Chapter 224 — Strange Behavior

"You worthless trash! Old Yan and I are tied by profit, nothing more. I did him a favor once, and he works for me to pay it back, and the debt grows thinner with every job. You want him to move over such a trifle? Is that not making a mountain out of a molehill?" Zou Tiandi burned with disappointment at his own son. How had the boy turned out such a coward?

"If it is only a small matter, then let it go..." Zou Ruoguang said weakly.

"Enough! This is none of your business. Get lost!" Zou Tiandi waved his hand in fury. This son had none of the fierceness he himself had once possessed, craven and clinging to life.

Zou Ruoguang turned and scurried back to his room as if granted a pardon, leaving Zou Tiandi behind, shaking with anger.

Zou Ruoming had heard the whole exchange outside the room, and he had seen the wound on his brother's hand. He was thoroughly vexed. His plan, it seemed, could only be delayed. With his elder brother in such a state, how could he help him seize anyone?

A secret business like this could be entrusted to no one but his eldest brother in person, so even by Monday morning Zou Ruoming was still sunk in gloom. Called out by Zhong Yongliang and reminded of the plan, he grew more listless than ever.

"Brother Ming, how is that plan I mentioned coming along?" Zhong Yongliang pulled out a pack of cigarettes and offered one to Zou Ruoming.

"Do not even mention it..." Zou Ruoming waved his hand in irritation. "Something happened on my elder brother's side. He cannot help me with this. That is what is eating me. I am afraid we will have to push it back!"

At Zou Ruoming's words, Zhong Yongliang was overjoyed! He had meant all along to have Brother Black Panther help Zou Ruoming grab the girl, then draw Wei Zhao over so Black Panther could kill him! If Zou Ruoming's own men were on the scene, Brother Black Panther would find it hard to strike.

But he could hardly propose it himself. If he suddenly said to Zou Ruoming, let me find someone to grab Tang Yun for you, Zou Ruoming would surely grow suspicious.

"Brother Ming, this cannot be dragged out. If you delay and let that punk Wei Zhao get there first, you will lose out badly!" Zhong Yongliang began to dose him with strong medicine.

"True enough, damn it, but I cannot easily do it myself!" Zou Ruoming looked troubled. "Liangzi, do you have any suitable men on hand?"

"Me? Brother Ming, you are not asking me to help you kidnap someone, are you? If my father finds out, he will beat me to death!" Zhong Yongliang pretended to be in a bind. "You know about that affair with Brother Black Panther..."

Zou Ruoming nodded. He knew all about Brother Black Panther, and Zhong Yongliang must have taken no small scolding at home, but just now he had no one else to beg. "Liangzi, you have a grudge against that punk Wei Zhao too, do you not? Help me this once. It was Wei Zhao who sent Brother Black Panther to prison and got you scolded. He is your enemy as well!"

"That is true!" Zhong Yongliang nodded as if at last convinced. "Fine, Brother Ming, I will help you this once!"

"Now that is a brother!" Zou Ruoming was delighted and slapped Zhong Yongliang on the shoulder. "When can we move?"

"Tonight at the earliest? I will call my contacts in a while!" Zhong Yongliang said. "But, Brother Ming, do you have a place to handle it?"

"Yes. There is an abandoned unfinished building in the North District. Almost no one goes there. It is a gathering spot where my brother and his boys have their fun!" Zou Ruoming said. "It is on Honghua Road in the North District."

"Oh, I know that place!" Zhong Yongliang nodded. "Brother Ming, just wait for my good news!"

"Brother, I will remember this kindness. From now on we are blood brothers, nothing more to say!" Zou Ruoming patted Zhong Yongliang on the shoulder in high spirits.

"Of course, of course..." Zhong Yongliang fobbed him off with a few words and walked toward the school gate, cursing under his breath. To be used as a pawn and still thank him for it.

In the little street behind the school, Zhong Yongliang picked an IC card phone booth at random and dialed the number Brother Black Panther had left him. He went over the plan for tomorrow with Brother Black Panther, who agreed without a second thought. So long as it would lure Wei Zhao out, anything would do.

Snatching a person was nothing. Brother Black Panther had done such things before, on the contrary he did them all the time, and was thoroughly practiced at it.

Having instructed Brother Black Panther, a cruel glint crossed Zhong Yongliang's mouth. Wei Zhao, so you dare fight me? This time I will not only let your woman be defiled by other men, I will make you watch with your own eyes as your girlfriend is defiled to death, and then you too will be tormented to death...

Now, however, the question he had to consider was how to lure Wei Zhao over, how to get him to that abandoned unfinished building.

He could hardly run straight up to Wei Zhao and tell him to go to the unfinished building, could he? Quite apart from whether Wei Zhao would believe him, even if he did, such an abrupt message would make him suspect the whole thing was his doing. What if he beat him up first?

Frowning, Zhong Yongliang walked back toward the classroom, thinking of no very suitable method all the way. At the classroom door, he suddenly saw a student from another class secretly snitching to Wang Zhifeng, the discipline director. A trace of contempt curled Zhong Yongliang's lip.

He hated sneaks who tattled behind backs most of all. It took no skill at all, utterly without class... Hmm? Snitching? It struck Zhong Yongliang like a sudden awakening, and the fog lifted!

Zhong Yongliang walked over and clapped the snitch on the shoulder. "Buddy, thank you so much!"

"Zhong Yongliang, what are you doing?" Wang Zhifeng frowned and snapped.

"Nothing, Director Wang. I truly admire a classmate like him who has the courage to report others!" Zhong Yongliang nodded to Wang Zhifeng, then strode quickly toward the classroom.

Wang Zhifeng was baffled. What was wrong with Zhong Yongliang? Since when did he admire students who loved to tattle? Still, Wang Zhifeng said no more. After all, Zhong Yongliang had done nothing excessive, and for the sake of his uncle on the school board, Wang Zhifeng did not care to lecture him too deeply.

Wei Zhao sat at the back of the classroom, bored stiff as he listened to Kang chatter on with relish about Xiaofen. Wei Zhao yawned, then caught sight of Zhong Yongliang walking in his direction from the corner of his eye.

Hmm? Wei Zhao froze. What did this kid want, was his skin itching for a beating? Neither Zhang Naipao nor Gao Xiaofu sat over here, so if Zhong Yongliang was coming this way, he must be looking for Wei Zhao beyond a doubt.

Sure enough, Zhong Yongliang opened his mouth, but his manner left Wei Zhao stunned.

"Wei Zhao!" Zhong Yongliang greeted him with a smile, striving to make his smile look gentle and harmless.

"Have you got facial paralysis? Want me to cure it for you?" Wei Zhao stared in utter bewilderment at the grinning Zhong Yongliang. Had this thing got its head squeezed by a door?

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