Chen Zhu walked out of the banquet hall again and was surprised to find that the dark clouds that had been hanging over him all morning had slowly disappeared.
Instead, a shy winter sun poked its head out from the thin clouds. The soft light was not very dazzling, but it hung high in the sky, as if stretching out an endless piece of blue satin.
According to this trend, it is very likely that the Spring Festival will also be a joyful sunny day!
Chen Zhu walked back to Yu Xiaoliang, and without showing off, he deceived calmly:
"Those people were looking for trouble with Tang Quan. I guess it might be some business dispute, but because there were restaurant security guards in the way, no one was injured or had a fight. They were just talking."
"Then why did you stay so long?"
Sister Cos asked in confusion. It took a long time for Chen Zhu to pass by, so she almost followed him to have a look uneasily.
"How long?"
Chen pretended to be dumbfounded: "I want to understand all the causes and consequences clearly, so that Uncle Yu can know everything thoroughly. Don't worry, because I..."
At this moment, a police car with red and blue lights flashing came roaring from a distance.
"Here."
Chen Nunu mouthed and said: "I was worried about an accident, so I even called the police and called 110."
Seeing the police car approaching, Yu Xiaoliang was finally relieved. He said to Chen Zhu with emotion: "Xiao Chen, thank you for today."
"Uncle Yu, you are too polite."
Chen Zhu smiled shyly: "I will stand by Yu Xian in everything. The Tang family is quite chaotic now. I suggest you turn off your phone and go back to Zhusi Gang to have a good rest."
"OK."
Old Yu, who had a messy mind, obediently obeyed the arrangements of his "son-in-law".
…
Around four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Tang Xiangyue was in her two-bedroom home in Mingyue Community when the door suddenly opened with a "squeak".
Tang Quan, Tang Xiangyue, Jin Osmanthus, Tang Zhiyuan, Liu Ye, and [Tattooed Lao Zhang] walked in sparsely.
The already narrow living room space suddenly seemed even more cramped.
What's even weirder is that except for Liu Ye, all the people here have injuries on their faces.
Especially Tang Quan and Tang Xiangyue were the most serious, their faces were so swollen that they no longer looked human.
He was smeared with red liquid and wound ointment. He must have just come back from the hospital. He grinned and sat on the sofa or bench, for fear of touching the beaten part of his body.
There was some silence in the air.
Tang Xiangyue glanced at her brother.
Tang Quan lowered his head and looked at the rolled-up wooden floor. He could no longer see the previous pride and high spirits.
Tang Xiangyue's eyes moved. The omnipotent brother in her mind was slapped more than a dozen times at today's birthday party, like a top.
Forget it, those bastards spit thick phlegm into a bowl, held down Tang Quan's hands and feet in public, and forced him to drink it.
It was as if they were deliberately humiliating their brother.
It was useless to struggle, and it was useless to cry, anyway, when all the vegetable soup mixed with white phlegm was poured into his mouth.
Tang Xiangyue clearly noticed that the arms that her eldest brother had been struggling to get rid of suddenly fell down softly.
The most precious thing of a good-faced person was completely wiped out at this moment.
The most irritating thing is that when the police came later, the few young people who took action actually confessed to them all.
Even when they were taken away, there was no fear on their faces.
Tang Xiangyue was particularly unhappy at first.
Where is Chen Zhu?
What about the middle-aged man wearing the Hermès belt?
It's obvious that they are the ones behind this.
But it is of no use because there is no evidence, especially when those people insist that they did it themselves and it has nothing to do with other people.
At this time, Tang Xiangyue suddenly felt a little scared.
Even the wrongdoer is willing to take the blame, which shows how deep and complicated the relationship behind it is.
But my brother usually claims to know the leader of this district and the leader of that bureau.
In the police station, I was being yelled at by a grassroots policeman and kept taking notes.
Even when I went to have my injuries checked, no leader came to visit.
So, is Big Brother really as powerful as he says?
Tang Xiangyue only felt that the support behind her seemed to have... collapsed.
She was also beaten very badly today, and in a daze she felt like she was regaining the experience of living with her ex-husband.
But Tang Xiangyue didn't want revenge at all. The group of people in the police station seemed to know that they would be released soon, and they didn't take it seriously at all.
Now Tang Xiangyue is most worried about whether they will come back to seek revenge on her after they come out.
Tang Quan's wife Jin Guihua and son Tang Zhiyuan also vaguely understood some of the truth.
He was silent and didn't even know how to comfort Tang Quan.
For a moment, in the living room, only the "ticking" second hand was moving.
The atmosphere was so depressing that even Liu Ye, who had just celebrated his tenth birthday, knew something was wrong.
"Oh shit!"
[Tattooed Lao Zhang] suddenly slapped the sofa: "I just came here to have a meal, who thought I would get beaten!"
Lao Zhang was convinced of Tang Quan's boast before, so he followed Brother Quan's slogan and offended Chen Zhu without saying a word.
Now that he was beaten up and beaten, and seeing Tang Quan's behavior of swallowing his anger even after being fed filth, he gradually came back to his senses and became more and more angry.
Forget about lying to me, your stupid Tang Quan offended someone with a real background and caused me to be affected. Why?
[Tattooed Lao Zhang] didn’t have the courage to go to Chen Zhu to settle the score, but decided to ask for compensation from Tang Quan.
So even though no one responded, [Tattooed Lao Zhang] still said to himself:
"Brother Quan, it's not that I don't understand you, but I took this beating for you, right? When my wife asks after I get back, I really can't explain it."
Tang Quan suddenly raised his head and looked at Lao Zhang coldly.
The word "account" is a euphemism, and its real meaning is "give money".
When Tang Quan looked at him like this, Lao Zhang was startled at first, but then he thought it was before?
Your fucking face is as swollen as a pig's head now. Does it really matter that you can bear this tone? You're still pretending to be stupid!
Apart from a higher salary, what else do you want?
So [Tattooed Lao Zhang] stared back without scruples, stretched out his fingers, and counted the numbers one by one:
"Brother Quan, I won't ask for more from you. I'll just give you 20,000 yuan for mental loss, lost work time, medical expenses, and reputational expenses."
"Zhang Jianjun, are you crazy?"
Jin Osmanthus immediately said: "Why don't you grab 20,000 yuan?"
The corner of her mouth was bleeding from being slapped, and she spoke too fast, causing the wound to be pulled. She felt a sharp pain coming over her, and she quickly reached out to cover it.
Zhang Jianjun sneered: "Sister-in-law, you'd better save your words to avoid tearing your little mouth."
This sentence is a bit lewd. If it were in the past, Zhang Jianjun would not have the courage to tease Tang Quan's wife.
But now it is discovered that Tang Quan is just a tiger without teeth, or in other words, he is simply a paper tiger.
Then I, [Tattooed Lao Zhang], am not fooling around in vain!
If you can’t defeat those really cruel people, can’t I fucking cure you?
"Brother Quan, if you don't give your brother some condolence money."
Zhang Jianjun simply said: "Don't blame me for going to your company to ask for it."
"How dare you?!"
Although Tang Quan's tone was strong, his eyes couldn't help but still panic.
I am a team leader-level salesperson in the company, if it really affects the company's image.
That cold and stern capitalist boss might just let him go.
Zhang Jianjun caught the trace of panic in Tang Quan's eyes, and now he was more sure of his judgment.
This old boy used to just brag, and this job was very important to him and could be used for blackmail.
"Brother Zhang..."
Tang Xiangyue, who has understood her situation and status, is no longer as domineering as before.
She actually said in a consultative tone: "Can you go home first and wait until we have calmed down a little bit? Then we can discuss the matters to be explained."
"No! If I can't get compensation, I will never go home!"
Zhang Jianjun flatly refused. A street kid like him knows best what "killing you while you are sick" means.
Now was an opportunity for blackmail, how could he let it go?
"I tell you, Tang Xiangyue!"
Zhang Jianjun then threatened Tang Xiangyue again: "You are also responsible for the beating I received today. You also have to compensate 5,000!"
"Why should I?"
Just as Tang Xiangyue was about to argue, she saw Zhang Jianjun raising his hands viciously. She thought he was going to hit her again, so she subconsciously held her head and shrank back into the sofa.
Zhang Jianjun actually just wanted to raise his sleeves to reveal his faded tattoos that he thought were very impressive.
Now that he discovered that it actually had such an effect, he danced his arms in front of Tang Xiangyue even more boldly, which was both a show off and a demonstration.
Tang Quan just sat next to him indifferently, even though he saw the cry for help in his sister's eyes.
He twitched the corners of his mouth several times, but finally chose to remain silent.
After being beaten back to his original form, Tang Quan was just a middle-aged, bald, and short salesman from a foreign trade company.
When identity cannot intimidate people, one cannot have the courage to confront a street kid like Zhang Jianjun.
Jin Osmanthus and Tang Zhiyuan were also silent. What the mother and son thought was that even if their husband (father) did not have the great relationship he said, he at least still had a high-paying job.
So there is nothing we can do about my aunt's troubles and wish her all the best.
Just when everyone here was thinking about their own thoughts, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the security door.
"Lao Yu is back?"
There was some surprise in Tang Xiangyue's voice.
Since the accident happened at noon, I can't get through his phone calls.
Now that he suddenly came home, for some reason Tang Xiangyue felt an inexplicable feeling of "finding support" in her heart.
Tang Xiangyue hurried over and opened the door, but a trace of astonishment flashed across her face, and she slowly stepped back.
This abnormal behavior immediately attracted the attention of other people in the living room. Everyone looked sideways and realized that a group of police officers had entered.
One of the policemen glanced around and asked coldly and directly: "Who is Tang Quan?"
No one responded.
Because everyone was stunned and didn't know what happened.
Especially Tang Quan, when he heard the police calling his name, his heart started beating "bang bang bang".
"Which one is Tang Quan?"
The policeman frowned and asked again.
"Comrade, he is Tang Quan!"
Zhang Jianjun will not be fooled again this time, lest he suffer another disaster.
So he firmly stood on the side of "justice" and betrayed his former fair-weather brother Tang Quan without hesitation.
"Are you Tang Quan?"
The policeman approached and asked.
"I, I am..."
Tang Quan looked confused and nervous: "What's the matter?"
"You are suspected of a commercial fraud case."
The policeman patted Tang Quan on the shoulder and motioned for him to stand up: "Come with us."
"How could I be suspected of commercial fraud? Did I make a mistake?"
Tang Quan's first reaction was that he had arrested the wrong person.
His wife Jin Guihua also stood in front, saying it was absolutely impossible. Her husband was a good citizen, so how could he be involved in a commercial fraud case?
Seeing how uncooperative they were, the policeman sneered and said, "Are you the one who forged fake seals and accounts and embezzled the company's assets?"
"Wha, what?"
When Tang Quan heard these words, he felt a "bang" in his head, as if everything inside had exploded, leaving a void of annihilation.
I was humiliated and trampled on at noon. I just felt that my self-esteem was gone, but there was still life under my feet.
But the policeman's words made Tang Quan feel that the soles of his feet had instantly turned into a cliff, and he was standing empty on top of it.
"I, I..."
Tang Quan's mouth was secreting saliva like crazy, he wanted to say something.
But like a drowning person in a river, he opened his mouth and his mouth was completely covered in saliva.
Then, under the watchful eyes of his wife, son and sister, Tang Quan was taken away by the police.
It was indeed a "fight", he was so panicked that he couldn't straighten his legs.
"Sister-in-law, what should I do?"
Tang Xiangyue asked in a trembling voice. She had no clue now.
"I don't know either!"
The golden osmanthus is also as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
She usually doesn't know much about her husband's work, and she doesn't even know a few colleagues in the company she's familiar with.
Zhang Jianjun was rubbing his chin next to him. Tang Quan seemed to have committed a serious crime and was very likely to go to jail.
This old boy always shows off and shows off every day. He likes other people's houses and wants to transfer them to his own family members.
Well now, there is retribution!
But if he really goes in, he will only leave behind a wife, a sister, and a completely useless son who cannot be named.
It is said that Tang Zhiyuan usually seems to be lively and energetic, but when something happens he doesn't even have the courage to face it.
Isn’t that timid and cowardly energy at my disposal?
"Golden Osmanthus, Tang Xiangyue."
Zhang Jianjun didn't consider the two women's current mood at all, and directly added insult to injury and said: "Don't think that since Tang Quan was arrested, compensation does not need to be paid."
"Twenty-five thousand yuan, if you lose a cent, I will block the door of your family. Go and collect the money quickly!"
Zhang Jianjun left with a harsh word and swaggered away.
Jin Osmanthus and Tang Xiangyue looked at each other in silence, and suddenly hugged each other and cried.
I don't know why, but it seemed like the sky collapsed in an instant.
…
In the evening, Tang Xiangyue had no appetite for food at all, so she casually ordered some noodles for Liu Ye and sat on the sofa in a daze.
I wanted to think about what to do next, but I couldn't calm down. I finally felt a little sleepy in the middle of the night, so I planned to take a nap on the sofa.
The security door suddenly banged again.
Tang Xiangyue woke up instantly, and her heart suddenly rose to the level of her throat.
I still remember the same knock on the door in the afternoon, and then the police took my brother away.
So far there is no news, even though my sister-in-law Jin Guihua has been searching everywhere.
"Who?"
Tang Xiangyue asked through the door.
"It's me!"
The sound of golden osmanthus came from outside the door.
When she heard that her sister-in-law was coming, Tang Xiangyue breathed a sigh of relief. She opened the door and was about to say hello: "It's so late..."
"Crack!"
As a result, he suddenly received a firm slap from Golden Osmanthus on his face.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law."
Tang Xiangyue was stunned by the beating. They hugged each other to comfort each other in the afternoon. Why did they hit themselves now?
If it weren't for the unhealed wounds at noon, the burning tearing feeling was so clear, she almost thought it was a dream.
"Tang Xiangyue, you are such a loser!"
Jin Osmanthus still didn't stop moving her hands. Taking advantage of Tang Xiangyue's daze, she pounced forward.
While beating, he cursed:
"Your brother is dead! The police station called me just now and said that your brother would not be coming home soon. He asked me to prepare a change of clothes and send them over."
"I could only find friends in your brother's company, and then I found out that he had partnered with outsiders to transfer the company's assets. As a result, the boss found out and called the police."
"Do you know how the boss knew? A man who called himself [Chen Zhu] specially sent the evidence to the company's front desk."
"Who is [Chen Zhu]? You are the boyfriend of your husband's daughter. How does he know that your brother has committed a crime? How does he have evidence?"
"You don't even know their background, so you go to provoke them?"
Jin Guihua thought that Chen Zhu had great powers and found out her husband's illegal behavior through various channels, so the more she talked, the angrier she became and the harder she beat her.
Tang Xiangyue was not as strong as Jin Osmanthus, and now she could only passively bear it.
She wanted to say that she didn't know about the house in Zhusigang at first, but it was your husband who was behind it, and that's why I became greedy.
But Jin Osmanthus' fists were so dense that Tang Xiangyue had no energy to explain. It wasn't until she lay on the ground throbbing in pain that Jin Osmanthus stood up bitterly:
"For the sake of a shabby house, you offended someone who shouldn't be offended. Your brother was harmed by you!"
"I'm sending clothes to your brother now, but as long as he doesn't come out for a day, I'll come over and beat you up every day!"
After Jin Osmanthus left, Tang Xiangyue had almost no strength to stand up.
After lying down and resting for who knows how long, she crawled to the phone and dialed a number with great difficulty.
"...I'm sorry, the phone you dialed has been turned off, please call again later..."
Seeing that the phone was still turned off, Tang Xiangyue's heart sank to the bottom of the sea again.
If Chen Zhu is really behind all this, Lao Yu, as his father-in-law, can you help me say a word?
Please!
Just be generous and let us go!
But that night, Yu Xiaoliang slept particularly peacefully in Zhusigang.
Maybe it was because he followed Chen Zhu's advice. Anyway, Lao Yu had never turned on his mobile phone, so his mentality was more relaxed than he had been in the past few years.
As for the incident at noon, since the police have arrived, it must have been solved.
It's like a vigorously fried food, the process is vigorous, oil foam and sparks are flying everywhere.
But when the pot is lifted, all the overflowing flavors and juices are firmly absorbed into the dishes by the skilled chefs.
The fire collects the juice and the work is finished perfectly.
The chef's name is Chen Zhu.
Chapter completed!