Zhang Cuihua looked up, bewildered, only to see a young man wearing a baseball cap and a wicked smile blocking her path.
"None of your business, move!" Zhang Cuihua pushed the young man away, but unexpectedly, he grabbed her by the collar and dragged her inside.
"Let go of me, let go of me!"
With a thud, Zhang Cuihua was roughly thrown to the ground, and all the money in her bag was taken by the other party.
The young man held a wad of cash, flung it at the man's face, and said coldly, "Keep this money for yourself."
"Now, let's settle how we're going to deal with you hitting my brother?"
The man flung the cash off his face, about to curse, but the moment he saw the young man, he froze.
The words he was about to say were forcefully swallowed back, and he showed an expression uglier than crying, "Qin Shao."
"Qin Shao!"
Someone in the restaurant recognized Qin Zhenhua and immediately gasped in surprise.
"Why are you here?" Lin Ye showed a bitter smile.
In his current state, he really had no face to see Qin Zhenhua.
Qin Zhenhua, however, didn't mind these things, casually sat next to Lin Ye, put his arm around his shoulder, and said, "I couldn't get into the game again, so I thought I'd come over and play with you guys."
"Look at you, so awesome in the game, yet so pathetic in reality, unlike me, awesome in both the game and reality."
"Get lost." Lin Ye rolled his eyes with a smile.
"Tell me, what do you need me for?"
"Let's not talk about that yet, let's deal with the current situation first."
After Qin Zhenhua finished speaking, he waved to the manager, who came over with a fawning and respectful expression, "Qin Shao, how may I help you?"
"Take this card and swipe it, we'll each bear half of all the compensation."
"Qin Shao, this..."
"Just go when I tell you to!" Qin Zhenhua glared at him.
"Yes, yes." The manager wiped away a bead of cold sweat and scurried away with the bank card.
"The rest is between us."
Qin Zhenhua got up and walked to the man's side, "Tell me, how are we going to resolve this?"
"I, I'll pay the money," the man said with a trembling voice.
"And what else?"
"I apologize," the man spoke again.
"And what else?"
"What, what else?" The man looked at Qin Zhenhua with trepidation.
Slap, Qin Zhenhua swung his hand and slapped the man across the face, saying coldly, "How you hit my brother just now, now you stand there obediently and let him hit you!"
"I, I understand." The man covered his cheek, not daring to look at Qin Zhenhua again.
Although his family had a little money, compared to a top-tier rich person like Qin Zhenhua, it was nothing; the other party could easily bankrupt his family's company.
The woman beside him couldn't bear it and mustered the courage to look at Lin Ye, hoping Lin Ye would let the man go.
Unfortunately, Lin Ye ignored her and slowly walked up to the man, and in front of everyone's eyes, he kicked the man.
"Ah!!" The man let out a miserable scream.
Bang, bang—
One kick after another.
"Stop hitting him, Lin Ye, I beg you, stop hitting him."
"It's all my fault, please let him go."
"I'm already pregnant with his child, please, for the sake of our past relationship, let him go."
Lin Ye's body stiffened, and he stopped his movements.
The man had already fainted from the pain, curled up and motionless.
"Let's go."
Lin Ye left without looking back.
"What about the compensation?" Qin Zhenhua immediately followed.
"Too dirty, don't want it."
"Hahaha, well done, truly my brother, Qin Zhenhua."
The two walked out of the restaurant arm in arm, leaving behind a group of onlookers pointing and gesticulating at the man and woman.
After walking for about ten meters, Qin Zhenhua nudged Lin Ye beside him, "That woman is still following us."
"Isn't she your business partner?" Lin Ye showed a surprised expression.
"What are you talking about?" Qin Zhenhua looked bewildered.
Seeing his expression, Lin Ye realized he had been tricked, stopped, and looked back at Zhang Cuihua.
"Our blind date ends here; we go our separate ways."
How could Zhang Cuihua let him go? This was Qin Zhenhua, a top-tier second-generation rich person who could cover the sky with one hand in Magic City, the dream god of countless girls.
This was an opportunity to step into a wealthy family; if she missed it, she would regret it for a lifetime!
Thinking of this, she showed what she thought was a beautiful smile, looking at Lin Ye with deep affection, "From the first moment I saw you, I knew you were different."
"When you were being hit just now, my heart truly ached, and even now, my heart is still pounding, thump, thump, thump. If you don't believe me, feel it..."
With that, she grabbed Lin Ye's hand and placed it on her chest.
Lin Ye instinctively squeezed it.
Damn, so hard!
"You should hurry back." Lin Ye pulled his hand back, his face full of dark lines, and turned to leave.
Qin Zhenhua, who had been holding back his laughter, could no longer suppress it and laughed so hard he couldn't straighten his back.
"Holy cow, stop laughing, she's catching up."
Qin Zhenhua turned his head and saw that Zhang Cuihua was indeed chasing after them, so he immediately pulled Lin Ye into the sports car and sped away.
Zhang Cuihua behind them stomped her feet in anger, waving her arms and shouting continuously.
Qin Zhenhua couldn't bear to watch and quickly averted his gaze.
The car sped along.
After a while, Lin Ye, while wiping the blood from his body, asked, "Tell me, what do you need me for?"
"Let's not talk about that yet, how are you going to thank me for what just happened?" Qin Zhenhua held the steering wheel with one hand, his eyes teasingly looking at Lin Ye.
"Two Smelting Body Realm Stage Seven demonic beasts."
"Three!"
"Alright, three it is." Lin Ye shook his head helplessly.
Qin Zhenhua showed a victorious expression, then said, "After you came back, have you practiced according to the cultivation method in the game?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye's body stiffened, and he looked at Qin Zhenhua curiously, "You've cultivated too?"
"Yes, I tried cultivating a bit, and it felt exactly like in the game. Although I didn't cultivate much, I can still feel my physical fitness getting stronger. What about you?"
"I thought I was the only one going crazy, but I didn't expect you to be the same."
Speaking of this, Lin Ye's face showed a serious expression, and he spoke again, "The first time I came back, I secretly practiced, and I immediately noticed something was wrong. Not only were my muscles sore all over, but my windpipe seemed to be blocked by something."
"Later, I thought, maybe the environment in the game is different from ours, which caused this condition in my body."
"And one more thing, the physical fitness in the game is different from reality; our own conditions are too poor," Qin Zhenhua added.
"Maybe." Lin Ye nodded and continued, "Then I had nothing to do, so I continued to cultivate. Just last night, my body felt like it had opened up its meridians, and I felt completely unblocked."
"And I even tried doing some push-ups, guess how many I did? A full five hundred!"
"Before, I could only do twenty or thirty at most; this is hundreds more!"
The more Lin Ye spoke, the more excited he became, describing it vividly.
Qin Zhenhua was deep in thought, then slammed on the brakes, pulling the car over to the side of the road.
The two looked at each other, seeing excitement, shock, confusion, and a hint of fear in each other's eyes.
"You mean, the cultivation methods in the game, they couldn't be real, could they?" Lin Ye's voice trembled, looking at Qin Zhenhua with a face full of horror.
Gulp—
Qin Zhenhua swallowed, his voice uncertain and surprised, "This, this is too ridiculous, isn't it?"
"If it's true, doesn't that mean we can also cultivate immortals in reality?" The more Lin Ye thought about it, the more terrified he became, momentarily falling into confusion.
"I don't think that's possible. At most, it's just for strengthening the body. Anyway, I've never encountered a cultivator since I was little; if there were any, they were fake." Qin Zhenhua still couldn't believe it was real.
Mainly because it was too incredibly fantastical.
But then again, could any company really achieve 100% immersion?
What if the cultivation methods were real?