Chapter 567 — How to Deal with Him
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"Wei Zhao was the one who stirred me into this—it was all his doing. Wei Zhao is Gu Mengyao's personal guard." In the end, An Jianwen, doing Li Cihua a favor, dumped the blame squarely on Wei Zhao and sent Zhong Fabai off to settle accounts with him.
And Zhong Fabai now had a way out. He did not dare take An Jianwen on, but dealing with one petty guard would be as easy as turning over his hand. At that thought, he stopped brooding over An Jianwen's part in the whole affair. "Young Master An, my son's conduct was indeed deeply offensive. But could you, for the sake of Young Master Bing and Brother Cihua, give the boy his kidney back?"
Give the kidney back? An Jianwen sneered. As if that were possible. That kidney had long since been shipped overseas to find a recipient—and you expect it handed back to you?
"My apologies, Mr. Zhong. In my fury at the time, I had your son's kidney thrown to the dogs... I am truly sorry!" An Jianwen would never breathe a word about the kidney-trafficking ring behind him, so he fobbed the man off.
"This..." Zhong Fabai was taken aback. But he did not doubt it. In that situation, had it been him, he would not have kept an enemy's kidney around either, waiting to sew it back in.
Zhong Fabai could only count himself unlucky. Losing a kidney was not fatal, after all. Better to think of a way to settle scores with Wei Zhao. Much as he ached to kill An Jianwen and vent his rage, he was no match for the man.
After hanging up, Zhong Fabai told his son the truth of the matter. The boy was the victim; he had every right to know. In part, too, Zhong Fabai meant to warn him—not to dare do just anything that came into his head, to weigh the consequences before acting next time. He had only one kidney left.
"That is how it stands. An Jianwen was behind it—but he says it was Wei Zhao who tipped him off!" Zhong Fabai said, thoroughly dejected.
"Who is An Jianwen? Right—I think I vaguely heard someone call him Young Master Wen!" Zhong Yongliang was awake now. Having a kidney cut out was serious business, but it was not life-threatening.
"An Jianwen was one of the former Four Young Masters of Songshan. Shen Yushu's brother, Chen Yutian, leads the Four Young Masters of Songshan." Zhong Fabai sighed. "Every one of them wields power not to be taken lightly. It isn't that your old man is belittling himself—beside them, your old man is nowhere near! This time, Shen Yushu's brother simply chose not to come after you. Otherwise, you would likely have lost your other kidney too!"
He had to frighten the boy a little, or there was no telling what new disaster this son of his would stir up.
"Ah!" Zhong Yongliang's face changed at once, and a belated fear crept over him. He remembered what had happened to Wu Xiaocan—Chen Yutian had broken both of Wu Xiaocan's legs.
"Son, for now all we can do is swallow this grudge!" Zhong Fabai said. "We are no match for An Jianwen. The Fire Wolf Gang stands behind him, and even Young Master Bing gives him face. We will have to eat this loss in silence!"
"Dad, I understand! I won't act rashly, but I have marked this down!" Zhong Yongliang ground his teeth, a sinister glint sliding through his eyes. "The day Naipao returns from his training, that day will be An Jianwen's death day!"
"Mm. He who cannot bear small things ruins great plans. We must endure." Zhong Fabai nodded.
"Right, Dad—you said Wei Zhao tipped him off? How does Wei Zhao even know An Jianwen? And why would he tip him off?" Zhong Yongliang suddenly recalled what his father had said about Wei Zhao.
"That boy is Gu Mengyao's personal guard," Zhong Fabai said. "The business with Gu Mengyao—it was he who told An Jianwen."
"What! He's Gu Mengyao's personal guard?" Zhong Yongliang was dumbfounded. How could Wei Zhao be Gu Mengyao's personal guard? The two had nothing to do with each other. What on earth was going on?