Chapter 167: Mister, Your Electric Saw is Gone

In the living room.

Sister Dai was watching television.

A period palace drama was playing on the screen, specifically a scene where a palace maid poisons a concubine's tea. The older woman stared intently at the screen, completely engrossed.

"Do you want some water?"

Bai Qingming was feeling a bit thirsty and kindly decided to ask Sister Dai as well.

Sister Dai nodded.

Bai Qingming poured her a glass of iced Sprite and placed it on the coffee table.

The older woman was so focused on the television that, without paying attention, she knocked the glass over, spilling the Sprite all over the floor.

Glancing at the foam on the floor, Sister Dai's expression changed instantly.

"The water is poisoned!"

Bai Qingming: "..."

There's no saving her; she's completely obsessed with the TV show.

"Ahem."

Realizing what she had just said, Sister Dai coughed awkwardly twice and quickly changed the subject. "Um, I suddenly remembered that I managed to grab two tickets to Jay Chou's concert tonight. Want to go together?"

Sure enough, as soon as she mentioned Jay Chou's concert, Bai Qingming became instantly interested.

In his past life, his favorite singer was Jay Chou, but unfortunately, he had been dirt poor and had never attended a single concert.

Now that he had the means, it was a good opportunity to fulfill that dream.

Bai Qingming decisively agreed.

Evening.

Jiangcheng Stadium.

Because Jay Chou was holding his concert here, the place was already packed with a sea of people.

"Anyone need tickets? Need tickets?"

Scalpers were reselling admission passes.

Tickets that weren't very expensive to begin with had been hyped up to nearly ten thousand, yet countless fans who had failed to secure tickets were still scrambling to buy them.

This alone was enough to demonstrate Jay Chou's immense influence.

Bai Qingming and Sister Dai arrived at the venue early.

At this point, there were still over two hours before the concert started.

Since Sister Dai had paid for the concert tickets, it was only natural for Bai Qingming to foot the bill for dinner.

Choosing a restaurant, the two of them walked toward their destination.

However, just as they were crossing the street—even though the pedestrian light was green—a black sedan suddenly barreled toward them without a care in the world.

It was moving fast, easily going around seventy miles per hour.

Sister Dai didn't notice, but Bai Qingming did.

Unfortunately, by the time he realized it, it was already too late; the oncoming car was a hair's breadth away.

If they got hit, both he and Sister Dai would be in serious trouble.

In a split second, without even thinking, Bai Qingming shoved Sister Dai out of the way.

Sister Dai felt a sudden strong force hit her side, and before she could regain her balance, she pitched headfirst into the flowerbed by the roadside.

At the same time.

Screech—

The car that looked like it was about to send Bai Qingming flying let out a harsh screeching sound as it braked.

Then...

The damn driver actually managed to stop the car.

Standing in place without moving an inch, Bai Qingming was completely unharmed.

As for Sister Dai.

August in Jiangcheng had been rainy lately, and the flowerbed was very wet.

The older woman was covered in mud as she crawled out of the bushes, looking around with a blank expression.

Who am I?

Where am I?

Sister Dai was completely bewildered.

At that moment, an awkward silence filled the air.

"Why did you push me?"

The older woman finally came to her senses.

"I... just now... it... ugh, forget it, I'm not explaining."

Bai Qingming pointed at the car, then pointed at himself, hesitating as words failed him.

In the end, he had to vent his anger on the driver.

"Damn it, do you even know how to drive?!"

...

Arriving at a clothing store, Sister Dai needed to buy a new outfit to change into.

Taking advantage of the time she spent trying on clothes, Bai Qingming noticed two old men playing Chinese chess by the entrance.

Chess again.

This reminded Bai Qingming of how he used to rely on a mobile chess app to humiliate and utterly defeat an arrogant, show-off old man until the latter fell into existential despair.

Unable to resist, Bai Qingming walked over to watch the game.

Stepping closer, he saw the two old men trading moves back and forth in a closely matched battle.

After watching for a bit, it was one of the old men's turns to move.

He picked up his horse, aiming to capture the opponent's elephant.

At that moment, Bai Qingming suddenly spoke up.

"Old man, your chariot is gone."

Turning his head, the old man gave Bai Qingming a dissatisfied look.

"A true gentleman watches a game in silence, young man. Don't go spouting nonsense."

Hearing this, Bai Qingming fell silent.

The old man didn't care and made his move regardless.

Soon, it was his turn again.

Meanwhile.

Bai Qingming simply couldn't help himself and spoke up with a warning once more.

"Old man, if you don't save it now, your chariot is really going to be gone."

This time, the old man frowned.

"Young man, it's pronounced 'ju', understand?"

"I understand now."

Hearing this, Bai Qingming nodded.

Immediately afterward, he pointed in a direction in the distance and said with a deadpan expression:

"Old man, your electric 'ju' is gone."

"What did you say?"

The old man was taken aback.

With no other choice, Bai Qingming had to repeat himself.

"I said, your electric scooter was just stolen by a thief. I saw it with my own eyes, you better go after him."

"What the hell!"

The old man turned around, completely dumbfounded.

Sighing, Bai Qingming turned and walked away.

Oh, these modern seniors!

He had clearly meant well, yet they wouldn't even let him speak.

Sigh, is doing a good deed really this hard?

Fine, fine, it was their loss.

Returning to the clothing store.

Sister Dai had already finished trying on her clothes, but for some reason, she was arguing with the store owner.

Upon asking, he found out that after trying on the outfit, Sister Dai had discovered a long tear in the fabric.

As a result, the owner refused to take responsibility, insisting that Sister Dai had ruined it and demanding she buy it, threatening not to let her leave otherwise.

Angered by the injustice, Sister Dai started arguing with him.

The cost of a piece of clothing wasn't a big deal to Sister Dai, but she wasn't a sucker and refused to be ripped off.

For a moment, each side stuck to their own story, arguing fiercely.

"Stop for a moment."

Bai Qingming spoke up, halting them, and then pointed at the surveillance camera overhead. "Checking the security footage will clear this right up."

"Check it then, who's afraid of who?"

Without missing a beat, the owner pulled up the store's surveillance footage.

Going back to the starting time, which was an hour ago, a woman appeared on the screen.

"That's my wife. I wasn't here just now, she was alone in the store."

As the owner spoke, the progress bar began to inch forward;

Forward again;

And further still.

As the footage played.

A startling scene appeared before the three of them.

On the screen, the store owner's wife was actually secretly kissing a man.

Just kissing wasn't enough; the man simply pulled the woman in his arms straight into the fitting room.

After pulling the curtain shut, a full half-hour passed before they came out.

As for what the two of them had actually done during that time, anyone with a brain could guess.

And the most, most, most important thing was.

That man was definitely not the owner standing right in front of them.

Aside from their gender, they had zero resemblance.

In an instant, the owner fell silent.

"Still want to watch?"

Bai Qingming looked at Sister Dai.

"Forget it, let's not watch anymore. I'll just consider this piece of clothing broken by me, I'll buy it."

The atmosphere turned somewhat sorrowful, and Sister Dai suddenly felt that the store owner was the real sucker here.

With that, she took out her phone to prepare the payment.

Just as she was about to enter her password, Sister Dai felt that her current look was still missing a little something to complete the outfit.

After thinking for a moment, she realized what was missing.

"Oh right, boss, do you sell hats here?"

"I like green."

"Do you have any green hats?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The owner's mental defense completely collapsed.