Chapter 562 — I Take My Orders from Wei Zhao
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
If Wei Zhao had any henchmen, Zou Ruoming should know. In any case, first he would confirm whether the boy was bluffing. If Wei Zhao had no such follower, Zou Tiandi resolved to beat Kang Xiaofeng's face into a bloody pulp—who did he think he was, scaring people like that? At the instant he had heard Wei Zhao's name, Zou Tiandi's heart had nearly stopped with fright.
"Hello, Ruoming? Let me ask you something—does that Boss Wei Zhao have any henchmen?" Zou Tiandi did not dare show Wei Zhao any disrespect, and so he addressed him as Boss Wei Zhao as well; he was truly afraid that the young man before him might have some connection to Wei Zhao.
Zou Ruoming had no idea why his father was calling to ask such a thing, but he answered anyway: "There's one. Name's Kang Xiaofeng—used to be a total coward, but ever since he latched onto Wei Zhao he's been strutting around school like a big shot..."
The surname Kang... Kang's father had called him "Xiaobo" just now, and Zou Tiandi had heard it. So the boy before him was Wei Zhao's henchman beyond any doubt! Zou Tiandi did not know how he managed to hang up the phone; his face was frozen in deep terror.
In that instant he finally remembered where he had seen this Kang Xiaofeng before—at the hospital! That time he was hospitalized, when he had clashed with Wei Zhao, this Kang Xiaofeng had been there too!
"!" Zou Tiandi spun around and drove a kick into Zhang Baji's chest, sending him sprawling flat on his back, his head cracking straight against the leg of a table, blood pouring out in a gush. But that did not sate Zou Tiandi's fury—he went at him with a flurry of kicks.
Zou Ruoguang, over on his side, came to his senses as well and piled in, raining blows on Zhang Baji.
"Brother Zou, Young Master Zou, what are you hitting me for?" Zhang Baji was dazed by the beating. What was wrong with this Zou father and son, flying into a rage out of nowhere?
"Hitting you? You son of a bitch, you nearly got me killed! You bastard—you didn't even hear them out properly! This boy's tied to Boss Wei Zhao, and you dared to pull your schemes on him? Why aren't you dead?" Zou Tiandi was beside himself. Was this not just trying to get him killed? The things he had done lately had already put Wei Zhao in a foul mood, and now here he was bullying the man's own henchman—was he courting death?
A few days ago he had crossed Tang Zhi's younger brother's girlfriend, and Zou Tiandi had been on tenterhooks ever since, never knowing whether Wei Zhao might come looking for trouble. Barely had things settled down than he went and provoked Wei Zhao's henchman. Just how lucky could a man be? Why did every accursed thing have to land in his lap?
This sudden turn of events left the whole Kang family dumbfounded. Kang's father and mother watched the Zou father and son in their fury with astonishment and dread, and what amazed them even more was that the mere utterance of Wei Zhao's name from their son's lips had made the Zou father and son about-face on the spot and start thrashing Zhang Baji.
But now Kang Xiaofeng finally understood: these two knew Wei Zhao—and not only knew him, they were afraid of him. Otherwise they could never have worked themselves into such a fury.
They kept beating Zhang Baji until he was nearly unconscious before Zou Tiandi and Zou Ruoguang finally stopped. It was not fear of crippling him that made them stop—they had simply worn themselves out. Both were big-boss material; the actual beating was usually left to their underlings, and they rarely fought prolonged battles.
Their main purpose in coming today had been to intimidate Kang's father; they had never reckoned on coming to blows.