Cyber Ghosts

Chapter 136 Flower-Picking Finger Made a Clear Mind
“As you mentioned it, we have no option but to…!” Zhe grabbed his hands and seemed that he had made his mind. He stood up in a sudden and looked at Hao Ning steadfastly, adding, “Rather than worrying about our gains or losses over here, and as my brother has no better ideas to persuade him, I think we should adopt full measures to buy the Dragon King Temple and the Back Mountain once for all!”

“…” Hao Ning and others stared at Zhe’s earnest expression with mixed feelings in their hearts. The poor really could not understand what the rich thought. To the rich themselves, they thought what they said was so pragmatic. Anything if it could be solved with money was not a problem at all. But what Zhe wanted to buy was a piece of land. Nobody knew how much it would cost. Thinking of this, everybody kept silent and not to answer Zhe.

“Good!” After hearing what Zhe said, Long Fei was thrilled. He patted the table without thinking a second as he thought that the Back Mountain could be kept in hand. “Great, you are so powerful. You come up with an idea that we can buy the Dragon King Temple. It is a perfect idea!” Long Fei found that Hao Ning and others stared at himself weirdly as he was talking. He softened his voice and sat back in his chair, saying in a tentative manner, “Well, how much for that Temple?”

“Not too much, I should have paid for that.” Zhe said without thinking too much, adding, “but, the main reason is that I am still a student. My parents required me to keep a low profile. So, except for the daily expenditures, I can’t get all the money in so short time. I just heard that all of you are working for Internet companies. I think all of you are well paid. So, I don’t think that this small goal of 100 million Yuan is a big problem.”

“Pop!” Before Zhe finished his speech, Long Fei and Liu Shuai were shocked to the ground. They even could not stand up because what Zhe just said.

“Ooh, be careful, guys!” Zhe said as he saw the two falling to the ground and he hurried to help them up. “Be careful, guys. Those chairs are too slippery. I think I should talk to the boss about it.”

“I’m ok, well…you just said, how much?” Long Fei rubbed his ass and shook his hand to let Zhe leave him alone. He seemed that he could not believe in what he just heard, “How much did you just say?”.

“100 million.” Zhe thought for a while and continued his talking gladly, “I have a good news. If we can pay for it in one lump sum, I think I can get a discount from my brother. I think the price will be 12% off with my privilege. That means we can buy the Temple less than 90 million Yuan. Guys, you should thank me for this price. As I played the “King’s Glory” for my brother, he agreed to give me this privilege. Even my Daddy can’t enjoy this privilege.”

Hao Ning looked at Zhe. He spoke like a real estate salesman. He could not help sighing with mixed feelings. Zhe was in his element at real estate. However, no matter 90 million or 100 million, those were the numbers out of his ability. He felt that something was wrong with it. He thought about it deeply without further talking.

“Hey, Shuai…” Long Fei looked at Liu Shuai with a sad feeling, “How much do you have? Can I borrow some from you…”

“No way!” Liu Shuai gave him the cold shoulder. He did not save much money over the past. Even if he had saved money, it would take him almost 1000 years to save 100 million. Even if he could live 500 years long, what about the rest of 500 years? Who can lend life to me?

“Zhou…Hao Ning,” Long Fei turned his head. He originally wanted to talk with the nice and beautiful boy—Zhou Yuan. He thought that he was so “nice” that she would help him out. But when he saw him, he was swiping his Moment on his phone. He was often “hypocritical” at the critical moment. So, he had no option but to look at Hao Ning.

“Forget about it, Long Fei. I know you don’t have that much money. Although Zhe may not know what the meaning of 100 million to the average people…” When Hao Ning was talking, he saw Zhe’s facial expression changed slightly in a sudden. He seemed to understand all the things abruptly. He linked things around and stopped comforting Long Fei. He smiled, took a drink slowly and looked at Zhe, asking, “Zhe, do you have any good idea to get the money?”

“Huh?” Zhe’s smiling face turned into an unnatural one. It seemed that his trick had just been exposed. He scratched his head and smiled, “Hao Ning, you are a great master. You saw through me at a glance. As you know, it took me so much energy to lead here. I planned that you guys would discuss with me when you find you can’t raise funds after trying so much. At that time, I think I can give you some advice. I didn’t see this coming so soon. Hao Ning, my Master, you are so unique. You saw through me so quickly. That’s great, great.”

“Ha, ha, ha. It is not that difficult.” Hao Ning smiled, sighing with deep emotion in his heart. Zhe put everyone into such a situation because he saw Hao Ning had exceptional flying skills. He envied him. So, he treated everyone for that. But he said nothing about Hao Ning’s flying skills during the dinner. He even showed no interest in learning it. He just mentioned Long Fei’s Immortal incense. At first, Hao Ning thought that Zhe was just on the spur of the moment or he attached great importance to his wishes. When Zhe put forward a ridiculous plan of buying the Dragon King Temple with 100 million Yuan, Hao Ning mistakenly believed that he put forward the plan because he was born in the super-rich family, and he did not know the income of average people.

Until just now, Hao Ning said unconsciously that Zhe probably didn’t know what 100 million meant. Zhe showed a strange smile. He understood that he might wrongly regard rich people as fools. As we knew, Zhe and Ye were in love. How could he not have a basic concept of the average people’s income? So, Zhe should be very clear this plan was an impossible mission for them. Zhe spent so much time talking about this plan, and he gave his own plan that even he thought it was ridiculous. The only reason he did this was that he had a relatively feasible plan. And his plan might have something with his Kung Fu. That was the reason Zhe envied his Kung Fu but he did not mention it at all. It was possible that Zhe set this trap and waited for Long Fei to jump into. During the talking just now, Zhe had known the personality of each of them. Zhe also knew that Long Fei was good at Kung Fu but with little social experience. He should also know that there were not many donations in the Dragon King Temple. So he set the trap, waiting for Long Fei to be his prey. Zhe wanted to make his own goal to be Long Fei’s and Hao Ning’s must-to-do. However, although Zhe paid many efforts for it, Hao Ning did not like Zhe’s business approach. Hao Ning was a little impatient with Zhe.

Hao Ning smiled bitterly in his heart. He thought that he might not see through Zhe several years ago. So he might accept Zhe and Zhe’s plan and they might be good friends. But now, he saw through Zhe at his first glance. They might not be friends anymore. Was it good or not?

“I do have some plans. But Master Hao Ning has to do a favor for Long Fei.” Sure enough, Zhe noticed that Hao Ning did not talk again after smiling. He had to continue his topic. It was obvious that he put emphasis on “Hao Ning has to do a favor for Long Fei”. This sentence was very powerful. If Hao Ning were reluctant to do a favor for Long Fei, Hao Ning might lose Long Fei, a good friend.

Hao Ning knew exactly the meaning of Zhe’s words. He frowned and had some dissatisfaction in his heart. The most disgusting thing Hao Ning hated was to manage friendship like business partnership.

Zhe did not know what Hao Ning’s bottom line was. As a matter of fact, he was a student at that time. Although Zhe had seen so many tricks in business field due to his family background, he might not know that what he said was touched Hao Ning’s bottom line.

“I have some friends who are from rich families. They are so interested in Kung Fu and they want to learn some special Kung Fu.” Zhe did not notice that Hao Ning’s aversion toward him. He saw that Hao Ning was listening to him so carefully. He scratched his head, saying with encouragement and shyness, “Master Hao Ning has been devoted to Kung Fu so much. If you would like to teach them some, I will require them to pay you 10 or 20 million Yuan as tuition fee. Then you’ll have 100 million Yuan”

“Teach them what?” Long Fei cheered up as he heard that somebody was willing to pay for Hao Ning ‘s Kung Fu, “What Kung Fu do they want to learn from Hao Ning?”

“Well…” Zhe saw that Long Fei has jumped into his trap. He thought for a while and said with eyes flashing, “Well, the flying skill Hao Ning just used is so great. If he would like to teach that to our friends…”

“Ok, I promise!” Long Fei patted the table, answering without a second thought.

“Long Fei, are you insane?” Hao Ning thought that Long Fei might think for a while before answering. He unexpectedly promised Zhe without asking for his consent. Hao Ning was angry. He did not realize that although Long Fei had little desire in this world, his obsession was so strong that he would seize every opportunity at all costs and by all means to satisfy his only desire.

Thinking of this, Hao Ning said angrily, “Zhe is unable to learn how to do with my Cloud Step!” Hao Ning even thought that it was a waste of time to expose Zhe’s lie. It was only Long Fei who indulged in this would be so crazy. There were no Zhe’s “several friends” who wanted to learn. It was Zhe himself.

Things were clear. It was true that the Incense Gathering in the Dragon King Temple would be in the ascendant. It was true that the Dragon King Temple faced the crisis. It was true that Zhe had the power to solve the problems. It was also true that Zhe was very interested in Hao Ning’s Kung Fu. Hao Ning believed that Zhe would pay 100 million to address all the challenges the Dragon King Temple faced as long as he taught him his Kung Fu. It sounded reasonable. Zhe spent so much money to help Long Fei out of the problems. Hao Ning also should do something.

Most importantly, it was more reasonable that nobody mentioned the Back Mountain in the Dragon King Temple that night. Zhe had done a good job under this kind of situation although he did for himself. So, Hao Ning totally understood what Zhe did and he did not complain about anything. But he felt a little disappointed when he saw that Long Fei promised everything that he couldn’t do, regardless of the consequences in order to keep the Back Mountain safe.

Long Fei did have so little social experience to handle this situation. He might not have many friends due to Yufei. It was his nature to do things. But what he did today hurt Hao Ning’s feeling! Thinking of this, Hao Ning turned into angry. He moved very quickly to approach Zhe. Zhe and others just saw a light. When they saw Hao Ning, he had been near Zhe. Hao Ning picked up a leaf from a decoration tree behind Zhe. He pinched the leaf with three fingers of his right hand. He smiled to others but said in a cold voice, “It was you who said that Zhe was able to learn how to play Kung Fu. Then it is your responsibility to teach him. the Cloud Step is a kid’s toy. You should teach him what I just played—Flower-picking Finger.

Just immediate to his talking, Hao Ning tossed the leaf to Long Fei. What he did seemed a little slow and the leaf was very light. It was not uncommon that this leaf would not reach Long Fei. So Long Fei did not pay attention to the leaf. In a sudden, the leaf flew over him, hit the thick wooden table in front of Long Fei. The table was broken into halves with the leaf inserting into it directly.

They were so shocked at what Hao Ning just did. Suddenly, there were two “tinkling” sounds coming from the ground. It turned out that the leaf broke the stainless steel fork in front of Long Fei first and then flew into the table. It was so fast that the broken fork was bounced into the air. That was the reason the others saw the broken table first and heard the sound then.

His Flower-picking Finger, just like what Mr. Jin said, had a story. When Buddha came to the lecture, he picked up a flower. Nobody knew what he intended to do except Kassapa who smiled. The movement meant that only Kassapa understood what Buddha’s intention. The reason that Hao Ning played this movement was he saw others using every trick to achieve their goal without thinking where they came from. He also wanted to tell Long Fei through this movement that Long Fei should pay close attention to what he did. Unexpectedly, the movement with a beautiful name had so much power, leading to huge damages. Hao Ning just played 10% of his unseen power to ignite this movement. The leaf cut off the fork and broke the table. Hao Ning was stunned by it, too. Suddenly, he had no clue to say anything. So he pretended to be unpredictable and watched Long Fei coldly.

“Oh, my God… Hao Ning, be cool!” Liu Shuai only knew that Hao Ning broke the table out of anger. He couldn’t know it was Hao Ning who could not play the skill perfectly. Liu Shuai thought that it was Long Fei who put Hao Ning in such a dilemma situation. Hao Ning was so pissed off that he might not want to be his friend anymore. Thinking of this, Liu Shuai stood up hurriedly, saying, “Guys, be cool. You know what, there are only several things that Long Fei cares. So he may do something wrong due to this. And Long Fei, you know what. Although you have reasons to do it, you promised Zhe without asking Hao Ning first. You did it for your own passed-away obsession. You put your dear living friends into a dilemma situation. Are you still his friend? You insisted on your obsession so hard. You did it for Yufei or for yourself? Have you ever thought that Yufei was a nice guy? What would he think of you if he knows what you have done by all means for your desires?”