"Look at the clothes these two are wearing, it's designer! They must come from a wealthy family. How is it possible that they don't want to pay a few thousand yuan and are unfairly accusing the store owner?"
"The richer they are, the more stingy they are. I'm sure they're taking advantage of the owner just because he's an honest farmer."
"I agree. That's how these rich people are, always acting like that."
"And look at that woman! Dressed like a prostitute. She's probably this man's mistress, he brought her to show off, but doesn't want to spend money on her. How pathetic!"
People who had gathered started murmuring and criticizing Li Yun and Gu Yanran without truly understanding the situation, even attacking them personally.
Those who arrived later, unaware of what was happening, seeing so many people criticizing them, assumed Li Yun was the culprit and joined the group to verbally attack him.
The store owner, witnessing this scene, smiled with satisfaction, as if mocking Li Yun.
In this kind of business, if you don't have a certain shrewdness, you can't afford to be so arrogant to handle yourself in a place like this.
If Li Yun didn't understand what was going on by now, he would be a complete fool.
At first, he thought the merchant was just a dishonest businessman.
But now he saw things weren't so simple. If he wasn't wrong, it was probably an organized gang of scammers.
"President Li, what should we do now?"
Upon hearing the insults from so many people, Gu Yanran felt nervous and, not knowing what to do, grabbed Li Yun's arm.
Chu Jun, for his part, was eager to act. He was just waiting for Li Yun's order to confront the crowd and give them a lesson.
However, Li Yun had no intention of using force to resolve the situation.
The main culprits were only a few; most of the people were simply spectators.
Even if he decided to beat them all, unless he completely eliminated them, they would continue scamming in that place.
If he was going to do something, it had to be radical and dismantle their scheme from the root.
"System, is there anything like X-ray vision that I can exchange?" Li Yun asked, trying to communicate with the system.
Although he didn't know much about gemstones, with the system, he could be an expert in anything.
Looking at the dishonest merchant, Li Yun filled with rage. This time, he was determined to teach him a lesson.
"Ding. Temporary X-ray vision: usage time, one hour. Price: 3,000 villain points."
"Ding. Basic X-ray vision (only vision function, limited time per day). Price: 12,000 villain points."
"Ding. Intermediate X-ray vision (only vision function, no daily time limit). Price: 24,000 villain points."
"Ding. Advanced X-ray vision (with additional charm function). Price: 42,000 villain points."
"Friendly tip for the host: It's best to exchange for the advanced X-ray vision. After eliminating Luo Fan, you can steal his advanced X-ray vision and fuse it with yours to create a new skill."
Upon hearing the system's suggestion, Li Yun was intrigued.
If he could fuse the skills, the new vision would surely be superior to the advanced one.
"System, give me the advanced X-ray vision."
"Ding. The host has spent 42,000 villain points to successfully exchange for advanced X-ray vision. Currently, you have 2,000 villain points left."
After hearing the system, Li Yun felt a sharp pain in his eyes, as if needles had been pierced into them.
The pain was brief and disappeared within seconds. Then, his eyes felt incredibly clear.
He looked at Gu Yanran and saw her clothes becoming transparent to him. He could truly see through objects!
X-ray vision!
So this is how it works?
Filled with joy, he didn't hesitate to use it to observe the gemstones of the dishonest merchant.
He wanted to check if all of them were really fake stones.
First stone: fake.
Second stone: fake.
Third stone: fake.
...
...
Last stone: fake.
In a matter of seconds, Li Yun examined all the stones. There were about 30 or 40 in total, and all of them were fake, not a single genuine one among them.
Even dishonest merchants usually mix some real stones among the fake ones, but this individual had taken it to another level: all were fake.
Not only had he scammed Gu Yanran, but he had also incited the crowd against him.
A person like that deserved to be eliminated.
The merchant, unaware of everything, remained confident, thinking the situation was under his control.
With an arrogant smile, he said to Li Yun: "Sir, you'd better pay the money for cutting the stone. This way, you'll avoid being criticized by so many people and looking ridiculous. Why complicate things?"
"Pay?"
"Why should I pay?"
"I'm not only not going to pay, but I also want you to return the 500,000 yuan you just took."
Li Yun let out a cold laugh. This guy, even at the edge of disaster, was still arrogant.
Upon hearing this, the merchant got upset.
He had seen arrogant people, but never someone like Li Yun.
"Sir, are you telling me you plan to use force to rob?"
"If that's the case, I advise you not to do it. This place is the gemstone street, the territory of President Ouyang Zhenhua. Even if you have power, you won't get away with it here."
The merchant said this with "good intentions," making it clear that he was protected by someone powerful.
"Who does this man think he is? Doesn't he know where he is? This place is the gemstone street, the territory of President Ouyang!"
"Exactly. Even the richest man in Jinling, Li Yun, shows respect to President Ouyang. What can this nobody do?"
"He must be crazy. Acting like this here is like asking for his own death."
Once again, the crowd began to criticize and mock Li Yun for his supposed recklessness.
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