Chapter 544 - Chapter 544: Exploiting Loopholes (1/2)

Chapter 544: Exploiting Loopholes

Three people carrying signboards quickly arrived at an inn.

Chen Yu had been driving for a full day and night, and even with his excellent physical condition, he was a bit tired.

Just as the three of them were about to enter the inn, a particularly sleazy-looking man suddenly appeared and blocked their path.

“This must be your first time here! You may not know the local rules, but if you want to stay at the inn, you have to play a game with me. Win, and you can go in; lose, and you must satisfy any condition I propose.”

Chen Yu couldn’t help frowning, this guy was clearly a street hustler.

Having gambled away all his money to others, he came here to look for some new faces, trying to extort them.

Chen Yu didn’t want to stoop to the man’s level, and raised his hand to push him away.

But as soon as he raised his hand, the man fell to the ground and began howling in pain.

“What a disaster, someone’s beating me up! I kindly wanted to show them around, and they hit me instead, outrageous, is there no one to intervene?”

This shout immediately attracted the surrounding crowd, and security personnel on the street also hurried over.

The person in charge, without asking for details, walked straight up to Chen Yu.

“Sir, according to our regulations, you must take responsibility for this and compensate him one hundred taels of gold,” said the chief.

Before Chen Yu could speak, Jin Lingsu couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Do you all have eyes? It’s obvious this guy is lying on the ground trying to scam us, why should we pay him?”

Chen Yu raised his hand to stop Jin Lingsu.

“Since it’s the local rule, then I have nothing to say. However, I don’t have much gold on me, would it be okay to exchange something else of equal value?”

The person in charge didn’t say much and just nodded.

Chen Yu took out a small jade bead from his person, tossed it to the man, and then entered the shop with Jin Lingsu and Tadole.

After the man received the jade bead, he was ecstatic.

The value of the bead was worth much more than one hundred taels of gold, and if sold at an antique shop, it could possibly fetch six hundred taels of gold.

The person in charge looked at the man with disgust.

“Li Dongsheng, you’ve already exploited our loopholes to swindle money several times. I’m warning you now, if there’s a next time, don’t blame us for not being polite.”

Li Dongsheng laughed heartily, completely unconcerned.

“I’ve thoroughly studied the rules of Sandhole. As long as I have a penny on me, you can’t just kick me out! Besides, I haven’t violated any of your rules, so why shouldn’t I be impolite?”

The brazen attitude even made the onlookers gossip amongst themselves, but Li Dongsheng didn’t care at all, swinging the jade bead in his hand as he walked towards the antique street.

As soon as Chen Yu sat down in the shop, Jin Lingsu slammed the table fiercely.

“You’re so foolish, that guy was clearly scamming us, so why did you give him money? And you gave him such a fine jade bead!”

Chen Yu sighed helplessly, having just scanned the person in charge’s brain information, he understood all the rules of Sandhole.

Although Li Dongsheng’s behavior was indeed shameless, according to the local rules, if a conflict occurs and one party falls, the one who remains standing has to pay.

Initially, these rules were designed to protect the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, but it was unexpected that someone like Li Dongsheng would exploit them to the fullest.

If Chen Yu hadn’t paid, they would have been kicked out for breaking the rules.

“Sis Jin, Brother Chen probably understood the rules here, that’s why he paid!”