Chapter Forty-Four A Guest Arrives

  "It's nothing," Zhao Long said, his right hand picking up the invitation and spreading out his left hand, revealing a 3-4 cm long gash on the palm of his left hand.

  "My god, is there a razor blade on this invitation......" Fatso saw it and hurriedly looked for something to press against Zhao Long's wound to stop the bleeding.

  "There are just some metals that increase weight, this person is very fierce, be more careful in the future." Zhao Long waved his hand, he could clearly feel that the small wound on his palm was bleeding at a slower rate, this little injury was not a problem. He casually opened the invitation letter.

  "Xiangyu Group's cruise ship, Yulong, awaits your esteemed presence three days later." Below is a phone number, apparently this is specially made for Zhao Long and not an actual invitation.

  "Gambling boat... what day is this? What's this guy doing? When did Haicheng allow open gambling?" The fatty beside him stared with wide eyes.

  "Macau, Singapore and some surrounding countries can operate gaming companies, it's normal to have a casino ship in international waters." Zhao Long said, suddenly remembering Lei Xiangyu's last words: "Not good."

  "Wait for me..." Hearing the old man say something was wrong, he turned around and was already tens of meters away. Fatso hurried to catch up, but had only taken a few steps when Zhao Long disappeared into the dawn on Sixth Street.

  "The big brother is indeed the big brother, and he's actually running even faster than when we were in school... I don't know what's wrong with him..." said Fatso, quickening his pace to catch up. As they passed by the lamb skewer stall, he couldn't help but take a deep sniff, his appetite suddenly stimulated, and shouted: "Give me 50 skewers, I'll come back for them later!"

  Zhao Long returned to the courtyard, and it was already the second half of the night. The night was deep and quiet, and the courtyard was pitch black. Fortunately, the weather today was not bad, with a bright moon and sparse stars. Zhao Long's current strength allowed him to see the general situation around him even without using a flashlight or mobile phone.

  "Knock knock...... Aunt Li, it's Zhao Long. I have something to discuss..." Zhao Long knocked on Aunt Li's door.

  Knocked a couple of times with no response, Zhao Long became increasingly worried, and his hand tightened.

  "Coming... coming..." Knocked for nearly half a minute, before hearing Li Shu's voice from inside, followed by the lights in the house turning on. Li Shu, wearing an outer garment and rubbing her sleepy eyes, pushed open the door.

  "Zhao ah, you're back, ah...... what's up?" Li aunt let out a big yawn, obviously having been startled awake from a deep sleep.

  "It's so late at night, what are you knocking on...?" Zhao Long didn't wait for an answer, and suddenly Yao Meili's voice came from upstairs. Yao Meili, wearing a pink silk pajama with suspenders, walked to the balcony of the second floor, took a look downstairs, and immediately pouted: "I said who was it that had no quality at all, and it turned out to be you. Zhao Long, I'm telling you, I've already consulted a lawyer, and during your rental period, you arbitrarily damaged the original facilities, which means you have already breached the contract. Not only do you have to compensate me for my losses twice, but I also have the right not to renew the contract with you."

  "What's wrong with you, it's the middle of the night and you're not sleeping. What kind of ghost are you? Zhao saw that your stuff was broken and wanted to help you fix the floor, but you bit the hand that fed you, ungrateful person! You have no conscience. In the middle of the night, I'm forced to scold you, every day you don't do anything proper, sleeping all day and not sleeping at night... If I were the landlord, I'd beat you up eight times a day!" Li Shu's eyes snapped open, and she immediately stood up, pointing at Yao MeiLi and starting an argument.

  "Aunt Li, don't mind him." Zhao Long is now worried about Li Yuyou's situation, pulled Aunt Li and immediately looked at Yao Meili and said: "If you really have the guts to hire a lawyer, I'll accompany you. I have 100,000 yuan here, let's slowly play the lawsuit game."

  Yao Meili is such a person, apart from spending money on herself, she feels pain in every other place where she spends even a cent. She would rather find a lawyer to consult for free than spend money, either by making a free phone call or searching online casually, or taking advice from her friends. Because he saw the fat man coming in, Zhao Long casually threw the 100,000 yuan reward he had just picked up from the police station onto the table in the courtyard. He deliberately let the money roll out of the black plastic bag, and under the light of Li Shu's house, Yao Meili's eyes widened in disbelief.

  Deal with what kind of people use what kind of methods, vary from person to person. For someone like Yao Meili who values money above all else, it's impossible for her to actually spend money on a lawsuit against herself. But seeing that she has so much money, yet knowing that she wouldn't dare sue him, is the best way to shut her up.

  "Xiao Zhao, where did you get so much money from? Hurry up and put it away, you child..." Li Aunt took a look and quickly pushed Zhao Long to hurry him up.

  "Never mind them, let the fatty handle it, I have something to ask you." Zhao Long said, pulling Li Shu to her home's outer house living room: "Is Youyou around? If she is, tell her to wait for me tomorrow morning before leaving, I have something to talk to her about." Now that it was already late at night, Zhao Long thought it would be better to ask Youyou tomorrow instead.

  "Ah..." Li Aunt was taken aback: "She went out today, their school organized an activity, it seems to be a internship, she said something about a company going public, the school let them go for a week's internship. I heard that this time, there are only 15 places available in their department, Little Zhao, what brings you to find Ah-you?"

  Damn it, no wonder Lei Xiangyu said those words. It turns out he had already gotten rid of Youyou a long time ago. I didn't expect him to use this method, directly getting the school involved and using this way to deceive Youyou once again.

  "Oh... never mind, hehe... Things are already like this, no need to let Aunt Li worry again: "I just want to talk to you about some things related to Hai Cheng School, and also ask for your opinion on some financial issues since our company's storefront is newly set up."

  "It's settled, Aunt Li will definitely come over to take a look one day. I just know you're not an ordinary person, you'll definitely be able to fly." Aunt Li didn't think much of it and was only happy for Zhao Long.

  With Lei Xiangyu's style of doing things, he shouldn't do anything to harm Youyou. This time his goal should be himself, he wants to regain the face he lost last time. But Youyou has already been deceived and gone, so I have no choice but to go too.

  Zhao Long thought to himself, chatting with Aunt Li for a few sentences before she went into the inner room. Zhao Long walked out and closed the door behind her, suddenly remembering that Yao Meili was being too quiet. He looked towards the courtyard and saw Huanzi standing in the middle of it, holding up one of the stone stools from the courtyard. This was something Aunt Li had brought back, which was cool to sit on during the summer and very comfortable. Huanzi held onto it as if he were about to dunk a basketball, his eyes glaring fiercely and his mouth muttering softly.

  "Make another sound and I'll smash you, try making a sound..."

  Yao Mei-li had retreated into her house, standing there with a puffed out chest pointing at the fatty, but not daring to make a sound.

  "Fatty, what are you doing?" Zhao Long asked with a smile as he looked at him.

  "Exercise, haha..." The fatty said, lifting the stone pedestal twice and then putting it down to pick up the money on the table and walking over to Zhao Long: "I'm afraid this shrew will affect Boss's business, and in the middle of the night, hearing her voice is really annoying, hehe, so..."

  "You, remember to find someone to lay down the floor tomorrow, and don't eat too much at night." Zhao Long said as he entered the house.

  Fatso stood there, looking around. Just now, the boss had clearly entered this courtyard, but from such a distance, it was strange that he could hear his own words.

  It was already late at night, and the fat boy had long been asleep. After using the Golden Energy to refine his body, Zhao Long found that he relied less and less on sleep. Every day, only two or three hours, or even less time, was enough for him to recover. Sometimes when practicing boxing, he would enter a state of deep focus, and not sleeping all night wouldn't be a problem at all.

  In that case, it's not very suitable for me to stay here. Let the fat kid continue to rent this place and I'll come back occasionally when I have something to do. It just so happens that I've already rented a shop on Cultural Antiques Street, so I can move there instead. This way, it's also more convenient for me to practice my skills.

  Zhao Long's recovery power is now quite amazing, and his body has fully recovered in just one day. After Fatty fell asleep, Zhao Long ran to the seaside again. He practiced boxing until dawn, and recently, things have been happening one after another. Three days later, Lei Xiangyu's gambling ship must be kept. If the gambling ship is on the high seas, it's hard to say whether he can make it in time for his duel with Xiao Ke Nan and Ouyang Fengchuan.

  But no matter what, even if I have to put off going to the Xin Yi Liu He Men, I must still increase my strength as soon as possible. My left arm is the biggest crisis, and as for Lei Xiangyu and Ouyang Fengchuan, they want to regain their dignity, want to humiliate me, huh, let's see who humiliates whom in the end.

  When practicing boxing, Zhao Long also asked Lao Shi about Xingyiquan and Xin Yi Liu He Quan, but Lao Shi didn't have much impression of these things. In Lao Shi's words, a strong person can come up with the strongest move at will, and he won't deliberately remember those ordinary moves; if he sees them, he might recall them.

  It's either recalling or directly using the moves in it to think of other moves, helping to complete a set of moves, that's truly being prepared.

  Zhao Long now thoroughly admired the selective amnesia of Lao Shi, as he remembered in great detail things related to antiques and other miscellaneous matters. He even knew about some historical events and figures related to them, but when it came to martial arts, he only remembered the names of certain strong masters who had reached a certain level, without recalling any specific details.

  As for the cultivation methods and moves, he only remembered that he always called the greatest Nine Turns Five Elements Body Refining Technique in his mouth, and didn't remember anything else. Or perhaps, he intentionally forgot, too lazy to recall those things.

  In the morning, Zhao Long directly gave a call to Pangzi, asking him to go and deal with the procedures for obtaining a business license. After Zhao Long's card was processed, he received a text message at around 10 o'clock in the morning that the 300,000 yuan had been transferred into his account. It seems that the police department is quite efficient in issuing rewards, but thinking about it, it's normal, after all, this represents the overall credibility of the public security organs.

  Zhao Long was currently browsing some antique-related materials, occasionally asking Lao Shi for advice. When he saw that the money had arrived, he got up and prepared to go to Jin Street to buy all the gold.

  As soon as he got up, Zhao Long's ears moved slightly, and he heard the sound of the door opening. He turned his head to look outside and saw someone opening the door and walking in.

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