Chapter 345 — A Happiness of One's Own
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Seeing that Tang Zhi had gone out to the courtyard and still had not come back after a long while, Tang's mother told Little Wei to go check on his sister. But no sooner had Little Wei stepped out of the house than he heard Tang Zhi gnashing her teeth and flourishing her claws out there, saying she was going to slap Wei Zhao to death. Little Wei gave a great start and stared at his sister in bewilderment: "Is my brother-in-law a masochist? He's good to you, and you want to slap him to death?"
"What does a little brat like you know!" Tang Zhi had not expected Little Wei to come running out and actually hear what she said, and she was thrown into utter embarrassment. "Get back inside!"
"Oh... I get it. Hitting is closeness, scolding is love... Little Dan says that all the time too." Little Wei nodded as though a great truth had just dawned on him, making Tang Zhi so ashamed she wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground.
Little Wei went back happily together with Little Dan, because Tang's mother had already promised them that she would go and withdraw the money for them first thing the next morning.
And Little Wei, naturally, had called off the business of selling his kidney.
In a villa on the outskirts of Songshan City, a man covered in tattoos took a phone call, then went cursing and swearing to a young man: "Brother Wen, that kid who agreed to sell his kidney before has gone back on his word again!"
"What? Gone back on his word?" The young man addressed as Brother Wen immediately knit his brows. "How do you do things? You can't even handle a little matter like this? If the Fire Wolf Gang gets angry, never mind you and me -- even my father couldn't bear it! Kidney sources have clearly dropped off a lot lately. At this rate, my big brother's side is going to leave us far behind!"
"Brother Wen, I don't want this either, but nobody has been selling kidneys lately. People have gotten smart these days -- unless they're desperately short of money, no matter what you say, they won't sell..." the tattooed man explained cautiously.
"Do you have pig brains? How many kidney sources can you get hunting them one by one like this? When I was studying abroad, I saw organized kidney-harvesting syndicates over there! If nobody will sell, can't you find people to cut them out of?" Brother Wen cursed.
"Brother Wen, isn't that a bit too ruthless? If the police get wind of it, this could turn into something really big!" The tattooed man was startled the moment he heard Brother Wen's suggestion. "Back when Brother De was around, even he didn't dare be this brazen..."
"Brother De my ***! It's Brother Wen who runs things now! Stop dragging my big brother into everything!" Brother Wen gave a cold laugh. "If he hadn't gone around in a big way conning people here into selling their kidneys, would kidney sources in Songshan City be so tight now?"
"Yes... yes..." The tattooed man had let his tongue slip without meaning to, and only then remembered that although Brother De and Brother Wen were own brothers, they were locked in competition with each other!
"Afraid the police will catch on? Then can't you go grab those beggars and vagrants? Cut out their kidneys, and as long as you don't kill them, I daresay nobody will care!" Brother Wen said disdainfully. "Who's the underground boss of Songshan City? Get in touch with him -- I'll go pay him a visit!"
"The underground boss of Songshan City is Li Cihua, but he's not the one who really calls the shots. His backer is in the provincial capital. Who exactly it is I'm not clear on either, but I've heard he's a man of considerable power..." the tattooed man explained. "Brother Wen, are we going to pay him a visit tonight?"