SAG -Chapter 105 Another Old Acquaintance

After Ning Qing and the others came out of the dormitory building, Ning Qing received a phone call.

“Dean, this really isn’t my fault. They were the ones who bullied my little sister first.”

“All right, all right, I know I was wrong. I’ll apologize to you, okay?”

“Don’t worry, this matter definitely won’t blow up.”

“Mm, okay. Thank you, Dean.”

…

“Sister Qing, I’ve caused you trouble,” He Qing said somewhat embarrassedly.

Ning Qing smiled and said, “It’s fine. Besides, this is something Uncle Zhang asked me to handle, so of course I have to do it beautifully.”

“Let’s go over first and see what Uncle Zhang has to say.”

“Sister Qing, why don’t we just let this matter go?” He Qing said.

When she heard the name spoken by her roommates, she had not actually been surprised at all. She simply understood that this person was not like her roommates and would not be easy to deal with.

Moreover, she had already troubled Ning Qing so much. She was too embarrassed to trouble Ning Qing any further.

Ning Qing smiled and said, “You’ll have to ask Uncle Zhang about that.”

Very soon, they returned to that secluded place. Then they saw that Zhang Ran was already chatting with He Yong. Beside them were two little children playing around.

“Uncle Zhang, the matter has been handled,” Ning Qing said with a smile. After that, she explained how she had dealt with everything.

After listening, Zhang Ran could not help but nod. Although this was not the most satisfying way to vent anger, it was the best method.

After all, He Qing still had to study here. It would not be appropriate to make too big a fuss.

“I’ve troubled you this time,” Zhang Ran said.

“Uncle Zhang, you’re being too polite. Oh, right, I’ve already found out who that rich second-generation heir is. His name is Yuan Youming. His father is Yuan Debiao. He’s in the transportation business in Gui Province, and his company is quite large,” Ning Qing said.

When she heard the name Yuan Youming, she had immediately recalled his identity. This was Ning Qing, after all. If it were Meng Mingxuan, he probably would not have known.

Zhang Ran nodded. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said to He Yong beside him, “Does the name Yuan Debiao sound a little familiar to you?”

He Yong thought for quite a while but could not remember anything. In the end, he could only helplessly shake his head and say, “I’ve never heard of him.”

But Zhang Ran had remembered. He reminded him, “Have you forgotten what happened in Gui Province back in ’88? If not for you, I probably would have suffered quite a bit.”

In the end, Zhang Ran’s memories had not been washed away by twenty-eight years. So for He Yong, the events of 1988 were already thirty years ago, but for Zhang Ran, they had only happened two or three years ago.

With Zhang Ran’s reminder, He Yong also began to recall it.

Back in 1988, when Zhang Ran went to Gui Province, he had come into conflict with a group of people because of certain matters. That group of people was involved in transportation.

One had to know that the transportation industry at that time was truly a mixed bag of good and bad people. It was not something just anyone could interfere in. It could be said that in that era, people who worked in this line of business basically had very few clean people under them.

Clean people could not do this business back then.

At that time, Zhang Ran had somewhat underestimated how black-hearted those people were. Or rather, he had underestimated their ruthlessness. Because of a moment of carelessness, he suffered a huge loss.

Fortunately, He Yong and the others were capable and managed to escape.

After that, things became simple. Zhang Ran was not the type to silently suffer a loss. At that time, Zhang Ran could be considered to have already built up his momentum, so he did not need any other methods at all. He directly used capital and some connections to clean up that group of people.

“Are you talking about that always-smiling fatty?” He Yong asked somewhat uncertainly.

Back then, Zhang Ran had wiped out the entire original group of transportation people. However, Zhang Ran himself did not want to get involved in those things.

Not only could it not make much money, but he also had to worry about being implicated someday. More importantly, it was very likely to make his own background appear unclean.

However, since Zhang Ran had not said anything at the time, no one dared to swallow up that group’s territory. A force that had originally seemed enormous in their eyes had collapsed in an instant. Who would dare privately seize territory without Zhang Ran’s approval?

When they saw that Zhang Ran seemed to have no intention at all of entering that market, some people came to seek him out. Among them was Yuan Debiao.

At that time, Zhang Ran truly did not want to get involved at all. He would never do something where the losses outweighed the gains.

So Zhang Ran immediately said that they could do as they pleased. However, back then, Zhang Ran had thought quite highly of Yuan Debiao, that always-smiling fatty, so he mentioned him once in front of He Yong and the others.

Zhang Ran nodded and said, “If there isn’t someone else with the exact same name, then it should be him.”

Actually, it could be basically confirmed now. Even if there were people with the same name, there would not be this many overlaps. They were both in transportation, and both from Gui Province.

After that, Zhang Ran called Meng He and asked for Yuan Debiao’s phone number. For numbers belonging to people like this, even if Meng He did not already have them, it would not take much effort for him to find them.

Under Ning Qing and the others’ curious gazes, Zhang Ran dialed Yuan Debiao’s number.

…

Gui Province.

Yuan Debiao was currently flying into a rage, though it was because of business matters. At that moment, the entire conference room was completely silent.

Just then, a phone ringtone sounded.

Yuan Debiao was just about to explode in anger when he sensed that his own phone was vibrating.

He picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. Originally, he did not want to answer, but after thinking about it, he realized that anyone who could directly call this phone of his was probably not a salesperson.

“Who are you looking for?” Yuan Debiao’s tone was not very good.

“Hehe, Boss Yuan has quite the temper. Did you run into something unpleasant?” A young man’s teasing voice came from the other end of the phone.

Yuan Debiao felt that the voice was very unfamiliar, and it sounded young. He was just about to hang up directly when he heard the other side speak again.

“Boss Yuan really is a nobleman who forgets old acquaintances easily. You can’t even recognize the voice of an old acquaintance? I’m Zhang Ran.”

“Zhang Ran? That’s… who?”

Yuan Debiao first thought for a moment. In his first impression, there seemed to be no such name. He was just about to retort, but suddenly, a figure appeared in his mind, and his entire body trembled.

“Boss Zhang?” Yuan Debiao asked cautiously.

That should not be possible. Hadn’t this person disappeared? Why had he suddenly appeared? And why was he calling him?

As his business slowly grew larger, Yuan Debiao had also started asking around about Zhang Ran.

The more news he learned about Zhang Ran, the more admiration and fear he felt.

However, when he heard that Zhang Ran seemed to have disappeared, he had felt both regret and a slight sense of relief.

What happened back then had left a deep impression on him.

Even if it were his current self, he could not be certain that he would be able to deal with those people so smoothly.

But for Zhang Ran back then, it seemed to have been a very simple matter. If communication had not been inconvenient at the time, Zhang Ran probably would not have even needed to run away first before taking revenge.

Yuan Debiao paid great attention to matters related to Zhang Ran. Even after rumors spread that Zhang Ran had already disappeared, he still cared a lot about Zhang Ran’s affairs. Because of this, he noticed many things.

Many companies, especially some that were colossal entities even to him, all vaguely had Zhang Ran’s shadow behind them.