Chapter 424: When You Are Unlucky, Misfortune Can Happen Unexpectedly

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Blacklisted?”

When Wang Xiao heard Ma Yunle’s words, he could not help but be stunned. “My reputation in the trading market should be quite good, right? Why did I suddenly become blacklisted?”

“No way? Are you still pretending to be stupid with me?”

Ma Yunle rolled her eyes angrily. Seeing Wang Xiao’s confused expression, she was stunned again. “You really don’t know?”

Wang Xiao blinked innocently. “Do I look like I know?”

Ma Yunle was silent for a moment before suddenly changing the topic. “Have you been doing business with the Lord’s Shop recently? Moreover, is the transaction relatively large?”

Wang Xiao was stunned for a moment before nodding. “That’s true. I bought a batch of resources for leveling up.”

“That’s right!”

Ma Yunle clapped his hands. “The Lord’s Shop has just released the news that you owe more than 100 billion yuan. Moreover, they even said that they want to ban you in the market. Whoever dares to do business with you will be banned together!”

“What did you say?!

Wang Xiao exclaimed. His first reaction was disbelief.

Although it was true that he owed more than 100 billion, he had already signed a contract with the Lord’s Shop and would use the [Black Gold Ore] to settle the bill in three days.

Now that it had not even been a day, no matter how much the Lord’s Shop did not trust him, they would not undermine him at this time, right?

Ma Yunle did not know what Wang Xiao was thinking. He paused for a moment and said helplessly, “I also think more than 100 billion is a little ridiculous, but the person who gave me the news said that this matter came from within the Lord’s Shop. It’s very credible!”

“Moreover, taking a step back, even if this news is deliberately fabricated, as long as everyone believes it, it’s as good as true.”

At this point, Ma Yunle sighed heavily. “Wang Xiao, I’m not as capable as you. I only rely on running a small business to support my family. If I’m ostracized by everyone because of this, in the future… Hey! Where are you going?”

Wang Xiao squeezed out of the door beside Ma Yunle and said coldly without looking back, “Lord’s Shop!”

Kaiyang City, trading market.

Although it was already close to midnight, there were still many people in the trading market whispering quietly.

However, after Wang Xiao appeared, the surrounding discussion stopped abruptly. Almost everyone stared at him curiously, as if he was a rare soldier.

Wang Xiao ignored it and dragged his feet towards the Lord’s Shop. Ma Yunle followed behind and watched from afar. He wanted to help him, but he did not dare to go forward.

Finally, under everyone’s attention, Wang Xiao pushed open the door and entered the Lord’s Shop. The crowd, which had been silent for a long time, immediately started a discussion again.

“Am I seeing things? That was Wang Xiao just now, right?”

“I’m not wrong! It’s him!”

“Does he want to die? He actually dares to come to the Lord’s Shop at a time like this?”

“Who knows? I heard that this kid is very bold. He might want to use force!”

“Then he really chose the wrong opponent. That’s the Lord’s Shop!”

“Sigh… What a pity. I originally thought highly of him.”

While everyone was discussing, Wang Xiao had already arrived at the manager’s office. Although it was already time to get off work, he believed that Lin Xiang would not be able to sleep peacefully at home after such a big thing had happened.

As expected.

Wang Xiao had just arrived at the door of the manager’s office when he heard the ringtone of the communicator echoing Lin Xiang’s voice.

“Mr. Zhang, I’ll say it one last time. There’s really no such thing!”

“Lord Liu, this is a misunderstanding… No, why did you specially ask me if you don’t believe me?”

“Can you be more rational? Stop believing in rumors and spreading them.”

Wang Xiao was originally here to denounce him, but now that he heard Lin Xiang’s voice, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Ma Yunle said that this news came from within the Lord’s Shop, but from Lin Xiang’s current attitude, he didn’t seem to know about this?

As he thought this, Wang Xiao casually pushed open the door and happened to catch Lin Xiang looking over. Their eyes met in the air, and it was obvious that there was helplessness on each other’s faces.

Waving his hand to indicate for Wang Xiao to sit down, Lin Xiang shouted at the person opposite the communicator, “I’ll say it one last time! This is a misunderstanding! There’s no such thing!”

After saying that, Lin Xiang hung up the communicator and turned off his phone. Then, he slumped onto the sofa. “Brother Wang, this is really a misunderstanding…’

“I can tell.”

Wang Xiao smiled bitterly and took a deep breath before asking seriously, “What’s going on? I heard from the people outside that it’s not just a simple rumor.”

Lin Xiang nodded in agreement. “About an hour ago, someone asked me to verify it. I only found out about this matter. Although everyone explained the details differently, it’s still generally accurate.”

“Basically, it’s saying that you cheated a large sum of resources from the Lord’s Shop and have already been blacklisted by the Lord’s Shop. They’re telling everyone not to make a deal with you—but I guarantee that I definitely didn’t reveal this!”

Looking at Lin Xiang’s sincere expression, Wang Xiao frowned and said, “I believe it’s not you, but could it be someone from the headquarters? For example, Shen Tianlin?”

“No.”

Lin Xiang shook his head without thinking. “Let’s not talk about whether Minister Shen will do this or not. Even if he really did it, the news won’t spread to Kaiyang City so quickly unless it’s spread through me. But I didn’t know at all, and—”

At this point, Lin Xiang shook the communicator that had been switched off. “I contacted Minister Shen as soon as I received the news. He doesn’t seem to know about this either.”

“He doesn’t know either?”

Wang Xiao was a little surprised when he heard this. If it was not Lin Xiang and Shen Tianlin who spread the news, who else could know the details of this matter so well?

“Could it be your enemy?”

Lin Xiang had an epiphany and guessed. “Perhaps someone is jealous that you’ve improved too quickly, so they want to use this method to make it difficult for you to buy resources?”

Wang Xiao thought for a moment and shook his head. “This doesn’t make sense. If it’s a rumor, saying that I owe 10 billion can make everyone avoid me.

…That’s true.”

Lin Xiang could not think of a reason to explain it and collapsed weakly on the sofa. “But even such a ridiculous number is believed by people. This means that the person who spread the rumors is very authoritative. But if he’s a big shot, why did he use such a childish method?”

“Childish?” Wang Xiao raised his eyebrows. “What do you mean?”

“Think about it—”

Lin Xiang spread his hands. “Although it’s true that you owe more than 100 billion, this is what we agreed on. As long as you take out that [Golden Contract], we can immediately resolve this misunderstanding. Isn’t this childish?”

“What you said makes sense…”

Wang Xiao nodded thoughtfully. This childish method was vaguely familiar. “I think I know who released the news..”