863: Chapter 110: People Should Not Cross the Line 863: Chapter 110: People Should Not Cross the Line Compared to that shaless mother-and-daughter pair, Wang Yunxiao and the brothers all felt that Zhang Huan, the elder sister, was a much better match for Dumpling.
The age gap was indeed a bit large, but the key thing was that this woman was sharp and sensible.
So people are short-sighted—not only due to cognitive limitations but also because of innate deficiencies in intelligence.
Their brains operate on single-threaded thinking; they can’t handle parallel issues.
You saw that Dumpling was out of money, so you turned on him.
How’s that any different from the technical workers in a brothel?
Did it never occur to you that he’s also your client boss in a sense?
Their little shop had just opened, no reputation yet, and certainly no repeat custors.
The first major order they got was given by Wang Yunxiao, with Dumpling acting as the handler.
Once this deal was successfully completed, there was an even bigger order waiting behind it.
And here you are, not serving soone so important properly, yet running out into the streets over a few petty grievances, hurling the nastiest insults imaginable… What, do you really take him for so live-in son-in-law of your family, or did it never even cross your mind what he represents?
Has societal decorum improved so much these days?
Did life condition your mindsets into this state?
If anything, it wasn’t societal improvents, but the excessive one-ti subsidies handed out by the Church that left people so restless and unfocused.
Back then in the factories, all you had to do was focus on your work, without worrying about external matters.
Nowadays, with the money you’ve been given, you can live comfortably for quite a while, so there’s no urgent need to earn and naturally no regard for your clients.
Which is why Zhang Huan gave that slap loud enough for all to hear.
She’s a woman who understands the bigger picture—when she heard Zhang’s mother shout those indecent words, she knew right away that she couldn’t afford to play nice in this situation and had to take a firm stance.
If you’re unwilling to work, get lost early, go ho, and soak your feet in bed!
Forget about clients for a second, do you even know the background of the people Wang Yunxiao hangs out with?
Because soone said they’re impoverished students, orphans with no parents, you believed it?
Did you forget they’ve even dared to beat up people from the Light Industry Committee?
But there’s no denying that such people exist—and there are quite a few of them.
Which is why Wang Yunxiao didn’t oppose Matuan and the others’ revenge plan.
You need principles to be a person.
When you willingly abandon your own principles, you better be ready for others to abandon theirs as well.
You could accuse Scar Wang of murder, arson, bullying the market, festering boils on his scalp, and pus oozing from his feet—all of that was fair ga.
But uttering sothing like “born but not raised”?
That would truly forge enmity.
It’s just that Dumpling had a good temper.
If it had been Eryang in his place, he might’ve spilled these two won’s blood on the spot.
The Matuan and Youbing brothers took Dumpling out late at night for a little wander, each picking up a few bricks, and they hurled them straight at the windows.
Bricks were just ordinary bricks, but the ones throwing them were garrison soldiers forming an array.
With a single brick, forget about just breaking the windows—your wardrobe wouldn’t be spared either.
Zhang’s mother and daughter cowered in a corner, screaming incessantly.
Once the noise outside quieted down, they mustered so courage to light a candle and looked around.
What greeted them was utter devastation: every decent possession in the house smashed to smithereens, and even the cooking pot had a hole in it.
Wang Yunxiao couldn’t even be bothered with such trivial matters.
Once back at school, he simply instructed Youtiao to investigate the source of the rumors.
Scar Wang hadn’t just started running the streets yesterday, nor were the neighbors in Nantong District eting his crew for the first ti.
No one had ever gossiped before, so why, with the new year approaching, couldn’t so people resist stirring trouble now?
What does badmouthing behind soone’s back earn you?
Does it let your kids attend school for free or what?
So things may seem absurd on the surface, but often, it’s just that you haven’t uncovered the underlying motives driven by self-interest.
This matter likely wasn’t so simple.
The rumor mill spun faster than reason could travel.
The very next morning, Wang Yunxiao received a call from Yang Youxuan.
“Section Chief Wang, keeping busy these days?”
Wang Yunxiao chuckled and replied, “What about you?
Isn’t the Light Industry Committee keeping you swamped?”
“Oh, busy for sure—open my eyes each morning to endless paperwork and endless etings.
Doesn’t even look like I’ll get a break for New Year’s… Anyway, I called to ask—what happened yesterday?”
“If you’re calling , shouldn’t you already know what’s going on?”
“I don’t even want to bother—but these old won, throwing tantrums and playing the victim, I can’t just listen to their side of the story, can I?
So I had to co and ask.”
“If I had made a move, it wouldn’t have just been tossing a couple of bricks.”
“I know that.”
“Miss Yang, are you generally easygoing?”
“I guess so, not much makes mad these days.”
“If soone brought up shady things the Yang Family did sixty years ago and mocked you in person, you wouldn’t care, right?”
“Hehe… Section Chief Wang, you’ve got a way with words.
I get your point.
After the New Year, if I have ti, dinner’s on .”
“This little matter doesn’t call for that.”
“It’s not about this matter.
After the New Year, my girls will officially start work, so I’ll need to count on your help with that.”
Oh…
Wang Yunxiao had honestly forgotten.
After the Red Lantern Society disbanded, their core mbers were placed into roles within the Special Service Bureau, police departnts, and community units.
The Bureau, being short on personnel, thought these local won, familiar and trustworthy enough, were a perfect fit.
Both sides hit it off.
The only issue was that these won from the Red Lantern Society held sowhat radical, or perhaps conservative and outdated, views.
They needed ideological reform to abandon past feudal superstitions, integrate into the new society, and embrace fresh ideas.
So they’d been in centralized training sessions and wouldn’t officially start until the following year.
The days of the Red Lantern Society were long gone.
With Yang Youxuan now holding an important position in the Light Industry Committee, she had little ti for these trivial squabbles.
The most she could do was make a phone call to prevent any unnecessary misunderstandings.
As soon as Yang Youxuan’s call ended, within ten minutes, another call ca through.
“Section Chief Wang, busy for New Year’s yet?”
Veronica’s voice on the other end sounded weary, her sleep deprivation palpable.
Are you all coordinating this?
Wang Yunxiao responded wryly, “We’re still far from New Year’s!”
“Not that far.
Do you have plans for the 18th of the lunar month?
If not, could you help with sothing?”
How would I know yet!
“What do you need help with?”
“My family’s hosting a gathering.
All the young people have to return.
I need a male companion.”
What does a nun need a male companion for…
Wang Yunxiao was about to retort but stopped as he registered what Veronica had said earlier.
“King Mu’s Mansion?”
“Yeah, what do you think?
I’d rather not go back—they stare at like I’m so rare creature.”
Well, that striking White Hair of yours does make you rare…
“There’s good food.
The old man used to love pig trotters, so the elbow pork and pig’s feet at ho are especially tasty.
Every ti I go, I eat so and pack extra to take with .
This ti, I’ll bring you along to eat!”
So the pig trotters were the highlight all along?
Wang Yunxiao thought about it.
Boss Mu had already confird he wouldn’t be going back, so there shouldn’t be so clichéd drama involving Li Mumu.
In that case, there was nothing to worry about.
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