Chapter 294: A Good Day to Deal a Vicious Blow

Gu Jianfa was clearly the one in the wrong, yet his shouting was louder than the old lady's scolding; he could hear it clearly through his phone, and the neighbors next door must have heard it too.

They shouted that Chen Baosheng must have cheated as well, spouting all sorts of nonsense, blaming him for everything—saying he should be killed, done in, and that the losses were his fault despite his winnings.

He himself is innocent, he's the victim.

Ah.

It's hard to judge.

He doesn't even mind being embarrassed.

Gu Jianfa definitely has no shame left.

But the old lady and Gu Anran still care about face; Gu Anran doesn't say anything, but she must feel upset inside.

Wu An listened and couldn't help but agree; the saying 'making use of waste' sums it up perfectly.

Trash also has value.

Wu An thought: 'You shameless uncle, you got lucky.'

For Gu Anran's sake, I'll help you out—I'll give Chen Baosheng a beating.

Oh.

You also want to break Chen Baosheng's left hand, right?

Okay, okay, okay.

This small matter, I, your nephew-in-law, will handle it for you.

Chen Baosheng is left-handed; yesterday, while playing cards, he used his left hand to flip the cards, overturning several people including Gu Jianfa.

He calls himself the 'god's left hand.'

Gu Jianfa kept shouting that he wanted to chop off that kid's left hand.

If you just give him a random beating, Chen Baosheng might think it's revenge, and Chen Lao Da might suspect him; but if you precisely strike his left hand.

Then Chen Baosheng's suspicion would be precisely directed at gambling.

Then the suspect would be obvious.

As for whether Gu Jianfa will be implicated or retaliated against, etc.

Who cares.

Wu An can't worry about all that.

Besides.

Dogs biting dogs, a mouthful of fur.

Just bite and it's over.

Gu Anran curiously asked, 'What's the matter with your call?'

Wu An said, 'My dad said he wants both sets of parents to meet; let me ask you to set a time.'

'Ah?' Gu Anran exclaimed.

Obviously, Wu An suddenly saying that caught her off guard.

After a while, she said, 'These few days won't work; Gu Jianfa is expected to cause trouble at home for a few days, and I also need to go to the county to get medicine for my grandma.'

'I can't say for sure about this time either.'

'Let me discuss it with my grandma tonight.'

'Okay, this isn't urgent; I'll just let you know.' Wu An changed the subject, asking, 'When are you going to the county?'

'Then I'll go with you.'

'Let's also set up a meeting while we're at it.'

Gu Anran hesitated a moment: 'Okay, my grandma's medicine will last four more days; let's go the day after tomorrow.'

'Got it.' Wu An noted it down, then they chatted a bit more before hanging up.

Wu An called A Jin.

The call connected.

A Jin said, 'An brother, I've already sent people to look for him, but no news yet.'

Wu An said, 'He might be at the gambling house.'

'Besides giving him a beating, also break his left hand.'

'I don't know much about this; how much money do you need? Give me a figure.'

A Jin asked, 'Why break his left hand?'

Wu An said, 'That kid is left-handed, also a gambling addict, his luck is good; after winning money, he thinks his left hand is special.'

'You break his left hand.'

'He'll think it's revenge from a losing gambler.'

'Most likely he won't suspect me.'

Originally he planned to confront them head-on, to let the Chen family know he's not to be messed with; but after thinking it over, doing this feels satisfying, yet it brings endless trouble.

Better yet, divert the trouble eastward.

Not only does the revenge succeed, it also gives the Chen family something to deal with; Chen Baosheng having his hand broken is such a big grudge that Chen Lao Da probably won't have time to scheme against him and Lao Fu Tou.

A Jin realized, 'You and my boss really think alike.'

'Huh?'

A Jin explained, 'My boss also told me to check if Chen Baosheng has any other issues; if not, just leave some clues for the Chen family to investigate my boss.'

Wu An was stunned; he didn't expect Gao Qiangqi to help him so wholeheartedly.

'Thanks to your boss... uh... never mind, I'll just call Strong Brother myself.' Wu An asked A Jin how much money he needed; A Jin didn't say, indicating the boss didn't want payment.

He directly transferred ten thousand over, saying if it's not enough, take more.

A Jin said, "Enough, enough."

Wu An didn't argue with him, hung up and called Gao Qiangqi; the call didn't go through, so he sent a message. After a long while, Gao Qiangqi replied with one sentence: "Earlier I saw you didn't want to get involved in this matter; not getting involved is better, keep it clean. To me, this isn't anything..."

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Wu An finished the call and returned; Wu Yingwei asked: "How come you were on the phone so long, what did they say?"

Wu An took a sip of water, said: "She said to ask the old lady, and also set a date for the day after tomorrow to meet in the county."

"If we meet, the soonest would be next week."

Wu Yingwei nodded, said: "Fine, I also need to prepare."

Don't say.

Meeting the parents, he's still quite nervous.

This is a big deal.

After the meal.

The family chatted for a while, Wu An talked about his recent situation; the family still cares more about his investment in a guesthouse in Zhenzhongcun.

Father and elder brother are still the same, nothing much to say.

Sister-in-law said she wants to fix the chicken and duck sheds, catch more chickens and ducks to raise; the family's meals are good now, always buying to eat, not sure if it's good, better to raise them ourselves for peace of mind.

Besides health issues, of course the most important is that it's not cost-effective; sister-in-law didn't say it directly.

As for that.

Wu An still supports it.

Father and elder brother also said okay, just no time to busy themselves.

Sister-in-law angrily retorted at the two, they're always busy and never seen, also never bring any money home; they just say okay and wait to eat ready-made food.

Father and elder brother immediately fell silent.

Father smoked with head down; elder brother lowered his head playing with his hands.

Wu An sipped tea, smiling happily as he watched.

"You shouldn't laugh either, being away from home three days out of two..." Wu An thought: "How did I still get shot?" Then sister-in-law changed tone: "Going out to sea is so hard, don't always eat outside; outside food is heavy in oil and salt, occasional eating is fine, but eating every day your body can't take it."

"Better to eat at home; anyway sister-in-law is idle at home, no matter when you return, there will always be hot food."

"You know?"

Wu An nodded repeatedly.

Father and elder brother lifted their heads, glanced gloomily, feeling rather unpleasant inside.

Not long ago, Wu An's status at home was still lower than that of the chickens and ducks raised at home.

But now, the two of them combined probably aren't even as good as a single leg hair of Wu An.

Of course.

Don't blame sister-in-law for being realistic; it's really that those two deserve to be retorted.

Wu Yingwei, well, his salary is not high.

Wu Ping is a privately-run teacher; his salary is inherently low, and he also subsidizes students who have difficulty attending school.

Don't look at them being coastal here, but the place is remote, so their economic situation is only a bit better than those on the islands.

It's not that they're so poor they can't eat; meeting living needs is fine, but educational resources and teaching environment are still quite lacking.

Here there are some kids who drop out before finishing junior high, or after finishing junior high go find work to earn money, such as A Qing.

Wu Ping has said more than once that he hopes to change this situation, but everyone just laughs; in everyone's view, this kind of thing cannot be changed by a single person.

Wu An used to think that too, but after being reborn he knows that an individual's power is indeed tiny, yet to gather the strength of most people, it indeed takes one person to step forward first.

On this matter, he still supports his elder brother.

But now, facing the gazes of father and elder brother, he can only shrug helplessly; he'd have to be crazy to throw himself at sister-in-law's gun barrel.

Putting down the tea cup, Wu An walked toward home.

The rain is still falling.

The night is also very dark.

He thought: "What a good weather for a nasty deed."