Chapter Seventeen: A Small Favor



Gu Wei was completely unaware of Lu Xue's inner thoughts.

The three of them thoroughly enjoyed the barbecue feast and drank quite a bit of alcohol.

Finally, both Song Daming and Chu Sitong became somewhat drunk, their eyes glazed over.

On the contrary, Gu Wei, who had a moderate alcohol tolerance, was the most sober.

Gu Wei originally intended for them to stay at his home.

Unfortunately, both of their companies are located far from here.

It's too much trouble to rush to work in the morning and then go to work separately.

So once they sobered up, they planned to leave.

Although Gu Wei was too drunk to drive anyone, he could at least show himself to them first.

Underground parking garage.

Song Daming stood around the car, utterly shocked.

He kept making "Holy crap, holy crap" noises.

His good friend's recent big moves have been hitting him like a ton of bricks.

He felt much more sober and asked a soul-searching question: "You're spending money way too much! How are we going to make a living like this?!"

Chu Sitong was also taken aback and clutched her chest to calm herself down.

When Gu Wei took over such a large restaurant, she and her boyfriend thought he didn't have much money left.

As a result, Gu Wei quietly bought another luxury car worth millions.

Gu Wei was very satisfied with their reaction and lied to them, "Of course it passed, it was bought with a loan."

"Loans too..."

Song Daming stopped talking halfway through his sentence.

Since the purchase has already been made, there's no point in saying more after the fact.

And this car is really nice!

It has always been his dream.

"Is it too late for me to buy a lottery ticket now?"

"It's too late."

...

On Monday, Gu Wei went to the renovation company.

The final result looks pretty good.

He's not the kind of person who nitpicks or strives for perfection; he was fine with it.

Workers entered the factory, and the renovation officially began.

Jianfei quickly got into the role and started recruiting employees.

Seeing that there was nothing for him to do, Gu Wei simply gave some instructions and then went to the 84th area.

He first opened the windows and doors to ventilate the room.

Then they went and carried some firewood into the house.

I lit the stove pit with pine needles and boiled a large pot of water.

Fortunately, it was summer.

It's not a big problem for a single-story house to not need to be heated for a day or two.

It probably wouldn't work in winter.

Later, Gu Wei locked the gate and strolled around the street.

Hongxing Forestry Bureau is small, with only three main streets.

Although small, it has all the vital organs.

There are various wood-related factories, such as wood processing plants, timber yards, particleboard factories, flooring factories, chopstick factories, and so on.

There were also shops, grocery stores, tailor shops, grain stores, state-run restaurants, cinemas, workers' clubs, and parks.

Gu Wei has been traveling back and forth between the two time periods for some time, but he has never walked all over this place on foot like he is now.

Gu Wei visited the entire forestry bureau in less than a day.

Passing by the movie theater.

I noticed that the film currently playing is "My Memories of Old Beijing".

He immediately became very interested and went to the ticket window to buy a ticket.

The ticket price was only 25 cents, which was extremely cheap compared to the tens or hundreds of dollars that are common nowadays.

With some time still remaining before the last show ended, Gu Wei bought a bottle of soda and then went over to see a vendor selling sunflower seeds.

The sunflower seeds were packed in triangular containers folded from newspaper, and they came in various sizes.

How much are the sunflower seeds?

The girl selling melon seeds immediately greeted him with a smile: "The big ones are one mao (0.1 yuan), the small ones are five fen (0.5 yuan). We have two flavors, original and spiced. Which one would you like, sir?"

Gu Wei then noticed that the little girl was quite pretty, but her complexion and lip color were a bit too pale, making her look unhealthy.

"Two flavors, let's get one large pack of each."

Gu Wei took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it over.

"good."

The little girl took it and looked down to find her change.

Suddenly, a man appeared out of nowhere and tried to rob the little girl of her money.

Gu Wei's body reacted faster than his mind.

She suddenly grabbed the man's large hand tightly.

What are you doing?

The man quickly explained, "You've got it wrong, buddy, this is my sister."

Gu Wei hadn't expected the two to have this kind of relationship, and hesitated for a moment before letting go.

The little girl protected her purse and retorted excitedly, "He's not my biological brother, he's my stepmother's son!"

"So what if I'm not your biological brother? Don't I also have the surname Lin now! Let me tell you, give it to me cleanly, and nothing will happen. Otherwise, you can wait to go home!" The man was extremely arrogant.

"This money is what I earned through hard work selling melon seeds, I won't give you a single penny!"

The man immediately tried to snatch it, saying, "Give it to me!"

Gu Wei despised this kind of person from the bottom of his heart, and naturally he couldn't let him succeed.

Once the onlookers understood what was happening, they all stepped in to help.

Even some older men and women joined in, offering their condemnations of the man.

"You call yourself a man? You have hands and feet, yet you still steal your stepsister's money. Have you no shame?!"

"They're used to bullying others. They robbed people even when so many people were watching. You can't imagine what they'd be like at home!"

"You just wait! And all of you..."

The man gritted his teeth, pointed at the girl and Gu Wei with his finger, and then ran away quickly.

Gu Wei wasn't afraid of this at all.

A dog that bites doesn't show its teeth.

Such people are just good at making threats.

The little girl quickly thanked everyone: "Thank you, grandpas, grandmas, uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters!"

"You're welcome. You should think carefully about what to do when you get home."

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