Chapter 224
Chapter 224
Back on the street, Liu Ye was using the coffins to construct defensive fortifications. The Zhao family members could no longer walk because of their diarrhea, and Brother Driver had warned that someone might attack them soon.
Liu Ye held a coffin lid and prepared to turn it into a shield. The Fiend inside the coffin clung to his leg, weeping bitterly. Would someone please stop this man?
“Big Brother, didn’t you say someone was coming to attack us? Why hasn’t anyone appeared?” Liu Ye asked in confusion as he cut into the coffin lid.
“They should be here soon…”
The Driver was no longer certain. Ordinarily, reinforcements should have arrived within half an hour of Liu Ye beating that man. Why had no one come?
“Gentlemen, I don’t think this is the time to discuss that. Shouldn’t we give them the medicine first?” Xiaoshuai asked from the side while pinching his nose.
Only then did Liu Ye notice something wrong with the smell. He turned his head and stared. A perfectly good street had been transformed into an open-air toilet.
There was no helping it. The group was large, and everyone was vomiting and suffering diarrhea. This was the inevitable result.
Second Uncle and the others asked weakly, “Master Liu, how is the situation?”
“It’s fine! Nothing is wrong. Look at your condition-why are you still worrying about anything else? Here, hurry and take the medicine.”
Liu Ye distributed the medicine among the Zhao family. Their stomachs had already begun to recover, but the moment they swallowed the pills, their symptoms suddenly became far worse.
“Master Liu, what medicine did you buy?” Second Uncle cried in agony, clutching his stomach.
“I bought medicine for digestion! I can read these words, you know. Look: Diarrhea… Never… Stops…”
Liu Ye fell silent.
So did everyone else.
“Uh, the woman at the pharmacy must have mixed up the medicine. Wait here. I’ll go back and get the right kind.”
“Master!” Second Uncle called, stopping him.
“The medicine can wait. There’s something even more urgent right now.”
“What is it?”
“Could you find us some paper first? We’ve run out.” Tears streamed down Second Uncle’s face.
He, Zhao Teng, the second son of the Zhao family, had once been an eminent figure. Even those who did not call him a dragon among men would still have praised his refined bearing and handsome appearance.
Now he had been reduced to defecating in the street, in full view of everyone around him.
Only then did Liu Ye notice that all of them were bare-chested. Little remained of their pants, and several had even sacrificed their socks.
Only John, Xiaoshuai, and Zhao Tianci were relatively normal. Other people had taken parts of their clothing to use as paper, but at least the three of them did not have diarrhea.
They had all known Liu Ye was not… entirely reliable, so none of them had eaten the food.
Xiaoshuai had been too busy playing the groom to eat. John had given all his food directly to Miss Zhang, and it had actually increased her strength.
Zhao Tianci had chewed the dishes but never swallowed them. Whenever Liu Ye turned away, he spat them out.
Thus, although he felt somewhat unwell, he could still endure it.
The others had been different. They were afraid of making Liu Ye angry, so every one of them had eaten until they were stuffed. Now, even the old monk had nearly attained nirvana from diarrhea.
“Just hold on a little longer! I’ll go get the right medicine immediately!”
“Big Brother, if anyone comes, hold them off for me. I’m going to fetch their medicine!”
Liu Ye hurried back to the pharmacy.
But when he arrived, the pharmacy was gone. Not only the pharmacy-almost none of the surrounding buildings remained. The entire area was silent.
“Damn. Is this what they call retaliation?”
Naturally, Liu Ye blamed everything on retaliation by the Money Fiends. He simply could not understand why they had destroyed the nearby buildings instead of coming after him.
Then realization struck. They had been worried about hurting the Money Fiend still lying nearby, and they knew the Zhao family members had diarrhea. They must have wanted to prevent Liu Ye from finding medicine so the Zhao family would die from diarrhea!
“How cruel.”
Sure enough, Liu Ye could not find any medicine in the ruins. He hurried back and found a man in an extremely expensive suit waiting there.
The Money Fiend had already regained consciousness. The moment he saw Liu Ye, he immediately shouted, “Chairman Jin, that’s him! He’s the one who hit me! You must avenge me!”
The Money Fiend was beside himself with excitement. He had never imagined the head of his clan would personally come here. It seemed he held a very high position in the family after all.
Perhaps he was the legendary protagonist, destined to receive the family’s full support and cultivation.
Liu Ye walked over as well.
“That’s right. I hit him. A man should take responsibility for his own actions. This has nothing to do with anyone else. If you want someone, come after me!”
To everyone’s surprise, Chairman Jin’s face turned as warm as spring the instant he saw Liu Ye.
“Little Ye! Don’t you recognize me? I’m your Uncle Jin!”
The Driver fell silent.
So did the Money Fiend.
What was going on?
“Huh? You are?” Liu Ye looked at him in confusion.
“I’m Uncle Jin! I come from the neighboring village. I even held you when you were little.”
“Oh! Uncle Jin! Of course!”
Liu Ye had no idea who this Uncle Jin was. But after the man had said so much, admitting he did not remember would be far too awkward. He hurriedly embraced him.
“Uncle Jin, then who is he?”
“Heh. An unpromising junior from my family.”
Chairman Jin began beating the Money Fiend with great force.
“Uncle Jin, he’s coughing up blood.”
“It’s nothing. His kidneys are weak. Little Ye, this entire matter is a misunderstanding. Don’t listen to his nonsense. Nothing happened at all.”
“I see. But those buildings over there…”
“Demolition project!”
Liu Ye understood. It seemed Uncle Jin’s family ran quite a large business.
He hurriedly took a business card from the Driver and handed it over. Perhaps Uncle Jin could introduce them to some work in the future.
“Little Ye, Village Chief Grandpa asked me to give you a message. Work hard while you’re away, and don’t worry about anything at home.”
“Huh? I was hoping to go back for a visit.”
He had finally found an excuse to return. Still, since Village Chief Grandpa had said so, he could only abandon the idea.
Chairman Jin thoughtfully purchased proper diarrhea medicine for the Zhao family, then departed with the Money Fiend.
After they left, the younger Money Fiend complained, “Chairman Jin, why were you so polite to him? You made me lose face in front of my friend. Do you know how rarely that friend asks me for a favor?”
The moment he finished, Chairman Jin gave him an icy look.
…
After the Zhao family members took the medicine, they grew drowsy.
The Driver and Xiaoqian looked at Liu Ye with newfound restraint.
They had never imagined a Fiend as powerful as Chairman Jin would treat Liu Ye so respectfully. Just how formidable was the brat’s background?
Liu Ye had no time to worry about their thoughts. He was staring at the Zhao family members lying all over the ground, troubled.
“What are we going to do?”
They could not possibly walk in this condition. Then Liu Ye noticed the shield lying on the ground, and his eyes lit up.
“I have an idea!”
The Driver felt a familiar sense of foreboding.