Chapter 10: The Biggest Backer
The process of withdrawing the marriage application went more smoothly than expected.
The farce at the Xu family yesterday had already spread throughout the street.
Xu's uncle, who was a minor official in the street office, was probably afraid of getting into trouble, so he didn't even dare to fart. He had a gloomy face throughout the whole process and completed the procedures smoothly.
Ruan Anan took the light yet heavy certificate of revocation without even looking at her uncle whose face was ashen.
In your previous life, you worked like a slave, being blamed by your boss and stabbed by your colleagues. What kind of cold stares and difficulties have you not seen?
This expression is not even enough to fill her teeth!
With the proof in hand, Ruan Anan started thinking about the next step.
How can we completely kill the Xu family's nest of poisonous snakes and prevent future troubles?
As soon as I walked out of the old wooden door of the street office, a figure blocked my way.
The man who came was a man in his thirties, with a crew cut and wearing washed-out work clothes. His sleeves were rolled up, revealing a strong forearm. His eyes showed a shrewd and unruly look, and it was obvious that he was a street hustler.
"Miss Ruan?" The man's voice was deep and contained a hint of gangsterism. "Boss Zhou heard about your situation and specifically instructed me to bring a few brothers to help you 'strengthen your reputation.'"
As he spoke, he turned sideways and pointed towards the narrow alley next to him.
Only then did Ruan Anan notice that in the dim alley, there were six or seven men with the same strong aura standing in the shadows.
Everyone stood straight with sharp eyes.
What is even more eye-catching is that below their rolled-up cuffs, there is a tattoo of the ancient and powerful official script character "Zhou".
Looking at the people in front of him and the scene in the alley, Ruan Anan's heart suddenly ached and he was overwhelmed with mixed emotions.
"No need to trouble Uncle Zhou! I have withdrawn my marriage application!" Her voice was a little choked.
The man's tense shoulders relaxed noticeably upon hearing this, and he let out a long sigh. "It's good that they're retreating! It's good that they're retreating! Boss Zhou isn't feeling well, but he's always thinking of you. He asked me to tell you something: Even if the sky falls, the Zhou Gang will hold it up! No matter what, just give us a word, and we brothers will be there, no matter how hard it is!"
These words were like a branding iron, burning Ruan Anan's heart and making it feel sore and painful.
Boss Zhou, Zhou Huaian.
The son of the old housekeeper who served the original owner's grandfather, and also the childhood playmate of the original owner's mother.
The ancestors of the Ruan family were very generous. Not only did they take the Zhou family in, they also allowed the Zhou brothers to learn to read and write with Ruan's mother.
Later, the world changed. The teenage Zhou Huaian brought his younger brother Zhou Huairen, and with their ruthlessness and sense of loyalty, they made a name for themselves as the "Zhou Gang" in the mixed area of the Bund Pier.
In order to protect his mother Ruan, he never married and treated the original owner Ruan Anan as his own daughter.
In the book, after the original owner met with misfortune, this sickly gangster ran around, trying his best to seek justice for her...
Unfortunately, even the most powerful hero cannot compete with Su Qingyue’s halo as the heroine.
Not only did he fail to rescue the original owner, he was also implicated. A hero of his generation ended up dying in humiliation in the cowshed.
Ruan Anan's face showed only gratitude and concern as she spoke solemnly to the man, "Uncle, thank you for taking the trouble to come here. Please tell Uncle Zhou to rest and recuperate. I've settled things here and will visit him in person later."
"Okay, okay! Then I'll take everyone back first!"
After saying this, the man waved his hand towards the alley, and seven or eight men quickly and quietly dispersed...
Ruan Anan smiled and watched everyone leave, but there was a cold look in her eyes.
She has always been a vengeful person!
A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water, and a small grudge... should be taken back tenfold or a hundredfold!
Now she has control over the space and a mountain of supplies. She must nip the tragedy of the Zhou brothers in the bud no matter what.
As for Su Qingyue?
Oh, this white lotus in human skin has really added fuel to the fire in the Zhou family's affairs.
Okay, let’s settle the new and old accounts together!
Having made up his mind, Ruan Anan glanced around to make sure no one was paying attention, then turned around and slipped into the deepest shadows of the alley.
With a slight movement of his mind, the whole person disappeared in an instant.
[Plum wine*10 is ready]
She deftly poured the amber wine into an empty glass bottle and added clear, sweet spring water in a ratio of 1:2.
Then, from the pile of medicines "seized" yesterday, several boxes of azithromycin, the pneumonia killer, were accurately found.
Half an hour later, she carried an inconspicuous cloth bag and knocked on the familiar and heavy door of the Zhou family villa.
“Squeak—”
The door opened, revealing the feared Mr. Zhou, Zhou Huaiquan, on Pujiang Beach.
He was tall and thin like a bamboo, his face was dark and rough from years of sea breeze, and an old scar on his brow added a bit of fierceness to his face.
But when he saw the plain girl standing at the door, he subconsciously forced out a rare smile that was filled with the warmth of an elder: "An An?"
But that smile only lasted a moment, and was immediately replaced by vigilance. He spoke in a hoarse voice, with a hint of helplessness and defensiveness: "Girl, this time... you're not asking your second uncle to rescue those bastards from the Xu family again, are you?"
Ruan Anan's throat choked and her face felt a little hot.
Over the past three years, the mother and son of the Xu family regarded her as a "stepping stone" to open the door to the Zhou family.
Relying on the original owner's affection for the Zhou family and her love for the family, every time the original owner came, she would beg for help for the Xu family's trivial matters.
A lucrative job at the textile factory, a city hukou, and the ability for Su Qingyue to live openly in the Xu family...
Which one of them was not "settled" by Uncle Zhou Er's gloomy face?
No wonder my second uncle looked like he saw a debt collector when he saw her.
"Second Uncle!" Ruan Anan raised her head, her voice low but every word piercing the earth, "You misunderstood! I didn't come here to save them—"
She paused, a cold arc appeared on the corner of her mouth: "I'm here to send them off!"
Zhou Huaiquan's hawk-like eyes narrowed suddenly, and he looked Ruan Anan up and down carefully.
"Girl, are you serious? Are you really willing to touch them?"
"I'm willing to give it up!" Ruan Anan said firmly, without any evasion in her eyes. "It's more real than real gold!"
The wrinkles on Zhou Huaiquan's face instantly relaxed, and he immediately burst into a loud laugh: "Great! Great! You little girl, your eyes have finally paid off! Just wait! Second Uncle will go and take care of them right away, and let you vent your anger!"
Ruan Anan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly grabbed Zhou Huaiquan who was about to rush out: "Second Uncle! Second Uncle, wait a minute! We don't need to rush for a moment!"
She pulled the impetuous Zhou Huaiquan into the living room, and a strong smell of Chinese medicine mixed with suppressed coughs hit her face.
On the sofa in the middle of the living room, an old man wearing a washed-out black Tang suit leaned against the wall.
The real backbone of the Zhou family, Zhou Huaian.
He was leaning on an old, shiny dragon-headed cane, his face was as gray as if covered with dust, and his eyes were cloudy and yellow.
Every cough caused his bony body to rise and fall violently, as if he was going to cough out his lungs.
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