Chapter 165 Make a good relationship
To be honest, Chen Mo has almost no mental weaknesses.
His only weakness is probably that he is afraid of insects.
To be more precise, he is afraid of arthropods. Anything with more than six legs makes him feel sick.
If this had happened in the past, he could only use a fly swatter or insecticide, but now it’s different, he can kill it with one knife.
So when he got out of the car, he chopped the beetle flying over his head into two pieces with a bang, and the drivers who had not yet had time to drive away were stunned.
"Damn, this young man has such a bad temper." The driver started the car quickly to avoid being chopped by the knife.
"Fuck, this bug is so big."
Chen Mo took two steps to the side. He felt that the ecology in the south was too good. A random beetle he encountered was as big as half a palm.
Of course, there are also insects this big in Qingcheng City, but they are not very common.
In fact, for him, insects did not make him feel scared. If he had to say, the feeling he got when he saw these things was probably similar to seeing a piece of flying shit.
"Forget it, for the sake of the elixir, I'll endure it!"
Chen Mo estimated that he would have to keep company with bugs for the next twenty days or so before the big exam.
Just as he was about to continue walking towards the martial arts academy, a scream suddenly came from under the archway.
"what--"
"Xiao Qiang! Who hurt you, Xiao Qiang!"
A girl with twin ponytails ran out, chirping and squatted down beside Chen Mo with tears in her eyes.
"Xiao Qiang! You died so tragically! I raised you for three years, and to me, you were like my own sister. I never thought that I would be separated from you forever due to a single mistake. Wahhhh——"
Chen Mo touched his nose and said, "Um, uh, did you raise it? Mine was too big and flew straight towards me, so I used too much force. Sorry."
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The crying girl was stunned for a moment.
You call beheading someone "a bit too harsh", right?
"Do not."
She stood up and rubbed her eyes. "It's not your fault. I should have put it in the cage. I should have been the one to say sorry."
If she had made a big fuss, Chen Mo would have felt better. But now, seeing her pitiful look, he felt even more guilty.
"Well, I'll compensate you."
The girl shook her head: "No, no, no, I can't take it. She scared you. How can I ask you to compensate her?"
Chen Mo became more determined: "No, if you don't pay me, I'll have to give myself a hard time every time I think about it at night. Tell me, how much is it?"
The girl hesitated and said, "Five, five hundred."
Chen Mo directly counted out five hundred yuan in cash. This was the reward for Jin Liang's victory in the boxing match. Otherwise, he usually didn't carry much cash with him.
The girl declined him three more times before finally accepting it.
"Hey, it's all my fault."
She still looked very annoyed. "I was waiting for someone at the door, but no one showed up for a long time. I was playing with my phone, and Xiao Qiang flew away."
Chen Mo raised his eyebrows: "Are you waiting for a student from the martial arts academy?"
The girl's stubby eyebrows also raised: "Is it you?"
"My name is Chen Mo."
"My name is Gan Qianqian. It's really you! You are here to see Grandpa Hua. I will take you to find him."
Chen Mo was overjoyed. It turned out that the two of them had added each other on WeChat in the morning and agreed to meet here. However, he had just arrived and planned to contact each other when he was almost there, but they ran into each other directly.
Gan Qianqian was quite talkative. As she led the way, she said, "My whole family is from Huanggu Martial Academy. I grew up here. I heard that you will stay here until the final exam? Then we can go to Jianmen together."
Chen Mo thought, the whole family is from a top martial arts school. If this "whole family" is not limited to a family of three, then it can be considered an aristocratic family. He casually asked, "Are you also going to take part in this exam?"
"Yes, I am a student of the inner courtyard, and you must be one too. Hey, why were you arranged to come here to be taught by Grandpa Hua? It's amazing."
Chen Mo pretended to be cold and said, "Confidential."
This is really confidential. He can't say that this is compensation from the Security Affairs Department.
Just as the two were passing a small path that was supposed to be next to a pond, Gan Qianqian's expression suddenly changed.
Before she could react, she saw a woman who was obviously a martial arts academy disciple across from her say, "Qianqian, you haven't transferred the money for buying insects to me yet. If you don't give it to me, I'll charge you interest."
Gan Qianqian's face flushed, and her eyes were obviously a little flustered.
Chen Mo was such a shrewd person that he guessed the truth at a glance. He grabbed the girl's ponytail whip and asked, "Excuse me, Senior Sister, how much did she spend on the bug?"
"Twenty. I keep them for fun. I still have more than eighty. Do you want them? If not, I'll have to destroy them humanitarianally."
The seemingly gentle elder sister from the martial arts academy spoke cold and cruel words.
Chen Mo smiled and said, "No, thank you."
The female disciple didn't know why she had to thank him. She just looked at the two younger students opposite her curiously and walked away looking back every few steps.
At this time, Chen Mo was torturing the girl with twin ponytails with his eyes. The latter's cheeks were flushed and her eyes were timid, but her hands were firmly pressed in the pockets where her wallet was.
Chen Mo didn't care about the five hundred yuan. Not to mention that his family was already quite wealthy, the spoils from Jin Liang's previous fight alone amounted to tens of thousands of yuan.
He let go of her hand and said with a sinister smile, "You don't want your family to know that you're extorting money from someone, do you?"
Gan Qianqian took a half step back cautiously: "You, what do you want to do?"
Chen Mo's eyes moved over her, his smile became more and more sinister, and he looked like a pervert.
Just when Gan Qianqian was about to return the money that she regarded as her lifeblood, he suddenly smiled and said, "I'm unfamiliar with this place. You can be my tour guide when you are free."
Gan Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief: "Hey, it's no big deal, I'll take care of it. But I don't get out of school until five o'clock every day."
"Well, it doesn't matter."
Chen Mo waved his hand.
Of course, he didn't really need a tour guide, but since the girl came from a prominent family, he wanted to trick her into staying by his side and try to establish a good relationship with her.
After being investigated by the Security Affairs Department, he also understood the benefits of having a backer. The more people he knew, the better. Maybe he wouldn't make any money, but he would definitely not lose money. What's more, he only paid 500 yuan.
After resolving the "misunderstanding", Gan Qianqian took Chen Mo around the martial arts academy and finally arrived at a Taoist temple.
"This is something I didn't expect."
Chen Mo was amazed, "Can a Taoist priest go to a martial arts academy?"
Gan Qianqian said, "What's so strange about this? Grandpa Hua is our specially hired expert. Besides, it's reasonable for a Taoist priest to make elixirs, right?"
"It really is."
Chen Mo deeply agreed.
He has an immortal look, with white hair and beard, wearing a long robe and holding a whisk. He speaks very slowly, but every word he says is full of the demeanor of a master.
This is what an alchemist should be like.
As he was speaking, a loud voice came from the Taoist temple.
"I really don't understand. You spent more than 20 years growing up, and you carefully shaped your brain into this? Look at what you made. Is this a pill? I can pull my dog over and make better pills than you!"
Chen Mo stood at the door with a stiff expression. Gan Qianqian scratched her head and said, "Well, Grandpa Hua can be a little strict when he's refining the elixir."
(End of this chapter)
