chapter 5 A penny stumps a heroic man

After Arno Lin left, Daniel Lin immediately met with that foxy woman, Anjn.

"Daniel, what should we do? How can that guy still be alive and kicking? What's going on?" There was a hint of panic on Anja Zhao's face.

"Sister, don't panic. I'll make some calls to the others. As long as this kid can't find any evidence, he'll still be kicked out of the Lin family," Daniel Lin gritted his teeth, looking at Arno Lin's retreating figure with resentment.

Shangshui Uptown.

The neighborhood was filled with stand-alone villas. Arno Lin knew that the villa he lived in belonged to the family, and the property deed was not in his name.

As he entered his own villa, Arno Lin's face twitched a few times.

This villa was in stark contrast to the luxurious one he remembered. In the living room, there was nothing but a wooden table and a few chairs. There wasn't even a sofa or a television!

He immediately realized why this was the case. It seemed like the furniture in the house had been sold during his past bouts of drug addiction.

Seeing the mess he had made, Arno Lin felt extremely frustrated. He couldn't believe he had to deal with this now.

"I'm going to work," said Kari Chu with cold indifference, leaving the room.

She didn't want to have any more contact with Arno Lin. Her heart had died a long time ago.

As Kari Chu walked away, Arno Lin felt a sense of relief. Although he had been Great Master in his previous life, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of guilt when he faced this woman.

As Arno Lin was about to go upstairs to continue his cultivation, his stomach suddenly growled loudly.

This left him feeling embarrassed. He had forgotten that this body required food. Since he had been reborn, he hadn't eaten anything at all.

Arno Lin immediately opened the small mini-fridge that only reached up to his knee.

The large double-door refrigerator in the house had been sold off during one of his past drug-induced episodes. This mini-fridge was a second-hand purchase that Kari Chu had made.

Upon opening the fridge, Arno Lin found nothing inside except a piece of ginger.

Frustrated, he closed the fridge. He had been reborn and had come back to life, only to potentially starve to death?

After thinking it over, Arno Lin decided to go outside to see if he could buy a few steamed buns to fill his stomach. He checked his pockets and found a few coins.

He left the villa and found a nearby street. As he walked down the street, he couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia, as if he had been transported to a different world.

In the previous life, I was an orphan on Earth, without any support. I spent my whole life cultivating and eventually ascended to the Fantasy World. This world feels both familiar and strange to me.

Feeling somewhat nostalgic, Arno Lin suddenly noticed two suspicious young men approaching a young woman. One of them had slyly extended his hand into the woman's pocket from behind.

A glint of gold flashed in Arno Lin's eyes as he saw the thief grabbing a cellphone with a snow-white case.

"Oh... I might have overreacted."

"Stop right there," Arno Lin took a few steps forward and firmly grabbed the thief's arm.

"What's your problem, kid? Let go! You want to mess with me?" The young thief's face turned pale, and he raised his other fist in a threatening manner.

"Just you? I'm afraid you don't have the ability," Arno Lin sneered and shook his head.

"Hey, you're quite arrogant, kid. Let me show you what I'm capable of!" The young thief shouted and threw a punch towards Arno Lin's face.

Arno Lin let go of the thief's right hand and grabbed him with his left hand.

"Ouch..."

The young thief immediately let out a painful cry, feeling like his hand's bones were about to break from Arno Lin's gentle grasp.

"Now you know if you're capable," Arno Lin said, mocking the thief, who had turned pale.

"I know, I know!" The young thief was terrified, and his face went white.

"Now return the lady's belongings," Arno Lin said, his voice firm. The young thief quickly returned the phone to the young woman and then turned and fled, cursing as he went, "You idiot, think you can be a hero? Just wait for me!"

Arno Lin couldn't help but shake his head at the absurdity of the threat. He had no patience for such lowlifes.

"Are you okay, Miss White?" Arno Lin asked with a smile, but then realized he had blurted out the wrong words. He hadn't intended to look so deep into her appearance.

The young woman didn't seem to understand what Arno Lin was talking about. Instead, she smiled warmly and said, "Thank you. Otherwise, my wallet and phone might have been gone."

"I'm Greer Su, and you are?" She introduced herself.

"Arno Lin."

Arno Lin gave a faint smile, trying to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor. However, his stomach growled loudly, leaving him feeling extremely embarrassed.

But Greer Su didn't mind at all. She smiled and said, "I'm free right now. How about I treat you to lunch?"

"That sounds great."

Arno Lin was delighted because he was in dire need of a hearty meal to replenish his energy for cultivation.

Soon, the two of them found a nearby noodle shop and sat down.

"This noodle shop is quite famous in the neighborhood. People come from afar to eat here," Greer Su began to introduce, but then she realized that Arno Lin was already devouring the food with great enthusiasm.

At the rate he was eating, it looked like he hadn't eaten for days.

Considering his appearance, he didn't seem like someone who would go hungry.

After slurping down a bowl of noodles, Arno Lin felt satisfied, but just as he was hesitating about whether to ask for another, there was a loud crash nearby. A table's dishes and utensils had fallen to the floor, shattering into pieces.

Arno Lin quickly turned his head to see an elderly man with white hair clutching his chest in pain, bent over a table. Several others nearby looked panicked and confused.