The door was slammed loudly. Ma Shengli had just finished lunch and was woken up by the noise. He was furious. These days, Ma Shengli has been staying at home all day, not even stepping out. For someone like him who hangs out outside every day, such a life is more painful than killing him.
"Zhou Jiaxing, Zhou Jiaxing, open the door for me quickly." Ma Shengli roared in anger while sleeping on the bed.
Ma Shengli had a very bad reputation in the neighborhood, and most people didn't dare to visit his house.
Ma Shengli calculated the time in his mind. The man should have come to the door last time, right? Could it be him today?
"Brother Ma, I'll go right away." Zhou Jiaxing, with a pig-like face, quickly got up from the bed.
After returning to Sanhe Town from Zhoujia Village, Zhou Jiaxing had calmed down. But Zhou Chunping's slap had chilled him to the bone.
Forget it, forget it. It was bad luck for Zhou Jiaxing to have a grandfather as cold and indifferent as Zhou Chunping. From now on, he would not bother to care about others and would only focus on eating and drinking.
Zhou Jiaxing has been with Ma Shengli and the others for a long time, and has heard the sayings "If you don't work for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth" and "Only when you are happy will your life be meaningful." After Zhou Chunping's blow, Zhou Jiaxing felt that the words he had heard before were particularly reasonable. From now on, he will live for himself.
After Zhou Jiaxing opened the yard door, he was stunned and immediately closed the door.
That middle-aged man standing outside the door? Was he dazzled? Wasn't it enough that the man in Zhoujia Village insulted him, and now he's come to Ma Ge's house?
"Kid, open the door." The middle-aged man outside the door saw Zhou Jiaxing's face the moment the door opened. Although Zhou Jiaxing's face was half red and swollen, the middle-aged man recognized him at a glance.
In their line of work, the emphasis is on being discerning and understanding. Less than two hours had passed since they'd parted, and even if the middle-aged man wanted to forget Zhou Jiaxing, it would be hard. But why did this guy also live here? The middle-aged man frowned.
What the middle-aged man asked Ma Shengli to do was rather dangerous. If he wasn't careful, he would be caught in the act. Otherwise, Ma Shengli's house was so spacious that the middle-aged man wouldn't have to find another place to live.
Zhou Jiaxing closed his eyes and opened the door again. Sure enough, standing at the door was the middle-aged man he had been hating all morning.
"Is Ma Shengli at home?" The middle-aged man asked calmly, not caring about Zhou Jiaxing's hostile expression.
"Ah?... Uh? Brother Ma is at home." Zhou Jiaxing breathed a sigh of relief and turned aside to make way for the door. It turned out that the middle-aged man was not looking for him, but for Brother Ma!
The middle-aged man was wearing a gray Mao suit and carrying a briefcase. He didn't look like an ordinary person, but more like a cadre from the city.
When did Brother Ma get to know such a high-ranking figure? Although Zhou Jiaxing muttered to himself, he didn't dare to ask these questions out loud.
Ma Shengli had a bad temper, and his younger brothers like Zhou Jiaxing would sometimes get scolded if they said a few more words. Zhou Jiaxing had just fallen out with his family today, and he didn't dare to offend the middle-aged man or Ma Shengli. Apart from Ma Shengli's place, he had nowhere else to go for the time being.
"Xiao Ma, are you still sleeping?" The middle-aged man walked into the east wing, glanced at the room that was locked with a big lock, and then walked into Ma Shengli's bedroom.
When the middle-aged man saw Ma Shengli lying lazily on the bed, a trace of contempt quickly flashed across his eyes.
If the young master hadn't told him not to use the old master's connections, the middle-aged man wouldn't have been so disgraced in Sanhe Town. To complete the task assigned by the young master, the middle-aged man approached Ma Shengli. After all, although Ma Shengli was just a small-time thug, he was incredibly familiar with Sanhe Town! Even if there was an extra cat or dog in Sanhe Town, a thug like Ma Shengli would have the channels he knew.
"Hey! Uncle K, what brings you here today?" Ma Shengli heard the middle-aged man's voice and quickly jumped out of bed.
Although Ma Shengli had guessed that the visitor was the middle-aged man who had come to see him a few days ago, he didn't want to act like he had been waiting for a long time. From the middle-aged man's words and his appearance, Ma Shengli had guessed that he was not an ordinary person. Such people generally don't like others who are too smart.
Ma Shengli's recklessness certainly pleased the middle-aged man. He needed a partner like Ma Shengli who was a bit clueless. Middle-aged men generally didn't like to mess with people who were too smart, lest he have to clean up the mess when everyone broke up. After all, although human life was worthless, the frequent disappearances of people would attract the attention of the relevant departments.
The middle-aged man was Old K, who had seen Hu Zhongliang for medical treatment in Qingshan City. Some time ago, Old K came to Sanhe Town to handle some things on the orders of his young master.
Everything Old K wanted to do was related to Zhou Zhixin from Zhoujia Village. To be honest, Old K didn't understand why his noble young master would be so angry with a poor boy from a poor mountain village.
Yes, in Old K's opinion, Zhou Zhixin, who was a deputy battalion-level officer in the army, was nothing. Think about him, Old K, wherever he went in Kyoto City, he was the object of flattery by many people, not to mention the young master, who was flattered by people wherever he went.
However, Old K's greatest strength was his tight-lipped nature. Two years had passed since Old K joined the Young Master, and the Old Master still knew nothing about what the Young Master had been doing behind the scenes, thanks in large part to Old K's efforts to conceal the truth.
"Xiao Ma! Let me tell you something. The situation is tense recently. You must control your subordinates well. After this New Year, I will find you a good job." Old K felt satisfied when he saw Ma Shengli being respectful to him.
Ever since arriving in this impoverished mountain valley, Old K had been feeling constantly frustrated. A few days ago, an old illness relapsed, and he sought help from Hu Zhongliang in Qingshan City, only to finally manage it. Unexpectedly, just a few days after his absence, Zhou Chunping and his son from Zhoujia Village had foolishly thwarted his plans. Every day he didn't hear about Zhou Zhixin's death, Old K's heart was in his throat. He knew his young master was a man of few mercy. If he messed up his young master's assignment, Old K's good days would be over.
Today, Ma Shengli let Lao K relive the old experience of being surrounded and complimented by others, and Lao K's favorability towards Ma Shengli increased instantly.
"Uncle K, don't worry. I've already given these people instructions. I don't think they'll disobey." Ma Shengli said to the middle-aged man with a smile on his face, "Uncle K, I wonder when the reward you mentioned last time will be paid..."
When Lao K approached Ma Shengli, he said he would give him 1,000 yuan as a reward after the job was done. Now, a few days have passed, and the 1,000 yuan has not yet reached Ma Shengli.
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