Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 609 - 610: A Hollow Victory

Chapter 609: Chapter 610: A Hollow Victory

"It’s your turn!" Chen Bing wiped the sweat from his forehead, extremely satisfied with his own performance. With a score like that, there were only a few people in the club who could surpass him, let alone Song Xiaodong, a newbie.

Although Song Xiaodong was able to win at rock climbing, which must have required considerable strength to maintain such speed, now doing this was completely different.

Song Xiaodong nodded, standing casually at the starting line, and said, "Okay, I’m ready."

"You’re just wearing that?" Chen Bing frowned as he looked at Song Xiaodong’s feet.

Song Xiaodong looked down and replied, "Is that a problem?"

"Aren’t you afraid of slipping?" Chen Bing pointed at Song Xiaodong’s pair of leather shoes.

"Ha... Slip? He’s just putting on a show; is he really going to run?"

"Exactly, just look at that side wall. If he dares to go up, won’t he just fall to his death?"

Upon hearing these people, Lin Shu immediately said, "Uncle, maybe we should just call it quits. There’s no rope here to protect you, and if you really fall, it’ll be a huge sin on me."

"So you’re admitting defeat?" Li Xiaoying immediately breathed a sigh of relief. They’d already lost once, and if they lost again, they would be completely broke.

Lin Shu quickly retorted, "It’s not that we’re giving up; we just don’t want to win against you anymore."

Still smarting from his recent loss, Li Xiaoying said disdainfully, "Keep bragging. I think he’s completely incapable. If you’re forfeiting, just say so. Don’t go around pretending to be something you’re not. Lin Shu, what I despise the most is people like you, who can’t cut it yet act tough everywhere, a downright cheap trick."

Upon hearing these words, Lin Shu exploded, angrily demanded, "Li Xiaoying, who are you calling cheap?"

"I’m talking about you, what about it? Wanting to win my money, you have got to have the skills for that."

Infuriated, Lin Shu’s eyes went round as she said, "Uncle, you have to win against him. If you dare lose, I’ll never let you live it down. But if you win, I’ll hang out with you for a month."

"Pfft..." Song Xiaodong was suddenly speechless. That girl was truly desperate, willing to sell herself out just to settle a score, quite the sacrifice.

Li Xiaoying said, "Forget it. Don’t get your uncle half-dead. We really can’t afford the medical bills."

Puffed up with anger, Lin Shu said to Song Xiaodong, "Uncle, can you or can you not? "

Song Xiaodong smiled faintly and replied, "I can give it a try."

"Then go for it, you have to win." As Lin Shu spoke, she suddenly hugged Song Xiaodong tightly, then on tiptoes, she kissed him on the lips, adding, "This is your advance reward."

At that moment, Song Xiaodong truly didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. That girl was just too impulsive.

"Hey, let’s get started," Song Xiaodong said.

Li Xiaoying sneered, "Heh, won’t stop until he reaches the Yellow River, huh? Well then, let’s start."

As the timer started, Song Xiaodong dashed out directly, and without an apparent burst of effort, he took off like a cannonball.

"Wow, he’s really fast," Chen Bing couldn’t help but exclaim.

What happened next, however, left Chen Bing with his mouth agape, unable to close it again.

The most important aspect of parkour is technique, and it demands an extremely high sense of balance, but Uncle Song Xiaodong, at this moment, was vaulting and leaping with the grace of flowing water, especially in the most difficult move of stepping on the side wall. He made it look effortless, as if the side of the wall were lined with magnets.

Last but not least, Song Xiaodong confidently took four steps up the wall in front of him, and when he flipped backwards, his body soared over a meter above the bell, lightly tapped it, and then landed firmly on the ground.

"Damn, four steps!" Several people exclaimed in their minds simultaneously.

To dash forward and step twice on the wall was quite impressive, managing three steps meant one was truly a master among masters, but Song Xiaodong had actually taken four steps, he was nothing short of a super master.

As Song Xiaodong walked back leisurely, the others were still staring at him, dumbfounded, with no one speaking.

"Uncle, you... you’re too amazing, I admit defeat!" Chen Bing gave Song Xiaodong a thumbs-up, his face full of admiration.

Xiao Hui cracked a smile and said, "I was quite unwilling to accept my defeat just now, but now I know, uncle, you really hide your light under a bushel, respect."

Lin Shu suddenly let out a loud "Wow", then excitedly lunged forward to grab Song Xiaodong’s arm and exclaimed, "Uncle, you’re so cool."

Song Xiaodong chuckled and responded, "Average, just average."

Lin Shu glanced at the stopwatch and said to Li Xiaoying, "Hey, thirty-two seconds, we won again, Li Xiaoying, hand over the money."

Li Xiaoying’s mouth twitched, and with a huff, he said, "If I have to give money, I’ll give money, what, I’m going to renege on you?"

Watching everyone pool their money together, Song Xiaodong smiled and said, "Forget it, you’re all kids, why gamble with money?"

Lin Shu immediately said, "No way, no way, didn’t you see how they were dissing me just now?"

Song Xiaodong gave a slight smile and remarked, "Let’s be forgiving where we can."

Lin Shu pouted, but ultimately she didn’t go on, as her original goal wasn’t to win money, but to take Li Xiaoying down a peg, and with that aim achieved, she was satisfied.

Just then, Li Xiaoying bit her lip and said, "We lost and we’ll honor our debts, it’s only twenty thousand yuan. Although we’re short right now, I’ll make it up to you in a few days."

Lin Shu curled her lip and retorted, "Humph, I’ll let you off this time."

Then she strutted out hugging Song Xiaodong’s arm proudly.

"Uncle, today was really satisfying," said Lin Shu excitedly, waving her fist as they left the clubhouse.

Song Xiaodong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Playing such nonsensical games with you kids, I’m really too idle."

Lin Shu giggled and said, "It’s fun to play, isn’t it great?"

Song Xiaodong narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Fun? Yeah, it’s indeed quite entertaining, seems like someone made me a certain promise."

"Ah!" Lin Shu halted in her tracks then turned to look at Song Xiaodong, pouting, she said, "Hey, uncle, I was originally winning twenty thousand yuan, but you didn’t let me take it, thus causing me to lose twenty thousand yuan, so that agreement is null and void."

Song Xiaodong squinted his eyes and said, "You’re being unreasonable."

"Who’s being unreasonable? Twenty thousand yuan, hey! You could afford to keep a girl for a month with that, hehe, and besides, you’re my grandpa, right? How could you lay a hand on your granddaughter? Wouldn’t that be disrespectful of the generation gap?"

Watching Lin Shu’s cunning look, Song Xiaodong couldn’t help but grin; even though the girl was being cheeky, she at least valued her own body. Song Xiaodong was not angry, and instead, his impression of the girl improved.

I’m really not in good form today, so just three Chapters. I’ll try my best to do five Chapters tomorrow.