Back to the Peak by 决绝 (Jué Jué): Chapter 78

Content Warning: casual fatphobia (if it’s something you might be wary of)

Chapter 78: Going to the Rescue

This fat man really didn’t have a combat suit he could wear. Although there were all kinds of overweight people in ancient times, most people were in average shape now. Even if they were a little fatter, they were only slightly overweight. It was rare to be short and fat like this fat man, who was like a ball.

This ball walked around the exclusive Aocheng store, and finally fell in love with the most expensive product. This person directly swiped his card and spent seven or eight million dollars without blinking.

Looking at the fat man’s forthright spirit, Cheng Ran was a little jealous. He pulled at Shi Qingyang’s clothes, whispering, “Qingyang, I’ll definitely make a lot of money in the future. Then you can buy whatever you want. Master said, being a pharmacist is very profitable.” It was said that the processing cost for a bottle of grade-8 radiant soothing agent was worth hundreds of thousands. If it was executed well, he could even spare a few extra herbs. It wasn’t uncommon for a particularly effective medicine to be worth millions. If he could reach that level, he could be even more hardworking…

“Sounds good.” Shi Qingyang nodded. Right now he had more money than Cheng Ran, but someone was willing to support him, which was a good thing! In his previous life, those people who got close to him only wanted to wrangle benefits out of him.

Seeing that Shi Qingyang agreed, Cheng Ran also smiled, eyes bending.

Shi Qingyang looked at Cheng Ran, and how cute he was. By contrast, that fat young master was at least three times as wide as Cheng Ran… He couldn’t help feeling that this man was a little miserable.

He had grown into looking like this, and could still be so arrogant, which was also a kind of ability.

“Young master, do you wish to buy anything else?” The thin man took the beautiful box containing the radiation protection suit and asked.

“No, there are no clothes I can wear here!” The fat man snorted coldly, and the fat on his chest trembled.

“Young master, would you like to buy some accessories?” The thin man asked again.

“Help me look for some,” the young master said directly. Then Shi Qingyang watched as the thin man quickly chose many things. All of them were expensive, and some of them were selected several times, definitely not bought for him to use. It was clear that he was going to waste the young master’s money, but the young master didn’t respond at all.

Shi Qingyang really couldn’t sympathize with this generous ball, and at the moment was still excited about Cheng Ran’s desire to support him. In the end, he browsed from left to right, and finally chose a camouflage combat suit with Cheng Ran. It was a very expensive suit that was usually well-liked by level-3 and 4 rad-warriors.

While Cheng Ran was briefly looking through the other products and wasn’t paying attention, Shi Qingyang quietly took a set of the latest silver combat suit and paid for it himself. This suit was not much cheaper than the most expensive one purchased by the fat man, and was worth several times more than the clothes Cheng Ran had bought for him.

Of course, he liked this suit not because of the price, but because he’d thought it was suitable for Cheng Ran as soon as he’d seen it.

The shopping guide of the Aocheng specialty store bloomed with a smile. First there was a big brainless fatty who didn’t think about money, no need to say more. Later, there came Cheng Ran and Shi Qingyang. Their performance of today’s earnings had caught up with what they usually earned in an entire month!

However, there was something wrong with this situation. In the beginning, when the young master of the Cheng family bought Shi Qingyang a combat uniform worth hundreds of thousands, they also wondered whether it was true that Shi Qingyang was eating soft rice and being kept by the Cheng family’s young master. Unexpectedly, in a flash, Shi Qingyang swiped his card to buy a set worth millions…

Shouldn’t Shi Qingyang be the real young master of the Cheng family? Otherwise, why would the Cheng family give him the mobile fortress? Otherwise, how could he be richer than Cheng Ran?

Just now, those who didn’t know Cheng Ran’s identity must have felt that Shi Qingyang was the one who was raising Cheng Ran.

As several shopping guides gathered together to gossip, Shi Qingyang had quickly returned to Cheng Xuze to wait for the news from Ye Houan.

At present, their best plan was to first find a way in, remove the self detonating device, collect evidence, and then think about something else. But to get in, they needed to find one of the mobile town’s regular patrons…

When they returned, Cheng Xuze was discussing with Ran Xue and wanted Ran Xue to provide some poison.

“Poisoning others? Sir, there is a lot of equipment for testing for poisons now. Basically all the medicine that can make people unconscious or dead in a short time can be tested for. The only things that can’t be detected are the chronic drugs. I can provide some poisons, but I’m afraid it won’t be easy to use them,” Ran Xue said.

“You can just prepare some first… By the way, is there any medicine to change my face? For example, letting me change how I look?” Cheng Xuze asked again.

“Sir, there are many medicines for delaying aging and protecting skin after drinking them, but it’s too late for you to take any at this age. As for changing your appearance… You should have cosmetic surgery.” Ran Xue didn’t know what Cheng Xuze was concerned with, and was speechless.

“Grandpa wants to change his face? I can put on make up for you! You can apply a thick layer of facial fat on your face. If you want to be fat or thin, you can also fill in the cheeks, and then brush skin lotion on it. You can also use tools to make acne scars!” Cheng Ran suddenly spoke up. In order not to avoid using the radiation inducing medicine, he specially studied the application of film and television makeup. At first, he just wanted to learn it to deal with Cheng Hong, but later he became interested in learning

“Xiao Ran can do make up?” Ran Xue asked in surprise.

“I studied film and television makeup. It’s not easy to become beautiful, but there’s no problem with anything else!” Cheng Ran said. He once devoted himself to learning how to paint wounds on his face.

“Worthy of being my grandson, he is indeed versatile!” Cheng Xuze was about to ask in detail, but Wang Qing suddenly walked in and said that someone from the Huofeng Company had arrived.

Ran Xue didn’t have the patience to entertain guests. Hearing this, she left with Cheng Ran. Shi Qingyang wanted to leave as well, but Cheng Xuze stopped him: “Qingyang, you stay. In fact, this matter is also related to your master.”

When Shi Qingyang heard the words “Huofeng Company”, he remembered that in order to keep people from doubting the identity of I don’t want to starve, he said something about the problems of the new combat vehicle of the Huofeng company. At that time, the Huofeng company had also asked Cheng Xuze to transfer a sum of money to him.

Not only that, there was the fat man he had met before who claimed to be the heir of the Huofeng company.

The one who arrived was indeed that fat man he had seen before. Shi Qingyang watched the fat man wheezing as he came in with the thin man and two bodyguards around him. He couldn’t help but feel tired for him.

The fat man didn’t say anything, but the thin man beside him made his intention clear. Generally speaking, Zheng Gaoyuan, the eldest young master of Huofeng company, had planned to walk around. Then because he knew that Cheng Xuze, who had done a great favor for Huofeng company before, was here, he deliberately came to pay a visit and send a gift–that being, the most expensive battle suit they could find.

No wonder he’d still buy a combat suit he couldn’t wear. It turned out to be a gift.

Although the Cheng family was definitely not as rich as Huofeng company, Cheng Xuze’s identity was much higher than that of this fat man. Therefore, Cheng Xuze was not too enthusiastic, and the other party didn’t speak much, so he left after giving something.

As soon as the man left, Ye Houan arrived.

“Mr. Cheng, do you know the man who went out just now?” Seeing Cheng Xuze, Ye Houan immediately asked.

“What’s the matter?” Cheng Xuze looked at Ye Houan, who was sweating. “We asked you to find an old customer of that mobile town. Have you found them?”

“Old man, I once wanted to interview Cheng Guangzhi, the finance official of Anhang City, and then I discovered that he had quite the special hobby. He went outside the city every month, which might be related to the mobile town. This time, I asked some trusted colleagues to ask about him. What they found was that he has been flattering a fat man recently and had planned to take the fat man out of the city,” Ye Houan opened his mouth. In the beginning, his colleague said that Cheng Guangzhi contacted an extremely overweight man. He was still wondering what such a person would look like when, as soon as he saw that man, he understood.

“Is Cheng Guangzhi going to take this young master to that mobile town?” Shi Qingyang asked.

“That should be it,” Ye Houan said. He didn’t sleep or eat well these days, and he now looked very haggard.

“If that’s the case, it’s good. Our luck isn’t bad,” Cheng Xuze said. They had planned to find people who were going to leave the city, and then threatento take them along. Now they happened to meet, which was naturally much more convenient.

“Yes, it’s good luck,” Shi Qingyang also said, “But Grandpa, we have to discuss who’s going to go. Grandpa, I think it’s better for you to wait outside.” Although Cheng Xuze was a level-8 radiant warrior, radiant warriors could play their role only where there was radiant energy. There was no radiant energy while aboard the mobile town. At that time, even if Cheng Xuze was stronger than them because of the radiant energy in his body, he might not be much stronger.

Moreover, Cheng Xuze had been in a high position for a long time and was an old man. How could he be able to get inside?

In fact, if it weren’t for the requirements they’d need, Shi Qingyang would’ve preferred to bring along a computer expert.

Zheng Gaoyuan was the eldest son of the Huofeng company. When he was young, he wasn’t overweight, was also smart, and was deeply loved by his grandparents. However, when he was six years old, his mother divorced his father, and then remarried separately soon after.

His father’s second wife was a housewife. She stayed at home every day and could cook good dishes. She cared about Zheng Gaoyuan in every detail…

At that time, everyone thought she was very good until Zheng Gaoyuan became fatter and fatter, and his brain began to fail…

This woman put a chronic poison in Zheng Gaoyuan’s food, or rather, it wasn’t a chronic poison at all. She just found some mutant plants that weren’t supposed to be edible, and gave them to Zheng Gaoyuan as seasoning every day.

Because the quantity was very small, no one discovered it at first. When they found out, it was too late.

Of course, although Zheng Gaoyuan was fat, it wasn’t impossible to lose weight if he really wanted to, but the Zheng family was embarrassed to force him again when they saw that the originally good child had become dull and had intellectual problems. Later, they simply thought about keeping him like this forever.

He used to claim to be the heir of the Huofeng company, which was certainly impossible, but at the moment, his grandparents and father really spoiled him. For example, his spending money would never be restricted, and even if he was mischievous, they would let him go without punishment.

In fact, Zheng Gaoyuan was not very mischievous. His biggest hobby was “TV melodrama”. Then when he met someone who didn’t know him and didn’t have eyes to recognize Mt Tai, he explained his identity and showed off.

But in fact, no one from Central City didn’t know him before. Now he had become famous within a few days of coming to Anhang City. This all depended on the people around him taking care of matters in advance, so that there would be shopping guides who would pretend not to know him at first, facing him with disdain, and then flattering him after the reveal.

And the people who flattered him, of course, were not only the shopping guides they encountered when they went shopping. Many people with a high status in Anhang City were also respectful to Zheng Gaoyuan, for nothing else than because Zheng Gaoyuan was very popular with the person who was in charge of Huofeng company, that was, his grandfather. If this person helped someone say a few good words, then a lot of benefits will come.

After all, Huofeng company was the largest armored vehicle company in the country.

“Is it really fun outside the city?” Zheng Gaoyuan wore a specially-customized anti-radiation suit. Although there was a temperature regulation system, he still felt very hot and finally kept wiping his sweat.

“Of course it’s fun outside the city. So many people want to get out to play. How could it be not fun outside?” Cheng Guangzhi, the finance official of Anhang City, said. Since Cheng Hong suddenly fell from grace, Anhang City recently appeared to be a little turbulent. He also had some intentions for the position of the deputy city master. After thinking about it, he considered making some achievements in finance, for example, letting Huofeng company invest and build a factory in Anhang City.

To please Zheng Gaoyuan was simple yet difficult. The simple reason was that as long as Zheng Gaoyuan followed him, he would be very happy. As for difficulties… There were too many people who wanted to please Zheng Gaoyuan. Zheng Gaoyuan had reaped the benefits, but he wouldn’t take those people to heart at all.

Finally, after thinking for a long time, Cheng Guangzhi thought of the gold-selling cave outside the city.

Among the upper class of Anhang City, many people had been there. As long as they had been there once, they would climb aboard the thief ship and never get down again, becoming part of that knowledgeable inner group. Not only that, they also used that place to receive many people from other places.

Some things were well-known to everyone.

Of course, the people they brought over in the past all carefully understood, and revealed their meaning in that aspect. But Zheng Gaoyuan was a little different… However, when he went, all the photo evidence that should be taken would have been taken, and everyone would be grasshoppers tied on a rope. If the others fell, he would be dragged down along with them.

Zheng Gaoyuan, who had never seen the world before, might still eat marrow and appreciate the taste, then linger and yearn for more…

Cheng Guangzhi contacted the person in charge of the mobile town in Anhang City, handed in Zheng Gaoyuan’s information, bought out Zhao Li and two bodyguards who were waiting on Zheng Gaoyuan, and finally took the young master out of the city.

“Damn those scum!” Ye Houan looked at the armored vehicle they followed from a distance, his whole body stiff and trembling.

Shi Qingyang glanced at him: “You have to calm down.”

“I will. Let me go with you, alright? I can really help” Ye Houan whispered, trying to adjust his mood.

“No, look at the state you’re in now. If you really want to go, it won’t be any good,” Shi Qingyang said directly. They had negotiated before coming out this time. Cheng Xuze and Ye Houan would be waiting outside, while he and Wang Qing were sneaking inside.

Wang Qing originally took care of Cheng Xuze, and it was easy to play the servile role. As for himself, Shi Qingyang always felt that his acting skills had improved a lot after his rebirth.

Ye Houan’s lips shook, and finally he didn’t insist. If the plans were really ruined because of him, he would regret it all his life.

After wearing makeup, Wang Qing no longer looked expressionless. Instead, he looked like he was laughing all the time. Seeing Cheng Guangzhi’s car approaching, and there was no one accompanying, he suddenly stood up, the surrounding radiant energy all attracted by him. The huge radiant energy suppressed the armored vehicle, immobilizing it.

Sitting in the car, Cheng Guangzhi’s face completely changed, and his whole person trembled. He had intended to send a distress signal, but Shi Qingyang came out from the side, and some nails composed of radiation energy flew out, directly rendering the signal bomb useless.

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T/N

Poor Zheng Gaoyuan, he really got the short end of the stick… He seems like a good kid, wonder if he’s just a super minor character or if he’ll show up more later.

I’ll be taking a week off from posting my MTL edits for Back to the Peak; I’ve been updating one of my original stories lately and need to write new chapters to stock up…. See you next week~

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