A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1511 I was given a chance, but you didn't take it! (Please subscribe!)
A phone booth near Suihe People's Hospital in the middle of the night.

A short, thin young man inserted a phone card and dialed a number in another city. After a few rings, the phone was answered, and the young man spoke first:
"Third Master, I'm Skinny Monkey."

The other party interrupted directly:

"Why are you calling? Where's Lao Liu?"

"And why did you call from a Suihe number? Didn't I tell you that those lines are all about border trade, the methods are too unethical, and some people even eat raw meat? We Rongmen craftsmen don't work for those kinds of people!"

The skinny monkey shivered from the cold, his voice trembling with tears:

“My master got into trouble. We ran into a 'troublemaker' on the third line of the vertical railway. He was carrying a lot of gunpowder. But they were staying in a private room on the third line, so we couldn’t do anything about it. We switched to this line and planned to do one job and leave.”

"My master personally 'trapped in the wind,' but his companion 'leaked the wind,' and that person even called for help. He immediately 'lost the wind,' and my master is still inside."

"We were furious and wanted to leave a mark on that guy according to the rules of the underworld, so that he would remember it."

"When there were many people getting off the bus, Ma Zi took advantage of the situation and attacked Qing Zi. Who knew that the man was a master? He grabbed Ma Zi's wrist and stabbed Qing Zi in the waist."

"Ma Zi is in the hospital being treated, my master isn't here, and I don't have any money to pay the medical bills. I beg Third Master to give me some advice!"

The third master's breathing on the other side noticeably became heavier:

"Money is a small matter. As long as the men are there, our Rongmen brothers can't suffer this loss for nothing!"

The skinny monkey said nervously, "We lost them, but I'm sure they came to Suihe to do border trade!"

Third Master didn't complain either:
"They're skilled, so it's normal to lose track of them. I'll have someone send you the money later!"

"As for that person, it's easy to deal with once we know his background. They always have to return after they finish their business. I'll send Team Nine over there, and you guys wait at the train station. They won't get away!"

After saying that, he specifically instructed:

"Once we catch them, we'll sever their tendons, but we won't kill them!"

The skinny monkey quickly agreed, then gave the hospital address and hung up the phone properly.

What Skinny Monkey and Third Master didn't know was that the person they were trying to sever the tendons in was currently in a hotel room, brandishing a pistol and intimidating everyone!

In the hotel room, Hua Shier pulled out a Desert Eagle and grinned at the group of people trying to scam him.
"I traded a Desert Eagle for twenty down jackets from the Russians this morning, isn't that awesome!"

Everyone in the room, friend or foe, was dumbfounded.

Hua Shier placed his finger on the trigger, the muzzle pressed against the forehead of the leader of the honey trap gang, and, displaying his Oscar-worthy acting skills, gave the same look Liu Huaqiang gave Feng Biao:

"I'll kill you if you move!"

The guy felt the cold metallic touch on his forehead, and Hua Shier's cold and ruthless gaze and tone; cold sweat visibly streamed down his face.

The menacing-looking group around her suddenly calmed down, acting like children who had done something wrong and were being disciplined by their headmaster. Fei Fei slumped onto the bed, waving her hands repeatedly.

"Brother, we don't want the money anymore, please don't be impulsive!"

Old Liu, Dada, and Zhao Hailong were also dumbfounded. The latter, who had been Hua's friend and colleague for many years, quickly advised:
"Brother Cui, it's not worth it."

Hua Shier looked at those people and shouted, "Kneel down, all of you!"

In an instant, everyone in the room knelt down. Feifei knelt directly on the bed, and Lao Liu, Dada, and Zhao Hailong also knelt down.

Hua Shier kicked Zhao Hailong in annoyance:
"What are you kneeling for? Get up right now! That woman, kneel against the wall with your accomplices!"

Feifei nodded repeatedly and hurriedly got out of bed and knelt down against the wall with her accomplices.

Although the leader also knelt down, he was too embarrassed to back down in front of his underlings and Feifei.
"Brother, we've really messed up this time, there's not much to say. But in the world of martial arts, it's better to leave room for maneuver so we can meet again in the future. We're all just trying to make a living, how about you let us off the hook?"

Hua Shier smiled faintly: "What if I don't let go?"

The man in the lead was also taken aback, and said with a stiff upper lip:
"Then kill us all. If even one of you gets out alive, you'll have made a great enemy!"

His henchmen looked at him in surprise, thinking to themselves, "Boss, do you even know how to talk? Are you trying to get someone to silence you?"

Hua Twelve laughed:

"You're pretty tough. Looks like you really want to fight me. Do you have the ability to fight me?"

He was getting the mood for acting, so he grabbed the man's hand, shoved the Desert Eagle into it, and then pointed the gun at his own forehead.

"Come on, pull the trigger, and my life is yours!"

Zhao Hailong, Lao Liu, and Dada were all startled: "Brother, what are you doing!"

"None of you need to worry about it, just let him fire!"

Hua Shier said to the man, "Shoot me, you bastard from Shudao Mountain!"

"One, two"

The man's hands were trembling, as were his subordinates and Feifei. The TV series "Conquest" hadn't even started airing yet, and they'd never seen such a ruthless person before!

"three!"

Hua Shier grabbed the pistol back and pressed it against the other man's forehead:

"I gave you a chance, but you're useless! Call me grandpa, or I'll beat you to death!"

The man was almost wetting himself when he said in a trembling voice, "Grandpa, Grandpa!"

"Hey!"

Hua Shier responded with a satisfied shout, then pointed the gun at another person: "Call me grandpa!"

"grandfather!"

After the men all called him "Grandpa," Hua Twelve pointed the gun at Fei Fei. Before he could speak, Fei Fei cried out:
"Grandpa, Grandpa"

Hua Shier spat: "Not a single one of you is upright. You bunch of people, still running honey traps? Aren't you afraid of falling into a pit?"

Dada pleaded from the side, "Brother Cui, don't scare Feifei, she was definitely coerced!"

Hua Shier pointed his gun at him: "Come on, you go kneel down too!"

"Okay!" Dada didn't resist at all. Instead, he knelt down next to Feifei and moved closer to her, looking very pleased with himself!
Hua Shier was speechless. This guy is truly shameless!

Zhao Hailong and Lao Liu were both taken aback by Hua Shier's acting skills. Now that he had calmed down, Zhao Hailong took out a cigarette and offered it to him.
"Brother Cui, have a smoke to calm down, we don't need to!"

Old Liu took out a lighter: "Cui, Hailong is right, someone of your status doesn't deserve this!"

Hua Shier, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, pushed away Lao Liu's lighter:
"I have my own fire!"

He turned the gun upside down, pulled the trigger, and a flame shot out from the muzzle, igniting the cigarette.

Everyone was stunned; the people involved in the honey trap all stared wide-eyed.
"Holy crap, it's a lighter!"

Feeling their courage return, these people stood up and pulled out weapons such as steel pipes and chains that they carried with them.

Hua Twelve couldn't help but chuckle, then waved his hand and said:
"Guys, don't be impulsive, I was just joking with you!"

The man in the lead had just lost face, and now he was walking over carrying a steel pipe.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Hua Shier pointed to his face: "Do you recognize me? Cui Guoming, the one who sang on the Spring Festival Gala!"

Feifei's eyes widened:

"He's Cui Guoming, that big star. I thought he looked familiar earlier; he sings our team song, 'The Ordinary Road'."

At this point, several of his accomplices recognized him: "It looks like him! His picture is on the cassette tape I bought!"

Hua Twelve smiled and said:
"Right? I'm not short of money. Problems that can be solved with money aren't problems. Just tell me how much you want as long as you don't hurt us!"

After he finished speaking, he asked Feifei curiously, "By the way, what's the meaning of that song?"

Feifei said smugly, "Everyone who comes here is a business owner. We cheated them out of their money, so that their journey home would be ordinary. It's like the movie 'The Ordinary Road'!"

Hua Shier was a little sweaty; so this was what a 'common road' really was!
When the man saw it was a big star, he wasn't so angry anymore. He mainly knew celebrities were rich, and felt he'd really struck gold this time. He started calculating:

"How about 100,000?"

Qian Hua was speechless at this, but Fei Fei knew her stuff:
"Are you kidding me? 100,000? I heard his appearance fee is over a million. We want five million. Your friend tried to assault me, and you even threatened us with a fake gun. Five million and this matter is over!"

Hua Shier looked at Dada: "Is this what you call being coerced?"

Dada looked at Feifei: "Feifei, these lynxes and wild beasts forced you to say this, right?"

Feifei walked over and alluringly wrapped her arms around Dada's neck. He felt completely captivated, his bones sinking in. But the next moment, Feifei's knee struck Dada in the groin.

"I'll teach you to be all lovey-dovey with me. You were kneeling there just now, rubbing against me non-stop. I'll teach you to keep rubbing against me, are you going to stop now!"

Dada let out a scream like a screeching chicken, and fell to the ground clutching his groin in a two-character clamp-like stance.

Hua Twelve immediately showed a concerned expression:
"Don't hit my own brother! It's just five million, I've given it to you, I'll give you another five million!"

Lao Liu and Zhao Hailong were both shocked and wondered if Dada, this idiot, was worth so much money.

The eldest brother asked, "Is he your brother?"

Hua Shier retorted, "What do you mean by 'younger brother'? He's my own younger brother!"

Feifei's eyes lit up: "You're really willing to take out ten million?"

Hua Shier nodded and said, "Didn't you say that my appearance fee is one million? Although I'm rather lazy, I still manage to do more than ten performances a year. Just consider it a year of working for free to ensure my safety!"

After he finished speaking, he added, "However, ten million is too much. If I want to withdraw the money, I need to inform the bank a few days in advance. How about this, give me three days, and I'll raise the ten million!"

The honey trap gangs were all eyeing it covetously; ten million! They couldn't earn that much in their entire lives!

Feifei walked over and whispered a few words to the gang leader, who was the one who had just accompanied Hua Shier to indulge in acting as 'Feng Biao'.

The eldest son, Chaohua, nodded twelve times:

"Alright, you're smart to be sensible. For the sake of money, we'll let bygones be bygones. But we have to take your brother with us. We have to follow procedure. Pay up and we'll release him!"

Hua Shier looked 'grieved' and said, 'No, you can't touch my brother, or you can take me away!'

Feifei scoffed, "It was your brother who flirted with me, not you. And don't think we don't know that such a large sum of money can only be produced by the person in question. If we take you back, who will give us the money?"

Everyone else nodded in agreement, indicating that they would only tie up Dada and not Hua Shier.

Dada was in so much pain that he was cramping up on the ground and couldn't hear what anyone was saying. He was dazed and confused as he was carried downstairs, put into a van, and driven away.

As soon as the group left, Old Liu was the first to speak:
"Cui, is Dada really worth ten million?"

Zhao Hailong was also puzzled: "When did Dada become your younger brother?"

Hua Shier yawned:

"What if someone kidnapped you two if I didn't tell them I was close to Dada? Okay, everything's fine now, go to sleep!"

Old Liu and Zhao Hailong then suddenly realized what was going on.

Zhao Hailong asked, "What about Dada? He can't be in any trouble, can he?"

Old Liu said resentfully, "It's good that something happened. He's been so smug all this time, and it's all because of the trouble he caused!"

Hua Shier laughed and patted Lao Liu: "It's not that bad. It's more fun to watch dabbles on the road, otherwise it would be so boring!"

Old Liu was speechless for a moment. People usually want to travel safely and avoid trouble, but you just want to have fun.

Hua Shier then said to Zhao Hailong:

"As for Dada, don't worry about him. They're still counting on Dada to ask me for money, so at most we'll just have to take him back and beat him up. There's no danger!"

"Let's get things done first. Let him entertain Dada for two days. First, to teach Dada a lesson for his temper, and second, because Dada is too cocky. Consider it a daycare for him!"

"Once we're done, we'll call the police and say my friend has been kidnapped. With my reputation, Uncle Hat will definitely treat this as a major case and arrest a few people involved in the honey trap like it's nothing!"

Zhao Hailong and Lao Liu were completely convinced.

Old Liu gave a thumbs up: "Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

Zhao Hailong also praised, "No wonder you're a top student and a senior engineer. Your brain is truly exceptional!"

Hua Shier smiled and waved his hand: "Alright, Dada's gone. You two go sleep in Dada's room, I'll have my own room!"

Over the next two days, Hua Shier began to focus on his business. He even took a liking to a shop in the foreign trade market, bought it outright, and filled the shop with all the goods he had brought from his storage space.

After everything was settled, he brought Lao Liu and Zhao Hailong over and used the key to open the shop door:

"What do you think? This will be our shop from now on. Lao Liu, you'll be in charge here!"

Zhao Hailong and Lao Liu were overjoyed. They felt that working with Hua Shier was a breeze; he was quick to act and had already bought the shop in just a few days.

And look at the goods in the shop, they are all the most sought-after items here.

Hua Shier said to Lao Liu, "Don't worry, come back to Donglin with us for the New Year these next couple of days, and you can come back after the New Year!"

Old Liu nodded and said, "Then I thank you very much, boss!"

Hua Shier smiled and waved his hand:

"What kind of boss are you? You're acting like you're from the old society. I'll give you 20% of the shares in this shop, which will be considered as your labor investment. Hailong will also get 20%. Once you've made money from those goods back in Donglin, you can give me the money back!"

Zhao Hailong also brought money with him. He had bought a lot of Russian goods with Hua Shier and could earn seven or eight thousand yuan when he got back. Hearing this, he naturally had no objection and nodded repeatedly.

The next night, after Hua Shier and his neighbors Lao Liu and Zhao Hailong fell asleep, he opened the Anywhere Door, disappeared from the room, and came out again in an unfamiliar alley.

As I walked out of the alley through the snow, I turned around and saw a van parked outside the entrance to a basement.

He recognized the car; it was the same car that Fei Fei and her group had taken Dada away in.

Hua Shier pushed open the basement door and went down the stairs.

In the basement, there were two pool tables, and Fei Fei and her group were having a lively hot pot dinner.

Hearing the commotion, someone turned to look in this direction and was immediately startled upon seeing Hua Twelve:
"Big brother, it's Cui Guoming!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then stood up in unison. Feifei asked:
"How did you find me!"

Hua Shier pointed outside:

"I was passing by and saw your car, so I came in to take a look!"

"Don't worry, I've prepared the money. We'll settle the payment tomorrow. By the way, how's my brother? Is he alright?"

Feifei pointed to the two people squatting on the ground and said:
"Look, your brother is over there!"

Hua Shier glanced at them and couldn't recognize them by their appearance alone. One had a bruised and swollen face, and his mouth was crooked so that his face was unrecognizable. The other had teeth marks all over his face, as if someone had held his face and bitten him, and he was bleeding.

He recognized Dada by his ramen-noodle-shaped hair – the one with the bruised and swollen face.

Hua Shier pretended to be unhappy and said:
"I already promised to pay, and this is how you beat my brother?"

Feifei said irritably:
"We only beat him up at first, then the rest was done by the guy next to him. He was trying to molest me and my brother caught him. His family hadn't even sent the money yet when the two of them started fighting. I don't want to go into details, you should ask them!"

Hua Shier walked up to Dada and asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Dada's eyes darted away: "It hasn't even been three days yet, you can't break your promise!"

These words made Hua Shier want to kick him a couple of times.

"Why did they beat you up like that?"

Hua Shier said this, and the person next to Dada was unhappy:
"Your brother bit me like this, and I told him that Feifei is my woman. Before, when Feifei and I were flirting, these honey traps were a few seconds late, and I had already gotten things done. When I said that, your brother hit me. He couldn't beat me, so he bit me. Have you no shame?!"

Dada retorted, "You're talking nonsense! How could Feifei possibly be in a romantic relationship with you? She was forced into this honey trap!"

The man spat a mouthful of phlegm in Dada's face: "Feifei is destined to be my woman. We've already taken our clothes off. Do you need to explain for her?"

Dada retorted with a spit of phlegm: "Bullshit, Feifei is my woman, well, not now, but she definitely will be in the future."

Hua Shier understood; these were two idiots who had collided.

He turned to Feifei and the others and said:

"I've changed my mind. This idiot isn't worth ten million. Tonight, I won't pay, and I'm taking him with me!"

As soon as he said this, Hua Twelve was surrounded by people:

"So, you're trying to act tough, huh?"

Without saying a word, Hua Shier kicked the man in the knee, and with a crack, the leg formed a V-shape. Before the man could even scream, Hua Shier casually slapped him, knocking him unconscious.

Then he went all out, and in less than a few seconds, he broke the legs of everyone, including Feifei, and they all collapsed to the ground unconscious.

A few minutes later, Hua Shier drove the van, taking the group straight to the outskirts. Dada kept chattering in the van:
"Brother, you hit too hard! Look how much pain Feifei is in! She even fainted and was wincing!"

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