Chapter 57: White Jade Beauty

"Just by yourselves?"

Chen Dabao sneered, a look of utter disdain on his face.

There were only twenty or thirty of them. If the number were doubled, it might have been a bit tricky, but with just this handful, Chen Dabao didn't take them seriously at all.

"Master Ma, this brat is quite arrogant!"

"Heh, let's teach him a harsh lesson and see if his fists are harder or his mouth is!"

"Stop wasting breath on him! Since this brat refuses to submit, we'll beat him until he does!"

A group of ruffians in uniforms looked arrogant, completely disregarding Chen Dabao on his own. Eager to make a contribution, one of them lunged forward and fiercely swung a slap toward Chen Dabao's face.

"Idiot!"

Chen Dabao sneered, suddenly raising his hand. Moving with blinding speed, he delivered a savage slap straight across the ruffian's face.

With a miserable shriek, the ruffian was sent flying, his mouth full of blood.

"Ah!"

Flying two or three meters away, the ruffian was left dizzy and disoriented, rolling on the ground several times before coming to a stop.

"Damn it!"

The other ruffians were both shocked and furious, not expecting Chen Dabao to strike first.

In this herbal medicine market district, they were always the ones bullying others. When had anyone ever dared to bully them?

Ma Wei's expression darkened. He spat his cigarette fiercely onto the ground and roared viciously, "Brat, you're fucking looking for death! Get him, beat the crap out of him for me!"

"If anyone gets killed, I'll take responsibility!"

At Ma Wei's command, the group of ruffians howled and charged at Chen Dabao.

"Swish!"

Chen Dabao's eyes narrowed as he charged forward instantly. Before two ruffians could even react, they were sent flying by the impact. In a flash, he reached Ma Wei and delivered another brutal slap across Ma Wei's face.

"Slap!"

"Ah!"

Ma Wei let out a miserable scream. Before he even understood what was happening, he was sent flying by the blow. Immediately after, Chen Dabao snatched a steel pipe from someone's hand, let out a light 'hmph,' and exerted force with both arms to twist it fiercely.

"Crack!"

The steel pipe was instantly twisted into the shape of a dough twist.

"Who else wants to come and die?"

Chen Dabao casually tossed the steel pipe aside and let out a furious roar. The group of ruffians froze abruptly, looking at each other with cold sweat pouring down. Good grief, that was a solid steel pipe!

For this kid to twist a steel pipe into a dough twist was simply terrifying.

Ma Wei trembled all over, almost pissing his pants. Since Chen Dabao was this badass, if he wanted to twist Ma Wei's neck, wouldn't it snap just like that dough twist with a loud crack?

"It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"

Ma Wei knew in his heart that he had run into a martial artist—and not just any ordinary one, but a genuine master of the discipline.

"All of you, stop!"

Ma Wei roared in a panic. He didn't even need to shout twice; the group of ruffians had already lost their nerve. None of them dared to make a move, standing off to the side with their tails tucked between their legs, not even daring to meet Chen Dabao's gaze.

"A misunderstanding? Now you know it's a misunderstanding?"

Chen Dabao grabbed Ma Wei by the collar, lifting the old bastard up as easily as an eagle snatching a chick.

"Big Brother, I was blind and failed to recognize Mount Tai. Please spare me! Take your herbs, and I'll refund your money!" Ma Wei secretly cursed his terrible luck today for provoking such a formidable star of disaster. He hurriedly yelled at the middle-aged man, "Idiot, why aren't you refunding this gentleman's money right now?!"

"Yes, yes!"

The middle-aged man wore a bitter expression as he frantically dug eighteen thousand yuan out from beneath the counter. Today had truly been an attempt to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice—his luck had hit absolute rock bottom.

He had lost a Blood Ganoderma for nothing, and his shop had even been smashed up, resulting in catastrophic losses.

"Consider yourself sensible!"

Chen Dabao couldn't be bothered to waste words with these scumbags. Taking back his money and the Blood Ganoderma, he casually released his grip, causing Ma Wei to land heavily on his backside, and mounted his motorcycle to leave.

He couldn't be bothered arguing further with Ma Wei and his gang. These people had undoubtedly been selling fake herbs and scamming people for a long time. The most Chen Dabao could do was teach Ma Wei a lesson; there was only so much else he could manage.

Outside Baozhilin, quite a few people nodded approvingly in secret.

That bastard Ma Wei had finally run into a tough character. He deserved this stroke of bad luck.

"Bad luck!"

"You bastards keep your eyes wide open from now on! Don't you have any sense of who you can provoke and who you can't?" Once Chen Dabao had left, Ma Wei cursed the middle-aged man bloody.

"Today's losses will be deducted from your share!"

The middle-aged man wore a bitter grimace. Good grief, hundreds of thousands in losses had just fallen squarely on his head.

Meanwhile!

Chen Dabao rode his motorcycle back toward Qingshan Town. Just as he reached the town and prepared to head toward Taohua Village, he caught sight of Bai Yu stepping off the rural bus in the distance and walking toward a noodle shop by the roadside.

"Xiaoyu!"

Chen Dabao twisted the throttle and rode his motorcycle over.

"Big Brother Dabao?"

Bai Yu turned her head, and when she saw Chen Dabao, her lovely eyes instantly lit up.

Looking at Bai Yu, Chen Dabao's eyes lit up as well. Bai Yu was dressed simply in a white T-shirt and jeans. Beneath the T-shirt, her chest heaved with rolling, towering peaks, cascading down into a waist as slender as a weeping willow.

They say a woman's waist is a killing blade, and Bai Yu's waistline was absolute perfection.

Below the white T-shirt were a pair of slender, beautiful legs—so straight and long that it was impossible to look away.

Though Bai Yu was dressed ordinarily, her face and figure were top-tier, pure and radiant.

"Xiaoyu, that guy surnamed Huo isn't harassing you anymore, is he?"

Chen Dabao asked.

"No, Sister Anni transferred me to another shop. He still thinks I was fired." Bai Yu shook her head and actively invited Chen Dabao into her home. "Big Brother Dabao, come inside and sit. I'll brew you some tea!"

"No need to go through all that trouble, I'll be leaving right away!"

Chen Dabao glanced around Bai Yu's home. Her house was a street-front commercial storefront in town; the ground floor was used for business, while the second and third floors served as living quarters.

The storefront was somewhat dilapidated, with quite a few black oil stains on the floor. It seemed the morning business must have been fairly decent.

"Xiaoyu, is this your friend? *Cough, cough!*"

Just then, a middle-aged woman with graying hair walked out and smiled kindly at Chen Dabao.

Chen Dabao took a closer look, and his brow furrowed.

"Mom, this is Chen Dabao from Taohua Village. He used to be the first key-university student in our village!" Bai Yu nimbly poured a glass of water for Chen Dabao and introduced them.

"So it's Dabao. You've been through a lot, but it's good that you're better now. The bitter days are finally over!" The middle-aged woman looked at Chen Dabao and said with emotion.

Chen Dabao's misfortune had been widely discussed not only in Taohua Village but throughout the entire Qingshan Town.

A promising key-university student beaten until he became foolish, with both parents deceased—it truly made one sigh with sorrow.

"Auntie, I've already recovered." Chen Dabao nodded, then looked seriously at Bai Yu and asked, "Xiaoyu, does your mother have lung cancer?"

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the four diagnostic methods: looking, listening, asking, and feeling the pulse. Observing that Bai Yu's mother had a deficient vital energy and withered spirit, sunken cheeks, a hoarse voice when coughing, combined with dry and rough skin, Chen Dabao recognized these as signs of severe pulmonary illness.

"Big Brother Dabao, how did you know?"

Bai Yu widened her lovely eyes, asking in sheer disbelief.