Upon hearing this, Lin Dongzhe became somewhat agitated and said, "How can you, a policeman, make such wild guesses? This was bought for me by my father, and he had someone bring it over. How can you say such a thing?"
Li Yong, fearing he might actually get anxious, quickly said, "You're taking my jokes seriously? Last time you were caught by the police, it was because you bought it. That tells us you don't steal, you only buy, you're not a bad person!"
Lin Dongzhe then mustered up his courage and walked up to Zhuang Tunan, handing him the pager and saying, "Brother Tunan, this is a pager, and it even has a Chinese display! Let's each take one, and we'll save one for Brother Pengfei!"
Li Yong glanced at the pager and said, "Heh, your dad's really generous! These pagers cost at least a thousand yuan each on the market, but buying three only costs less than five thousand yuan!"
Fearing that the policeman Li Yong might misunderstand, Lin Dongzhe quickly explained, "My dad works in Guangzhou, where these things are cheaper, so it won't cost much!"
"Oh, no wonder. These things aren't worth much in the South, only a few hundred yuan, but most of them aren't genuine products, so they might not last long!"
Lin Dongzhe rolled his eyes at Li Yong after hearing some unpleasant words from him, and said, "Officer, why don't you just say that the grapes are sour because you can't have them?"
Li Yong pointed at Lin Dongzhe and simply smiled.
Zhuang Tunan said to Lin Dongzhe, "Dongzhe, don't talk nonsense. The police work day and night to catch bad guys, and their wages are so low. What are they doing it for? Isn't it so that you and I can live and work in peace? You mustn't speak ill of the police officers in the future!"
At this point, Li Yongcai said, "It's alright. He was probably still upset about being arrested a few days ago, so he might still harbor some resentment towards us police officers. Let's not blame him!"
"He was arrested for trying to get something for nothing, how can you blame the police? You can't blame the police!"
"Alright, that's settled then. We'll be leaving now and come back to check in a few days. We hope you only sell genuine products and refuse to sell pirated ones!"
"Okay, goodbye, officer!"
"goodbye!"
As Lin Dongzhe watched the police walk away, he actually spat at their backs!
Zhuang Tunan hurriedly scolded Lin Dongzhe, saying, "Dongzhe, you can't do this! We are all one family, the police and the people!"
Lin Dongzhe, afraid that Zhuang Tunan would be angry with him, quickly said, "I was just joking with Officer Li!"
Just then, Xiang Pengfei's car pulled up to the side of the road. He got out of the car, saw Lin Dongzhe, and called out, "Dongzhe, come here and help me unload the books!"
Upon hearing that the books were being unloaded, Lin Dongzhe knew that the books transported from the south had arrived. He was eager to read martial arts novels, so he rushed over to the trunk of the car.
As soon as Xiang Pengfei opened the trunk, he saw more than a dozen bundles of brand-new books.
Lin Dongzhe picked up the two bundles and ran to the newsstand, making four or five trips before he was done.
Xiang Pengfei used the knife on his keychain to cut the nylon rope on the new books, and the bundle of more than twenty books immediately fell apart.
Lin Dongzhe picked up a copy of "Broken Soul Blood Finger" and was about to squat in a corner to read it.
Xiang Pengfei quickly said to him, "I asked you to help me, not to read!"
Lin Dongzhe grinned at Xiang Pengfei and said, "I'll only read for a little while, just a few pages!"
"Brother Tunan, do you need my help?"
Zhuang Tunan looked up and saw Zhang Min coming out of the kindergarten across the street. He quickly said, "No need, no need. There aren't many people here. We have helpers, don't we?"
"Oh, by the way, do you have any books by Qiong Yao? Like 'One Curtain of Dreams,' 'Between Water and Clouds,' or 'The Ghost Husband,' and the like?"
Zhuang Tunan shook his head and said, "Not yet. I just opened today, you know. If you want some, you can write me a list of books, and I'll have Ada bring them over!"
"Sure! Besides Qiong Yao, I also like Yi Shu, Cen Kailun, and Yan Qin's romance novels. I love reading them, and my colleagues love them too. I'll buy a couple more sets to support your business!"
Zhuang Tunan turned to Lin Dongzhe, who was reading a book, and said, "Lin Dongzhe, did you remember that? Don't just read!"
Lin Dongzhe said dismissively, "Aren't they just some romance novels? I blush just looking at those words, I don't want to read those kinds of novels!"
Zhang Min, a strong-willed young woman, pointed her nose at Lin Dongzhe and said, "You think fighting and killing is so good? Aren't you afraid of bloodshed?"
Lin Dongzhe chuckled and said, "This isn't about fighting and killing; it's about human relationships and social interactions. Who hasn't dreamed of being a martial arts hero? If I were born in ancient times, I would definitely be a chivalrous swordsman who roams the world with my sword!"
Zhang Min covered her mouth and said, "Yes, you are a swordsman, a shameless swordsman! Hahahaha!"
Lin Dongzhe, however, said in a serious tone: "Swordsmen are better than knife-wielders. Broadswords are big and heavy in the hand, which is inconvenient!"
Zhang Min ignored him and said to Zhuang Tunan, "Brother Tunan, I'm going to eat. If you need any help, just call me!"
After saying that, he skipped and hopped into the alley.
After seeing Zhang Min leave, Lin Dongzhe said, "Love-obsessed!" and then continued reading his book.
Xiang Pengfei laid out all the martial arts books on the wire bed. Seeing that it was mealtime and no one was coming to buy them, he said to Zhuang Tunan, "Brother Tunan, these books were bought by Ada for two yuan each. You can buy a set of two for ten yuan, or a set of three for fifteen yuan. That means you can make three yuan profit per book!"
Zhuang Tunan thought for a moment and said, "What about the shipping cost? I can't just not pay a single penny, can I?"
As Xiang Pengfei arranged the books, he said, "Why are you bringing up shipping costs? We're all family. What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours. We don't distinguish between each other!"
"Then what are you going to tell Yuxiang? You two are going to live together from now on, and you can't let her talk about you!"
"It's alright, Brother Tu Nan. Yu Xiang is a reasonable woman. She naturally knows about our relationship. If she dares to say anything provocative, I'll break up with her immediately. What's the point of talking? A woman who's too calculating is not worth having!"
"But I'll feel guilty!"
"Alright! Just relax!"
"How should I pay Ada for his books?"
"I've already given it to him for you. Give it to me after you've bought the books. There are 350 books in total. Just have my aunt put it on the tab!"
"That's seven hundred yuan!"
"Yes, I'll go to the company to get busy after I finish setting up the books for you. I won't have time to help you sell them. Just be careful not to lose any copies!"
"Okay, I got it. Zhennan's back!"
"What? He's back? Where? I'm going to teach him a lesson! How dare he steal money from his own family? He's gone too far!"
"Forget it, besides, he didn't steal anything, did he? He suffered a lot in the south, but now he's backed by Ada and has a powerful backer, so let him be!"
"That won't do. If I run into him, I'll either beat him up or give him a piece of my mind and a good scolding!"
"Shouldn't we be forgiving? Oh, right, Dongzhe also bought a pager. We can each have one. Yours is at home, go get it!"
"I'm not going, I don't want that thing!"
"Don't talk nonsense. You just told me you were family! Hurry up and go! There aren't many people now, you don't need to set up all the stalls!"
Xiang Pengfei then stopped talking and said to Lin Dongzhe, "Don't just read books, help watch the stall!"
"Okay, okay! Stop fooling around, I'm reading!"
Xiang Pengfei turned to Zhuang Tunan and said, "These martial arts novels are truly magical; he's completely mesmerized in just a short while!"
Zhuang Tunan waved to Xiang Pengfei, telling him not to worry about it.
At that moment, Zhuang Xiaoting was fiddling with her mobile phone with her parents when Zhuang Chaoying asked her to make a call to her grandfather's landline.
So Zhuang Xiaoting dialed her grandfather's phone number, and it was her grandfather who answered.
A voice came from the phone, saying, "Hello, who is it?"
Zhuang Chaoying quickly answered the phone and said, "Dad! It's me, Chaoying!"
"Oh, is there something you need on the phone?"
"I just wanted to tell you that Zhennan is back. Has he gone home yet?"
"What? Zhennan's back? Have you seen him?"
"I didn't see him; Huang Ling saw him!"
"Oh, I'll see when he gets back. When he does, I'll break his legs!"
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