Chapter 142 Wine God Brothers (2/2)
Wine God Elder leaned back in his wheelchair, but he still looked intimidating. He asked loudly, ”You are willing to spend 2,000,000$ just to get this house?”
Lin Jie turned his eyes, and suddenly had an epiphany—wasn't this exactly like in the game? If he couldn't put across the correct answer to Wine God Elder's question, he would lose the opportunity to get the house.
Seeing the connection, Lin Jie couldn't help but smile to himself. His eyes scanned the fist prints on the walls and shot a quick glance at Wine God Elder's iron-like fists, and an idea was formed. He smiled and said, ”If put up for sale in the property market, this unit will only be worth 1,000,000$ at most. Furthermore, with so many fist prints…”
When the words 'fist prints' were mentioned, the two brothers' expressions turned sullen.
'What, so this lad was still trying to bargain with us over the fist prints after all?'
Zhou Guohong coughed hurriedly and motioned to Lin Jie to stop talking, or else this deal would be off.
”The main reason for me offering the price of 2,000,000$ is exactly because of these fist prints! I am guessing there must be more than 100 fist prints in this room alone? Haha, I will pay 10,000$ per fist print—it's still more worth it for me!” finished Lin Jie. All the rest were stunned.
”Heh heh, Special Troops are my idols!” Lin Jie scratched his head, a look of simplicity on his face. ”I always felt Special Troops should be like you—when you thrust out your fist, the air gets cut through and vibrates all around, that is really… wow!”
Lin Jie's acting was indeed marvelous. One could almost see shiny stars in his eyes when he was trying to express his idolization of the Special Troops. Especially the last 'wow', it was the best of all, like a fan gazing lovingly and full of admiration at his idol, but couldn't find the correct words to describe his feelings.
”Hahaha, 10,000$ per fist print?” Wine God Elder laughed. ”Then it seemed like my fists are still too cheap! It should be at least $100,000 per fist print! However looking at how young you are, I will be magnanimous and give you a 90% discount off!”
Old Qing heaved a sigh of relief, and without any care for his elder brother's face, he patted Lin Jie's shoulders and smiled. ”Thanks to you, this house is finally sold!”
Wine God Elder glared at him and was about to start fighting with him, but after catching himself, he coughed dryly and commented, ”Zhuo Hongguo…”
”My name's Zhou Guohong,” corrected Zhou Guohong.
”It's almost the same. Anyway, you and Old Qing go out for a walk or go somewhere else to talk about your literature. You kid stay here, I have something to discuss with you,” beckoned Wine God Elder to Lin Jie.
Old Qing was alarmed. ”No, you can't do that!”
”What, had I ever disappoint you at all? Or do I need to seek your consent before I can do anything?”
”When had you not disappoint me? If not for me, you would be long dead due to your nasty temper!”
”Wth, you kid, now all grown up, aye? Try to retort me again if you dare?!”
”Hpmh,” Old Qing could not help but give a snort when he heard this. He turned and hugged Zhou Guohong's shoulders, leading him out of the room. ”Guohong, let's go talk about education, I bet you also don't want to lower yourself to my brother's levels…”
As Lin Jie watched the two teachers leave, he finally turned and sized Wine God Elder up properly. This intimidating stubbed balded man was smiling weirdly and staring at him. ”Your name's Lin Jie?”
”Yes,” Lin Jie hugged his fists and made a salute.
”You're body's quite fit. Youngsters nowadays are normally too lazy to care about training, it's rare to find someone like you. But the way you train yourself is too lousy. I saw that the moment you greeted me, you hugged your fists—what are you trying to show? That you are also one, who learned martial arts, and hence we talk the same language?” Wine God Elder saw right through Lin Jie's gimmicks, smiled and said, ”Haha, you're an interesting chap, seems like you're not one who abides by rules. It's been so many years since I met someone like you, and my hands do feel itchy for some fight. I can never get satisfied with practicing with Old Qing, he's not the same style as me. If not for the fact that at least he knows how to teach, I bet he would have ended up just trimming the trees by the roadside with those skills of his.”
Cold sweat started to form on Lin Jie's forehead. 'Old Qing had such long arms, and he must have some special talents too. Yet to him, Old Qing's just fit to trim trees? This is really…'
”Well, I do need someone who can be my sandbag rather urgently. I think you are suitable for that,” laughed Wine God Elder loudly. The air vibration caused by his voice hurt Lin Jie's eardrums. Wine God Elder threw Lin Jie a book and said, ”Take this, here's a gift from me!”
Lin Jie caught the book and was slightly stunned by its cover. This book gave off ancient vibes, and when one touched it, it felt as if one was handling smooth silk—this was a book of quality.
'Is this some secret martial arts book?' Lin Jie was excited and proceeded to flip opened its pages.
”Aye, don't be so impatient. Read it after you leave,” Wine God Elder put on a mysterious smile, ”We will meet again if fate allows us to.”
Lin Jie bowed respectfully, and said loudly, ”Master…”
”Oye, don't anyhow shout those words!” glared Wine God Elder. ”When is there an instance of trying to learn a skill from a master, without bribing the master with gifts and pretty ladies—in fact, the master even has to sell you a house at a good price?! You will only come to find me after you manage to be skilled in some stuff from the book!”
After that night, Lin Jie left the place. With Zhou Guohong's help, he finally managed to settle the new house's matters.
As for the Wine God Brothers, they left right after they settled the handover. In fact, they had not even moved away all of their existing furniture.
”Okay, it's almost done now,” Zhou Guohong glanced at his watch and said, ”Jie, I am leaving for my lessons now. This is the contact of the renovation company, the school's being owned by this company. You can call them if you need help in renovation.”
Lin Jie heaved a sigh of relief after he thanked Zhou Guohong profusely.
'Finally done! I hope Dad will be pleased with this birthday gift, hehe…'
”Oh yeah, that book…” Lin Jie took out the 'secret martial arts book', took a deep breath to regain his composure, and opened the book carefully…
'What, 'The Three Hundred Tang Poems'?!'