The hotel was filled with a strong scent of blood, which made Captain Panya, known as Tiger Fang, feel deeply anxious in his heart. “The deaths of Tiger and the others might have been caused by monsters. But it’s even more likely that a martial artist struck in the shadows! And which ordinary martial artist would dare to provoke Young Master Li Wei? It must be someone who holds a grudge against our Tiger Fang squad!”
He was very clear about the identity of this young master. Although a half-breed, the young master’s father was a Han Chinese.
Regardless of his father’s personal strength or background… it was destined that very few dared to provoke this young master Li Wei.
“There’s no need,” the old man surnamed Liu waved his hand. “With me and Karong here, the young master’s safety is absolutely assured.”
The tall white man also glanced at the members of the Tiger Fang squad with a cold smirk.
“Young Master Li,” Panya couldn’t help but look toward the mixed-blood youth.
“My training schedule hasn’t finished yet,” the mixed-blood youth frowned.
Old Master Liu frowned slightly and said, “As a martial artist, one is always walking on the edge of life and death. How can one be so hesitant over a little uncertainty? How can one achieve anything in the future if one is always afraid of this and that?”
Panya and the other three said nothing more.
“At worst, you four can just keep following us. That should be acceptable, right?” When Old Master Liu said this, the four members of the Tiger Fang squad exchanged glances and silent communication, and ultimately abandoned the idea of returning to the base city. They also clearly understood in their hearts… following two high-ranking battle commanders was indeed extremely safe.
“Old Master Liu is right. If one is afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind, how can one still be considered a martial artist? If anyone dares to plot against us and we discover it, we’ll just kill them outright!” A cold gleam flickered in Panya’s eyes.
“We’ll follow Old Master Liu’s instructions,” the middle-aged man with one eye said with a smile.
The members of the Tiger Fang squad all expressed their willingness to follow Old Master Liu’s guidance.
“This place reeks of blood. Let’s move somewhere else,” Old Master Liu ordered.
Immediately, the seven members of the Thunder squad left the Jinjiang chain hotel.
…
Luo Feng, originally lying in wait at his hideout, observed silently through his binoculars.
“Sure enough, they’ve left the Jinjiang chain hotel.” Within Luo Feng’s line of sight, the seven members of the Thunder squad left the hotel and walked along the street for quite a while before finally disappearing from his view.
“Damn, this villa is too low, the viewing range is limited.”
Luo Feng quickly slung his backpack, shield, and war blade onto his back and, like a leopard, darted out of the villa and began running at high speed. He dashed straight into a high-rise residential building across the street. This building had eighteen floors, and the shield and war blade on Luo Feng’s back were all lifted by his mental energy, enabling him to move at an astonishing speed.
A shadow flickered rapidly up the stairs.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In just a few seconds, he had gone from the first floor to the eighteenth floor! In one of the rooms on the eighteenth floor, Luo Feng stood by the northern window with his binoculars, gazing downward. From this height, his view was much clearer, and soon he spotted the seven members of the Thunder squad walking along the edge of the street. After moving slowly for a long time, they finally entered a dilapidated six-story residential building.
“I wonder if my preparations will work,” Luo Feng narrowed his eyes. “Whether they’ll work or not is up to fate.”
“Keep waiting for the opportunity!”
Luo Feng resumed his patient watch.
As a martial artist, one must first possess sufficient patience and perseverance! Without patience and perseverance, how could one attain such astonishing strength? Naturally, Luo Feng, alone by himself, was completely within his tolerance range for this kind of solitary stakeout.
On the first day, the Thunder squad went out hunting again in the afternoon. This time, all seven went together.
On the second day, the Thunder squad went out twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, to train their mixed-blood young master. Again, all seven went together, leaving Luo Feng with no opportunity.
On the third day, it was the same—two outings, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, with all seven going together as before.
“It seems the Tiger Fang squad really has suspicions,” Luo Feng sat on a slightly cleaned bed in the bedroom, silently looking out the window. It was now deep into the night, with a sky full of stars, starlight pouring through the window into the room. Yet faintly, there was still a very light scent of blood in the air.
“What should I do?” Luo Feng furrowed his brows.
It looked like if things continued like this, once the mixed-blood young master’s training plan ended, they might return to the base city.
“Buzz~~”
Luo Feng felt a slight vibration from the communicator on his wrist. He looked down and saw it was a call from his younger brother.
“Call back.” Luo Feng issued a voice command.
“Beep—beep—beep—hello, big brother!” His younger brother Luo Hua’s voice came through the communicator.
“Luohua, why did you call me?” Luo Feng wore a smile, his heart filled with happiness. Being alone in the wilderness hunting others was a very lonely life… being able to chat with family warmed his entire being.
“Missed you, that’s all,” Luo Hua sounded relaxed and happy. “Big brother, recently I made another big profit in the stock market, a huge profit! So exciting!”
“Oh? How did you make it?” Luo Feng asked with a smile.
Luo Hua was filled with excitement and enthusiasm. “I’ve been trading eight stocks all along. Six of them are blue-chip stocks, and the other two are purely short-term speculative stocks. These blue-chip stocks themselves are of high quality, with very high annual net profit margins. Among these six blue-chip stocks, one stock started to plummet sharply! I was so scared I thought the company must have had some problem. I checked carefully and found no issues with the company at all! If it were a short-term speculative stock, I would definitely cut my losses.”
“But with blue-chip stocks, I have great confidence. I’d rather hold them long-term. Since I found no problems with the company, what was there to fear?”
“When it fell, I bought more!”
“I kept adding to my position in stages. It fell for about ten days or so, and I ended up investing almost 80% of all my funds into it. Never did I expect that in the past ten days or so, it started to surge rapidly. In less than twenty days, it not only recovered to its original price but even exceeded it slightly! Man, with this one trade, the capital I operated doubled. Haha, so exciting!”
From the voice on the communicator, Luo Feng could clearly feel his younger brother’s excitement.
“So impressive, you’re way better than your big brother.” Luo Feng smiled and praised him. “You don’t have over one hundred million now?”
The last time, he had given his younger brother fifty million, so adding that to his original capital, his brother should have had about eighty million or so in principal.
“Yeah, now the capital I’m trading is about one hundred and seventy million.” Luo Hua chuckled. “Big brother, it’s mainly because you gave me a big sum of money. If I didn’t have enough principal, how could I make so much profit?”
The same profit margin of doubling.
If the principal was only ten thousand, it would only become twenty thousand.
But if the principal was eighty or ninety million, it would become one hundred and seventy or one hundred and eighty million. This is why everyone always says that the first one million is the hardest to earn, and the second one million is easier.
“You’re still pretty impressive. Your big brother has been killing in the wilderness for two months and earned less than one hundred million.” Luo Feng said, sighing in his heart… no wonder financial professionals make money so fast. It’s like money breeding money—the more capital you have, the more exaggerated the profit! Of course, the losses can also be very exaggerated.
“Still, big brother, such opportunities don’t come often,” his younger brother laughed.
His younger brother had been trading for several years, and such a rapid profit in a short time was indeed rare.
“Right.”
Luo Feng began to operate his communicator’s touchscreen, accessing his bank account, and transferred one hundred and eighty million into his younger brother’s account.
“Ahh!” Luo Hua gasped, “Big brother, there’s suddenly… more in my account…”
“Your big brother recently made a big profit. This is for you to trade stocks. Go ahead and invest it. If one day you can grow your stock capital to one hundred and fifty billion, your big brother will give you a big surprise!” Luo Feng said with a smile. He had never told his younger brother about the ‘Water of Life.’
After all, that item was extremely expensive. But according to Luo Feng’s plan, he would earn money himself, and his younger brother would invest it…
He would transfer part of his money to his younger brother for stock trading. With this continuous cycle of money breeding money, reaching three hundred billion might not be impossible!
“One hundred and fifty billion?” Luo Hua gasped.
“Don’t worry, I’ll also lend you a lot of principal,” Luo Feng laughed. By then, with the money his younger brother had plus his own, it would probably reach three hundred billion.
With enough money, he would find a way to buy the ‘Water of Life’ and let his younger brother stand up again!
“Okay, big brother, I’ll definitely work hard!” Luo Hua was full of vigor and enthusiasm.
“Good,” Luo Feng smiled and replied, “Well then, you should go to bed early too.”
“Okay, big brother, you should also be careful in the wilderness.”
The two brothers quickly hung up the call.
…
At Luo Feng’s home in the Mingyue residential complex, in the first-floor bedroom of his younger brother, Luo Hua excitedly closed his phone while sitting in his wheelchair. Then he turned on his computer and opened a chat program.
“Huazi, you look really happy,” the girl on the video chat smiled.
“Hehe, of course I’m happy,” Luo Hua chatted excitedly with the girl on the video. She had a slightly baby-faced appearance with shoulder-length hair, and her overall demeanor was fresh and clean. This was Luo Hua’s girlfriend, ‘Xiaonan.’
…
Since Xiaonan’s university was located locally, she still lived at home even after starting college.
Xiaonan was in her own bedroom, video chatting with Luo Hua on her computer.
Outside her bedroom, in the living room.
A middle-aged couple sat on the sofa in the living room. Although they were watching TV, their attention was clearly not on it.
“What should we do?” the middle-aged woman said anxiously. “You know how stubborn Xiaonan is. If we force them to break up, she’ll definitely hate us.”
“So be it. We’re doing this for her own good!” the middle-aged man couldn’t help but angrily retort.
“She’s never experienced any hardship since she was a child and still thinks she’s living in a fairy tale? Although we’re not a wealthy family, we’ve been living comfortably. Our daughter’s appearance and character are both quite good. Why does she have to be with a cripple? Just because that cripple’s older brother is a martial artist! What difference does that make? It’s not like his brother is the one dating our daughter.”
“No matter what, I won’t let our daughter throw herself into the fire!”
“If it weren’t for Old Li telling me, I wouldn’t have known that our daughter has been secretly dating that cripple from the Mingyue residential complex. I’m so angry, so angry!” The middle-aged man’s face was dark with fury.
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