At her age, she's experienced everything. Just from the sounds coming from the bedroom, she knew everything. So naturally, she wouldn't waste time talking nonsense with Zhou Ziwei.
Gu Dongfeng was still locked in his studio, and it seemed he wouldn't be out for a while. Zhou Ziwei, shameless as ever, nodded to Gu Dongfeng's wife, mumbled that he was going to buy something on the street, and then, like a stray dog, he hurriedly left with his head down...
A short walk from the door leads to a bustling commercial street, so Zhou Ziwei decided not to drive and walked there instead. After walking along the street for a while and comparing several options, he finally chose a clothing store that looked decent and went inside.
But as soon as he entered the room, he saw a dark object fly down from mid-air and smash it straight at his head.
Holy crap... there's an assassin!
Upon being attacked, Zhou Ziwei immediately became fully alert. In his panic, he reached out and grabbed the object firmly in his hand, only to be surprised to find that it was actually a black bra.
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 165: Get Out!
Zhou Ziwei, both amused and exasperated, clutched the "hidden weapon" that had attacked him and looked up. He immediately saw two fierce-looking men chasing a disheveled woman inside a clothing store.
The woman wandered around the clothing store, grabbing whatever clothes, mannequins, and cardboard boxes she could reach and throwing them at the two men behind her without any rhyme or reason, quickly turning the store into a complete mess.
The clothing store wasn't very big, only about 200 square meters, but because there were a lot of goods displayed and many winding aisles, coupled with the woman's harassment, the two men chasing behind, though panting heavily, were unable to catch up.
Several sales clerks in uniform, along with a stylishly dressed middle-aged woman, were all gathered behind the cash register, none of them daring to come out and meddle.
The sales clerks seemed to be watching the show with a mix of tension and excitement, while the middle-aged woman's face looked like a wilted eggplant. Every time the woman being chased grabbed a piece of clothing and threw it, the makeup on the middle-aged woman's face, which could no longer conceal the pain, became even more pronounced.
The middle-aged woman couldn't resist reaching for the phone on the counter several times, but after glancing at the two menacing-looking men, she dejectedly lowered her hand, letting out only a helpless sigh.
After Zhou Ziwei understood the situation, he realized it wasn't directed at him, so he didn't intend to get involved. Just as he was about to turn around and leave to buy clothes for Liu Xiaofei at another clothing store, he saw the disheveled woman suddenly exclaim in surprise, waving at him from a distance and shouting, "Mr. Zhou... help... help me!"
When Zhou Ziwei saw that the woman actually knew his surname, he was slightly taken aback. He quickly doubled his vision and looked carefully at the disheveled woman not far away. He then realized that although he was not very familiar with this woman, she was not a complete stranger either.
It was the owner of the room he had accidentally stumbled into while running naked on his way back from the Bat Cave.
The sexy young woman who had urinated in front of him for a long time in a daze, and later mistook Zhou Ziwei for her deceased husband.
Zhou Ziwei always felt a sense of goodwill and guilt towards this infatuated woman. Last time, in order to avoid being discovered by her as a stranger who had mistakenly entered the room, he had no choice but to use an amoeba to change his appearance and transform into the look of the young woman's deceased husband, which added to the young woman's longing and pain.
Zhou Ziwei and this young woman didn't have any prior connection, and Zhou Ziwei didn't want to cause any trouble, which is why he hadn't taken the initiative to contact her. Now that he'd encountered her being bullied in this clothing store, and that the young woman had taken the initiative to ask him for help, he naturally couldn't ignore it.
As for the fact that the young woman knew him and knew that his surname was Zhou, that's not surprising.
A few days ago, Sun Xiaoyu and Zhu Junli provided Zhou Ziwei with layers of protection and installed countless cameras and devices throughout the hotel building, which caused quite a stir for the entire hotel. It's estimated that at that time, no one in the hotel, whether employee or guest, didn't recognize Zhou Ziwei.
After shouting, the disheveled girl rushed towards Zhou Ziwei from a nearby aisle. In order to block a vicious man from chasing her, she even pushed over a row of shelves, almost smashing the vicious man into a pie.
The young woman rushed over and immediately hid behind Zhou Ziwei, instinctively wrapping her arms around his waist. Her upper body was almost entirely pressed against his back as she breathed heavily and pleaded in a low voice, "Mr. Zhou... please... save me..."
Zhou Ziwei felt the young woman's full breasts pressed tightly against his body from behind. With her panting, the two incredibly elastic peaks rolled back and forth on his back as if giving him a massage, making Zhou Ziwei, who had just tasted the pleasures of a woman, feel hot all over.
Zhou Ziwei coughed awkwardly, took a small half-step forward to maintain a safe distance from the young woman, and then asked in a deep voice, "Oh... what happened? Why are they chasing you?"
When the young woman saw Zhou Ziwei directly ask her what happened without asking who she was, or even push her away, a glimmer of hope rose in her heart. Seeing that the two fierce-looking men had caught up with her, she hurriedly whispered, "They are thugs employed by a local jadeite rough dealer. I... I've been illegally detained by them for several days. I just managed to escape, but before I could call the police, they cornered me in this clothing store... Please save me... If they catch me again, they'll beat me to death."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziwei immediately recalled how a few days ago, a group of fierce-looking guys suddenly went to the hotel and blocked off the stairwell and elevator, claiming they were searching for some woman. In the end, it was a burly man with thick eyebrows who came to deliver a cross-shaped dart to Zhou Ziwei on behalf of Wu Di who chased them away with a few words.
At that time, Zhou Ziwei noticed that the young woman was hiding under the bar in the lobby. He guessed that those people were looking for her, but he already had a lot on his plate and didn't want to have anything to do with her, so he didn't take the initiative to stand up for her.
But now that he had stumbled upon this matter, Zhou Ziwei sensed the young woman's panic and anxiety. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, recalling the scene when the young woman was only wearing a nightgown without any bra and was tightly embracing him while he was naked. He thought to himself that he should repay some of the kindness he felt for that embrace today!
So Zhou Ziwei turned around, smiled gently at the young woman, and nodded, saying, "Don't worry! With me here, no one will dare to bully you anymore."
After Zhou Ziwei finished speaking, he took the initiative to go to meet the two arrogant thugs, while the disheveled young woman stood there blankly, as if struck by lightning, not moving at all...
What a familiar phrase...
Luan Yuqing would never forget the confident and proud look on her fiancé's face when he said those words to her.
It was those words he said that completely captured Luan Yuqing's heart, making her fall hopelessly in love with him.
The second time, it was still those same words that led Luan Yuqing to finally walk down the aisle with her beloved, only to be separated by the divide between the living and the dead...
Now another man said the same thing to her, and it felt so familiar and warm. For a moment, Luan Yuqing had a strange feeling, as if her fiancé had not died, as if he had appeared in front of her again when she needed him most...
The two thugs, looking like fierce demons, felt as if their dignity had been insulted when they saw this thin, weak young man dare to defend the woman and even block their way. They looked at Zhou Ziwei with cold faces, and the one in the lead said with a sneer, "We are Mr. Qiao's men. This woman stole Mr. Qiao's things... If you don't want to cause trouble, you'd better get as far away as possible. Don't provoke me, or I'll blow your ass out when I get angry."
Zhou Ziwei originally wanted to have a good talk with the two people. No matter what, he needed to find out the whole story first. If the young woman did something first, he could make her return the other person's things so that the matter could be resolved completely.
But now, upon hearing the two thugs threaten to violate his anus, Zhou Ziwei's expression turned cold. He took a small step forward, grabbed one of them with each hand, and swung him around in a circle. Instantly, the two burly men, like two chicks, were caught in a tangle in mid-air, dazed and confused. Before they could even understand what was happening, Zhou Ziwei shouted, "Get lost!" The two men then transformed into human-shaped bowling balls, rolling straight forward along the ground. With a crash, they smashed through a glass door, rolled onto the street, knocked over two bicycles parked at the entrance, and a trash can on the roadside. They then crossed the road, rolling until they finally stopped at the curb on the other side.
Fortunately, there weren't many cars on the street at that time. Otherwise, if they had hit a passing car while rolling across the road, those two would have had no chance of winning.
The technique Zhou Ziwei used when he grabbed the two men was very clever. In just a moment, he had them entangled together. Even after rolling a long distance, their hands and feet remained intertwined, still resembling a human bowling ball. This amazed passersby, and some tourists couldn't wait to take out their digital cameras and snap photos.
The sales clerks and the owner of the clothing store, as well as the sexy young woman Luan Yuqing, were completely stunned.
Although Luan Yuqing had long known that Zhou Ziwei was no ordinary person, when she saw that "Ninth Brother" had sent more than a dozen people sent by Mr. Qiao to kill her to flee in disgrace with just one sentence, and when Ninth Brother faced Zhou Ziwei, he was filled with awe as a primary school student facing a teacher, Luan Yuqing guessed that Zhou Ziwei must be a very important person.
Or perhaps he's a big shot operating on the Yunnan border, maybe even the legendary "Fifth Brother".
However, Luan Yuqing never expected that Zhou Ziwei, who looked so thin, would be so ruthless. The two fierce thugs were no match for Zhou Ziwei, and they were completely at his mercy, without any chance to resist.
Zhou Ziwei himself was also trying this method for the first time, which combines his own strength with the technique of using the opponent's force in Niu-style Tai Chi, and he felt very good about it.
It's always better to use your own power... Constantly relying on converting other people's power for your own use... While that's less strenuous, it's also quite restrictive. It's nowhere near as free and unrestricted as using your own power...
After continuous physical strengthening over this period, Zhou Ziwei's strength has almost reached the limit that an ordinary person can achieve through fitness. If Zhou Ziwei were to participate in a weightlifting competition now, winning a championship would probably be no problem at all.
Although Zhou Ziwei may not be stronger than all weightlifters in terms of sheer power, he has the advantage of being relatively light, and weightlifting competitions are divided into different weight classes.
Given Zhou Ziwei's strength, he might not be the strongest in the highest weight class, but in the lower weight classes, he would definitely be able to sweep through a group of opponents.
His own strength was already considerable, and when combined with the principles of using the opponent's force in Niu-style Tai Chi, Zhou Ziwei's attacks became not only twice as effective but also more free and unrestrained. This feeling was naturally incomparable to when he was limited by his own physical abilities.
Are you alright?
After throwing the two thugs out, Zhou Ziwei clapped his hands, turned to look at Luan Yuqing, smiled slightly, and said, "We can talk about it later... Hmm... Your clothes are dirty, perfect... The clothes here seem to have some nice styles, why don't you just pick one out here! I'll pay the bill later."
"Ah...this...this is too much trouble."
Upon hearing this, Luan Yuqing finally came to her senses and immediately smiled sheepishly. Then, she looked down at her dirty clothes, which were torn in several places, and knew that she was not presentable in this state. She quickly changed her words and said, "Well... thank you, Mr. Zhou... I'll just pick out any clothes."
Zhou Ziwei nodded and said, "It's okay, the clothes in this clothing store don't look too expensive, so feel free to choose whatever you like, no need to save me money... Oh... I also need to ask you to help me pick out another set of women's clothes, um... she's a little taller than you and a little thinner... could you help her choose something? By the way... I need all kinds of clothes, from underwear to outerwear..."
Zhou Ziwei was originally struggling with how to choose clothes for Liu Xiaofei, but now that there was a woman readily available to help, he figured he might as well make the most of it.
Upon seeing this, the clothing store owner immediately emerged from behind the cashier, rushed to Zhou Ziwei, and burst into tears, saying, "Sir, look... what your girlfriend has done to my little shop! I... she threw all my clothes on the floor and dirtied them, how am I supposed to sell them now... Mr. Zhou... you seem like a person of status, you wouldn't deny the damage, would you? Oh... if you feel my losses are hard to calculate... or if you're worried I'm trying to extort you, perhaps... I could make a call and ask some police officers to help us calculate it?"
The proprietress was also a sharp-eyed and quick-witted person, and she could naturally tell that Zhou Ziwei and Luan Yuqing were not locals. Although Zhou Ziwei's fighting strength was surprisingly strong, she was afraid of the local semi-professional and semi-amateur thugs and hooligans, but she was not afraid of outsiders like Zhou Ziwei.
Even if you're an outsider with exceptional skills and can defy the local underworld, you still need to be somewhat afraid of officials, right? The proprietress happened to have a minor but powerful backer in the government, which is why she dared to come out and say these half-negotiations, half-threats to Zhou Ziwei, trying to get some money from him to compensate for her losses.
Zhou Ziwei was not as easy to talk to as she had imagined. Hearing this, he snorted coldly and said, "When those two guys were harassing my friend here, why didn't you call some police officers to maintain order? Now that the bad guys have been driven away, you've got some nerve... Go ahead and call whoever you want, and see if you can extort a single penny from me."
"Fine...you said it yourself...I'd like to see if there's any law left in this world."
The proprietress angrily ran to the cashier to make a phone call.
Zhou Ziwei then waved to Luan Yuqing and said, "Hey you... come on... let's go to another clothing store to buy clothes. This shop owner doesn't want to do business with us, so let's not let her get away with it."
Upon hearing this, Luan Yuqing responded with an "Oh," and hurriedly returned, following closely behind Zhou Ziwei as they walked towards the door. As they walked, she whispered, "Mr. Zhou, I... my surname is Luan, and my name is Luan Yuqing."
“Hmm… Miss Luan…” Zhou Ziwei nodded expressionlessly and said, “I need you to tell me what happened again later. If you really did steal something, then I… can’t protect you. Of course… it was wrong of them to illegally detain you. I didn’t get involved in this matter, but now that I’m involved, I will do my best to help you resolve it. Don’t worry, just say what you need to say. However… if you dare to lie to me… then don’t blame me for abandoning you.”
Upon hearing this, Luan Yuqing quickly replied, "Don't worry, I, Luan Yuqing, know right from wrong and would never deceive Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Ziwei glanced at Luan Yuqing but didn't say anything more.
Although he felt somewhat guilty and had some affection for Luan Yuqing, he wouldn't do anything irrational for her.
Of course... Zhou Ziwei dared to meddle in this matter mainly because he had absolute support. Putting aside his own strength, he believed that with the help of Wu Di's influence, no one in this small county town could do anything to him, so he naturally didn't have to worry about anything.
"Hey... don't go... you messed up my things, and you think you can just let it go like that?" The feisty proprietress perked up again when she saw Zhou Ziwei and Luan Yuqing about to leave. She put her hands on her hips and blocked the doorway, pointing her bushy eyebrows at Luan Yuqing's nose and saying, "You little hussy... why did you have to run into my shop? Now look what you've done, and you think you can just let it go like this? No way."
Although the proprietress was certain that Zhou Ziwei and Luan Yuqing were both from out of town and wouldn't dare to cause trouble, she was still a little intimidated after seeing Zhou Ziwei punish the two thugs. Therefore, she only addressed Luan Yuqing when she spoke and didn't dare to include Zhou Ziwei in her conversation.
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 166: Fighting Evil with Evil
Although the proprietress didn't dare to directly provoke Zhou Ziwei, since Zhou Ziwei had decided to get involved in this matter, he naturally wouldn't let anyone else bully Luan Yuqing. So he snorted coldly and asked, "Oh... then tell me... what do you want?"
When the proprietress heard Zhou Ziwei say this, she thought that this outsider really wouldn't dare to cause any more trouble, and she suddenly became even more arrogant. After hesitating for a moment, she held up three fingers and said, "She has to pay me at least this much, otherwise this matter is not over."
Zhou Ziwei pursed his lips and said, "What... do you want her to pay you three thousand?"
“Three thousand my foot!” The proprietress glared and said, “At least thirty thousand, or I’ll call the police to talk to her right now… Let me tell you… my cousin is a criminal investigator. If I’m forced to call him, it won’t be something that can be solved with just thirty thousand.”
Zhou Ziwei shook his head helplessly upon hearing this. If the proprietress hadn't mentioned her cousin and had simply argued her case, demanding a thousand or eight hundred yuan in compensation from Luan Yuqing, given his personality, he might have actually given it to her because he was too lazy to argue with a woman.
But now that he saw how greedy this woman was, and that she was even using some kind of criminal police officer to threaten him, he naturally wouldn't back down.
Although Zhou Ziwei was very annoyed, he couldn't just do anything to a middle-aged woman, so he turned to the two women across the street who had finally managed to cross the street.
Having freed themselves from their physical entanglement, the thug, who had just gotten up, waved his hand and said, "You two, come here..."
"Ah...this..."
The two guys were "rolled" out by Zhou Ziwei like bowling balls. Luckily, they weren't seriously injured, but their fragile minds had already been "wounded" by Zhou Ziwei's terror. When they heard Zhou Ziwei's call, one of the cowards immediately collapsed to the ground.
Another tried to escape, but he too was too weak.
Just as they were hesitating whether or not to show their toughness as thugs, they heard Zhou Ziwei snort coldly again and say, "I'll say it again... come here right now... my patience is very limited. If you try to run away... be careful, I'll shove your heads right up your own asses this time."
Zhou Ziwei's last threatening words made the two thugs tremble involuntarily. If someone else had said those words, they might have just thought it was an exaggerated threat, but coming from Zhou Ziwei, anything was possible.
If Zhou Ziwei could just wave his hand and combine those two tall, strong men into a super bowling ball, making them do yoga poses that they might never be able to do in their entire lives, then it doesn't seem entirely impossible to shove their heads into their anuses.
The two thugs shuddered at the thought of their heads being shoved into their buttocks. It was far worse than being killed. So, after less than a second of consideration, the two men who had just tried to show some backbone immediately transformed into two obedient lapdogs, running to Zhou Ziwei and wagging their tails in groveling.
Zhou Ziwei completely ignored the two scoundrels' fawning smiles, pointed at the proprietress who was still standing at the door with her hands on her hips blocking Luan Yuqing's way, and said, "Just now, because you two were chasing my friend, this proprietress's shop suffered some losses. Now she's not looking for you two culprits, but she's blaming my friend. What do you say... how should this be handled?"
"How to deal with her... of course, beat her up."
One of the thugs immediately glared at the proprietress as if she were his father's killer, and said, "Damn it, has this old bitch lost her mind? How dare she extort money from people like this? If I don't beat her until her breasts sag and her butt ulcers, then I've wasted the last few years of my life."
Upon hearing these harsh words and seeing the thug's fierce appearance, the proprietress was so frightened that her legs trembled and she almost fainted.
Zhou Ziwei quickly waved his hand and said, "Okay... I didn't say you were allowed to hit people... I'm a law-abiding citizen, how could I encourage you to use violence... Uh... Anyway, this matter was caused by the two of you. If this proprietress wants to find someone to compensate her, she should go to the two of you. This matter has nothing to do with us. Now... you can go to the side to negotiate a solution. Don't block our way here."
"Yes, yes... Please take your time... We'll discuss this further... We've reached an agreement."
The two unlucky thugs secretly despised Zhou Ziwei, who claimed to be a law-abiding citizen, but their faces showed utmost respect. Their greatest wish was to get rid of this plague as soon as possible. As for the greedy proprietress... they certainly didn't care. She was just a small-time vendor with some connections. Bullying people like that was their specialty!
As soon as they finished speaking, the two men rushed forward. One grabbed the proprietress's arm, and the other grabbed her hair, dragging and pulling her aside. They glared at her fiercely and said, "Alright... this has nothing to do with those two. Just tell us how much compensation you want! But... you know we two brothers have bad tempers, so you'd better think carefully before you speak!"