Han Chengshan remembered what his grandfather had told him before he left: "You hired these people yourself, so you should pay their wages yourself."
Where did he get so much money?
Bodyguards earn millions a year!
His allowance, even when added up, isn't much more than a fraction of what he could get!
He listened to Uncle Tie's gentle voice coaxing his daughter and felt guilty and uneasy. Uncle Tie had lost his job and thought he would make money if he worked for him, but now he... had no money!
No, I can't let the people who follow me suffer!
He rescued those people, but he didn't see them through to the end, which led them to do so many wrong things. If he were to tell Uncle Tie now that he had lost his job as a bodyguard, Uncle Tie would definitely go crazy. To make a living, he might do some more heinous things.
Han Chengshan frowned, his mind racing as he considered countermeasures.
Seeing that Brother Shan looked serious, Little Fatty didn't want to disturb him. He knew Brother Shan well; Brother Shan wasn't one to keep secrets. Just now, Brother Shan saw Uncle Tie looking worried, so it must be that something went wrong with Uncle Tie's job.
Uncle Tie hung up the phone with a big smile: "Third Young Master, you finally came to find us. I was really afraid that if you hadn't come, I would have lost my job."
Han Chengshan took a deep breath: "Uncle Tie, you'll get paid to follow me. You can still be my bodyguard, but we'll have to discuss the salary separately."
Uncle Tie's face darkened: "We agreed on the price to be the same as your two bodyguards."
“Uncle Tie, the two bodyguards were hired by my grandfather. They are both top bodyguards from the International Bodyguard Guild. Their work experience speaks for itself, and my grandfather paid them. You… I hired you. You know you used to be a head instructor at that school. You’re not exactly a good person. My grandfather would never let you stay by my side.”
"What do you mean by that? Am I unemployed again?"
"No, listen to me, don't get angry. My grandfather doesn't hire you or pay you a salary, but he also didn't stop me from keeping you by my side. I... I'd hire you, but I'm a student and don't have much money. I definitely can't afford a million-dollar annual salary. How about I share half of my monthly allowance with you?"
"How much pocket money do you get each month? You can give me half of it, but it's not even as much as I did at my last job!"
"Wasn't your last job 9999?" Han Chengshan asked, puzzled.
"The principal is so stingy, he won't even give me an extra yuan, it really is 9999. If you could give me the same, I would just let it go and live off you."
"Don't worry!" Han Chengshan breathed a sigh of relief. "My grandfather gives me 2,000 yuan every week, my eldest brother gives me 1,000 yuan every week, and my second sister gives me 1,000 yuan every week. Now I have a mentor who is a rich man. As long as I hit the target every time, he will give me a reward of 10,000 yuan! I can basically hit the target every time, and I can get the reward 4 times a week!"
"Wait a minute!" Uncle Tie felt extremely bitter: "Let me calculate how much you make a month."
Uncle Tie counted on his fingers: "In a month, four weeks, your grandfather gives you 8,000, your eldest brother gives you 4,000, and your second sister gives you 4,000. You'll get 16,000 in total?"
"That's right!" Han Chengshan nodded. "Originally, I only had this much money. If I gave you half, it would only be 8,000. Luckily, I have my master. My master is very generous!"
"You can get a reward of 40,000 from your master every month?"
"Yes! That's right!"
"So, in total, you can earn 56,000 a month?"
Han Chengshan nodded vigorously: "Uncle Tie, if I share half with you, I can pay you a salary of 28,000! My grandpa once said that when I go to high school, he'll give me an extra allowance!"
Uncle Tie fell silent.
"Uncle Tie, are you unhappy?" Han Chengshan asked somewhat awkwardly. "Didn't you just say that as long as you had 9999, you could follow me? Now I'm giving you more than double that, why are you still unhappy?"
"Go away, let me have some peace and quiet." Uncle Tie turned his back, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
Han Chengshan looked puzzled: "What's wrong with him?"
Little Fatty reached out and pulled Han Chengshan away, saying, "Brother Shan, don't upset him!"
"He's angry because I can't offer him a million-dollar annual salary?" Han Chengshan sighed. "I didn't expect Grandpa wouldn't invite him. I've already begged Grandpa, but he still won't agree."
"Brother Shan, can you please stop being so careless!"
"Isn't he unhappy because of the million-dollar annual salary? He's angry because his son is crying."
"Brother Shan! He's feeling resentful because you get so much pocket money! Think about it, you make nearly 60,000 a month, while he used to do unethical jobs at school, earning only one month's pocket money for half a year. Don't you think he feels aggrieved?"
Han Chengshan touched his bald head: "I didn't think that much about it. I thought the more pocket money I had, the happier he would be if he could get half of it."
Little Fatty continued to pull the person outside: "He'll be happy once he figures things out. Come on, let's go outside and let him calm down."
"Alright then." Han Chengshan was initially reluctant to be dragged along by the chubby boy, but now he cooperated readily, leaving the room in just a few steps and closing the door behind him.
Standing in the hotel corridor, Han Chengshan asked, "Little Fatty, aren't you really going home to visit?"
Little Fatty sighed and looked at Han Chengshan: "Brother Shan, no one will welcome me if I go back. What would I do if I got in their way?"
"So you're planning to never go back?"
"If I could, I'd rather never see them again! Brother Shan, what those people did after leaving school has already blown up online, and I'm afraid I'll become part of that news story."
"Don't do anything rash..."
"Brother Shan, last night, I wanted to leave the hotel countless times, to go find my father, to find his pregnant new wife."
"Little Fatty!" Han Chengshan grabbed Little Fatty's hand tightly: "You're not thinking of killing her, are you?"
"I didn't have a cell phone at school, but at night I logged into my WeChat account using Uncle Tie's phone and saw my dad's posts on WeChat Moments! I discovered that the woman got pregnant around the time I was just locked up!"
Little Fatty's eyes were bloodshot: "It's not because I did anything wrong, it's not because I followed others, it's not because my grades were bad, and it's not because I need to be reformed! It's because they want to get rid of trash, because they have a new child, and they're eager to throw me, this piece of trash, into the trash can!"
"Brother Shan, I really hate them! If I hadn't been waiting for you at the hotel, I would have definitely gone home, and when I got home, I would have done... something terrifying that I can't even imagine."
"Fatty, calm down! They don't want you, but I do! They think you're trash, but you're my baby!"
"Brother Shan... that's a bit cheesy."
Han Chengshan also sensed something was off, and coughed lightly: "What I mean is, when my family had that accident, a lot of people distanced themselves from me. It was you who stood in front of the class and loudly proclaimed that I was good at sports and that even without my parents, I could still become a remarkable person! You even gave me money and good food! A friend in need is a friend indeed, Little Fatty, we're brothers for life!"
"Brother Shan! Waaah... We're brothers for life. For Brother Shan, I won't break the law. I won't let you down!"
At that moment, the door opened, and Uncle Tie, his face ashen, exclaimed: "Look at the way other people are looking at us!"
The two men, hugging and crying, muttering "Good brothers, lifelong friendship," turned around and looked at the end of the hotel corridor. They saw a crowd gathered there, watching them for who knows how long, pointing and whispering.
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