34 The misfortune of others (1/2)

”Don't mind me saying this, Old Wang, but why are you always thinking about finding another wife?” Ren Xiaosu could not understand. ”There's no shortage of women in our town, right? I'm sure many of them wouldn't mind being with you as long as you can ensure they won't go hungry.”

Such matters were a common sight to Ren Xiaosu. Even men were like this, much less women. In the past, several women threw themselves at Ren Xiaosu just so they could survive in these harsh times. Some men did so as well, which made Yan Liuyuan want to gag when he learned about it. This was why Yan Liuyuan was so wary of Xiaoyu at the beginning.

Sometimes, reality was stranger than the fiction found at Mr. Zhang's school.

Wang Fugui shook his greasy, medium-length hair and said proudly, ”Would I want those immoral women? With my status, I should at least be looking for a proper lady to marry, right?”

”Yes, yes, you're the esquire of our town.” Ren Xiaosu gave him a backhanded compliment.

At this moment, two women walked past the clinic. Wang Fugui's eyes lit up. ”What do you think of those two?”

Ren Xiaosu examined them. ”One of them looks really good, but her figure is a little lacking. The other one isn't that pretty, but she has a good figure. So then if may I ask, what do those two girls have anything to do with you?”

These words made Wang Fugui choke with anger. He was so furious that he turned around and got ready to head back to his grocery store to attend to his customers. However, a surprising turn of events happened!

They saw the stronghold's portcullis being raised slowly. The sound of steel, wood, and rope rubbing against each other left people cringing. The dense, thick portcullis was being raised bit by bit. The weight of it left people short of breath.

Chen Haidong came out of the stronghold with a group of soldiers. This time, the officer leading the private troops was not Wang Congyang, whom Ren Xiaosu had dealt with before. It was a fresh face that had never been seen in town before.

Where was Wang Congyang? Did he get punished by Boss Luo?

”What are they going to do now?” Ren Xiaosu wondered.

”I don't know.” Wang Fugui had a blank look on his face. He brushed off Ren Xiaosu and headed towards Chen Haidong. Due to the distance, Ren Xiaosu could not hear what they were talking about.

Then they saw the private troops of Stronghold 113 running towards town. After a while, they returned holding a man captive. That man screamed hysterically, ”Why are you arresting me? Let go of me!”

Ren Xiaosu watched silently. The man, who got arrested turned out to be Zhang Baogen, the person who came to look for him last night.

When Wang Fugui saw the private troops arresting people like that, he quickly stopped them. ”My dear officers, what is going on here? Although this guy might be a little mischievous, he didn't commit any major crimes, right?”

”Get lost.” The private army's officer sneered.

Facing the dark and unfeeling firearms, Wang Fugui could only back off. Otherwise, they might just shoot at him!

Wang Fugui spoke to the town administrator, Chen Haidong, again for a long time. In the end, Zhang Baogen was still brought into the stronghold.

The screeching sound rang out again as the dense and heavy portcullis separated the two worlds once again.

Ren Xiaosu went up to Wang Fugui and asked, ”What's the situation?”

He had to clear it up because he knew that Zhang Baogen must have been arrested and brought into the stronghold due to his ”superpower.” Moreover, both he and Yan Liuyuan possessed such a power too.

Wang Fugui sighed and said, ”It's over, that kid is done for.”