Chapter 419: Scaring Hou Laoban

Our group arrived at Zaocheng Xin Cheng, and it was already past ten at night.

We were worn out from traveling all day. Damn, I'm exhausted.

Ding Li drove the car toward Zaocheng Grand Hotel,

We happened to pass by Da Heng Group.

The office building of Da Heng Group shone brilliantly under the lights.

Zhang Zong left, and Zhao Xiaohua became chairperson again.

Da Heng Group is as solid as iron, but its chairpersons keep changing.

I sighed while watching from the car.

The car quickly arrived at Zaocheng Grand Hotel.

Shi Yong and I got out of the car and came to the hotel lobby.

At the front desk, I directly asked the staff: 'Hello, is Hou Laoban at the hotel?'

The front desk staff looked at me, then at Shi Yong,

She shook her head and said: 'Sorry, sir, Hou Laoban is not at the hotel. May I ask if you're staying? We have standard rooms and deluxe suites here.'

'We're only looking for Hou Laoban, didn't I tell you that?' Shi Yong glared at the front desk staff.

The staff looked at Shi Yong's dark face,

quite nervous,

'Sir, Hou Laoban really isn't at the hotel; I can't contact him.'

'Hurry up and find a way to contact him, or I'll smash your hotel when I get angry,' Shi Yong said.

'All right, Shi Yong, don't give the young lady a hard time. Open us a large suite; we'll check in first,' I said.

'Okay, sir, please show your ID,' the staff said.

'I don't have one. Just use the name Zhao Jianqiang,' I said.

I really don't have one.

'Sorry, sir, without an ID the hotel cannot process your stay. There's an inspection upstairs. Please show your ID,' the staff refused.

Shi Yong got anxious and was about to lose his temper.

Just then, after Ding Li parked the car, he came up,

'I have an ID.'

Ding Li took out his ID.

The staff hurriedly processed it.

I then said to the staff: 'You're an employee; we won't give you a hard time. You just need to figure out how to contact Hou Laoban, tell him that someone named Zhao Jianqiang has come to the hotel and needs to meet him,'

'You just need to pass along the message; no need to ask anything else.'

The staff nodded,

then said to me: 'Hello, sir, I'll tell our duty manager what you said later, so he can try to contact Hou Laoban.'

We don't have the authority.

I said: 'All right. When Hou Laoban arrives, have him come to our room to find us.'

The staff said: 'Okay.'

Our group then took the elevator up to the large suite on the 12th floor.

I know this hotel too well; I've stayed here many times before. I don't know if the room on the ninth floor where Zhou Fuhai stayed is still kept.

Kang Yali once brought me money there. After Niu Ju's crackdown, Kang Yali is completely missing. I don't know where she went,

I don't know why I suddenly thought of Kang Yali.

Do I hate her? Not really; she just became someone's pawn for her own petty gain.

In the end, she didn't even get what she wanted.

Forget it, I won't think about her.

The three of us entered the room and began washing up.

I've never felt so relaxed.

During the days I lived in Zaocheng, there was always an invisible pressure.

It weighed on my head, making me feel like I couldn't breathe.

Now it's much better; I finally can lift my head and take a breath.

After I finished showering, I lit a cigarette. Looking out the window at the myriad lights of Xin Cheng, it's truly some homes joyful, some sorrowful.

Actually, I now envy the life of ordinary people more.

One mu of land, two oxen, wife and kids on a warm kang,

The more wealth, the greater the responsibility, so no one should fantasize about that huge fortune; if it's not destined for you, it will only harm you. A plain, simple life is truly the way.

Just as I was daydreaming, a knock sounded at the door.

Ding Li and Shi Yong both nervously looked at the room door.

I gestured for Shi Yong to open the door.

Shi Yong walked to the door and opened it,

As soon as the door opened, we heard Hou Laoban's laughter,

'Hehe, Zhao Laoban, you're back. I've missed you so much.'

After saying that, Hou Laoban walked into the room,

He wore a smile all over his face,

He held a string of prayer beads in his hand.

Shi Yong saw Hou Laoban come in,

He then loudly said: "Hou Laoban, you didn't come to arrest us, did you?"

"Shi Yong brother, you're just joking. What relation do I have with Zhao Laoban? How could I arrest you? If I wanted to arrest Zhao Laoban, I would have done it long ago; why wait until today?" Hou Laoban said with a smile.

"Yo, Hou Laoban, with you saying that, I'm like Sun Wukong, you're the Buddha, I can never fly out of your palm." I stood up.

"Oh, Zhao Laoban, no, no, Jianqiang brother, I really didn't mean that. I mean, last time you impersonated Zhou Fuhai and came to the hotel, I recognized you at a glance. But I pretended not to know you."

And you and Xiao Long came, I have been protecting you.

Otherwise they would really have caught you.

You know you guys ran from the emergency passage,

I only needed to tell them in advance, wait for you in the emergency passage, and you definitely couldn't escape." Hou Laoban then hurriedly explained.

Seeing Hou Laoban's anxious look,

I thought to myself, at this time you're sending a dry favor over.

You definitely wanted to catch me back then, you just didn't manage to. Regarding the emergency passage matter.

You don't have these in your mind; you're just thinking about dealing with those nuns.

I chuckled,

"Hou Laoban, saying it like this, it seems I should still thank you. Without you, I wouldn't be alive today."

To be honest, this time I returned from Sijiucheng, I will repay any grudges, redress any grievances.

If you hadn't explained just now, Hou Laoban, I believe you would have already fallen from the twelfth floor by now. Tomorrow it would be on the news.

Hearing me say that, Hou Laoban's face turned a bit pale,

"Jianqiang brother, oh, what grudges or grievances do we have between us?"

Your enemies are Niu Ju and Kang Yali that little slut.

Hmph. But they've both been taken in.

Do you know who took revenge for this grudge for you? It's Kong Shi.

Kong Shi is a person who acts with propriety,

He just knew that Niu Ju was secretly scheming against you.

So he had Niu Ju arrested.

Jianqiang brother, I'm telling the truth.

"Hahaha, Hou Laoban, you're really good at jokes; it's so late, did you just come to tell us jokes?"

We've known each other for so long; who is what kind of person, I, Zhao Jianqiang, don't understand?

Hou Laoban, don't keep saying that; if you keep saying that, I'll turn hostile. Shi Yong closed the door.

After Shi Yong heard me finish speaking, he slammed the room door shut.

"Ding Li, get things ready." I again said to Ding Li.

What are you doing, Jianqiang brother? Don't scare me.

I'm timid; I can't stand being scared.

I haven't done anything wrong to you.

Your enemy is Kong Shi, Jianqiang brother, I'm telling the truth. He's scheming against you.

I know all this; I just beg you to let me go. Ask me anything, I'll tell you." Hou Laoban was almost crying.

Actually, I don't even want your life, Hou Laoban; what good would killing you do?

I was just teasing him for fun, to let him know that being genuine in life and work is still better.

I gestured to Ding Li, and Ding Li stepped back a bit.

At this moment, Shi Yong said to Hou Laoban: "Hou Laoban, you said it, I'll ask whatever you say."

Hou Laoban nodded, wiped the sweat from his head,

"Shi Yong brother, a layperson does not lie. You ask what, I will say what."