Chen Xinxin said loudly, "I'm not backing down, I just need an adjustment period."
Zhao Ling said, "Alright, we'll give you time to adjust."
Chen Xinxin said, "You have to keep an eye on him and not let him do anything further to me, otherwise if the two of you team up, I'll be eaten alive."
Zhao Ling turned around and hugged Chen Xinxin, saying, "Silly girl, my feelings for you are still irreplaceable by him. At most, we can keep him as a gigolo for now, okay? We can buy him some nice clothes and take him out to show off."
Chen Xinxin chuckled: "That's a good idea. If we can bring back a little more money, it will definitely be a sensation when we attend a classmate or friend's gathering in a few days."
Zhao Ling said to Chen Xinxin, "It's settled then. Hurry up and do your makeup. You like the pure and innocent look, so just wear light makeup."
Chen Xinxin picked up Zhao Ling's perfume and said, "Spray some perfume on me to seduce him."
Zhao Ling stopped her, saying, "No, he doesn't like this smell."
When Zhao Qiang came out of the bathroom, he had already finished washing up. He saw the two women chatting intimately in front of the vanity and went up to ask, "What are you doing today? If there's nothing else, I'm planning to go online."
Zhao Ling asked, "Go online? Do you know how?"
Zhao Qiang said, "If you don't know how, you can teach me. I think the internet is the best way to acquire knowledge."
Chen Xinxin said, "I'll go buy you some clothes first. These clothes are a bit worn out. You insisted on doing moving yesterday and ruined a perfectly good piece of clothing like this."
Zhao Qiang said, "There's no need to buy it. We're not well-off right now. Once I learn how to repair things, we won't have to worry about money anymore."
Zhao Ling chuckled: "Really? I was originally planning to keep you as a gigolo, but it would be great if you could support us."
Zhao Qiang said, "Yes, but I need to study right now."
Zhao Ling said, "Okay, we'll take you to an internet cafe, and you can come shopping with us this afternoon, is that alright?"
Zhao Qiang nodded, and the three of them packed up and went downstairs. They first grabbed breakfast at a random food stall, then headed straight to Golden Coast, the largest internet cafe in Yihai City. Golden Coast's internet cafe was mainly divided into two parts: a regular area where it cost two yuan per hour with no extra services; and a deluxe area with single, double, and quadruple rooms, where handsome men and beautiful women provided high-quality service, though the prices weren't cheap.
Zhao Ling requested three machines in the general hall. Zhao Qiang sat in the middle. He didn't have much of a concept of what a computer could do and was a little nervous when he first touched the mouse. Zhao Ling, who was sitting on his right, said, "Don't be afraid. Move the mouse in the direction the arrow on the screen will take you there. Then, double-click to open whatever content you want."
Zhao Qiang tried it out, then opened the books he had seen in the library that were related to the topic; now he needed to verify them one by one. Chen Xinxin taught Zhao Qiang how to type and search, and in less than five minutes Zhao Qiang was able to use it skillfully on his own. Zhao Ling and Chen Xinxin each logged into QQ, chatting and listening to music while browsing the internet aimlessly.
Zhao Ling asked Chen Xinxin, "What's the situation with that rich guy you hooked up with online last time? Does he still dare to come back?"
Chen Xinxin said, "He hasn't been online for the past two days and hasn't contacted me for a while. I guess he's found another girl."
Zhao Ling cursed, "Damn it, we were hoping to scam him out of some money, but we don't have much money left."
Chen Xinxin said, "Let me check my stocks." Zhao Qiang turned around and asked, "You still buy stocks?"
Chen Xinxin said, "I bought 5,000 yuan worth of shares when I had some extra money, but I got stuck with them. Now they're worth less than 2,000 yuan. I hope they'll go up in the next couple of days. If they can go up to 3,000 yuan, I'll sell them all."
After checking the current market data, Chen Xinxin cursed, "Damn it, it's dropped again. What kind of lousy company is this?"
Zhao Ling said from the right, "Xin Xin, come here quickly. That rich guy from Donghai City wants to video chat with me again. You're innocent yet sexy, very attractive. You're even impersonating me. It would be best if you could trick him into sending us some money."
Chen Xinxin said to Zhao Qiang, "Come to my seat, Zhao Ling and I will sit together."
Zhao Qiang reluctantly changed seats. Now he realized that these two girls were nothing but con artists. Fortunately, they used to only swindle men out of their money, but now they were probably after his looks and were willing to pay him. Heh heh, being a gigolo isn't so bad. The key is that a gigolo needs to have some skills, so Zhao Qiang needs to keep learning.
Chen Xinxin sat down seriously, and then Zhao Ling confirmed the video request. The internet cafe was very fast, and the signal between the two parties was connected very quickly. Chen Xinxin, with the shyness of a well-behaved girl, smiled slightly and greeted, "Hi, handsome, it's nice to see you again."
Zhao Ling put her arm around Chen Xinxin's shoulder, one hand intentionally or unintentionally resting on Chen Xinxin's large breasts. Occasionally, the movement would cause a surge of waves. The man on the other side of the video call stared blankly. The two girls each had their own characteristics. One was so pure that one couldn't help but want to hold her in their arms and protect her, while the other was so mature that one couldn't help but want to press her down on the bed and whip her. In particular, the pure one looked a bit like one of his friends, although not in appearance, only in breasts.
Zhao Ling said sweetly into the microphone, "Handsome guy, you're drooling. Mind your image. In our hearts, you're a diamond prince."
The man opposite wiped his drool and cursed, "Damn it, I'm not in the mood for this today. I need your help with something. If you can do it, you'll enjoy endless riches and glory from now on."
Chen Xinxin said, "Really? With your power, you handsome guy, do you really need our help? We're just weak women, we don't have any ability to help you."
Zhao Ling whispered in Chen Xinxin's ear, "Oh no, this guy might be pretending to be a rich man. Could he be trying to borrow money from us instead?"
Chen Xinxin said, "We're not stupid. Who's going to lend him money? If he dares to ask us for money, I'll tell him to go to hell."
The handsome guy across from them had no idea about the two girls' 'dirty' thoughts. In his mind, the two girls were both unique and gentle, like fairies. If it weren't for the recent major changes, he would have come to meet them long ago. With his wealth, he thought it would be a piece of cake to win over the two girls.
"Yihai is a southern city. I ask you to keep an eye out for a man named Zhao Qiang there. Here is his photo. If you have any news about him, please notify me immediately. This is my phone number. As long as the information you provide is confirmed, each of you will receive a reward of ten million RMB." The handsome man dropped this shocking statement.
Zhao Qiang leaned over and said, "Who is it? Looking for me?"
Zhao Ling shoved Zhao Qiang: "Go away. If you were really worth ten million, I'd sell you right now."
The handsome guy in the video saw Zhao Qiang flash across the screen and asked, "Who is this guy?"
Zhao Ling chuckled: "My younger brother, his name is also Zhao Qiang. Is he the person you're looking for? Don't even mention ten million, we'll sell him to you for five million."
The handsome guy in the video said, "Come over here and have him stand up straight so I can take a look."
Zhao Ling then pulled Zhao Qiang in front of the camera. Zhao Qiang looked at the man in the video and vaguely recognized him, but he just couldn't remember him. Zhao Qiang knew that if he tried to remember, he would get a headache, so he gave up.
The handsome guy in the video yelled, "Damn it, don't try to fool me with random people. This isn't true at all. If you provide false information to mislead me, I'm telling you, you won't get a single penny."
Chen Xinxin took out a notebook and pen from her bag and started copying down the phone number in the chat box. As she copied, she asked, "Your name is Zhang Lingfeng? That's a pretty powerful name. What do you want with Zhao Qiang?"
Zhang Lingfeng said, "You don't need to worry about that. Just write down my number. Notify me immediately if you have any news about him. As long as Zhao Qiang is found, you'll each get an additional 100 million RMB as a reward."
Zhao Ling and Chen Xinxin were dumbfounded: "One hundred million?"
Zhao Ling said, "You're kidding me. How would we know if you have that money?"
Zhang Lingfeng didn't waste any words, "Give me your account information."
Chen Xinxin asked nervously, "What are you doing? We don't have any money."
Zhang Lingfeng said, "Due to certain special reasons, we cannot go to the South to search in person. Therefore, we have placed informants in every city. In Yihai, the only people we can find are the two of you. In order to allow you to focus on helping us find the man named Zhao Qiang in the photo, I will send you 10,000 yuan every month as search expenses."
The two girls were dumbfounded again: "Is this for real? We won't give you a refund if we can't find the person."
Zhang Lingfeng snorted coldly: "Ten thousand yuan is nothing to us. I've said it before, as long as you find Zhao Qiang, let alone one hundred million, even if you ask for ten or a hundred million, we will not hesitate."
Volume 2 [435] Study
【435】Study
Zhao Qiang wasn't interested in the two girls swindling money from men. After standing in front of the camera for a while, he returned to his computer. In that short time, he had already grasped the general outline of the internet. He found an encyclopedia website and was browsing it with great enthusiasm. This was much faster than reading books, and the knowledge it provided was quite extensive.
After an unknown amount of time, the two girls started giggling, attracting the attention of the people surfing the internet around them. When they realized that the two girls were beautiful, they couldn't take their eyes off them. Several people immediately changed seats and sat down around Zhao Ling and Chen Xinxin so they could see them more clearly and even see their white breasts through their cleavage.
A blond young man with a Zhonghua cigarette in his mouth was the first to strike up a conversation. "Hey, beautiful, want a cigarette?" he said, tossing out the cigarette pack. But Zhao Ling and Chen Xinxin ignored him completely. The blond young man had no choice but to take the pack back and say, "Beautiful ladies, let's get to know each other. My name is Liu Kang. You can call me Brother Kang. How about we have lunch together?"
Zhao Ling cursed, "No good at all, get lost!"
Liu Kang jumped up: "Damn it, watch your mouth! If it weren't for the fact that you're women, I would have slapped you!"
Zhao Ling puffed out her chest and said, "You dare?"
The blond young man, provoked, raised his hand and slapped him: "What wouldn't I dare to do? If I slap you, you'd have to apologize to me."
Zhao Ling was not a martial arts expert. The blond young man was right next to her, and with such close proximity and speed, she had no time to dodge. Just as her fair face was about to be struck by his five fingers, the blond young man's hand was suddenly caught in mid-air, and his fierce palm strike was stopped as if it had been clamped by an iron clamp.
Zhao Qiang stood coldly beside Zhao Ling. Zhao Ling hugged Zhao Qiang tightly, rested her face against him, and said, "He bullied me."
Zhao Qiang snorted: "Dude, this woman is under my protection, don't force me to take action."
The blond-haired young man struggled to pull his wrist back, only to find that he was no match for Zhao Qiang. So he immediately decided to slap Zhao Qiang with his other hand, but his movement seemed incredibly slow to Zhao Qiang. Zhao Qiang punched him directly in the face, and the blond-haired young man screamed in agony, crashing into four chairs before finally landing. Blood gushed from his nose, his face was a bloody mess, and he immediately lost sight in one eye.
Zhao Qiang stared at his fist in astonishment. A metal shield had somehow appeared on it. Initially, considering the reaction force from the facial bones, Zhao Qiang had only used a third of his strength in that punch, which shouldn't have produced such power. However, due to the sudden appearance of the metal shield, Liu Kang was about to be disfigured.
Liu Kang and several companions rushed over upon hearing the commotion. However, seeing Liu Kang's miserable state, they couldn't bother dealing with Zhao Qiang. They grabbed him and ran outside, determined to get him to the hospital quickly, knowing that with such rapid and profuse bleeding, he was bound to die.
Zhao Ling and Chen Xinxin were slightly taken aback before cheering and hugging Zhao Qiang, "Yay, Zhao Qiang, you're amazing!"
Zhao Qiang had already hidden his fist behind his back. He used his other hand to feel all over the glove, but there seemed to be no switch. So he could only give the command with his brain. Instantly, the glove disappeared. Only then did Zhao Qiang dare to take his fist out from behind his back. Upon closer inspection, apart from the inconspicuous ring, there was nothing else. Could it be that the ring had turned into a glove to increase the lethality of his punch?
Chen Xinxin stroked Zhao Qiang's fist and asked, "Does it hurt?" Neither of them noticed anything unusual about Zhao Qiang's fist.
Zhao Qiang shook his head: "It didn't hurt at all. I only used three-tenths of my strength. If I had used ten-tenths, I would have smashed his head."
Zhao Ling said, "Luckily you didn't use your full strength, otherwise you would have become a murderer. Let's hurry up and leave, those people will definitely come back for revenge later."
The three hurriedly paid the bill and left. Actually, Zhao Qiang was engrossed in watching the game and didn't want to leave at all, so he was a little reluctant to go after leaving the internet cafe. Chen Xinxin and Zhao Ling each grabbed his arm. At this moment, Zhao Qiang was even more precious in their eyes. He was handsome and good at fighting. It was hard to find a man like him. "What's wrong, Zhao Qiang? Are you unhappy?"
Zhao Qiang said, "Let's go to another internet cafe. I still have a lot of things to look at."
Zhao Ling said, "Okay, but Xin Xin, you need to tone down your chest a bit, it's too eye-catching for men."
Chen Xinxin said, "Then you should cover your face too, you'll be even more attractive to men." The two women laughed and complained to each other.
They went to another small internet cafe. There were fewer people there, and they chose a corner. The two girls were also trying to hide themselves, so they didn't attract the attention of other men. Zhao Qiang was still sitting between the two girls, who were clinging to him. Chen Xinxin said, "Quickly log into your online banking and check your balance. That idiot Zhang Lingfeng said he transferred 10,000 yuan to us and will transfer 10,000 yuan to us every month. How can there really be such an idiot?"
Zhao Ling pulled out a USB key from her bag. Chen Xinxin entered her account information, logged in, and immediately clicked on the balance. "Ah!" the two girls screamed. The account, which originally only had a few yuan, actually had an extra ten thousand yuan!
Zhao Ling said, "No way, we don't need to give anything in return, and they didn't even ask for nude chat. This 10,000 yuan is just a waste of money."
Chen Xinxin said, "No, that's not right. Since he can give 10,000 yuan, then if we find the man named Zhao Qiang in the photo, we might actually get 10 billion."
Zhao Ling said, "What kind of man is so valuable? If I find him, I'll definitely marry him."
Chen Xinxin chimed in, "Me too."
After they finished speaking, they secretly glanced at Zhao Qiang sitting next to them. Finally, Zhao Ling sighed and said, "Okay, I admit I'm mercenary. I won't marry him. I feel more at ease with Zhao Qiang in front of me."
Chen Xinxin chuckled: "There's nothing I can do, we're good friends, so I have no choice but to follow your lead."
In fact, Zhao Qiang didn't listen to what the two of them were discussing at all. He was busy looking at materials. These online e-book libraries were full of pictures and texts, which were really good places to learn. If he could copy most of the mechanical and electrical drawings into his brain and use X-ray glasses, wouldn't repairs be incredibly easy?
Zhao Qiang meticulously reviewed the documents. The two girls initially chatted with others, but later realized that it wouldn't be easy to find another fool like Zhang Lingfeng, so they lost interest. The two girls huddled together to discuss how to spend the suddenly appearing 10,000 yuan. Zhao Ling said, "Let's buy clothes and cosmetics and dress Zhao Qiang up nicely too."
Chen Xinxin said, "I think we should set aside most of the money to find Zhao Qiang, the one Zhang Lingfeng wants, not because we're afraid of losing that fool's money, but because we might make a bigger fortune."
Zhao Ling said, "Don't be silly. If we can find that person, we might still have a share."
Chen Xinxin said, "I have a feeling that we might actually be able to find him."
Zhao Ling said, "Alright, tell me how to find it? Print out flyers and post them all over the streets?"
Chen Xinxin shook her head: "That's not appropriate. If others find out, we won't have any chance to make money."
Zhao Ling said, "So I think this is something that can only be encountered by chance. If we really run into him, we'll contact that fool immediately and collect his money. If we don't run into him, we'll still earn 10,000 yuan a month, which is much less effort than going out and cheating men."
The two girls didn't consider at all whether the person next to them named Zhao Qiang was related to the person Zhang Lingfeng was looking for. In their minds, it was completely unrelated. Firstly, the name was the same because the surname 'Zhao' was taken from Zhao Ling's surname, and the character 'Qiang' was just randomly chosen from a book. What a coincidence! Even if it were such a coincidence, Zhang Lingfeng had seen Zhao Qiang in person, and he had denied it outright. Therefore, the two girls had no reason to doubt Zhao Qiang's identity.
Zhao Qiang watched until noon before stopping. He was hungry, otherwise he would have continued watching. The two girls had already taken a nap while leaning on Zhao Qiang. When Zhao Qiang agreed to leave, the two girls cheered and ran over to pay the bill. However, because Chen Xinxin ran too fast, her chest jiggled excessively, attracting the attention of several men. Fortunately, the two girls left immediately, otherwise who knows what might have happened.
The three of them first ran to the street and found an ATM to withdraw four thousand yuan. Then they found a decent restaurant, ordered eighteen dishes, and had a big meal. Zhao Qiang was a big eater, which made the restaurant owner run out to buy steamed buns three times. He also ate all the two large basins of rice that he had steamed at noon.
Zhao Qiang was full and satisfied, so the afternoon was left to the two girls. This time, Zhao Qiang was as listless as a wilted eggplant, while the two girls chattered excitedly, visiting one boutique after another, trying on clothes one by one without getting tired of it, and always asking Zhao Qiang if they looked good. Zhao Qiang had no aesthetic sense and could only nod haphazardly.
The four thousand yuan was gone after the three of them bought themselves a complete set of brand-name clothes. And that was after picking the cheapest items. Zhao Ling and Chen Xinxin didn't feel the pinch at all and went out to get another four thousand. They were always the type to spend every penny they had, so why wouldn't they spend the ten thousand yuan they had earned for free? After buying some kitchenware for the upstairs, they bought a computer for a thousand yuan at the computer market. The configuration was pretty good. Then they got a wireless internet card so that Zhao Qiang wouldn't have to go to the internet cafe to study, and he could make use of his evenings.