I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

Chapter 151: The Free Ones Are the Most Expensive

"Hey buddy, what would you like to see?"

The Spider Woman exhaled a smoke ring, her narrow fox eyes scanning Lin Yan and A Jiu up and down.

She waited until they were both standing still before saying with a charming smile, "Even that red-clad big shot in the south of the city is drooling over the fabrics here."

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Lin Yan gave her a meaningful look. "Does Senior know about this?"

He glanced at the stall and immediately took a liking to a piece of silk.

The fabric has subtle water-repellent patterns, which is perfect for making clothes for A-Jiu, so she won't always get water splashed on her when she washes dishes.

"How much is this piece of moonlight silk?"

Lin Yan pointed casually.

The Spider Woman's smile grew even brighter.

"Young man, you have great taste! Today is our store anniversary, so we can give you this fabric for free!!!"

The Spider Woman waved generously, then narrowed her eyes, her expression cunning.

"However—"

Just as she was speaking.

Ah Jiu leaned her little head over, looking left and right, seemingly quite satisfied with the batch of fabric.

She intended to reach out and touch it, but stopped halfway through, only lightly touching a matching button next to her.

Just as Lin Yan was about to praise Xiao Ajiu for being sensible, he heard a "smack".

Spider Woman slammed her pipe on the counter, her previous alluring expression gone, replaced by the shrewish, unscrupulous face of a merchant.

"Okay!"

Spider Woman raised her hand and beckoned, and the scroll of parchment floating behind her drifted over.

"The moonlight silk is free! But this young lady's offensive action just now triggered our in-depth fitting service!"

"An additional service fee will be charged."

Spider-Woman added, "In addition to the expert consultation fee triggered by my verbal inquiry, there's also the depreciation cost of cutting the packaging—"

"Cheng Hui, a total of 1.88 million ghost money!!!"

The Spider Woman stretched out her eight black hairy legs, blocking all paths, and looked down at Lin Yan.

After staring for a while, seeing that Lin Yan's expression remained unchanged, she turned her head to stare at A Jiu, who was hiding behind Lin Yan.

"No money? If you have no money, then leave this little girl's eyes as payment!"

"The rules on this parchment are clearly written: any verbal inquiry is invalid, even if you have read and agreed to all the details!"

"What, trying to renege on your debts in the ghost market? Ask your fellow traders if they'll allow it."

A group of people had gathered around us without us noticing.

The vendors watching the spectacle all wore expressions of schadenfreude.

Upon hearing the words "leave your eyes behind," a hint of bewilderment flashed in A-Jiu's usually empty and lifeless eyes.

She lost all her memories, but the feeling of having her eyes sewn shut in the air-raid shelter returned to her.

The deprivation of sight, the endless darkness—it was a wound etched deep in her soul, and now, just thinking about it made her feel overwhelmed.

She shrank behind Lin Yan, clutching his shirt with both hands, and even the drink in her hand was a little unsteady.

"Big brother—" A-Jiu's voice trembled.

"My eyes, my eyes are meant for you—I don't want to give them to her."

Lin Yan felt a tremor from the hem of his clothes, and he thought of how Ajiu looked in the air-raid shelter.

He lowered his head and looked at Ajiu, who looked like a frightened deer.

Originally, I was just a little annoyed about being ripped off, but when Ah Jiu called me "big brother" with a tearful voice, the situation changed.

He just wanted to quietly buy some things in this black market today and didn't want to cause any trouble.

But this ignorant spider actually dared to scare A-Jiu with the thing she feared most.

A humanoid nuclear bomb that could be nullified even by a half-step advancement was now hiding behind him like a wronged little girl.

Ah Jiu could have killed the spider woman in front of him and then killed some of the slower onlookers to vent his anger.

But she didn't.

She was just hiding behind herself.

Why?

Was it because you named her Ajiu that day?

Forget it, Lin Yan didn't want to think about it anymore.

If he can't even protect this, what kind of guardian is he?

But before that, I must not betray Ajiu's trust.

Lin Yan turned around, placed his hand on A-Jiu's head and gently rubbed it twice, soothingly saying, "A-Jiu, remember."

Lin Yan spoke very seriously, as if he were teaching his younger sister a very simple truth: "In this world, there are some unreasonable rules that we don't need to follow."

"If someone insists on using those disgusting, unreasonable terms to bully or intimidate you—"

Lin Yan turned around, and his gentle eyes instantly filled with ferocity, as if hiding a ferocious beast that wanted to devour people.

"Big brother is going to teach you your first lesson: when you encounter a thug, you have to use methods that are even more thuggish and unreasonable than hers, and trample her rules under your feet."

As soon as he finished speaking, the onlookers around him were still gloating, completely unaware that a crisis was about to befall them.

Lin Yan raised his right leg, and with the added explosive power of the Nine Revolutions Prison Bone Body, he delivered a powerful front kick that slammed into the counter.

With a deafening "bang!", the sound was deafening.

The counter used to display the fabric was not light, but at this moment, Lin Yan kicked it and sent it flying backwards, along with the sheepskin roll that had landed on it.

"what!"

The Spider Woman, standing behind the counter, had no time to react before her own counter slammed into her chest.

The eight spider legs flailing awkwardly in mid-air as the person and stall crashed into the stone wall behind them, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The vendors who had been watching the spectacle suddenly fell silent, taking several steps back as if afraid of being kicked.

What the hell kind of monster is this living person?!

Lin Yan dusted off his trousers and calmly stepped over the mess.

He walked into the ruins.

The Spider Woman was spitting out mouthfuls of green blood and could barely lift her head to see the "murderer" walking towards her.

Ah Jiu followed in, looking thoughtful as she watched the scene unfold.

Lin Yan did not use any spiritual power, nor did he use any; he had only used the purest human martial arts.

The movements were too fast; Spider Woman wasn't even at the Demon level yet, so she naturally didn't see it clearly.

"You! You dare break the rules in the ghost market!"

The Spider Woman clutched her chest, her thighs trembled, and she vomited a mouthful of green blood.

She gritted her teeth, glared venomously at Lin Yan, and reached for the parchment, wanting to activate the penalty rules for breach of contract.

"rule?"

Lin Yan sneered, but made no move.

The Spider Woman thought he was terrified, so she pushed the parchment scroll even harder.

Lin Yan was just waiting, waiting for her to be at her most triumphant to extinguish her hopes.

Finally, the sheepskin scroll glowed brightly red.

Lin Yan raised his hand and patted his chest, as if knocking on the door to signal.

Immediately afterwards, a chilling aura seeped from the scissor marks.

Although the aura was faint, it was almost identical to the rift abyss of Saya herself, and it quickly spread outwards.

In an instant, the noise of the entire street vanished, and even the lanterns dimmed slightly.