Chapter 23 (1/2)
A Battle Of Wit And Courage
Now that he was cra had no choice but to yield and swear that he wasn't going to escape This time, he was actually a little mad These tere no ordinary people, they were experienced fighters who could even trap hi to be iht
Li Chengfeng regarded them from head to toe “Are you two… new?”
The rinned and nodded
“My ht you two here?”
A timid sound came from nearby It was Zhao Xiaobao
He had hidden behind a tree so he carefully peeked his head out “Youngservants recently!”
Li Chengfeng did not turn to look at him, merely huffed, “Shut up!”
Zhao Xiaobao retracted his head “Okay…”
Chengfeng thought to hiht theht I'll have to beat them with my mind'
He thought for a moment “My mother is the Madam but she sometimes listens to me too And so, that's why you ?”
The strong rinned “No, I don't”
He raged, “Are you dumb?!”
The strong rin widened “Eh! How did you know? Mother calls me Two Dumb”
Li Chengfeng's heart sank Were they really stupid? Or was it just an act? He turned to the other strong man “Hey, you! Your name is…”
The other strong feng had the sudden realisation: oh rin is the same as Two Dumb's!
Li Chengfeng didn't know to cry or laugh “Wait, wait! I know! YouDumb then!”
The !”
He was delighted to hear this “You're not Big Dumb? Oh, you're not stupid… Come help me…”
The strong uffaw, “I am Three Dumb!”
“…”
Three Durinned at Two Du so you'd better pay up!”
Two Duly and handed it to him “Here… One, two, three, four…”
Li Chengfeng had soah!”
Two Duht us to play! When one person is wrong, he has to pay up” He then continued to count his coppers, “Four, four, four…”
Once again, Chengfeng wasn't sure to laugh or cry so he said, “Wait, wait, that's not right! Why do you keep saying 'four'? What about five, six, seven and eight?”
Two Dumb looked at him blankly “Huh? I can only count till four…” He turned around and continued handing more copper coins to Three Dumb and counted carefully, “Four, four, four, four…”
Three Dumb counted with the same intensity, “Four, four, four, four… Second Brother, you'd better not give ht coppers!”
Two Dumb nodded solemnly “Yeah, I won't miss any! Four, four, four…”
Chengfeng had a et to eight if you count like this! Hey, you, stop counting! If you're Two Du Dumb?”
They turned to look behind Li Chengfeng Stunned, he turned to see a big rin on his face
Chengfeng could not even get hihed, “Alright, I see there's one up there You all win this time!”
But he was only sad for one moment, for he had a new idea “What about this- you all let o pee, and then I'll give you all ten silvers! What do you think? They're silver pieces, ya know? Have you seen silver pieces before?”
Two Duht! Pay us the ten silvers first!”
Li Chengfeng patted hile coin on hi that was erade scented cloth bag, you won't be able to buy this anywhere! It'll cover the payment, what do you think?”
The twoDu Brother, what is this?”
Big Dumb: “Are you dumb, don't you knohat that is? Isn't this the handkerchief that Old Zhang's daughter uses to wipe her nose?”
Li Chengfeng: “Huh?”
Two Duht! Looks like it! But it's so small, hoe use this?”
Li Chengfeng: “HUH?!”
Three Dumb: “Are you dumb? Can't you just rip the thread off? Then it'll work!”
Li Chengfeng: “…”
Big Dumb: “Rubbish!+ You're both idiots! This is meant to be rammed up your nose to wipe the mucus out!”
Two and Three Duht! You're so smart!”
Li Chengfeng was dumbfounded as he stood in silence He suddenly yelled in Zhao Xiaobao's direction “Zhao Xiaobao, did you fcking tell my mother about what happened at Zhixi's place?!”
Xiaobao did not even dare peek his head out Almost in tears, he yelled, “Everyone will know sooner or later, Young master!”
Li Chengfeng was furious “Zhao Xiaobao, I'll kill you!”
He swore he had not met anyone he hated as usting idiots!
Since he could not talk to theht or slip aithin two days, Li Chengfeng had coone into a mental breakdown He lay on his bed and stared into space, his eyes as hopeless as a dead dog's and watched the three brothers hugging a giant wooden bucket each They were busy stuffing rice into their mouths
He wailed, “Mother, where did you find these rice buckets from?! They'll bankrupt our family!”
“Young master, they were sold by the martial arts academy because the institute couldn't afford to maintain their appetites”