Yunnan, mountain roads.
Five or six burly men spread out and surrounded Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong.
By comparison, the isolated pair looked especially small and helpless.
On the tour bus, the passengers watched the scene below through the windows.
The hot-blooded younger people could not help clenching their fists, wishing they could beat those damned crooked merchants senseless.
But anger was one thing. None of them would put themselves in danger.
At the back of the bus, a cultured-looking middle-aged man said, "A gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall. That young man is being unwise!"
An older woman forced a smile. "I think the things they sell are pretty good. They aren't cheating anyone."
People used all kinds of excuses to hide their own cowardice, acting as though they were somehow above the common rabble and had no need to argue with peasants.
A burly man with a beer belly took two strides toward Jiang Ning, looking as though he was about to ram into him.
Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong's hand and stepped back.
That cowardly display immediately drew mocking laughter from the men. "Hahaha!"
"What did I think you were? Just a spineless coward!"
The female tour guide sneered without mercy. The young man was rather handsome, but compared to making money, what the hell did that matter?
Seeing that they were scared, the female guide's eyes shifted as she came up with an idea.
"You've delayed us. All these people have been held up because of you for nearly two hours. How about this? Pay us two thousand yuan for lost work time, and then we'll leave."
Seeing them twist black into white, Xue Yuantong spoke up. "It hasn't been two hours!"
They had barely stopped for any time at all.
The female guide