Gu Le glanced in the direction of the number one shop in the world and said, "I'll go find Er Lv and talk to him, and ask him to forgive the abbot as well."
"Godfather, you are truly magnanimous! No wonder everyone in the town speaks highly of you, calling you the Bao Gong of Qinglong Town, and saying that you care about the people more than any other mayor."
"Really? Nobody's talking about me behind my back?"
“Godfather, you’re so good to the people of Qinglong Town, who would dare to scold you? I won’t be polite to anyone who dares to scold you.”
Gu Le chuckled and said to Ma Yunfei, “Little Ma, it’s inevitable that people will say good things and bad things. Let the masses speak; the sky won’t fall.”
Gu Le went to find Er Lv.
Ma Yunfei stared at Gu Le's retreating figure and muttered, "That old fox must be worried that his competitors will find his weakness, so he hastily released the abbot. You think the common people are all praising you behind your back? Heh... I bet not many people are praising you. They've already cursed you to death."
Gu Le has no reputation in Qinglong Town. This guy sits in his office all day, doesn't understand the situation on the ground, doesn't understand public opinion, and just does whatever the higher-ups say.
Gu Le arrived at the No. 1 shop in the world. He knocked hard on the roller shutter door, but no one answered.
Someone said ingratiatingly, "Mayor, Erlu just went to the west end of town."
Gu Le wanted to talk to Er Lv and tell him to keep his mouth shut. He also wanted Er Lv to pretend to be sick and say that he had chest pain.
Gu Le is a very cautious person. He has to consider all aspects carefully so that his competitors can't find any fault with him.
Gu Le headed west towards the town.
Suddenly, his eyes widened; the scene before him was simply unbelievable.
Two donkeys were seen with their upper bodies bare and some branches on their backs.
He looked just like a circus clown, and many people on the street were watching.
Gu Le walked over in confusion, and he finally saw clearly that there was a bundle of thorny plants on Erlu's back.
He knelt at the entrance of the barbershop, pleading, "Sasha, I beg you for forgiveness, please forgive me."
When Grandpa Li heard someone shouting at the door, he peeked out and was startled. He had never seen such a bizarre scene before.
"You brat, what kind of fool are you making here?"
"Grandpa, I am here to apologize to Sasha."
"Damn it, get the hell out of here! Don't interfere with my business."
"Grandpa, please let Sasha come out. I have something to say to her."
“You brat, Sasha isn’t at the hair salon. She went to a friend’s house. You can kneel here all day and still not see Sasha.”
"Grandpa, which friend's house did Sasha go to?"
"She went to the county town and won't be back today."
The two donkeys were greatly disappointed.
He painstakingly gathered these thorny plants, leaving his back covered in cuts and bruises, hoping that his act of apologizing would move Li Sha.
To everyone's surprise, Li Sha actually went to the county town.
Erlu stood up angrily. He tried to remove the branches from his back, but these thorny plants were stuck to his back and he couldn't get them off no matter what he did.
Gu Le sighed and quickly left.
He didn't want to appear in such a setting; it would make him a laughingstock among the people.
Erlu pleaded, "Uncle, Auntie, please help me get the things off my back."
An older woman said dismissively, "Young man, you're quite the actor. Why bother? If the girl doesn't want to date you anymore, just let it go. Why keep bothering her like a clingy dog? It's so pointless."
An old man stomped his cane on the ground and mocked, "Young man, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes, do you think you can't find a girlfriend? You're making a fool of yourself in the street, aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation? In the future, which girl will be willing to marry you?"
A young man said gloatingly, "Dude, you're really something, you actually used the old tricks, haha... I just don't know if Li Sha will fall for it. If she doesn't, then all that suffering was for nothing."
One girl scoffed, "This kind of man is so weird. I'd better never run into a scumbag like him when I look for a boyfriend in the future."
Erlu was filled with shame and regret. He shouldn't have listened to Ma Yunfei and done that thing of "bearing thorns to apologize."
An elderly woman took a rag, placed it on her hand, and helped Erlv remove the plant from his back.
Erlv felt a burning pain in his back, and he ran back to the No. 1 Shop in the World with his shirt off.
As soon as I opened the roller shutter door, I saw my uncle arrive.
Erlu was startled and stammered, "Uncle, you've arrived!"
Gu Le, with a stern face, scolded, "Er Lv, you've made a fool of yourself enough. What new tricks do you want to try next time?"
Erlu asked tremblingly, "Uncle, did you see me carrying thorns to apologize?"
"Erlv, you're so pathetic. Do you really think that you can win a girl's heart by apologizing with a bundle of thorns on your back? You're wrong, terribly wrong. Let me tell you: a man should use his talent and wisdom to attract a woman. That's the right way."
Erlu said aggrievedly, "Godfather, I... I don't have any talent or wisdom, so I have to resort to this method. It's the only way I can do it."
"If you apologize with a bundle of thorns on your back, will Sasha forgive you?"
"Sasha isn't home, so I suffered for nothing."
Gu Le looked at Er Lv with disdain and lectured him: "You will never grow up in your life and you will never amount to anything. You should learn more from Ma Yunfei. Learn from his diligence and hard work, and learn from his cleverness and tact."
Erlv was somewhat unconvinced. He felt that Ma Yunfei was nothing special; he was just good at enduring hardship.
In the past, Ma Yunfei was really nothing special; he was just a notorious gambler.
Erlv will never know that the Ma Yunfei of the past is dead, and the current Ma Yunfei is no ordinary person; his past life was a famous economist.
Erlu retorted, "Uncle, you overestimate Ma Yunfei. You may not know, but he was originally a gambler who can't do anything except play mahjong."
"Erlv, you should look at people with a developmental perspective. I don't know what Ma Yunfei was like before, but I do know that he spent all his time at the sales station, doing business honestly and making money honestly."
"Godfather, he didn't make much money."
"Erlv, putting everything else aside, Ma Yunfei married a virtuous and beautiful wife. Look at you, you can't even handle a woman like Sasha."
"Godfather, do you really think Sasha is inferior to Ma Yunfei's wife?"
Gu Le sighed and said, "Er Lv, if Li Sha doesn't want to be your girlfriend, don't force her. It's really shameful for you to beg her like that."
"Godfather, I love Li Sha. I can't live without Li Sha. Without Li Sha, I would rather be dead."
"You good-for-nothing."
Gu Le wanted to slap Er Lv a few times, but he held back, after all, Er Lv was not his biological nephew.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
