Chapter 148: Fear (Memories Buy with Care)
The old man shouted to the uncle with full energy: "Xiao Tu, where are the money and meat for killing the monster?"
The uncle who thanked Lu Jiu acted apologetically, then turned around and replied, "Dad, we killed several monsters, got rabbit meat, and we have money."
This uncle seemed to be a filial son. He gave all the rewards directly to the old man. The world has changed drastically, and they now rely on killing these wild monsters to get food.
As for money, since the system prompts that it is currency, it will definitely come in handy.
Now they have to eat. Everyone wants to hurry on their journey, but they can’t do so without enough physical strength.
The old man snorted and snatched the copper coin roughly, leaving Lu Jiu stunned.
The old man collected the money and looked at Lu Jiu and the others with a scrutinizing gaze, "Who are these two people?"
The uncle turned around and introduced his father, "It was these two who helped kill the monster. Otherwise, I would have been bitten several more times, and it would have taken a long time to recover."
Even so, the old man didn't seem to be grateful at all. Instead, he looked at them with some disgust. "I saw dozens of monsters, why is the money so small?"
After these days, he had a rough idea of how many copper coins each wild monster could produce.
"Because I killed few today..." Before the uncle could finish his explanation, the old man interrupted him forcefully, pointing at Lu Jiu and Shen Jufeng, "They must have robbed many monsters."
Lu Jiu was stunned. She was just trying to help out of kindness, so how could she be considered a thief?
The uncle hurriedly stopped his father's behavior, "Dad, don't do this, they are here to help."
The old man refused to give in and angrily cursed, "I didn't ask them for anything! They're just coming here to rob us. There are so many of us and we're relying on those few rabbits to make a living."
Lu Jiu had encountered strange people before, but this was the first time she had seen someone so unreasonable. Seeing this, she slowly frowned.
Shen Jufeng stared straight at the old man, staring until he almost felt guilty. In the end, the old man didn't care at all. It seemed that he was howling at his son, but in fact he was shouting to them, "I don't care, you go and get the things back, otherwise I won't live anymore!"
The uncle showed an embarrassment, "Dad, those were monsters killed by others themselves, how can we take them?"
But Lu Jiu heard Shen Jufeng say coldly: "If you don't want to live, I can help you."
She turned to look at Shen Jufeng, only to see the corners of his mouth raised and his eyes filled with coldness, but judging from his tone, he was probably serious.
It turns out that my teammate, who has always been gentle and polite, has this side to him.
Somehow, she quietly held his hand, but did not dare to move.
These words shocked the group of people opposite. The old man was like a duck with its neck strangled. He couldn't say anything and his face turned red.
The uncle recovered and his expression turned ugly. "Hey young man, we really appreciate your help, but how can you say that about my dad?"
The smile on Shen Jufeng's face quickly faded, giving off a strong sense of oppression. "The monsters we kill are ours. Don't just join in the fun and expect us to hand them over."
This meant that the uncle was playing the good cop and the bad cop role with his father. Lu Jiu immediately went to look at the uncle, and the uncle's expression was very awkward.
"My dad just has a bad temper. I'm really sorry, but I won't take your things. You two look very powerful. How could you deliberately snatch the reward?"
Lu Jiu felt very strange about what he said. It didn't sound like an apology, but rather like provoking a fight.
As expected, the others started to get upset. One of the young men pointed at them and said, "Look at you guys, you're all dressed nicely, unlike us, you're not even willing to give us such a small amount of money and meat."
"Look at you two young people, you are very healthy and yet you are competing with old people like us." The speaker was an old woman.
“That’s right…”
No matter how innocent Lu Jiu was, she could sense their ill intentions, and that uncle just stood there without saying a word. She was so angry that she thought she should have let the rabbit bite him hard!
"Chen Jufeng..." She grabbed the hem of her teammate's clothes, wanting to tell him to leave together and ignore this group of people.
Then she saw the other party take out a dagger and looked at her with cold eyes, "It's okay, just stand here."
After saying that, he walked quickly towards the group of people with a dagger in his hand. Although the other party had more people, he unconsciously stepped back when he saw Shen Jufeng approaching alone.
This dagger was obtained when I killed a normal enhanced wild monster before.
The young men were a little scared. They had no weapons and even cooking and making fire were difficult for them, let alone fighting with someone holding a dagger.
Instead, a young man stood up and said, "What are you afraid of? There are so many of us. If we defeat him, the knife will be ours."
A knife is a valuable weapon here.
At this time, several people stood up and walked forward, looking at Shen Jufeng with malice.
Several people rushed forward, and Lu Jiu almost took out her own Xuanling Divine Bow, but Shen Jufeng's next action made her give up the idea.
Shen Jufeng raised his hand and stabbed the young man who was rushing in the front with a dagger. The knife flashed and the man's clothes on his chest were cut, and the wound healed quickly.
This hit dealt over 60 points of damage.
It was like a blow to the hearts of several other people, causing them to pause in their attacks, but Shen Jufeng showed no mercy and stabbed several people with great force.
Seeing their energy and blood decreasing, those people retreated in a hurry.
Lu Jiu looked at the other party's fierce movements and touched her hands nervously. Shen Jufeng already knew that she was a player and must have better equipment.
Will he stab himself with that dagger one day?
But thinking about their time together over the past few days, he had always been quite nice to her. He would always leave half of the monsters he killed for her, and he didn't ask her much about the game after that time.
But you still need to be cautious.
The one-sided crushing battle over there ended with the young men retreating back into the crowd, and Shen Jufeng's eyes fell on the old man.
He also showed a rather evil smile, which almost scared the old man to death.
However, Lu Jiu, who was looking at Shen Jufeng's back, did not see that expression.
The uncle glanced at Shen Jufeng, then at Lu Jiu behind him, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, these people are just young and impulsive. We were wrong. We'll leave right away."
The old man no longer had the attitude of wanting to ask for punishment. He hunched his shoulders and left quickly with the help of the uncle. The group of people shrank their bodies when they passed by Shen Jufeng.
When the uncle passed by Lu Jiu, he said softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Miss, you have to be careful of your teammate."
Shen Jufeng was holding the blade of the dagger without caring about it. After seeing the uncle stick his head out and finish speaking, his expression did not change.
He was very interested in the game that Lu Jiu mentioned, but the other party never mentioned the game again after the last time.
In fact, he has been considering whether to cooperate with this girl or...
However, he felt that cooperation was better. The other party was a game player, and he could not predict what equipment was in his personal backpack. Moreover, the other party had a good personality and was not the kind of person who would stab his teammates in the back.
(End of this chapter)
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