Chapter 16: Actually, I'm the richest person.
Fang Yu's eyes were hollow, yet filled with an endless chill.
It was hard to imagine that these were the eyes of a young man under twenty.
Fang Yu quickly turned his head away.
He Wencheng was trembling all over, pleading non - stop. A large part of his pants was wet.
Fang Yu, expressionless, kicked He Wencheng's right knee.
He didn't seem to use much force, but He Wencheng's face turned red with intense pain, and he hugged his knee, screaming shrilly.
"Remember this lesson. If there's a next time, it won't be your leg I kick, but your neck," Fang Yu said coldly.
After that, he turned around, looked at Tang Xiaorou, and said, "Let's go. My home is not far ahead."
Fang Yu ignored the shocked Tang Si. He had long known that Tang Si was following them by car.
Tang Xiaorou responded, then suddenly remembered something. She turned to Tang Si and asked, "Uncle Four, why are you here?"
"I was worried about the young lady's personal safety, so I followed," Tang Si replied.
"Oh... Then you can just follow by car. I'll go with you as soon as I get the medicine," Tang Xiaorou said, then trotted to catch up with Fang Yu.
Tang Si looked at the more than twenty lackeys lying on the ground, his eyes full of shock.
As an eighth - stage Xiantian Martial Artist, he was already considered a master.
He thought that he could handle the siege of more than twenty lackeys armed with weapons, but he couldn't guarantee to be unharmed.
But Fang Yu had done it, and seemed quite relaxed.
In the short two minutes from when Tang Si found out about the incident, parked the car, got out, and ran to this alley, Fang Yu had already knocked more than twenty lackeys to the ground.
What an astonishing strength!
Coupled with the eyes Fang Yu had inadvertently revealed just now...
"This young man is by no means an ordinary person!"
...
Tang Xiaorou caught up with Fang Yu and looked at Fang Yu's right arm, asking in a low voice, "Fang Yu, is your arm okay? Do we need to go to the hospital?"
"I'm fine," Fang Yu said.
"How can you be fine!?" Tang Xiaorou said, a bit anxiously.
Fang Yu had blocked that stick for her just now, and the weapon had even broken. How could his arm be okay?
"I said I'm fine, so I am," Fang Yu glanced at Tang Xiaorou and said indifferently.
Tang Xiaorou wanted to say something else, but she was afraid of making Fang Yu unhappy and him not taking her to get the medicine, so she didn't say anything in the end.
Walking behind Fang Yu, Tang Xiaorou stared closely at Fang Yu's back, her beautiful eyes shining brightly.
Recalling Fang Yu's heroic figure when he fought against so many people just now, her heart was beating a little faster.
"He's about the same age as me. How can he be so amazing?" Tang Xiaorou bit her lip and thought.
Three minutes later, Fang Yu brought Tang Xiaorou to the door of the courtyard.
"You live here..." Tang Xiaorou looked up at the shabby small building with a courtyard.
"I live on the second floor," Fang Yu said, leading Tang Xiaorou upstairs.
Opening the door of his home, Fang Yu walked straight to the utility room.
Tang Xiaorou, on the other hand, looked around curiously.
To be honest, Fang Yu's home was very simple. The living room was empty, without any furniture, not even a TV.
What did Fang Yu do for entertainment when he lived here?
"Come here."
Just as Tang Xiaorou was wondering, Fang Yu's voice came.
Tang Xiaorou quickly walked over. As soon as she reached the door of the utility room, she smelled a refreshing scent of medicinal herbs.
Then, Tang Xiaorou saw the herbs all over the floor in the utility room.
"Nine - star grass..." Fang Yu rummaged through the pile of herbs like looking for something in the trash to find the Nine - star grass.
In fact, every single herb in this "pile of trash" was a priceless treasure.
One minute later, Fang Yu handed a Nine - star grass and a Moon - shaped flower to Tang Xiaorou.
"Dry them and grind them into powder, then boil the medicine according to the dosage in my prescription," Fang Yu said.
"Okay, I know!" Tang Xiaorou held these two herbs, her small face blushing with excitement.
With these two herbs, her grandfather's life could be extended by ten years!
"Thank you, Fang Yu," Tang Xiaorou said sincerely.
Fang Yu not only saved Old Master Tang's life but also blocked a stick for her with his arm just now.
"Actually, you're not as cold as you seem. You're really a nice person," Tang Xiaorou looked at Fang Yu, her eyes like gemstones, shining brightly.
This look suddenly reminded Fang Yu of the eyes of a woman many years ago.
That woman also liked to look at him with such eyes.
Fang Yu hated this kind of memory that came out of nowhere. He immediately shook his head and said to Tang Xiaorou, "You should leave now. I won't keep you for dinner."
This sentence completely spoiled the atmosphere.
"Who wants to have dinner at your place! Humph!" Tang Xiaorou stomped her foot and turned to leave.
But after walking two steps, she turned around and asked, "Fang Yu, my dad gave you a check the other day. Why do you still live in... such a place?"
"Do you know where the most luxurious and largest mansion in Jiuzhou Country is?" Fang Yu asked.
Tang Xiaorou shook her head.
"101 Yancheng. That mansion is dozens of times larger than your home in terms of area alone. It has mountain springs and gardens. In short, it has everything you can imagine... But no one has lived in that mansion for more than a hundred years," Fang Yu said.
"You mean you want to buy this mansion? It might be very expensive..." Tang Xiaorou opened her beautiful eyes wide and said.
"No, I mean I'm the owner of that mansion, and I haven't lived there for a long time," Fang Yu smiled.
...
After Tang Xiaorou left, Fang Yu was about to go to the vegetable garden to water the plants.
Just as he was about to go out, he heard footsteps downstairs and suddenly remembered Wang Yan's suppressed sobbing last night.
Based on Fang Yu's many years of experience, in today's society, 95% of the difficulties ordinary people faced were related to money.
That is to say, money could solve most problems.
For Fang Yu, however, money was the easiest thing to obtain in this world.
So, Fang Yu walked back to the room, took out a stack of banknotes from the drawer of the desk. There was about 100,000 yuan.
Fang Yu had forgotten how he got this money.
Fang Yu stuffed this stack of banknotes into his pocket, went downstairs, and knocked on Wang Yan's door.
"Coming!" Wang Yan came out of the bathroom, rubbing her hair with a towel. She must have been washing her hair just now.
"Xiao Yu, it's you," Wang Yan opened the door with a smile and let Fang Yu in.
"Isn't Jianghai Middle School's anniversary coming up soon? Yueyue has a program that needs to be rehearsed, so she won't be able to get home until 6:30 recently. That's why I haven't cooked so early. Are you hungry? I can cook you a bowl of noodles first," Wang Yan said, thinking that Fang Yu had come for a meal.
"Aunt Wang, I'm not hungry. I came today to ask if you've encountered any difficulties recently," Fang Yu said straightforwardly.
"Difficulties?" Wang Yan's face changed slightly. Then she shook her head and forced a smile, saying, "Xiao Yu, what difficulties could I have?"
"I couldn't fall asleep last night and seemed to hear you crying, Aunt Wang," Fang Yu said.
"You, you must have heard wrong, Xiao Yu," Wang Yan bit her lip and said.
"I don't think I heard wrong. Aunt Wang, Yueyue isn't home now. There's no need to hide it," Fang Yu said.
Wang Yan looked at Fang Yu, remained silent for a few seconds, then her eyes turned red, and she said, "Some time ago, because my ex - husband often came to the restaurant where I worked to ask for money and cause trouble, I was fired.
"Last week, I received a call. My father accidentally fell while farming in my hometown and injured his spine. The surgery costs 50,000 yuan..."
"These years, the money I earned from working in the restaurant was just enough to pay Yueyue's tuition and book fees and maintain our basic living... I have no savings at all. But my father's injury requires surgery as soon as possible. If we delay any longer, he'll become a vegetable.
"But I don't have the money to pay for his surgery now, and I've even lost my job. I don't know how to raise the tuition for Yueyue's next semester... And my ex - husband, I don't know how much money he owes outside. I don't know how many more people will come to my door..."
As Wang Yan spoke, she couldn't continue and just shed tears.
Heaven was so cruel to her. She really didn't know what to do.
She had been feeling very depressed these days and had even lost hope of living. But in front of her daughter, she pretended that nothing had happened. She didn't want Yueyue to be unhappy either.
Now, facing Fang Yu and pouring out the troubles pent up in her heart, Wang Yan felt much more comfortable.
Wiping away her tears, Wang Yan looked at Fang Yu in front of her and forced a smile, saying, "I'm sorry, Xiao Yu. I made you laugh."
Fang Yu shook his head, stood up from the sofa, took out another stack of banknotes from his pocket, and put it on the table.
"Aunt Wang, there's about 100,000 yuan here. Take it for emergency," Fang Yu said.
When she saw this stack of money, Wang Yan's face changed.
"Xiao Yu, what, what are you doing? This, where did you get this money from..."
In Wang Yan's eyes, Fang Yu was a more pitiful person. He was only a teenager, had no family or friends, was often alone at home, and only bought some vegetables for meals...
That's why Wang Yan often invited Fang Yu to have meals at home.
But now Fang Yu suddenly took out 100,000 yuan, which was really unreasonable.
Fang Yu was a middle - school student without a job. Where did he get so much money?
The first thing that came to Wang Yan's mind was that Fang Yu had done something illegal.
"Don't worry, Aunt Wang. This money... was given to me by a friend," Fang Yu came up with an excuse.
"A friend? You don't have any friends! Xiao Yu, tell me the truth. Where did you get this money? Did you do something..." Wang Yan said, a bit angrily.
"Absolutely not, Aunt Wang. This money was definitely not obtained through improper means. I swear to God. If this money was obtained through improper means, may I be struck by lightning, may I..." Fang Yu was a bit helpless. These days, it was really hard to be a good person. Even when giving money to others, he had to swear a poisonous oath.
"Don't swear such a poisonous oath! I believe you!" Wang Yan quickly interrupted Fang Yu's poisonous oath.
Fang Yu closed his mouth.
"But I can't accept this money. No matter who gave it to you, it's your money. Your life is already so hard. How can I borrow your money? Take it back, Xiao Yu. Aunt Wang will find other ways..." Wang Yan said.
Fang Yu paused and said, "Aunt Wang, I'll tell you the truth, but you may not believe it."
"Hmm?" Wang Yan looked at Fang Yu in confusion.
"Actually, I'm the richest person in Jiuzhou Country," Fang Yu said.