Chapter 224 — Strange Behavior
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"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.