Chapter 87
Chapter 87 Begging with Style
“What are you looking at?” The woman continued, “can you afford it?”
“Then what do you want?” Zhou Yuan wiped his sweat and asked, “What do you want us to do?”
“Give me twenty thousand. Then this will be over!” The woman lay on the ground and leaked an almost imperceptible smile on her face as if she was glad that she had succeeded so easily today.
“Well,” Zhou Yuan scratched his head, “Wait a minute.” After speaking, he rushed towards Hao Ning, causing Hao Ning to have a bad feeling in his heart. As expected, Zhou Yuan said to Hao Ning with a red face, “Hey, could you lend me five thousand yuan?”
“Geez!” Hao Ning stared at Zhou Yuan, thinking that this moment god must be a freak that he was fooled so easily. However, he still patiently asked, “What are you doing?”
“The woman wants twenty thousand to settle it down. I only have fifteen thousand. Could you lend me …” The more Zhou Yuan spoke, the softer his voice became, as though borrowing money was something disgraceful.
“You pay her?” Hao Ning could not help but ask, “Are you out of your mind? You give…”
“Give a shit!” Hao Ning had not finished speaking when a voice came out from the side, “What’s in your mind!? Are you stupid? How come you pay a person like that? Achoo!”
When Hao Ning heard this familiar voice, he couldn’t remember who it was immediately. Thus, he turned his head to look, and what he saw made them extremely astonished. It was a teary-eyed Zhang Chihang who was being supported by Xiao Hong. He was sneezing as he got out of the car. It was also a Maserati, but it was slightly better than Zhou Yuan’s version.
“Even an Avalokiteshvara can catch a cold?” Hao Ning was suspicious in his heart, but it was not appropriate to ask about this at this moment. Zhou Yuan did not know that this master in front of him was the one who provided the medicinal pellets to save him. He frowned, seeming to be indifferent to Zhang Chihang’s ridicule.
Zhang Chihang walked in and looked at Zhou Yuan, and laughed a little, then started coughing fiercely. While coughing, he tried to cover his mouth with his handkerchief. He coughed so miserably. It seemed like he was going to cough out his lungs.
Xiao Hong immediately stroked Zhang Chihang’s back, and sighed at the same time: “Your tuberculosis is severe. Let’s see a doctor first, in case you make other people infected. The people that were previously infected by you are in the Intensive Care Unit, and eight out of ten of them are already dead.” Unknowingly, Xiao Hong’s voice was so loud that the few people around could hear him.
“Al-choo!” Zhang Chihang did not speak, and instead coughed out a thick piece of phlegm. There were blood clots in it, the bright red blood clots along with the thick, yellow phlegm were coughed out onto the ground not far away from the woman. The clots were like red strawberries on a birthday cake. As soon as they hit the ground, they attracted a dozen flies. The flies climbed up the clots, sucking the liquid from the clots from time to time before climbing onto the thick sputum and continuing to wipe their eyes with their claws. The woman was scared that she even forgot to moan. Zhang Chihang waved his hand and said to Xiao Hong, “Call, call, call the traffic police.”
“Traffic police?” Zhou Yuan whispered to Hao Ning in surprise, “You’re already coughing up blood, shouldn’t you look for a doctor first?”
Hao Ning seemed to understand something and indicated for Zhou Yuan not to speak but watch.
“Fine!” Xiao Hong did not say a word. He merely dialed the number.
When the woman heard that they wanted to call the traffic police, her face changed slightly. She turned her head and told Zhou Yuan, “Today is your lucky day. Just give me five thousand then you can go!”
Before Hao Ning could even speak, Zhou Yuan’s face suddenly lit up with joy. Just as he was about to take out his cell phone to ask for the woman’s account, Zhang Chihang coughed once again and suddenly spat out a mouthful of phlegm. This time it fell even closer to the woman, and his phlegm was full of blood, but what was even weirder was that the road was downhill. The woman was lying on top of the mucus, but the blood seemed to have a life of its own. It did not flow downwards, but instead, it was flowing straight towards the woman who was lying on top of the hill.
“Jesus!” The woman jumped out immediately without much thinking, obviously afraid that the bloody phlegm would touch her. Since it was just a small matter of money, being infected with tuberculosis wouldn’t be easy to deal with, so she jumped up hurriedly in her panic, and meanwhile, she took off her grey wig. This time Hao Ning recognized that she was not even thirty years old. No wonder she didn’t let Zhou Yuan touch her earlier. It turned out that she was afraid that Zhou Yuan would find out about her disguise.
“You!” Zhou Yuan saw the woman jump up. However, just as he was about to ask “Lady you feel well?” he saw the woman’s wig fall off. Thus, he realized that he was fooled. His face turned red, and when he thought about his previous performance, he felt even more ashamed. After holding back for a long while, he asked, “So you are a liar?”
“You!” The woman looked at Zhou Yuan, then at Zhang Chihang, not knowing whom to scold.
“Why is it you again?” A traffic policeman walked over from behind, “Are you blackmailing people again?”
“Huh?” The woman turned around. When she saw the traffic police, her face softened as she smiled, “Why are you here? I am not blackmailing anyone. See, I’m fine.” As she spoke, she took two steps forward and jumped a few times.
“Hng-hng!” The traffic police did not say anything but looked towards Zhou Yuan and the others. Before Zhou Yuan could say anything, the traffic police waved his hand, “This person is a habitual swindler. She has been imprisoned for a few times, but she always scams again. How much did she scam you guys this time? One or two thousand? ”
“Twenty thousand…” Before Hao Ning started speaking, Zhou Yuan had blurted out.
“Twenty thousand?” The traffic police glared at the woman and scolded her with a smile, “Are you trying to trick a person and get enough money for the Spring Festival holiday? What idiot would give you so much money? Do you think everyone is that stupid! Don’t move! Come with us! ” The traffic police said as he intended to take the woman back to “re-educate.”
As Zhou Yuan heard the traffic police saying “idiot”, his face reddened even more. Also, Hao Ning strived to hold himself not to laugh out until his belly hurt.
The woman looked at Zhou Yuan and the others, and knew that Zhang Chihang had messed up her plan, so she scolded him fiercely, “You damned nosy person, I curse you not to have a good ending.”
“You can’t decide if a person would end well by cursing.” Zhang Chihang stopped coughing. He stood up straight and looked at the lady, and laughed.
“Humph!” The woman took out a jade Avalokiteshvara statue from her neck, placed it in her palm, and clasped her hands together. “A person like you will not be blessed by the Avalokiteshvara!”
“Err …” Hao Ning was speechless in a daze. Avalokiteshvara would naturally not bless Zhang Chihang, because he would not be able to bless himself. However, in this sort of situation, it was quite subtle that this person said it out.
“Pfft!” After Zhang Chihang heard this, he immediately flushed red and cursed, “You don’t do anything in this world and only know how to cheat money. How could you say something like Bodhisattva Blessing? Forget that Bodhisattva Blessing is fake, even if it’s real, it won’t protect an evil person like you! No, you are not a person at all. You are just a parasite. You are young, and you clearly have hands and feet, but you don’t work hard to earn money. You want to cheat others of their money to live. You are doomed to fall into the Tongue Pulling Hell, Intestine Taking Hell and Fire Hell. You cannot even reincarnate. Do you dare to curse me? You should think of how to accumulate some merits so that you would receive less punishment after your death! Otherwise, you are destined to enter the Land of Ninth Nether after your death and will never be able to reincarnate! Bodhisattva Blessing? You are not worthy of Bodhisattva’s blessing! Not only will you not be blessed, but ghosts will also haunt you. If you dare to cheat again, you will lose your soul and end in a horrible death! ”
Hao Ning was stunned. He never expected that Zhang Chihang’s reaction would be so intense, and he was shocked by the “judgment” of this Avalokiteshvara.
“Pah!” The jade status in the woman’s hand exploded into powder. The woman cried out in fright, and the traffic police also took a step back in shock.
It might because he was in a cold or something else, Zhang Chihang’s eyes were red as he stared at the woman. Hao Ning suddenly understood what Zhang Chihang meant that he did not fulfill someone’s wishes, because evil guys who took his statue but cheated others would not make good wishes.
“See, you are not only blackmailing others with a fake wound, but even your jade Bodhisattva statue is also fake. The quality is so poor, ” Hao Ning could roughly guess why that statue would explode, but he’d better make some excuse to cover the truth. “Officer, take this cheater away. By the way, big sister, you’d better not cheat people again. Even the Bodhisattva statue in your hands disagrees.
The woman was stunned upon hearing Hao Ning’s words. Even the traffic police looked at Hao Ning and Zhang Chihang in a strange face before bringing her to leave.
Seeing the two of them disappear at the intersection, Hao Ning shook his head. This Bodhisattva, Zhang Chihang, really did not have the benevolence in legends. He was not a good figure who enlightened people, but a guardian warrior that gave severe warnings. After thinking for a while, he felt that it might be another way of enlightenment. Just as he was about to step forward and greet them, he heard a “beep” sound, and an electric motorcar sped past him and Zhang Chihang. The electric motorcar drove very quickly, but due to the warning ahead, Hao Ning was not scared. He turned around and saw a take-out deliverer whose back was clear to see.
As it was going downhill, the electric motorcar rode too fast, and the deliverer didn’t notice the brick on the road in front of him. Hao Ning wanted to remind him, but it was too late. The brick was uneven and a little tilted. After the motorcar reached upon it, it immediately bounced up and smashed into the deliverer’s face, causing him to flip over the motorcar, and the motorcar also fell onto his leg with a thump.
“Ouch!” When Zhou Yuan saw it, he immediately ran over to look. Hao Ning also quickly followed, “are you OK?”
The brick had already smashed the deliverer’s glasses on his face, and there were a few wounds on his face from which blood flowed down, but the deliverer did not care about that. Instead, he immediately took out his phone to check if it was broken, and then turned to look at his motorcar, only to realize that his legs were being pressed down by the electric motorcar. He forced a smile at Hao Ning and Zhou Yuan while enduring the pain, and said anxiously, “Hey bro, could you help me lift the motorcar?”
“All right. Don’t move!” Zhou Yuan immediately responded and lifted the motorcar together with Hao Ning.
The motorcar was quickly lifted, and then Zhou Yuan immediately helped the little brother up, “Are you OK?”
Hao Ning also pointed to the nearby No.6 Hospital and asked the deliverer, “Do you need us to take you to the hospital?”
“No, I’m fine. There’s no need to go there. “The deliverer smiled and said to Zhou Yuan, as he jumped in front of the motorcar and opened the trunk. There were all food juice spilling and shaking within it, red or yellow.
When the deliverer saw this, his previously smiling face immediately turned into a crying one. As he cried, he wiped his face, and tears on his face mixed with the blood. “Oh my God. What should I do? It’s all mixed up like this. The customers will give me bad ratings. It’s too late to go back to the restaurants to remake these dishes. God! What should I do? ”
The deliverer was injured more severely than the woman, but he did not cry. He did not complain when his face was injured, or his leg was pressed down, but he cried when he saw the food spilling in the trunk. Hao Ning couldn’t help but feel sad. The price of the food in the trunk added up to less than 100 yuan, but it still made it difficult for this young man.
This was not a matter of money, but rather the negative ratings that customers would give to this young deliverer for his late. Hao Ning had some understanding of this aspect. If a take-out deliverer got a negative score, it would be equivalent for him working for days in vain.
“Who said it is spilled. It’s fine. You didn’t see it?” Zhou Yuan suddenly said to the deliverer and handed over a tissue, “Your eyes are clouded by blood just now. Wipe your eyes, and you will see everything is fine.”
“Really?” The young man took the tissue and wiped his face, then looked at the trunk and found the food and soup inside was wonderful and obediently stayed in the trunk. “What? How could this be possible? I just had a bad fall. It must be Bodhisattva’s blessing! My mom told me that this jade Avalokiteshvara statue would work!” The deliverer took out an Avalokiteshvara statue from his neck, placed it on his chest and bowed to it. Hao Ning took a glance and knew that it was fake. It was not made of jade, but plastic instead.
“Bodhisattva is on your side,” Hao Ning sneaked a glance at Zhang Chihang who did not smile but slowly walked over. He muttered in his heart, “But with his temper, I don’t think he will bless you.”
After experiencing this, no matter how foolish Hao Ning was, he knew that this “moment god” in front of him had used his talent to “change” the deliverers’ dishes to the original state. Since the deliverer had stopped crying, Hao Ning did not say anything more.
“Good luck~ Good luck ~” The little brother’s phone rang. When he saw the number, he quickly picked it up, “Hello, who is it?”
“Who is what?” The person on the other end of the line was very impolite, “The meal I’ve ordered should have arrived at 11: 55, now it’s 12. Why hasn’t it arrived yet?”
“I’m sorry.” The young man hurriedly bowed and apologized with an apologetic smile, as if the customer was right in front of him, “There were some problems on the way. Please wait for a moment. I will be there soon.”
As he said that, the deliverer hurriedly held the phone with his shoulder and closed the trunk in a fluster. Then he jumped onto the front of the motorcar and prepared to leave.
“No need! I’ll file a complaint against you! “The phone was immediately hung up, and the last sentence was, “You’ll get a bad rating!”
“…” The young man’s anxious face suddenly turned desperate. He blankly stood on the platform by the road, looking at the hospital in the distance.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and immediately wiped his hands off his clothes. After wiping a few times, he suddenly remembered that the clothes belonged to the company, so he immediately blew off the traces on the clothes, and then opened his zipper, pulled out his clothes, rubbed his palms onto his clothes until they were clean, and finally used his undergarments to wipe away the marks on his company clothes. Then, he took out the plastic Avalokiteshvara statue from his neck and placed it on his palms, and closed his eyes devoutly as he muttered something. The young man trembled as he read it. Tears flowed silently from the corners of his eyes.
“Stop reciting,” Zhang Chihang walked over and said to the little brother while beaming. “That guy is wrong about reading his watch, did you? It’s 11 o’clock, not 12. ”
When Hao Ning heard the voice, he turned his head back, and seemed to see a small figure of the Thousand Hands Thousand Eyes Avalokiteshvara behind Zhang Chihang that flashed past, and then disappeared.
“How is this possible?” After the deliverer heard this, he opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Chihang, “When I just came out of the restaurant, it was already, what? Why is it still eleven?” The young man glanced at the electronic watch in his hand. It displayed 11!
“Did you turn the time back for an hour?” Hao Ning also looked at the time on his phone, and knew that this Bodhisattva had “revealed his mana”. Other than him, who else could have the ability to control time?
“Don’t think so much, lad,” Zhang Chihang patted the deliverer’s shoulders lightly, “Work is important, hurry up and go!”
“Bro, you’re such a nice person!” The deliverer stood up and bowed towards Zhang Chihang. Hao Ning rolled his eyes inside, thinking that the deliverer would have to swallow his words if he saw the way Zhang Chihang scolded a person just now.
“Bodhisattva will bless you. Ah? My leg doesn’t hurt anymore? My mother is right! This Bodhisattva is spiritual! Brother, you are also a good person, Bodhisattva will protect you! ” As he spoke, he quickly jumped onto the electric motorcar and drove away.
“Hello, Mr. Zhang.” Seeing the little brother ride further away, Hao Ning then greeted Zhang Chihang, “You only changed his time …” Hao Ning was clear-minded. Zhang Chihang changed the deliverer’s time only, not the customer, so he would still be complained as he arrived there.
“What are you talking about? I don’t understand. ” Zhang Chihang laughed, “The entire country is now at 11, I already said that all of you got it wrong.”
“Shit…” Hao Ning looked at the clock on the tall building which was indeed 11 o’clock. It seemed that this Bodhisattva either hid his mana or showed a great one. He even changed the time of the entire country. He concealed his abilities so deeply. Then, thinking back to how Zhang Chihang treated that woman and his “judgment”, he could not help but tremble, “Mr. Zhang, will you make that woman unable to reincarnate?”
“You mean the thing that the woman suffers a horrible death?” Zhang Chihang looked at Zhou Yuan with a plausible smile, and then looked at Hao Ning, “She has her fate in her hands. I cannot control it. I was speaking high.”
“Damn… A monk should watch his words.” Hao Ning was speechless at this Bodhisattva’s casual attitude, so he did not hesitate to change the topic. “Mr. Zhang, why are you also sick?”
“Sick?” Zhang Chihang looked at Hao Ning. He thought for a while and laughed, “Right, I’m sick. Achoo, Achoo!”
Only then did he seem to remember that he was sick, so he started to sneeze as he told Xiao Hong, “Let’s go to the hospital now. Otherwise, it’ll be too late.” As he said that, he hurriedly headed to the hospital. Xiao Hong quickly helped Zhang Chihang by wiping his mucus on his nose and told Hao Ning, “Hao Ning, we’ll see you at the hospital in a while.”
“What the hell is this Bodhisattva doing?” Hao Ning watched as the two of them walked further and further away. Zhang Chihang’s sickness did not look fake, but why he said “Right, I’m sick” And what did he mean “or it’ll be too late.” They had never heard of a Bodhisattva getting cold, and looking at Xiao Hong’s expression, Zhang Chihang’s condition should not be a big deal. The two not only didn’t seem nervous, but they were also actually a little happy.