Volume 1: Initial Exposure Chapter 54: You, stop right there!

  Twenty minutes later, Li Ruoxi could no longer bear Xu Jingkai's incessant chatter in her ear and stopped in her tracks. Her face was filled with frosty anger as she said, "Are you done yet? I've already told you, I don't have the slightest interest in you! If you keep following me, I'll call the police and say you're harassing me!"

  Xu Jingkai had made up his mind to die together with Rotten, so when faced with Li Ruoxi's threat, he didn't care at all. As he reached out to grab Li Ruoxi, a brilliant smile spread across his face as he said:

  "Beautiful girl, how can you be so heartless? I genuinely like you because in my entire life, I've never seen a girl as beautiful as you. Before, I didn't believe in love at first sight, but now I do. The moment I saw you, I couldn't help but fall in love with you. Can you give me a chance? How about this: can you give me your phone number and tell me your name? Then I'll turn around and leave right away. When we have time later, I'll invite you out to dinner."

  Li Ruoxi took a step back, quickly putting her hands behind her back to avoid Xu Jingkai's outstretched hand. She said coldly: "Please put your hands and feet in order, I'm not interested in having dinner with you, nor do I want you to know my name, please leave."

  Li Ruoxi, no matter where she goes, as long as there are men around, is bound to be a stunning scenery. Xu Jingkai was attracted by Li Ruoxi's beauty and temperament, and other men would also be infatuated with her beauty and temperament.

  The place where the two stood was soon surrounded by people, and all the men looked at Xu Jingkai with a bad face, their eyes filled with disgust and hatred.

  A young man in his late 20s, with a look of disdain on his face, strode into the circle surrounded by people and quickly arrived at Li Ruoxi's side. He glared at Xu Jingkai and rebuked him in a low voice: "Who are you? Harassing someone else's daughter in broad daylight, are you still a man? Are you acting like a hoodlum or what?"

  Xu Jingkai's smile quickly disappeared, and he looked at the young man who had jumped out to help with a bad expression. He coldly snorted: "Who are you? What is your relationship with this beauty?"

  The young man's face turned pale, and he immediately shouted: "Although I don't know this lady, but I see you harassing her, so I want to stop your hooligan behavior."

  Xu Jingkai took a step forward, shouting loudly: "So you're saying that you're a busybody who can't mind your own business? I'm warning you, if you don't get out of here immediately, I guarantee that within two hours, you'll be kneeling in front of me begging for mercy. Hmph, before trying to interfere with others' affairs, it's best to weigh your own strength, or else you might end up getting hit by a car on the street or beaten to death by someone."

  The young man who stood up looked fearful, and his face changed color as he faced Xu Jingkai's direct threat.

  He just stood out because he was attracted by Li Ruoxi's beauty, couldn't bear to see such a stunning beauty being harassed, and at the same time, he still had a hint of fantasy in his heart, imagining himself as a hero saving the beauty, and finally the beauty falling in love with him and devoting herself to him.

  But now, facing the other's threat, he secretly regretted and knew that his behavior was reckless. If someone could recklessly show off on the street without any reliance, it would be absolutely impossible.

  Being poor and unattractive, what's the point of competing with others?

  Saving beauty is a good thing, but I really don't have that much weight!

  He turned his head and glanced at Li Ruoxi. The young man's face turned pale, took a few steps back, lowered his head and remained silent.

  Xu Jingkai was very satisfied with the young man's performance, and he felt that at this moment, he could be described as invincible. As the saying goes, beauties love heroes, and his own few words of rebuke were enough to scare that busybody into hiding, wasn't that a heroic figure?

  With the purchased artifact in hand, Wang Ke reluctantly left the stall in front of him. Although he felt that there should be more artifacts on these two stalls, his ability eye had just been used and could not be used again immediately. Relying on his own level was not enough to determine which one was an artifact, so he could only suppress the idea of finding another artifact immediately and turned to leave.

  There were over 600 items in these two stalls, even if there was a single piece of treasure among them, it would probably take some time to be discovered. So he decided to sell the other handicrafts he had bought first, including the purple clay teapot.

  Ten minutes later, Wang Ke sold the purple sand pot and two other items to a stall owner for only 200 yuan.

  "What's going on over there?"

  Wang Ke, carrying his law enforcement equipment and inkstone, was suddenly drawn in by the large crowd gathered tens of meters ahead.

  Has someone else picked up something good again?

  He hesitated for a moment before striding towards the crowd gathered tens of meters away.

  When he used to wander around the antique market, he would often find crowds gathering together. About half of them were scenes where someone had picked up a treasure and was discovered by others who competed to buy it; while the other half were mostly because someone had spent a lot of money only to end up buying fake items.

  However, just as Wang Ke squeezed into the crowd, he saw Li Ruoxi with a cold expression, glaring at Xu Jingkai, the arrogant young man he had met before.

  "I'm warning you, if you harass me again, I won't be polite." Li Ruoxi saw the young man who had just stood up for her being threatened by Xu Jingkai and retreating to the side, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes, and said angrily.

  Xu Jingkai's face showed a frivolous expression, and he smiled: "Don't be polite, beautiful girl, don't be polite to me. We'll be one family in the future, so what's the point of being polite? Tell me your name and your phone number, I promise not to bother you again."

  Li Ruoxi said indignantly: "Don't even think about it."

  Xu Jingkai took two steps forward towards Li Ruoxi, stopping less than three meters in front of her. He said seriously: "I am truly and sincerely wanting to pursue you. Don't blame me for bothering you, I'm afraid of missing this opportunity, and I may not be able to find someone like you again in this lifetime. And please believe my sincerity, whether it's my personal conditions or family background, they are all very good, really hoping you can give me a chance."

  As he spoke, he was about to get closer to Li Ruoxi again and stretched out his hand to grab Li Ruoxi's hand.

  Wang Ke stood in the crowd for a moment and suddenly understood that so many people had gathered here, it turned out that there were hooligans harassing Li Ruoxi!

  Because of the faint smile that seemed to be there but wasn't, Wang Ke squeezed into the crowd with force and strode to Li Ruoxi's side, stretching out his hand to block her behind him. He even forcefully slapped away Xu Jingkai's outstretched hand, coldly snarling: "If you dare to take another step forward and play the rogue again, I'll beat you until you're picking up your teeth from the ground, get lost!"

  Xu Jingkai's expression froze for a moment, and when he clearly saw the person standing in front of the beautiful woman, it was actually Zhao Menfeng, the boss of the self-cultivation residence he had visited with his uncle recently, and suddenly a surge of anger rose to his head.

  At first, this guy didn't even have the qualifications to sit down, and now he's pouring tea and water for Zhao Menfeng and himself. Now he's actually jumping out to ruin his own good fortune. Has this bastard's brain gone bad or has he grown a pair of dog eyes?

  "Listen up, kid. You see who I am? Even Zhao Lao, the self-proclaimed big shot, is polite to me when he sees me. How dare you stick your nose in where it doesn't belong? Are you tired of living? It's you who should be getting out of here. Scram, or if you keep meddling, you'll face severe consequences." Xu Jingkai glared at Wang Ke with a dark gaze, his whole body radiating anger.

  Wang Ke was too lazy to bother with this guy anymore. As for his character, Wang Ke didn't think much of him, and arguing with someone like that had no significance.

  Turning his head to look at Li Ruoxi, Wang Que asked: "Are you okay?"

  Li Ruoxi recognized Wang Que as soon as he blocked her way, and she was very clear about his methods. After all, the outcome of the five elders in her own family had been quite miserable.

  Shaking her head, Li Ruoxi's icy face melted a bit as she said, "I'm fine, I just feel annoyed. As soon as I arrived at the antique market, this person started bothering me."

  Looking around at the people nearby, Li Ruoxi leaned in close to Wang Ke's ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "And don't forget, I'm also skilled in martial arts. Not just this thug, but even three or four ordinary people wouldn't be my match."

  Wang Ke nodded and smiled: "I had forgotten about this, don't mind him, let's go!"

  Li Ruoxi nodded without hesitation and followed Wang Ke outwards.

  The crowd surrounding them, seeing Li Ruoxi and Wang Qing's intimate appearance, made way for a path to let the two leave. If they didn't have concerns in their hearts, they would have jumped out to be heroes saving the beauty earlier. So Wang Qing stood up, although they were somewhat depressed, it was better than a super beautiful woman being harassed by thugs!

  "Wang Ke, what's that you're carrying?" Li Ruoxi walked out of the crowd and her beautiful eyes scanned over the black plastic bag in Wang Ke's hand, asking curiously.

  Wang Ke smiled and said: "Just picked up a treasure from a stall."

  Treasures found?

  Li Ruoxi's beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of curiosity, and she asked: "What treasure? Can I take a look?"

  Wang Ke took out the inkstone from the black plastic bag without hesitation and handed it to him, saying: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a ritual vessel, worth quite a bit of money. I only spent 500 yuan when I bought it."

  Li Ruoxi reached out to take it, just about to speak, when a loud angry shout came from behind her:

  "Stop right there."

  Xu Jingkai angrily caught up, his gaze swept across Li Ruoxi's stunning face and landed on Wang Ke.

  Wang Ke said coldly: "If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have farted, let it out quickly. We don't have much time to bother with you."

  Xu Jingkai's mouth twitched violently a few times, his face dark and cold as he hummed: "Aren't you afraid of bringing trouble upon yourself?"

  Wang Ke shrugged and said, "Bad people all say I'm a troublemaker. Do you think I'm still afraid of getting into trouble? What? You want to teach me a lesson? Come on, my hands are itchy lately!"

  Xu Jingkai's face changed slightly. Although he was quite talented in Feng Shui, he was not good at fighting and brawling!

  His eyes fell on the inkstone in Li Ruoxi's hand, and he was suddenly moved. A cold smile spread across his face as he said, "Just now I heard you say that this thing is your treasured find? A broken trinket, and you also want to sell it for a high price? I think you're really talking nonsense."

  Wang Ke gave him a "you're an idiot" look, secretly sneering in his heart.

  At first, Zhao Menfeng said that he had reached the level of Wang Qi, but now that he's holding this artifact, he doesn't feel anything. This proves that he has only recently reached the level of Wang Qi and probably needs a long time to concentrate his energy in order to sense the spiritual energy fluctuations around the artifact.