Chapter 230
Chapter 230
The two men immediately embraced. This was the same Brother Sun whom the Driver had once frightened into urinating blood.
Since Liu Ye had put the entire Zhao family in the hospital, the Driver no longer expected to collect the rest of his payment. He had begun finding Liu Ye new work again.
Now that the Driver knew Liu Ye could not return home, money no longer mattered. The important thing was to keep him from going back.
Brother Sun happened to be working at a construction site, so the Driver discussed the matter with him. How could Brother Sun possibly refuse the Driver? He immediately arranged a place for Liu Ye on the crew.
“Brother Sun, let me introduce you. This is my brother-in-law. He came out to work with me. Could you find him a job too?”
Liu Ye dragged Zhao Wuchang out from where he was hiding behind him.
“No problem! If you’re asking, Little Liu, how could I refuse? We happen to need two people to skim-coat some walls. Can you do that?”
“Of course we can.”
Liu Ye agreed without hesitation. Zhao Wuchang, however, panicked. He was the head of the Zhao Group, a world-famous tycoon. How could he possibly apply wall putty?
“Liu Ye, are you short of money? If you need money, I can give you some. We don’t have to do this.”
The moment he said that, Liu Ye’s expression darkened.
“You have money?”
“Yeah. I have money.”
Smack!
Liu Ye slapped Zhao Wuchang across the face so hard that he stood there dazed. His cheek swelled immediately.
“Like hell you have money! My big brother and the Zhao family arranged your marriage to my sister. What money do you have? Huh? Tell me, what money do you have?”
Liu Ye raised his hand again, and Zhao Wuchang instinctively flinched away.
The two of them were family now. Liu Ye felt no guilt whatsoever about hitting him.
Zhao Wuchang wanted to cry. Never had he imagined that Xu Fei and Liu Ye were related like this. And even if he was Liu Ye’s brother-in-law, that did not mean Liu Ye could hit him whenever he pleased!
“I… I quit.”
Zhao Wuchang turned to leave, but Liu Ye caught him by the collar and hauled him back.
“You quit? How are you going to earn money if you quit? Don’t tell me you expect my sister to support you. Have you forgotten what I said before you married her? If you ever betray my sister, I’ll put you in a coffin. Don’t think I won’t!”
Zhao Wuchang seethed. How had he encountered such an unreasonable brute? He had planned to learn Liu Ye’s name and birth information, then use Liu Ye to get close to John.
Now he gave up. He would find someone else. Liu Ye was simply too infuriating.
He tried to mobilize the Yin-Yang Secret Codex within him, intending to break free of Liu Ye’s grip and teach him a lesson.
Then something astonishing happened. He discovered that he could no longer activate the Codex!
“What’s going on?”
He tried several times in a panic, but the Yin-Yang Secret Codex sank into silence and gave him no response at all.
“This…”
Smack!
Liu Ye slapped him on the back of the head.
“What are you standing around for? Get to work!”
Even Brother Sun could not bear to watch any longer.
“Come on, Little Liu, don’t keep hitting him. He seems like a decent kid. What if you knock him stupid?”
Liu Ye looked helpless.
“Brother Sun, you don’t understand. This kid used to be rich, but his family fell on hard times after an incident. It’s been ages, and he still hasn’t adjusted. He does nothing but eat and loaf around all day. I don’t know what my sister sees in him. If I don’t push him, forget supporting his wife-he’ll end up starving himself.”
Rubbing his face, Zhao Wuchang cried out bitterly in his heart.
I really do have money!
He looked at the tools in his hands, then at the wall.
“How do you use these?”
Across all his lifetimes, he had never done anything like this.
“What, are those two things above your nose just air holes? Can’t you watch what I’m doing?”
Liu Ye picked up a scraper from the floor, worked it back and forth, then spread the putty evenly across the wall.
Zhao Wuchang stared at the sticky paste with revulsion.
He was obsessed with cleanliness. If a little dust landed on a table, he would replace the entire table. Asking him to handle this muck was genuinely torturous.
His eyes shifted, and he moved closer to Liu Ye.
“Listen, Brother Liu, construction sites have all kinds of unspoken rules. The foreman won’t tell you how much you’re really earning because he takes a cut. Naturally, he won’t tell you how big that cut is either. You understand what I mean, don’t you?”
He hoped to turn Liu Ye against the foreman. Once Liu Ye’s attention shifted to the man, Zhao Wuchang would have a chance to escape. But instead…
Smack!
Liu Ye struck the back of Zhao Wuchang’s neck, knocking him face-first to the floor. His expensive clothes instantly became a riot of colors.
“Who taught you to bad-mouth people behind their backs? He found you a job. Without him, you wouldn’t even have this work.”
Zhao Wuchang climbed to his feet in shock. When he saw his clothes, he screamed in anguish.
“Aaaah!”
Smack!
“What are you screaming for? Good grief, I hate going anywhere with you. You’re an embarrassment. So your clothes got dirty-wash them when we get back. You’re broke, yet you’re fussy about everything.”
Zhao Wuchang pointed at his clothes, then jabbed an agitated finger toward the wall. Rage robbed him of his voice. He clutched his head in agony.
Heavens! Why are you punishing me like this? What did I ever do wrong?!
“Hurry up!”
Zhao Wuchang ducked his head. With no other choice, he followed Liu Ye and began working.
Because it was his first time, he applied the putty unevenly and was beaten by Liu Ye for every mistake. He was struck several times over the course of the day, and his neck swelled.
The smell of the wall putty also made him deeply uncomfortable. He looked it up on his phone, then cried out in alarm.
“Brother Liu, we can’t do this job! This stuff contains formaldehyde. It can cause cancer!”
He cared greatly about his health. Swapping into a new body was no easy task, after all.
“Where did you read that nonsense? Wall putty can cure cancer?”
“Cause! Not cure! It can cause cancer!” Zhao Wuchang shouted. He covered his nose and backed away repeatedly.
“Oh, is that all? Every laborer trades his life for money. As long as you get paid, that’s what matters. You’re not single anymore. A man needs to shoulder some responsibility.”
Liu Ye felt this brother-in-law of his required serious reform. How could he ever grow into a real man like this?
“I refuse!”
Zhao Wuchang turned and ran. His foot landed on empty air, and he plunged straight down.
“Aaaah!”