Xiang Pengfei arrived at the alley entrance and sat down with Zhuang Tunan in front of the bookstall. By this time, the crowd had dispersed, so there were only a few customers left.
Xiang Pengfei asked Zhuang Tunan, "How is it, Brother Tunan? Is making a living by doing business like this better than earning a salary by working a regular job?"
Zhuang Tunan just smiled and said, "How should I put it? In the past, I was busy and fulfilled, but now I'm bored and want to communicate with everyone. So one is too busy, and the other is too idle. There are different advantages and disadvantages to both!"
Just then, Zhang Min brought a small stool from home, sat between Zhuang Tunan and Xiang Pengfei, and said with a grin, "Hello, brothers!"
Zhuang Tunan and Xiang Pengfei both looked at Zhang Min. Zhuang Tunan asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with your sister?"
Although Zhang Min was smiling, you could sense her grievance. She sniffed and said, "Wu Shanshan told me to get lost, and I didn't want to stay there, so I came out."
When Xiang Pengfei saw the red handprint on Zhang Min's face, he knew that Zhang Min must have been beaten. However, he didn't feel comfortable asking her, so he remained silent.
Zhuang Tunan said, "There shouldn't be any barriers between sisters. You must have made your sister angry, right?"
Zhang Min looked displeased and said, "We're not related by blood, so she can't control everything I do. If she's too controlling, I don't want to talk to her anymore!"
"She's the older sister, and you're the younger sister. Sometimes you have to listen to your older sister, after all, she's more educated and experienced than you!"
"It's one thing for her to meddle in some trivial matters, but she even interferes in which boyfriend I have,"
"Your sister is your closest relative, so naturally she'd want what's best for you! Don't worry! Your sister would never harm you!"
"I also believe she wouldn't hurt me, but that can't stop me from liking someone!"
Zhuang Tunan seemed to suddenly have a gossipy urge and asked, "Who do you like? Can you tell me?"
Zhang Min blushed instantly at the sudden question, her eyes darting around, but she didn't know how to answer.
Seeing Zhang Min's flushed face, Zhuang Tunan assumed she liked someone beside her, but after thinking it over, he couldn't guess who it was. Suddenly, a clever idea struck him, and he decided to joke with Zhang Min, saying, "You don't happen to like your Pengfei brother, do you? He's a married man with a girlfriend!"
Zhang Min blushed and slapped Zhuang Tunan, saying shyly, "Nonsense! I don't like Pengfei at all! I know his girlfriend's name is Zhou Yuxiang!"
Zhuang Tunan pressed on, asking, "So, who do you like? Tell me their name!"
Perhaps Zhuang Tunan asked that question on purpose, which made Zhang Min anxious, so she naturally stopped answering.
Zhuang Tunan underestimated Zhang Min. Although Zhang Min was so embarrassed that she wanted to disappear into the ground, she had no intention of leaving and simply looked away.
Seeing Zhang Min and Zhuang Tunan so passionately together through the glass, Wu Shanshan, who was far away, was so angry that she couldn't stand anything.
She stood up angrily, walked to the phone, picked it up, and dialed Liu Jian's number again.
As soon as Liu Jian answered her call, he angrily said, "Honey, someone is bullying me, aren't you going to do anything about it?"
"who?"
"Zhang Min!"
"Stop making a scene! It's just trivial stuff between sisters, it's not bullying. Besides, what can I do if she bullies me? She's my sister-in-law, if I lay a finger on her, my mother-in-law will chop me up!"
That's not the problem!
"What is that? Tell me!"
"He teamed up with Zhuang Tunan to bully me!"
How did they end up together?
"How would I know? They were chatting and laughing across the street, and it made me angry. Zhang Min just told me she wanted to quit her job, and I thought she wanted to find her a boyfriend, so I asked you to introduce her to one. I never expected that she, she..."
What's wrong with her?
"She actually wants to date Zhuang Tunan!"
"What? How could that be? Honey, don't overthink it! Zhuang Tunan has a girlfriend, isn't her name Li Jia?"
"Yes! I know, but Zhang Min insisted on talking to me. She said she liked Zhuang Tunan, and I was so angry that I slapped her!"
Liu Jian scolded Wu Shanshan, saying, "Why did you slap her? What if Mom and Dad come back and tell on you? That's wrong of you!"
"I don't care, if she dares to be with Zhuang Tunan, I'll slap her. Since I've slapped her, I'm not afraid!"
"Okay, okay, then you handle it!"
"Have you found a way to punish the bookmaker?"
"Wife! Please stop talking. I get scared whenever you mention the dealer, not just a little scared!"
"Look at you, what's wrong? You're scared before you even have a chance to do anything?"
"You don't know, honey, my policeman friend told me that three groups of people who messed with the bookmaker have all been arrested! The criminal investigation team is keeping a close watch on them, and they'll arrest anyone who makes a move! Do you think we can afford to mess with them?"
"So bookmakers are really that popular? The police are protecting them!"
"That's not the case. Zhuang Tunan's cousin, Zhuang Zhennan, is involved in smuggling. The police wanted to arrest Zhuang Zhennan at the Zhuang family's place, but they waited for a whole day and night and still couldn't catch him!"
"Really? Honey, I've heard that smuggling can be very lucrative. It's a pity we don't have any connections. If we did, I'd go smuggling too!"
"Silly wife, that's illegal! You could be executed!"
"Life without money is a living hell. It's better to eat a peanut and feel better. I'm telling you, Liu Jian, if this kindergarten goes bankrupt and doesn't make any money, I'll divorce you. I'd rather be dead than live a life of poverty!"
"Wife, you...?"
"What do you mean, 'you'? I'm telling the truth. We already have a lot of problems with the kindergarten. If we lose more money, wouldn't that just be adding holes to holes?"
"Okay! Honey, I'll find a way to make money, okay? I'll make you lots and lots of money!"
"That's more like it. I love you, honey! Come to the kindergarten tonight, and we'll have some alone time. I'll treat you!"
"Okay! Thank you, honey!"
As soon as Liu Jian finished speaking, he heard a "click" sound. Wu Shanshan had hung up on him, leaving Liu Jian staring at the phone in a daze for a long time.
Just then, there was a knock on his office door.
Liu Jian turned his head to the door and said, "Please come in!"
The person who entered was none other than Zhou Chengzhi. He was wearing a black woolen overcoat and sunglasses, and he smiled as he said to Liu Jian, "You little brat, back when we were in school, you didn't have this much of an attitude, did you?"
Liu Jian looked up and saw Zhou Chengzhi. He smiled and said, "Who did I think it was? It's you, Da Zhou. Although we were sworn brothers back in junior high, I'm afraid you don't count it anymore, right?"
"It counts, it counts, how can it not count? You're the second oldest, I'm the oldest!"
"We promised when we kowtowed that we would share both hardship and happiness!"
"Sure! Just tell me how you want it calculated!"
Liu Jian stretched out his hand to Zhou Chengzhi and said, "I borrowed 60,000 yuan to build the kindergarten. Let's split it in half when we meet. You give me 30,000?"
Zhou Chengzhi laughed and said, "Haha, it's just 60,000 yuan, right? I'll reimburse you for it!"
"What?! You...!"
Liu Jian looked at Zhou Chengzhi with some disbelief and said, "You really reimbursed me?"
"What's the big deal? It's just 60,000 yuan! Even if it's 100,000, 200,000, or 300,000, I can reimburse you!"
Where did you get so much money?
"Of course I earned it!"
"How did you earn it? Can you tell me?"
"No rush, no rush, let's talk about other things first!"
"What's up?"
"If you cooperate with me, I'll give you 100,000 tomorrow!"
"One hundred thousand? What's the matter?"
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