“Who is it?”
The guys asked when they saw my face was not looking good.
Fox said disdainfully, “Who else could it be, the captain’s snake-hearted aunt.”
“Damn, I’ve heard that the captain’s family fortune is being hijacked by this woman, today is the perfect day to clean up after her!”
Everyone knocked on their wine bowls and made a fuss to teach Zhang Mei a lesson.
This group of people were all very heavy-handed, and now that they were drinking, I was afraid that they might make a scene.
“I’ll go and meet her first, everyone keep drinking, I’ll shout at you if anything happens.” I patted Lao Yu’s shoulder, signalling him to help me keep everyone in check and never make a mess.
I had been back in Tong City for so many days, and this was the first time Zhang Mei had taken the initiative to find me. As the old saying goes, the weasel is worshipping the chicken, so if she came to me, there was nothing good about it.
The waiter took me to another private room where Zhang Mei and Su Xiaoqiang were waiting for me with a cup of tea.
I didn’t rush in and stood at the door for a while, observing Su Xiaoqiang, who was red in the face and cursing indignantly.
She looked towards the door in a panic and saw me at once, standing up and shouting, “Zhang Chao.”
I smiled and gestured to the waitress that she didn’t need to stay here, then walked in and closed the door. Compared to Su Xiaoqiang, my aunt Zhang Mei was much more dignified and generous. If I hadn’t seen with my own eyes how she messed around with Qi Bureau, I wouldn’t have believed she was that kind of woman, and she really didn’t look like mother and daughter to Su Xiaoqiang.
“That’s all you can eat. Auntie, it’s a rare occasion that you come to visit, and you don’t say that you’ll send some business to my little shop.”
I smiled as I pulled out a stool and sat down opposite them. Zhang Mei’s face was also very pale, and despite her good care, she was looking very tired.
“Zhang Chao, don’t be so cheeky, just let Uncle Qi out! What the hell do you want?”
I grabbed a bottle of beer and opened it myself and poured a gla*s.
If it was before, I would have been furious when I came across Su Xiaoqiang talking like that, but now I wouldn’t have been, I had already had a mental preparation for the shamelessness of these people.
In their mentality, if they did anything wrong, even if they killed someone, they would just be punished with three gla*ses of wine. And everyone else would be chased by them for revenge even if they had accidentally messed with them.
To put it bluntly, in their eyes, they were the only ones who were human.
I said, “I didn’t arrest him, it was the discipline inspection that arrested him. He used his power for personal gain and abused his public power, so it was right to arrest him. It’s because of people like him that Tong City is rotten in the way it is now.”
Su Xiaoqiang said anxiously, “Then why did you report him? Did he use his power for your personal gain? Did he abuse his power to bully you? You have nothing to do with it, why did you report it? You’re not afraid of retribution for being so detrimental to others.”
I laughed at such a powerful logic, what can I say?
I laughed and cried, “You’re too good for your head, I can’t tell you. Besides, you have nothing to do with me, so I don’t have to sit here and talk to you. Goodbye, remember to pay the bill on your way out, don’t eat the bully’s dinner.”
“Zhang Chao, stop right there!” Su Xiaoqiang shouted at me angrily, “What the hell is wrong with you? My mother has taken care of you since you were little and this is how you repay our family? If it wasn’t for my family, you would have died outside. Your parents are so bad, the whole family of relatives do not want you, only we want you, you do not know how to repay even if, so revenge on us …… who does not know that you report Uncle Qi because Uncle Qi has been helping our family, you are just jealous …… ”
Originally I didn’t want to pick up this fool, but her words made me realize that her IQ was even lower than I thought, I’m afraid.
I asked with interest, “Oh? Then why is this Uncle Qi looking after your family so well?”
Su Xiaoqiang said with a straight face, “He’s nice, sees that our orphans and widows are having a hard time living, and supports my mother in opening a bath town ……”
“Is that so? I thought it was ……”
“Zhang Chao.” I was about to go on when Zhang Mei suddenly stopped me.
I knew that she was afraid that I would spill the beans about her and Qi Bureau. Normal people could guess Qi and Zhang Mei’s relationship even if they didn’t see it with their own eyes, only Su Xiaoqiang was stupid enough to do so.
I laughed coldly, I was not going to bother with them anymore, but these two mothers and daughters came to my door today, so I had to say something.
“I’m not going to be able to get a lot of money from my parents. Didn’t your mother take it all away? From the age of seven to 18, I didn’t wear a single new piece of clothing, I ate all your leftovers, you treated me worse than a dog, and all that money went into your Su family’s pockets. Now you want me to repay you, fine, give me back this money, repay me for what I want, I’ll repay you! Not to mention the money, even the house you are living in now is in my name, when are you going to give it back to me?”
“This, you ……” Su Xiaoqiang was dumbfounded and looked at her mother, trying to ask if it was true.
“There are many things you do not remember, let me remind remind you. Your father, my aunt, couldn’t earn much money when he was alive, and your mother, Zhang Mei, wasn’t much better. When my parents were still alive, these two people came to our house every now and then for food, and I remember this very well. Sometimes your parents couldn’t afford to eat, so they brought your brother to stay with us for a week at a time. If you want to repay me for my kindness, you should do so first. Don’t mention me and ask me to repay your kindness, and then forget all about yourselves.
Su Xiaoqiang was cross-tempered and had never been scolded since she was a child, she had always relied on her large size to bully people and had never been bullied before.
Now when I scolded her like this, her face was so red with anger that her eyes wanted to burn two holes in my body.
“Zhang Chao, listen to what you’re saying, is it still human? I’m talking to you about feelings, you’re talking to me about money, you think you’re great now that you have two stinking dollars, don’t you? Ungrateful thing!” Su Xiaoqiang hissed like crazy.
I laughed lightly and looked at her with my gla*s of wine, “Talking about feelings, what feelings do we have? Do you ever treat me like a brother?”
“I ……”
“Su Xiaoqiang, if you are a human being, you should think about it with your conscience. Did your family ever treat me like a human being? During my summer vacation in my second year, I ate rancid rice for a whole week. Once the rice was bubbling and fermenting inside, so I refused to eat it and threw it out. Your mother said I was wasting the rice and told your brother Su Dawei to shove it in my mouth. Did you think about feelings at that time? It’s funny, you’re the only one in the world who has feelings and I don’t.”
