Chapter 11: System Rewards

With that roar, everyone froze.

The kid gang all stopped. Bighead looked at Li Zhongnan, "Uncle, are we still fighting?"

Li Zhongnan rubbed the back of his head and said, "Uh, do we know each other, dude?"

Bighead was a bit slow on the uptake. "Uncle, what's wrong with you? Are you messed up in the head? I'm Bighead, your brother's son, your dad's grandson! Uncle, say something, are we fighting or not?"

Embarrassed, Li Zhongnan scolded, "For goodness sake, are you out of your mind! Didn't your teacher tell you that fighting is illegal?" Damn it! His relative hasn't spared him a thought. Didn't he see the beautiful class teacher present?

Splutter.

Yao Danhong laughed seeing him act this way. After two years, he still was as unpredictable. Li Zhongnan gawked at her, smiling happily, "Ah, Miss Xiao Yao you're here too!"

Yao Danhong's face suddenly became icy again, her eyes piercing as she asked, "Li Zhongnan, do you want to beat me to death as well?"

"Teacher, I didn't.."

Yao Danhong, puffed with anger, said, "Don't call me teacher, I don't want a student like you!"

Seeing Li Zhongnan again had initially given her a pleasant surprise. After all, he was one of her first students and her most proud and favorite one. Not seeing him for a while, she admittedly missed him a bit. However, now seeing him leading a group of petty delinquents to commit an assault, she was first in disbelief, and then filled with an absurd level of rage, her delicate body trembling with anger.

The handsome young man got up and went over to Yao Danhong. "Danhong, do you know this gangster?" Hearing him call her so casually, Li Zhongnan felt somewhat irked, "Who are you?"

"I'm her fiance, who are you?" The pretty boy retorted, reaching out and taking Yao Danhong's hand. Li Zhongnan, suppressing the urge to chop off that hand, looked towards Yao Danhong, "Teacher, is what he said true?"

Yao Danhong didn't respond.

She didn't care about that. All she wanted to know was why, in just a few years, he had changed so much. Back in the day, he was her pride and joy. After the students would leave the schoolyard, every conversation among the teachers would invariably include praise for her. They would all say how envious they were of her for teaching such an excellent student right from the start. But ever since he came back, all anyone said was how she had taught such a wonderful student who managed to get into Tsinghua University, but sadly he came back in less than two years to collect scrap...

The more Yao Danhong thought about it, the angrier she became! "Li Zhongnan, why didn't you stay in college? An outstanding national college entrance exam champion, a student at the nation's top university, why the hell are you picking up scrap? And now, why do you want to join the gangsters! I'm embarrassed for you!"

Gangsters?

When did he become a gangster?

But, looking at the weapon in his hand, the arrogant young ones by his side, and the pool of blood on the ground, it did seem that way. Alright then, this was not something he could explain.

Li Zhongnan decided to change the subject, grinning: "Miss Xiao Yao, how's work doing? Are the students behaving?"

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Yao Danhong became even more exasperated: "I told you, don't call me teacher! I don't have a student like you!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got!

Yao Danhong was a very quiet girl, in his memory, she barely ever scolded anyone, let alone raised her voice. Now being yelled at by her, Li Zhongnan got a bit mad himself: "Fine! I'm leaving! I, a scrap collector, will not embarrass you, Miss beautiful Yao, anymore."

As time passed, everything had changed.

He was not the top student anymore, but a scrap collector. Why would she be laughing and talking to him like before? He also had no right to call her teacher, bringing shame upon her. Before leaving, he glanced at the hand. It was still clasped together.

Li Zhongnan felt another stab of pain in his heart. Maybe what that guy had said was true. Then again, in a couple of years, she would be thirty. It was time for her to get married.

As she watched him leave without explaining himself, Yao Danhong boiled over in anger again: "Li Zhongnan, what do you mean by this, come back..."

Like hell he would!

If he didn't leave now, the cops would show up any minute.

After returning to Northrealm, Li Zhongnan decisively gave up on Nangang Market, and switched to discovering the neighboring counties. After the incident, and not knowing much about those guys, there was no reason to go back to the city taking unnecessary risks.

After a busy week, he purchased around a hundred tons of books. He was left no money.

Bandale village, the biggest village in Northrealm, was only a few miles from the county town. There was an abandoned factory there. Li Zhongnan treated the village head to supper through a friend, to temporarily store the books he bought recently.

The abandoned factory was spread over eighty acres, surrounded by dense woods, an environment quite favorable.

What's more, it was beside road 270. A few hundred meters away was a highway intersection, and a crossing of road 270 and road 356, the traffic was very developed. This place connected five counties and four districts of Nangang City, combined with the entire Lingnan West Counties, and with direct access to Lingxi's Linhai and Guikou districts and other cities.

This place was really attractive.

If he opened a large-scale recycling station here, it would save time and energy. Expansion was just a matter of time. However, to buy this place, it would cost several million.

The time was not right yet.

Late at night.

Looking at the textbooks and books piled up like a small mountain, Li Zhongnan was filled with anticipation. This week, he had worked himself to the bone, spent so much money, and finally, the moment of reward had arrived.

With a wave of his hand, all the books vanished into thin air.

Afterward, he came to a metallic space, and directly issued a sell command to the system.

"Dingdong: 101210KG of paper detected, do you confirm the sale?"

"Yes!"

"Transaction progress... Transaction successful... The host has gained 2060.5 gold coins. The system now has a total of 2060.5 gold coins!"

Taking into account labor costs and transportation costs, he only spent about 150,000 RMB. However, now he had exchanged that for 2,000 gold coins. An average of one gold coin was only eighty RMB, a very good deal!

It seemed that he had made the right step.

Over 2,000 gold coins, he was on his way to make a fortune! Recently, a hundred gold coins earned him 200,000-300,000. Now with more than 2,000, how much could he earn?

Four or five million!

Ha ha!

Li Zhongnan was ecstatic.

The system's voice continued: "Congratulations. The transaction amount exceeded one thousand. The system will award the host one bottle of 'Genetic Enhancer'!"

"Genetic Enhancer?"

"As the name implies, the 'Genetic Enhancer' is used to enhance genes, transform the nature of an individual. After the host uses it, it can quickly improve physical fitness, including strength, speed, sensitivity, vision, memory~~~"

Holy mackerel! This is good stuff!

Hearing that it could increase strength, Li Zhongnan immediately asked, "Can I fight off a thousand enemies single-handedly?" A few days ago, he was beaten up, and that grudge was still fresh.

But most importantly, it could improve the latter-

the ability of men!