Chapter 2229 - 2430: You Useless Trash!!!

Slap, slap, slap, Hao Jian slapped the cigarette guy relentlessly, leaving everyone stunned, wondering how could he be so ruthless and fast, with no chance for anyone to defend. At first, the cigarette guy managed to utter a few words in protest against Hao Jian, but as Hao Jian's actions quickened, he couldn't even speak, and his face burned with pain.

"Smack!" Hao Jian gave another slap, shaking his hand afterward.

"Damn, his face is really thick, my hand hurts like hell. I won't hit anymore!" Hao Jian said.

And immediately, hearing Hao Jian say he wouldn't hit anymore, the cigarette guy showed a hint of joy on his face. After being hit so many times, his face was red beyond recognition, with blood vessels visible. At first, he dared to retort against Hao Jian, but later, he dared not say even an extra word.

He wasn't stupid; he could feel that Hao Jian slapped him casually, without using much force. But for him, it felt like it was about to take his life. He clearly sensed if Hao Jian had used a bit more strength, he'd be dead.

He could clearly feel it, and at the same time, he realized the gap between him and Hao Jian was evident. He got scared, suddenly realizing he wasn't Hao Jian's match, as Hao Jian knocked down his underlings instantly. This kind of strength, to him, meant squashing him like an ant.

Even now, Hao Jian was merely slapping him and hadn't made a real move, which explained everything. In Hao Jian's eyes, he was just an ant, a toy, so there was no need to act as an assassin. He knew he hit the wall.

Previously, it was about face-saving, but now survival was the most crucial thing.

He suddenly burst into tears, crying to Hao Jian, "Bro, I was wrong."

Hao Jian saw his reaction and laughed, saying, "Wrong? How were you wrong? Where did you go wrong? Why do you think you're wrong?"

Hao Jian fired three questions in a row, and the cigarette guy, listening in agony, said, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have treated your friends that way, shouldn't have extorted 3,000 yuan from them, I was ungrateful, couldn't see clearly, how dare I offend you, boss, this is indeed a sin, please spare me, boss."

Hao Jian laughed and said, "You don't want the money anymore."

The 3,000 yuan was an income, a considerable income, to the cigarette guy earlier, something that would make him grin from ear to ear. But now, hearing Hao Jian mention the money, he wanted nothing to do with it, shaking his head quickly, saying, "Don't want it, don't want it, how could I dare take money from you, boss? I'd rather give it to you, boss, I was mistaken, please have mercy."

The people around the cigarette guy were dumbfounded, not expecting their once aggressive leader to do a complete 180-degree turn like this. This was a far cry from the leader they knew. However, they could understand, given how Hao Jian had knocked them all down in an instant, showcasing formidable strength. Their leader's current state made sense.

But the cigarette guy's girlfriend's gaze at him changed instantly, along with a few other girls. They initially followed the cigarette guy because he was influential in the Ancient Town, and they had dropped out of school before graduating from junior high, seeing their smoking and bullying as cool. But now, seeing them so cowardly, they instantly looked down on them.

The cigarette guy had no energy to care about these things right now, he was focused on Hao Jian, pleading desperately. Hearing him say he didn't even want the money anymore made Hao Jian laugh even more. Initially holding his collar, he suddenly let go with a laugh. The cigarette guy was tossed to the ground, kneeling, not daring to lift his head even.

Out of humanitarian spirit, Hao Jian continued to ask, "Are you sure you don't want it anymore? Not even the money?"

At this point, who would dare to want it? It's a hot potato, whoever touches it gets burned. The cigarette guy quickly said, "Don't want it, don't want it, not even if it kills me."

Hao Jian then turned his gaze to the cigarette guy's so-called girlfriend and asked, "You don't want it either? The damaged clothes are yours after all."

The cigarette guy's girlfriend looked at him disdainfully, surprised her man was so useless, but felt quite scared when Hao Jian looked at her and questioned her. She replied, "I don't want it, my clothes aren't damaged. He just used it as an excuse to extort money from your friends. I didn't want him to do it, but I couldn't argue with him and had to be forced by him to do it."

After pausing for a second or two, the cigarette guy's girlfriend added, "Boss, the whole thing has nothing to do with me. I was forced by him; he taught me everything I said. If you want to blame someone, blame him. He's entirely responsible, nothing to do with me."

Hao Jian listened and found the situation interesting, continuing to ask, "You are his girlfriend, and you say what he does has nothing to do with you?"

Hearing this, the cigarette guy's so-called girlfriend looked at him with disdain and immediately explained, "No, he's not my boyfriend anymore, I have nothing to do with him, his business is his, this whole thing was his idea, so if you want to punish, just punish him alone, it has nothing to do with me."

Hao Jian laughed, very happily. Indeed, the human heart couldn't withstand tests. The cigarette guy, hearing these words, turned pale, finding it hard to accept this truth, feeling awful inside.

You say you are at least my girlfriend, even if not a couple for a day, we've been together for so long, and yet when things happen, you cleanly distance yourself, pressing everything on me. The most venomous is a woman's heart—the cigarette guy experienced and felt it now.

Filling his heart with momentary bitterness, he didn't know what to say while a flame of anger rose inside. Fine, you start without righteousness, don't blame me for being unjust, you forced all this on me.

The cigarette guy had been kneeling, but hearing his girlfriend's talk, he suddenly lifted his head, glaring angrily at his ex-girlfriend from a second ago, saying, "You bitch."

He then turned to Hao Jian, saying painfully, "Boss, she planned all this. She initially came out of the restroom and told me she saw two tourist-like students there who looked well-off, asking if we should get some money from them."

He added, "I didn't say much at the time, but she already had a plan in mind, and all of this was her design, I just followed her lead, it had nothing to do with me, she was the one directing it."

"Liu Qiangdong, you're nothing!" the cigarette guy's ex-girlfriend immediately cursed at him as soon as she heard him say that.

Liu Qiangdong? Hao Jian frowned at the name, thinking it was a well-chosen name, almost like one of the richest in Huaxia. But it's just one character off, one being a big boss, one of Huaxia's richest, while the other's in a little ancient town, doing petty theft. Life is indeed complex and changeable.

Of course, he wasn't interested in contemplating this; the drama happening now was what truly amused him and made him laugh.

Hearing his ex-girlfriend say this, the cigarette guy immediately got angry and said to her, "I'm nothing? Then what are you? We've been together for years now, haven't we, despite everything, there's some feeling there, yet when things happen, your attitude is like this, clinging to nothing, I don't blame you, it's human nature, but why put all the blame on me? This was clearly your lead, throwing it all on me. You're so venomous; I've finally seen you clearly today, you ruthless woman!"

People beside them, hearing the two argue back and forth, were at a loss for words, just staring blankly at the pair fighting.

The cigarette guy's ex-girlfriend heard but felt no desire to argue further, turning to Hao Jian instead, "Boss, you see this? This is how he is, as a man with no accountability, it's one thing, but now he tries placing all the blame on a girl like me just to save himself. Why would I follow such a man, he's simply a good-for-nothing!"

"You..." The cigarette guy, who had been kneeling, suddenly stood up.

With a look of disdain, the cigarette guy's ex-girlfriend glanced at him, then did something that surprised everyone present. She went over to one of his little brothers and unexpectedly hooked her arm around his, facing the cigarette guy to say, "Liu Qiangdong, you good-for-nothing, if you had even a bit of Yu Li's skill, it'd be good enough."

Yu Li was a close buddy, a good friend of the cigarette guy's, also the second-in-command among this group. Apart from the cigarette guy, Yu Li's words were the most influential among them.

At this moment, having just dumped the cigarette guy, his ex-girlfriend linked hands with Yu Li instead.