Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"Xiao Bei! Wait a minute!"

At that moment, Fan Sanyuan's voice came from behind Liu Bei.

He slowly turned around and saw the village secretary jogging over, followed by his two sons, Fan Dayong and Fan Daqiang.

"Are you going up the mountain to hunt black bears?" Fan Sanyuan asked, panting.

"Um."

Fan Sanyuan turned and yelled at his two sons, "Dayong, Daqiang, you two hurry home and grab your hunting rifles! Then go to the village and call for help. Bring all the guns you can carry, and finally gather here to go up the mountain with Xiaobei!"

"Huh?" Fan Dayong was stunned. "Dad, that's a black bear..."

"Nonsense! Of course I know it's a black bear!" Fan Sanyuan glared at him. "That beast can kill a hunting dog today, and it can kill a person tomorrow. If we don't get rid of it, something terrible will happen sooner or later!"

"Yes... Father!"

Less than five minutes later, Fan Dayong and Fan Daqiang returned with fourteen strong men, carrying hunting rifles.

"Dad, everyone's here!"

Fan Sanyuan nodded in satisfaction and looked at Liu Bei: "Xiao Bei, I've gathered all the people for you. Now... it's up to you."

Liu Bei glanced at the fourteen strong men.

"I don't object to you wanting to fight black bears with me. But I have one condition. Once we're on the mountain, you all have to follow my orders. I say advance, and we advance; I say retreat, and we retreat. I say no shooting, and you all have to hold back, even if your hands are itching. Anyone who thinks they're more capable than me and doesn't want to follow orders can go back now."

"No problem!" Fan Dayong was the first to respond.

"I agree!"

Fan Daqiang nodded in agreement.

"We're fine with it too!"

The other able-bodied men looked at each other and responded in unison.

"Alright. Let's go up the mountain!" Liu Bei turned and left.

Fan Sanyuan started again: "Xiao Bei, how about... we bring a few dogs up?"

Liu Bei shook his head. "No need! We've already lost five dogs. I don't want to see any more dogs die in vain."

After saying that, he turned around and strode towards Da Liu Mountain.

Fan Ha'er, carrying a gun, followed closely behind, followed by Li Dazhuang, Tan Si, Fan Shuanzhu, and Old Man Tan in turn, with the fourteen strong men and the two Fan brothers at the back.

A large group of about twenty people plunged into Da Liu Mountain.

……

More than half an hour later, the team arrived at a steep slope.

"San...Sanlipo?"

A strong man behind him lost his voice.

"Yes." Old Tan nodded.

"My grandfather said there are wild men deep in Sanlipo, and once you go in, you never come back..."

"What a load of rubbish!"

Fan Ha'er rolled his eyes at the strongman: "If you're scared, just say so!"

"..."

The laborer blushed: "Who...who said I was scared? I was just saying that!"

"Just saying? Look at your legs, are they shaking?" Fan Ha'er sneered.

"Damn it! I wasn't shaking!"

As he spoke, the burly man looked down and realized his legs were indeed trembling. He immediately straightened up and said, "Fine, I'll go! Who's afraid of who? I'm not some little girl!"

"Yes! Let's go!"

"Exactly, they're not afraid of even an idiot, so why should we be afraid of anything?"

"Keep up!"

Provoked by Fan Ha'er, the able-bodied men lost face and reluctantly followed.

"Hey...Brother Bei, aren't I smart?"

"Smart. Enough talk, keep up." Liu Bei gave a thumbs up.

Fan Ha'er immediately grinned, his face beaming with the smugness of someone who had secretly slept with a woman in the village; he couldn't be happier.

……

Another hour later, Liu Bei and his men found that the woods ahead were getting denser.

Suddenly, three red dots lit up in Liu Bei's line of sight.

Each one was flashing intensely, its light several times brighter than any prey he had ever seen before.

His expression hardened, and he whispered, "Stay close. Don't make a sound."

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively held their breath and followed behind.

About ten minutes later.

Liu Bei suddenly stopped and raised his right hand.

"stop!"

Fan Dayong stepped forward: "Brother Xiao Bei, what's wrong? Why did you stop?"

Fan Ha'er quickly interjected, "Is that even a question? It must be my brother Bei who found the mother bear's location!"

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Liu Bei.

"roar!!"

Just as Liu Bei was about to speak, a roar suddenly exploded throughout the forest, and even the ground shook several times.

Holy crap!!!

The men's faces changed drastically, and several of them were so frightened that they almost knelt on the ground.

Fan Dayong and Fan Daqiang were also so frightened that cold sweat streamed down their foreheads.

Fan Ha'er and the others, on the other hand, had followed Liu Bei into the mountains to hunt so many times and had seen all sorts of things. They only frowned slightly.

After a while, Fan Dayong finally recovered and asked, his tongue a little tied, "Brother Liu... Brother Liu Bei, what... what was that sound coming from?"

"Aww~"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a second roar rang out.

This sound was sharper and fiercer than before, like some kind of ferocious beast asserting its territorial sovereignty.

The sound waves pierced through the dense forest, causing the leaves to tremble violently.

"thump!"

"thump!"

"thump!"

The village party secretary's two sons and five or six of the newly arrived able-bodied men fell directly to the ground.

Fan Ha'er asked curiously, "Brother Bei, what's the second tone? It doesn't sound like a bear."

Upon hearing this, Fan Shuanzhu and Old Man Tan spoke almost simultaneously.

"It's a tiger."

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent instantly.

Then the men's expressions changed drastically.

Encountering a black bear is dangerous enough, but now there's a tiger too? That's terrifying!!!

"What? An old... tiger?!"

"Are there tigers in Da Liu Mountain?"

"That's a mountain king..."

"Don't panic. That tiger is still some distance away!"

Before Liu Bei could finish speaking, he noticed a red dot in his field of vision suddenly starting to move, and at a very fast speed.

"Danger! Danger at 10 o'clock! Everyone on alert!"

"Splash!"

As soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, a female bear with a completely black coat rushed out of the bushes.

Its size was much larger than imagined, with limbs as thick as wooden stakes, and the black fur on its shoulders and back stood up in a messy manner. Its black eyes revealed a cold killing intent.

He looks to weigh at least 300 to 400 pounds when he stands up.

What's even more chilling is that there are dried, dark red bloodstains on its right forepaw.

"Oh my god!"

The two strong men at the front were so frightened they wet themselves.

Clang!

Fan Dayong and Fan Daqiang were so frightened that they seemed to have lost their souls, and they didn't even notice when their hunting rifles fell to the ground.

"Shoot...shoot! Shoot now!" After a brief moment of shock, Fan Dayong immediately shouted at the nearest strong man.

"Click!"

The strongman immediately pulled the trigger, but it jammed.

"It's over!"

"We're going to die!"

Fan Daqiang's face turned deathly pale.

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!" Fan Ha'er cursed angrily.

"It's really useless!"

Li Dazhuang and Tan Si shook their heads.

"Sigh~"

Fan Shuanzhu and Old Man Tan exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with disappointment.

Just then, the black bear locked onto Fan Daqiang.

"Roar~"

After a loud roar, it pounced on Fan Daqiang.

"What?"

"It's over! I'm really going to die this time!"

"My God, save me! Please help me!"

……

Seeing Fan Daqiang wailing like he'd lost his father, Liu Bei suddenly roared:

"brute!!"

"Come at me if you dare!"

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the black bear's dark eyes paused slightly.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Just then, four gunshots rang out simultaneously.

Liu Bei, Fan Ha'er, Li Dazhuang, and Tan Si pulled the trigger almost simultaneously.