Water Margin: Gao Yanei is actually a Gal Genius

Lin Chong had only met Gao Yanei a few times and was unsure of Gao Jin's methods. When he heard Gao Jin tell him to teach the servant a lesson, he gritted his teeth and did so.

However, he only slapped Fu An across the face twice, holding back his strength so as not to kill him, but only making the servant spit out two teeth.

After the slap, Fu An's cheeks were swollen and he dared not speak, only groaning in place.

"Thank you, Coach Lin." Gao Jin tried to sit up. Fortunately, it wasn't right after he woke up in the morning, so getting up was quite easy for him now.

Lin Chong, standing below, clasped his hands in a fist and repeatedly said he dared not accept such praise.

Gao Jin stepped out of the carriage and came to Lin Chong's side, saying softly, "I was just resting when this servant took it upon himself to invite your wife. It was my fault for not managing my subordinates properly."

Lin Chong was stunned when Gao Jin apologized so directly. After all, although Lin Chong was not familiar with Gao Jin, he had heard of his reputation as a playboy.

"Uh...Young Master, you flatter me." Lin Chong was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.

Ignoring Lin Chong's rudeness, Gao Jin was frantically thinking about how to get in touch with Liangshan.

Surely we can't really force Lin Chong to join the Liangshan bandits? That wouldn't suit his taste, and it certainly couldn't be because of Lin's wife's beauty.

To be honest, he, from the future, didn't have the desire to destroy Lin Chong in order to get the Lin family's wife.

Why ruin your character when you can enjoy something for money? Besides, his kidneys are a little sore right now.

"Madam Lin has been frightened. It's not appropriate for her to be in such a public place. Why don't we invite her into the carriage to take shelter?" Gao Jin suggested, seeing that the crowd was growing larger and larger, with most of them gathered around Madam Lin to watch the spectacle.

After a while without receiving a response from Lin Chong, Gao Jin curiously looked in Lin Chong's direction. He saw the burly man with a leopard-like head and piercing eyes staring intently at him, a surge of anger brewing in his eyes.

Startled, Gao Jin quickly considered whether he had offended Lin Chong, then realized that his earlier statement had been somewhat misunderstood. It sounded as if he was asking Lin Chong to offer up his wife.

After chuckling twice to ease the tension, Gao Jin explained to Lin Chong, "Instructor Lin, please don't overthink it. There's only Madam Lin in this carriage. How could I be the kind of person to ruin a woman's reputation so easily?"

The anger in Lin Chong's eyes subsided, replaced by suspicion.

Just how bad was the reputation of its predecessor?! Gao Jin was both amused and exasperated. "Fine, fine, my good intentions have only made Instructor Lin so suspicious. How about Instructor Lin takes me for a stroll around this area?"

After speaking, he pointed to the crowd in front of the rouge shop. Lin Chong looked in that direction and saw that his wife was already surrounded by people. Only then did he realize that Gao Jin really meant well. He cupped his hands and apologized to Gao Jin, "I'm sorry, Young Master Gao, it was I who didn't know what was good for me."

"Hurry up, don't delay! Quickly escort your wife into the carriage. Then, Instructor Lin will take me for a stroll around this area!"

"Thank you, young master!" Lin Chong turned and squeezed into the crowd. Soon after, he led his wife and a maid to Gao Jin.

Madam Lin, accompanied by her maid, approached Gao Jin and bowed. Upon closer inspection, she was indeed more radiant and captivating, but that was all.

"Hurry up and get into the carriage to take shelter. Instructor Lin and I will wander around the area. If you want to go back to the manor, you can just tell the coachman. If you don't want to go back, just wait in the carriage..." Gao Jin said to the two women, then waved to the coachman who was waiting nearby, "...Just listen to Madam Lin. If she asks you to take her back to the manor, then take her back to the Lin manor."

After saying this, Gao Jin tossed a loose piece of silver to the coachman.

The driver took the silver, weighed it in his hand, and immediately stuffed it into his pocket, saying with a beaming smile, "Young master, please rest assured! I, Old Ma, am the most honest man..."

"How could I let the young master waste money..." Lin Chong said as he reached into his pocket.

"Alright, alright, neither of us is short of that little bit of money." Gao Jin waved his hand impatiently and turned to walk towards the street.

Lin Chong escorted his wife and maid into the carriage before turning around and catching up with Gao Jin. The idlers who had been following Fu An were now keeping a distance from the two of them.

Just as Lin Chong caught up with Gao Jin and was about to strike up a conversation with him, he saw a monk carrying an iron staff leading a group of impoverished people past on the street.

Lin Chong shouted loudly, "Senior brother, where are you going?!"

Upon hearing the commotion, the monk led the group quickly towards Lin Chong and Gao Jin. Before they even got close, he began shouting, "I'll help you fight!"

Lin Chong said awkwardly, "Senior brother, the fight is over." At this moment, the monk came to the two of them, so Lin Chong began to introduce them, "Senior brother, this is the son of Grand Commandant Gao."

"Young master, this is the valiant man I just met. His secular name is Lu Da, and his Buddhist name is Zhishen."

Lu Zhishen casually performed a Buddhist salute, "This humble servant greets Gao Yanei..." Before he could finish, he turned to Lin Chong and said, "What are you doing, provoking your wife and those scoundrels?"

Lin Chong glanced at Gao Jin twice. "I just arrived... I've already chased those thieves away."

Lu Zhishen frowned. "How could it be so fast? Didn't Zhang San say he was a tough opponent?" He reached behind him and grabbed a man. "Zhang San, tell me, what exactly happened?"

The lazy bum dragged out by Lu Zhishen glanced at the monk, then at Lin Chong, then at Gao Jin, looking around the three-person room, trembling but not saying a word.

Gao Jin, who was a bit more perceptive than the other two, immediately understood. This rascal named Zhang San must have heard Fu An mention Gao Yanei and was now figuring out how to speak without offending Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, and Gao Jin at the same time.

After all, any one of these three could make him disappear without a trace.

Gao Jin stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Master, please don't make things difficult for this fellow. The scoundrel who clashed with Instructor Lin just now was my servant. I apologize for my lax management."

"Gao Yanei?..." The big monk looked at Gao Jin, smacking the name in his mouth, his brows furrowed as if he was recalling something. He loosened his grip, and Zhang San fell down, scrambling into the group of ruffians.

"I remember now, you scoundrel, aren't you that playboy nicknamed 'Playboy King' in Tokyo?" As he spoke, Lu Zhishen put down his monk's staff, raised his fists high, and charged towards Gao Jin.

Two fists the size of clay pots rushed towards Gao Jin with afterimages. Just as they were about to land on him, Lin Chong, who was standing nearby, suddenly acted impulsively. With a quick movement of his right hand and a pull of his left, his powerful fists swept Lu Zhishen past Gao Jin.

Lin Chong was also pulled along by the monk's immense strength. Just as he dodged Lu Zhishen's body, he stumbled and lost his balance, tumbling into a heap with him. As he rolled, Lin Chong anxiously shouted, "Misunderstanding! Senior brother, there's a misunderstanding here!"

"What misunderstanding? There is no misunderstanding! You are afraid of him, the Grand Commandant, but I am not afraid of him! Today I will definitely seek justice for my junior brother!" After saying that, he got up and was about to hit Gao Jin again. Lin Chong saw this and quickly got up to stop him.

Gao Jin was stunned. Only now did he realize that his predecessor's reputation had almost cost him his life! Without time for regret, he quickly came up with a plan and said...

"You, a monk who has entered the Buddhist order and taken the Dharma name Zhishen, are you also the kind of mindless person who believes everything you hear?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhishen stopped what he was doing, stood there stunned for a moment, then patted his bald head and spoke to Lin Chong.

"Junior brother, did this guy just insult me?"