Zhuang Chaoying hurriedly said, "Dad, Zhennan is still young. We should focus on his education and not hit him!"
"Is he young? No, he's not young anymore. Ganmei said that as long as Tunan gets married, she'll find him a wife! He's still young!"
"Dad, I've seen him. I'll bring him to see you!"
"Fine, bring him here. I'm going to teach him a lesson too!"
"Oh, I'll hang up now, Dad. This call was made using Xiaoting's mobile phone, and the phone bill was a bit expensive. That's all for now!"
"Okay, let's hang up! It's a bit of a waste to spend this money. I'll tell you all the time when I get home, it won't cost any money!"
"Okay, that's settled then, Dad!"
Zhuang Chaoying hung up the phone, and continued smugly, "Great! That's wonderful, we have a mobile phone at home now! It's just a bit too heavy, like a brick!"
Huang Ling said with a smile, "It's great that it's heavy! Our daughter can use it for self-defense. If anyone dares to bully her, she can just throw this at them and make them scream!"
Zhuang Xiaoting laughed and said, "Mom, so we're buying a self-defense weapon!"
"Who cares! As long as it works."
At this moment, Xiang Pengfei walked into the room and saw the mobile phone in Zhuang Xiaoting's hand, saying, "Xiaoting, this thing has a really expensive package deal. I advise you to use it less often!"
Zhuang Xiaoting said with some regret, "Well, we've already bought it, so we can't just leave it unused! We can't just let it be a decoration, can we?"
Zhuang Chaoying said, "We'll ask Lin Wufeng another day. If the package is too low, we'll use it; if it's too high, we won't use it anymore!"
At this moment, Huang Ling took out the pager and handed it to Xiang Pengfei, saying, "This was bought for you by Lin Dongzhe through his father. Take it, Pengfei. It shows that Dongzhe still cares about you. In the future, you need to be clear about what you should and shouldn't hold grudges about! After all, we are relatives!"
Xiang Pengfei took the pager and said, "Okay, Auntie, I'll be going now. The company has been a bit busy these past few days, so I might not have time to come and help. But if you need anything, just give me a call, and I'll be there anytime!"
Huang Ling nodded and said, "Okay, you can go ahead and get busy!"
Xiang Pengfei returned to the alley entrance and said to Zhuang Tunan, who was watching the newsstand, "Brother, I'm going back now! Be careful with your business!"
"Okay, I know, you go ahead and get busy!"
Xiang Pengfei got into the car and left, while Lin Dongzhe remained squatting to one side reading his martial arts novel.
It was time for work again, and some workers were intrigued by the newly opened newsstand. So Zhuang Tunan got busy again, and the number of customers gradually decreased until after 2 p.m.
Zhuang Tunan saw that there were almost no customers left and he would soon have some free time, but suddenly everything went black before his eyes. He didn't know who had covered his eyes, but he heard someone say in his ear, "Guess who I am?"
Zhuang Tunan initially thought it was an acquaintance joking, and nothing changed. However, his intuition told him that things were dangerous. After all, he would panic if he couldn't see clearly. So he opened his mouth and shouted, "Lin Dongzhe, who is he?"
Zhuang Tunan's voice startled Lin Dongzhe, who shouted, "What are you two doing?"
Then someone shouted, "Let's go! Don't get caught!"
Zhuang Tunan saw it instantly, but the blinding sunlight made it impossible for him to see clearly at first. By the time he could see it clearly, Lin Dongzhe was already more than a hundred meters away, chasing after the person.
The thugs in front were carrying more than a dozen new books, while those behind them provided cover for them. They would occasionally turn around, seemingly wanting to fight Lin Dongzhe, but Lin Dongzhe was no coward and remained calm in the face of the situation.
If they run any further ahead, there will be a crossroads. If the two thugs split up, Lin Dongzhe will be in trouble, because if they split up, one of them will definitely escape.
Just as Lin Dongzhe was hesitating about which one to grab, four or five burly men suddenly appeared at the crossroads. They immediately intercepted the two men, pinned them to the ground, and handcuffed them.
Lin Dongzhe was stunned when he saw the handcuffs; he hadn't expected there to be so many police officers around.
At that moment, two policemen, carrying new books from the ground, walked toward the newsstand.
When Lin Dongzhe saw the police, he panicked and didn't dare to take the books from the newsstand. He just stood against the wall, too afraid to move.
The two policemen returned the books to the newsstand and asked Zhuang Tunan, "How are you? You weren't scared, were you?"
Zhuang Tunan blinked nervously for a moment, then said, "No, no, who are they? Why are they taking my books in broad daylight?"
One of the policemen said, "We don't know yet, we haven't interrogated them. But they dared to act in broad daylight, they must have been instructed by someone. You must have offended someone!"
Zhuang Tunan immediately thought of Zhuang Zhennan, but he didn't dare to say it because he was afraid that if Zhennan was arrested by the police because of him, his grandparents and second uncle would hate him to death. So he hurriedly said, "I haven't offended anyone."
"Whether they have offended anyone or not, we will investigate. We'll find out by taking them back for questioning!"
"Oh, okay!"
"Furthermore, do you know why we're focusing our surveillance on your newsstand?"
Zhuang Tunan's expression changed, and he hurriedly said, "I...I don't know!"
"To tell you the truth, the mobile phones and pagers you bought were smuggled in. Our captain could tell at a glance, but since you paid for them, we didn't confiscate them. However, we want to investigate the source through you. We're also closely monitoring your cousin Zhennan, because he's a key figure in this smuggling operation. If he comes again, you must tell us. That's all!"
Zhuang Tunan watched the police leave, unsure of what to say.
At this moment, Zhang Min walked out of the alley and said to Zhuang Tunan, "Brother Tunan!"
At this moment, Zhuang Tunan was still staring blankly at the policeman's figure and may not have heard clearly.
"Brother Tunan!"
Zhang Min's shouts woke Zhuang Tunan, who turned around and asked, "What's wrong, Xiao Min?"
"Oh, I'd like to grab a copy of 'Zhiyin' magazine to read during my free time at work."
"Okay, take it!"
Zhang Min took a copy of "Zhiyin" magazine from the magazine, then took out five yuan from her pocket and handed it to Zhuang Tunan.
Zhuang Tunan dared not accept it, and hurriedly said, "No, take it and look at it! Why would you give me money?"
"No way, you have some capital too, take it!"
Zhang Min placed the money in front of Zhuang Tunan and left.
Zhuang Tunan first glanced at the five yuan, then looked up at Zhang Min and found that Zhang Min's figure was particularly beautiful. Although her body was wrapped in a cotton coat, her graceful figure could still be seen, which made Zhuang Tunan feel a strong impulse.
A large hand patted Zhuang Tunan on the shoulder, startling him. He turned around and saw Lin Dongzhe, quickly saying, "What are you doing? You scared me!"
Lin Dongzhe, perhaps still shaken by the police presence, patted his chest, let out a couple of deep breaths, and said, "I never imagined the police had been monitoring this place all along. It seems things are more serious than we thought!"
Zhuang Tunan said, "Look how scared you are. We're not here to arrest you. What are you afraid of? Have you done something wrong?"
Lin Dongzhe denied it, saying, "No, no, I'm afraid of stepping on ants when I walk, how could I do anything bad?"
Zhuang Tunan deliberately tried to scare him, saying, "Why are the police staring at you like that? Is there something else besides buying the stolen goods from the big boss?"
Lin Dongzhe hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, no, absolutely not."
Zhuang Tunan then smiled and said, "Alright, I'm not joking with you anymore. Go back to reading your martial arts novel!"
Lin Dongzhe knew there were police watching the area, so he lost all interest in reading. He picked up the book he had been reading and ran home.
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