"Yeah, we’re not about taking advantage without paying. And you two fellows," Old Lady Wu finally let go of Ge Liutao and unconsciously patted the sleeve where her hand had just clutched Ge Liutao’s arm, saying, "After you go back, enter the mountains again to dig for Lingzhi. If you find any, we’ll buy them at a high price."
"There’s, there’s none left..." Ge Liutao said.
"How can there be none left? I’ve heard there’s plenty deep in the old forest. You should go several more times, look more carefully. Right, I’ve heard some medicine men stay in the mountains for half a month to a month at a time. You could stay in the mountains too, so you have more time to search for herbs..."
"Why don’t you live in the mountains yourself? Want to eat wild Ganoderma? Go dig them up yourself!" Chiang Xiao was at her breaking point, she stepped quickly up to Wu Zhiyuan’s side, snatched the box from his hand, poured the Lingzhi into a bottle, and grabbed the remaining ones in her hand. She smashed the box back onto his body.
"This Lingzhi is mine; I’ll give it to whoever I want. Likewise, if I don’t want somebody to have it, they better not try to take it! And Mr. Wu Zhiyuan, since you ate one without permission, I’ll be generous—one costs you five hundred bucks, pay up now! Otherwise, I’ll make you spit it out later!"
Her outburst scared everyone and left them all stunned.
Zheng Ruhua, who had been silent all this time, stood in a corner, full of admiration as she looked at Chiang Xiao. Wow, Chiang Xiao is so fierce! She had been taught since childhood to be a proper lady, polite, graceful, and well-educated. Seeing Old Lady Wu and Wu Zhiyuan’s behavior earlier had infuriated her, but she dared not speak out. With so many elders around, there was absolutely no place for a child like her to speak.
But now, seeing Chiang Xiao so audacious, she felt incredibly satisfied and vindicated!
All she could do was envy her; she could never dare to act that way!
Wu Zhiyuan, struck by the box, felt a real pain and flew into a rage, reaching out to slap Chiang Xiao, "You little brat, how dare you! Do you know who I am?"
"I don’t care who you are! It seems you don’t want to pay, then spit it out!"
She blocked his slapping hand with one arm, then swung her fist and struck viciously at his stomach!
This boxing technique was taught by Tyrant Meng!
He had told her that he never bothered with fancy but useless moves; his boxing was about taking down an opponent as fast as possible, focusing on speed, angle, and force!
Chiang Xiao was a quick learner and had remembered everything, but she had been badly thrashed by Meng Xinian during sparring. This was the first time she got to practice on someone else.
The punch landed heavily on Wu Zhiyuan’s stomach.
Everyone else present, hearing that sound, felt their own stomachs contract sharply, as if they too were in pain.
Old Lady Wu screamed.
Wu Zhiyuan doubled over, his face turned green, his stomach churning, nearly throwing up. But although he didn’t vomit, the pain was so intense he couldn’t even speak.
"Sorry about that, one punch didn’t do the trick. How about another? I guarantee you’ll throw up!" Chiang Xiao raised her fist again.
Old Lady Wu quickly rushed over, screaming, "Stop hitting, stop hitting! We’ll pay the five hundred, we’ll pay!"
With that, she frantically searched Wu Zhiyuan’s pockets, pulling out a thick wad of cash.
They really did bring money tonight to buy Lingzhi, but in their minds, regardless of the amount of Lingzhi, a couple of hundred bucks would have been enough. Now, one piece of Lingzhi had emptied all the money in Wu Zhiyuan’s pockets.