Chapter 135: What Has Happened to This World

The mouthful of filth had already reached my lips, but the moment I heard what the young man said, I swallowed it back without a second thought.

I immediately glared at him with murderous fury. To be honest, if I had possessed the ability, I would have killed the bastard right then and there.

The young man started the engine again and burst into loud laughter, repeatedly saying how amusing it was, how truly amusing. “I usually don’t acknowledge much of anything, but I do acknowledge honesty. You’re something else, my friend. You actually swallowed that disgusting stuff back down. I really have to give you a thumbs-up, and a like, too!”

“I’ll give your mother a like!”

After holding it in for so long, I finally exploded. “Fuck you and your whole family, you bunch of idiots! What the hell do you want?”

The young man froze at my sudden outburst. The two men seated on either side of me also changed expression, and one of them immediately raised his fist to hit me.

I hurriedly turned my head and glared viciously at him. “What the fuck do you think you’re doing? Aren’t you supposed to be a soldier? Are you trying to break your word?”

At that, the man’s brow furrowed slightly, and he actually refrained from bringing his fist down on me. The young man driving in front, however, burst into laughter once more.

“My friend, I really admire you. You held it in for so long, all because you were waiting for me to say that, weren’t you? You’re pretty clever. No wonder so many women like you. But you’re also rather foolish. I said I wouldn’t beat you, but they never said they wouldn’t.”

“You son of a—”

Before I could finish, the two men beside me drove their fists into my lower abdomen almost simultaneously. A wave of agonizing pain tore through me. My throat turned sweet, and I immediately vomited—but this time it was not filth that came out. It was blood.

Seeing me spit blood, the young man’s lips curled into another crooked, wicked grin. After that, they stopped tormenting me and simply drove toward the outskirts of the city.

My entire body spasmed uncontrollably from the pain. My forehead was covered in beads of sweat as large as beans. I could barely speak, and even breathing felt like unbearable agony.

Inside, I cursed that young man’s entire family over and over again. I had never wronged the bastard. If he ever fell into my hands, I would repay him twice over.

After driving for nearly forty minutes, the Wrangler finally stopped in an open lot overgrown with weeds.

The two men dragged me out of the vehicle, and only then did I get a clear look at the surroundings.

The moment I stepped out, I heard an uproar of laughter, jeers, and shouting coming from nearby.

It was an unfinished building that had long since been abandoned. In front of it lay a weed-covered expanse where more than a dozen luxury cars were parked. The cheapest among them was a Mercedes sports car worth over eight hundred thousand yuan.

Inside the unfinished building were all sorts of tires and obstacles, while graffiti covered the walls. More than twenty fashionable young men and women, all dressed in designer clothing, were performing various extreme stunts.

The most dazzling of them all was the motorcyclist. Riding a Harley, the racer launched off a small ramp and soared through the air, flying straight through three iron barrels more than a meter high, each blazing with flames. After landing, the motorcycle skidded sideways through a one-hundred-eighty-degree turn before coming to a steady stop at the edge of the lot. Just beyond that edge was a foundation drop nearly ten meters deep.

The scene was so dangerous that, after the nearly flawless performance, wave after wave of amazed cries erupted from the crowd.

The young man led me in that direction as well. As he walked, he clapped and laughed. “Just as expected of the goddess in my heart. Goddess, I’ve brought you the man you wanted.”

The rider on the Harley removed her helmet. A cascade of beautiful hair fell down her back. She casually shook her head, and the people around her immediately erupted into another round of excited shouts.

I was stunned. I never would have imagined that the person who had just performed that string of high-difficulty motorcycle stunts would be Liu Yi.

The Liu Yi standing before me now gave off an entirely different impression from the girl I knew at school. At school, Liu Yi had followed a seductive style. Here, she was every inch a queen.

She wore black leather from head to toe. Her top was so short that her navel was exposed, while her bottoms revealed a pair of long, snow-white legs. With a bright smile, she tossed her helmet aside and strode toward me with commanding poise. Following behind her were more than twenty wealthy young heirs and heiresses.

The young man who had brought me over immediately walked toward Liu Yi and spread his arms, apparently intending to give her a huge hug.

But Liu Yi nimbly dodged him. The young man awkwardly cursed, “Damn it,” then took the sunglasses hanging from his chest and put them on. He leaned against the motorcycle Liu Yi had just ridden, picked up a piece of hot dog roasting over the fire barrel, and began to bite into it.

Before long, Liu Yi stopped in front of me. Seeing my pained expression and sweat-soaked forehead, she frowned slightly. Then she turned and glared at the wicked young man, pretending to be angry as she rebuked him.

“Huo Liang, did you do this?”

So that was the young man’s name—Huo Liang. I would remember it.

Huo Liang gnawed at his hot dog and waved dismissively. “Liu Yi, you may be my goddess, but I couldn’t stand the sight of this guy and wanted to teach him a lesson. I don’t need your permission for that, do I?”

To my surprise, Liu Yi’s anger turned into a smile. She called out loudly, “Good! You did well!”

Then she turned back to me, smiling without warmth. “Wu Dao, are you regretting it now? If you are, this young lady will give you a chance. Agree to become my man, and I’ll let you go. How does that sound?”

The instant those words left Liu Yi’s mouth, the people behind her began jeering and cheering. Huo Liang pointed at me and said, “Friend, if you dare nod even once, I’ll twist your head around to the back of your neck.”

Liu Yi’s queenly appearance today was undeniably alluring, but to me she looked no different from a black widow covered in poison. To be honest, I had never realized she possessed this side of herself. All along, I had thought she was merely mixing with a group of shallow, money-worshipping rich heirs and letting herself be passed around. Now, it seemed I had underestimated her.

I had always been stubborn by nature. The more Liu Yi acted this way, the more disgusted I became with her. Enduring the violent pain in my lower abdomen, I let out a cold laugh.

“Liu Yi, you and I are not on the same path. Even if I die here today, I will never agree to become your man.”

“You’re still doing this because of Bai Rushuang?”

I had no idea what was wrong with Liu Yi. Every time Bai Rushuang was mentioned, she became furious. Her reaction made me feel that this had nothing to do with me. Instead, it seemed as though she had known Bai Rushuang long before she ever met me.

The moment my words fell, Liu Yi drove her foot hard into my lower abdomen. The wicked woman had struck precisely where those two men had hit me earlier. Pain exploded through me, and I cried out before dropping to one knee.

I sucked in a sharp breath, nearly losing consciousness from the agony. I never expected that woman to have such tremendous strength in her legs. Damn that scheming bitch. Back in the old laboratory building, she had acted so frail and helpless. So all of it had been an act.

Another thread of blood seeped from the corner of my mouth. I was certain that I had suffered serious internal injuries. Though I was quietly using my Daoist qi to nourish and regulate my internal organs, the fierce pain still left me barely able to breathe.

Liu Yi slowly crouched down and gripped my chin tightly with one hand. After studying me thoughtfully, she said, “How wonderful. Bai Rushuang actually managed to find a man like you. You’re truly devoted. Do you really love her that much?”

“Fuck your mother, you filthy bitch!”

I cursed Liu Yi viciously. By then, I had thrown caution to the wind. I felt utterly baffled. It was such a trivial matter—did this bitch really have to come after my life over it?

For fuck’s sake, what the hell was happening to this world?

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