Chapter 26 Black Market 2
Before entering the house, Xu Dongdong whispered to Wen Le, "Don't show your fear when you get in. Act like you don't care about money, or you'll get ripped off."
"..." Wen Le blinked. "Isn't it because you're stupid that you get ripped off?" He had never heard of being ripped off even if you were poor. The people of Interstellar really knew how to have fun. He, an "ancient man," was a little behind the times.
"What is Shaduosu?" Li Zhenzhen asked with a confused look on her face, and Lily beside her also pricked up her ears to listen.
"It means people are stupid and have a lot of money, come quickly." Wen Le said, "It's an internet slang from the ancient technological era of Earth."
"Wen Lele, you are so amazing. You even know things from more than 4,000 years ago." Li Zhenzhen looked at Wen Le with starry eyes and almost applauded him.
Wen Le thought to himself: I don't really want to understand at all, otherwise I'd still be at home enjoying the air conditioning, eating watermelon, and playing games. Those were the beautiful days, but sadly, when I woke up, everything had changed.
Lily looked around as if nothing had happened. When she heard Li Zhenzhen's words, she wanted to retort her, but Xu Dongdong beat her to the punch: "Can you two be more reliable? Do you know where this is?"
He then continued, "On Abandoned Star, being stupid doesn't matter; the key is having money. Do you know why? Having money means having enough purchasing power, which means you can hire a lot of bodyguards to protect you, so that those sellers won't bully you. Otherwise, even if you're the president of the Healer Association and come here without protection, as long as there's enough profit, these people can bring you down."
The other three people couldn't help but shrink their necks when Xu Dongdong said this. Li Zhenzhen said hesitantly, "Then, then are we still going in?" It sounded so scary, sobbing.
Lily glanced at her sideways: "Pretend, keep pretending."
Li Zhenzhen snorted: "Do you think everyone is like you, a tomboy?"
Seeing the two of them about to quarrel again, Wen Le couldn't help but feel a headache. Why did they always fight as soon as they met? Could this be the legendary aura incompatibility?
Xu Dongdong was used to this, but he couldn't let them continue arguing during class, otherwise they wouldn't be able to make a conclusion until tomorrow morning. So he quickly said, "Do you still want to buy something?"
If you want to buy it, don't stand here and make a fuss. It's shameful. Of course, Xu Dongdong didn't dare to say this, otherwise the two tigresses would team up to beat him to death.
After hearing Xu Dongdong's words, Lily and Li Zhenzhen finally remembered that they were outside. They snorted, glared at each other, and turned their faces away.
After dealing with the two tigresses, Xu Dongdong asked Wen Le again: "Do you know what to do when you go in later?"
Wen Le glanced at him and said, "Isn't it just pretending? I understand that. And you have to be particularly pretentious, right?" In the eyes of everyone, if he could become a one-star therapist at the age of ten, he had the capital to do so, and no one would doubt it.
Xu Dongdong gave Wen Le a thumbs-up and praised him, "This young man is teachable." Then he asked everyone, "So what is the purpose of our coming here?"
"Making trouble!" Lily answered this question very naturally, as if it was a matter of course. It was obvious that this was what she thought.
Everyone: “…”
Although this is the truth, can you please not say it out loud? This is too embarrassing. Doesn't it make them look even worse?
Wen Le looked at Lily helplessly: "Shouldn't the purpose of our coming here be to shop at Taobao?"
Xu Dongdong took over the conversation: "Yes, we are here to buy things! Sister Li, can you please put aside your desire to cause trouble and at least buy the things first." Besides, if you cause trouble in this place, you might end up hurting your father, and you will definitely be slapped in the face when you go back.
Lily obviously understood this, pursed her lips and kicked Xu Dongdong: "Got it, so much nonsense."
Xu Dongdong was so wronged. What did he do to offend anyone? He was kicked for telling the truth. It was so unfair. But he only dared to complain in his heart and did not dare to get angry at Lily. He had to endure it with grievance.
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The four of them discussed it, and Xu Dongdong took the opportunity to stroke the golden furry head, hid aside before it could get angry, and then waved his fleshy hand: "Hey guys, I'll take you to broaden your horizons!"
Before he could finish his words, he was kicked by Lily and Li Zhenzhen.
Xu Dongdong didn't care and happily led everyone into the yard.
The courtyard was a world of its own. Outside, it was just an ordinary residential alley, no different from any other, save for being a bit remote. Inside, however, was a transparent, unidentified covering that allowed sunlight in while blocking out the noise. No sound from outside could be heard from inside, and no one outside could hear what was going on inside. Furthermore, the covering also blocked sight lines; Wen Le and the others had stood outside the door for so long without being able to see what was going on inside.
As Wen Le and the others entered, a thin, slender man in his early twenties came over to show them the way. He glanced at the four people and their pet, his eyes scanning the one-star healer badge on Wen Le's collar, and then smiled and led them into the house.
Wen Le had expected him to ask for identification or something like that. After all, while everyone knew about the existence of the black market, it was impossible to reveal it so openly to everyone. However, the guide didn't even ask.
Wen Le secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Wen Le didn't know the reason he didn't ask was because they treated them like some spoiled brats from a wealthy family, the kind of children so spoiled they'd become lawless and desperate to cause trouble. The black market's approach to dealing with such brats was to let them run wild, then file a bill and ask their parents for compensation. As long as these brats didn't completely cross their boundaries, they'd let them run wild. As for their identities, they knew how to find out.
The thin-faced man asked Wen Le what he wanted to buy. Wen Le told him he wanted to buy medicinal herbs, and the other party knew what he wanted. Then he took the four people and the pet to the basement, pushed the door open and saw that it was an auction room. The thin-faced man greeted the staff there, received a number plate from them, and then led them to find a seat while explaining to them: "The medicinal herbs here are sold in the form of auctions. Ordinary herbs are sold by kilogram, and expensive herbs are sold by gram. The highest bidder wins."
Then he led everyone to a small private room, handed the number plate to Wen Le, and said with a smile: "Well, I wish all the children have fun." After that, he asked the waiter to bring them five glasses of juice before leaving with a smile.
As soon as the thin-faced man left, Wen Le couldn't pretend anymore. He leaned over to Xu Dongdong and whispered, "How much money do you have now?" He thought it was just like a street stall where he could just buy whatever he wanted, but he didn't realize it was an auction. What if someone drove up the price? It would be embarrassing if they couldn't pay after bidding.
It would be impossible for Wen Le to come here and not buy anything. He had to buy at least some medicinal herbs after all the hard work. He was very poor now and needed to make some potions as soon as possible to earn some extra money. Otherwise, he might not be able to support himself, let alone his pets.
Xu Dongdong took a sip of juice and said, "What are you afraid of? At worst, I'll just mortgage you here."
Lily also said, "The fatty is right. Healers are very valuable on the black market, especially those as big as Xiao Lezi. There is no market for them."
Even the usually quiet Li Zhenzhen nodded.
Wen Le's hair was about to explode when he heard this: "Are you kidding me?!" What kind of place is this? How can it be so cruel? There are actually human traffickers, and they even don't let therapists go.
"It's illegal now!" Wen Le said with a trembling heart.
Xu Dongdong rolled his eyes: "Why else would they say this is a black market? Do you still think this is paradise?"
Wen Le's expression was extremely grim: "Is there no one in charge?"
"Who's in charge?" Xu Dongdong glanced at Wen Le. "Who would dare to do business here without any background?"
Wen Le pursed his lips and said nothing, but from his expression one could tell that he was in a very bad mood at the moment, which could be described as terrible.
Seeing Wen Le's grim expression, Xu Dongdong thought he was serious, so he smiled, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Don't worry, I was just joking. There's no way we'd leave you here." Afraid Wen Le wouldn't believe him, he opened his own savings account on the specially designed Abandoned Star computer and showed him his balance. He comforted him, "As long as we don't buy those weird things and only buy ordinary medicinal herbs, we can buy a lot."
Lily and Li Zhenzhen also showed their balance to Wen Le: "Don't worry, we won't abandon you."
But Wen Le was still in a bad mood. The news that Xu Dongdong had just told him still made him feel heavy.
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