Chapter 1261 — Watch Her for Me. Huh? Surrounded by His Crowd, Brother Guang Caught Sight of Wei Zhao Standing Beside Ying Ziyu and Stunned
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"Spare me the nonsense." Wei Zhao frowned. "No need to explain — I've no intention of holding anything against you. Since you're here, I have a job for you."
"Lord Lin, just say the word! Leave it to me — rest assured, it'll be done!" The moment he heard Wei Zhao had business for him, Zou Ruoguang thumped his chest in guarantee. This was a golden chance to mend fences with Wei Zhao; if he fumbled that, he'd be a fool.
"That Nan Feilong — crippling him will do. No need to kill him." Wei Zhao jerked his chin toward Nan Feilong, who was being beaten half to death by a knot of Zou Ruoguang's men.
After all, Zou Ruoguang was only a small-time thug; killing a man in public would likely bring the authorities down on him, and Wei Zhao had no wish to drag him into that.
"Yes, sir!" Zou Ruoguang nodded hastily, then spun around and roared at his men: "Hear that? Lord Lin says cripple that Nan Feilong! Kick him in the crotch!"
The men answered at once, and Nan Feilong let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered...
The corner of Ying Ziyu's mouth twitched again. This Wei Zhao was ruthless enough. But strangest of all — how could he possibly give orders to Zou Ruoguang?
"Lord Lin, is there anything else you need of me?" Zou Ruoguang was a little puzzled. If all it was, crippling Nan Feilong — Wei Zhao could have done that himself. Simple enough, just like the way Scar Bear had been put down; Wei Zhao had made it look effortless.
"Mm, there is." Wei Zhao seized Ying Ziyu by the collar, hauled her in front of him, and said to Zou Ruoguang: "Do you know her?"
"I do — Ying Ziyu, Fushan Middle School, the big sister of the third gang." Zou Ruoguang didn't know what Wei Zhao was after, but Wei Zhao and this Ying Ziyu seemed somehow close; so, not wishing to commit himself, he gave her a dry, utterly emotionless introduction.
Naturally Zou Ruoguang knew Ying Ziyu — he had even coveted her once. But on second thought, a little wild girl like that had probably been passed around by any number of men, and so his interest had cooled.
"Good. From now on she is my little sister, and I mean for her to hit the books. Keep an eye on her for me — if you catch her running wild in the streets again, call me at once." Wei Zhao instructed.
"No problem!" Zou Ruoguang thought to himself: thank god he had never laid a hand on Ying Ziyu, or Wei Zhao might well have kicked him into a eunuch today! He wiped the sweat from his brow, paid no heed to Ying Ziyu's murderous glare, and answered straight away: "No problem — leave it to me! Leave this business to me from here on. In the underworld of the North District, nobody's intelligence is sharper than mine. Rest assured, Lord Lin — I guarantee that Miss Ziyu will be studying every single day! If not, hold me accountable!"
Zou Ruoguang was overjoyed. To run errands for Wei Zhao was the greatest stroke of luck imaginable. He had been racking his brains over how to draw close to Wei Zhao; now here it was — serving Wei Zhao himself, the Zou family could count as his nominal running dogs, and surely Wei Zhao would not turn on his own people?
That meant the Zou family was safe! At the thought, Zou Ruoguang wanted nothing so much as to break the good news to his old man, Zou Tiandi, at the very first moment. Zou Tiandi lived in a permanent state of dread, forever terrified that Wei Zhao would think of the Zou family again and come knocking to settle scores.