"Mom, don't worry. If money can solve the problem, it's not a problem." Zhao Zitong patted the back of her mother's hand:
"I am no longer the person I used to be. You have to have faith in your own daughter."
No longer the same person as before
A sweet feeling arose in Zhao Zitong's heart.
It is a farewell to the original owner Zhao Zitong, and also a farewell to the 2021 self who is full of hostility and scars.
From today on, be a warm person...
"You must be Boss Zhao. I checked our bill and found that you haven't paid the protection fee this month."
A man dressed in a shabby manner walked over with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Tell me your number." Zhao Zitong gently patted Zhuo Zhenfeng's hand, indicating to him that she could still handle this small situation.
"That's great, everyone else offers 10,000 yuan, but since you're pretty, how about this, just go have a drink with me, your brother, and you won't have to pay for protection this month."
After saying that, the man's obscene fingertips were about to scratch Zhao Zitong's face, and the next second, his index finger was grabbed by someone.
"Click"
"Ah! Pujie, what do you want to do?" A sharp pain came over him, and the scoundrel screamed.
"If you keep touching my girlfriend, I can't guarantee that I will break your fingers in anger."
Zhuo Zhenfeng's face was filled with anger and his voice was cold.
He is a lawyer who is always calm and composed. He always believes in using words rather than fists, and even if the other party provokes him in every way, he rarely gets angry.
But, since meeting Zhao Zitong, how many times has he fought
Even, for her, he was willing to give false testimony.
Yesterday, I confidently said that I would stick to my principles, but the moment I turned around, my rationality and calmness were easily destroyed.
He never knew he could be so unrestrained.
Even when I had my first love in middle school, I wasn't so impulsive.
After I finished the DES test, a girl in my class confessed her love to me. To be honest, that girl was quite pretty.
At that time, I hadn't found my life direction yet, and I thought it would be nice to have a relationship, so I agreed.
The result was nothing more than holding hands, watching movies, and eating, and they didn't even give each other a first kiss.
I won’t go into details about what happened afterwards, but after the DES scores came out, I applied to the University of Cambridge in the UK without hesitation.
Since then, the number of times I have set foot on the land of Hong Kong can be counted on one hand.
In the past eight years, he has had girlfriends, but no one has ever truly entered his heart, and they have basically just been casual relationships.
Later, he felt that this game was so boring that he never had a girlfriend again and never fell in love again.
He even once doubted whether there was something wrong with his sexual orientation, but he didn't seem to be attracted to any man.
Until he met Zhao Zitong.
He began to become irrational and uncalm, and even started to think of that figure from time to time.
He dragged two large boxes on his thin shoulders, and even though he couldn't carry it anymore, he still didn't give up and didn't even complain.
Even when he was beaten black and blue, he still didn't shed a tear.
In order to make a living, he traveled back and forth between the two places. Even if he was falsely accused of smuggling gold, he could still complete the task calmly and then rush to the bank.
Her hard work and seriousness moved him, and he even felt a little ashamed of himself.
On the night that really moved her heart, she held a check for 100,000 yuan and said to herself: "I don't want to owe you money.
attorney’s fees.”
After turning around, he came back and handed him two bottles of lemon tea.
"These two bottles of lemon tea were given to you by my friend Ma Dandan. She said that you were reluctant to buy even a bottle of water in such a hot day."
At that moment, her face was as bright as a flower.
At that moment, his heart began to sink.
Later, the more she ran away, the more he wanted to get close to her, and he even felt that he had masochistic tendencies.
Coming back to his senses, the ferocious gangster just now was now pale. It is said that the fingers are connected to the heart. Although only one finger was clamped, the gangster felt like he was dying of pain.
Zhao Zitong was also frightened by Zhuo Zhenfeng.
It is not an exaggeration to describe Zhuo Zhenfeng as "the young man is as gentle as jade, unparalleled on the street." He has a temperament as gentle as jade.
But at this moment, his temperament was completely different from his usual self. His eyes were sharp and he gave off an aura that said "keep away from strangers".
Seeing that the situation was not right, several thugs picked up their weapons, and one of them holding a baseball bat even stood behind Zhuo Zhenfeng.
A few hooligans against a weak scholar.
Even if Zhao Zitong was an idiot, he would know that this situation was not in his favor, not to mention that the other party had weapons in his hands.
She was moved but also nervous.
Impulse is the devil, and the behavior of blindly trying to be strong and save face is even more stupid.
Therefore, she really couldn't understand the logic of those girls who asked their boyfriends to use knives to attack others.
But she is not an ungrateful person. Her boyfriend is standing up for her and protecting her at this time, but it is just a gesture. It would be meaningless if it really causes a bloody disaster.
Before Zhao Zitong could speak, a man in a basketball uniform holding a glass Coke bottle screamed, "Sister-in-law Zitong, why are you here?"
Zhao Zitong looked carefully and found that it was the basketball player of Brother Wei. She put down the stick in her hand and smiled: "You? Why are you here? This is Brother Wei's territory."
"Yes, we just seized this territory." Miss Basketball said with an embarrassed smile, and the next second her expression changed to a cold and stern one:
"Tianji, how dare you touch the boss's woman?"
While Zhuo Zhenfeng was stunned, Tian Ji took the opportunity to get rid of his restraints, his face changed, and he was very annoyed. He knew that a beautiful woman who dared not to pay protection fees must have someone to rely on behind her.
It turned out that I was careless!
It’s all over now. I heard that the new boss has a bad temper and trusts Brother Jordan quite a lot. Now he has caused such a farce. How can he continue to work in this business
If you are always in the world, how can you not be smart
Tianji immediately changed his expression: "Sister-in-law, look, look, this is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
Ever since she knew that Kou Shuiwei was in charge of this territory, Zhao Zitong's tense nerves finally relaxed, but she didn't notice the ugly expression on her boyfriend's face.
I have dealt with Kou Shuiwei several times. He is not an unreasonable person. The most important thing is that he loves money more than beauty.
Zhao Zitong smiled.
They were both gangsters collecting protection fees, but there was a difference between being familiar and unfamiliar.
Since this is Kou Shuiwei's territory, there will be many opportunities for them to deal with each other in the future. Letting others misunderstand that she is Kou Shuiwei's woman is beneficial at this juncture, so she has no intention of clarifying it.