Chapter 35: What do you mean, one hundred thousand? Wasn't the asking price fifty thousand?-Filho biológico não é tão bom quanto o filho adotado? Se você se arrepender, não me procure!(O sonho solitário do garoto de rua)

"Do you think I'm someone you can just walk all over?"

Lin Tian swept an expression of disgust over the other person before giving her a firm push. Tang Rumeng was sent stumbling back seven or eight steps by the force, finally collapsing onto the ground with a thud. Grimacing in pain and clutching her backside, she gasped in disbelief, "You... you actually dared to hit me!"

"I hit you because you're a brat who needs a lesson, so what?" Lin Tian retorted coldly.

He didn't know why, but whenever he saw her, he felt an inexplicable aversion to her words and actions. Having been treated as the apple of her family's eye since birth, Tang Rumeng was spoiled, willful, and acted without any regard for the consequences.

Losing face in public made her even more frantic. With eyes wide like a lion’s, she roared, "Butler! Hurry up and teach him a lesson for me!"

The middle-aged man, who had already sensed the impending trouble, had hurried over from the car. "Miss... is that really appropriate?"

"What did you say?"

Tang Rumeng, intimidated by Lin Tian’s physical prowess, redirected all her fury toward the butler, landing a flurry of kicks and punches on him for no reason.

"Do you even want this job, you idiot? Are you not going to listen to me anymore?"

She carried on like a lunatic, making it impossible for the surrounding crowd not to stare. Lin Tian found the scene embarrassing and couldn't help but interject, "Alright, it’s my fault. I apologize, stop hitting him."

"What the hell does my disciplining of my own servant have to do with you?" Tang Rumeng gritted her teeth and hit the man even harder.

The onlookers were treated to quite a spectacle: a teenage girl furiously beating a bedraggled man in his forties, while a young man stood nearby, watching with helpless resignation.

"Forget it. You two can continue making a fool of yourselves here. I don't have time to waste!" With that, Lin Tian turned to leave.

"Don't you dare walk away!" Tang Rumeng stopped her assault and rushed over to block his path. She sneered, "You ruined the gift I had prepared. Either you compensate me with a perfect one, or you'll... you'll..."

She struggled to finish her threat, then crossed her arms and said coldly, "Otherwise, you won't have a single peaceful day in B City from now on!"

Before Lin Tian could even verify the truth of her claim, he frowned and blurted out, "When did I ever ruin your so-called gift? Why are you always so unreasonably difficult?"

He truly wondered if she was even human, given how she acted.

"Heh, you don't believe me, do you?" Tang Rumeng marched back to the car door and retrieved an exquisite, pink cartoon gift box. Opening the lid in front of everyone, she pointed to a microscopic, barely visible mark on two pieces of jade.

"Because you didn't look where you were going, the car had to slam on the brakes. These two things got damaged from the impact, so you have to compensate me with two perfect ones!"

The crowd was stunned. Lin Tian was so shocked he couldn't even speak. He truly hadn't expected to encounter someone with such an absurdly warped mind. It was hard to believe this was the way a human brain functioned.

"The facts are right in front of you, you have nothing to say now!" Tang Rumeng wore a smug expression as she mocked, "I can tell just by your shabby clothes that you're a poor dog who's never seen the world! Do you know how much these cost me? A full hundred thousand!"

"A hundred thousand?"

Lin Tian took a closer look at the items. The more he looked, the more familiar they seemed. *Wait... aren't these the two blue-grade jade pieces I pawned at the antique shop over half an hour ago?*

And... how on earth were these worth a hundred thousand?

"Are you sure these two things are worth a hundred thousand?" Lin Tian finally asked.

"What? You still don't believe it, you bumpkin!" The mockery in Tang Rumeng's eyes deepened.

Lin Tian finally recognized the middle-aged man’s face and shook his head. "Well, what if I told you... that these two jade pieces only cost fifty thousand total when they were bought? Do you believe me then?"

"That's impossible!" Tang Rumeng was, of course, incredulous. Regardless of how the stranger knew that, surely her own butler wouldn't have skimmed money off the top? Just the thought of it seemed impossible to her.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he scrutinized Lin Tian carefully, his furrowed brows finally knitting together completely.

*Damn it! The world is so big, it couldn't possibly be that coincidental...*

He remembered that when he was rushing to find Old Liu, there had indeed been a young man walking out of the shop. Because he was in such a hurry, he hadn't paid attention to the man's appearance and had forgotten about it afterward. But looking at the situation now, could that kid actually be him?

Soon, a single sentence from Lin Tian shattered his last shred of hope.

"Mister, you should remember how anxiously you were searching for Old Liu in the antique shop to ask him questions, shouldn't you? I don't need to say more, do I?"

Hearing this, Tang Rumeng turned around and glared at the sweating butler. "You had better explain this clearly, or else..."

"Miss, let me explain..."

At this point, the man knew he couldn't hide it. Even if Tang Rumeng didn't believe Lin Tian, she could easily go to the antique shop and ask Old Liu in person. It was better to just confess now.

As expected, Tang Rumeng was furious upon hearing the truth and began raining blows on his head with her small fists. He could only grit his teeth and endure it without a word, though in his heart, he had already cursed every one of Lin Tian's ancestors.

Seeing the way the man glared at him as if he wanted to eat him alive, Lin Tian felt even more repulsed. "Tell your man to stop looking at me like that, or I won't pay you a single cent in compensation."

Tang Rumeng kicked the man hard in the stomach. "If you look at him like that again, I'll gouge your eyes out!"

The man trembled in fear, his expression shifting instantly. He knew the young lady's temper far too well. If he didn't obey immediately, he would undoubtedly lose his sight.

Tang Rumeng paused her assault and looked impatiently at Lin Tian. "I'll give you three minutes to explain how you'll compensate me, otherwise, you know what I mean."

*This lunatic is completely hopeless!*

After cursing her in his mind, Lin Tian said calmly, "It's simple. Drive me there, and I'll help you pick out two more jades just like those."