Chapter 89: “i’ve Got You Marked”
The leading boy looked excited, pointing at him and saying, “You still say you didn’t question the document, what did you say in your last sentence, you said meaningless things…”
The words about putting a hat on him weren’t finished yet.
“Pa!” A crisp sound rang out.
The hand he was pointing with was slapped down.
The youth grimaced in pain.
He wanted to curse, but met Gu Chenghuai’s half-smiling, half-nonchalant face.
“…”
He could only swallow the dirty words at the tip of his tongue, inwardly cursing his bad luck.
How did he run into this nemesis two days in a row!
“Speak if you’re speaking, don’t point with your finger.” Gu Chenghuai scolded, his voice ice-cold.
The boy was at the age where except for the king of heaven and his father, he was number one, and he hated being lectured the most. Hearing this, his face was full of defiance.
“None of your damn business!”
The words had just floated into the air.
Gu Chenghuai neatly grabbed his arm and twisted it back hard.
The next instant.
“Aaaah!! It hurts hurts hurts—!”
The boy who was arrogant the previous second became obedient the next, decisively sliding to his knees and hurriedly begging for mercy.
“Lighten up lighten up, my arm is about to break!”
His whole body was controlled in a posture that made one lose their name, hurting so much it felt like it would snap off. The young guy whose arrogance had grown day by day during this time finally knew fear, his face deathly pale.
“I admit my mistake, lighten up, my arm is still useful.”
Gu Chenghuai didn’t let go, instead increasing the force, his tone even colder: “Your arm is useful, others’ legs and arms are useful too! If you don’t learn to behave, someone will always teach you how to be human!”
If not for the clothes on him, he really wanted to give these lawless little brats a profound lesson.
“Aaaah, it hurts!” The youth cried out even more miserably.
His arm hurt to the point of numbness, afraid of becoming disabled, tears and snot streamed down in fear, his voice terrified with a sobbing tone: “I was wrong! I really was wrong!”
Strangely, because of them, the county had been very chaotic lately, many people afraid of trouble didn’t go out unless necessary. No matter how loudly he shouted, no one heard, and even less anyone came over.
“The one you should apologize to isn’t me!” Gu Chenghuai tightened his fingers, his tone slightly sinking.
The boy knew that if he didn’t apologize, the punishment wouldn’t stop. A flash of dark hatred passed in his eyes as he apologized to the old teacher: “I was wrong! Teacher Wen, I know I was wrong.”
Gu Chenghuai knew he wasn’t sincere.
Teacher Wen, surnamed Wen, knew even better.
However.
These weren’t their own children, they had no interest in disciplining others’ kids, so they didn’t care.
The world wouldn’t stay like this forever, order would eventually be restored. If these people didn’t restrain themselves, they’d have times to suffer.
“I’m a soldier who’s been on the battlefield, from eight generations of poor farmers at home, not afraid of investigations. You few, if you want revenge, come at me.” Gu Chenghuai stood tall, his brows and eyes deep, looking down at people with an impersonal coldness.
Saying this on his mouth, however, those frost-covered eyes swept over everyone present one by one, as if memorizing something.
Swept by his gaze, the middle school students who fought heaven and earth and people felt chills all over.
What was this guy looking at?
Memorizing their faces?!
What was he doing? Planning to go to their homes and complain to their parents?!
Definitely.
Damn! This guy is so sly!!
While thinking randomly, he heard that detestable officer say again: “I’ve noted you all down.”
“…” The arrogant students gradually went numb.
Didn’t dare, didn’t dare to take revenge.
Gu Chenghuai saw something on their faces, his gaze deep, a pair of pitch-black eyes seeming thoughtful, tone flat: “If my family is disturbed, I’ll visit each of your homes one by one.”
The arrogant students’ faces turned green, “…”
Ruthless!
The man’s words continued, threatening in a light tone: “You definitely don’t want to experience my methods, so…”
The boy whose arm was twisted feared most that his family would know about his outside antics, that bit of vengeful thought completely died out.
He rubbed his still-painful arm and said: “We know you’re not to be trifled with, we definitely won’t humiliate ourselves, you can rest assured on that.”
The eldest had spoken, the others nodded like pounding garlic.
“Yes yes yes, we don’t dare.”
Against soldiers and soldiers’ wives, they really didn’t have the courage!
The leading student said: “We won’t disturb your family, but… there are other small teams too…”
Gu Chenghuai’s face was as dark as water, the depths of his eyes holding an unmelting deep gray darkness, “I don’t care.”
The boy was dumbfounded.
Instantly forgetting the pain, he urgently said: “The other small teams aren’t under my control, you be reasonable.”
“You all aren’t reasonable, and you want me to be reasonable?” Gu Chenghuai’s brow unconsciously furrowed, his words laced with sarcasm and mockery.
If not for that uniform, he really didn’t seem like a good person.
The boy was speechless and choked, in a fit of anger he flared up, threw down a “got it,” and left with his underlings, his back revealing frustration and anger.
Gu Chenghuai withdrew his gaze, looking at the old teacher, and said: “Can you still walk? I’ll take you to the hospital?”
“No need, thank you comrade, if not for you, I’d have been done for today.” The old man smiled bitterly.
“No need to thank.” Gu Chenghuai said.
The clothes on him would guide him to do the right thing.
“Teacher Wen, no need to be polite. My wife was once your student, taught by you. She said you’re a dedicated and responsible good teacher, so even without this uniform, I’d help you.”
The old teacher raised his head, his face full of blood and dirt, “My student?… Who is it?”
“Lin Zhao, does Teacher Wen still remember?” Gu Chenghuai’s clear cold voice softened, tinged with gentleness.
“Lin Zhao ah, I remember, a very smart girl, it’s a pity…” Teacher Wen’s face was full of regret.
How could he not remember?
The students from that year who didn’t take the college entrance exam because of the famine, he remembered them all. Lin Zhao was the one he regretted the most, the little girl was very smart, if she went to university, she would definitely become a pillar of the country.
“She’s married now ah, how is she?”
Gu Chenghuai said: “My wife is now a salesperson at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.”
Learning that his proud student had a job, not revolving around family all day, Teacher Wen was still regretful but also happy for Lin Zhao.
“Pretty good.”
“Hope Classmate Lin Zhao can shine in the salesperson position.”
He hoped every student could do well.
Gu Chenghuai felt Zhaozhao’s evaluation was right, Teacher Wen really was a good teacher who wholeheartedly thought of his students.
“Teacher Wen, I’ll take you back.”
Seeing the old man want to refuse, he said faintly: “If I don’t take you back, my wife will be angry with me when she gets home.”
The old man couldn’t refuse anymore, limping forward, “Then I’ll trouble you.”
…
Lin Zhao entered the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, the others hadn’t come yet. She walked to her counter, looked around and confirmed no one was there, then took some things from the storage ring and put them in her cabinet.
After waiting a bit, Li Fen walked in.
Seeing Lin Zhao, she smiled and said: “You came pretty early, I was thinking since your husband just came back, you’d be late.”
“…” Lin Zhao smiled helplessly.
She took the cloth bag filled with pasted matchboxes and handed it to Li Fen, “Sister Fen, the matchboxes are pasted, take a look.”
“So fast!” Li Fen’s eyes widened in surprise, took it and simply checked, said: “Not bad, they all look qualified, your sister works really nimbly.”
“Coincidentally, my guy is bringing me lunch at noon, I’ll have him take them back, give you the money after confirmation, and have him pick up some materials to send over.”
Almost plainly saying, if no accidents, this job could stabilize.
Lin Zhao’s eyes curved up, as if stars were twinkling in them, “Thank you Sister Fen.”
“No thanks, you caught sister’s eye.” Li Fen said indifferently.
“Sister you also caught my eye.” As she spoke, Lin Zhao took out a bamboo basket and a cloth flour bag from the cabinet, “Gift of gratitude.”
Li Fen took one look, the bamboo basket was full of eggs, at a glance about twenty or so.
She pinched the cloth bag again, soft, flour?
“All gifts of gratitude?” She said incredulously, her face piling up with smiles, “So polite!”
“Yes, all gifts of gratitude, Sister Fen take them home to make dumplings.” Lin Zhao’s eyes curved up softly.
Li Fen was also a straightforward person, didn’t refuse, accepted ungraciously, said: “Sister won’t stand on ceremony with you, thanks, if there’s good stuff later, I’ll definitely give back.”
“Good, I’m waiting. Put them away first, I have something to tell you.” Lin Zhao gestured for her to put the things away, she had big news to say.
Li Fen was puzzled, turned and put the things in the cabinet.
Casually pulling over a stool, looking at her with puzzled expression, “What is it?”
“Sister Fen, didn’t you ask me to help find a match for your brother? I went back to my maternal family yesterday and happened to meet one that fits your conditions, so…” Lin Zhao had just started when Li Fen interrupted before she finished.
She urgently said: “Where’s she from? Family situation? How old? How is she…?”
One question after another thrown out.
Looking thoroughly anxious and nervous.
“Sister Fen, calm down, listen to me slowly.” Lin Zhao was amused and helpless.
How afraid was she of her brother not getting married, look how anxious, and she hadn’t even said yet, why so nervous?!
Li Fen took a deep breath, nails digging into her palm to calm down, said: “Calmed down, you say.”
“That person is my cousin.” Seeing Li Fen about to ask something, Lin Zhao put her index finger to her lips, shook her head at her, “Listen to me finish first.”
She said everything she knew.
“My cousin is 24 this year, just broke off an engagement recently, the reason for breaking wasn’t on my sister, it was the man’s side.”
“My sister has rural household registration, no job, pretty and delicate-looking, steady and capable, not the flighty type.”
“About like that, what do you want to ask?”
After Lin Zhao said this, Li Fen had a preliminary impression of Yuan Xiang.
“Was your sister’s partner someone she dated?”
“Not a partner, ex-partner.” Lin Zhao corrected.
What bad luck.
Her pitch-black eyes flashed with disgust, “Not dated, it was a childhood engagement.”
“My sister and that family weren’t close, no feelings, the man’s family was snobbish, always stringing my sister along, when a better one came, tried every way to ditch my sister.”
Li Fen’s eyes sympathetic, “Your sister is unlucky too, how did she run into such a family.”
“No way, it was set by my sister’s grandfather.” Lin Zhao was also speechless at her aunt’s ostrich temperament.
“Does your sister know my brother has leg problems? Does she mind?” Li Fen’s expression serious.
“My mom will mention it today, what my sister thinks we’ll know tomorrow. I told you first, to ask your opinion…”
Lin Zhao’s words weren’t finished when Li Fen slapped her thigh, “Meet! I trust you, you say your sister is a good girl, she definitely isn’t bad, I’ll agree for my brother, as long as she doesn’t mind his leg problems, arrange for them to meet.”
“?”
Ha?!
So casual!?
Lin Zhao’s brow furrowed slightly, suddenly grabbing Li Fen’s hand, “Sister Fen, no one can vouch for someone else’s character!”
“The tests that should be done still need to be done, I don’t want it to end unhappily in the end, affecting our relationship.”
So, don’t be impulsive.
Li Fen laughed out loud.
A moment later, she restrained her laugh, seriously said: “I know, rest assured, handle it as it should be, this won’t affect our relationship.”
Her brother was stubborn, had his own ideas, whether it works out or not is uncertain.
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