but swallow, not out of excitement, but out of nervous fear. Both sides were people of authority, unreasonable people; what could a small figure like him do?
He could only lower his head, open the bag, pour out the gold coins, and count them. The coins poured out from the bag formed a small mound of shining gold on the ground, which indeed amounted to two thousand gold coins, even a few dozen extra.
Even though he finished counting the money, the burly man dared not actually accept it, just stood there helplessly looking at Wu Zhao and Tan Feiyu, not knowing what to do.
Tan Feiyu, with the mind of a child, used the magic beast that this burly man hunted to trick Wu Zhao but didn’t consider that afterward, if Wu Zhao vented his anger on this man, whether he could withstand Wu Zhao’s revenge, or if he might suffer an unexpected misfortune.
Initially, Tan Shuangshuang wanted to wait for Tan Feiyu to realize this problem himself. Who knew Tan Feiyu didn’t notice at all, but instead looked smugly at Wu Zhao, who was reluctant to let the burly man keep the money despite having taken it out painfully, intending to mock him further to ensure Wu Zhao would spend the money thoroughly.
Tan Shuangshuang looked at the smug Tan Feiyu, the expressionless Wu Zhao, and then at the burly man standing there helplessly, with a face full of suppressed anger yet eyes flickering with fear, and couldn’t help but frown tightly. She really couldn’t stand it anymore.
Tan Shuangshuang took out a small bag from her chest and threw it directly at the burly man, who caught it reflexively, looking puzzled at Tan Shuangshuang, who suddenly tossed him a bag.
Tan Shuangshuang said in a calm voice, "There are twenty-one spiritual pearls in the bag. I want this magic beast. Take the pearls and go quickly!" The burly man was stunned for a moment, opened the bag to check, and indeed found twenty-one smooth and full spiritual pearls inside.
Before the burly man could leave, Tan Shuangshuang went up to collect Wu Zhao’s two thousand gold coins, then shook the magic beast’s foot, and the meat that had already been shaved off by the burly man fell off, leaving only a white skeleton. This man’s meat shaving skills were indeed quite good.
Tan Shuangshuang packed the entire magic beast skeleton and the magic beast’s core into a large spatial bag, planning to take them away along with Wu Zhao’s two thousand gold coins.
On the side, Wu Zhao suddenly blocked Tan Shuangshuang, his eyes blazing, and said through gritted teeth, "Tan Shuangshuang, what do you mean by this?"
Tan Shuangshuang gave him a cold glance, pointed at the magic beast meat on the ground, and said in a calm voice, "I was the first to see and inquire about this magic beast, and I was the one who reserved it first. When you bought the meat, this magic beast was already mine. But seeing you spend so many gold coins wanting to buy this Unicorn Bull’s meat, I assumed you liked it, so I let you have it. What more do you want?"
After speaking, Tan Shuangshuang snorted at the burly man who hadn’t yet reacted and said, "The money has been given to you, why aren’t you leaving yet!"
The burly man jolted awake, gave Tan Shuangshuang a grateful look, then efficiently grabbed the spiritual pearls given by Tan Shuangshuang and turned to run.
The burly man clearly understood that although Tan Shuangshuang’s tone wasn’t nice, she was the only one among these people who treated him with goodwill and considered his situation.
Earlier when Tan Shuangshuang came asking for meat, it was obvious she hadn’t planned to take the whole magic beast. Now, buying the entire beast clearly was to help him out.
He was just a small figure, couldn’t afford to offend the Tan Family or the Wu Family. If Wu Zhao really spent two thousand gold coins on the meat he had, which was only worth one hundred gold coins, even if he didn’t take a penny, it was a fact his goods were used to humiliate Wu Zhao.
If Wu Zhao couldn’t hold his anger and lashed out at him, or even Wu Zhao didn’t need to do anything directly, showing an attitude was enough for others to latch onto him to curry favor with the Wu Family.
Wu Zhao had lost his standing in the Wu Family, but that was only within the direct lineage. To outsiders, he was still the pride of the Wu Family, and to kill an adventurer was still easy.
But now Tan Shuangshuang had intervened, forcibly taking the magic beast meat from him. This way, the beneficiary after tricking Wu Zhao was removed from himself, and there was no talk of being angered by Wu Zhao.
So, Tan Shuangshuang’s actions directly and brutally drew away Wu Zhao’s hatred, attracting his anger, and truly rescued him!
Thinking about this, the burly man couldn’t help but feel grateful to Tan Shuangshuang once more. Indeed, people have good and bad; he used to think that children from large families wouldn’t care about the lives of people like him, but that wasn’t true—there were good ones, and he had just met one.
Tan Shuangshuang didn’t know the burly man’s thoughts. After retorting to Wu Zhao, she left with a victorious-looking Tan Feiyu, while Wu Zhao, surprisingly to Tan Shuangshuang, didn’t tangle or stop them again.
After leaving, Tan Shuangshuang wasn’t in a particularly good mood and couldn’t help but tell Tan Feiyu about how his earlier actions might have implicated the burly man selling the magic beast, then carefully observed Tan Feiyu’s expression.
Fortunately, Tan Feiyu was stunned upon hearing Tan Shuangshuang’s words. Gradually, his eyes showed some regret, and he said haltingly while looking at Tan Shuangshuang, "I, I didn’t know! I thought it was just between me and Wu Zhao. Sister Shuangshuang, I really didn’t know it might involve someone else."
Seeing this, Tan Shuangshuang felt a bit better. She believed in Tan Feiyu because, although he seemed like a bully on the outside, he was not truly unreasonable or domineering.
If it was Tan Feiyu who was tricked by Wu Zhao today, he would only hold a grudge against Wu Zhao and think about getting back at him next time, and he wouldn’t consider venting his anger on innocent people. People tend to measure others by themselves, and given Tan Feiyu’s young age, it’s normal he didn’t think that far.
Tan Shuangshuang wasn’t worried about Tan Feiyu’s limited perspective; what she cared about was his thoughts after knowing this. A person’s wisdom can grow with time and experience, but their temperament and character don’t change with experience.
Now that Tan Feiyu’s reaction was one of regret, it was the best outcome. Tan Shuangshuang didn’t mind reminding Tan Feiyu again and again, she cared about his views on this matter.
Neither Tan Shuangshuang nor Tan Feiyu knew that shortly after they left, Wu Zhao, who had been angrily facing them, calmed down. He watched the direction they left with a cold expression and suddenly asked, "Is everything prepared on Mr. Lan’s side?"
The air around Wu Zhao twisted, and a person in a black cloak appeared out of nowhere, saying in a hoarse voice, "Don’t worry, Mr. Lan has everything prepared. This time, she won’t return!"