At this moment, several security guards from the store strode over, trying to calm the two down and persuade them to talk things out.
Zhu Nengzhang, enraged, laughed coldly: "Fine, I'll talk things out!"
He pointed at Liu Li: "Beautiful lady, listen to me carefully. I give you 300,000 a month, isn't that generous enough? My two female companions only get 100,000 each a month. Compared to that, you're really my high-spending customer, 10,000 a day! And, if you want to pay this pretty boy, I don't mind. Go ahead and pay him. Hehe, just give me some fun!"
Liu Li's face turned ashen, her expression clearly displeased. She coldly said, "Mr. Wild Boar, do you think you're so great just because you have money? Take your 300,000 and gag yourself."
"Did you hear that, Mr. Wild Boar?" Lu Chen chuckled even more, because Liu Li was calling him that too. He said, "And let me warn you, I'm not a gigolo. My girlfriend and I are truly in love; you can't buy that with money. You should use your money to buy the women you can afford. But I reckon someone like you has probably tasted plenty of women, but never the taste of love, right?"
He shook his head and continued, "Tsk tsk, pathetic. You've spent your whole life relying on money to keep women with you. Mr. Wild Boar, have you ever heard that a life without love that doesn't require material conditions is an incomplete life?"
Saying this, he picked up Liu Li and walked away, saying casually, "Girlfriend, let's go pick out our pearl necklace!"
Zhu Nengzhang's face trembled even more violently. He spat on the ground, "Dressed so provocatively, you can tell she's a prostitute! Pretending to be virtuous, talking about love? Kid, your love doesn't care how many men she's slept with, huh? Haha!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Li immediately turned around, her sharp gaze fixed on Zhu Nengzhang: "What did you say? Please watch your mouth! Such insults have no manners whatsoever!"
"Manners? Can manners feed you?" Zhu Nengzhang laughed loudly: "Stop pretending! Looking at you dressed like that, what else can you sell besides your body? You don't want 300,000 a month, but you insist on being with so many men. You've really put yourself through that! Haha!"
Liu Li gritted her teeth, her face flushed red. She admitted that she was indeed dressed a little revealing. But she dressed like that partly to commemorate her 26th birthday, and partly because she wanted to show it to Lu Chen, to attract and seduce him. She never intended for any other man to see her!
But now, she was being insulted like this!
Her heart ached terribly.
Lu Chen also slowly turned around, his two murderous eyes fixed on Zhu Nengzhang, sending a chill down Zhu Nengzhang's spine. He puffed out his chest and roared menacingly, "Damn it, what are you looking at, kid? Come and hit me if you dare! Let's see what you're capable of protecting your prostitute girlfriend!"
Lu Chen took a deep breath, his mind already focused, one of the energies of the Seven Life Flowers began to circulate.
He walked towards Zhu Nengzhang.
Liu Li quickly pulled him back, "Chen, stop fooling around, let's go. Just treat it like a dog barking. A lion walking by will ignore a dog's bark."
They even brought out a philosophical story.
A wicked smile played on Lu Chen's lips as he slowly said, "Sister Li, no, when a lion passes by and hears a dog barking, it absolutely won't be polite! Besides, that lion was a male, and that dog was barking at a female lion. If the male lion didn't kill the dog, it would lose face in front of the female lion."
His words were spoken with such conviction that they inspired a sense of awe and admiration.
Many of the onlookers and shop assistants nodded slightly in agreement.
The security guard was still trying to persuade them, "You two, please talk this out. Don't disrupt our business, this..."
Zhu Neng cursed and raised his fist to smash into Lu Chen's face. But in that instant, he experienced a very strange sensation. He felt as if his entire body had frozen, as if a huge pile of mud had fallen from the sky and sealed him in place, or as if he had been struck by a spell.
Then, he saw a powerful fist hurtling towards him.
The force was immense, carrying the power of thunder.
Zhu Nengzhang tried to dodge, but to his horror, he discovered he couldn't even twist his neck, let alone his body.
Bang!
Lu Chen's punch landed solidly and powerfully on Zhu Nengzhang's face.
This was just the beginning; four more punches followed! Five punches landed on Zhu Nengzhang's left cheek, right cheek, forehead, nose, and chin, each one making a resounding thud.
And Zhu Nengzhang, unable to dodge, took all five punches.
This beating was brutal; Zhu Nengzhang, already like a wild boar, now looked even more like a pig's head—a dead pig's head.
His two female companions screamed and retreated.
The audience gasped in surprise:
"What happened? Why didn't he dodge? He just took the beating!"
"Yeah, why did he become that young man's punching bag!"
"He was yelling so loudly just now, I thought he was a tough guy, look at him, getting beaten up like this, tsk tsk!"
Humans are basically animals that love bloodshed, and seeing Zhu Nengzhang get beaten so badly, they got excited. Even when security guards tried to stop them, they were booed away.
Lu Chen delivered those five punches in one fluid motion.
After finishing, he took three steps back, looked at his fists, and said calmly, "Mr. Wild Boar, I'm known in the martial arts world as Lu Five-Fist. So, those five punches of mine, not bad, right? Satisfying, wasn't it?"
As for Zhu Nengzhang, after taking those five punches, he suddenly felt the energy binding him disappear, and his body regained its freedom. However, his face was in excruciating pain. He cried out in agony, clutching his face and roaring, "Lu Wuquan, you bastard! What kind of evil magic did you use? I... I couldn't move just now!"
Lu Chen had indeed cheated. He used the energy of the Curse God to cast a curse on Zhu Nengzhang: you can't move.
Under the control of the Curse God's power, Zhu Nengzhang was completely immobilized, unable to move and forced to endure Lu Chen's beating. However, Lu Chen naturally wouldn't admit it. He chuckled, "Come on, you're just not as skilled as me. You took my beating, and you still talk about evil magic? I think you're the one under a spell, talking nonsense!"
"Lu Wuquan, I'll kill you!" Zhu Nengzhang couldn't bear the pain any longer, and his anger made him like a volcano about to erupt. He endured the pain, clenched his fists, and lunged at Lu Chen.
"Damn it, here we go again!" Lu Chen didn't care, mentally cursing again, when just then, a very cold voice came from inside the shop: "Zhu Nengzhang, stop right there!"
The voice, though cold, was very pleasant, sounding delicate and sweet, and strangely familiar?
Lu Chen looked up in surprise and, sure enough, saw a beautiful woman he'd seen before. This was a mysterious beauty, her background highly suspicious; on their first meeting, she'd given Lu Chen a check for one million.
However, on Liu Li's advice, Lu Chen decided not to cash the check. For the Lu Chen of the past, one million wouldn't have meant much, but now it was a huge sum.
A huge sum of money from an unknown source was naturally not to be used; he didn't want to get himself into danger because of greed.
Lu Chen listened to Liu Li and handed her the one million check for safekeeping.
This one million check was the one he'd received last night. In that restaurant, the mysterious woman named Yang Jiangyu suddenly approached Lu Chen, asking him for a favor and offering a million-yuan deposit. However, an even more mysterious old woman appeared and frightened Yang Jiangyu away.
This experience was the most bizarre in Lu Chen's life so far.
He hadn't expected to encounter Yang Jiangyu again so soon.
The mysterious beauty he saw now emerging from a back door of the pearl shop was Yang Jiangyu.
At her shout, Zhu Nengzhang was startled at first, then quickly stopped. His expression as he looked at Yang Jiangyu even carried a hint of respect and fear. It seemed their relationship was more than just casual.
Yang Jiangyu looked at Lu Chen, somewhat surprised. After stopping Zhu Nengzhang, she smiled and walked up to Lu Chen, extending a slender, smooth hand: "Hi, I didn't expect to see you again so soon, Mr. Lu."
Lu Chen scratched his ear, chuckled, and grasped Yang Jiangyu's hand, his heart fluttering. This beautiful woman's hand was truly soft and boneless; it felt so comfortable to hold, and he even had the urge to lick it.
Yang Jiangyu was a beauty of a caliber, her looks surpassing Liu Li and Dong Qingqing by a degree, and her aura was even more alluring. It was a mysterious, noble aura, or perhaps a noble mystery, imbued with a captivating sensuality—a beauty that could drive men mad.
Of all the beauties Lu Chen had encountered, few could compare to her. Shangguan Bei might, but she still seemed immature, lacking that ultimate charm and radiance.
However, there was one woman who could completely surpass Yang Jiangyu, absolutely exceeding her. Her wild yet noble queenly aura even eclipsed Yang Jiangyu.
But that woman named Wan Qian was someone Lu Chen wouldn't even dare to dream of.
Now, holding Yang Jiangyu's small hand, Lu Chen felt even more intoxicated than kissing Liu Li's lips. Although intoxicated, he was also highly wary. This woman was definitely a beauty, and he needed to be careful.
As a former heartthrob, Lu Chen understood that some women were truly femme fatales, not to be touched lightly, but rather avoided at all costs.
Yang Jiangyu was very close to that kind of woman.
Lu Chen forced a smile: "Hehe, what a coincidence."
"What's going on? Why the commotion?" Yang Jiangyu withdrew her hand and turned to ask. A manager-looking person quickly came over, bowing respectfully to report the situation.
The manager was alright; his words were impartial.
Yang Jiangyu turned to Zhu Nengzhang, her tone returning to its previous icy coldness. She said coldly, "Mr. Zhu, you're really something. Causing trouble in my pearl shop and offending my friend. Are you doing this to me?"
Wow, so this pearl shop belongs to Yang Jiangyu.
However, given the wealth she's displayed, opening this pearl shop is a piece of cake.
For some reason, Zhu Nengzhang seemed very afraid of Yang Jiangyu. Hearing her accusation, he broke out in a cold sweat. He bowed and scraped, saying in a low voice, "Miss Yang, please don't misunderstand! I really didn't know he was your friend. If I had known, I wouldn't have dared to cause such a scene even if I had ten lives. It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!"