Chapter 171 — The Threat
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Driving past the shantytown, Wei Zhao unconsciously slowed down, and then saw Tang Zhi standing at the platform waiting for the bus. The little hooligan who had harassed her yesterday was there too, gesturing wildly and talking a blue streak at her; held back by the crowd at the stop, he at least did not dare get physical.
Tang Zhi kept her face cold and ignored him, but she could not withstand the little hooligan's nonsense and grew a little uncomfortable.
Damn! This kid didn't learn his lesson yesterday? His backside not hurting anymore?
Wei Zhao spun the wheel and slammed his foot on the accelerator, charging straight at the little hooligan; as the car turned, the tires screeched shrilly against the ground.
At the very instant before hitting the little hooligan, Wei Zhao stopped the car. With a little car of such excellent performance, he had it completely under control.
"Ah" — everyone waiting at the platform was startled by the scene, and Tang Zhi, standing right beside the little hooligan, went pale with fright.
Still, the one most badly frightened was that little thug. Sweating cold all over, he stared in terror at the car before him, at something of a loss as to what to do. Once he had made certain the car had done him no harm, out he sprang again, and jabbing a finger at Wei Zhao in the driver's seat, he let loose a torrent of abuse: "You again, you son of a bitch! Can you even drive? Are your eyes in the soles of your feet? Get out of the car, you bastard! You got a death wish or something?"
In that instant the little thug's true insolent nature showed itself once more.
So saying, he made to yank open the door on Wei Zhao's side. Li Erlan was thinking to himself that this car looked none too shabby—a Volkswagen Beetle, by the look of it, a good two hundred thousand and more, surely? This time, no matter what, he could get the driver to cough up three or five thousand in compensation.
Wei Zhao's car door was locked while the vehicle was in motion, so Li Erlan of course could not pull it open. He was just about to give up when Wei Zhao flung the door wide and shoved him hard, sending Li Erlan staggering backward. He landed smack on his rear on the ground, jarring yesterday's old injury, and at once clapped a hand over his backside and began howling in agony.
"So that injury of yours still isn't healed? I thought you'd forgotten the pain the moment the wound scabbed over. Yesterday you pulled your flying-through-the-air stunt off a bus and still haven't learned your lesson?" Wei Zhao was, at this moment, undeniably domineering.
"You... so it was you on the bus yesterday!" At Wei Zhao's words, Li Erlan understood all at once. No wonder this punk had suddenly driven straight at him—yesterday it had been him.
"Huh, you're not quite as stupid as you look. Just a little light in the head." Wei Zhao gave Li Erlan a cold glance. "From now on, stay away from Tang Zhi. If I catch you again, you won't get off so easy."
After all, the whole school knew by now that Tang Zhi was his girlfriend. Real or not, where Tang Zhi was concerned, he truly could not stand idly by. In truth, even without this little ruckus, Wei Zhao would still have involved himself in Tang Zhi's affairs.
"Huh! I thought you were somebody. So you're just Tang Zhi's knight in shining armor?" Li Erlan began to laugh. "Heh, Tang Zhi lives over in the shantytown, you know. I'd like to see you watch over her every single day. When the time comes, we'll settle new scores and old together, won't we, Tang Zhi?"