# Chapter 7: Pincer Attack!
Jiangnan had just tasted the sweetness of selling a bottle of "Farmer's Triple Punch"!
How could he easily let go of this business opportunity?
Not only did he make money, but he also earned a huge amount of resentment points!
Getting rich and living the good life.
He immediately took a stack of red bricks out of his alternate dimension!
"Come on, come on! Ancestral recipe Farmer's Triple Punch, ooh!"
"One sip, head splits a red brick!"
"Two sips, foot kicks a durian!"
"Three sips, straight up to heaven!"
"Happier than an immortal!"
"No lies, no exaggeration! Live brick splitting, ooh!"
With that, he picked up a red brick and smacked it against his own forehead!
*BANG!* It shattered.
The onlookers were stunned into silence. Before long, a crowd had gathered.
"This guy! He actually smacked it!"
"Nowadays you can't even run a street stall without some kind of special trick?"
"This boss is too savage!"
"He's risking his life for money!"
Then someone said, "Boss, isn't that brick fake?"
Jiangnan immediately got riled up, picked up the red brick and stood up: "Fake? Come here! Let me smack you and see?"
[Resentment points from Song Xin +666!]
Boss...
Even if it were fake, I wouldn't dare let you smack me...
"Haha, the boss is tough! Real brick! Red skin, black core kiln brick! Hard as hell!"
"This brother knows his stuff!"
Many people started filming short videos, and the crowd grew.
But after Jiangnan split over twenty bricks!
His throat was hoarse from shouting!
These rubberneckers just wouldn't pay up!
Jiangnan's heart ached! Red bricks aren't free, you know?
These days, even watching a folk performance requires an entrance fee!
If you won't buy Farmer's Triple Punch, at least buy a hair tie or shorts, right?
So everyone's just freeloading?
But just then, exclamations came from the crowd, and most of the people left, attracted to another spot.
Jiangnan was still there, dumbly splitting bricks!
The crowd stirred.
"Top-tier beauties! Big brother, I've never seen such pretty girls in my life!"
"They're even better than those celebrities!"
"I'm in love!"
"Is this what love at first sight feels like?"
Xia Yao was looking around!
Her whole body exuded wildness.
Like a white wolf foraging in the snow!
Blue eyes, silver-white short hair falling to her shoulders. Hot pants on the bottom, black tank top and denim jacket on top!
Revealing her delicate belly button. Tall, around 180 cm, with long, straight legs like a manga character.
And the slightly shorter Zhong Yingxue wore slim-fit jeans and a white shirt!
A sun hat on her head, black short hair at ear length! Her snow-white neck exposed!
Her features were so beautiful they were indescribable, like a painting come to life.
Zhong Yingxue: "How is it, Xiao Yao? Found him?"
Xia Yao shook her head, still searching everywhere!
Zhong Yingxue's eyes lit up: "There are a lot of people over there. Let's go check it out!"
Xia Yao's eyes widened, and she pulled Zhong Yingxue through the crowd.
Then they saw a bald head splitting bricks!
When Jiangnan looked up, his face instantly turned pale!
He was about to teleport away!
"Got you this time! Where do you think you're going?"
With that, she lunged forward!
Rushed straight onto the stall and gave Jiangnan a massive headlock!
Jiangnan: ???
His eyes rolled back from being choked!
[Resentment points from Xia Yao +1000!]
"You damned heartless profiteer! I've been looking for you for six months!"
"The two pairs of shorts you sold me all faded!"
Jiangnan's cold sweat came instantly, his face full of guilt: "Nonsense... how do you know they faded?"
Xia Yao gritted her teeth in hatred!
How did she know?
After wearing them for a day and going home, she planned to take a nice shower and go to sleep!
But when she got to the bathroom, she found herself dyed black by the faded shorts!
Zhong Yingxue burst out laughing!
God knows what kind of dye he used!
Xia Yao had to wash for a whole week before it came off, and she couldn't scrub hard!
It was simply a nightmare she would never forget!
How could she say that out loud?
It was so embarrassing!
Ever since that incident, Xia Yao swore she would get revenge!
For six months, she'd wandered every night market!
She'd run into Jiangnan twice, but he got away both times!
This time, there was no way she'd let him go!
Xia Yao blushed and said fiercely: "None of your business! Hmph! Pay up!"
The crowd exploded!
"What the hell! What's going on?"
"Is this bald boss that tough?"
"Two beautiful women are looking for him? Wow, getting a headlock from a beauty? I want that too!"
"Tsk tsk tsk! Shorts fading? Profiteer! Serves him right!"
"So jealous... I want to be a profiteer too!"
Jiangnan originally wanted to teleport and escape!
But now?
The two were pressed tightly together. He could barely breathe from the chokehold. What escape?
But Zhong Yingxue covered her mouth, standing dumbfounded to the side, staring at Jiangnan in shock!
Tears had already filled her eyes.
"Jiangnan? Is that you?"
Jiangnan heard the familiar voice and was stunned.
He had been so focused on guarding against Xia Yao that he hadn't noticed Zhong Yingxue's presence!
He couldn't help but look up at the girl before him.
"Xiao... Xiao Yingxue?"
His heart was suddenly filled with immense joy!
Before he could speak, Zhong Yingxue didn't care about anything else.
She rushed forward and hugged Jiangnan tightly.
In an instant, Jiangnan's nose was filled with fragrance!
He crashed into a warm jade embrace!
People's minds instantly collapsed!
Holy crap!
Holy mother of crap!
Pincer attack?
Does it have to be this fierce?
Is there no justice in the world?
At this moment, facing the situation of being attacked from both sides, Jiangnan really couldn't hold on!
"Mm... Xiao Yingxue!"
"I... I can't breathe!"
Jiangnan struggled, stifled and suffocated, really feeling stuffy!
But it felt really great!
(๑¯ω¯๑)
Only then did Zhong Yingxue realize it was inappropriate. She quickly let go, her pretty face flushed red.
She wiped the brick dust off Jiangnan's head.
Xia Yao was also stunned for a moment. Why did Xuexue rush up too?
Was she trying to help me get revenge?
"Xiao Yao, let Jiangnan go!"
Xia Yao: ???
Then she shook her head wildly!
She had finally caught him!
What if she let go and he ran away?
Zhong Yingxue looked helpless and smiled wryly: "This is Jiangnan. He's the friend from the orphanage I told you about!"
Xia Yao was utterly shocked?
No way?
Could it be this coincidental?
They actually knew each other from before?
And from the orphanage?
Childhood sweethearts?
Xia Yao said with a fierce pout: "I'll loosen up a bit, but you can't run away!"
Jiangnan was also stunned for a long time, looking at Zhong Yingxue before him!
He could still vaguely see traces of her childhood appearance!
Zhong Yingxue wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Why did you shave your head? And why are you here setting up a street stall splitting bricks..."
Jiangnan scratched his head and smiled: "It's hot in summer, so I just shaved it off. No need to get haircuts, saves money!"
"As for splitting bricks... I thought it might help business!"
Zhong Yingxue's eyes reddened again.
"These years since leaving the orphanage, have they been very hard?"
Jiangnan said nonchalantly: "What's there to worry about? Back in the orphanage, what hardships didn't we go through together?"
"I have hands and feet, I won't starve to death."
The two were both orphans, raised together in the Jiangcheng Orphanage.
You could say they depended on each other!
When they were young, Jiangnan would save up one or two months' allowance just to buy her a bag of White Rabbit creamy candy!
When someone bullied her, Jiangnan always stood in front.
When Jiangnan got sick, she was always the one keeping vigil by his bedside.
For Zhong Yingxue, Jiangnan was more like a friend—he was the tree that sheltered her from the wind and rain!
This bond!
No amount of money could replace it!
Two orphans without parents, depending on each other from childhood, supporting each other through the hardest years.
They thought it would always be this way.
But when Zhong Yingxue was 13, she awakened her fire ability early!
Her talent reached a terrifying S-rank!
In the end, she was adopted by the large Zhong family and given focused training!
Even though Zhong Yingxue cried and protested, she was still separated from Jiangnan.
After that, they never saw each other again!
When Jiangnan was 16, he moved out of the orphanage and supported himself until today!
He never thought he would meet Zhong Yingxue here today!
Xia Yao pouted: "Hey hey hey! Little baldy! Don't think you can escape my punishment just like that. You have to compensate me!"
Jiangnan was full of guilt!
He tested the waters:
"How about... I compensate you with two more pairs of shorts? This time you can choose whatever color you like?"
Xia Yao glared and squeezed her arm tighter!
Pfft!
In your dreams!
What would I do with them?
Wear them and get dyed again?
Jiangnan's eyes rolled back from being choked.
This girl named Xia Yao was incredibly strong!
"Alright, stop messing around! Still as playful after all these years!"
"Let's grab a meal later, we'll talk back at the place!"
Xia Yao had no intention of letting Jiangnan go.
She was determined to make him taste her power!
"Wait... wait until I finish selling my goods!"
Xia Yao pressed Jiangnan down onto the small stool, still keeping the headlock position, her entire weight resting on his back.
"Don't think about running! I'll help you sell!"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: "Sell all you want! But stop choking! I can't breathe!"