Chapter 206: Taking Lao Wai

I walked up and looked at the man.

His hair was gray, and he wore an old leather jacket that clearly wasn't his and fit terribly. Sure enough, it was Lao Wai, only much older than before.

The leather jacket looked even more ruined on him.

Xiao Fang was beside him, carefully feeling the leather jacket.

Lao Wai sat up from the saddle.

He hobbled over to Xiao Fang.

"Big sister, your hands are skillful, the leather jacket in your hands is really nice,

are you giving it to a relative or a friend?"

Xiao Fang laughed, "I'm just looking; is this really leather? It feels so smooth to my touch."

"Our leather jackets are handcrafted from calfskin; feel the texture—if it's not calfskin, I'll change my surname to yours," Lao Wai said, patting his chest.

"How much?" Xiao Fang asked.

"One thousand yuan if you think it's pricey, one hundred if you think it's cheap, five hundred per piece—good for you, good for me, good for everyone. How many would you like, big sister?" Lao Wai leaned closer to Xiao Fang again.

Xiao Fang carefully felt the leather jacket.

Then she shook her head and said, "Forget it, five hundred is too expensive; the street stall price is too high."

"Five hundred isn't expensive; if you don't buy this jacket you'll lose out, you'll be fooled, and if you buy it you can hug it to sleep…" Lao Wai began to brag again.

Xiao Fang wanted to leave quickly,

but Lao Wai grabbed Xiao Fang's hand.

"Big sister, after you've touched this jacket, who else could I sell it to? Your fingerprints are all over it. How could anyone else wear it? You must buy this jacket."

I saw Lao Wai trying to bully, and thought to myself, after being locked up in prison for so long, his nature hadn't changed at all.

A dog really can't stop eating feces.

Xiao Fang looked at me,

"Let's go, they're trying to force a sale."

Xiao Fang said that and tried to break free from Lao Wai's hand.

Lao Wai instead squeezed Xiao Fang's hand even tighter,

"Today, this jacket—you must buy it, whether you want to or not."

I stepped forward, faced Lao Wai, and shouted, "Let go of my hand, you scoundrel, how dare you force a sale in broad daylight!"

After I spoke, I grabbed Lao Wai's hand and, with force, he let out an "ouch" and released his hand.

Then he tiptoed away,

shouting at me,

"Hey, friend on the road, state your name. You dare to mess with my stall and don't even ask my title—do you know who my boss is?"

"Who is it?" I asked Lao Wai deliberately.

"My boss is Zhao Jianqiang, chairman of Da Heng Group, and we're sworn brothers. If he stamps his foot in Zaocheng, your life is over. Hurry, buy the jacket and leave, or I'll call my boss on the phone. You can't leave even if you try," Lao Wai shouted.

Damn, my reputation turned out to be just a scare tactic for Lao Wai.

I thought, the people of Zaocheng have a bad impression of me, all because of Lao Wai. I wonder how many he has frightened with this method.

I stared at Lao Wai, walked straight up to him, and said with a smile, "Your boss is Zhao Jianqiang; I heard he's been captured and is now a fugitive. If you have the skill to summon him, I'm waiting."

When Lao Wai heard me say that,

he examined me carefully,

still didn't recognize me,

then smiled at me, "Young brother, we're all from Zaocheng; you can't avoid each other. Though my boss has been captured, his subordinates still have a bunch of henchmen. This little matter can't disturb him. If he attempts another jailbreak, it'll be a big trouble.

If there's an issue, we can talk. As for the jacket, I think it fits you well."

After Lao Wai finished speaking, he smiled and walked up to me,

then took the jacket, ready to drape it over me.

I kept staring at Lao Wai, and clearly saw him reach into his pocket for something.

The guy was about to pull a trick.

He really intends to rob openly.

When Lao Wai came close, I reversed my hand and grabbed his.

With a pull, Lao Wai let out a loud "ouch",

"You bully a disabled person, what skill is that? This is bad, someone is hitting people, someone's causing trouble," he shouted.

I ignored him and kept pulling,

Lao Wai's hand opened, revealing a tissue.

No need to ask, the tissue had been soaked in a mysterious incense.

He tried to use this to knock me down.

I took the tissue from Lao Wai's hand,

and shouted at him, "What is this?"

Lao Wai shouted, "A tissue."

"Fine, it's a tissue. Let me let you smell it," I said, holding the tissue up to Lao Wai's nose.

Lao Wai twisted his head back and forth, refusing to let me place the tissue on his nose.

At that moment, Xiao Fang patted my shoulder,

"Let's go quickly, they're coming,"

I looked up and saw five or six people approaching from not far away, each holding something in their hands.

Running over to my side, no need to ask—they were Lao Wai's accomplices.

They came to help Lao Wai.

Seeing his accomplices arrive, Lao Wai shouted even more excitedly.

"He's killed someone, this is bad, he's killed someone."

I got angry and pressed the tissue against Lao Wai's nose.

Within a minute, Lao Wai collapsed straight to the ground.

Xiao Fang shouted in fright.

"What should we do? We need to leave quickly."

Those people surrounded us.

"Don't even think about leaving; quickly call the boss, someone's come to wreck the stall."

I thought to myself, I certainly don't want to leave.

I finally managed to find Lao Wai.

If we leave like this, I don't know when I'll be able to find him next time.

I ignored those people.

Bending over, I used my arm to clamp Lao Wai, who had fallen to the ground, and lift him up.

Xiao Fang was a bit dazed, watching me clamp Lao Wai with my arm.

Then she said, "Let's go, ignore this person."

I told Xiao Fang, "You go start the car; he's Lao Wai, we must take him with us."

Upon hearing that, Xiao Fang ran to start the car.

I was holding Lao Wai clamped.

To the people surrounding me I said, "If you're not convinced, come try. I have some private business with Lao Wai, past grudges."

You'd better not interfere.

Those people, seeing they were also stall owners, just watched and didn't dare move.

I kept Lao Wai clamped, slowly backing away.

If it were in the past, someone like Lao Wai, I could never have clamped him; now, after training under Shangguan Zhuren, clamping him is easy.

Soon Xiao Fang drove the car over.

I opened the car door.

I threw him, limp and unconscious like mud, into the car.

Then I got into the car.

Closed the car door and told Xiao Fang, "Let's go."

From the car window I saw the crowd that had surrounded us, now scrambling to grab Lao Wai's leather jacket.

Seeing Lao Wai being taken away, that gang immediately split his clothes among themselves.

Xiao Fang drove and asked me, "Where are we going?"

I said, "Go home, ask Lao Wai for the rosemary."

Xiao Fang then drove toward our home in the suburbs.

We soon arrived home.

Xiao Fang opened the door, but Lao Wai still hadn't woken.

I carried Lao Wai out of the car.

After entering the house, I laid Lao Wai on the floor.

Shangguan Zhuren asked, "Who is this?"

I said, "It's Lao Wai; the rosemary we're looking for is in his hand."

"You knocked him out," Shangguan Zhuren asked.

I laughed.

"No, he inhaled his own rosemary and fell into a deep sleep; spraying water will wake him."

"This thing only has water as an antidote."

"It's amazing; Xiao Fang, quickly get some water and wake him up." Shangguan Zhuren arranged.