Chapter 188 — Bullying
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"Or if you won't give us the recipe, then change it back tomorrow, same as before, and we'll all be on equal footing!" the tall, thin man said sinisterly.
"And what if we don't give the recipe and don't change it either..." Tang Zhi was so angry she was on the verge of tears. Who bullied people like this? A whole crowd ganging up on a mother and daughter? Was there no law anymore?
"You won't give it? Won't change it?" Zhang Biaogan sneered. "Then it's out of your hands. I'd say you'd better not bother setting up your stall on this snack street tomorrow!" "You—" Tang Zhi's eyes were rimmed red, tears about to spill. Was this how people bullied others? Just because business was good, they couldn't set up their stall anymore?
"Yun'er..." Fearing Tang Zhi might do something rash, Tang's mother pulled her into her arms and pointed a trembling finger at Zhang Biaogan. "You—you people are bullying us because our family has no man? Picking on a mother and daughter—what kind of ability is that..."
If her beloved husband weren't bedridden, they probably wouldn't dare be so brazen, would they?
"Don't make it sound so ugly. This is the will of the people..." Zhang Biaogan had come today specifically to bully Tang Zhi's family because they had no man. He had long since figured out the ins and outs of Tang Zhi's household; otherwise he wouldn't have dared be so reckless today.
Tang's mother held Tang Zhi, trembling with rage. Why did even trying to do a little business have to be so hard? The moment they saw her family making money, they came to bully them. Wasn't that going too far?
Tang Zhi was vexed that she wasn't a boy. If she were a boy, they wouldn't dare be so utterly unscrupulous, would they? Looking at the crowd of vendors standing around watching without the slightest intention of intervening, Tang Zhi felt a flicker of despair...
Her family had only just begun to recover, only just found new hope, and now they were about to be dragged back into the mud? "To your mother..." Wei Zhao pushed through the crowd and charged straight in. This Zhang Biaogan had gone a bit too far, hadn't he? Bullying Tang Zhi and her mother? What was he thinking? Didn't he know the two of them were under his protection?
The vendor Wei Zhao had shoved was about to curse him out, but one look at his face and he snapped his mouth shut fast. This was the new terror of No. 1 Middle School—even a big shot like Zou Ruoming had been slapped silent by him. Who would dare stick their neck out?
Wei Zhao grabbed Zhang Biaogan by the scruff of the neck and hoisted him clean off the ground. "So you're the ringleader..."
"Who the hell—" Zhang Biaogan, yanked by the collar, opened his mouth to curse, but then he got a clear look at Wei Zhao and felt a jolt go through him.
He remembered Wei Zhao all too well—one slap and Zou Ruoming hadn't dared make a peep. A man like that was genuinely ruthless.
Zhang Biaogan had once run a seafood stir-fry stall, but Han Ruoming ate there, got a bad stomach, and the very next day came and smashed his stall to pieces, beating him so badly he couldn't get out of bed for days. Once he healed, he didn't dare sell seafood stir-fry anymore and switched to barbecue—but he was still terrified of Zou Ruoming.
It was no secret that Zou Ruoming had an older brother who was a gang boss up in the north of the city. Once Zhang Biaogan learned that, he didn't dare even think about crossing them—to them, putting him in his place was just a game.
And now Wei Zhao, the man who had taken Zou Ruoming down, had actually come looking for trouble with him. Zhang Biaogan was so frightened he nearly wet his pants. If this man dared beat Zou Ruoming without a second thought, then dealing with him would be a breeze.