This story has taken place before the stellaron outbreak that had infected half of the Luofu.
"C'mon Zhang Heng, you know I can't go lower than that, I got a family to feed."
"Uncle Tian, you know how things are, how about this, you take 30% while I take 60%, this is my last offer." Zhang Heng gave an small smile.
"Ugh 45%!" Uncle Tian retaliated but seeing Zhang Heng's unmoving smile, he faltered before settling for 30%
Shaking Zhang Heng's hand, he felt he had made devastating deal but hearing Zhang Heng's skill from a friend of his, he was sure the profit will come.
"I'm glad we came to an agreement." Seeing Zhang Heng's satisfied slime, Uncle Tian's mood soured even more.
"Tsk, the goods are in the usual spot, I expect the money to be flowing within a week got it?" Uncle Tian threw a key.
"You're underestimating me" Catching the key, he examined it quickly before storing it in his pocket.
Bidding farewell, Qin Shaoqing exited the dark alleyway, while twirling the key.
"Well well, another day, another victim" Qin Shaoqing
[Congratulation for decieving a stall owner, your reward is: friendly aura! Everyone who talked to you will naturally feel at ease with you]
Qin Shaoqing didn't mean to deceive that stall owner, he was just strolling down the dark alleyway looking for a drunkard to steal from and stumbled into Uncle Tian who called him out.
"You're Zhang Heng right?"Uncle Tian called out, looking at his nervous face, he knew he had to play along.
"You got the guy, you're Tian Ha right?" Spelling out the name on the guy's head was easy as. hehe people really let their guard down when you say their name.
Looking at the key in his hand, Qin Shaoqing wondered for a moment where the 'usual spot' is, but asking Uncle Tian directly would raise suspicion.
"mh, no matter, I just wanted to deceive you anyway." Qin Shaoqing mused to himself
"Deceive who?!" Hearing a familiar voice from behind, he stopped his track and cursed himself for having an open mouth.
Turning around, he saw Uncle Tian accompanied by another man who seemed furious.
"You think you can pretend to be me without consequences!"
"Gentleman, calm yourself." Qin Shaoqing broke into a nervous sweat.
"Here, you can have the key and we'll pretend we forgot this conversation, deal?" Seeing more veins bulging from their eyes, Qin Shaoqing took that as a no.
Without warning Qin Shaoqing took off running.
"Hey! don't think you can get away!" Zhang He who looked like an enraged bull charged towards the fleeing Qin Shaoqing.
The commotion attracted some eyes from the street
Pushing the crowds of people away, many spectated from the side.
"Should we call the cloud knight?" Some people muttered.
"Hey big guy, how about we calm down and sort through some of your unresolved issues." Qin Shaoqing breathlessly shouted.
"I think maybe, you have some anger issues that need to be managed, I know a great therapist who I can recommend you to 20% friend discount just for you."
"Shut up!!!"
[Congratulation for angering Zhang Heng, your reward is: disembodied voice! Make a short sound from any direction.]
Looking at his reward, Qin Shaoqing worked his brain to think of a solution with this new ability, as they ran through the crowd, a cloud knight noticed the commotion and shouted them to stop.
"Ah! my hero!" Qin Shaoqing quickly made a beeline towards the cloud knight.
"Officer! Help, a drug dealer is trying to silence me!" Quickly hiding behind the Cloud knight, his tensed nerve calmed down.
"Who's running a drug scheme!" Zhang Heng who heard him exploded with rage.
"Stand down, I will need for both of your cooperation to tell me what's going on." The steadfast Cloud knight meditated between them. "Claiming to be running a drug scheme is a serious claim, are you certain this man is running an illegal business?"
"Yes officer, I was walking down an alleyway when a random guy just asked me if I was his partner in crime, of course I, a valiant citizen decided to usurp their scheme and bring their wrongdoings to light!" Qin Shaoqing puffed his chest in pride.
"You Fucker, who do you think we are, we're just honest stall owners trying to make a living here!" Zhang Heng shouted back in rage.
"Then why did you set up a meeting in such a shady place! Clearly you have something to hide." Qin Shaoqing retorted while folding his arms.
"Alright, alright, calm down you two, give me a full run down of what happened." The Cloud knight felt a headache was developing and stopped the two screaming adult.
Hearing the two recounted story, the Cloud knight asked for the key in Qin Shaoqing hand and asked Zhang Heng to show where the 'usual spot' is.
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Looking the create full of fruits, Qin Shaoqing felt he is reaping the seed he sowed himself.
"Ahem, gentleman let's-" Qin Shaoqing tried to talk but the Cloud knight cut off his sentence.
"No excuses, please surrender yourself to the law, you are charged with false accusations of a serious crime." He retrieved a pair of iron cast hand cuffs.
Qin Shoqing feign surrendering before his eyes moved behind the Cloud knight as if noticing something.
"Help, someone!!" An unfamiliar voice yelled from a distance.
Both the Cloud knight and Zhang Heng quickly turned around to investigate, but saw nothing. Confused both turned back and saw Qin Shaoqing was gone.
"..." Both was quiet for a moment.
"F!#$%! !#E% #E#$% @$%# #$%@^" Hearing a series of beeps behind Qing Shaoqing as he ran, he couldn't help but laugh before wiping the cold sweat from his hands.
[Congratulation for decieving Zhang Heng, your reward is: a crate of oranges, it's a crate full of oranges!]
"Heh, good system, if you keep rewarding me such things, my dream to live a good life will be realized!"
[Congratulation for decieving a Senior Cloud knight, your reward is: Steadfast demeanor, your ever calm expression gave an impression of a seasoned veteran!]
Qin Shaoqing suddenly froze as he read the second reward.
A Senior Cloud knight, a rank that is considerably high for his standard.
Not only he swindered a normal Cloud knight, he swindled a Senior officer with enough power to appeal this case with a high officer and launch a small investigation team.
"Sigh, I just got this face as well." Qin Shaoqing cursed his bad luck and peeled the face mask.
The previous unassuming looking man, transformed into a slightly-less unassuming looking man,
His calm aura and calm demeanor gave an air of confidence only a warrior could produce, as if no enemies could threaten his life.
Wiping the accumulated sweat on his face, his red eyes looked at the clock on his hand.
"Better be home, today's harvest is not bad considering the crate of oranges." Qin Shaoqing mused to himself