Chapter 143: Henpecked

When I woke up in the morning, I was still a bit sleepy. Looking at Third Brother, who was still sleeping on the other bed, I got out of bed and kicked him: "Hey, get up!"

Third Brother was groggy, but he subconsciously kicked back. Fortunately, I was prepared and dodged it. I only heard Third Brother’s cursing: "Damn it, who kicked me? I’ll kill him!"

However, when he saw it was me, he cursed in anger: "Fuck, Fourth Brother, are you trying to rebel? Do you believe I’ll throw you out right now?"

"Get up quickly, stop messing around. It’s time for school, and we still need to go to school today to discuss things with Zhang Yinuo!"

After hearing my words, Third Brother ignored me and turned over to continue sleeping: "Go if you want. I’m going to sleep for a while. At worst, I’ll be late. It’s not like I haven't been late before!"

Seeing Third Brother continuing to sleep on the bed, I said directly: "I’ll give you five minutes to brush your teeth and wash up, otherwise there won't be any breakfast for you today!"

This sentence worked very well on Third Brother. Our finances were indeed a bit tight, and it wasn't easy to get enough to eat every day. Third Brother had no savings and no job, so the money for meals was usually paid by me.

Sure enough, hearing my words, Third Brother got up immediately, glaring at me in anger: "Fourth Brother, you’re ruthless. Damn, I must get ahead and make a lot of money. This is so suffocating!"

I chuckled and didn't speak. Third Brother and I arrived at school. The school was the same as usual, except that people no longer looked at us the way they did before.

Zhang Yinuo and Chen Ling had arrived earlier than us. Chen Ling saw me and greeted me excitedly: "Brother Yang Yun, good morning!"

"Morning, Little Ling!"

"Brother Yang Yun, this is the breakfast I bought for you. Eat it quickly, otherwise it’ll get cold!" Chen Ling handed me breakfast as usual.

I habitually took the breakfast and started eating in big bites. Third Brother, seeing the fried dough stick in my hand, cunningly grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth. Seeing this, Chen Ling was furious and hurriedly scolded Third Brother: "Xu Hongzhi, what are you doing? How can you snatch Brother Yang Yun’s food? This is for him, you can't eat it!"

"Hmph, you only sent me two or three steamed buns in the morning. You have your little beauty bringing you food, but I’m not full, so I’m snatching it!" Third Brother had strong opinions about the breakfast I paid for in the morning.

However, Zhang Yinuo took out seven or eight steamed buns and handed them to us: "I have some more here. I bought too many, so you guys eat them today!"

"Wow, Sister-in-law is the best, unlike some stingy people!" Third Brother saw the buns Zhang Yinuo handed over and hurriedly took them back to his seat.

Chen Ling was so angry at Third Brother’s use of the term "Sister-in-law" that her nose flared.

I thanked Chen Ling, then returned to my seat to discuss things with Zhang Yinuo and Third Brother.

Old Five was also there. He had been called back by his parents a few days ago for something, and he had just returned today.

"Old Five, what did you do back there for so long? Did your parents arrange a blind date for you?" I teased Old Five.

"How is that possible, Fourth Brother? Don't talk nonsense. If Hu Wei hears this, I’m dead for sure!" Zhang Wu looked around secretly, and finding that Hu Wei wasn't there, he whispered to me.

"Old Five, look at your lack of backbone, being scared like this. Do you still have any manliness left? You’ll definitely be henpecked in the future!" Third Brother, holding a bun, looked at the head-peering Old Five and said in a bad mood.

"Third Brother, Fourth Brother, stop picking on me. There’s no way around it, that violent girl, I..." Before Zhang Wu could finish, Hu Wei suddenly appeared beside him and reached out to grab Zhang Wu’s ear.

Zhang Wu begged for mercy in pain: "Don't, don't, don't, little auntie, let go, let go!"

"Who did you just call a violent girl?" Hu Wei looked at Zhang Wu with a livid face.

"I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about someone else, I really wasn't talking about you!" At this moment, Zhang Wu showed a very strong will to survive.

"I clearly heard you talking about me just now, and you still say you weren't?" Hu Wei didn't let go of Zhang Wu’s ear.

"I really wasn't talking about you, Weiwei. All the classmates around are watching, can you give me some face?" Zhang Wu pleaded with Hu Wei, looking like he was about to cry.

Seeing the many gazes around, Hu Wei finally let go, but then she shouted at the surrounding classmates: "What are you looking at? Does it hurt your eyes that I’m managing my man? Everyone, get to class!"

Hu Wei’s voice was very loud, and she carried the domineering air of an extreme career woman. The surrounding classmates were so scared that they hurriedly lowered their heads to read their books, not daring to look anymore.

Seeing this, Third Brother and I cast pitying glances at Old Five. This guy’s future days were likely not going to be easy.

Seeing Hu Wei return to her seat, I finally dared to talk to Third Brother and the others. I asked Zhang Yinuo in front of me: "Yinuo, what did your brother say about cooperating to deal with the Li family?"

Zhang Yinuo turned to look at me, her expression slightly apologetic. Seeing this, I had a bad premonition.

"Well, Zhang Longtao told me that he needs to consider this matter. After all, the Li family is his people now, and they haven't shown any signs of rebelling against him. If the other party hasn't done anything to wrong him, and he goes directly to deal with the Li family, what will his subordinates think in the future? So he doesn't plan to participate for now. Unless the Li family makes a move against him first, he won't participate in this matter." Zhang Yinuo told me basically what Zhang Longtao had said.

Learning of Zhang Longtao’s thoughts, I felt a bit helpless. I had originally thought that with Zhang Longtao’s personality, he would likely participate, but I didn't expect the result to be different.

"Damn, why is your brother acting like a gentleman when there’s nothing going on? Everyone knows what he’s like, and now he’s putting on an act!" Third Brother complained in a bad mood.

"Although Zhang Longtao is cunning, slick, and unscrupulous in his actions, to be honest, he has never bullied his subordinates!" Zhang Yinuo explained.

"Never bullied them? Then how did he bully me before?" I was a bit unconvinced. Back then, when Wang Li bullied me, I went to Zhang Longtao, and that guy simply didn't care.

"Your matter was mainly a conflict between you and Wang Li. He doesn't care about conflicts between subordinates. He feels that if you have the ability, you should handle it yourself. After all, he has many such things under him and simply can't manage them all. So he never asks about such things. Anyway, from my understanding, Zhang Longtao has indeed never oppressed his subordinates!" Zhang Yinuo looked at me and said.