“You, you’re serious?” Lin Fang asked in disbelief, “Then what are you going to do next.”
I pulled into the parking spot and took the few minutes to stretch before I got out of the car and said, “To support you, of course I’ll find a job first.”
Lin Fang’s eyelids dropped, “I’m sorry, Zhang Chao, if it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have gotten involved in this incident. But now, where are you going to find a job? It’s not easy to find a job in Tong.”
“Don’t worry, there will be a job.”
Lin Fang couldn’t understand my confidence, she didn’t know who I really was. I don’t blame her for this, rather it was the fact that she fell in love with me in this situation that made me feel even warmer inside and doubly determined to be good to her.
At lunchtime, Lin Fang called over a few of my old friends, including Xia Gehuai. I really didn’t expect that Lin Fang would keep an eye on my life as well.
“Zhang Chao, you’re really capable, even Goddess Lin Fang has let you take care of her, you must drink this cup of wine.” Xia Ge Huai dunked me with his cup.
We were in the army, and we had developed our guts and drinking capacity long ago, but I couldn’t stand to be poured on by them like this, so after drinking this gla*s, I sued for urinating and went out to hide for a while.
Just as I walked out of the door, Lin Fang followed me out.
“What’s wrong with you? You look preoccupied.” Lin Fang asked.
I enveloped her in my arms, “With you by my side, what else is on my mind?”
“I thought you were still worried about Chen Yu Zhou’s family. He’s really scared this time and shouldn’t lay a finger on us for a while.”
I shook my head, “I was just wondering why Xiao Xiao didn’t come.”
Chu Xiaoxiao had done me such a big favour, I was just about to thank her properly, but she, being the person who had gone through all this with us and a good friend of Lin Fang’s, actually didn’t show up.
Lin Fang’s eyes turned away and said, “Xiao Xiao said that she made her dad angry and didn’t want to see us in the future.”
This expression on Lin Fang’s face was clearly one of evasion. However, I didn’t expose her, I couldn’t figure out why she would lie about it.
Since she wasn’t willing to talk, I couldn’t ask anything now, so I might as well go to Chu Xiaoxiao myself and ask.
Even if Chu Xiaoxiao didn’t want to see me, I still had to thank her.
“Hahahaha, second brother! I never thought I’d see you here!” Lin Fang and I were chatting when I heard a very familiar voice coming from the other end of the corridor.
I saw a tall man as tall as a mountain of meat, with his hair tied in a dirty braid at the back of his head, dressed like a hip-hop artist, walking excitedly towards me.
“Brother Qiu!”
“Zhang Erdi!”
I really didn’t expect to meet Old Dog Qiu here, a man I had met in prison who unexpectedly threw in his lot with me.
The man who was following Old Dog Qiu was unsure and asked Old Dog Qiu who I was.
“Everyone calls him Second Brother! He’s Zhang Chao, the one who made Chen Yu Zhou’s family P*ss their pants in court the other day! My second brother is just great, he doesn’t even need his fists to clean up such people!”
These people all hang around with Qiu Lao Dog, and when they heard this, they were so excited that they didn’t know what to do, and they all came up to shake hands with me and call me Second Brother, leaving Lin Fang looking confused.
“Brother Qiu, I haven’t introduced myself to you yet, this is my girlfriend, her name is Lin Fang.”
“Sister-in-law is really pretty, a lady of the house, or my Chao brother is lucky to find such a good looking wife!”
The gang of rascals, facing Lin Fang at this time, even politely scraped out words to compliment her, putting away all those dirty not trashy nasty words, giving Lin Fang enough face, causing her little face to blush, shy and excited, looking at me with special admiration.
“Qiu Lao Dog, you’re coming today too?”
We were chatting when an untimely voice came in.
I turned around and saw an unruly young man with a baseball cap standing behind me, he looked me up and down disdainfully, “Che, second brother? Second is more like it.”
When Old Dog Qiu pushed on his shoulder, this young man with a slim body, surprisingly did not fall down, his feet swayed and he was as steady as if he could not fall down, I looked frozen for a moment.
Because I had also studied martial arts, in the army to learn combat techniques, but like just like that just now to remove the force of the skill, I really have not learned.
And people who have studied martial arts are physically strong. As the saying goes, you have to practice kung fu, and there is no such thing as a martial arts practitioner in this world who only knows moves without strength.
But this young man is so thin, he is simply a bit sickly.
He didn’t tangle with Old Dog Qiu, his body was as light as a leaf, floating under the palm of Old Dog Qiu’s hand, and every time it looked dangerous, but Old Dog Qiu’s hand never stuck to him again.
I was dumbfounded by this.
By the time I came back to my senses, the man had already entered the private room.
“Who is he?”
Qiu Lao Dog didn’t have the heart to say, “Baldy, he thinks he has kung fu and doesn’t put anyone in his sights. Don’t F**king bother with him.”
“You don’t know, Second Brother. The last time our Red Lantern Club robbed the Black Street of the Green Dragon Gang, it was Baldy and Ah Meng who led the men to accompany the head of the gang. But this guy, Baldy, has always had no one in his eyes. This time, when he shared the credit, he said to the head of the gang that we didn’t have a share because Brother Qiu wasn’t there. But Brother Qiu was sent to jail for the last turf grab! We’re all working for the gang, so why don’t we get a share of the credit?”
“Shut up, it’s his business if he wants to rob, can the head of the gang still let him mess around? The man in charge will surely be reasonable.”
I hurriedly asked him to go over and take a look, so as not to delay the big event, and Qiu Lao Dog followed him in with his men.
Lin Fang asked me, “When did you meet so many friends?”
When I thought about it, it’s true, when did I meet so many great friends?
After dinner, I drove Lin Fang directly to Mr. Lu’s advertising company. Lin Fang was particularly surprised to see me parked here and asked me what I wanted to do.
“Didn’t I say, I want to find a job and support you.”
“How could Mr. Lu possibly use you? He’s already being kind by not firing me.”
I laughed and didn’t say anything more, pulling Lin Fang upstairs.
Who knew that I would be stopped by the receptionist before I could even meet Mr. Lu.
“Eh eh, Zhang Chao, who let you in? Mr. Lu said a long time ago that if you want to come in the future, you are not allowed to enter at all!”
Lin Fang said, “Qingqing, please, let Zhang Chao go in and meet Mr. Lu.”
Qing Qing laughed coldly, “Hey, do you think I am one of those men who can open the back door for you just because you are pampered? Lin Fang, your trick is fine with Mr. Lu, but not with me. Get out of here, you’re so poor and you’re still stuck up, you’re so annoying, don’t stand in front of our company.”
For what she said to Lin Fang, I will make her pay.
