Chapter 6  : This Does Not Make Sense

However, as Shen Lang had a cloth around his mouth, he could not shout for help and could only make muffled noises. The other party did not care about what he was yelling.

Therefore, Shen Lang stared at the leader intensely.

The man was about 30 years old and had two scars on his face. He looked extraordinarily cunning and was wearing light armor.

Shen Lang knew this cruel man as he had seen him a few times.

His name was Tian Heng, a notorious gang leader. He had several hundred followers, and he managed gambling dens, brothels, and moneylenders. He was ruthless and killed countless people.

He had another official identity—the leader of the civilian army of Xuanwu City.

The people began to pile the soil after pushing Shen Lang into the hole.

Any other ordinary person would start to yell and would be scared to death. However, Shen Lang was still very calm. He began by staring at the face of Tian Heng and gradually looked at him from head to toe with a strange gaze.

He was using his x-ray vision to look at Tian Heng. His gaze was terrifying.

Tian Heng could not hold his curiosity any longer. He raised his hand, and instantly, his followers stopped piling the soil.

Tian Heng came where Shen Lang was and broke the cloth in his mouth. He asked, “What are you looking at?”

Shen Lang said, “You have a needle in your body. If you don’t remove it, you may die.”

He was not lying. There was, indeed, a needle in Tian Heng’s body, and it was extremely thin and was in his lungs. If he did not have an x-ray vision, he would not be able to tell.

After hearing what Shen Lang said, Tian Heng became extremely shocked.

Shen Lang continued, “The needle is in your lungs. It will flow with your blood. If you don’t remove it, you will die when it enters your brain.” 1

Tian Heng was even more surprised and asked in disbelief, “How did you know?”

It was a secret that Tian Heng’s wife did not know too. How could the moron in front of him know? That was strange.

That was extremely abnormal!

Shen Lang said, “I can help you remove it.”

Tian Heng looked at Shen Lang for a long time before saying, “They say you are a moron, but it doesn’t seem like it.”

Shen Lang said, “You have to remove the needle or you will definitely die. Only I can help you remove it.”

“However, the condition is for me to spare your life, right?” Tian Heng said, “You mean you don’t want to know who instructed me to kill you?”

Shen Lang shook his head and said, “I know who it is without needing to ask.”

Tian Heng narrowed his eyes and said, “You are definitely not a moron!”

Then, he shook his head and said, “However, unfortunately, I can’t do this.”

Shen Lang was shocked. Initially, he thought that this was a good deal. Even if someone gave Tian Heng monetary benefits for him to kill Shen Lang, his life was definitely more valuable than money. Shen Lang could save Tian Heng’s life, so Tian Heng had no reason not to agree to the deal and let Shen Lang go.

In this case, there was only one reason.

Tian Heng could not remove the needle in his body since the person who inserted the silver needle into his body was someone he could not oppose.

There must be a story behind this.

However, the trouble came. If Tian Heng could not remove the silver needle, Shen Lang’s medical skills were rendered useless, and he could not strike the deal.

Tian Heng said, “Your younger brother owes us money.”

“My younger brother owes you money?!”

“Three months ago, your father became injured. To save him, your brother loaned five gold coins to hire doctors. Now, with all the interest, he owes us 100 gold coins.”

This was even crueler than loan sharks. The interest was 20 times over a mere three months.

However, Shen Lang did not care about the interest. He was more worried about his dad!

Three months ago, when he entered the Xu family, his father had once made a fuss in the Xu family and wanted to bring Shen Lang home. Eventually, he was chased out by the servant of the Xu family and must have been severely injured. Back then, Shen Lang was a moron and was unaware.

In the past, Shen Lang was hopeless. He fell in love with Xu Qianqian and neglected his parents. A useless man like him did not deserve his parents’ love. 1

“I am burying you alive because your family can’t return the money. This has nothing to do with anyone else, do you understand?” Tian Heng said, “Of course, to make it look more authentic, we will tear your house down and kill your brother and parents too.”

Shen Lang understood that. Someone had paid Tian Heng a sum of money for him to do this. However, he had to find a suitable excuse for all of these. Therefore, the justification for killing the family was to obtain the ransom that they used.

“There are no grudges between us. Moreover, you are not as stupid as rumored,” said Tian Heng, “however, I still have to kill you. I’m sorry.”

Then, he stood up and said, “Beat him up first. Bury him after he dies.”

“Roger.” One of the soldiers went forward, whipped out a knife, and pointed at the bottom of Shen Lang’s throat. They were about to cut his throat and kill him.

“Hold on!” Shen Lang shouted loudly. “How much did the other party pay you? I can give you 10 times more than that. I will give you 1000 gold coins.”

When he said that, the soldier’s knife dug into Shen Lang’s neck three inches above his throat. 1

Tian Heng was stunned. How amazing must Shen Lang have been? He was intelligent. Based on their conversation earlier on, Shen Lang managed to figure out the other party had paid him a hundred gold coins.

“I am very tempted,” said Tian Heng, “really. However… your family is destitute. Your father is still paralyzed on the bed, and your brother’s legs are broken after a beating. You can’t even give me one gold coin, how could you give me 1000 gold coins?”

Everything was due to Shen Lang himself. That was because his foolishness and the cunning Xu family had caused several injuries to his father and brother, threatening their lives.

“In this world, how much money is one gold coin worth?”

An ordinary family could barely earn two gold coins. Using a simple calculation, 1000 gold coins is equivalent to about 2,000,000 Yuan in the modern world.

“This is a huge sum of money. You won’t possibly afford it,” continued Tian Heng.

Shen Lang said, “However, you can make a bet. If you win, you can earn a considerable sum of money. Even if you lose, you can kill me in a few days. This won’t affect the 100 gold coins you will get from the Xu family.”

Tian Heng hesitated. It seemed impossible for Shen Lang to get 1000 gold coins in ten days. However, if he could tell that there was a silver needle in his lungs, that proved that he was indeed extraordinary.

Shen Lang said, “Ten days, 1000 gold coins.”

Tian Heng stared at the handsome face of Shen Lang and hesitated for a long while before finally replying, “Three days. I can only grant you three days!”

Shen Lang understood this. Tian Heng had promised to kill Shen Lang in three days before he could get his 100 gold coins.

“Alright, deal,” said Shen Lang.

Tian Heng said, “Get him out.”

The four warriors got Shen Lang out from the hole. However, they did not have any pen and paper with them.

Shen Lang tore a part of his white silk innerwear and bit his finger. He wrote a receipt with his blood for a debt of 1000 gold coins and signed.

As he wrote the receipt, he cursed internally. “What golden fingers? I’m still penniless, and I still have to depend on gold coins to save my life.”

After taking over the receipt, Tian Heng looked at Shen Lang for a while.

This was the Shen Lang who was rumored to be a moron? How ridiculous.

“1000 gold coins in three days or I will kill you and your entire family,” said Tian Heng, “thirteen, Fourteen, two of you shall protect Mister Shen Lang until he reaches home. Stay with him for these three days.”

“Roger!” said the two warriors.

Then, Tian Heng left with the other three warriors.

“Shen Lang, remember. Three days, 1000 gold coins or I will kill you and your family.”

He could no longer be seen, but Shen Lang could still hear his cold voice.

“No problem.” Shen Lang thought about an idea.

An idea struck him very quickly. Not only was it a method to earn money, but it could also protect his family. Most importantly, he could take revenge against the Xu family!

Hitting three birds with one stone! 2

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