ECG -Chapter 100 Are You Trying to Become Like Gao Yanei?

Wu Xiaozhou came out with his face covered in some green substance. No one knew what kind of medicine it was.

A doctor said, “One of his teeth was loose. Luckily, it was a wisdom tooth, so we removed it. Also, his back suffered multiple blows from a blunt object, so he needs to get an X-ray. I recommend that he stay in the hospital for a few days for observation.”

Lin Hao went to handle Wu Xiaozhou’s admission paperwork, while Bai Zhitao and Xia Yumeng helped him get his scans done.

After a great deal of fuss, Wu Xiaozhou finally lay down on the hospital bed. Lin Hao and the others were all drenched in sweat from the ordeal.

Looking at Wu Xiaozhou, who was grimacing in pain, Xia Yumeng said, “I’m going out to make a phone call.”

Watching Xia Yumeng’s tall and slender figure as she walked away, Wu Xiaozhou grinned despite his swollen mouth.

“Did you two hook up?”

Bai Zhitao immediately reached out and hit him.

Lin Hao couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. “Look at the state you’re in, and you still have the time to gossip?”

Bai Zhitao reached out and touched his swollen face, asking worriedly, “Does it still hurt?”

Wu Xiaozhou put away his smile.

“Since there’s no place where they’ll listen to reason, then don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

Lin Hao was startled.

“Don’t do anything stupid. I’ll help you settle this matter.”

“Settle it? How are you going to settle it? You don’t know how domineering Cao Yitui is in Chunhe!” Wu Xiaozhou asked.

Lin Hao shook his head.

“Domineering? He still has someone he’s afraid of!”

Wu Xiaozhou was stunned for a moment, then immediately thought of someone.

He blurted out, “Zhou Dongbing?”

Lin Hao nodded.

“What do you want to do? Make him apologize? Pay compensation?”

Wu Xiaozhou waved his hand.

“Fuck the money. I just want to beat him up!”

Lin Hao smiled bitterly.

“After you beat him up, you’ll feel better. But what if he comes back and beats you again? Do you think this matter will ever end?”

Bai Zhitao nodded. She admitted Lin Hao was right. Although Wu Xiaozhou’s idea was satisfying, it was nothing more than a reckless act of courage.

If they kept fighting back and forth, this matter would never end. In the end, the ones who would suffer would still be them. After all, those people were just a bunch of thugs and scoundrels—they had plenty of time to drag things out and wear you down.

Lin Hao would not agree to let Wu Xiaozhou act on impulse. He didn’t say anything else and raised his head to look out the window. It was already dark.

He took out his phone and called Zhou Dongbing.

After listening to what Lin Hao said, Zhou Dongbing remained silent for a moment. Then he said he would get back to him and hung up.

Just as Lin Hao put down his phone, Xia Yumeng walked back into the room.

Lin Hao said, “Come on, let’s go buy some dinner. All this running around made us hungry.”

“Okay!”

Bai Zhitao watched the two of them walk out of the ward, and for some reason, she felt a little upset.

She thought of the affectionate way Chu Xiaomei usually looked at Lin Hao, and then remembered that pretty face covered in tears as she crouched outside the operating room…

She still felt that Chu Xiaomei and Lin Hao were the best match for each other, and her heart grew even more gloomy.

Wu Xiaozhou tugged at her.

“What are you thinking about?”

Bai Zhitao responded with an “Mm,” then looked at Wu Xiaozhou’s fat, swollen face and suddenly giggled.

“I was thinking about your pig head!”

After laughing, she lowered her head and looked at her down jacket. The blood on the front had already dried, leaving dark brown spots everywhere. She sighed.

She had dragged Little Wu into this mess…

……

Beixue Building, the tallest building in Chunhe.

After putting down the phone, Zhou Dongbing rubbed his temples. Across from his desk sat a fair, chubby man who looked to be around forty years old. He asked softly:

“President Zhou, are you feeling unwell?”

Zhou Dongbing waved his hand.

“It’s nothing. Go on.”

“We calculated it. The soil excavated from the underground commercial street is enough to fill the land at the old mine area in Nanshan. There will be some leftover, but not much,” the man said.

Zhou Dongbing nodded.

“Alright. Start preparing the budgets for both sides.”

The man stood up, bowed, said “alright,” and walked out.

This project had already been underway for nearly two years. It was a final gift from a big brother who was being transferred to the provincial capital, a last favor he was leaving behind for himself in Chunhe.

The city of Chunhe planned to excavate an underground commercial street beneath the pedestrian street. The total cost of the entire project was not small, and the profits would be considerable. At the same time, his own real estate company was preparing to develop a new housing project in the old Nanshan mining area.

His idea was to use the soil excavated from the underground commercial street to fill the Nanshan mine pits. That way, he could accomplish two things at once and make money twice.

Every truckload of soil removed from the underground commercial street was included in the budget, and the city would pay for it. Meanwhile, the Nanshan mine housing project would originally have had to spend a sum of money buying soil to fill the pits.

If the two projects were carried out together, the excavated soil could be used to fill the mine pits. The two projects would complement each other: one side would get rid of the soil and make money, while the other side would save money by not having to buy soil.

Pushing the business calculations out of his mind, he picked up the landline phone on the desk and made a call.

“Old Cao!”

A whining, sobbing voice came from the other end. “Dongbing, I got beaten up!”

Zhou Dongbing was stunned for a moment.

That didn’t seem right. Lin Hao had said that it was Cao Yitui and his men who had beaten up Xiao Wu. How come Cao Yitui was the one claiming he had been beaten?

“What happened?” he asked.

Cao Yitui sighed repeatedly. “Don’t even mention it. I ran into two lunatics. Sigh!”

Zhou Dongbing felt that it wasn’t something that could be explained clearly over the phone.

“Can you move? If you can, come to my company. If you can’t, I’ll send someone to carry you here.”

Cao Yitui knew him too well. The moment he heard that tone, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly said, “Wait, I’ll be there right away!”

Less than twenty minutes later, Cao Yitui was already standing in Zhou Dongbing’s office.

Cao Yitui’s injuries weren’t serious. His nose had bled a little, and the kick Wu Xiaozhou gave him in the lower back had been somewhat heavy. As for the few slaps Bai Zhitao gave him, they only hurt at the time.

Zhou Dongbing didn’t get up. He just sat there, spinning a disposable lighter in his hand. Cao Yitui glanced at the leather chair beside him, thought about it, and still didn’t dare sit down.

The room was completely silent.

After a long while, Zhou Dongbing tilted his chin toward the chair.

“Sit down. Did you come here to stand like you’re buying a standing ticket?”

Cao Yitui gave an awkward laugh and sat down.

“Not bad, Boss Cao has really grown capable. Are you trying to act like Gao Yanei?”

Cao Yitui froze.

“Who’s Gao Yanei?”

Zhou Dongbing looked at him strangely.

“That’s not right. Didn’t you say you’d read Water Margin?”

Cao Yitui looked embarrassed.

“I read the picture book version. I only looked at the drawings!”

Zhou Dongbing chuckled. He pointed the lighter at him.

“Old Cao, tell me, what am I supposed to say about you?”

“Just say it. We’re brothers, who’s a stranger to whom? We’ve stirred the same spoon in the same pot…”

Zhou Dongbing hurriedly raised his hand to stop him.

“Stop. Don’t mix going to prison with brotherhood in the same sentence. The person you messed with today is my little brother. Tell me, what are you going to do?”

Cao Yitui was completely stunned.

Impossible.

Although Dongbing now had a huge business empire, and he didn’t even know most of the people working at his companies, anyone he could call a brother should be someone from the underworld.

But that kid today clearly wasn’t that type of person.

Besides, among those who mixed around in Chunhe’s underworld, there really weren’t many people who would still dare to fight him.

Thinking of this, he forced a laugh.

“No way! How could he be your brother? Which of your brothers don’t I know? That kid, aside from looking a little like…”

Before he could finish, he saw Zhou Dongbing’s face darken and immediately shut his mouth.

The office fell silent again for quite some time.

Cao Yitui felt restless sitting there.

“Dongbing… you really know him?”

Zhou Dongbing nodded.

Cao Yitui cursed inwardly.

Damn it, what bad luck. Not only did he run into two lunatics, but he didn’t even get any advantage out of it. He didn’t get to eat the mutton and ended up covered in trouble instead.

But Zhou Dongbing’s favor was something he couldn’t refuse to give.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

“How about I give ten thousand yuan?”

Zhou Dongbing didn’t say anything.

“Twenty thousand!” Cao Yitui gritted his teeth.

Since Zhou Dongbing had spoken, he couldn’t pretend not to understand. Back then, if it hadn’t been for him, he would have been completely ruined by those people in prison.