Xiang Pengfei said angrily, "Brother Tu Nan, if you continue to indulge him like this, Zhuang Zhennan will go down a dark path. If we don't do anything about it, Zhuang Zhennan will embark on a path of no return. Do you want to see him like that?"
"Brother Tunan!"
At this moment, Lin Dongzhe saw Zhuang Zhennan come out and pointed at him, saying to Zhuang Tunan, "Brother Tunan, Zhuang Zhennan is out, what should we do?"
Zhuang Tunan hurriedly said, "You two, go and stop him, quick!"
Lin Dongzhe ran towards Zhuang Zhennan, but Xiang Pengfei didn't move an inch.
Zhuang Tunan looked at Xiang Pengfei and said, "Go, Pengfei. No matter what, we are relatives and brothers. We can't just watch him jump into the fire!"
Xiang Pengfei thought for a moment, then suddenly stomped his foot and walked towards Zhuang Zhennan.
At this moment, Zhuang Zhennan, carrying the 50,000 yuan that Zhou Chengzhi had given him, wanted to hand it over as soon as possible so that he would be free and no longer have to hide.
But before he could take more than a few steps, Lin Dongzhe stopped him.
Zhuang Zhennan clutched the money tightly to his chest and looked at Lin Dongzhe, saying, "Lin Dongzhe, what are you trying to do?"
"I advise you to return the money. You know Zhou Chengzhi better than I do what kind of person he is!"
Zhuang Zhennan took a step back and said, "No, I won't back down. If I back down, I'll go to jail. You all want me to go to jail and have a criminal record. You all want to harm me. I know that, but I won't let you succeed!"
Seeing that Zhuang Zhennan was scared, Lin Dongzhe stopped pressuring him and said, "We can find another way to pay back the money, but once you take Zhou Chengzhi's money, you won't be able to pay it back. In that case, you'll be at his mercy and forced to do bad things!"
"I took their money, so naturally I'm on their orders. In any case, I'm much better than you guys, a bunch of heartless bastards!"
"you,,!"
"What's wrong with me? I borrowed this money through my own abilities. Whether I live or die is none of your business!"
At this moment, Xiang Pengfei stood behind Zhuang Zhennan and said to him with a stern face, "Give the money back. I'll lend you the money for your fine!"
Zhuang Zhennan glared at him and said, "I can't afford it. I'm afraid I'll end up working as a laborer on your transportation line!"
"Don't be ungrateful! I'm helping you out of respect for Brother Tu Nan!"
"You don't need to give him face. I've started my own business. We're not in the same league anymore. He's the farmer, the one who grows crops. I'm the one who runs the house. Life and death are predestined. It's a gambler's life!"
Xiang Pengfei pointed at Zhuang Zhennan and said, "Do you believe I can break your legs right now and make sure you can't go anywhere!"
Zhuang Zhennan was so frightened that he leaned against the wall. He saw Xiang Pengfei on his right and Lin Dongzhe on his left, with the two of them sandwiching him in the middle. He probably couldn't run away even if he wanted to.
But Zhuang Zhennan was not giving up. He looked to the left and right of the road and saw a patrol car passing by. So he shouted at the patrol car, "Help! Robbery! Someone's robbing us!"
The patrol car was occupied by Qin Chuan and Wu Xiaojun. As soon as Qin Chuan heard someone shouting, he slammed on the brakes and got out of the car with Wu Xiaojun.
Seeing two people surrounding Zhuang Zhennan, he shouted, "What are you doing? Don't move! Don't move!"
Only when he got closer and recognized Lin Dongzhe and Xiang Pengfei did Qin Chuan change his tone, saying, "Why are you two acting like relatives? Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were robbing someone!"
Before Xiang Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe could speak, Zhuang Zhennan blurted out, "Officer Qin, Officer Qin, please save me, save me! They're trying to rob me! I have 50,000 yuan on me, and they're just trying to steal it!"
Qin Chuan, of course, knew who Zhuang Zhennan was. He just smiled and said, "Who would believe that? Xiang Pengfei is a big boss in the transportation industry, and Lin Dongzhe is a supermarket owner. Two bosses fighting over someone who just came out of the police station?"
Seeing that Qin Chuan didn't believe him, Zhuang Zhennan took out the 50,000 yuan he had been carrying in his pocket, handed it to Qin Chuan, and said, "Officer Qin, this is the fine I need to pay!"
Upon seeing Zhuang Zhennan with so much money, Qin Chuan hurriedly said, "Where did you get so much money? Did you earn it through smuggling? If you can't explain it clearly, it will be considered stolen money!"
"This, this is what I borrowed from Boss Zhou Chengzhi!"
"Oh, okay, as long as there's a source, that's fine. Let's go! Come with us to the police station and pay your fine!"
Seeing Qin Chuan there, Xiang Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe decided not to stop him any longer.
But when Zhuang Zhennan heard that Qin Chuan was going to take him back to the police station, he immediately became arrogant. He walked between Xiang Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe, came to Qin Chuan's patrol car, and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to trouble Officer Qin!"
"What's the trouble? The fine you pay goes to the public, which is the country's money. Escorting the country's money back to the public is our duty as police officers!"
So Qin Chuan and Wu Xiaojun took Zhuang Zhennan back to the police station.
Xiang Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe watched helplessly as Qin Chuan took Zhuang Zhennan away, and had no choice but to turn around and return to the newsstand.
Zhuang Tunan naturally saw all of this as well. As soon as Xiang Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe returned, he said, "Let him be! It's not that we don't want to persuade him, but we really can't do anything about it. If he sees the error of his ways, he'll still be our brother. If he gets stuck in a rut, then he can only blame his own fate!"
Xiang Pengfei, who had just walked over, said, "Brother Tu Nan, don't worry about him. He's already caused us enough trouble. We can't let him get to this point just because he's a brother!"
"Pengfei, I know what you mean, but it's difficult for me as the older brother! If I don't care, I'm willing but unable to help. If I don't care, Grandpa and Grandma will probably cause trouble again, and then I'll be caught in the middle!"
"Yes! He came to ask for help to rescue him yesterday. Now that he doesn't need to be rescued, he comes to borrow money again. We didn't lend him the money, and now we don't know how to tell the old man about our faults when we get back!"
Lin Dongzhe said somewhat indignantly, "Brother Tu Nan, don't be afraid. Grandpa and Grandma are here. I'll speak up for you. It's true, Zhuang Zhennan isn't a child anymore. He's already a grown man. Who can control him!"
Xiang Pengfei sighed and said, "Alright! I won't bother with you guys anymore, I'm going back now! I'll come back when I have time!"
Just as Xiang Pengfei was about to turn and leave, Song Ying, who was at the breakfast shop, said to him, "Pengfei, come here for a moment!"
Xiang Pengfei hurried to the breakfast shop and asked Song Ying, "What's wrong, Auntie?"
"Are you busy right now?"
Xiang Pengfei said with a smile, "Don't worry about whether I'm alright or not, tell me what's going on first, your business is important!"
"It's like this, Pengfei, Dongzhe just went to see your aunt and said she doesn't want to have the surgery. I wanted to go and persuade her, so I'm asking you for a ride with me!"
"What? You're not going to have the surgery? That's unacceptable! This could be a matter of life and death!"
"Dongzhe said it's because the bookmaker can't come up with 50,000 yuan right away!"
"It's just money, right? Let alone 50,000, 100,000, or even 200,000, I, Xiang Pengfei, will cover it all myself!"
Song Ying smiled and said, "Pengfei, this money isn't just your problem. Dongzhe should also contribute, but our supermarket has only recently opened and we're having some cash flow issues!"
"Auntie, stop talking. I said I'll pay for it all myself, meaning I, Xiang Pengfei, will pay for it all myself. Come on, let's go to the hospital!"
"Okay, let's go!"
Song Ying got into Xiang Pengfei's car, and the two went to the hospital.
Zhou Chengzhi, who was standing across the street, also walked out of the movie theater. He glanced at the other side briefly, smiled slightly, got into his car, and drove directly to Fuqiang Road. He stopped the car as soon as he turned a corner, got out, went into a shop, and asked, "Excuse me, is this place occupied?"
A young man named Zhao Hai emerged from the side door of the store. He looked at Zhou Chengzhi and said, "Comrade, what do you need?"
"I... I don't want anything. I'm looking for your father. Is he home?"
"My dad? My dad's not home. What do you need him for?"
"It's nothing major, just about making money through cooperation!"
"Make money?"
When Zhao Hai heard that it was a money-making opportunity, he immediately perked up.
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