Chapter 503

Chapter 503 You Scratched My High Heels

Today is the day of Toni Landor’s concert, and the venue entrance is already packed with crowds. The influence of an international superstar is truly not to be underestimated — even scalpers couldn’t get their hands on tickets an hour and a half before the show started.

Enormous posters of Landor are everywhere, fan clubs are shouting through megaphones all around, and small vendors selling concert stickers, banners, and glow sticks are seizing the opportunity to make a little extra cash.

Cao Tianping is holding up a flag, his face plastered with stickers that read “Landor I Love You” — the very picture of a die-hard fanatic.

He looked down at the concert ticket in his hand, his grin stretching almost to his ears. Su Rui had really come through — dead center in the front row! An absolute premium seat!

He was finally going to see his goddess up close!

“Su Rui, I love you to death, you know that? If I were a girl, I’d definitely marry you.” Cao Tianping said to Su Rui beside him with deep affection.

“Say something like that again and I’ll kick you into next week.”

Hearing Cao Tianping say that, Su Rui couldn’t help but recall the day this fat guy had hugged him and smothered his face with slobbery kisses, and his stomach turned. If Cao Tianping were actually a girl, Su Rui would sooner castrate himself.

“If I didn’t already have a dad, I’d be willing to call you dad right now.” Cao Tianping said, then kissed the ticket in his hand, his expression utterly blissful.

“I have no interest in having a son like you.” Su Rui said irritably.

“Ahh!”

Just then, Cao Tianping suddenly let out a yelp of pain.

The smile that had been on his face vanished in an instant, replaced by a grimace, and a wail like a pig being slaughtered echoed in front of the stadium!

The entire scene went quiet for a moment, everyone staring at this hollering fat guy, wondering what had happened to him.

“What’s wrong with this guy? In broad daylight — did someone just stab him in the rear?” a guy nearby speculated.

His voice was loud enough to carry clearly into Cao Tianping’s ears.

The great Captain Cao turned around, his normally fair complexion now flushed a deep liver-red!

He clutched his right foot with both hands, hopping around on one leg!

“Who got stabbed in the rear?” Cao Tianping shot back at the guy, then awkwardly hopped around to face the pretty girl in a spaghetti-strap miniskirt standing beside him and said, “Miss, you stepped on my foot.”

Between the heat and the blow from a high heel, the pain was excruciating, and Cao Tianping was already drenched in sweat.

Anyone who has ever been stepped on by a high heel will understand Cao Tianping’s agony at that moment. The pretty girl beside him was wearing heels at least 10 centimeters tall, while Cao Tianping had on sandals. That one intimate encounter had caused his snow-white pig trotter of a foot to swell up rapidly!

The top of Cao Tianping’s foot had turned purple-red, making even Su Rui wince at the sight.

The girl looked to be just over twenty years old. Though she was dressed beautifully, there was a certain heavily made-up quality about her. She gave Cao Tianping a cold glance and said, “It’s not like I did it on purpose.”

She really hadn’t done it on purpose — the place was packed shoulder to shoulder, and getting your foot stepped on was the most normal thing in the world.

“I never said you did it on purpose!” Hearing that, Cao Tianping was immediately annoyed.

He wasn’t asking her to do anything drastic — if you step on someone, just say sorry and that’s the end of it. Why did she have to respond with such cold indifference?

“It was just one step on the foot — what’s all the screaming about? I haven’t even complained about you nearly breaking my heel.” The pretty girl frowned, glancing down at her shoes with some concern, and said, “These are Prada limited edition. If your foot broke them, could you even afford to pay for them?”

As she said this, her eyes were filled with cold contempt, as if she had stepped on Cao Tianping’s foot entirely because his foot had been in the wrong place.

Cao Tianping was immediately displeased: “Miss, you’re such a pretty girl — how can you talk like that?”

“What’s wrong with how I talk? Am I bothering you? Keep it up and see if I don’t have someone tear your mouth apart.” The pretty girl was an absolute little tyrant, hands on her hips, glaring coldly at Cao Tianping.

The moment she opened her mouth, she revealed a personality completely at odds with her appearance — like a shrew.

Su Rui hadn’t really been paying attention at first. Getting your foot stepped on was no big deal, apology or not. But then this girl turned the tables — not only did she not apologize, she actually accused Cao Tianping of damaging her heels. That was when Su Rui started to find it hard to watch.

However, just as he was about to step in, a tall figure appeared before him.

“Hualing, what’s going on?”

This tall man was dressed in a white summer outfit, also a Dior limited edition, the whole ensemble worth at least close to a hundred thousand.

He hurried over and stood in front of the pretty girl, asking, “Did the shoes get damaged?”

The woman called Hualing shot Cao Tianping another dissatisfied look and said, “Pengcheng, the Prada you bought me almost had the heel snapped off by this fat guy’s foot. If the shoes were ruined, he couldn’t afford to pay for them.”

The man called Pengcheng quickly crouched down, felt Hualing’s ankle, and said with a worried expression, “It doesn’t matter if the shoes are ruined — did your foot get twisted?”

“My foot’s fine, but this fat guy was screaming his head off, it was so annoying — like I’d killed him or something.” Hualing glared at Cao Tianping again, her expression far from friendly.

Hearing this woman play the victim, Cao Tianping nearly burst a lung with rage. He let go of his foot and pointed to the injury on top of it, saying, “Look at this — my foot was nearly stabbed through! The whole top of my foot is bruised!”

“It was just a step on the foot — what’s all the fuss about? Is that any way for a man to act?” Hualing crossed her arms, speaking coldly, though the gesture also accentuated the curves of her chest — her trump card for attracting men.

“I’m not even asking you to apologize, but don’t talk to me with that attitude! Do you have any decency at all!” Cao Tianping was being driven absolutely mad by this insufferable woman!

Hualing turned and grabbed Pengcheng’s hand, saying, “Pengcheng, look how aggressive he is — you have to stand up for me!”

As she said it, the fierce expression on her face quickly melted away, replaced by a pitiful, delicate look of someone wronged.

The transformation made many onlookers shake their heads inwardly, and even Su Rui felt a little sick.

Pengcheng cupped Hualing’s face in his hands and said, “Baby, don’t cry. I’ll stand up for you. With me here, you have nothing to worry about.”

Su Rui felt his heart clench. He suddenly realized he still knew far too little about this world — the level of shamelessness these people displayed was far beyond anything he had imagined.

“I’m asking — are you two done being lovey-dovey? My foot got stepped on like this, are you going to give me an explanation or not?” Cao Tianping said furiously.

“Fat guy, my girlfriend Li Pengcheng just stepped on your foot once — you should consider it an honor!”

Li Pengcheng turned around, looking at Cao Tianping with utter contempt, and said, “Count yourself lucky those Prada shoes aren’t damaged. They’re the new summer collection — cost me tens of thousands!”

Tens of thousands for a pair of shoes, and the heel nearly snaps off just like that — that would mean the shoes really weren’t worth the price.

“Getting my foot stepped on is my honor? I haven’t even asked you to cover my medical bills! How can people like you exist in this world?” Cao Tianping was furious enough to throw a punch, and Su Rui had already stepped forward, his eyes narrowing slightly.

“Forget it, we’re not going to stoop to your level. All this yelling — you just want money, right? I’ll give it to you, okay?”

The man called Li Pengcheng looked thoroughly impatient, pulled out his wallet, and shoved a hundred-yuan bill into Cao Tianping’s hand.

He had genuinely mistaken Cao Tianping for one of those people who fake injuries on the street to extort money.

“A hundred yuan — take it, go find a clinic and get your foot looked at!” Pengcheng said with a dismissive spit, then moved to pull Hualing away.

But just then, he suddenly felt the hand holding his wallet go empty!

“Where’s my wallet?”

With people packed in on all sides, Li Pengcheng had no idea who had taken his wallet!

“Who took my wallet? Who took my wallet?” Li Pengcheng shouted, looking around frantically, but had absolutely no clue!

The most obvious suspect was fat Cao, but he had been crouching there clutching his foot the whole time, hadn’t even stood up once, so there was no way he could have stolen anything.

“Who did this? Who did this?” Li Pengcheng was beside himself with rage!

The wallet only had three thousand yuan in cash, but his ID and bank cards were in there too, and getting replacements would be an enormous hassle!

On top of that, his wallet was a Gucci limited edition, also worth tens of thousands! To lose so much over a single concert was truly not worth it!

“Look over there!”

At that moment, someone shouted, and everyone’s gaze followed the direction of the pointing finger!

A Gucci wallet was soaring high through the air, tracing a long arc before landing in the crowd a hundred meters away!

“My wallet, my wallet!”

Seeing this, Li Pengcheng immediately shoved through the crowd and rushed toward where the wallet had landed!

But the distance was a full hundred meters, and pushing through a sea of people was absolutely no easy task! By the time he got there, the wallet could easily have been pocketed and carried off by someone!

Cao Tianping winced through the pain while clapping his hands in delight: “See that? That’s karma, that’s karma!”

“Su Rui, did you see that? Karma came so fast — I really have to thank that thief!”

Cao Tianping grabbed Su Rui’s hand and shook it wildly, his excitement impossible to contain.

Su Rui wanted nothing more than to strangle this fat guy on the spot: “You idiot, you’re the thief — your whole family are thieves!”

“Why are you yelling at me?” Cao Tianping, all two hundred pounds of him, was completely baffled.

“I finally found my wallet!”

A few minutes later, Li Pengcheng’s shout rang out from a distance.

It seemed the quality of Huaxia citizens had been improving — after the wallet hit the ground, not a single person had touched it, and it had just been lying there quietly.

Li Pengcheng opened the wallet, only to find it completely empty! His ID and bank cards had vanished without a trace, and the three thousand yuan in cash was nowhere to be found!

“How dare they play me!” Li Pengcheng’s face instantly burned with fury!

Meanwhile, Su Rui casually tossed a stack of bank cards into the nearby trash can.