Chapter 1252: Chapter 1241: Better You Than Me
“Okay!”
The crew with the buzz cut exchanged glances and hurriedly led the way, enthusiastically marching through the woods.
As time passed, they went deeper and deeper into the forest.
Soon, Zhou Wei noticed something suspicious and said dissatisfied, “Are you playing tricks on me? Where is Ning Fan? This must be the deepest part of the woods, right?”
“Yeah.”
The buzz cut crew looked at each other in dismay since it was here that Ning Fan had beaten them into spitting blood.
Right now, where was Ning Fan exactly?
The buzz-cut guy looked at the spot where he had spat blood earlier, pointed at it, and said in a deep voice, “Young Master Zhou, look, this is Ning Fan’s blood. He might have escaped when we weren’t looking. But judging by his injuries, he can’t have gone far. There’s a small hill behind these woods. To avoid danger, he probably ran to hide there.”
“Let’s go, let’s check it out.”
Convinced, Zhou Wei led the way, moving forward.
Not far in, he heard a cold laugh above his head.
“Young man, there’s a path to heaven but you don’t take it; there’s no door to hell but you barged in. I only hit you lightly twice and yet you keep hunting me down. Are you so careless with your life?”
“Hmm?”
Zhou Wei was startled. He quickly looked up, and upon seeing, he gasped.
He saw a figure descend from the sky right in front of him. Who else could it be but Ning Fan?
“You… weren’t you beaten crippled?”
Zhou Wei looked at Ning Fan in disbelief, his words stumbling.
“Who told you I was beaten crippled?”
Ning Fan raised his eyebrows, flicked ash from his cigarette over Zhou Wei’s head, and sneered disdainfully.
“They did…”
Zhou Wei pointed at the buzz-cut crew, his anger burning. “These people said you were beaten into a pig’s head and couldn’t walk, even spat blood. But you look perfectly normal now!”
Upon hearing this, the buzz-cut crew immediately shook their heads vigorously, indicating denial.
“Young Master Zhou, we didn’t say that. We just said Mr. Ning beat us so badly that we were scattered everywhere, and we asked you to see if there was anything you could help with.”
“Exactly, exactly. With just us, shrimp soldiers and crab generals, how could we be a match for Mr. Ning?”
“Mr. Ning is Zhonghai’s Divine Doctor, even more divine than Divine Doctor Liu. Even if he doesn’t have martial arts, we don’t dare to offend him easily.”
“You scoundrels!”
Hearing this, Zhou Wei was furious and jumped three feet high, raging. “You useless bunch dared to trick me! Do you believe I can’t make you see tomorrow’s sun?”
“Yes, yes, Young Master Zhou, with your immense power, you surely can, but we were compelled. We really couldn’t win.”
The buzz-cut guy offered a bitter smile in apology.
“Aren’t you setting me up?”
Zhou Wei’s heart jumped into his throat, feeling like he tried to take someone down but ended up embarrassed himself, failing spectacularly.
He swallowed hard, forced a smile at Ning Fan, and said, “Mr. Ning, don’t believe their nonsense. I didn’t ask them to bother you. Surely, they wanted to extort money from you, which is why they tracked you down.”
“Is that so?”
Ning Fan furrowed his brow, teasing, “But that’s not what they said.”
He pointed at the buzz-cut crew, then looked at Zhou Wei intently, expressionless. “Young man, you brought others to attack me, I suffered internal injuries, now tell me what should be done?”
“Mr. Ning, what do you want?”
Under the eaves, Zhou Wei had no choice but to lower his head and softly inquire.
Ning Fan nodded thoughtfully, putting on a playful demeanor, “Very simple, first compensate me with 1 million for medical expenses, then another 1 million for emotional damage, and finally 1 million for loss of youth.”
What?
Medical expenses? Emotional damage? Loss of youth?
What kind of injury could cost a million? You’re bouncing around, mentally fine, why emotional damage compensation?
Moreover, Ning Fan is probably about twenty-five or twenty-six right now, his youth nearly at an end, and he’s shamelessly asking for youth loss compensation?
Although he had such thoughts, Zhou Wei didn’t dare express them. He could only respond reluctantly, “Okay, I agree.”
He had already planned to agree with Ning Fan now, then deny it upon escaping home, and find someone to chop Ning Fan into mincemeat to avenge his humiliation.
However, dreams were grand, reality was harsh.
Ning Fan simply smiled, extended his hand.
In his hand, there was a bank card, shining under the sun.
“No time like the present, instead of picking a day, today, now, give me the transfer, I urgently need the money.”
What?
Zhou Wei was furious. Forget about 3 million, he probably couldn’t even gather 1 million.
His monthly allowance was spent as soon as he got it, though he received over a million annually, his extravagant spending meant he was always asking his mother for extra money.
Though his family was wealthy, it was his parents’ money, not his.
How could he transfer it to Ning Fan?
Thinking of this, Zhou Wei smiled bitterly, “Mr. Ning, I don’t have 3 million. I really can’t afford it. Could you allow me to go home and discuss with my parents?”
“No.”
Ning Fan sternly rejected his proposal, his gaze fixed and intense on Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei felt a pressure emanating from Ning Fan, making him almost unable to breathe.
Given the situation, he found himself in a dilemma.
Wanting to escape home, yet unable to produce 3 million for compensation.
Trying to fight Ning Fan, but couldn’t win against him.
Zhou Wei was so anxious he nearly cried, like an ant on a hot skillet, utterly confused.
“Can’t come up with it?”
Ning Fan looked down at him disdainfully, waved towards the buzz-cut crew, “Since you refuse to compensate, then beat him up, cripple his arms first.”
“Mr. Ning, isn’t that a bit harsh?”
Though intimidated by Ning Fan’s power and skill, the buzz-cut guy understood Zhou Wei’s identity and background, causing hesitation and reluctance.
“Ha ha.” Ning Fan coldly laughed at them, “If you don’t cripple his arms, I’ll cripple you all, making life worse than death.”
“Gasp…”
The buzz-cut crew was shocked.
Yet weighing the circumstances, Zhou Wei was easier to deal with.
A wise man knows what’s best at the moment, they agreed and surrounded Zhou Wei, their faces apologetically smiling.
“Young Master Zhou, we’re truly sorry, you heard it yourself, if we don’t hit you, Mr. Ning will hit us.”
“Exactly, as the saying goes, don’t let a fellow traveler die instead of the penniless wanderer, your life compared to ours is of lesser priority.”
“Enough talk, brothers, let’s just save ourselves first. What’s Young Master Zhou after all?”
In that instant, these guys rolled up their sleeves and rushed at Zhou Wei, fists and feet flying.