Chapter 16: The Robber Barons of American Imperialism

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  Escaping from the embracing arms, Christina slightly raised her head and said with tears in her eyes: "You, you're telling the truth?"

  "Of course, of course it's true! Genuine gold! I'm the king of kings! You must believe me!" Zhou Shaoming proudly puffed out his chest and said with unwavering determination.

  "It's less now!" Kristina burst into laughter, wiping away her tears and said softly: "Although I know you're comforting me, but thank you anyway."

  "One day, I'll let you know that I'm not coaxing you. On that day, at the Oscars ceremony, I want to hear your voice. I think I will!" Zhou Shaoming made a silent decision in his heart. This girl who met him on the first day of crossing over with himself, this girl whose relationship with herself was unclear, was worth his efforts to help her.

  She is not worth it, who else is?

  The two of them talked for a long time, discussing life, movies, and their aspirations for the future. Unbeknownst to them, their wine glasses were refilled and emptied repeatedly, leaving them both slightly intoxicated.

  "Let's go, there are still many things to do tomorrow." Zhou Shaoming stood up shakily.

  "You've only had a few and you're already drunk!" Kristina laughed, her own mind perfectly clear.

  The entire street had very few pedestrians, only occasionally a few cars passing by from the side, blowing up a patch of wet fallen leaves, looking exceptionally desolate.

  The hands of two people, I don't know when they started holding together, although the handcuffs were loyal and dedicated, but the people who stuck tightly together, the hands with intertwined fingers tightly clasped together, apparently no longer needed them.

  The dark alley entrance, the darkness of night enveloped everything, and the dim yellow streetlights seemed to be trembling slightly in the wind, as if they could not withstand the invasion of the cold wind.

  Zhou Shaoming and Christina both quickened their pace, in the next life of America, there were also extremely dark places, no one wanted to look for trouble.

  But things still caught up with him.

  Two figures suddenly rushed out of the dark alley, approaching with a strange laugh.

  The one in the lead was a black man wearing a baseball cap, with a big and tall figure, almost two meters tall, even Zhou Shaoming was half a head shorter.

  Another white man holding a baseball bat in his hand, from time to time tapping it in the palm of his hand, puffing on a cigar and blowing out smoke.

  Christina was startled and subconsciously hid behind Zhou Shaoming, nervously grasping his clothes.

  "Hey, man! Leave the wallet behind!" The black guy yelled, flashing a butterfly knife in his hand, swinging it back and forth to cast a glint of steel.

  Zhou Shaoming was suddenly sobered up by half a bottle of wine, it's really an unlucky year, casually taking Kristina out for a stroll and running into robbers!

  "Hey! You hear me talkin' or what?! If you ain't got no money, we gonna have to leave your girlfriend behind!" The white guy holding the baseball bat took a good look at Christina's face under the streetlight and was immediately struck by her beauty. He swallowed hard, his eyes gleaming with lust as he spoke.

  Christina clutched Zhou Shaoming's arm tightly, cowering in fear on one side, her body involuntarily starting to tremble slightly.

  "Friends, we're not rich either, or else we wouldn't be walking! Here's $200, take it!" Zhou Shaoming pulled out the money and threw it at the two approaching men.

  Looked around, a vast expanse of flatness, no pedestrians or vehicles on the street, if I ran, I would be alone.

  Already shackled with Christina, it's hard to outrun a strong and powerful American black man.

  "You think you can get rid of us for just 200 bucks? You're dreaming, kid!" The white man spat out a mouthful of foul air and gave Zhou Shaoming a forceful push.

  Zhou Shaoming was pushed and almost fell, the clothes covering his handcuffs dropped to the ground, and it wasn't until then that the black man realized that the couple in front of him had somehow managed to cuff themselves together.

  "Haha! This is really cool! Taking a girlfriend out on the street and still chaining her up, are you afraid she'll run away?" The white man whistled and exclaimed in surprise.

  "It won't be playing games on the street! This is really interesting! Next time I'll try it too!" The black man waved his knife and laughed loudly.

  "Hey, buddy, I don't want trouble, but you'd better back off before I lose my temper!" Zhou Shaoming also got angry, damn it! Who dares to bully me?!

  Although he was a nerd who only knew how to run errands and play video games in his past life, Zhou Shaoming had never been one to shy away from a fight. Having been pushed around once, he felt a surge of anger and his tone began to turn less polite.

  "What did I just hear? The yellow-skinned monkey is getting arrogant too?"

  "Listen up, kid! If you don't want your girlfriend to get hurt, you'd better behave yourself!" The black man threatened menacingly, brandishing his shiny knife.

  Christina's face turned pale. If that guy really cut his own face, he would be ruined for life and couldn't help but let out a loud shriek!

  The scream was followed by a few barks from dogs, and someone on the opposite floor turned on their lights and looked down.

  Zhou Shaoming saw it, patted Kristen's icy hand and raised his hands to pretend to be afraid: "Don't, don't hurt us, I'll give you all the money, okay?"

  "Alright, we don't want any bloodshed either, as long as there's money involved, everything can be settled!" The black man said with a smile, waving his knife.

  "You should have done this earlier, what's with the Captain America act? Haha, I told you those yellow monkeys are all cowards!" The white man continued to taunt with disdain.

  Zhou Shaoming pulled out his wallet and threw it on the ground: "Hey, buddy, all the money is here, take it!"

  A black man and a white man grabbed for the wallet, opened it up to find that there was still plenty of money inside, and they couldn't stop laughing.

  Taking advantage of their unpreparedness, Zhou Shaoming opened the handcuffs.

  Those two took the money, still not satisfied, they snickered and closed in on her, their eyes leering at Kristina as they spewed out trash talk.

  "Hey, beautiful girl, come and have some fun with us! Look at this useless yellow-skinned kid, he's almost pissing his pants! There's no future in following him!"

  "I've heard that yellow people are no good in bed? Beautiful girl, why not come to the arms of us whites and blacks instead? Brothers will definitely make you scream for mom!"

  "Let's find a place to have a good chat, leave this yellow-skinned monkey alone, and go do our thing!"

  Two guys were grinning and spewing trash talk, coming up to Christina and getting physical, tugging and pulling.

  "Hey, buddy, I still have money, don't touch my girlfriend!" Zhou Shaoming shouted loudly, his tone revealing a hint of viciousness.

  "Hand over the rest of your money! You're a sly yellow monkey, aren't you?" The white man bellowed, his hand reaching out to rummage through Zhou Shaoming's pockets.

  It's now!

  Zhou Shaoming's anger, which had been suppressed for a long time, burst out like a tsunami, and he could no longer hold back his emotions!

  Damn it! You're robbing me of my money and now you want to take my woman too? Whoever you are, I'll make sure to take you down!