Chapter 437: New Year’s Day Trivia
Translator: VinceStar Editor: PrisMiko
When he woke up, it was already half past ten in the morning. He had woken up early in the morning consecutively for three days. Suddenly, Yang Ming recalled that he still had two debts which he hadn’t collected!
Yang Ming didn’t care about this little money, but sometimes this money should still be collected, or how else could these people learn their lesson?
Yang Ming found w.a.n.g Long’s business card and called him.
At this moment, w.a.n.g Long was worried while being uneasy. When he returned home, he became more afraid as he thought about it further. He was a timid person, and he had lost the courage he initially had after drinking with Li Mingri.
w.a.n.g Long’s wife was also a person of this character. After w.a.n.g Long returned home, he mentioned his affairs to his wife. After his wife listened to it, she complained to w.a.n.g Long. How could he commit crimes with Li Mingri, that b.a.s.t.a.r.d?
However, they were still complaints. After listening to w.a.n.g Long’s remarks, she still looked for the key to the safe. She took out the household’s pa.s.sbook. Over the years, w.a.n.g Long had also made a lot of money. In general, there were ten million acc.u.mulated.
But even then, withdrawing and giving away two million was still very painful! That was one-fifth of their savings! Moreover, these were monies hard earned between the two of them!
However, w.a.n.g Long and his wife also knew that they were at fault first. How could they not pay the price? She didn’t want to send w.a.n.g Long to prison because of the money. Moreover, w.a.n.g Long also said that the person named Yang Ming was so horrible that she couldn’t afford to mess with him!
Even if Yang Ming didn’t go to the police, it would be enough suffering for them if he caused trouble at the car repair factory frequently. Therefore, they could treat it as spending money to eliminate disasters!
Moreover, when she heard that Li Mingri had to pay ten million, she was delighted! He deserved the misfortune! Now she could only comfort herself with this matter! Especially when she heard that Li Mingri didn’t intend to pay, she was even happier! Why? She could finally see Li Mingri’s misfortune! If it wasn’t for Li Mingri, would w.a.n.g Long be so miserable?
This morning, w.a.n.g Long and his wife did nothing but merely wait for Yang Ming to call. If they didn’t put the money in Yang Ming’s hand, they couldn’t feel at ease. They were afraid that Yang Ming would go back on his words and continue to trouble them!
One might ask why they didn’t call the police. Wasn’t that extortion? It was true that Yang Ming was extorting them, but it was based on the premise that w.a.n.g Long was involved in kidnapping!
If this thing was exposed, then w.a.n.g Long was the first one to bear bad consequences! Moreover, Yang Ming could fully argue that this was a fee to resolve it outside of court. Although it wasn’t quite legal, w.a.n.g Long felt that unless he was stupid, he wouldn’t have done such a stupid thing.
So when Yang Ming’s phone came in, w.a.n.g Long was particularly happy about it. He transferred two million to Yang Ming’s designated account according to Yang Ming’s instructions, and he breathed a sigh of relief as he finally released the heavy burden.
He had decided that he would definitely break up with Li Mingri in the future! However, w.a.n.g Long would also secretly observe Li Mingri on how miserable he would be!
Yang Ming didn’t think that w.a.n.g Long would be so forthright. He thought that after a night, he would go back on his words! As for Li Mingri? Yang Ming had no time to take care of him recently. Yang Ming would let him be at ease for a few days as he waited until he figured out his own power. Only then would Yang Ming entertain him.
As a result, this made Li Mingri experience fear, pus.h.i.+ng him on the edge for a long period of time. He gradually relaxed his vigilance when he thought that Yang Ming was just scaring him since it was a false alarm. Even after knowing that w.a.n.g Long gave Yang Ming two million obediently, Li Mingri scolded w.a.n.g Long for being a dumb*ss as though his brain was punctured!
Yang Ming was busy outside during New Year’s Day for three days. Today, Yang Ming planned to spend time with his parents at home. He dressed and went to the living room. He wanted to talk to his parents, but he didn’t expect to see an empty living room. There was also a note on the coffee table.
“Big Ming, your mother and I went shopping. I didn’t wake you since you slept like a log. We won’t be coming back at noon. You will need to find your meal. We may come back late at night, so don’t wait for us for dinner.” Yang Ming was dumbfounded as he held the note written by Yang Dahai, It can’t be, right? My plan fell through?
Yang Ming had no choice but to go to the kitchen. He looked at the refrigerator, and there was some remaining bread. He took it out and finished it. He drank a carton of milk, which solved the concern of breakfast.
Where shall I go today? Yang Ming patted his head. It’s New Year’s Day now. I should go and visit my G.o.dfather. Thinking of this, Yang Ming quickly made a phone call to Xiao Qing.
“Sister Xiao Qing, where are you?” Yang Ming was so familiar with Xiao Qing that there was no need for pleasantries, so he just asked directly.
“I’m here with my parents. Where did you, little kid, go? You don’t even come back for New Year’s holiday? Just now, my mother was still talking about you!” Xiao Qing reprimanded him with no reserve.
” Ugh … Sister Xiao Qing, I accompanied my parents a few days ago. I just give you a call when I had the time!” Yang Ming broke into a sweat. Certainly, it seemed that I have to visit my G.o.dfather’s place often, otherwise, I’m unworthy of my G.o.dfather’s and my G.o.dmother’s kindness!
“Give me a call? Then, are you looking for me or are you visiting our parents?” Xiao Qing was slightly unhappy.
“I just wanted to ask if G.o.dfather and the rest had left during New Year’s. If not, I will be coming over now!” Yang Ming couldn’t hear the intention of Xiao Qing’s words, so he said quickly.
“That’s better. I’m here preparing meals with my parents. We shall wait for you to eat lunch together.” Xiao Qing smiled. In fact, she hoped that Yang Ming would visit her parents on the one hand. On the other hand, she was looking forward to having Yang Ming to come deep down in her heart.
However, the idea could only be buried in the heart. After all, the relations.h.i.+p between the two people couldn’t be exposed now! Therefore, for Xiao Qing, the first thing that Yang Ming should be doing was to visit his G.o.dfather and G.o.dmother!
“Alright, I’m coming now!” Yang Ming said. There was some regret in his heart. If I knew it earlier, I wouldn’t have eaten anything. The bread just now was dry and it was hard to eat.
After hanging up the phone, Yang Ming put on his coat and went downstairs. When he went to Liu Weishan, Yang Ming didn’t intend to bring any gifts. That was because he knew that Liu Weishan wasn’t short on anything. During the holidays, many students and the merchants gave him all their gifts. If I brought gifts, it seemed overpolite. Chu Huifang wouldn’t want me to do this.
During the winter in the North, especially before and after the New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival, taxis were difficult to stop during the day. On the one hand, it was freezing during winter. It wasn’t comfortable to take the public bus. On the other hand, people’s living standards have improved, and they didn’t care about the taxi fare!
But no matter what, it was hard to grab a taxi. At noon, many taxi drivers went to eat and it would be even more difficult to stop a taxi on the road.
Yang Ming waited for a long time, and a taxi that pa.s.sed by had pa.s.sengers in it. There wasn’t an empty car. Yang Ming felt helpless. Although he could get there by bus, it would take a lot of time. Xiao Qing, G.o.dfather and they all must be waiting for him for the meal!
Yang Ming was in a hurry. As he was about to call Hou Zhenhan, he suddenly heard a clear and loud voice shout, “Yang Ming!”
Yang Ming quickly raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a red taxi parked beside him and found a beautiful smile from the back window of the car. It was actually Zhou Jiajia!
“Zhou Jiajia?” Yang Ming was stunned as he said, “Is it you?”
“Yes, are you waiting for a taxi? You didn’t manage to stop one?” Zhou Jiajia asked.
“Well, it’s winter. It isn’t easy to get a ride.” Yang Ming nodded. His dislike toward Zhou Jiajia had disappeared, but there was still some barrier in his heart. After all, the knots from many years couldn’t be solved at once.
“Where are you going? I’m going in the direction of our university. If you’re on the way, do you want to hop in for a ride?” Zhou Jiajia asked with a smile.
“Great! I’m heading toward the university as well!” Yang Ming quickly pulled open the car door and got in the taxi. At the moment, it wasn’t the time to be pretentious. He almost froze to death just by standing outside for a short while. Yang Ming wouldn’t want to bear the suffering just to boost his ego!
” Hey , buddy, aren’t you quite a lady’s man?” As soon as he got on the taxi, Yang Ming heard another familiar voice. As he looked up, it was Sun Kun!
“Brother Kun!” Yang Ming greeted with embarra.s.sment, What a coincidence!However, it was no wonder that every taxi driver had a map of his own fixed route. Sun Kun liked to wander around the area of Yang Ming’s family. It wasn’t a strange thing to meet often.
“Yang Ming, do you know each other?” Zhou Jiajia asked curiously.
“We know each other!” Before Yang Ming could speak, Sun Kun spoke first, “We have known each other for some time. Hehe, little girl, it seems that this will be a wasted trip coming from the airport! I have lost more than one hundred yuan! [1]”
” Ah ?” Zhou Jiajia immediately understood Sun Kun’s meaning after a short pause, and she said out of embarra.s.sment, “How can I do that? I still need to pay for the fare!”