Chapter 229 — Knocked Out Cold
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Zhong Yongliang was thoroughly depressed. His image as Young Master Zhong was ruined today, no question about it. The young heir of the Liangbai Group, beaten black and blue in his own family's hotel — if word of this got out, how would he ever show his face in decent company again?
Still, at the thought that in a little while Wei Zhao would be sent to the next world by Brother Black Panther, Zhong Yongliang swallowed his anger once more.
This time he did not play the underling again. He went to the parking lot, got into the car himself, and did not bother opening the door for Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao did not mind; he opened the door himself and settled into the passenger seat.
Since he had already laid his cards on the table with Wei Zhao, Zhong Yongliang no longer cared whether Black Panther's side succeeded. Even if it failed, going to wait a while would do no harm. Whether Wei Zhao would stop Zou Ruoming was none of Zhong Yongliang's concern.
It was a pity he could not make Wei Zhao suffer a while first before dying, but things being as they were, there was nothing to be done about the pity.
"Buzz, buzz..." Zhong Yongliang's phone vibrated twice.
Zhong Yongliang instinctively reached for his phone to take a look, but suddenly remembered Wei Zhao beside him, and hurriedly pulled his hand back.
"Heh, a text from Black Panther? Take it out, let me see." Wei Zhao shot Zhong Yongliang a glance.
"This... all right..." Zhong Yongliang gloomily fished out his phone and handed it to Wei Zhao. He had finally learned what it meant that 'a wise man does not eat a loss before his eyes' — refuse to show Wei Zhao, and the result was a beating.
And when Wei Zhao beat a man, he always picked the tender, painful spots that would not kill — hurting Zhong Yongliang badly, yet never quite knocking him out. So provoking Wei Zhao was simply asking for misery.
Now that the mask was off, Zhong Yongliang did not dare go too far. His thoughts had been read clean through by Wei Zhao, and he had nothing left with which to threaten him.
"The matter is settled." Those were the only words on the screen, but Wei Zhao could be certain this was the message from Black Panther.
"Drive. Hurry." Wei Zhao tossed Zhong Yongliang's phone onto the dashboard.
Zhong Yongliang wanted to stall for time, but feared Wei Zhao's displeasure, so he could only stomp on the gas. In any case, rush hour was over and there was little traffic on the road.
"Zou Ruoming?" A somewhat hoarse voice came from the other end of the line.
"Speaking. May I ask if you are one of Young Master Zhong's men?" Zou Ruoming had been waiting near the unfinished building for Zhong Yongliang's people to contact him.
"Yes. I'm already at the unfinished building. Where are you?" the other asked.
"I'm nearby," Zou Ruoming said. "Good. I'll wait for you in front of the unfinished building." Before Zou Ruoming could say anything more, the other hung up.
Zou Ruoming hurried over at a run to the unfinished building, but when he made out clearly who was standing in front of it, he could not help but freeze for a moment.
Brother Black Panther?! It was actually Brother Black Panther? What was he doing here?
Yet Zou Ruoming was only briefly startled; his face quickly returned to normal, while inside him a storm surged. Zhong Yongliang could actually command Brother Black Panther to do his work!
The news of Brother Black Panther's escape had already been reported on television, and Zou Ruoming had seen it. But in his view, the first thing Black Panther would do after fleeing was leave Songjiang — there was no way he would stay here waiting to be caught.
Yet things had turned out otherwise: Brother Black Panther was actually helping Zhong Yongliang, coming to seize Tang Yun for him. This left Zou Ruoming deeply puzzled.