Chapter Twenty-Four 'Dog Chain'

  Lin Xueqi's eyes, which were about to sulk, suddenly rolled around and then returned to their smiling state. She suddenly drew closer to Zhao Yang, grasped one of his arms, and coquettishly said: "Zhao Yang, I know you're the most generous and best. Will you give me that dog chain? Won't you? Won't you?"

  Pfft!

  Zhao Yang almost spat out his saliva. His whole body couldn't help but shudder, and he looked at Lin Xueqi beside him with a strange gaze.

  "Hey, what's wrong with you? You're being so annoying that I'm getting goosebumps all over!"

  Lin Xueqi was furious, but she still endured it and put on a coquettish expression, pouting and saying: "Hateful! How can you say such things about me? Zhao Yang, why don't you just give that dog chain to me? It's perfect timing since I'm planning to raise a little puppy."

  Seeing Lin Xueqi being so 'into character', Zhao Yang rolled his eyes, especially after taking a look at the so-called 'dog chain' in her mouth, he was even more speechless.

  "Alright, alright, I admit I'm afraid of you. Can you please speak normally? Your tone is so annoying that it's freezing me to death!"

  "Besides, who told you this was a dog chain? If it were a dog chain, wouldn't that punk Black Tiger who just wore it become a dog?"

  Zhao Yang silently said.

  Lin Xueqi smiled and said, "This chain is so thick, it's not for tying up dogs, what's it used for? Hurry up and give it to me! If you give it to me, I won't be angry with you."

  Lin Xueqi said as she shook Zhao Yang's arm and pouted.

  "Alright, alright. Stop shaking, here, take it, I'm giving it to you." Zhao Yang hastily handed the thick gold chain he had taken from Hei Hu's neck to Lin Xueqi.

  This old lady was really unbearable when she started nagging, making Zhao Yang feel very uncomfortable all over.

  "Yes! Got the dog chain! Tomorrow I'll go buy a small dog and bring it back to raise, hehe!" Lin Xueqi made a triumphant gesture with her hands, holding the thick chain, feeling very satisfied.

  "I say, you're not really planning on using this chain to tie up a dog, are you?" Zhao Yang couldn't help but ask.

  "This time Lin Xueqi has recovered normally, humming: "Not giving? Humming, now it's mine. You don't see how suitable this is as a chain to tie up a dog."

  Zhao Yang could only remain silent in response...

  After a careful count, the loot from those thugs wasn't bad at all. Just in cash alone, they made nearly ten thousand bucks, not to mention a pile of rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and whatnot.

  Of course, the most valuable one is still that gold watch looted from Hei Hu. Apart from this, it's that golden 'dog chain' extorted from Lin Xueqi...

  "Zhou Yang, what are you going to do with all these things?" Lin Xueqi fiddled with the thick gold chain in her hand and pointed at the pile of ornaments.

  "Just sell them off in these two days. Anyway, these things are of no use to me, and it's better to get some money for them."

  Zhao Yang said. Although the nearly ten thousand yuan in cash obtained from robbery made Zhao Yang's financial situation more relaxed, he currently does not have a stable source of income. Money is naturally better to have more of. Moreover, if he wants to continue searching for those things that contain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to accelerate his cultivation, he must also have enough money.

  "If you're going to sell it, why not let me help you deal with it? I happen to know someone who runs a gold shop, and these things should all be able to be sold. Otherwise, if you recklessly take this pile of gold jewelry to sell, who knows if you'll be ruthlessly lowballed?" Lin Xueqi said.

  Zhao Yang thought for a moment, and indeed. He didn't have any connections himself, so if Lin Xueqi had an acquaintance who could help, that would be great. So he nodded and said, "Then thank you."

  Lin Xueqi smiled and shook the golden chain on her head, saying: "After all, I also benefited from your light, got a chain for nothing. As they say, take advantage of others' strengths, help you with this small matter is what should be done! You can rest assured to hand these things over to me to handle, guaranteeing that you won't lose out!"

  Zhao Yang smiled and said, "Alright, I'll leave it to you then."

  "Hmm? Right, when the time comes, will the money from selling be directly transferred to your bank card or brought back in cash?" Lin Xueqi asked.

  "Let's just transfer it directly to my bank card instead."

  "En, xíng!" Lin Xueqi nodded.

  "Eh, right, Zhao Yang, there's something I've been wanting to ask you." Lin Xueqi suddenly spoke up.

  "What's wrong?" Zhao Yang looked at her and asked.

  "Hmm, this house is your home, how come I've lived here for over a year and never seen you return? And what's with the things you said to Auntie Li downstairs that day when you suddenly came back, something about a doctor and waking up, what's going on?"

  She had always been curious about this, but hadn't asked before because she wasn't as close to Zhao Yang back then and was also annoyed that he had taken advantage of her multiple times. Today, she finally had the chance and couldn't help but ask.

  Zhao Yang hesitated for a moment, and since this matter wasn't something that couldn't be shared with others, he spoke frankly: "Actually, two years ago I was in an unexpected car accident and became a vegetable, staying in the hospital for treatment. It wasn't until more than half a month ago that I woke up."

  "What? A vegetable!"

  Lin Xueqi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, looking at Zhao Yang with some astonishment.

  "It doesn't matter, anyway it's all over now. Besides, good and bad fortune are intertwined, who can say clearly what is good or bad? The only thing that makes me regretful is that grandpa passed away while I was unconscious..."

  Zhao Yang's expression was somewhat gloomy.

  The fact is also as he said, the car accident was indeed unclear whether it was a disaster or a blessing for him. Although the car accident made him a vegetable and slept for two years, it also allowed his soul to cross into a vast, mysterious, and strange world like "Diyuan Xianlu" where he experienced more than 500 years of cultivation that ordinary people cannot imagine.

  "Who would have thought that such an unfortunate thing happened to you." The girl was always more prone to overflowing sympathy, and Lin Xueqi was no exception at this moment.

  "Look at you now, you're only about as old as I am. Weren't you just eighteen or nineteen when you had the car accident?"

  "Hmm. At that time I was only eighteen years old, just finished the college entrance exam, haha." Zhao Yang smiled.

  Lin Xueqi nodded and couldn't help but ask: "Then what are you going to do in the future? Your grandfather is also gone, leaving only you alone..."

  "What can I do, life has to go on." Zhao Yang shrugged and said: "My grandfather helped me fill out the application for H University after my car accident and applied for a leave of absence. After two days, when H University starts school, I will go to H University to study. It's also fulfilling my grandfather's last wish!"

  "What's wrong?" Lin Xueqi opened her eyes wide and stared at Zhao Yang in surprise.

  Zhao Yang smiled slightly and said, "What's wrong, are you surprised? You should also be a student of H University, right?"

  Zhao Yang had already made a guess about this. After all, Lin Xueqi was only around 20 years old and hadn't been seen going to work in the past two days, so it was probably that she was a student at H University.

  "Uh-huh." Lin Xueqi nodded repeatedly, and the next moment she couldn't help but burst out laughing: "I really didn't expect that you would also be a student of H University, which means you've become my junior now?"

  "Come on, little brother, call me sister first, hehe!" Lin Xueqi smiled at Zhao Yang.

  Zhao Yang looked at Lin Xueqi with a wry smile and shook his head, "When the new semester starts, you should be in your junior year, right? Strictly speaking, we should be from the same batch!"

  "How did you know I'm going to be a junior?" Lin Xueqi was somewhat surprised.

  Zhao Yang shrugged and said, "Isn't that simple? You've already lived here for over a year, just calculate it and you'll know."

  "Ah, yeah!"

  After learning that Zhao Yang was also a student of H University, Lin Xueqi had more common language with Zhao Yang, and Zhao Yang himself had nothing to do, so the two chatted on the sofa until late at night, until almost eleven o'clock when Zhao Yang stopped because he had to go back to his room for evening study.