Chapter 23: Blockade
All the way to the Disinfection Bureau, Li Ye immediately knocked on the Section Chief’s office door.
Sun Shun saw him, and his face immediately became all smiles.
After Li Ye sat down, he took out cigarettes and handed him one. Just as he was about to light it, Sun Shun waved his hand, picked up the lighter, stood up, and lit it for him first.
Only then did he light his own, took a satisfying puff, exhaled the smoke, and chuckled: “Li Ye, what do you need from me? Let me say first, promotion is not possible unless you onboard directly. Benefits I can give you. Did you give away stuff from home? No problem, this little thing can be handled.”
During his onboarding these past few days, Li Ye gave one to everyone he met, so it definitely wasn’t just one or two packs.
This kind of special supply cigarette, even he as Section Chief only gets one at the end of the year, only the Bureau Chief can smoke endlessly. Li Ye giving them out so generously must be because the Bureau Chief gave them to him.
Such a great honor made him, as Section Chief, even more sensible.
“It’s enough for now, Section Chief. I’m here to ask about something else.”
Li Ye smiled: “Do you know the Ren Family?”
Sun Shun’s smoking paused for a moment. He held the cigarette and tapped it twice into the ashtray. “Five Flavors Chopsticks?”
A person who became Section Chief couldn’t be stupid.
Li Ye didn’t hide it. He used that jade chopsticks that didn’t stick to oil or grease even when eating in the canteen. Even someone who didn’t know goods could see the chopsticks were extraordinary, let alone Sun Shun who knew goods well.
The Five Plagues Ghost incident happened right here with them. Anyone with eyes could guess it. Li Ye must have gotten a magic treasure.
For an ordinary person like Li Ye to get a magic treasure, it was of course given by Director Pan. So those who saw it pretended not to know, those who didn’t know revered Director Pan, and didn’t want to pry.
“Right, on the way here, I ran into someone named Ren Xu who insisted on buying the thing in my hand and even investigated my home.”
Li Ye said: “What does this guy do?”
Sun Shun thought for a moment, took another puff, and said: “Just treat him as a rich family’s kid.”
Li Ye was stunned. “A rich person among martial artists?”
Sun Shun nodded. “Don’t blame our bureau’s colleagues either. These rich people are all-powerful and it’s normal to befriend some. They might just want to do a favor. Whether to sell or not is up to you.”
Li Ye looked at Sun Shun. “Section Chief, if it were you, could you refuse?”
Sun Shun shook his head with a smile: “My family has no power or influence. I’m still just at Two Dragon Gate, not even as high realm as those primary information officers. If the sincerity is enough, I might sell, but if I don’t want to sell, that’s fine too. The other side would give that face.”
As he spoke, he leaned back, making the xiezhi badge on the back of his head even more prominent.
Giving face to the one above who gave this badge.
“You don’t need to worry either. Whether to sell or not is up to you. In Ningjiang City, Director Pan can still speak up, after all…”
He raised the cigarette in his hand and smiled: “This kind of special supply cigarette is rare in Ningjiang City.”
“I understand, Section Chief. Thank you.”
Li Ye said thanks, stood up, and left.
Sun Shun smiled as he watched Li Ye leave. After the door closed, he tapped the ashtray again and sighed: “Only Director Pan can speak up.”
Li Ye walked down the corridor, glanced at the brightly lit surroundings, and sneered: “Rich noble families among martial artists?”
He wasn’t surprised such existences were there. To put it bluntly, it wasn’t anything deeply hidden or profound.
He himself had stepped into martial arts and entered One Dragon Gate, and he could feel his parents’ backs straightening a bit recently. Like his classmate Deng Hao, if he achieved success in martial arts, paired with his family background, he would also have influence.
Li Ye had always thought these things wouldn’t affect him, just like how ordinary people and rich people basically belonged to two worlds.
“So rich, yet buying things without sincerity. Typical look down on people.”
Li Ye shook his head and headed to Information Room One.
He didn’t care much. After all, he had just acknowledged a master at noon, learning a martial arts that was about to be lost. Pan Zhengyang and this cheap master of his had an even better relationship.
Pan Zhengyang could definitely protect him, but just borrowing Director Pan’s name still felt a bit hollow.
In the martial artist world, one still needed to become strong oneself; that was the right way.
In the evening, after eating in the canteen, Li Ye hurried home.
From West District to East City District, the fastest route was naturally the riverside avenue, which was also Li Ye’s most familiar path.
Electric scooter twisted to fifty km/h, river wind blowing his hair, even the muggy weather dissipated somewhat.
By tomorrow, once the rice arrived, he could practice martial arts freely, and once his appetite “naturally increased,” he could eat openly.
In two months, no matter how slow the progress, he felt he could advance to Three Dragon Gates.
And then that senior year of high school…
As long as he reached Seven Dragon Gate and passed general knowledge, he could get into a top martial arts university.
He didn’t even need to study for general knowledge scores. For martial arts scores, by the martial exam, he might reach Nine Dragon Gate!
As he was thinking this, his electric scooter passed a corner, preparing to change roads, but at that moment, under the dim yellow streetlight, a figure quickly lunged and blocked in front of the electric scooter.
Screech!
Li Ye reacted quickly, squeezed the brake, and his strong legs stomped heavily on the ground, actually frictioning out sound, forcibly stopping the electric scooter.
“Ouch!”
The electric scooter was clearly still some distance from that figure, but a yell of pain was heard. A yellow-haired guy fell to the ground, clutching his stomach and writhing.
The yellow-haired guy shouted loudly while writhing: “He hit someone! He hit someone!”
Li Ye was stunned.
Extortion scam?
Suddenly, urgent braking sounds came from behind. A van stopped, the door was quickly pulled open, and about a van full of people got out.
Quantity about ten or so.
“What happened? Are you okay?!”
The leader, a Rune Warrior with a black dragon pattern tattoo on his arm, shouted while quickly approaching Li Ye’s side.
The people behind him also moved fast, clearly spreading out, as if to surround that yellow-haired guy…
Something’s off!
Li Ye didn’t even have time to marvel at how so many people got out of the van, and twisted the throttle to prepare to leave.
“You can’t leave!”
The fallen yellow-haired guy suddenly pounced, actually holding back the electric scooter whose wheels were already turning, his hands even reaching for Li Ye.
“Hit someone and want to leave! No way!”
In that instant, Li Ye saw through it, immediately ditched the electric scooter and leaped into the air, landing quickly and running like mad.
This yellow-haired guy’s outstretched arms were powerful. Though not tall, the exposed muscles were terrifying, and his skin surface was rough like sandpaper.
And he could easily hold back his starting electric scooter…
People like this, there was one in his class too.
Someone who practiced hardening technique!
Confirmed, these guys were here for him!
“Chase!”
Sure enough, seeing Li Ye run, that Rune Warrior shouted, and the people around him moved together, all chasing after, even making whooshing wind sounds while running.
Their speed—some could actually keep up with Li Ye!
His speed wasn’t slow!
His leg skills were excellent to begin with, 100m sprint comparable to Bolt from his previous life. Those who could keep up were definitely not ordinary people.
Ten or so people, all trained at martial arts schools?
Especially the leading Rune Warrior, whose speed seemed even faster than his, floating as he ran…
“You can’t run!”
The Rune Warrior yelled, his legs kicking up, as if stepping on air, gliding close to the ground to the nearby green belt, stepping on the plants there, speed even faster than before.
Lightness skill!
Damn, a martial artist!
