Chapter 001: The Beautiful Landlady (Part One)

  Jiangnan Province, Shangdu City, Linyuan Town.

  The sun sets in the west, Wang Hao Dong drags his tired body, walking shallowly on the muddy dirt road.

  This is a dirt road leading to Liujiayuan Village in Linyuan Town, only four meters wide, but it's rugged and uneven, with many potholes. As soon as it rains, it becomes muddy and very difficult to walk on.

  It didn't rain today, but two days ago a heavy rainstorm hit here, making the roads muddy. After walking on this road for half an hour, Wang Haodong's shoes and pant legs were all covered in mud, looking extremely disheveled.

  Wang Haodong is twenty-three years old, 178 cm tall, with a square face and can be considered handsome. In his friends' words, he has sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, a white face without a mustache, a straight nose bridge, and bright, spirited big eyes, making him a qualified hunk.

  But now this so-called handsome guy has to escape from the city of flowers, which is a very depressing thing for him.

  It all started half a month ago.

  Wang Haodong's hometown is in the urban area of Shangdu, and he can be considered a city person. Half a month ago, he went to a bar with nothing to do and was approached by a girl who quickly got along with him.

  However, it turned out that the girl was someone else's girlfriend, and the two of them had gotten into a fight at the bar over something trivial. She deliberately came to drink with Wang Haodong to provoke her boyfriend.

  Wang Haodong and the girl got drunk, when they were about to go to the hotel, they coincidentally met her boyfriend. A few words led to a fight, Wang Haodong beat the young man into the hospital, only to find out later that he was actually the son of a wealthy family.

  The other party did not report to the police, and threatened to cut off Wang Haodong's hands. He asked his friends to investigate the other party's background, but unexpectedly, the other party's father was a well-known billionaire named Liu Huanxi, nicknamed Liu Daitou, who had great influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world.

  Wang Haodong is an orphan, his parents died in a car accident when he was young. He has been living alone for many years. After graduating from high school, he worked as a waiter, water delivery worker, factory operator, and even did flower delivery work.

  Wang Haodong was robust and agile, loved watching martial arts since childhood, fell in love with martial arts. The money he earned, apart from maintaining his living expenses, went to learning Sanda and free fighting, practicing a good set of skills. Although he could take down seven or eight ordinary people, he was still just a poor silk worker, naturally not a match for the opponent, so he had to escape to the upper city.

  After hiding outside for a few days, Wang Haodong contacted his good friend Wang Peng. Under his introduction, he came to his grandmother's hometown, Linyuan Town, 100 miles away from the city, planning to avoid the storm here.

  Wang Peng's cousin, Wang Xin, runs a barber shop in the town and Wang Haodong initially stayed at her home. She knew about Wang Haodong's situation and was afraid that Liu Datou's men would find him, so she introduced him to her high school classmate's home for shelter.

  The place is called Liujiayuan Village, a small village twenty miles west of Linyuan Town. Originally, there were electric tricycles in the town that could take passengers, but after the rain, the road was difficult to walk on, and those drivers were afraid of accidents, so they didn't want to go down to the village, so Wang Haodong had to carry his luggage and hurry to Liujiayuan Village on foot.

  According to Wang Xin, Liujiayuan Village is located at the foot of a mountain, surrounded by mountains on three sides. There is a small river running through the village, and after crossing the bridge over the river, there is an earthen road leading to the town. However, this road is really in poor condition.

  "If I had known the road was so bad, I would have waited for a sunny day to come here." Wang Haodong muttered to himself and lit a cigarette.

  Ding ding ding, the phone rang.

  Wang Haodong took a look at the number and saw it was Wang Peng calling, so he quickly answered the phone.

  "Have you arrived at your destination?" came Wang Peng's rough voice over the phone.

  Wang Peng is Wang Haodong's high school classmate, they sat at the same desk for three years in high school and got along well. After failing to get into college, Wang Haodong went out into society to work and earn money, while Wang Peng was admitted to university and has now graduated, working for an internet company in the south.

  "It's almost here, don't worry about me."

  Wang Peng asked a few more questions and then put down his heart, reminding Wang Haodong to pay attention to safety. When he was about to hang up the phone, he also asked if he needed money.

  When he came to take refuge, he had already borrowed 3,000 yuan from Wang Haodong. Upon hearing this, he was truly moved, this is what friendship is all about, this is what friends are for. His heart felt warm and fuzzy, and he said: "Pengzi, I don't spend much in the countryside, so I won't need it for now, thank you."

  "What's with the politeness?" Wang Peng smiled, "If it weren't for you back then, I'd be dead by now. This is me repaying a debt of gratitude."

  What Wang Peng said was also a story. In the first year of high school, a group of people from the dormitory went out to play video games. Halfway through, a truck suddenly rushed out, and everyone else dodged, but Wang Peng was looking at the beautiful girl on the street and didn't notice.

  When he saw the car rushing over, Wang Peng was frightened and stood still on the spot. Fortunately, Wang Haodong was quick-witted and quickly pulled him to the side of the road, thus avoiding his tragic fate of being run over by the wheels.

  Wang Peng was grateful to Wang Haodong for saving his life, and the two became best friends. Over the years, their friendship remained unchanged. Every time he returned home for Chinese New Year, they would drink together. This time, when Wang Haodong got into trouble, Wang Peng didn't hesitate to lend him money.

  He hung up the phone and Wang Haodong took a long drag on his cigarette before throwing it away.

  It's already five o'clock in the afternoon, the sunset hangs in the west, the dim sunlight pours down through the gaps between the mountains and forests, there are small birds chirping happily by the roadside, the gentle breeze blows the leaves, making a rustling sound, a peaceful atmosphere.

  "This is indeed a paradise on earth." Wang Haodong had lived in the city for a long time and it was his first time to come to the countryside. Looking at this beautiful scenery, he couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated.

  A gentle breeze passed by, and a rustling sound came from the grass thicket. Suddenly, a wild rabbit darted out.

  "Huh? There's still a wild rabbit." Wang Haodong's face showed delight, and he hastily opened his package, picked up a 30-centimeter-long steel bar, about the thickness of a thumb, one end wrapped with silk thread, the other end sharpened to a sharp point, his most skilled weapon.

  Watching the wild rabbit moving in the grass, Wang Haodong quietly aimed and suddenly swung out three seconds later.

  In the martial arts world, there is a divine skill that can hurt people with flying flowers and leaves. Wang Haodong doesn't have such skills, but he likes hidden weapons. He often practices in his spare time and has actually developed a brilliant technique for using hidden weapons. Within 20 meters, a stone can hit exactly where he aims without any deviation.

  The steel rod emitted a whirring sound, like an arrow off the string, extremely fast, and with a brush of its tip, it shot into the running wild rabbit, with tremendous force, sending it flying.

  Bang.

  The wild rabbit fell to the ground, blood splashing everywhere. The dying wild rabbit could no longer run.

  Looking at its constantly convulsing body, Wang Haodong excitedly stepped forward, picked up the wild rabbit, and chuckled: "I've been eating vegetarian for several days, tonight I'll use you to break my fast."

  Having caught a wild rabbit, Wang Haodong's mood became slightly excited. Looking at the time, it was not early, so he hurriedly picked up the rabbit, slung his backpack over his shoulder and strode westward.

  After walking for about twenty minutes, Wang Haodong saw a stone bridge and a village behind it.

  Under the bridge is an east-west river, about 10 meters wide. Wang Haodong doesn't know how deep it is. Seeing a few children playing on the bridge, he went forward and asked: "Kids, is this Liujiayuan Village?"

  "Really, who are you?"

  "I'm here to find someone." Wang Haodong smiled and thanked the child, then walked down the stone bridge in big strides towards the village.

  The village is not big, with only five rows of houses in total, adding up to more than 30 households. According to Wang Xin, the Liu surname is the most common in this village, and there are also people surnamed Zhang, Lei, and Xiao, making it a multi-surname village.

  He pulled out a note from his pocket, and Wang Haodong examined it carefully. The note read: Zhang Shufang, lives in the first row of Liujiayuan Village, the first house counting from the east.

  After receiving the note, Wang Haodong walked towards the first house with big strides. It was a three-room courtyard residence with blue bricks and tiles, and an old wooden door that looked like it had been there for many years.

  Boom boom boom.

  Wang Haodong knocked on the door.

  "Who is it?"

  "Hello, I am Wang Xin's friend."

  After Wang Haodong reported his origin, footsteps came.

  The creaking sound, the door opened, revealing a woman's face. She was about twenty years old, with her hair tied up, tall and slender figure, wheat-colored skin that looked very healthy and full of vitality. Her facial features were quite delicate, with willow-leaf eyebrows, cherry lips, a small and straight nose, and a hint of an upward curve at the corners of her mouth, as if she was smiling. Her eyes were large and spirited, with more black than white, making her a very beautiful woman.

  "Hello, I'm Wang Haodong."

  Wang Haodong smiled at the woman, feeling very happy in his heart. Being able to rent a room in this beauty's home for a while and then return to the city after the storm passes was also a comfortable thing. At least it would be a feast for the eyes, wouldn't it?

  Zhang Shufang also got to know Wang Haodong through her classmate Wang Xin's introduction, and had already agreed to let him come over. Now that she saw the person, her eyes scanned him briefly, a smile appeared on her face, and she stepped aside with her body, "You're here, come in."

  Wang Haodong nodded, carrying the wild rabbit into the yard, but in his heart he was slightly surprised and delighted. He didn't expect Wang Xin's friend to be a stunning beauty. So I'm renting a house from her, she's my beautiful landlady. I wonder if she has a boyfriend?

  Wang Haodong is currently single and has the opportunity to be friends with beautiful women, which is naturally 100% willing. As the saying goes, "near water tower first gets the moon", after passing this village, there is no such shop, he doesn't have any ideas like a rabbit not eating grass at the edge of its nest.