Chapter 127: Can See the Whole World’s Scenery (Part one)
“Little brat, what are you talking about!” Ran Jing glared at him.
Lin Dong bitterly smiled and quietly asked, “You two aren’t Brother Cheng’s girlfriends?”
Xu Cheng replied right away, “No.”
Then, he glanced at Lin Dong. “What are you doing?”
Lin Dong looked around and said, “There’s no tea here to do the ritual, so I used these skewers instead. Brother Cheng, please teach me martial arts. I’ve been paying attention to you for a long time now.”
“What martial arts? Go back to studying, why’s your mind on fighting all day? Don’t you see that North Gate’s all done? Studying and making money is the right path.” Xu Cheng rolled his eyes at him.
Lin Dong was still not giving up. “If I follow that path, I won’t make more money than my dad anyways, and our family doesn’t need money. I want to reach the highest achievement in my hobbies instead.”
Xu Cheng was speechless. “Little brat, I won’t teach you martial arts. If you are not going home, then I will first teach you a lesson.”
Lin Dong got nervous right away. “No, no, please, I’m being very sincere.”
Xu Cheng pa.s.sed him an empty plate and replied, “Just go.”
Lin Dong took the plate and put it back onto the table, and then he gritted his teeth and said to Xu Cheng, “I won’t give up.” Then, he left.
Shen Yao curiously looked at Lin Dong, and then she smiled and said to Xu Cheng, “From his appearance, he seems to be someone from a well-off family. Why were you so determined with your rejection?”
“He’s a rebellious teenager with an unstable mind. If I taught him how to fight, then the students at his high school will probably suffer. Look at him, dying his hair blonde and also wearing ear studs, what’s the difference between that and a thug? Even if I’m not a police officer, I wouldn’t accept an apprentice like him.”
Lin Dong, who hadn’t walked too far, also heard everything Xu Cheng just said. He paused for a moment, touched his hair and ear studs, and then he got onto his brother Young Master Lin’s car.
“Seeing how dejected you are, that guy rejected you?” His big brother smiled and said, “If you want to learn martial arts, I will just sign up a cla.s.s for you, and you can pick a type you want. Why are you so stubborn about learning from that guy?”
Lin Dong didn’t say anything. He laid against the seat, lit a cigarette, and took a smoke. However, when his mind recalled what Xu Cheng just said, he immediately threw out the cigarette. Then, he said to his big brother, “Drive me to the hair salon.”
Young Master Lin drove as he asked, “Doing another style?”
Lin Dong: “Dying my hair back to black.”
Young Master Lin immediately turned around to look at his little brother. “What did you just say?”
At that moment, Lin Dong just took off his ear studs and threw it out of the window.
Young Master Lin’s eyes opened up wide right away. “Those costs over 50 thousand yuan!”
Lin Dong didn’t care at all, and when they got to the hair salon, he walked straight in.
When Xu Cheng and the others were almost done eating and ready to get up and pay the bill, Lin Dong came running to the three again, but this time, with black hair. His ear studs were also gone.
Lin Dong looked at Xu Cheng sincerely and said, “Please consider it, I have a lot of allowance every month. It’s enough for Master, you, to eat whatever you want.”
On the side, Ran Jing couldn’t help but laugh out, and she gave a look to Shen Yao, feeling like Lin Dong’s line sounded extremely familiar.
Shen Yao also had an odd expression, because this reminded her of what she once said to Xu Cheng, and she was also rejected…
Chapter 127: Can See the Whole World’s Scenery (Part two)
Xu Cheng didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry. He walked over, put his arm around Lin Dong’s neck, and dragged him to the side. Lowering his voice, he asked, “Little brat, tell me the reason why you must learn martial arts.”
Lin Dong lifted his head and said right away, “Because I’m insecure!”
Xu Cheng paused. He didn’t expect this reason at all. It seemed like just yesterday, there had also been a period of time he felt inferior and insignificant, and he only managed to change that after entering the army.
“You are loaded, where does this sense of insecurity come from? Are you joking?”
Lin Dong didn’t seem as simple as an average high school student. He said frankly, “The average citizen will think that we live chill lives, but we also have our circles. My big brother, for instance, couldn’t even get into the top 50 of young masters in Shangcheng city. In this real world, when competing family wealth isn’t enough, I just want to be able to protect the things I hold dear with my own fists. Yes, my family has money, but my parents only know to make more money. Do you know how many houses my big brother has? And can I even call the place I’m living in a home? Just by myself? Just like that night when you saw me and asked if I was scared of getting kidnapped. Of course I was, and every day I’m very careful and scared, and I’m more afraid to think about what my family would go through if I was kidnapped. You tell me, where can I get my sense of security? Just taking you as an example, do you have a background? No! But with your own fists, you earned yourself the t.i.tle of ‘Tiger Officer of the Police Force’, and everyone in the criminal underworld began taking you seriously. Those young masters, although they have a much more powerful background than you, still have to behave in front of you. Wasn’t it because of your fists? It’s a kind of deterrent, and you should know that better than I do.”
Xu Cheng looked at this kid a bit in shock, not expecting him to see things this thoroughly.
But, there was one point that he didn’t agree with Lin Dong. “Kid, you think I really only rely on my fists? You are wrong.”
He then pointed at his head and said, “Many people know how to fight, but how come I can always safely retreat? If you only know how to fight, then you are only a fighter. You also need a brain to be able to keep your place in this society.”
Lin Dong looked at Xu Cheng and said, “My brain’s not bad.”
Xu Cheng coughed. “Whether your brain is good or bad also depends on what path you are using it on. If you don’t have a good character, then everything else is just irrelevant. Go home and continue living your life as a young master. The greater your power, the more trouble you will have to face, just like my life right now. You won’t understand.”
Then, Xu Cheng took back his arm around Lin Dong’s neck, turned around, and left.
Lin Dong looked at his back figure and said, “I know, just like how you provoked North and West Gate, and now you have no choice but to come out and face them. I really admire this point about you, capable of beating someone that seems to be a lot more powerful than you. When everyone looked down on you, you always paid them back with a big surprise.”
Xu Cheng stopped in his steps, turned around and said, “But one careless mistake and the result could be death. If you demonstrate your great power and capabilities and want to demand the level of respect you deserve, you would offend some people. By then, it’s either you lower your head or you step over those people. No matter which path you take, it will be really tough. So, sometimes it’s not the worst option to just be a lazy and carefree second-gen rich heir.”
Lin Dong said angrily, “Like my big brother? Look at him, what can he do if his little brother gets. .h.i.t? Doesn’t he still have to live carefully and only able to bully the weak while being afraid of those more tough and powerful than him? That’s why I don’t admire him, he basically abandoned himself already. He said living like you would be really tiring and he didn’t get why you would continue following this path.”
Xu Cheng snorted, “It’s very tiring to climb a mountain, but some people will still do it even with sharp th.o.r.n.y shrubs in the way. My dad once told me, when you are at the top of the mountain, you will be able to see the scenery of the whole world and the sunrise. It represents hope.”
Then, Xu Cheng left, leaving Lin Dong to slowly digest those words.