Chapter 96: Who Doesn’t Have a Foolish Wife?

“Could it be... purple gold coins? My heavens, I’ve never even seen one in my life!” the instructor’s wife cried out.

Instructor Liu swallowed hard. Judging by the look of it, it really was quite possible.

When he arrived at the driving school, Chen Yun spotted two people from a distance on the practice lot. Looking closer, one of them was indeed the instructor.

Ha, it looked like today he would finally get to drive a sky combat vehicle!

“Coach, I’m here!” Chen Yun rode over on his bike.

“You’re here! Dummy, you’ve come to give me money again!” Before Instructor Liu could even speak, his wife shouted first.

Chen Yun: ...

Instructor Liu: ...

“Ha... ha... ha...” Instructor Liu was mortified. It was the plain truth, yes, but did you have to say it so bluntly?

“Who doesn’t have a foolish wife at home? Go stand over there!” Instructor Liu glared at his wife, then said to Chen Yun, “Young man, you’re here to learn to drive, right?”

“Yes.” Chen Yun was full of black lines. Though what I’m doing now really is no different from being a fool, do you have to provoke me like this? Careful—I might get angry and give my money to someone else!

“Same old rules?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll begin. To learn to drive, first you have to... and that’s how you learn to drive!” Instructor Liu taught driving for a living, and all the theoretical knowledge was engraved deep into his bones. He did not even need to think; the words came pouring out of his mouth.

“NPC level-4 driving master Liu Lanshan wishes to teach player Chen Yun level-4 driving skill. Learn?”

“Yes!”

“Because level-4 mounts fall within the mid-tier mount range, player Chen Yun must hear level-4 driving master Liu Lanshan teach the driving skill one hundred times and pay fifty purple gold coins before he can learn it. Player Chen Yun has currently heard the first time.”

At the system prompt, Chen Yun’s eyes flew wide open.

He had to hear it a hundred times before he could learn it? Damn, system, why did you change the routine?

Seeing Chen Yun stare with wide eyes, Instructor Liu panicked. Had he spoken too quickly and failed to make sense to this fool?

“Young man, did I speak too fast and you didn’t catch it? All right, I’ll say it again, slower this time.”

“Okay.”

Instructor Liu slowed his pace by half. By the time he finished once, half an hour had passed.

“Level-4 driving master Liu Lanshan’s teaching of the level-4 driving skill differs from the driving skill taught the first time. This teaching attempt is invalid.”

Chen Yun’s mouth fell open at once.

Damn, what did that mean? Different? What was different? It sounded about the same to me!

“Young man, what’s wrong with you?” Seeing Chen Yun go from staring to gaping, Instructor Liu grew uneasy.

“Uh... Coach, cars really are much harder to learn than motorcycles,” Chen Yun said solemnly. “My intelligence level isn’t enough to understand it in one or two tries. Say to me again exactly what you said the first time. Remember, the first time—every single word has to be right. Otherwise, I won’t pay.”

“....”

The instructor was stunned. What kind of logic was that? He had to repeat exactly what he said the first time, and not a single word could be wrong? How was he supposed to know what difference there was between the first and second times? Wasn’t that making things difficult for him?

“Coach, let me tell you this first. This time, the tuition I’m preparing to give you is this.” Chen Yun pulled out a handful of purple gold coins and shook them. “So think carefully. Don’t say a single word wrong, or you won’t earn this money.”

Instructor Liu’s eyes widened instantly, and his wife’s eyes not only widened but gleamed like lightbulbs.

Purple gold coins!

They really were purple gold coins!

Good heavens, that handful had to be at least several dozen of them, right? That was tens of billions of copper coins!

“I’m thinking, I’m thinking right now!” Instructor Liu’s breathing grew heavy. He plopped down on the ground and racked his brains, trying desperately to remember exactly what he had said the first time. His wife was even more direct, pulling a pen and notebook from her bag and saying, “Old Liu, think carefully. You think of a sentence, I’ll write a sentence. As long as we can get this money, we’re rich. That’s tens of billions!”

It had to be said: the allure of money was immense. After Instructor Liu said it five times, he finally got it right under Chen Yun’s confirmation, and the couple was instantly overjoyed.

Finally, it was correct!

“Coach, don’t rush to be happy yet. It’s not over,” Chen Yun said. “Repeat the version you got right ninety-eight more times, and not a single word may be wrong. That way, I should be able to understand it.”

...

What?

Instructor Liu was dumbfounded.

Repeat it ninety-eight times?

Damn, if he said it ninety-eight times, how long would that take? Even if each round took twenty minutes, that would still be a day and a half, wouldn’t it? Was this kid messing with him?

“Young man, can you read? Anyway, I’ve already written it down. How about I give you this notebook, and you can read it as many times as you like? Wouldn’t that be better?” Instructor Liu asked.

“That won’t do. I just want to hear you say it.” Chen Yun shook his head.

“Hey! Are you messing with our Old Liu?” the coach’s wife said unhappily, hands on her hips. “Don’t think that just because you’ve got a little dirty money you can play with us. Old Liu, I think he never intended for us to earn this money in the first place. These are purple gold coins; even a fool knows they’re better than gold coins. Let’s go. Five hundred gold coins are enough for us to live on. We’re not serving him anymore!”

Instructor Liu thought it over and decided she was right. Who in their right mind would spend tens of billions just to learn to drive? Wasn’t that just humiliating people? Thinking this, Instructor Liu no longer paid Chen Yun any mind and was about to leave with his wife.

Chen Yun saw that the pair had even started throwing a tantrum and could not help but find it amusing.

“You’re sure you don’t want to earn this money?” he asked with a smile.

“If there’s money, of course we want to earn it. But you clearly don’t want us to earn it, so do you think we’ll let you toy with us?” the coach’s wife said angrily.

“I’m not toying with you. From start to finish, it’s been nothing but your own guesses.” Chen Yun tossed the purple gold coins in his hand and said, “How about this: to prove my sincerity, and to put you at ease, as long as the coach can say it without missing a single word, I’ll give you one purple gold coin on the spot for every two times he says it. How about that? Feeling reassured now?”

As soon as the coach’s wife heard this, her breathing quickened and she hurriedly asked, “You’re serious?”

“Serious.”

“You’re not lying to me?”

“I never lie.”

“Dare to swear it?”

“I dare.”

“Good! Then swear that if you can’t do it, may you be struck by five thunderbolts from the heavens!”

“...”

Chen Yun was speechless.

The ancients had not been wrong: the most venomous heart belonged to a woman.

“All right. No matter what, he’s still a customer. Aren’t you forcing him to leave by doing this? It’s only ninety-eight repetitions. Even if he doesn’t pay, just for those five hundred gold coins, I’ll do it!” Instructor Liu opened the notebook and began speaking.

Half an hour later, he had finished two repetitions, word for word.

“Player Chen Yun has heard it for the first time.”

“Player Chen Yun has heard it for the second time.”

Chen Yun smiled and took a purple gold coin, handing it to the instructor.

“You still trust me, Coach. Just for that, I’ll give you one more purple gold coin as a bonus.”

Looking at the purple coin gleaming in his hand, Instructor Liu felt, for an instant, as though the Goddess of Fortune herself had thrown herself into his arms. His face flushed red, and his whole body trembled.

It was real!