Chapter 18: Past Events
Lei Tingting's words sounded a bit sad, and Zhang Nianzu certainly knew the reason. So he didn't say anything more, just drink it!
After drinking a few bottles of beer, Lei Tingting's face turned red and she looked as beautiful as a peach.
Zhang Nianzu said, "It seems like you can drink quite a lot." Most girls would probably get dizzy after drinking so much.
Lei Tingting smiled and said, "My father was very strict with me since I was a child, but he didn't object to my drinking. When I was a child, he would always let me lick his wine. When I was twelve or thirteen, he started to let me learn to taste red wine."
Zhang Nianzu said: "I didn't expect this."
Lei Tingting said, "At first I didn't understand why, but later I realized that he wanted me to have a skill." Lei Tingting smiled bitterly and said, "What other skills can the daughter of a gangster boss develop?"
Zhang Nianzu frowned and said, "Don't say that."
Lei Tingting said: " Tell me about yourself. It has been difficult for you these years since your parents passed away, right?"
Zhang Nianzu shook his head and said, "Really not, it's quite comfortable." After a brief moment of confusion, he slowly said, "My parents were both ordinary employees at first, but later they quit their jobs to do some small business, and after saving their first sum of money, they opened a car repair shop."
Lei Tingting said: "So your dad is also good at repairing cars, right?"
Zhang Nianzu's expression changed slightly as he said , "No, he knows nothing about cars. His partner is his friend Lao Wu - the middle-aged man you have met. My father provides the site, and Lao Wu provides the technology. After my parents passed away, Lao Wu worked for me, and he has been taking care of me all these years."
Lei Tingting said with emotion: "Old Wu is a really nice person."
As his memory went back, Zhang Nianzu also started talking. It was as if he was confiding in Lei Tingting, or as if he was summarizing. He said quietly, "My parents are the kind of people who have no special abilities but keep struggling. They are ordinary and have no special features. They usually live frugally and refuse to spend any extra money. They saved for many years before they decided to buy a car, but they had a car accident on the first day they drove on the road."
Lei Tingting exclaimed: "Ah?"
Zhang Nianzu said: "So from that time on, I started to learn car repair from Lao Wu and devoted myself to studying driving skills. I swore that I would never let a car hurt me or cause trouble to others."
Lei Tingting's eyes turned red. She held Zhang Nianzu's hand and said, "Don't be too sad. You are doing well. Their spirits in heaven can see it."
Zhang Nianzu said calmly: "It's been almost ten years. To be honest, I almost don't feel anything anymore." After a while, he murmured , "My dad would be 55 years old now." He was suddenly shocked when he said this. It turned out that he tried his best not to think about these things over the years. It was not until today that he realized that his parents passed away at the age of 45, and it has been ten years now.
Lei Tingting said: "Luckily you were not in that car."
Zhang Nianzu struggled and said with a complicated expression, "That was the first day we bought the car. My dad took my mom for a ride. I was supposed to go with them, but they said they wanted to spend some time alone, so they didn't take me with them."
Lei Tingting said: "It shows that you have been a troublemaker since you were a child!"
Zhang Nianzu chuckled. He was very grateful to Lei Tingting for pulling him out of his sadness. This girl had such a magical ability - she was upright, energetic, and could influence the people around her at any time.
Lei Tingting was a little stunned. It was the first time she saw him smiling at her from the front. A shallow scar appeared on his left cheek, like a dimple . His smile was wicked and a little overbearing.
Zhang Nianzu saw Lei Tingting in a daze and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong with you?"
Lei Tingting said: "You are actually quite handsome."
The bar was noisy, and Zhang Nianzu asked, "What?"
Lei Tingting shouted loudly, word by word: "You look so beautiful when you smile!"
Her shout finally attracted other people's attention. A man in his thirties walked over quickly from two tables away and asked gloomily, "Tingting, what are you doing here?"
When Lei Tingting saw this person, her expression changed and she said, "You..."
Zhang Nianzu asked: "Who is this?"
The man stared at Zhang Nianzu and said, "I am Tingting's fiancé Gu Changfeng, who are you?"
Zhang Nianzu said: "So you are...that someone." Lei Tingting said that Lei Xiaohu wanted her to marry the young master of a group. It seems that this is the one.
Lei Tingting was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said to Zhang Nianzu, "Let's go."
Gu Changfeng grabbed her arm and said unhappily, "Come with me!"
"Let go!" Lei Tingting struggled hard, but couldn't get rid of Gu Changfeng's hand.
"Gu Changfeng, I haven't married you yet!" Lei Tingting said angrily.
Gu Changfeng sneered: "I don't mind you drinking with other men, what else do you want to do?"
Zhang Nianzu broke Gu Changfeng's hand and said, "Even if she marries you, you can't restrict her freedom."
Gu Changfeng asked grimly: "Who are you?"
Lei Tingting quickly pulled Zhang Nianzu away without waiting for him to speak: "Go away, we agreed that we'd never meet again, I...you don't have to worry."
Zhang Nianzu said: "I'll take you back."
Gu Changfeng stared at Zhang Nianzu and said, "Little brother, do you know who she is? I advise you that she is not someone you can mess with."
Lei Tingting said anxiously: "Stop talking, leave quickly."
Zhang Nianzu said to Gu Changfeng: "My name is Zhang Nianzu, what's the problem?"
Lei Tingting said in annoyance: "Why are you saying this?"
Seeing that something was wrong, the group of people who were traveling with Gu Changfeng stood up and surrounded them. They all looked like bad guys and shouted, "Brother Feng, what happened?"
Gu Changfeng waved his hand in a magnanimous manner, looked at Zhang Nianzu with contempt and said, "Zhang Nianzu, huh? Because of your ignorance, I don't want to waste time talking to you now. Get out of here."
Lei Tingting's face changed and she said, "It has nothing to do with him. I was the one who asked him to come out."
Zhang Nianzu protected Lei Tingting behind him and said calmly, "No matter how ignorant I am, I know to respect women. You have been yelling at me for a long time but you have no manners at all."
The group of people behind Gu Changfeng suddenly got angry: "What did you say?"
"Do you know who this is? This is the young president of Changfeng Group!"
"Hurry up and apologize to Brother Feng!"
Zhang Nianzu asked curiously, "Are you the CEO of Changfeng Group?"
Gu Changfeng said coldly: "Are you scared now?"
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "You misunderstood. I just didn't expect Changfeng to be a person's name." He really didn't expect it. He had heard the name of Changfeng Group so many times since Zhao Weiming, but he didn't expect that their young president would be called Gu Changfeng. Judging from the name, Gu Changfeng's father had high hopes for him in his early years. So although he is only the young president in name, Gu Changfeng is now very likely the real helmsman of the Changfeng Group.
Gu Changfeng's accomplices started to cry out again: "You are courting death!"
Zhang Nianzu ignored him and said to Gu Changfeng, "You don't want to talk nonsense with me, but I get upset when I see you. How about this, I'll send Tingting back first, and we can talk alone if we have any questions in the future."
Gu Changfeng said coldly: "Are you worthy? Do you believe that I can kill you on the spot with just one word?" Upon hearing this, his accomplices surrounded him from all sides.
Lei Tingting said anxiously: "Zhang Nianzu, please go away, don't resist!"
At this moment, someone outside asked, "Who wants to leave people dead in my place?"
There were already quite a few people watching, but when they saw him, they all made way for him and said politely, "Master Jiang."
Lao Jiang came to the table and asked again, "Who is causing trouble?" He still had a smile on his face, but his tone was very unhappy. Since he became famous in one battle, he has set a rule that as long as it is in this place, no matter how big the hatred is, it is not allowed to fight! This is also forced. Now, most of the people who come to this bar to drink are gangsters. There are many people who dislike each other. If they are not strictly restrained, they will not be able to do anything every day. There will definitely be more quarrels than drinks. Fortunately, none of the bosses are stupid. Lao Jiang is a famous person in the industry. Isn't it asking for trouble to offend him? Besides, the 19 members of the Black Panther Gang are a lesson from the past. Even if they want to cause trouble, they have to weigh their own weight. Therefore, since the reopening of Dick Bar, the atmosphere can be described as friendly and harmonious, and there has not even been a quarrel.
So Chiang Kai-shek wanted to see who was bold enough to dare to challenge the emperor.
