Chapter 1129 — Grandpa Goudan: Mother Yu Looks at Er Goudan With Growing Fondness, Finding the Young Man Honest, Down-to-Earth and Warm-Hearted, a Fine Match for Her Daughter, With None of Yu Ren's Scheming, Good Character Alone Is Enough for Her

But Yu Ren had something else on his mind entirely, how to keep Er Goudan here! Er Goudan possessed boundless strength. If he stayed to help in the hardware store, business was sure to boom.

Yu Yuanyuan, by contrast, seemed far more natural before Er Goudan, her benefactor. "Zhou Jiaming, thank you so much for this! I am really sorry about before. I thought you were just making snide remarks. I never dreamed you would actually beat that Boxer Li to death!"

"Heh heh..." Er Goudan smiled honestly. "Just call me Er Goudan. Being called by my full name feels strange! Truth is I did nothing much. Filthy scum like that was only a trifle, a mere lift of the hand!"

"I will still call you Zhou Jiaming. Er Goudan... it sounds unpleasant." Yu Yuanyuan could not quite bring herself to utter such a coarse name.

Just as the two were talking, a knock suddenly sounded from outside the door!

Yu Ren and Mother Yu both jumped with fright! They had feared all along that since Er Goudan had beaten Boxer Li to death, the underground arena might send men to take revenge. With Er Goudan staying here they had felt bolder, but now that someone was truly knocking, they could not help growing nervous again.

"Old man, it cannot be our enemies come knocking..." Mother Yu turned pale with alarm and hardly dared to go and open the door.

"I will go and see..." Yu Ren was nervous too, but last time Boxer Li had sent the security door flying with a single punch, which had taught Yu Ren that pretending no one was home would not work, so he could only steel himself to open the door.

"Uncle Yu, I will go with you!" Er Goudan rose to his feet, wiped the grease from his mouth without a care, and walked toward the doorway together with Yu Ren.

With Er Goudan at his side, Yu Ren felt much reassured. Arriving at the door, he asked cautiously, "Who... who is it?"

"Is that Yu Ren? It is me, Little Mule!" Little Mule had come on An Jianwen's orders to deliver consolation money to Yu Ren's family.

"It is someone from the underground arena..." Yu Ren's face tightened as he glanced warily toward Er Goudan.

Er Goudan did not care at all. He pulled the door straight open, swept Little Mule outside with a cold look, and said, "Who are you? What do you want?"

"I am Little Mule. I have come to apologize to Yu Ren and Yu Yuanyuan!" When Little Mule saw that it was Er Goudan who opened the door, he shuddered all over with terror. Had he not carried a mission on this trip, he would have turned and fled!

What manner of man was Er Goudan? He was a man who could kill Boxer Li with one punch. Would Little Mule dare provoke him?

"Little Mule? You creature lower than donkey or horse, how dare you call Uncle Yu by his name? I think you are courting death!" Er Goudan stared with widened eyes and swung up his palm to strike.

"Grandpa Goudan, spare my life!" Little Mule's legs went soft with fright and he fell straight to his knees, cold sweat pouring from his brow. "Uncle Yu, I have come to apologize to Uncle Yu..."

"Is your brain made of shit?" Er Goudan grew displeased again. "You call me Grandpa Goudan, yet you call him Uncle Yu. Do you mean I rank a generation above Uncle Yu? Are you deliberately trying to drive a wedge between us?"

"Yes, yes, Ancestor Yu, Ancestor Yu..." Little Mule hastily corrected himself. He had not expected this crude Er Goudan to be so logical.

"Enough. Hurry up and say what you are here for?" Er Goudan said impatiently.

"Grandpa Goudan, I represent the arena and have come to comfort Ancestor Yu. That Boxer Li was arrogant and overbearing. All of this was his doing. I hope you will be generous and not vent your anger on our underground arena!" Little Mule said pitifully.

"All right, I understand. Is there anything else?" Er Goudan asked impatiently.

"This is a bank card holding a million. It should have been won by Ancestor Yu in the first place, but because Boxer Li cheated, Ancestor Yu ended up losing!" Little Mule hurriedly produced a bank card and held it out. "Please accept it with a smile!"

Er Goudan took it and passed it casually to Yu Ren, then said to Little Mule, "All right, get lost. I have no time to haggle with mule folk like you!"

"This..." Yu Ren had never in his life seen a bank card with such an enormous sum, and was so stunned he hardly dared reach out to take it.

But once Little Mule heard Er Goudan's word of approval, he had already tumbled away in a scramble. Yu Ren held the bank card, and returning it was no longer possible!

Only at this moment did Yu Ren's family finally breathe easy. Little Mule had come in person to atone rather than to call them to account, and that proved one thing, that the underground arena feared Er Goudan. Not only did it dare not seek trouble with him, it feared Er Goudan would seek trouble with the underground arena instead, which was why it had sent this bank card holding a million!

Holding this card with a million, Yu Ren felt as if he were dreaming! He had a million just like that? With this money, he could not only buy a decent apartment, but also rent a larger shop in the market and build his business bigger!

Truly a blessing in disguise! Before tonight Yu Ren had been frowning with worry, but now happiness had arrived so swiftly he could hardly adjust!

"A million? I have a million?" Yu Ren clutched the bank card, chuckling without stop.

But before he had laughed twice, Yu Yuanyuan snatched it away.

"What are you doing?" Yu Ren asked, startled.

"This money was demanded back by Zhou Jiaming. By rights it should go to him!" As she spoke, Yu Yuanyuan handed the bank card to Er Goudan. "Take this card. You took such a great risk for our family. You deserve to keep it!"

"I do not want it!" Er Goudan scratched his scalp and smiled honestly. "I have no use for money! Living here I have food and drink. Money is useless to me."

"Exactly. Little Zhou lives here. What does he need money for? Yuanyuan, how can you be so thoughtless? Giving him money, are you trying to drive him away?" Yu Ren glared at his daughter, grabbed the bank card back, and said, "So much money, I will keep it for now!"

Yu Ren was very greedy for money. In a blink he recovered from his earlier shock, and seeing that bank card with a million, how could he bear to give it away again? Then again, had Yu Ren not been greedy, how would he ever have gone to the underground arena to bet on fights and been cheated?

Seeing her father's money-struck look, Yu Yuanyuan did not know whether to laugh or cry, and said to Er Goudan, "Sorry, my dad is just like this..."

"It is nothing. I truly do not lack money!" Er Goudan now had food and drink. His sole purpose was to find Boss Wei Zhao. Money really was of no use to him!

Seeing Er Goudan's honest face, Yu Yuanyuan finally breathed easy. It seemed he truly did not care about the money, or she would indeed have been placed in a difficult spot!

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