Chapter 4

"Yunying Aunt, back then, if I hadn't taken into account your being a widow with children, how could I have given you a way out?"

"Ah, look at this fine mink coat, what have you done to it? You even washed the lining for the customer!"

"I'm not saying this to criticize you, but you're already an adult, can't you be a bit more reliable? Cause me less trouble, make fewer mistakes!"

Luo Yunyang, hearing the scolding, showed a hint of anger on his face. Cheng Bapi, that guy, had actually come to his house.

Cheng Bapi was a nickname given by his sister Luo Donger to the owner of the laundry shop, Cheng Daren. This nickname had become the usual way Cheng Daren was addressed in the Luo family.

This despicable man always used every means possible to make Luo Yunyang's mother work more, and then found ways to reduce her pay.

This was the origin of the name Cheng Bapi.

Without time to think more, Luo Yunyang pushed the door open and walked in. Under the dim light of the pine branch lamp, his mother was looking down, and his sister was huddled in the corner like a wounded quail.

The scene before him made Luo Yunyang feel very heartbroken.

"Yunyang, you're back. There's food on the stove, go eat first!" Shen Yunying, seeing her son return, showed a hint of embarrassment and then said softly.

Luo Yunyang did not go to eat but walked towards Cheng Daren. Cheng Daren, seeing Luo Yunyang stride towards him, felt a bit of fear.

To think he was afraid of such a half-grown boy, this was really...

Cheng Daren might not be a prominent figure in town, but he had a shop, and his brother was a warrior, so he was still a significant presence in Donglu Town.

"Luo Yunyang is back. I heard that in this exam, you were over two hundred pounds weaker than Young Master Lian. Haha, I say, you shouldn't waste your mother's money."

As Cheng Daren spoke, he straightened his back even more, looking down at Luo Yunyang with a condescending gaze.

Shen Yunying, worried about her current state being seen by her son, her face changed, and Luo Donger, already angry, said, "You're lying! In the last test, Lian Yubì was over two hundred pounds weaker than my brother!"

"That's old news. Do you know, Lian Laoda got his son a body-strengthening potion. Tsk tsk, ten thousand yuan!"

At this point, Cheng Daren's voice rose a few decibels. "Warriors are highly respected now, but how can a poor boy like you possibly achieve anything in cultivation?"

"You lack a good father!"

Luo Yunyang looked at Cheng Daren with a half-smile and said coolly, "Whether I can cultivate or not is none of your business, Cheng Daren!"

Such a straightforward address made Cheng Daren's forehead tremble.

Cheng Daren had always felt good about himself. Now, this boy was calling him by his name.

It wasn't that others couldn't call him that, but such a person should be someone whose footsteps could make the whole town tremble.

You, Luo Yunyang, a little brat, also deserve to call me that? You...

"Luo Yunyang, stop grinning at me. This has nothing to do with you." Cheng Daren waved the mink coat in his hand and said, "Yunying Aunt, one thousand yuan, bring it to me tomorrow."

"The customer said that if it weren't for my sake, he would have made you pay the original price, which is ten thousand yuan!"

Hearing this, Shen Yunying became anxious. One thousand yuan was almost half her annual income from washing clothes.

"Boss Cheng, the mink coat was already like this when I washed it. You... you can't make me pay!"

"Not making you pay, should I pay? Let me tell you, Shen Yunying, a three-legged toad is hard to find, but a two-legged person is easy to find! There are plenty of people who want to work for me!" Cheng Daren lifted his nose and said viciously, "If you don't bring the money tomorrow, don't blame me for being unfriendly."

"You say this fur was damaged by my mother, let me see it." Luo Yunyang, without waiting for his mother to speak, stepped up to Cheng Daren.

Although Cheng Daren was reluctant, he unconsciously handed the mink coat to Luo Yunyang. Luo Yunyang took the mink coat and saw a small hole, about the size of a fingertip, on the purple fur.

He couldn't see anything unusual about the hole.

Although Luo Yunyang, due to his attribute adjustment, had already opened a path to the heavens, and one thousand yuan was not a big deal to him, he felt from his mother's expression that something was amiss.

Swallowing his anger and paying one thousand yuan, Luo Yunyang was certainly unwilling.

He had the impulse to beat up Cheng Daren, who was framing his mother, but even though he was now a warrior, he still had to follow the basic rules of the Federation.

What to do?

In a moment, Luo Yunyang thought of his mental attribute and quickly adjusted all his attributes to it.

This was the first time Luo Yunyang had adjusted his mental attribute so high!

3.5!

Mental 3.5!

Luo Yunyang was slightly surprised for a moment, then remembered that his strength had already reached one thousand pounds after practicing the Magic Ape Earth Splitting technique.

His gaze fell on the hole again, and he finally noticed something different. The hole seemed to grow larger, and the fur around it appeared several times bigger.

"Hehe, Old Cheng, whose mink is this? Tell him that he is suspected of fraud. He won't be off the hook, and neither will I!"

Luo Yunyang pointed at the hole and said, "This hole was made by an arrow. The fur and the marks can be tested."

Cheng Daren involuntarily trembled. He knew the source of the hole, but being called out by Luo Yunyang made him nervous.

"Nonsense, you... don't talk nonsense. This was clearly damaged by your mother. One thousand yuan, you must pay, whether you like it or not!"

Although puzzled, Cheng Daren still held his ground.

"Get out!" Luo Yunyang was angry. His eyes turned red as he shouted, and in that moment, he felt like a roaring lion.

Cheng Daren felt a heavy hammer hit his heart, his vision went black, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Lo... Lo..."

Cheng Daren, after saying two words, suddenly turned and ran out like a madman.

It was dark and slippery, and in his panic, Cheng Daren tripped and fell to the ground.

But at that moment, Cheng Daren felt as if a ghost was chasing him and ran out in a panic.

"Hehe, brother is so awesome. Why didn't that bad guy Cheng Daren fall to his death?" Luo Donger, with her two pigtails, said with a mischievous smile.

Luo Yunyang affectionately touched his sister's pigtails, a smile on his lips.

Shen Yunying also smiled, but her smile was forced and looked more like a cry.

The cunning Cheng Daren was scolded away, and they didn't have to pay the one thousand yuan, but offending Cheng Daren meant they couldn't go to the laundry shop, and without that income, how would they support the two children?

"Mother, I am already a warrior. From now on, I will support you and my sister!" Luo Yunyang, knowing his mother's thoughts, thought about her years of hardship and the委屈she had endured without complaint, and felt a pang of sorrow. He hugged his mother's shoulder and comforted her softly.

Hearing this, Luo Donger looked at her beloved brother in disbelief, too shocked to speak.

What a warrior meant, she knew very well. In the entire Donglu Town, warriors were among the best-off people.

She had once dreamed that one day her brother would become a warrior, but she never expected happiness to come so quickly, making her feel like it was a dream.

"Is this true? This..." Shen Yunying was overjoyed, almost unable to believe her ears.

Compared to her daughter, she knew her son's strength better. Although her son had good talent, the family's conditions limited his ability to obtain high-quality food.

One thousand pounds of strength!

This was the threshold for warriors, and her beloved son was still under six hundred pounds.

"This afternoon, I comprehended the Ape Dragon Foundation Building Chart, and my strength increased to one thousand pounds!" Seeing his mother's disbelieving face, Luo Yunyang explained the Ape Dragon Foundation Building Chart.

As he spoke, Luo Yunyang reached out and grabbed a ball from the table, which was missing a leg.

A grip strength ball!

The crudest tool for testing strength in the Federation, costing only ten yuan, it was a gift from Luo Donger on Luo Yunyang's fifteenth birthday.

"Red, orange, yellow, green, blue!"

The five colors flashed, and the final color settled on blue. The shining blue was particularly bright under the pine branch lamp in the Luo family's house.

"One thousand pounds? One thousand pounds, brother's strength is one thousand pounds! Oh, my brother is a warrior!" Luo Donger, overjoyed, shouted.

Shen Yunying, seeing the blue light, felt much more relaxed, but then she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Yunyang, Donger, wait a moment, I'll go make some good food for you." Wiping her eyes, Shen Yunying walked to the kitchen outside the small house.

In a short while, Shen Yunying brought out four dishes.

Although his mother had done her best to improve their living conditions, seeing the clear, watery vegetarian dishes, Luo Yunyang felt even more determined.

I will work hard to make my mother and sister live a good life!

After dinner, Luo Yunyang set up his small bed in the living room of the house, which was a brick and wood structure of only twenty square meters, at least fifty years old, with many places where the wood had cracked.

Sleeping inside, he could hear the sound of the wood cracking from time to time.

The most important thing now was to buy a larger house so that his mother and sister wouldn't have to live in such cramped conditions.

Thinking of today's encounter, Luo Yunyang recalled the attribute adjustment panel. He didn't know its origin, but he realized its importance.

This panel would be his greatest reliance!

Thinking of falling asleep, Luo Yunyang remembered the moment when he adjusted his mental attribute to 3.5.

Not only did he see things in great detail, but he also felt a force, though he hadn't paid much attention to it at the time.

Adjust the mental attribute again!

Luo Yunyang adjusted his mental attribute to 3.5 again!

At that moment, everything around him became incredibly clear. He even felt a mosquito buzzing and about to land on Luo Donger's arm.

"It can't land!" Thinking of the possible swelling on his sister's arm the next day, Luo Yunyang instinctively wanted to stop it.

But it was just a thought.

Just as Luo Yunyang thought it was futile, the mosquito, as if encountering some resistance, couldn't land!

"Snap!"

Luo Yunyang felt something break, and his vision went black, almost making him faint!

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