"I don't want any of the martial arts manuals I mentioned just now."
"Pack up all the rest. I'm taking them!"
Hearing that, Xiao Lü felt a little dazed.
"Are you serious?"
Without another word, Xiao Fan walked up to the counter and began taking out money.
A hundred thousand Federation credits was the largest denomination, and Xiao Fan pulled out more than two hundred bills at once-over twenty million!
He had robbed the Black Tiger Sect of this money. It was dirty money, and by rights he couldn't spend it, but that was fine. When the time came, he could pin it on Lin Xianhuo and Shao Yan!
Both women were rich, so it wouldn't be strange at all for them to have that much money.
Several sales clerks soon gathered around excitedly and began calculating the price. Xiao Fan sat to one side with his feet up, sipping origin force coffee, looking perfectly calm and composed!
At that moment, Liu Rushi stood up and walked over, his face full of shock and suspicion. "Where did you get that money!?"
Xiao Fan frowned. "What's it got to do with you?"
"Xiao Fan!" Liu Rushi's voice suddenly rose. "You'd better explain yourself, or you're finished!"
"You're deeply involved in yesterday's massacre. With my family's power, it wouldn't be hard to get you killed over it!"
Xiao Fan's expression didn't change. "Then go ahead."
He glanced at Liu Rushi, his face full of mockery.
Liu Rushi's expression shifted between dark and uncertain. In the end, he pulled Xia Lian away!
He was in an utter panic, because his instincts told him Xiao Fan was very likely the Dog King, yesterday's murderous fiend! The real killer who had murdered his brother!
If Xiao Fan were just a piece of trash with one-star talent at the Martial Apprentice Fourth Stage, no one would ever have suspected him!
But that kick had just shown that Xiao Fan had hidden himself deeply. He had been playing dumb all along!
His true strength was definitely beyond the Martial Apprentice Fourth Stage. Liu Rushi had to tell his father and investigate Xiao Fan thoroughly!
Xiao Fan took a sip of coffee and watched Liu Rushi's retreating figure, his eyes full of mockery.
He had decided to do all this on the spur of the moment, and he had done it deliberately.
It was all to make the Liu Family come after him, then find a chance to secretly learn their martial arts!
Soon, the girl at the counter finished calculating. There were sixty martial arts manuals in total, worth over forty million.
The twenty million Xiao Fan had just taken out wasn't enough. He still needed another ten million, which was no small sum.
But when the saleswomen saw Xiao Fan casually pull one hundred-thousand-credit bill after another from his storage ring, they were stunned.
When did another big spender like this show up in our Green Leaf City!?
We have to build a connection with him, and fast!
But Xiao Fan was very indifferent. His standards were sky-high now; if a woman wasn't as pretty as his Xianhuo or Shao Yan, he couldn't be bothered to give her a second glance.
At last, as he walked away with the manuals, he began entering them into the system, one after another.
These sixty-odd manuals should have been enough to fuse into a brand-new seventh-tier martial art. Although it wouldn't advance the Demon Man Scripture, his combat power would definitely improve significantly!
As he walked, Xiao Fan grinned. If I can really sweep through places buying martial arts manuals like this, it won't take long to fuse a mythical-grade martial art!
Still, it was only a thought. It wasn't that easy. First- to third-tier martial arts were easy to obtain, but the difficulty jumped a level for fourth- to sixth-tier ones. Green Leaf City hardly had any fourth-tier manuals, let alone fifth-tier ones.
And anything above the sixth tier cost an astronomical sum!
Anything above the ninth tier was even harder to come by, a secret art that each family kept to itself!
Just then, Xiao Fan's phone rang.
"Where did you go in the middle of the day? I'm so hungry!" Lin Xianhuo said with a pout.
"I'll be back soon. What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you on the way," Xiao Fan replied.
Lin Xianhuo paused, thought it over carefully, then smiled. "I want black-soil pork trotter rice, and Qianfang milk to drink!"
Shao Yan's yawning voice came through the phone too. "Hah~ forget it. You're already eighteen. There's no chance you'll get a second growth spurt."
"Just eat something tasty instead."
"None of your business!" Lin Xianhuo snorted.
Shao Yan moved closer to the phone and said bashfully, "Fanfan, I want hot pot, the usual! Okay?"
"You're so slutty!" Lin Xianhuo said, her face full of contempt.
Shao Yan wiggled her big butt, stuck out her tongue, and giggled. "Then you be slutty too. Can you manage it?"
"Tch!"
Xiao Fan replied, "All right, all right, you'll both get what you want. I'll go buy it now!"
Half an hour later, Xiao Fan returned home with the food.
The moment he opened the door, his gaze was drawn to Shao Yan in front of him.
As usual, Shao Yan was wearing a white shirt, though this one had a rather distinctive cut.
One side of the shirt had slipped down, leaving her soft, delicate shoulder exposed to the air and giving off a tempting fragrance.
Below her neck were her clearly defined, alluring collarbones, and beneath them was a full, snow-white cleavage.
The white shirt was long, just covering her butt and leaving both legs bare. Xiao Fan stared as hard as he could, wanting to see whether she was wearing shorts underneath.
"Fanfan, you're back! Come on, I've already made the soup base. We just need to put the food in!" Shao Yan smiled sweetly.
Lin Xianhuo, who was standing nearby, felt a little down. To attract Xiao Fan's attention, she had also exposed her eye-catching long legs, but he hadn't looked at her.
Suddenly, Lin Xianhuo looked up in surprise, because Xiao Fan had walked straight over and sat down beside her as naturally as could be.
Across from them, Shao Yan's face immediately filled with resentment. She pursed her lips, looking thoroughly disgruntled.
Xiao Fan smiled. "You're the older sister. Go easy on your little sister."
Both women trembled when they heard that.
It was so suggestive, as though the two of them had already become Xiao Fan's women, with Shao Yan as the senior wife, the older sister, and Xianhuo as the junior wife, the younger sister.
As the suggestive atmosphere grew, Lin Xianhuo suddenly raised a leg and casually rested it on Xiao Fan's thigh.
Seeing that Xiao Fan didn't object, she turned sideways, a little nervous, and rested her other leg on him too. The two nestled very close together.
Shao Yan, sitting opposite them, suddenly gave a sweet smile. "Then how about big sister cooks some tripe for you two lovebirds?"
Her easy, gracious manner instantly turned Lin Xianhuo's cheeks bright red. She shook her head and said shyly, "No need. I... I can cook some for you too."
"Hehe, sisters don't need to be so particular with each other, right?" Shao Yan raised an eyebrow at Xiao Fan, as though telling him to hurry up and praise her.
Xiao Fan's heart gave a jolt. No way, right?
It's only been one night, and the two beauties have already made up? They're willing to be with me together?
This seems to be moving a little fast.
After that, though, silence fell, and they ate and drank.
Lin Xianhuo glanced at Xiao Fan from time to time. His neat short hair, resolute face, and calm eyes weren't actually anything special, but for some reason, whenever she looked at him, her heart began to race.
When did I fall for this man?
When we were in the sewer? Back then, she had only been angry and embarrassed.
Later, she had seen Xiao Fan sitting alone in a corner of the classroom, being laughed at. At the time, it had probably just been her maternal instincts overflowing.
But Lin Xianhuo felt that she would never forget that night at the black market for as long as she lived.
In the dark alley, facing those two powerful enemies who were almost impossible to defeat, Xiao Fan had revealed his true identity without hesitation, activated the suicidal Elemental Overlap, and stood in front of her.
Whenever Lin Xianhuo thought of that scene, her heart fluttered.
Xiao Fan wasn't broad or burly; he was even a little thin. But as long as he was by her side, she felt an unparalleled sense of security!
Last night, she and Shao Yan had also talked until late. Shao Yan was just like her.
Her situation was unusual. Although she was a Lesser Grandmaster, she wasn't very strong, and her talent was sealed.
That night, she had drunk too much and had nearly been picked up by someone. If Xiao Fan hadn't appeared, she didn't even dare imagine what would have happened afterward!
Shao Yan had also said that she could hardly believe it at the time: a great beauty like her, and Xiao Fan had just tossed her onto the bed without so much as touching her. For a while, she had thought Xiao Fan was gay.
Only later did she learn that it wasn't that Xiao Fan didn't want to, but that he didn't dare.
He had still been very weak then. He hadn't dared stir up trouble or wanted to expose the fact that he was the Dog King.
He was clearly stronger than everyone else, yet everyone laughed at him and bullied him!
At first, Shao Yan had approached Xiao Fan out of a desire to repay him and an overflow of maternal affection, but later, she had truly fallen in love with this younger man, five years her junior.
He possessed maturity far beyond his peers, as well as unparalleled strength. He always knew what to do and when, and always calmly made the right choice!
When the two women had seduced Xiao Fan last night, any other man in his place would probably have lost control long before then.
Xiao Fan was the same. His physical reaction had been as obvious as could be, and when he truly couldn't hold back anymore, he had simply tossed the two women onto the bed and fled.
His reason was heartwarming too. He knew he couldn't do that, at least not yet. Otherwise, when the two women's fathers found out, they would surely fly into a rage, and that would be extremely bad for Xiao Fan and both women alike!