Chapter 302: Chapter 302: The Funny Guy Seeks Help_1

“Going to the restroom? No problem, but before that, it’s time to settle the bet you made with me,” Xu Fan said coldly, clearly not believing Li Niu’s excuses.

“Uh, I was just talking off the top of my head, did you really take it seriously? It wasn’t that serious; let’s just treat it as a harmless joke between us,” Li Niu said with a shameless grin, trying to laugh it off as if he wanted to muddle through the situation.

“Haha, if I had lost, I bet you wouldn’t be saying that,” Xu Fan replied with an increasingly cold demeanor, emphasizing each word as he spoke to Li Niu.

His gaze seemed to pierce through one’s soul, and with just one cold look from Xu Fan, Li Niu felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him, chilling his heart instantly.

Had Xu Fan actually lost, Li Niu certainly wouldn’t have treated the bet as a joke. He would have taken the opportunity to humiliate Xu Fan in front of everyone, and quite severely at that.

Unfortunately for him, the tables had now turned. Not only had Xu Fan defeated him in the push-up contest, but from Xu Fan’s show of physical prowess, his strength and conditioning likely far surpassed Li Niu’s.

This realization weighed heavily on Li Niu’s heart.

If it were anyone else he had lost a bet to, he could still run away if he couldn’t evade paying his debt. With his agility and size, almost no one could stop him if he chose to flee. But now, facing Xu Fan, Li Niu had no confidence whatsoever.

The way Xu Fan had sprung up and rotated 720 degrees to land after finishing the push-ups was more elegant than any move performed by the best gymnasts Li Niu had seen in sports teams. It seemed as if Xu Fan had freed himself from the pull of gravity. Facing such a formidable person, Li Niu truly had no faith in his ability to escape.

“Big brother, I was wrong. I’m so blind to have boasted in front of you. I don’t dare to compete anymore. How about I concede the championship to you?” Li Niu pleaded with a mournful expression on his face.

“You’re giving me the championship? The championship was mine to begin with; do I need you to concede it to me?” Xu Fan said with an icy smile.

“Exactly, the championship was yours to begin with!” Li Niu quickly nodded, urgently adding, “Seeing as you are the champion, please spare this insignificant character.”

“Uncle, we were wrong; please have mercy on us,” Li Xiaoniu, who stood beside Li Niu, seemed to sense something was amiss and also put on a pitiful face, begging Xu Fan for mercy.

Xu Fan had once been a top-tier boss in the Cultivation World, his heart hardened to be tougher than steel. He paid no mind to the pleas of the Li Family father and son. In his view, since Li Niu harbored ill intentions towards him, he should face the consequences of his own weakness.

If begging worked, what was the need for weapons?

Just as Xu Fan was about to exert his overwhelming mental pressure to force Li Niu to his knees, Tongtong, who was in his arms, seemed moved by Li Xiaoniu’s pitiful state and pleaded with Xu Fan with puckered lips, “Daddy, Daddy, let’s just let these two go, they look really pitiful.”

Upon hearing Tongtong’s words, the cold glint in Xu Fan’s eyes immediately dissipated significantly.

Despite the blood on his hands from his past in the Cultivation World, in front of his daughter, Xu Fan still wanted to be a gentle, humble, and good father.

Although these two weren’t worthy of sympathy, seeing Tongtong’s plea, Xu Fan’s eyebrows twitched slightly as he said, “If it weren’t for my daughter’s plea, I would never let you off so easily. Now disappear immediately, and don’t let me see you again!”

Having said that, Xu Fan slowly turned around while holding Tongtong in his arms.

At that moment, Li Niu felt a sense of relief from an otherwise desperate situation and immediately took his son and ran as fast as their legs could carry them.

Xu Fan’s moods seemed somewhat unpredictable, and if he changed his mind, they’d be in trouble. They needed to get out of his sight to be truly safe.

Li Niu, with his son, sprinted until they had finally left the sports field and then gasped for air while leaning against the iron gate beside the field.

“Dammit, that bastard. If it weren’t for my hemorrhoids acting up, I would let your blood spill right here and now!” Li Niu clenched his fist and spat these words into the sky with vehemence.

Even though he had avoided the public humiliation of kneeling and calling someone “Grandpa,” Li Niu still felt a fire burning inside him. His gym was one of the more upscale ones in Zhonghai City, frequented by a number of bigwigs from the gray areas of power, with whom Li Niu had become well-acquainted.

Now, even though he had avoided public disgrace, the more Li Niu thought about it, the more something felt off. Xu Fan, although formidable, seemed to be nothing more than a decent citizen. Li Niu was different, however – he was well-connected with the major players in the underworld. Thus, once he had calmed down, the first thing on his mind was revenge!

After coming to this realization, Li Niu immediately took out his phone and began to make a call.

“Hey, Brother Hu, it’s Li from the gym. I ran into some trouble today. Couldn’t get involved physically due to some health issues and almost suffered a big loss at the hands of this guy. I need your help, brother. Don’t worry, any brothers from the Hu Family coming to our gym will have me as their personal trainer for free, indefinitely… Alright, alright, I’m in Kowloon New City right now. Hurry over with the guys, we might even have lunch at The Grand Qin Hotel.”

Over the phone, Li Niu sought help from a big-shot he had met at the gym, a domineering figure from the Hu Family with a strong foothold in the southern part of the city.

To engage this big-shot from the Hu Family, Li Niu pulled out all the stops, offering the gym’s free personal training sessions indefinitely.

After all, though he seemed defeated in front of Xu Fan, Li Niu, being a former athlete familiar with fitness routines, was a gold-medal coach at the gym, with an in-depth knowledge of fitness and each personal training session worth over a thousand yuan.

If members of the Hu Family were to attend his personal training sessions for free, it would be the equivalent of treatment reserved for people holding a VIP Supreme Gold Card worth hundreds of thousands.

Moreover, Li Niu also mentioned that once the matter was settled, he would treat them to a meal at The Grand Qin Hotel in Zhonghai, a place with a high-end clientele where a single meal could cost tens of thousands without breaking a sweat.

Li Niu was truly going all out to find people to deal with Xu Fan.

“Haha, once people from the Hu Family arrive, I’ll see if you dare to act so arrogantly in front of me!” After hanging up, Li Niu imagined Xu Fan crushed under his feet and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.