"Weren't you so arrogant before? Why aren't you so cocky now? Where's your old self with your stiff neck? Show it to me!"
The blond-haired man slapped him on the head several more times.
"I'm not so cocky anymore. I was just bragging. I was wrong, I was really wrong." Changzhou was so badly beaten that he didn't dare to look up and just stayed on the ground with his hands covering his head.
“I’m telling you, go apologize to our boss tomorrow. If she forgives you, then this matter is over.”
“If she doesn’t forgive you, I’ll beat you every time I see you, you know that!” the blond-haired guy said, pointing at him.
"I know, I know, I'll apologize tomorrow. I'm sorry, brother, I'm so sorry," Changzhou said repeatedly.
"Damn it, daring to cause trouble in the mine, they're really asking for it."
"And you guys, from now on, keep your tails between your legs when you go out, understand?" Huang Mao said to the people on the kang (heated brick bed).
"knew…"
"I understand, I understand."
Seeing that Changzhou had been beaten so badly, they didn't dare to make a fuss. They all wished they could stick their heads in their pants and speak up.
The blond-haired man glanced around, waved, and the group left.
Changzhou didn't dare to sit up until he heard that Huang Mao had really left, clutching his head and wincing in pain.
The blond guy really didn't hold back; he really beat me up.
Once outside, Huang Mao finally felt much more at ease.
I'll definitely go to Changzhou to apologize tomorrow. If Feng and the others come back, I guess I won't get beaten up anymore. I hope the landlady can put in a good word for me.
"Brother, are you alright?" someone asked, getting off the ground to help Changzhou up.
I didn't notice it at first, but now when I look again, Changzhou's right eye socket is swollen and it's bruised from being beaten.
Changzhou didn't say anything, but just sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and sighed repeatedly.
If I had known it would turn out like this, he wouldn't have caused any trouble today. He would have just quietly collected his salary and that would have been the end of it.
As for tomorrow, he will definitely have to apologize to Xia Yingying; he's truly terrified of being beaten.
The next morning around nine o'clock, Changzhou arrived at Chen Feng's house with bandages wrapped around his hand and carrying two cases of drinks.
"Hello, I'm looking for the landlady." Changzhou didn't dare to go in directly, but stood at the door and called out.
"Who is it?" Liu Ping asked, somewhat puzzled, as she came out and looked around.
Why is this person dressed like this? Their eye makeup is too heavy, and they're covered in bruises.
"I'm looking for the landlady, is she in?" Changzhou asked humbly.
The difference in appearance was so great that Liu Ping couldn't recognize him as the person who caused trouble yesterday.
"Yes, come in." Liu Ping nodded and let him in.
Hearing the noise, Xia Yingying also came downstairs.
She frowned slightly as she looked at Changzhou, whose appearance was rather pitiful.
She recognized him; he was the troublemaker from yesterday.
"Boss lady, I'm sorry. I acted impulsively yesterday and shouldn't have cursed at you. My mouth was foul, please don't hold it against me. You are a magnanimous person, please forgive me."
"I will never do it again. I'm sorry. Please accept these two boxes as my apology." Changzhou put down the items and bowed deeply.
Xia Yingying didn't say anything upon hearing this, but just looked at her with a slight frown.
She was wondering who had beaten him up like that. Could it have been Zheng Ping?
That shouldn't be the case; he should have informed us about this beforehand.
It seems it was definitely the blond guy; he must have done it.
Seeing that Xia Yingying didn't speak, Changzhou thought that Xia Yingying hadn't forgiven him, and he was extremely uneasy.
"Boss lady, I'll do anything you ask if you can forgive me. I'm so sorry," Changzhou said sincerely again.
"Alright, let's just leave it at that. Take your things back," Xia Yingying finally said.
"No, this is an apology to you. Please accept it; don't think it's too little," Changzhou said, turning to leave.
"Hey, hey, take the stuff, we don't want it. Since you've apologized, let's just let this go."
"We definitely don't want the stuff, you take it." Seeing this, Liu Ping quickly chased after him and stuffed the things into his hands.
Changzhou definitely wouldn't dare accept it. During the argument, Liu Ping accidentally touched the wound on his hand, causing him to wince in pain.
Seeing Liu Ping's resolute attitude, Changzhou had no choice but to take the things back, apologize again, and then leave.
Xia Yingying sat on the sofa, took out her phone, and made a call to Huang Mao.
Huang Mao was still asleep when his phone alarm woke him up. He groggily glanced at his phone contacts and saw that it was Xia Yingying. He immediately sat up.
"Hey, Sister Xia."
"Did you attack Changzhou?" Xia Yingying asked directly.
"Hey, I hit him. Did he apologize to you?" The blond guy could roughly guess what had happened.
"Okay, don't cause him any more trouble in the future. Let's just let this matter rest." Xia Yingying nodded.
"Alright, Sister Xia, what if Brother Feng asks?" Huang Mao chuckled.
"Don't worry, I won't tell him. Just focus on your work." Xia Yingying understood what he meant.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Xia, thank you so much," the blond-haired man said repeatedly, beaming with joy.
With her words, Huang Mao was finally completely relieved.
Meanwhile, at the water mine on the other side yesterday, Chen Feng was still unaware of what was about to happen; he was still worried about the heavy rain that morning.
Chen Feng lay in bed until after nine o'clock, but as the rain grew louder, he couldn't stay in bed any longer and sat up.
Lin Nian woke up groggily and looked at the heavy rain outside with surprise.
"Brother Feng, why is it raining so hard? Will we still be able to work today?"
"What's the point of doing anything now? I feel like even getting food is a problem. Why is the rain so heavy?" Chen Feng lit a cigarette and asked, puzzled.
The three people in the other prefab house also noticed this situation, and they all sat up and craned their necks to look out the window.
Huang Fei picked up his phone and made a video call to Chen Feng, but now he couldn't leave the house.
"Hey, Fengzi, are you up yet? It's raining so hard, what are we going to do?" Huang Fei asked.
"What can we do? Can we perform a ritual to stop the rain?"
"Just stay in the prefab house. Do you have food in your room?" Chen Feng asked.
"Yes, we also have instant noodles and a water bottle," Huang Fei replied.
"That's good. Eat and rest. We'll talk about it when the rain stops," Chen Feng said.
"Eating is fine, but what if I need to use the restroom now? I didn't even think about it. I forgot to buy an umbrella," Huang Fei said, looking outside with a troubled expression.
With this heavy rain, you could sit outside for three minutes and not even need to wipe yourself with paper; it would wash you clean.
"What do you mean? Are you afraid of getting wet in the rain?" Chen Feng asked.
"Of course, I just changed my clothes, and now they're all wet, where am I going to hang them to dry?" Huang Fei said, somewhat distressed about his new clothes.
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