102: Throughout my life, Nezha, pretending is my top priority!
Tang Gao was shocked; he never expected this legend to be related to his teacher.
Good heavens, he got angry and turned the Dragon Clan into an endangered species, didn't he?
Tang Gao couldn't help but exclaim, "When it comes to showing off, it has to be you, Teacher; you truly understand the Dao!"
I have to say, sometimes I really admire these old, powerful figures. When they start showing off, it's quite shocking.
Nezha rolled his eyes and retorted, "My Nezha's life motto is to put showing off first!"
Tang Gao gave a thumbs up, "That's really showing off, Teacher."
Nezha retorted, "If you don't show off while you're alive, are you going to wait until you're dead to do it?"
Tang Gao nodded in approval, "Good point."
"Alright, alright, since we're out, I'll take you to eat your fill, and then we'll buy some good food."
Tang Gao chuckled, "Okay, okay!"
By the time Tang Gao and Nezha walked out of the internet cafe, it was already the next morning.
After eating their fill and buying clothes and pants, Nezha, on a whim, took Tang Gao to play games again.
Nezha grumbled, "Those guys are all pig teammates; they don't know how to cooperate at all."
Tang Gao rubbed his temples, "Teacher, our first meeting was actually playing games. Aren't we going to arrange a master-disciple ceremony?"
Nezha retorted, "If you don't find it troublesome, I do. Is a master-disciple ceremony more important than gaining ranks?"
"Alright, give me your QR code for payment."
Tang Gao sent the QR code over.
"Ding-dong, 100,000 yuan deposited."
Tang Gao instantly became much more energetic, "Teacher, why are you giving me so much money? Senior Brother has already given me hundreds of thousands; I have enough money."
Nezha waved his hand indifferently, "Just consider it a gift for you, kid, for becoming my disciple. Alright, I still have to go busy myself with work. You can take a taxi back yourself."
Tang Gao was dumbfounded, "O-Okay."
Nezha casually hailed a taxi and left, leaving Tang Gao standing in the wind, stunned.
How should I put it? Teacher is really rich.
Tang Gao calculated for a moment, rubbed his stomach, and took out his phone to call Liu Ren.
"Hello? You also played games all night? Oh, oh, come out and have a meal with me. I'll send you the location."
A short while later, a black-backed dog carrying a sleepy youth, along with a bewildered Liu Yi and Li Yuan, arrived in front of Tang Gao.
The black-backed dog shook, directly throwing Liu Ren to the ground, picked up the phone hanging around its neck with its paw, typed, and converted to voice: "I brought him over to you."
Tang Gao was utterly speechless and looked at Liu Yi, "You guys played all night without sleeping?"
Liu Yi nodded, "Yes, Elder Brother insisted on dragging us to play games. He fell asleep again before he even finished speaking. General Feng brought us over."
Tang Gao waved his hand, "Alright, alright, bring him along. Let's go have breakfast."
General Feng bit Liu Ren and threw him onto his back, continuing to huff and puff as he carried his junior.
Seeing this situation, Tang Gao had no choice but to find a nearby breakfast shop and ordered sweet mung bean porridge and pure milk to eat.
Liu Ren was pressed into a chair and woken up. A fried dough stick was put into his hand, and a preserved egg and lean meat porridge was placed in front of him. He vaguely looked at everything in front of him and saw Brother Tang sitting opposite him:
"Good morning, Brother Tang, why am I here?"
Tang Gao rolled his eyes, "Eat."
Liu Ren yawned, terribly sleepy. He drank his porridge while feeling drowsy, his mind long having forgotten why he was there. He only remembered that the last moment before he fell asleep was Brother Tang calling him to eat, and he was sleeping on General Feng's back.
Liu Yi and Li Yuan were in good spirits. The two of them ate silently, not having much energy to talk.
Tang Gao had decent energy, but he also felt a bit tired after playing all night, so he ate in silence.
The table with four people and one dog was exceptionally quiet.
And some of the people who seemed silent had actually already left for a while.
"What's going on with you guys!? Put sugar in my porridge!"
A very noisy voice rang out.
Tang Gao frowned slightly, turned his head, and saw the shop owner smiling apologetically, constantly bowing and nodding in front of a well-dressed young man.
Next to this young man were several others of similar age.
Tang Gao silently swallowed the porridge in his mouth and began to observe the situation.
Liu Yi touched the ring on his hand, which contained everyone's equipment, and said faintly, "Brother Tang, just say something if you need anything."
Li Yuan silently picked up a chopstick and broke it, using pure strength to sharpen the tip, grinding off flakes of wood powder.
Liu Ren was still dazed, "Huh?"
General Feng sighed regretfully, patted his wrist, indicating for him to continue drinking his porridge, not expecting this silly boy to come to his senses.
Liu Ren returned a smile to General Feng and continued to drink his porridge drowsily.
"I'm telling you, Boss, it's bad enough that your porridge isn't good, but you're not paying the money on time. Are you sick? Do you know what legal action means?
Do you know that this entire street is maintained by us for public order?"
The shop owner, a middle-aged man, bowed and scraped, "Giving, giving, giving, Guard Xu, isn't business not very good lately? I was hoping you could extend the deadline a bit."
Xu Yun laughed and kicked the shop owner in the stomach, "Delay, delay, delay! You need to eat, but don't our brothers need to eat?!"
Liu Yi helped the shop owner up and asked faintly, "Shop owner, what's going on?"
The shop owner clutched his stomach, unable to stand, sweat beading on his forehead from the pain, "It's just, the recent management fees are overdue, and I can't pay them, so... sigh, thank you."
Xu Yun glared, "You earn over ten thousand a month, and you can't pay two thousand in management fees!?"
The shop owner struggled to stand up, smiled bitterly, pleaded for mercy, clasped his hands, and bowed, "Guard Xu, you're a busy person and forgetful. You just came to collect a few days ago."
Xu Yun was furious and kicked him hard again, "What, you're not convinced!?"
"Slap!"
Xu Yun crashed into the table next to him, got covered in soy milk, rolled out of the shop, and landed outside.
The several young men nearby were furious and immediately put their hands on their waists, ready to open fire.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Several sharpened chopsticks directly pierced half an inch into their palms, blood gushing out.
"Ahhh! My hand!"
"Who was that bastard who did that?!"
"It was you! How dare you!"
Li Yuan silently lowered his hand and apologized slightly to Tang Gao, "Brother Tang, my hand slipped just now."
Tang Gao stood up and waved his hand, "It doesn't matter. Shop owner, can you tell us what's going on?"
The shop owner sighed, "Kids, you shouldn't get involved in this. They are from the Guardian Bureau."
Liu Yi helped him up and said faintly, "I know, that's why I acted."
Liu Yi was a proper son of a Military System officer and deeply disliked such corrupt practices.
Even if Tang Gao hadn't given him a signal just now, he would have still acted to beat these scoundrels.
"Dad! Are you okay?!"
A brightly dressed young girl rushed out, helped the shop owner, and upon seeing the young men nearby, immediately understood everything, cursing tearfully, "You scoundrels! Three or four times a month, collecting two or three thousand each time, you insatiable scoundrels!"
Tang Gao understood. These must be a few corrupt individuals. He casually pulled out a few chopsticks from a nearby jar, "Cripplem them, and call the police."
Li Yuan took out the sharpened chopsticks he had just prepared, his expression still stern, "Okay, Brother Tang."
Liu Ren finished a bowl in a daze, then looked up to find his brothers had all moved to the side. He squinted, stood up, and followed them, "What are you guys doing?"
Li Yuan casually handed him a chopstick, "Brother Tang said to cripple these people."
Liu Ren looked at Tang Gao in confusion for confirmation.
Tang Gao clicked his tongue, indicating that it was indeed so.
Liu Ren was stunned for a moment, then sobered up a bit, and immediately plunged the chopstick into the other palm of the young man in front of him.
"Ahhh!"
Liu Ren listened to the screams and sobered up a lot, looking at Tang Gao.
Tang Gao pursed his lips, "Call the police."
Liu Ren obediently took out his phone to call the police, not even asking why they had to stab the chopsticks into the backs of the Guardian Bureau members' hands.