Chapter 2343: Warning
"Eh?" Seeing Zhou Andong stand up, Big Brother Dazuo jumped backward, keeping a safe distance from Zhou Andong: "Say what you have to say, don't scare people at every turn. It's beneath your status as a factory director."
Zhou Andong had no way to deal with this idiot Zhang Zuo, and he was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. Instead, he looked at Tang Lin and Nie Wen, who were walking over slowly, and said with a smile.
"You two just got married, why didn't you give yourselves a few days off, go out and wander around, and see the beautiful mountains and rivers of our motherland?"
"You, the boss, didn't give the word, how dare we, who work like cattle and horses, rest on our own?" Nie Wen said with a smile, then greeted Wu Hongkang: "Factory Director Wu, it's been a long time since we've seen you come!"
Wu Hongkang stood up and shook hands with Nie Wen: "I came a few days ago, maybe you and Boss Tang weren't in the shop."
At this time, Liu Lijuan also stood up. Although Tang Lin, Nie Wen, and Zhang Zuo, who didn't look like a good person, were all very young, one could tell from the attitudes of Zhou Andong and Wu Hongkang that the identities of these three young people were not simple.
"There have been a lot of things at home these past few days, so I haven't come over!" Nie Wen responded, then her gaze turned to Liu Lijuan.
"This is Comrade Liu Lijuan, Deputy Factory Director of the Woolen Mill." Zhou Andong introduced them to each other: "These two are the bar owner Tang Lin and the proprietress Nie Wen."
Then, Zhou Andong pointed at Zhang Zuo, who had quietly leaned over: "Zhang Zuo, also a bar shareholder."
After everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while, they sat down one after another. Nie Wen's gaze fell on the box of liquor placed on the table, and she curiously picked up a bottle and examined it carefully.
"Factory Director Wu, you are too extravagant, actually bringing commemorative liquor here to drink!"
Seeing this, Tang Lin quickly took the bottle from Nie Wen's hand and said to Wu Hongkang with a smile: "Factory Director Wu, if this liquor is just drunk like this, it's really a pity. How about this, sell it to me, I'll give you 2,000 per bottle, what do you think?"
Wu Hongkang smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said: "I won't sell this liquor, and I don't intend to drink it. I want to keep it as a souvenir. I'll keep half myself, and give the other half to Old Zhou."
"And mine?" Zhou Andong's spirits lifted immediately upon hearing this. He snatched the bottle from Tang Lin's hand, hugged it like a treasure, and said very dissatisfied: "Don't mess with my liquor. If you accidentally drop it and break it, you can't afford to pay for it!"
"..."
Tang Lin was speechless and could only sigh, while Nie Wen on the side couldn't help but "pfft" and laugh.
"Boss, our bar has a special liquor cellar and professional storage personnel. If you keep the liquor here for safekeeping, it's absolutely safe."
"Professional storage personnel?" Zhou Andong said with great disdain: "I'm afraid you've forgotten what I do."
Seeing this, Wu Hongkang couldn't help but laugh heartily: "To talk about liquor storage, is there anyone more professional than Old Zhou and me?"
Just as everyone was joking, a waiter walked over quickly and then called out softly.
"Brother Tang!"
Tang Lin raised his head upon hearing the voice and looked at the waiter in front of him, asking with some confusion: "What's the matter?"
The waiter took a note out of his pocket and carefully handed it to Tang Lin: "Take a look at this note."
Tang Lin took the note suspiciously and saw a line of words written on it: Someone is coming to cause trouble at the bar tonight, be careful, they have guns!
"You guys take a look!"
Tang Lin's frown deepened instantly. He handed the note to Zhou Andong. After Zhou Andong finished reading it, he handed the note to Zhang Zuo. Finally, even Liu Lijuan saw this note, and a flash of astonishment crossed her face.
Nie Wen's gaze fell on the waiter, and she asked: "Where did this note come from?"
"I don't know either." The waiter looked blank and scratched his head: "I just went to deliver liquor to a customer, and when I came back, this note was inexplicably in the tray."
Zhou Andong raised his head and looked at the waiter carefully: "A few days ago, a few people caused trouble here, and a waiter was slapped. Was that person you?"
The waiter was obviously stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Zhou Andong to suddenly ask about this matter. However, he quickly came back to his senses and nodded hurriedly: "It was me!"
Zhou Andong picked up the note, smiled, and said: "If what is written on the note is true, and someone is coming to cause trouble, then it must be those few people from a few days ago."
Wu Hongkang's face changed slightly, and he frowned, asking with some confusion: "You mean Chang Shengli?"
"Yes!" Zhou Andong nodded, and at the same time pressed the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray: "Except for him, I don't think it will be anyone else."
Zhou Andong's tone was so certain that Wu Hongkang didn't quite believe it: "You are so sure it's Chang Shengli? Isn't there any other possibility?"
"There are so many waiters and staff in the bar, why did this note happen to appear in his hand?" Zhou Andong pointed at the waiter: "If this person was chosen randomly, although this kind of probability cannot be said to be completely non-existent, it is very low."
Hearing Zhou Andong's words, Zhang Zuo was very unconvinced: "Then how can you be so sure that this is not random, but that someone deliberately sought him out?"
Tang Lin, Nie Wen, and Zhang Zuo had all heard about Chang Shengli causing trouble here and the waiter being beaten. At that time, Big Brother Dazuo had already exploded; he wasn't walking in the underworld anymore, but he wasn't dead either.
You damn well dare to cause trouble on Brother Zuo's turf; you obviously think you've lived too long. If Brother Zuo doesn't fulfill your wish, it wouldn't be worthy of Brother Zuo's nickname, "Jade-Faced Little Flying Dragon of the Capital."
Then, this guy was going to go to the Municipal Bureau himself to get Chang Shengli into the bureau first, and then deal with him properly. If he didn't peel a layer of skin off Chang Shengli, how would he, Brother Zuo, have the face to be called the Jade-Faced Little Flying Dragon?
However, Big Brother Dazuo was stopped by Nie Wen. In her view, they were doing business after all, and there was no actual loss, so there was no need to make a big fuss over such a small matter.
Moreover, if they used the police force of the Municipal Bureau because of such a small matter, not to mention how big a favor they would owe, just this kind of behavior of wasting police resources was really unjustifiable. Finally, Nie Wen gave the beaten waiter a bonus of 50 yuan and gave him a day off to rest.
Zhou Andong looked at the gazes cast by everyone and pointed at the waiter again: "This little brother was slapped by Chang Shengli, so this person gave him the note. In fact, he is reminding us that the person coming to cause trouble tonight is Chang Shengli."
Tang Lin was still very confused and didn't quite agree with Zhou Andong's explanation: "If you say it like that, then this guy should be someone around Chang Shengli, but why would he do this?"
Nie Wen was also very curious about this point and said thoughtfully: "Yes, people who mix in the underworld value loyalty the most. Isn't he betraying Chang Shengli by doing this?"
Zhou Andong raised his hand and tapped his head: "How should I put it? I don't deny that there are indeed some people who are very loyal. For the sake of brotherhood, they can even give up their own lives. But such people are a minority after all, and can be said to be as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
And most people are self-interested. They often stop at nothing for their own interests, even to the point of turning against their parents, fighting with their own brothers, and incidents resulting in death occur from time to time. By comparison, what is betraying so-called brothers?"
"If you put it that way, maybe it's really possible." Nie Wen looked at Tang Lin: "What do you plan to do?"
"What do you mean what to do?" Zhang Zuo said very dissatisfied: "I said at the time to deal with that Chang Shengli, you insisted on stopping me, otherwise there wouldn't be so much trouble."
After saying this, Big Brother Dazuo stood up and left: "I'm going to call people. Damn, having a gun in your hand makes you awesome, huh? I want to let that Chang Shengli see who has more guns in their hands."
Zhang Zuo left, Zhou Andong didn't stop him, and Tang Lin and Nie Wen didn't stop him either. They naturally wouldn't take Chang Shengli seriously, but the other party had guns, so they had to be cautious.
After all, guns weren't banned in this era; even ordinary people's homes might have them, let alone these thugs. Even if Chang Shengli didn't dare to really shoot and kill, it wouldn't feel good to be beaten up while being pointed at by a gun.
At the booth next to them, Wang Wentian nodded to Yu Zhan, who was sitting opposite. Yu Zhan picked up the beer glass in front of him, tilted his head, and poured the liquor into his stomach, then stood up and left.
About ten minutes later, Yu Zhan returned: "It's arranged!"
Wang Wentian stood up, left the booth, and then whispered a few words in Zhou Andong's ear.
Zhou Andong nodded and looked at the rockery and pond in the courtyard. The fountain was flowing with water, lotus flowers were floating in the pond, and occasionally koi could be seen swimming inside.
"Tang Lin, arrange for people to set up a few tables in the courtyard, let's go out and sit."
"I'll go!" Nie Wen didn't ask why either. She stood up and said to the waiter who had been standing by the side and hadn't left: "You come with me."
Soon, Nie Wen brought several waiters and staff, moved seven or eight long tables and stools, and placed them by the pond.
This attracted the attention of many people, who stretched their necks to look. It was indeed nice by the pond outside, with mountains and water and it was cool, but there were mosquitoes.
Soon the tables and chairs were set up, and then they saw many waiters carrying a lot of firewood and placing it in the open space, then pouring a little gasoline and lighting a bonfire.
"Damn!" Someone muttered and cursed: "This is too atmospheric."
"Exactly!" Another person said: "If you roast a sheep, set up a small stage opposite, and have the resident singer sing outside, it would really feel great."
"Sister Wen!" A young man ran out and asked: "Can we change tables and sit outside to drink?"
"Right, right, right!" Someone shouted while leaning against the window: "Sister Wen, we want to sit outside."
"..."
Nie Wen was stunned. Is setting up a few tables outside so popular?
"Not today!" Nie Wen immediately came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Tomorrow."
"No problem!" The young man said with a grin: "Sister Wen, definitely leave me a spot tomorrow, and it would be even more perfect if you roast a sheep on the bonfire."
Nie Wen's eyes lit up. She looked back at the burning bonfire. She had actually lit this fire to repel mosquitoes. But hearing the young man say this, perhaps this could become a new project for the bar.
Moreover, not only in summer, but also in winter. However, lighting a bonfire in winter wouldn't be to repel mosquitoes, but to repel the cold.
"Okay!" Nie Wen agreed.
"Let's go out and sit!" Zhou Andong stood up and then said to Wang Wentian: "Wentian, put this box of commemorative liquor in our car. If something really happens in a while, don't break it."
"Yes!" Wang Wentian picked up the liquor and walked toward the outside in big strides.
Zhou Andong and a few others came to the courtyard and sat around a table in the middle. Beside them was a window, and the booth by the window was the position they had just sat in, which was also Zhou Andong's exclusive spot.
The waiters and staff brought over the liquor, fruit platters, and nuts from the table, and then Yu Zhan and the others moved to this booth by the window.
Another few minutes passed, and Wang Wentian returned. Beside him were "You Decide" and the future culture security captain Kan Xing Society and three team members, all of whom were wearing casual clothes.
Wang Wentian sat by the window, Kan Xing Society brought people to the courtyard and sat beside Zhou Andong and the others. Immediately after, the deputy security captain Cao Jinquan came. He brought two people, also wearing casual clothes. Seeing Wang Wentian and the others, they nodded, then came to the courtyard and found a place to sit down.
Soon, the tables in the courtyard were full, and Nie Wen greeted the waiters to serve beer and fruit platters to each table.
Wu Hongkang raised his hand and looked at his watch: "It's almost eight o'clock, I don't know when they will come!"
Zhou Andong lit a cigarette and bit into a banana: "It won't be too early. If it were me, I would choose after ten o'clock, or even after midnight. At this time, the police uncles are all asleep.
Even if you call the police, it will take a few minutes for the police uncles to wake up and put on their clothes to go out. And these few minutes are enough for me to run away."
Wu Hongkang laughed: "Do you think that Chang Shengli will be as cunning as you?"
Zhou Andong shrugged: "Whether he is cunning or stupid, we'll know by what time he comes."
However, Chang Shengli hadn't come yet, but Jia Dai and the others arrived first.
The waiter standing at the entrance to receive guests said with a smile: "Sorry sir, the shop is full. You can sit here and wait for a seat, or you can go to the bar next door."
"Damn!" Du Zai stared, just about to curse, but was immediately stopped by Jia Dai: "Du Zai, shut up!"
Du Zai immediately shut his mouth without knowing why. Jia Dai said to the waiter with a smile: "We are here to find someone."
The waiter looked at the group of people and didn't ask any more questions. Jia Dai smiled, stepped into the bar, and the others followed behind.
Wen Sanmao walked at the end. This was his first time coming here. He had always heard how it was, and now seeing it, it was indeed not bad. Especially the decoration, he couldn't say where it was good, but it just made people feel comfortable.
Their arrival didn't attract anyone's attention, especially since the lights in the bar were dim, and without looking closely, one couldn't tell who was who.
This group of guys walked around the bar and didn't find Chang Shengli. Jia Dai felt relieved.
"Let's go!" Jia Dai said, turned around, and was about to leave.
Just at this moment, a shout came from the courtyard behind: "Zhou Dongzi, are you afraid of death, that's why you're hiding in the courtyard?"
Jia Dai's heart moved. This Zhou Dongzi wouldn't be Zhou Andong, would it? He turned around and walked around to the entrance of the inner courtyard to look out.
Originally, the lights outside weren't bright, but the bonfire not far away illuminated the courtyard brightly. Jia Dai saw Zhou Andong at a glance.
For a period of time, he had been looking for news about Zhou Andong every day, and that face was simply too familiar to be more familiar.
Jia Dai hesitated, but still stepped out. Since he had bumped into Zhou Andong here, naturally he couldn't miss it. ===== CHAPTER 2344 =====
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