Fanatic!

Chapter 12 Nobody Can Steal My Money

A clinic in the Walled City.

Several men in suits stormed in, then stepped aside to make way for a man in a suit, who appeared to be in his fifties.

"Brother Bing!" Hao Ge's men in the room bowed immediately upon seeing the newcomer.

Ignoring the others, Bing walked directly to a bed and saw Hao's corpse.

After checking the person's breathing to confirm that he was indeed dead, Bingye turned around expressionlessly and asked, "What happened?"

"Brother Hao had just finished collecting the money when he was ambushed not long after he left..." the subordinate recounted the incident.

Bingye slapped him across the face: "So, you mean there was only one person on the other side, and you watched him get killed and then watched him run away?"

"Ghost Boy also had a handful of lime thrown on his face, so he can't see anything... I checked on Brother Hao's condition, and Rotten Tooth Dong chased after him, but he was ambushed by the other side... Now he's lying in bed and can't get up!" Brother Hao's subordinate, who had been slapped, explained cautiously while covering his face.

"Useless!" Master Bing slapped him again.

Bingye took out a cigarette and lit it, his expression silent yet ruthless.

"Find him out!"

After all, his men were ambushed and stabbed to death while collecting debts in the fortress, and the money was stolen.

If we don't catch and deal with this person... what will become of our reputation if word gets out?

Will anyone dare to pee on his head from now on?

"How did that person know you would pass by there, and how did he know Ah Hao had money in his bag without any hesitation, and just kill him and rob him without any hesitation?"

"Hey kid, pay me back!" Another henchman who had been slapped immediately flashed a murderous glint in his eyes.

Snapped!
"How could Ah Hao accept such useless people like you! Do you think everyone else is as brainless as you?" Bingye said, exasperated.

"You're being watched!"

"Xiongzai, you're smart. Take them and find them these next few days!" Bingye said to a man in a suit not far away.

……

"Check if anyone has been following you or loitering around you these past few days... In the next few days, keep an eye out for any fellow Daoists or gamblers in the stronghold who have suddenly become rich."

"Twenty-eight thousand is close to thirty thousand, which is not a small amount. Those who receive the money will definitely be unable to contain themselves."

After Bingye left, Xiongzi immediately gave his instructions.

"Understood, Xiong-ge!"

The two former henchmen of Brother Hao both had grim faces, determined to find the man and skin him alive.

……

"This stance training has a murderous aura today!" Senior Brother Li walked up to Chen Wujun, who was practicing the Golden Rooster Stance, and smelled the blood and medicine.

After all, Chen Wujun's knees had been a bloody mess every day for the past few days. He would apply medicine, and just when they started to heal a little at night, his knees would be a bloody mess again the next day.

Senior Brother Li looked at Chen Wujun carefully and indeed sensed that the boy had an unusual killing intent about him today.

People who practice martial arts have more acute senses than ordinary people.

Although the Golden Rooster Stance also exudes killing intent, it is a killing intent that is displayed while standing still, which is completely different from the killing intent of actually killing someone.

"Something interesting!"

He quickly put the matter aside.

What this kid does outside is none of his business.

Even if he really killed someone, he wouldn't bother with it as long as no one traced it back to him.

After finishing his morning training, Chen Wujun's knees were covered in blood and flesh, and he limped away from the martial arts gym.

Fresh blood seeped directly onto his pants.

"Every day my knees are bruised and bloody from being hit. After the bleeding stops, I apply medicine, let them heal overnight, and then continue the next day. The pain has lessened a bit these past two days. Once my knees have healed, they should be stronger than other parts of my body."

Chen Wujun walked and thought.

I went to the dentist to have lunch with my dad. I stood in the dentist for a while in the afternoon, then said goodbye to my dad and went for a stroll on Longjin Road.

As I walked to the entrance of the convenience store, I saw the same child again, licking a lollipop.

When Chen Wujun saw him, he remembered how his plans had been disrupted by him last time.

Although Chen Wujun wasn't a petty person, seeing how happy the child was now, he wanted to let him know that he was celebrating too soon.

Upon seeing Chen Wujun walking towards him, the child immediately recognized him, pointing at Chen Wujun with one finger as if he wanted to call out, but then suddenly remembered something and quickly stuffed the lollipop into his mouth.

Even after so many days, the child still remembers it, which shows that Chen Wujun left an indelible impression on him last time.

Then Chen Wujun walked over, reached out and pinched his cheek, took out the lollipop, and turned around to disappear into the crowd.

Suddenly, the sound of a child wailing came from behind.

There were also sharp curses from women.

Chen Wujun walked through an alley and threw the lollipop into a stinking ditch.

The child was unhappy, but now he is very happy and in a good mood.

The shop next door was playing "Blessing," and Chen Wujun hummed along as he walked: "Ah~ I'm giving this to you, may my blessings never end..."

"Floating gently... searching for an endless road..."

"Boss, two skewers of fish balls, please!" Chen Wujun held a skewer of fish balls in one hand and walked along Longjin Street to the vicinity of the casino. He saw several people asking questions at the shops.

Chen Wujun had seen two of them yesterday.

"They were indeed investigating. I changed my clothes several times and even wore a hat, so even if someone noticed me, they wouldn't recognize me!" Chen Wujun thought to himself, passing by with an unchanged expression.

Chen Wujun was born with a big heart.

Others felt somewhat guilty and nervous in this situation.

However, Chen Wujun didn't react at all; he just held the fish balls in his hand and ate them as he walked.

Those who were searching for the murderer never expected that the murderer was this boy in the crowd.

Chen Wujun saw a large shop with red curtains hanging in the window.

He took a deep look, his eyes filled with curiosity and a hint of longing.

He knew about this kind of shop.

A semi-public strip club in the Walled City.

It's said to be very beautiful, but he's never been inside.

……

Three days later, it was time for Chen Wujun's family to pay their debts.

During dinner, there was a loud banging on the iron gate outside.

Father Chen Hanliang opened the inner wooden door, and Chen Wujun followed. There were three people standing outside, one of whom was wearing a suit and whom he did not recognize.

There are two more, both of whom have been here before.

"Chen Hanliang, it's time to pay back the money!" one of them shouted, kicking the iron gate.

The other party even knew Chen's father's name.

Chen Hanliang suppressed his anger and said, "I can pay back that spendthrift's money this time, but there won't be a next time! If you lend him money again, I won't help him pay it back a single penny, and I can't afford to pay it back anyway!"

"Then you'll have to pray to the gods and Buddhas, hoping that your spendthrift son won't borrow money from other places! We're not the only ones in this stronghold willing to lend him money!" the man said with a forced smile.

"Now that you have the money ready, take it out! There will be interest every day. The longer you delay, the more you will have to pay back!"

"Wait a minute!" Chen Hanliang turned around and went to the bedroom to get a paper bag, from which he took out several stacks of money.

"This is 37,650. Where's the IOU?"

"More than 3? You managed to scrape together that much so quickly?" The other party didn't rush to take the money, but instead looked Chen Hanliang up and down, as well as the other people in the room.

There was only one woman, a teenager, and a child inside.

"What do you mean? What else are you planning to do?" Chen Hanliang asked immediately.

"It's nothing, we just lost some money!" said the man in the suit.

"That's why I'm asking out of curiosity!"

"I mortgaged my house to borrow this money!" Chen Hanliang said, suppressing his anger.

"Oh? Who did you borrow it from?"

After exchanging a few words, the other party, seeing nothing suspicious, handed over the IOU and accepted the money.

"If you hear anything, tell us! Our Boss Bing is offering a reward of ten thousand yuan." The man in the suit...

No sooner had the group left than Chen Hanliang slammed the door shut.

He sat back down at the table, poured himself half a glass of baijiu (Chinese liquor), took a sip, and sighed.

Recently, because of this loan shark, he has gotten a lot more gray hair.

After finally managing to borrow money and resolve the issue of the high-interest loan, the pressure of repaying the debt remains significant.

Chen Wujun ate while pondering the "Brother Bing" that the man had mentioned at the end, wondering who that person was.

Although he killed Brother Hao and stole some money, he didn't think the matter was over yet.

The other party took 37,650 yuan from my family, and they will have to pay it back to me sooner or later.

And you also have to factor in interest, compounding interest.

He doesn't care about robbing others; how much he robs is a minor matter.

If someone steals even a single dollar from him, it's a huge deal for him, and he'll definitely get it back.

After dinner, Chen Hanliang sat on the sofa reading police reports, while Chen Wujun sat slouching on the sofa beside him, his buttocks about two centimeters off the sofa.

"Don't learn from those scoundrels, be a good person!" Chen Hanliang said, pointing at the criminals being arrested on TV.

"I know!" Chen Wujun nodded honestly, thinking to himself that those who get caught are bad people, and those who don't get caught aren't.

"By the way, have you thought about finding a job? You've seen the situation. Because of your good-for-nothing older brother, our whole family will have to tighten our belts to pay back the money!" Chen Hanliang turned around and asked.

"I inquired and found out that the martial arts school is short-staffed for cleaning. The pay is 1500 yuan per month. Besides regular cleaning, you can use the school's facilities freely at other times," Chen Wujun said.

"I only had this opportunity because I was a student at the martial arts school."

This answer surprised Chen Hanliang somewhat, but he didn't think much of it and nodded with a relieved expression, saying, "Alright!"

Since the second son likes martial arts, it's a good thing that he can work at the martial arts school.

(End of this chapter)