As soon as Lin Dongzhe entered the house, he said, "Dad, Mom, Xiaoting!"
When Huang Ling and the other two saw Lin Dongzhe's expression change, they asked, "What's wrong?"
"Two thugs just robbed Brother Tunan's newsstand!"
"What?"
Zhuang Chaoying and the other two stood up. Zhuang Chaoying said, "Then why did you come back? Why didn't you help Tu Nan catch the book thief?"
As Zhuang Chaoying was speaking, Huang Ling and Zhuang Xiaoting were about to run outside.
Lin Dongzhe stopped them, saying, "Don't be in such a hurry!"
Zhuang Xiaoting gave Lin Dongzhe a push and said, "Aren't you in a hurry? If you don't hurry, my brother will be snatched away!"
Lin Dongzhe quickly said what he hadn't said before, "There are police! There are police!"
"police?"
The three of them quieted down upon hearing the word "police." Zhuang Chaoying asked, "The police are here? Did you just happen to run into the police and they helped you catch him?"
"No, no!"
Zhuang Xiaoting patted Lin Dongzhe anxiously and said, "Since that's not it, then tell me what exactly happened?"
Lin Dongzhe then calmed down and said, "Our newsstand has always been watched by the police!"
Huang Ling's heart tightened, and she said somewhat fearfully, "Why are the police staring at us? We haven't done anything illegal!"
Lin Dongzhe hurriedly pulled out his pager and said, "Is this what's causing all this trouble?"
"What does it have to do with it?"
"I heard from a policeman that Officer Li could tell my pager was smuggled just by looking at it, so they wanted to catch the source at the newsstand!"
"The source? Who is the source?"
Zhuang Chaoying immediately understood what was going on and said, "I know, this pager was smuggled in by Ada, which means Zhennan brought it over. They must want to arrest Zhennan, so they ambushed him here!"
Huang Ling and Xiao Ting then realized what was going on. Huang Ling quickly said, "I don't care who they arrest. I only know that someone is causing trouble at Tu Nan's newsstand. I have to guard it for him!"
Zhuang Xiaoting slapped Lin Dongzhe on the shoulder twice and said, "Lin Dongzhe, are you even a man? You backed down when you needed me!"
Lin Dongzhe said somewhat impatiently, "I'm not backing down! I'm afraid of the police!"
"You haven't done anything wrong, so what are you afraid of the police for?"
Lin Dongzhe said with lingering fear, "Didn't I get arrested by the police a few days ago? I'm afraid they'll arrest me again!"
"What did you do wrong? Why are they arresting you?"
Lin Dongzhe held up his pager and said, "It's all because of this! If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let my dad buy it for me!"
"Hmph, now you admit it wasn't your dad who wanted to buy it for you, you asked for it yourself!"
Lin Dongzhe also got anxious and said, "What's the use of saying this now? I'm going back to Shanghai tomorrow to go to work!"
Zhuang Chaoying nodded and said, "Yes, it's good to have a job, you can earn money sooner!"
Zhuang Xiaoting said somewhat displeased, "He's running away from this. Do you think he's even a man?"
Zhuang Chaoying disagreed, saying, "Xiaoting, you and Lin Dongzhe are a couple, you should focus on making your own lives better. Don't worry too much about your brother. Your brother has me and your mother to take care of him, understand?"
"Dad, it's me...!"
"Alright, let's go back to Shanghai with Dongzhe today or tomorrow! Work hard! I still need to work on some documents! I'm starting school in a few days too!"
Meanwhile, as Xiang Pengfei drove back to the transportation company, Zhou Yuxiang said to him in the yard, "Pengfei, someone is looking for you. They say they are a relative of yours!"
Xiang Pengfei asked with some curiosity, "My relative? What kind of person is he?"
"A young man, dressed smartly, who had just returned from the south!"
"Just got back from the South?"
Xiang Pengfei immediately thought of Zhuang Zhennan, because he had been wondering about it ever since Zhuang Tunan told him that Zhennan was back.
So Xiang Pengfei asked Zhou Yuxiang, "Where is he?"
"It's in your office!"
"Okay, I understand!"
Xiang Pengfei agreed and was about to go to the office, but seeing that Zhou Yuxiang hadn't moved, he turned around, looked at her, and smiled, "What? Is there something else?"
Zhou Yuxiang smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that since New Year's Eve, you've been busy with your uncle's family's affairs, and we haven't had a chance to be alone. I just wanted to see a movie with you, but I don't know when you're free!"
"Oh, I just don't know what good movies are out lately. Let's wait until there are some good ones!"
"I heard that the recently released movie 'Fight Back to School' is pretty good, and it's directed by Stephen Chow!"
"Really? Okay, I'll go see who's looking for me. If there's nothing else, let's go see a movie!"
"Really? That's great! I'll go buy the movie tickets right now!"
"Don't worry, I don't even know if things will be alright! What if I can't make it?"
"It's okay, I'll wait for you!"
Xiang Pengfei watched Zhou Yuxiang walk with light steps, so hurried yet so cheerful, and felt a surge of joy in his heart. He then turned and walked towards his office.
Waiting for him in the office was Zhuang Zhennan, who was casually smoking and crossing his legs in Xiang Pengfei's office, looking relaxed and carefree.
Xiang Pengfei pushed the door open and came in. The first thing he did was fan the smoke in front of his nose twice, then he glanced at Zhuang Zhennan and said, "Aren't you afraid I'll hit you?"
Zhuang Zhennan smiled and said, "We have no grudge against each other, so why did you hit me? If you really want to hit me, I won't fight back. After all, you're my cousin!"
Xiang Pengfei didn't stand on ceremony with him. He walked up to Zhuang Zhennan, who was sitting on the sofa, punched him twice—left and right—before stopping, sat down in his office chair, looked out the window, and said, "Speak! What do you want?"
Zhuang Zhennan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his left hand, looked at it, then put it in his mouth and licked it. He put his legs down and said, "Cousin, I was sent here by Brother Ada!"
"I've already given the book Lin Dongzhe asked me to bring to Brother Tu Nan. Is there anything else?"
"I'm calling you about the videotape!"
"I've already burned those videotapes and given him the money. We're even now, so why are you still bothering me?"
"Those are all insignificant small businesses. Brother Ada asked me to ask you if you want to do big business? Like Tu Nan and Dong Zhe back then, reselling large items?"
Xiang Pengfei immediately understood and hurriedly said, "You can reply to Ada that I have no interest in cooperating with him. The pornographic video he gave me last time almost landed me in jail. How could I possibly cooperate with him again?"
"Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the police for selling pornographic videos?"
"you,,!"
Zhuang Zhennan smiled and said, "What? Scared?"
"I'm not afraid of you! Go ahead and report me if you want!"
At this moment, Zhuang Zhennan stood up with a smile and said to Xiang Pengfei, "Then let's wait and see!"
Xiang Pengfei watched Zhuang Zhennan walk out of the room with a smile, then slapped his forehead and looked worried.
Meanwhile, at the newsstand, it was getting dark, and Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying were packing up their things.
At this moment, Li Yong walked up to the newsstand stall and said to Huang Ling, "Big sister, do you remember me?"
Huang Ling looked up and saw Li Yong. She quickly smiled and said, "Oh, Officer Li, what brings you here?"
Li Yong said, "Didn't two thugs cause trouble at noon? After we interrogated them, they confessed that Zhuang Zhennan sent them. They were the first wave, and there were more people coming to cause trouble later!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Ling's expression changed, and she said, "What? Is he still not done? Is he going to cause us more trouble?"
"There's nothing we can do when you encounter a stingy person; you can only let things take their course!"
Huang Ling said somewhat fearfully, "Then what should we do, Officer Li?"
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