Chapter 505: When Returning as a Bandit

It looks like unless Ning Ning's problem is solved, Wu Zhekun will keep having a heartache.

Lu Cheng took off his coat and walked to the bedside: "Hmm? I think, about eighty or ninety percent, I can see it—although your mother can be domineering at times, on you she still shows a softer side."

Hearing Lu Cheng's analysis, Wu Zhekun's uneasy heart finally steadied a bit.

"I hope so, otherwise I'll just insist on going to the border…"

Lu Cheng smiled and said plainly, now it's a matter of which of the mother and son can hold out.

Patting Wu Zhekun's shoulder, Lu Cheng said, "Come, let's go to your home warehouse."

Wu Zhekun was momentarily confused: "What for, going to my home warehouse?"

"To move the liquor. Your mother just said to have me take away all the Mao Tai from your house."

Wu Zhekun was surprised: "Take it all away? You bandit, eating at my house and now taking my liquor, that's a bit too shameless, isn't it?"

Lu Cheng never cared about face: "I'm doing this for your father's health. The more I drink, the less your father drinks. Too much alcohol harms the body… By the way, this coat, I don't think you can wear it, so just give it to me."

Wu Zhekun was speechless: "You really are a bandit…"

Lu Cheng didn't mind, just two boxes of liquor; even if he's a bandit, he's only a petty one.

But when they got to the warehouse, he realized taking all the family's liquor was indeed a bit too bandit‑like.

In the dim warehouse, stacked high against the wall was a row of more than a dozen boxes.

They were still in wooden crates, each holding 24 bottles.

That means the wall of intact crates contained over three hundred bottles.

Lu Cheng was truly shocked and couldn't help muttering a line.

"Lao Wu, is your family corrupt?"

Wu Zhekun snapped, "Dammit, who's corrupt! This all came from my father's war‑merit rewards, and my two brothers‑in‑law also pay respects during festivals…"

"I ended up giving it to you cheap; I think you're the one bribed by my mother, otherwise why would you be working so hard."

The whole family couldn't persuade the father, but Lu Cheng managed to convince him.

Lu Cheng immediately stepped back and said, "If you say that, you have no conscience. Who am I doing this for? It's for you! If you speak to me like that, you completely tarnish our pure revolutionary friendship."

Seeing Wu Zhekun still trying to argue, Lu Cheng gave him no chance, sweeping his hand: "Move! Move everything!"

The driver who had taken Lu Cheng earlier had already received instructions from Director Liang and began loading the boxes onto the car.

Wu Zhekun, standing nearby, grew a bit anxious: "Wait, don't move them all, leave a few boxes…"

"Lao Wu, it's not that I'm not leaving any; it's entirely for your father's health, leaving this harmful stuff for me."

To avoid trouble later, Lu Cheng, after saying that, began handling the moving himself.

They packed the carriage completely; the last box just wouldn't fit.

Lu Cheng kicked with his foot, trying to create a bit more space.

Wu Zhekun, leaning on his two crutches, frowned and shouted, "Ow, fine, if it won't fit just stop trying, my car is almost ruined by your kicking."

Lu Cheng looked at the packed carriage; even all the seats were filled, indeed there was no room left.

At this point, Lu Cheng had no seat left to sit on.

Seeing the box on the ground, Lu Cheng glanced at the driver and then told Wu Zhekun, "It's fine, let the driver carry one box."

Wu Zhekun was speechless: "The driver carries it? Then how can he drive!"

Lu Cheng looked at the driver: "Brother, as the chief's driver, you can't even solve this technical problem?"

The driver straightened his posture immediately: "Can do, will definitely complete the mission."

"Very well, let's go!"

The driver promptly lifted the box of liquor from the ground, sat in the driver's seat, placed the wooden crate on his thighs, and skillfully started the vehicle.

"See, it doesn't affect anything at all."

Wu Zhekun inhaled: "If I let you come to my house again in the future, I'm your grandson."

"Don't mind, you're a junior."

Lu Cheng looked at the bike against the wall: "Hey, lend me your bicycle, I still have to go over and open the door for the driver."

"No…"

Wu Zhekun didn't have time to refuse; Lu Cheng had already taken the bike, pushed it forward with his left foot on the pedal twice, then swung his right leg back and rode off.

"Bandit, that's what you are; you have to return it, I only have this one bicycle…"

……

Lu Cheng, riding the bicycle slower and having drunk, arrived at Yu'er Hutong, where the driver was already waiting.

Lu Cheng slid over, stopped the bike, and while securing the vehicle said, "Brother, I still need to trouble you to help me move it inside."

The driver had no hesitation: "Of course, Director Liang already instructed me."

Lu Cheng didn't open the car door immediately; he waited until the alley was empty, then hurried with the driver to move it into the courtyard.

Mainly because he doesn't often stay here; if the neighbors saw him, they'd report it, and those with ulterior motives might remember and steal again, which would be bad.

One must always be wary of others.

Lu Cheng, seeing that the liquor could only be placed inside the house, still felt unsafe; when he has time, he'll need to find people to dig a secret underground warehouse.

For now this is all he can do; at worst he'll just come by often to check.

Before leaving, Lu Cheng specifically opened a box and took out six bottles of Mao Tai to give the driver.

The driver, of course, was embarrassed to accept: "No, no, Comrade Lu Cheng, that's too valuable; I can't take it."

Lu Cheng insisted he keep it: "I'm not bribing you. You keep picking up from me and giving to me, I've made you work hard enough; you must take it. Rest assured, I won't tell your superiors."

After Lu Cheng said that, the driver happily nodded.

"Then thank you, Comrade Lu Cheng. If you ever need any help, just come find me…"

The driver regretted saying that; although being a driver is already a coveted job, and he drives for a chief, which makes many people envious.

Lu Cheng's family all take pride in him.

If he said that to others, many would feel honored before they could even respond, but saying it to Lu Cheng comes across as a bit arrogant.

Who is this Lu Cheng? He is the one Director Liang personally sent a car to pick up, the junior brother of a chief, and the person who dines and drinks with so many chiefs.

If they truly needed help, there'd be no reason to call on his driver.

He was feeling awkward, but fortunately Lu Cheng didn't put on airs because of it.

"Thanks, big brother. When I have time, I'll treat you to a meal, and we'll drink this Mao Tai. As long as you come, I'll set aside all these wines for you."

The driver naturally knew Lu Cheng was being polite, but that actually proved he knows how to speak and handle matters.

"Definitely, definitely…"

The driver got into the car and left; Lu Cheng locked both the inner and outer doors with heavy locks and stood at the doorway for a while.

When his peripheral glance caught the bicycle beside him, Lu Cheng instantly patted his dizzy head.

Lu Cheng had just forgotten to have the driver take the bicycle away.

Lu Cheng could only go deliver it again; strolling along the main street, Lu Cheng wasn't in a hurry, wandering aimlessly in the breeze, and his head grew even more dizzy.

When he stopped the bicycle, he found himself at the gate of Qingbei University.

In Lu Cheng's mind, Yang Yin's face involuntarily surfaced.

He then turned the handlebars and rode toward the university.