PFC Chapter 204 Dispute
Chapter 204 Dispute
On the other deck, a large crowd of onlookers had already gathered.
The two pushed through the crowd and saw, under everyone's gaze, a richly dressed man with a fat head and big ears swaggering in the center of the crowd.
Beside him stood several burly men with fierce expressions, who were eyeing Chu Ling and his group with predatory intent.
"How could this be?"
Xuanfeng immediately went to his own group and asked in a low voice.
Meanwhile, Tao Xian, the person involved in the incident, was standing at the front of the line, her face still showing that calm and indifferent expression, as if nothing mattered to her.
Even though the obese man was constantly looking her up and down with a greedy and disgusting gaze.
Meng Lan wiped her sweat, stood behind Tao Xian, and explained, "Originally, Tao Xian and I were wandering around the boat, looking for anything suspicious, when we ran into them just as we got to this place."
"As soon as that fatso saw Sister Taoxian, he started clamoring to buy her. He even thought that Sister Taoxian was the ship owner's person and wanted to drag her to the ship owner to do business."
As Meng Lan spoke, she straightened her back with an angry expression.
"Seeing that Sister Taoxian ignored him, he even wanted to call those big men to lay a hand on him and take him away directly."
"That's what alerted the Prince, who ordered them to stop. But that fatso still wouldn't give up, shouting that no matter how much money we offered, he could afford it all and he was determined to get Sister Tao Xian."
Standing to the side, Heshan sighed softly, "What a brave warrior!"
After listening to Meng Lan's words, Xuan Feng couldn't help but take a closer look at this "warrior".
Judging from his clothes and appearance, this man looked wealthy. If Xuanfeng wasn't mistaken, the jade pendant he wore at his waist was worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.
The fact that he could so openly shout on the ship that he wanted to forcibly take someone away suggests that he must either have an unusual status or something to rely on.
Just then, the fat, wealthy merchant who had his eye on Tao Xian suddenly reached into his pocket, pulled out a handful of silver notes, and waved them triumphantly, "Three thousand taels."
He raised his chin, looking at Chu Ling with utter contempt. "How about it? He's just a servant. With this money, you can buy several more when you get back."
The moment the money was revealed, the crowd gathered on deck erupted in uproar.
After all, three thousand taels is no small sum for an ordinary person.
Aside from a few people whispering behind Tao Xian's back, all under her cover—
Yu Bai: "He's so stingy, only giving us three thousand taels! Unlike the Prince, who not only gives us five thousand taels every month, but also covers all our food, clothing, and housing expenses. A few years ago, he even bought each of us a mansion in the city."
Meng Lan: "That's right, not to mention that they only offered three thousand taels once and wanted to buy it out. That's really stingy!"
He Shan: "Tsk, Tao Xian, you really need to keep your eyes open. You absolutely can't be with a stingy, petty, and sleazy man like that!"
Taoxian: "..."
Shut up, all of you.
On the other side, after hearing this, Chu Ling glanced lightly at the silver notes in the fat merchant's hand, and smiled, saying, "Too much."
His words were startling, and the deck immediately fell silent. Apart from his own group, everyone else looked at him with disbelief.
Is this guy crazy? He actually thinks he has too much money and wants to lower the price?
The portly merchant was taken aback for a moment, but quickly recovered and laughed heartily, saying, "Haha, I didn't expect you to be such a sensible person!"
"Given this girl's figure, I was worried I wouldn't be able to afford her for three thousand taels! But since you've put it that way, I'll have no choice but to accept!"
"How about two thousand five hundred taels?"
As he spoke these words, the smugness on his face was no longer concealed. He even took a few steps forward, eager to take Tao Xian away.
But at this moment, Chu Ling spoke up again in a light tone, "It's still too much."
As the portly businessman froze, everyone finally realized that something was amiss.
Under the varied gazes of the people on the deck, Chu Ling remained unmoved, shaking the folding fan in his hand with a half-smile.
He stood tall and elegant, his posture graceful, his movements exuding an air of composure and nobility.
"What I mean is, this amount of money is too much to buy your life."
Chu Ling's voice was neither hurried nor slow, but every word reached everyone's ears: "Your life is worth at most three coins."
The deck fell into a deathly silence; you could hear a pin drop.
The fat businessman's smile froze instantly, and his face turned even blacker than the bottom of a pot in the blink of an eye.
However, before he could even utter a curse, another voice suddenly rang out—
"wrong."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately turned to look.
A white-clad man standing next to Chu Ling was looking at the wealthy merchant with a serious expression, and said righteously, "Pork prices have gone up recently! So his life is now worth at least six coins."
Xie Yan paused, as if realizing her words were imprecise, and added, "But only healthy pork has a market. As for this kind of pork... I think it's very likely to be worthless."
Everyone: "..."
Yu Bai and the others: "Pfft—"
These words, adding fuel to the fire and accompanied by mockery, made the fat businessman's face look beyond just black.
His expression twisted in rage, his obese body trembled with fury, a ferocious glint flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth, roaring, "You! You all! How dare you play me for a fool?!"
He immediately pointed forward angrily and roared at his attendants, "Hurry up and teach these arrogant fools a lesson!"
As his entourage rushed forward, the fat merchant continued to curse and swear in a fit of rage, "What a bunch of fools! I'll make sure you regret this! Don't you know who I am—"
"Stop it all!"
However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a sharp shout that suddenly rang out from the deck.
The next second, a group of boatmen rushed forward, not only stopping the followers' actions but also forming a human wall to separate the two groups.
"No one will be allowed to cause trouble on my ship!"
The newcomer was none other than the boat captain, whose face was grim.
His fierce eyes swept across the people on both sides, finally settling slowly on Chu Ling's group.
“If there’s a next time, I don’t care whether we’ve reached our destination or not, or whether we’re at sea or not, you’ll have to get off the ship!”