Chapter 331 — A Composed Response
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Xie Jinbiao didn't dare open his mouth again, though he was still puzzled deep down. By rights, this Big Brother was no reckless sort. What on earth was he playing at?
The car approached the edge of the city, where someone had set up a checkpoint, blocking every vehicle bound outside the city limits. Only a handful of cars were waved through. The rest all sat stopped at the roadblock — some waiting anxiously for God knew what, others simply turning around and heading back.
Wei Zhao did not pull over to the roadside as the others had. He drove straight toward the checkpoint ahead.
"Big Brother, you're going to ram the checkpoint? They've got so many men — don't do anything foolish..." Xie Jinbiao's fear got the better of him.
Wei Zhao turned his head slowly and fixed him with a cold stare. Xie Jinbiao clamped his mouth shut at once. Big Brother had told him not to speak, and he had spoken anyway — a fresh wave of dread washed over him.
He shouldn't doubt this Big Brother's abilities. Surely he had a plan! Xie Jinbiao told himself so, trying to feel reassured.
"Pull over!"
Just as Wei Zhao's car neared the roadblock, the Water Blue Gang members on sentry duty swept it with a signal flashlight and gestured for him to stop...
Wei Zhao brought the car to a halt, and several Water Blue Gang members closed in around it: "Get out! What do you do? Don't you know the Water Blue Gang has sealed off the road? Eh? You're one of ours? Lift your head — how is it I don't recognize you?"
"Brother, I... I just wanted to ask, what's happened up ahead? Why is the road blocked?" Wei Zhao inquired with elaborate caution.
"What business is it of yours to ask so much? I'm the one asking the questions — what do you do, and where did that cap of yours come from?" The Water Blue Gang member found Wei Zhao deeply suspicious and barked at him.
"Brother, I bought this car just today at the Water Blue Gang's repair yard. The cap was a gift from Brother York — I bought the car from him, and he said that as long as I wore this cap, no one in Blue City would give me any trouble..." Wei Zhao went on, still carefully, still meekly.
"Oh? You're saying you bought this car from us?" The gang member nodded, then shouted to another member standing not far off: "Chief, there's a fellow here says he bought his car from us — that York sold it to him, and gave him the cap too!"
"Then give York a call. If it checks out, let him go; if not, haul him back with us!" The little chief was busy inspecting other cars and had no time to waste jabbering with the men on this side. He waved a hand and went off to deal with other matters.
"Then wait here a moment!" The gang member inspecting the car had warmed up considerably — after all, the man before him might well be a customer of the Water Blue Gang.
He pulled out his phone and hunted through his contacts for a long while before he finally found York's name and dialed. York, plainly checking cars somewhere himself, picked up and said hurriedly: "Lazi? What do you need me for?"