68: Chapter 68 Bai San of the Bai Family is a hypocrite.

On the other side, being chased all the way by Ruan Mi, Kang Dalei, having no other options, had to hide in a tavern.

The thatch of the only tavern in the Death Fishing Village was broken.

"This is the latrine. If you dare to come in, I'll scream that you're a pervert."

"A pervert?" Ruan Mi chuckled, unable to hold back her amusement.

"Kang Dalei, are there any secrets left between us?"

"Now, immediately, right this instant, get out here!"

Ruan Mi pointed at Kang Dalei and cursed loudly.

"Can you act like a real man for once, take responsibility for your actions, and stop making me look down on you?"

"If I let you look down on me, I'd have to get beaten up." Kang Dalei curled his lip, completely unmoved.

His action infuriated Ruan Mi even more.

"I, how did I ever get to know a coward like you?"

"If you won't come out, that's fine, just return my pouch."

"I won't."

"You!"

Ruan Mi was completely exasperated.

She activated her God Venerable Body and went straight for him.

"Since you insist on forcing my hand, I'll have to grant your wish."

"Ruan Mi, you're a young lady. Ignoring the boundaries between men and women and forcing your way into a latrine is truly improper."

"Proper? Compared to beating you up, losing face is nothing."

A long while later, at a noodle shop in the Death Fishing Village.

"Grandma, bring me a bowl of noodles. Beating this bastard has made me hungry."

Ruan Mi tossed the hog-tied Kang Dalei onto the ground, arrived at a roadside noodle shop, and stepped on Kang Dalei's face, her lingering anger still evident.

An old woman over fifty years old approached tremblingly. She was startled at first by the miserable state of Kang Dalei on the ground, then looked at Ruan Mi at the table, and mustered the courage to ask carefully:

"I wonder, young lady, how much do you need?"

"One large bowl." Ruan Mi didn't even think, extending one finger.

The old woman understood and retreated to the side to cook the noodles.

Soon, a large bowl of plain noodles was ready.

"Young lady, please enjoy."

Ruan Mi took the noodle bowl with a smile, and just as she was about to eat, Kang Dalei under her foot moved his body, looking at her pitifully.

"Mimi, can you bear to watch me go hungry?"

Ruan Mi smiled at him, then her expression changed and she said:

"Don't you dare try that trick on me."

"Mimi, your small feet are so beautiful."

"You, you're so disgusting."

Ruan Mi showed disgust and hurriedly retracted her small foot from Kang Dalei's face, though for some reason, she felt a trace of secret delight in her heart.

"I'm serious. Even though you're wearing shoes and socks, I can still tell how exquisite your size 35 feet are."

"Alright, hurry up and come in. You're embarrassing me to death."

Ruan Mi was truly afraid that Kang Dalei would say something shameless again, so she hurriedly helped him up and ordered another bowl of noodles.

Kang Dalei finally breathed a sigh of relief after sitting down. Fortunately, there weren't many people in the Death Fishing Village, so he hadn't made a fool of himself.

After the meal, the two prepared to pay. Ruan Mi had beaten Kang Dalei up, and her anger had dissipated by more than half.

However, just as she reached for the storage bag at her waist, she realized it had long been snatched by Kang Dalei. She poked Kang Dalei's waist to signal him to pay.

Seeing this, Kang Dalei immediately bristled.

"You just beat me up, and you still want me to pay?"

Ruan Mi shot him a glare, but it was ineffective.

Kang Dalei wasn't a coward.

"What? Why are you glaring at me? Will glaring at me make money appear? Hurry up and pay Grandma. Do you want to dine and dash?"

"You!" The anger that had been extinguished by more than half was instantly reignited by Kang Dalei.

Ruan Mi looked at Kang Dalei with genuine, teeth-gritting hatred.

"My storage bag is with you. If you don't pay, who will?"

Kang Dalei laughed upon hearing this.

"Why would your storage bag be with me? You clearly want to dine and dash. You're even scamming someone as old as Grandma. Are you even human?"

"I, I..." Ruan Mi clutched her chest, clearly infuriated again.

Facing Kang Dalei, she really wanted to kill him.

Gritting her teeth for a moment, seeing that Kang Dalei simply wouldn't pay, Ruan Mi had no choice but to take out a silver hairpin and hand it to Grandma:

"Um, Grandma, I came in such a rush today that I forgot to bring money. Can this serve as payment for the meal?"

When Grandma saw it was a decorative silver hairpin, she immediately refused.

"This, this won't do. It's too valuable. It's just two bowls of noodles, it's not worth that much. When out and about, everyone has it tough. Grandma will treat you to these two bowls of noodles."

"Really?" Kang Dalei's eyes lit up when he heard he could get a free meal.

Then he was punched by Ruan Mi.

She glared at him fiercely again.

"Grandma, don't mind him. This guy is just a scoundrel. He has money on him, you must make him pay."

Ruan Mi extended her palm, clearly wanting Kang Dalei to pay for the meal.

And judging by her stance, if Kang Dalei dared not pay today, they would definitely have another fight.

Fighting a crazy woman over a bowl of noodles was just asking for trouble and padding the word count.

So Kang Dalei decided to pay after all.

But after digging in his pockets for half an hour, there was still no movement.

Seeing this, Ruan Mi immediately began to mock him.

"What? Want to dine and dash?"

"You!" Now it was Kang Dalei's turn to be embarrassed, glaring at Ruan Mi, whose chest was heaving with laughter, while a million "grass mud horses" ran through his heart.

This girl's storage bag had no money at all, and the key was, he had never carried money either. The little money he had earned from working odd jobs at the start had been left in the wooden hut as a memorial.

"Um, Grandma, I'll give you something too."

"Yo, Kang Dalei, when did you become so generous?"

Before Ruan Mi could finish speaking, Kang Dalei pointed at her and said very firmly:

"This girl knows nothing of music, chess, calligraphy, or painting, but washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning latrines are all things she excels at. I'll use her to pay for that bowl of noodles."

Kang Dalei took out Ruan Mi's slave contract and handed it to Grandma, saying:

"In the future, you won't have to work so hard. With her here, you can enjoy your later years sooner. You don't need to feed her too much; she has a small appetite. Just a sip of water every ten days is enough."

"Kang Dalei, you bastard!"

Upon hearing Kang Dalei's words, Ruan Mi completely exploded.

"How dare you get rid of me!"

"Then you pay for me."

"In your dreams."

"Then I can't help it." Dropping the slave contract, Kang Dalei urged Grandma to quickly take it.

Watching the two bickering endlessly, Grandma smiled and shook her head.

"Alright, young man, it's just a bowl of noodles, it's not worth much. How can you use a person as payment? Besides, this old woman originally had a granddaughter, about, about the same age as this young lady here."

"Then where is she?" Seeing that Grandma wouldn't take the money, Kang Dalei's sycophantic side came out again.

He was despised by Ruan Mi again.

"Did you even listen to Grandma? She said she originally had one, she must be dead."

Ruan Mi's words stunned Kang Dalei.

"Do you even know how to talk?"

Seeing that the two were about to argue again, Grandma hurriedly stopped them.

"She isn't dead. She just went to a God Venerable's house in the Dongning Prefecture to work as a maid."

"That's great! With a God Venerable's family shielding her, your life must be going quite well."

"It's the Bai family."

Before Kang Dalei could finish his sentence, he was choked back by Grandma's next words.

"The, the Bai family!"

Ruan Mi, who was nearby, also became alert at the same time.

"The Bai family. I've heard that Bai San of the Bai family is a beast in human clothing. The number of women he has tortured to death is countless. He is infamous in the Dongning Prefecture."

After hearing what Kang Dalei and the other said, Grandma sighed again.