The next morning, Ye Tian warned the rest of the gang on not spending too much before giving them the zoids card. He didn't join because he was too distracted on figuring out the thief outfit, not to mention, the lack of progress to mastering the second step of the ‘steps to the heaven' also caused him a headache.
Lin Yang was also the other person that went back to work, unwillingly, where he met Pi Pi and Li On in the early morning. They invited him to have breakfast along with her parents and her younger brother. Lin Yang thought this might be a change for the better.
“Lin Yang, how old are you?”
“17 Sir Cen.”
“How’s working with my daughter and son? Are you learning a lot?”
Before Lin Yang got to respond, Li On was the one that interfered and answered.
“He’s definitely learning a lot. In no time, he’ll become a capable man,” Li On replied.
“That’s good. Help him so he can learn. You also need to learn and pray in order to become a better person,” Sir Cen said.
“Of course, I pray every day. Don’t worry about it, your children and I are learning together so we will show results in no time.”
Lin Yang kept quiet until breakfast was over. This time Pi Pi asked him to come over to her office, where Li On tagged along as well.
“Lin Yang, we have a new business recently that is opened nearby. Can you go over there and Li On will give you the details.”
Lin Yang nodded. A little conflict occurred when Lin Yang did things a bit differently than instructed but his method had better results, however, Li On told him to stick with the instructions he gave him. Although it was a minor argument, Li On seemed to be annoyed with Lin Yang not following his directions. A short while later, he left the place to somewhere else. When Li On came back, he brought along Pi Pi’s younger brother, who told Lin Yang to make a better effort in listening to Li On. Apparently, Li On was complaining about how Lin Yang was not following his instructions. Lin Yang explained the minor mistake, and even though the younger brother agreed with Lin Yang’s method, he still showed indecisiveness in the presence of Li On.
Unfortunately, it didn't stop there as Pi Pi came later on to lecture him onhow he should learn from Li On. Lin Yang said he has been following the instructions, except for that one time. Despite the ranting, he continued to work stubbornly for the rest of the day until one of the colleagues told him that he just saw a journal book written by Pi Pi that claimed Lin Yang needed to be more responsible and independent.
This time, Lin Yang became so furious, he quit the job, leaving the area as quickly as possible. After all this time, he felt like he was being used by an arrogant woman who relied on her dad to hold an important position and for opportunities that she felt entitled to have, and yet till this day, only losses occurred under her management. The younger brother, on the other hand, continued to play around while ignoring to solve any problems. To make it worse, another egotistical person took advantage of their inability, instead manipulating and scheming behind the scenes. Lin Yang had no desire to work for such selfish people. With some business experience that he has had, he knew that if their father was no longer in this world, the family’s business would crumble quickly since the daughter and son duo have never showed any capability or results. Eventually, if the didn't wise up, they would be eaten by the same person who’s scheming behind the scenes.
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Lin Yang decided to stroll around the capital to let off some steam, coincidentally, he met Ma Qian and the others. Lin Yang’s mood quickly improved as he tagged along with the others to the spa, message parlor, fancy lunch, and other luxury products they could enjoy. Even Xiang Jiao, who just bought a sunglasses, never thought he could enjoy all the amenities that zoids could offer at this point. They were living the high life where the very few elites could only afford, and it was the perfect situation to relieve Lin Yang’s stress.
Only Ye Tian wasn’t part of the group as he had to meet with Wang Rong and the elders to discuss further on the treasured items that would be transferred to Destiny city of the Star Empire. The appraisal of one of the identified treasure took much longer than expected when they couldn’t determine the starting price it would start with at the auction. Later on, Wang Rong provided more details on the upcoming event that is commonly known as the “Treasure Mountain” due to its reputation on giving out magical treasures every decade or so. Ye Tian was still indecisive with this event. Considering that the group just made a lot of money from selling those treasures at the bazaar, he wanted to focus on solving the mystery of the masked men.
Later that night back inside the cave, Ma Qian and the others came home carrying a bunch of luxury items from their shopping spree. Ye Tian already came home before them, but when he saw the items that they were carrying, he had a really bad feeling about it.
“Come, let me see the zoids card,” Ye Tian asked hurriedly.
“Ye Tian, look! We got you some really nice stuff! When you’re bored, or when you’re sick, I’m sure this is going to entertain you,” Ma Qian replied but he ignored Ye Tian’s question.
“Let me see the zoids card!” Ye Tian sternly stared at him.
“Ye Tian, look at these silky golden robe we bought for you. Man, you’re going to look like a real prince! See that hole on the side of your clothes, and look, those pants of yours are almost teared up. We thought about you so much that we bought you so many really nice clothes, and it was on sale!” This time Song Han tried to help out using what he does best, his mouth.
“What you don’t understand me? Am I speaking another language? I ask you to give me the zoids card,” Ye Tian kept on asking. He didn’t care whether his clothes were ripped or not. He couldn’t care less if he had to go naked, such trivial matters were of no importance to him.
Ma Qian stared at Xiang Jiao and the rest, but every single one of them looked down and pretended to do their own things. Eventually, he took out the zoids card and handed it to Ye Tian.
“What, again? Fuck my life…..no I wanna fuck your life! Are you guys stupid or dumb? Lin Yang, I thought I told you to watch over them carefully. From now on, you all will be my slave for the next 10 years without pay!” Ye Tian yelled angrily.
Everyone else did not talk back . They knew they fucked up again, especially Ma Qian and Xiang Jiao. They were never taught some financial skills, in contrast with Lin Yang. For the rest of the night, Ye Tian lectured them through cursing and insulting their intelligence, and nobody dared to retaliate as they sat in their corners waiting to be punished.
The bazaar event made them quite rich, enough to survive for decades comfortably. They made 8,000,000 zoids, but the crew spent 7,850,000 within one day, mostly on useless stuff. When zoids were in front of them, their mind acted like a brain dead unable to think about anything but to spend till they drop. This was the kind of life they all wanted after suffering from living the poor life.
Before the night ended, Ye Tian hurriedly ran to meet Wang Rong to tell her that the team will join the “Treasure Mountain” event. Fortunately, she still had time to register all of them before the event begin, which was the next morning.
Throughout the night, one person was unable to sleep due to anger, the others were unable to sleep due to the fear that the angry person would snap at any moment and beat the hell out of them. This night became a restless night for all of the crew, in which they all wished to have amnesia the next morning.