Chapter 148 - Ah Yin Bro (1/2)
Ah Yin bro had a strange name, one that many Wenzhou folk couldn’t pronounce in mandarin. Leng Lian Yin.
Meng Fan and Leng Lian Yin’s relationship was also very interesting.
They had first met when Meng Fan was seven or eight years old. That summer, the family had gone back to their hometown for summer vacation. They had several relatives there, including cousins older and younger than Meng Fan. The hoard of kids would play by the mountain stream.
Among the kids, there was a boy who was four or five years older than Meng Fan. he was very tan and a bit wild. He would take Meng Fan to hunt for bird eggs, and as they played, Meng Fan did not realize his friends around him were changing. They went crazy for an entire afternoon, and he followed the big tan boy home in the evening.
Once they returned, Meng Fan was stunned, and the tanned boy was stunned as well.
Meng Fan was stunned because he didn’t know anybody there. The big tanned boy was also stunned because none of his family knew the chubby boy either.
After asking, they realized that there had been several groups of people playing near the stream and Meng Fan had played with the wrong “group”. The big tan boy had brought home the wrong kid, thinking Meng Fan was a relative.
Then they went on a search as the big tanned boy’s family asked around the village of anyone missing a child like Meng Fan. They then headed to the surrounding villages and happened across a group of people searching for Meng Fan.
Meng Fan’s village was three or four villages away from the big tanned boy’s.
Thinking back on it, Meng Fan was curious as to how he could have walked so far back then.
Undoubtedly, this big tan guy was Ah Yin bro.
They had met because of a misunderstanding, but Meng Fan continued following Ah Yin bro, and they played together for several days. It was a pity they had to separate after getting acquainted.
Finally, when it was summer vacation again, Meng Fan returned to the countryside but did not see Ah Yin. After inquiring, he learned that his family had left the village for the fields.
Their next meeting was almost ten years later. Meng Fan had been in high school then, and on his way back from school, he ran into a big dog that was chasing after a small girl, chomping at her the whole way. When the onlookers were at a loss for what to do, a big tan man appeared, knocking the big dog to the ground with a punch.
The most ridiculous and irritating thing happened after the dog’s owner, who just happened to be the girl’s parents, caught up. After making sure their daughter was okay, the two dog owners covered in tattoos were angered by the guy who had killed their dog. They picked up the girl and ran off.
But this ending was not so tragic, at least to Ah Yin bro. After all, the two owners combined couldn’t even beat Ah Yin bro. Eventually, the three were all brought to the police station.
Meng Fan called his third uncle, and the dog owners ended up settling with Ah Yin bro. This so-called ‘settlement’ was a threat from Ah Yin, telling them he would bring 100 of his brethren to smash the two owners, who then compliantly bowed in apology.
When his third uncle left, Meng Fan asked Ah Yin curiously if he was angry upon seeing the girl’s parents run away. Ah Yin bro laughed loudly and said that he was angry. But since the girl was okay, it was worth it.