Chapter 372 — Swallowing a Silent Loss
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He finally understood now why Old Sui had been spouting nonsense with his eyes wide open, standing so resolutely on Wei Zhao's side! So he had known all along that Wei Zhao was Li Yixun's true honored guest!
From Li Yixun's words alone, his attitude toward Wei Zhao was plain. Looking at the beaming, blossoming smile on Old Sui's face, Zhong Dingwei itched to go over and punch him. He had been played by Old Sui! And he had made himself the bird that sticks its head out — for nothing!
He had curried favor with Zhu Xiaozhang, true enough, but he had offended Li Yixun in the process!
"Little Zhong, what is going on here? Who beat an honored guest?" Only after exchanging pleasantries with Wei Zhao did Li Yixun ask Zhong Dingwei.
"Heh, Brother Li, here is how it is. This fellow who calls himself Zhu Xiaozhang says I hit him, but I did not hit him — everyone saw it clearly. Yet this Captain Zhong here also says I hit Zhu Xiaozhang." Wei Zhao spoke indifferently.
"Oh?" Li Yixun was taken aback; he had not expected Wei Zhao to be involved.
"I can testify to that. Mr. Lin did not hit Zhu Xiaozhang, and everyone here saw it too. Brother Li, you can ask anyone in the crowd!" Old Sui said with perfect confidence.
Wei Zhao's first slap had indeed landed, but at that time there had been no one at the entrance to the banquet hall, and Zhong Dingwei had not come over either. As long as Wei Zhao did not admit it, no one would testify against him.
But the second slap had happened not only in Zhong Dingwei's presence, but with a large crowd of onlookers nearby. Whichever one of them was asked, they could all testify that Wei Zhao had not hit Zhu Xiaozhang.
"Little Zhong, what exactly is going on here?" Brother Li's face darkened. Though he sensed something fishy in it, Old Sui's account was most likely trustworthy; and seeing that none of the onlookers contradicted it, he became all the more convinced that Zhong Dingwei was lying.
"This... this... then perhaps I was mistaken..." How could Zhong Dingwei not see the situation clearly now? To still dare side with Zhu Xiaozhang at this point would be to offend Li Yixun.
"Zhong Dingwei, I gave you two thousand yuan, damn it, and you say you were mistaken?" Zhu Xiaozhang exploded. He had been hit, yet no one believed he had been hit; his face was swollen like a steamed bun, and still no one believed him! Was there anything in this world more agonizing? Was there? Was there?
"Oh..." A wave of jeering laughter rose from the crowd. It would have been better if Zhu Xiaozhang had not blurted out that inside story. Though no one had seen clearly how Wei Zhao struck him, Zhu Xiaozhang's face really was swollen, and some people still suspected Wei Zhao of foul play.
But now that Zhu Xiaozhang had shouted it out, everyone without exception concluded that Zhu Xiaozhang had bribed Zhong Dingwei with money, then hit himself, so that together they could falsely accuse Wei Zhao!
Li Yixun's gaze settled darkly on Zhong Dingwei's face. "Get back to the security office. Write a self-criticism first — and if it is not good enough, get lost!"
How would Zhong Dingwei dare say a word against it? He slunk away with his tail between his legs, leaving only Zhu Xiaozhang, seething with fury.
Kang Zhaoming had not expected Wei Zhao to have backing either, to know Li Yixun of the resort — that was truly beyond his expectations! In Donghai's high society, there was no one who did not know Li Yixun. Though he was Boss Tian's spokesman, his word carried considerable weight.
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