Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 229 Challenge

Chapter 229: Chapter 229 Challenge

Ruan Hongzhuang asked with some curiosity after hearing the story from Shen Siyuan: "So, what is his wish?"

"He asked me to help him plant three trees by the Zhu River near his home, and to send out some letters for him," Shen Siyuan said.

"I can understand sending letters, but what’s the meaning of planting three trees?" Ruan Hongzhuang was curious.

"Not sure, but it seems to have some special significance," Shen Siyuan said.

The two walked on and then a crowd that had gathered together caught their attention.

Since they were just strolling around, they became curious and joined the crowd.

But they saw two people standing in the midst of the crowd, a man and a woman.

The man had a burly figure with bulging muscles, obviously a regular in the fitness circle.

As for the woman, she wore a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and her towering chest and fair, white thighs were quite eye-catching.

In her hand, she held up a sign that read, "Nationwide fitness, 100KG dumbbell, single-hand challenge contest."

The burly man yelled to the surrounding crowd: "Does anyone want to try? Lift this 100KG dumbbell and you’ll get a reward of 2000 bucks."

Shen Siyuan glanced at it and was about to leave with Ruan Hongzhuang.

But Ruan Hongzhuang seemed excited; she knew about Shen Siyuan’s incredible strength.

When they played poker, he could hold her in his arms without her feet touching the ground and perform tricks.

Ruan Hongzhuang was 176 centimeters tall and a bit plump, so her weight hovered around 60 kilograms all year round.

Although she couldn’t match the dumbbell in front of them, Shen Siyuan was able to hold her effortlessly and even play tricks, which means he had strength to spare, and quite a lot of it.

Just then, a young man wearing a white T-shirt stepped forward, saying he wanted to take the challenge.

Judging by the muscles on the young man’s arms, he was also well-exercised.

"I’m from a nearby sports school. I don’t do much fitness, but I like to play basketball," said the young man.

The burly man was cheerful and didn’t ask much, only handing the young man a bottle of anti-slip powder.

The young man poured some anti-slip powder onto his hands, rubbed them together, and then bent down to lift the dumbbell.

In the beginning, when they heard the young man was from a sports school, everyone had a bit of hope, but after several attempts and the dumbbell didn’t move an inch, people were disappointed.

Seeing this, the burly man looked pleased with himself and started shouting to the crowd again.

"Men with one hand, women can use both hands. Which beauty wants to try? Lift the dumbbell with both hands, and I’ll also reward you with 2000 bucks."

"Do you want to go up and try?" Shen Siyuan said.

Ruan Hongzhuang glanced at him and said, "I don’t want to. Just for that 2000 bucks, I go up there to make a monkey of myself?"

"Then why do you stay and watch?"

"I like watching others make monkeys of themselves." Ruan Hongzhuang said with a giggly smile.

As they were talking, a man wearing a black T-shirt and tattooed arms stepped forward.

His muscles were not much smaller than those of the burly man.

"Wow, are you here to smash the place up?" the burly man joked.

"What, afraid to let me take the challenge?" the man in the black T-shirt said with a smile.

"Why would I be afraid? As long as you can lift it, I’ll still give you 2000," the burly man said very generously, even taking out a stack of cash from his pocket.

Ruan Hongzhuang leaned over to Shen Siyuan’s ear and whispered, "They are in it together."

"How do you know that?" Shen Siyuan was somewhat surprised.

"If I didn’t even have that much insight, how would I do business with people?" Ruan Hongzhuang said with a bit of pride.

"Isn’t your business all about playing up to Jiang Taoshi’s connections?" Shen Siyuan teasingly provoked.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Ruan Hongzhuang immediately pinched him with two fingers towards his waist, only to be caught by Shen Siyuan, his fingers interlocked, rendering her unable to move.

So Ruan Hongzhuang had no choice but to pout and punch him twice on the shoulder to express her dissatisfaction.

In the midst of their conversation, the man in the black T-shirt succeeded in the challenge and took the 2000 bucks without trouble.

Obviously, the man in the black T-shirt was a shill, giving many spectators the illusion that they could do it too.

So one by one, more people went up, including laborers who do physical work and office workers who clearly wore glasses and shirts.

Even an old man wanted to take the challenge, which made the burly man a bit panicked, fearing the old man would injure his back, and then 2000 might not be enough to cover it.

However, this dramatic scene attracted many more onlookers.

Of course, what everyone liked most was a girl in a black mini-skirt with a pretty appearance. She tried using both hands but still failed the challenge.

"Handsome, wanna give it a try?" Just then, the burly man suddenly asked Shen Siyuan.

"Me?"

Shen Siyuan was somewhat surprised, wondering why the burly man suddenly asked him.

"Yeah, I think you have pretty nice muscle definition, maybe you could succeed in the challenge."

Although Shen Siyuan’s arm muscles were not bulging like those of fitness enthusiasts, their lines were extremely smooth and beautiful, resembling those who do manual labor, lean yet powerful.

The reason the burly man asked Shen Siyuan was mainly because of Ruan Hongzhuang standing beside him.

Mainly because she was really too beautiful, with such a great demeanor, that the moment she arrived, she attracted eighty percent of the attention. People around frequently glanced at her, so much so that the number of people focused on his performance had dwindled.

This annoyed him quite a bit, so he approached Shen Siyuan to ask, hoping for a small act of petty revenge.

Seeing Shen Siyuan’s physique and the shape of his muscles, he didn’t believe Shen Siyuan would succeed in the challenge.

Shen Siyuan was about to refuse when Ruan Hongzhuang preempted him, saying, "Sure, dear, go ahead and give it a try."

"Aren’t you the one who said you didn’t want to be made a monkey of?"

"But I also said I like watching monkeys perform," Ruan Hongzhuang giggled.

Then she reached out and pushed Shen Siyuan forward.

"Handsome, give it a shot, maybe you’ll succeed and grab an easy two thousand bucks," said the burly man with a chuckling tone.

Shen Siyuan turned and gave Ruan Hongzhuang a glare as she discreetly stifled a laugh, then he walked towards the dumbbells.

The burly man was right, money that was up for grabs shouldn’t be passed up.

The burly man followed, offering Shen Siyuan some anti-slip chalk.

Shen Siyuan shook his head and simply bent over to grab the dumbbells.

"Let’s see if our brother here can take on the challenge and take away the two thousand bucks in my hand..."

Before the burly man could finish speaking, Shen Siyuan effortlessly lifted the dumbbells.

"Wow~" exclaimed the burly man in astonishment.

"What do you do for a living? Do you work out often?"

"Just a regular office worker, and rarely work out," Shen Siyuan replied.

Practicing the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms was cultivation, not considered working out, so he was being quite truthful.

The burly man glanced at Ruan Hongzhuang and immediately doubted that Shen Siyuan was just some regular office worker.

Could an office worker snag such a gorgeous and stylish girlfriend? The jewelry around her neck and on her wrist was all Van Cleef & Arpels Four-leaf Clover. Could an average office worker afford that?

However, the burly man handed over the two thousand bucks to Shen Siyuan quite readily.

But he wasn’t ready to give up just yet and continued, "Handsome, that seemed pretty easy for you, care to take on another challenge?"

"What kind of challenge?" asked Shen Siyuan curiously.

"If you can hold it for ten seconds, I’ll give you another two thousand."

"And if I hold it for twenty seconds?"

"For every ten seconds, I’ll add another two thousand," the burly man promptly replied.

Shen Siyuan responded with a near smile, knowing that if it really came to that, he could challenge till the man went bankrupt.

Seemingly afraid that Shen Siyuan wouldn’t believe him, the burly man immediately announced the rules to the surrounding crowd, who also began to goad Shen Siyuan, with Ruan Hongzhuang being the most enthusiastic supporter.

So Shen Siyuan, without any more chit-chat, lifted the dumbbells once again.

And then—

With a gloomy face, the burly man transferred ten thousand bucks to Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan had held out for fifty seconds, not because he couldn’t continue, but because he didn’t want to push too far, and ten thousand bucks was a neat sum.

"Bro, how have you trained to do this? Your muscles don’t even look that big, how did you manage?"

"Let’s add each other as friends, and we can discuss and learn from each other when we have time."

While transferring the money, the burly man talked non-stop.

"Sure, let me know the next time you have such a challenge," Shen Siyuan said with a chuckling tone.

"Please don’t come, I’m begging you," the burly man went almost falsetto.

The people around laughed uproariously at his remark.

Everyone’s gaze shifted to Ruan Hongzhuang, seemingly understanding; this kind of strength and physique, indeed, a rich woman’s favorite.

Shen Siyuan, holding onto Ruan Hongzhuang’s hand, squeezed through the crowd, turned to Ruan Hongzhuang with a smile, and said: "I’ve got the money for gifts when we visit Tang Tang and the others on Sunday."

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