Chapter 2828: The Characters Chewed by a Dog

Qin Zhi snorted: "Even if I'm just loafing around waiting to die, I'm still better than you—hated by people and despised by dogs. Before I met Dong Ge, you, Zhang Zuo, were nothing but a fart; anyone who got near you thought you stank. Otherwise, why would Old Master Zhang beat you every few days? It's just because he can't stand looking at you, this grandson."

"Damn it!" Zhang Zuo glared, rolled up his sleeves, and said: "Come on, Qin, playing with words is boring. If you've got guts, let's duel—I'll make you see why flowers are red."

"Childish!" Qin Zhi snorted dismissively, took Shī Mèngjiāo's hand, and turned to leave: "I'm going to find Dong Ge."

"You know where Dong Ge is?" Tang Lin followed up and asked.

Qin Zhi nodded and said: "He contacted me this morning, told me to come to the Garden Hotel to find him. If he's not in the room, go to the eighth-floor restaurant."

Seeing no one paying attention to him, Zhang Zuo stood there awkwardly, forced himself onto a makeshift step, and said: "Fine, you brat ran fast—otherwise, you'd be in trouble."

Qin Zhi pretended not to hear, kept walking without stopping toward the elevator.

Tang Lin's mouth twitched. If possible, he really didn't want to hang out with Zhang Zuo. Sometimes this brat actually gets things done reliably, but more often than not, the stuff he pulls makes Tang Lin lose face along with him.

Eighth-floor restaurant, Zhou Andong had almost finished eating, just put down his chopsticks, was about to get a fruit juice, looked up and saw Qin Zhi and his girlfriend arrive, with Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo beside them.

Zhou Andong raised his hand to gesture, then called the waiter: "Bring me two glasses of fruit juice, cold."

As expected of a five-star hotel, the staff were excellent—they recognized Zhou Andong but didn't come over to disturb him.

"Dong Ge!" Qin Zhi grinned and sat down.

Jiān Qiū said calmly: "Didn't you see me?"

Qin Zhi couldn't help but shiver, then gave a fawning laugh: "With Elder Miss Jiān here, even if I were blind, I'd still see her."

Jiān Qiū ignored him, turned to Shī Mèngjiāo, smiled, and asked: "Had breakfast?"

Qin Zhi, with his sharp tongue, took over: "What time is it now? Almost lunchtime."

Jiān Qiū glanced at Qin Zhi—this kid suddenly snapped back, immediately shifted the topic: "Dong Ge, finished eating? Let's go back to the room to talk."

"You guys go talk in the room." Jiān Qiū took Shī Mèngjiāo's hand and stood up: "I'm going shopping with Mengjiao."

"Wentian!" Zhou Andong said: "You follow them. Although Guangdong Province is under a strict crackdown, there are bound to be ruthless criminals slipping through."

Wang Wentian said: "I and Yu Zhàn will protect the sister-in-law, let Lián Kài and Wěi Míng stay behind."

Zhou Andong waved his hand: "I'm not going out from the hotel either—no need."

Shī Mèngjiāo said to Qin Zhi: "You guys talk business; I'm going shopping with Elder Sister Qiū."

"Go, go!" Qin Zhi waved his hand: "Buy whatever you want—Elder Miss Jiān has plenty of money, don't be polite with him."

Shī Mèngjiāo punched Qin Zhi, laughing: "I don't have your shamelessness."

Qin Zhi said solemnly: "Wife, in the face of money, what's face? Can't eat it, can't drink it. Listen—let go of face, buy whatever you want, let Elder Miss Jiān pay."

Shī Mèngjiāo gave Qin Zhi a white look, then turned to Zhou Andong and said sweetly: "Brother-in-law, I and Elder Sister Qiū went shopping."

"Alright!" Zhou Andong laughed: "From this one 'brother-in-law' from you, today no matter what you buy, I'll let your sister pay."

Shī Mèngjiāo's face is thin, Zhou Andong saying that made her a bit embarrassed, she linked arms with Elder Sister Qiū and said: "Elder Sister Qiū, let's go."

Elder Sister Qiū and Shī Mèngjiāo left, Zhou Andong's two glasses of fruit juice arrived. Originally, he had one glass for Elder Sister Qiū, but since she left, he drank both.

"Let's go, I'm heading back to the room to talk."

"Wait a moment!" Zhang Zuo complained: "I and Dàlín haven't eaten yet—wait until we finish, then we'll go back together."

"You two eat slowly." Zhou Andong waved his hand: "We'll go back to the room first."

Zhou Andong, Qin Zhi, and Zhào Liǎngpíng returned to the room, sat there chatting idly for a while—just over ten minutes—when the door was knocked.

Qin Zhi got up to open the door, saw it was Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo, strangely asked: "You two didn't eat?"

Zhang Zuo staggered into the room: "I ate!"

"That fast?" Qin Zhi closed the door, turned back.

"Just woke up, not hungry!" Tang Lin picked up his water cup, poured a glass of water, then sat in the chair by the window: "Deal with one mouthful—how long can it last?"

Zhào Liǎngpíng didn't know Qin Zhi, Tang Lin, or Zhang Zuo; Zhou Andong introduced both sides, then took out cigarettes, passed them around, lit one, and sat down: "Everyone's here, Qin Zhi—tell us your side's situation."

Qin Zhi took out a lighter, lit his cigarette, propped up his legs, and said: "After we finished talking at the bar that night, the next day I came to Yangcheng, told my third uncle about it. Just five days ago, the People's Bank of Guangdong Province's disciplinary department launched inspections on major banks in Yangcheng.

According to my third uncle, in such a short few days of inspection, the exposed problems are shocking. After the inspection ends, I estimate several major banks will have many people forming teams to go to prison."

"Who goes to prison isn't our concern." Tang Lin said: "We need to know, besides Wu Hui and that Zhuō Níng, who else participated in the illegal annexation of Bai健 Pharmaceutical? Whether the funds in their hands are problematic, whether they were illegally loaned out by banks."

Qin Zhi shrugged: "I don't know who either, so we need a list, then we can conduct targeted inspections."

Zhou Andong took out a pen and notebook from his briefcase and handed them to Zhào Liǎngpíng: "Write down the names of the participants."

Zhào Liǎngpíng took the pen and notebook, wrote down the names and family backgrounds of ten people, then handed them to Qin Zhi: "Ten people, each with not-simple backgrounds."

Qin Zhi stared at the notebook, sucked his teeth. Several people thought this kid was seeing the list and found it troublesome. Immediately after, they heard him say: "I say, Zhào brother, this handwriting looks like a dog chewed it—did you not graduate from kindergarten?"

"Hey!" Zhang Zuo gave a hey laugh: "Old Zhào's handwriting is definitely from a female dog chewing it."

Qin Zhi seemed not to notice Zhào Liǎngpíng's dark face, curiously asked: "Dà Zuo, how do you know it's from a female dog chewing it?"

Dà Zuo straightened his face, spoke solemnly: "My sister often says my handwriting is from a male dog chewing it, but my handwriting looks better than Old Zhào's, so Old Zhào's must be from a female dog chewing it."

Zhou Andong couldn't help but point his thumb up at Zhang Zuo: "Big Zuo Brother, you saying that—I absolutely approve."