Chen Mei looked at Lin Xiaoxi in surprise.
Lin Xiaoxi was only two years old; was she really that smart?
"Xiaoxi, why did you do that?" Chen Mei asked.
Lin Xiaoxi said in a milky voice, "Holding hands means we're good friends, and I want Daddy and Mommy to be good friends."
Chen Mei smiled.
So that was it.
Lin Xiaoxi was smart, but she was still a child. Adult thoughts and a child's thoughts were often different. A child's thoughts were probably much simpler.
"So, Xiaoxi, you're happy that Mom and Dad are good friends now, right?"
"Mmhmm."
Lin Xiaoxi smiled sweetly.
"Lin Chen, these carrots are so ugly. The ones just now were pretty. Why didn't you buy those?"
Xu Mengyao was shopping at the market with Lin Chen.
Lin Chen said, "The ones just now were soaked in chemicals, and the lotus root you were about to buy also had a problem."
Xu Mengyao was surprised. "You know all this?"
"Of course I have to know," Lin Chen said with a chuckle.
"If I don't understand food, how can I make it taste good?"
The two of them chatted and laughed as they bought groceries. Xu Mengyao was like an inquisitive child; her family usually had a housekeeper do the shopping.
"Alright, that's enough for now."
"These groceries should last us for a couple of days."
The two of them carried their groceries home, just like a normal young couple.
A faint smile appeared on Xu Mengyao's face.
Later, moving to Lin Chen's place, going to the supermarket together, browsing the farmers market to buy groceries, it feels pretty good.
"Hey, don't go too far."
"Stealing from an old person, don't you have a conscience?"
Lin Chen suddenly spoke.
An old woman in front hurriedly clutched her bag tightly, and someone beside her glared at Lin Chen and quickly left.
"Young man, thank you."
The old woman thanked him and quickened her pace.
Xu Mengyao's beautiful eyes looked at Lin Chen, and she chuckled, "Lin Chen, you're not bad, you just did something righteous."
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes.
The pickpocket had just approached two other people. He had accomplices, and the three of them were glancing in his direction.
"Mengyao, if you were alone, you absolutely shouldn't do this. Otherwise, you could get into serious trouble," Lin Chen reminded Xu Mengyao.
With Xu Mengyao's looks, trouble might find her even if she didn't seek it out. If she did go looking for trouble, the consequences could be severe.
"That guy has partners?"
"Let's go, quickly," Xu Mengyao said immediately, her expression changing slightly.
Lin Chen walked, asking in his mind, "System, how many points do I have in my physique now? What's my combat ability like?"
System: "Host, your physique is currently at 195 points. You can probably take on fifteen ordinary men with bare hands."
"It's hard to judge the outcome if the opponent is armed."
Lin Chen muttered inwardly, I need to get into martial arts.
His physique already surpassed the world's top boxers, but his combat ability wasn't even half of theirs.
He has a powerful physique but can't fully utilize it.
However, being able to fight more than a dozen people, under normal circumstances, he should be able to handle it with his current strength.
"Lin Chen, someone's following us."
Xu Mengyao turned her head, her expression changing, and said, "I'll call Liang Ye and have Liang Ye come and deal with them."
Lin Chen shook his head, "She won't make it in time. Besides, isn't there me? Your husband isn't a pushover."
"Don't take them back to the residential area, I'll deal with them first."
Lin Chen said as he took another path.
Soon, he and Xu Mengyao arrived in a secluded area, and the three people following them seized the "opportunity" to quickly approach.
"Kid, you're pretty brave, huh? Want to show off in front of the beauty? Go on, keep showing off."
The pickpocket, who had been exposed by Lin Chen, sneered. Lin Chen put down the groceries he was carrying, "Stop the nonsense, I'm in a hurry to go back and cook, all of you come at me."
"Damn, you think we're giving you face?"
The burliest of the three men swung his fist at Lin Chen.
Lin Chen, with his strong physique and excellent dynamic vision, didn't find the punch to be particularly fast.
He threw a punch of his own.
"Argh!"
The two fists collided. The burly man screamed in pain, feeling as if his fist had met an iron fist.
Lin Chen, on the other hand, felt very little.
This was the difference in physique.
Lin Chen's bone density, the impact resistance of his muscles, and so on, were much higher than that of an average adult male.
"Damn it!"
"You're asking for it, kid!"
The other two immediately threw punches as well.
Xu Mengyao was frightened, her face paling.
In the next second, Lin Chen slammed both palms onto their chests.
He didn't dare to use a heavy punch; otherwise, with one punch, he estimated they'd break several ribs.
The two retreated several steps.
Their faces flushed red. After being struck by Lin Chen's palm, they felt as if they'd been hit hard with a brick.
The two of them almost passed out.
"Let's go!"
The three of them scurried away in a panic.
Lin Chen took care of the three of them in three moves. They knew very well that they had run into a wall today.
"Lin Chen, you—"
Xu Mengyao looked at Lin Chen in surprise.
She had just prepared to make a phone call when the other party was already beaten and ran away.
Lin Chen picked up the vegetables on the ground and said with a smile: "Mengyao, they were just three little rascals, it wasn't hard to deal with them."
"Your husband is a genius, you know."
"I've studied martial arts while studying painting, so why wouldn't I have studied it?"
Xu Mengyao's eyes sparkled.
She had been worried when three thugs caused trouble, but Lin Chen handled them in a few moves, and she felt completely safe.
"Lin Chen, that wasn't Tai Chi."
Xu Mengyao said as they walked.
Lin Chen: "That wasn't it. I'm studying Tai Chi to see if I can cultivate Inner Strength. I haven't made any progress yet; I still need to study it more."
Xu Mengyao looked strange.
"I guess this will be difficult to research."
Lin Chen smiled, "I've got nothing else to do. Cultivating to become an immortal is unrealistic, but cultivating Inner Strength, I personally feel, is relatively more in line with reality."
"There are some cases in the world where, in extreme situations, a few individuals have unleashed potential beyond their limits."
"I want to develop and utilize human potential. I habitually call this potential Inner Strength."
Xu Mengyao nodded.
"I hope you can figure it out in the future."
Lin Chen said, "Don't think I'm just messing around. I believe many countries have research projects like this. Emperors throughout history have had people research this."
"Becoming stronger and achieving longevity are humanity's eternal pursuits."
Xu Mengyao asked, "Those three guys aren't going to cause trouble again, are they?"
"They shouldn't. They're probably not that stupid. It's not wise to provoke someone you can't afford to offend," Lin Chen replied.
The three men had scurried away a few hundred meters earlier.
"I feel like the bones in my fist are about to break."
"How are you guys doing?" the burly man, who had exchanged blows with Lin Chen, said.
The hand he had used to punch Lin Chen was already swollen.
The other two lifted their shirts.
On their chests, there were two distinct palm prints.
The spots where they were struck had turned a purplish-blue and were swollen.
"Hiss!"
The three of them inhaled sharply.
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