The Whale in the Mountains

Chapter 293 Do You Still Remember This Scar?

“Who is it, Dazhi? If you know, just tell us. Don’t keep us in suspense; I’m dying to know,” Liu Qi said, his face full of anticipation.

Seeing that he had piqued everyone’s interest, Wang Dazhi said mysteriously, “Let me tell you, that person is the top dog of the entire Jiangbei underworld. Any boss of any city in Jiangbei has to call him Boss Chen!”

As soon as he said this, everyone was in an uproar.

Liu Qi exclaimed with wide eyes, “No wonder! Long Yaoyang actually dared to provoke such a powerful figure. Isn’t he asking for death?”

Niu Lili asked, “How did Long Yaoyang provoke him?”

“I don’t know about that.”

Wang Dazhi sneered, “That kid Long Yaoyang was arrogant and domineering when he was in school. He probably didn’t know who Boss Chen was this time. He’ll die without even knowing why.”

At this moment, the three of them were discussing animatedly, showing no respect for the dead.

Then Cao Dayong asked suspiciously, “Dazhi, what are you doing now? How do you know so much inside information?”

Wang Dazhi looked smug, but he wouldn’t reveal it himself. To achieve the effect of showing off, he winked at Liu Qi.

Liu Qi immediately understood and said in an exaggerated tone, “Cao Dayong, you’re so out of touch! Dazhi has made it big now. Long Yaoyang is dead now, but even if he weren’t, he’d have to bow down to Dazhi.”

“Just tell me, okay? Stop keeping me in suspense,” Cao Dayong urged.

“Okay, since you’re begging me so much, I’ll be kind and tell you!”

Liu Qi cleared his throat and said, “Dazhi is now the son-in-law of the Jiangkou city underworld boss. To put it simply, in the Jiangkou city underworld, apart from their boss, Dazhi is the one who calls the shots!”

A shocked expression appeared on Cao Dayong’s face. So this old classmate was now involved in the underworld?

Wang Dazhi pressed his hand down, signaling Liu Qi not to say any more: “Keep it down, keep it down…”

Although he was saying ‘keep it down,’ his eyes were condescending, and he looked high and mighty.

Just then, Chen Xiao, who had been silent all along, suddenly chuckled and asked, “Heh, you said that Boss Chen is so awesome, do you know him?”

Wang Dazhi glanced at Chen Xiao and said contemptuously, “I wouldn’t dare say I know him, but I have had a few meals with him and witnessed his demeanor…”

Chen Xiao immediately pressed, “Then tell me what he looks like? How old is he? What’s his real name?”

Faced with Chen Xiao’s series of questions, Wang Dazhi couldn’t make up an answer for a moment and became angry.

“Chen Xiao, listen to the questions you’re asking! Even my father-in-law has to be humble and polite when he sees Boss Chen. How could I ask him such private questions… Forget it, you’re too low-level to understand!”

Wang Dazhi didn’t want to say too much in case he gave himself away, so he quickly changed the subject, “By the way, Cao Dayong, what are you doing now? How’s it going?”

Cao Dayong smiled sheepishly and said truthfully, “I’m working as a salesman in the provincial capital. I haven’t made much of a name for myself, just barely making a living…”

“Oh…”

Wang Dazhi said ‘oh’ meaningfully, then pointed to his nose and asked, “Do you still remember this scar?”

There was a thin, long scar about five centimeters long across Wang Dazhi’s nose.

Of course, Cao Dayong remembered this scar because it was left when he beat up Wang Dazhi.

“Yeah, of course, I remember. I was young and impulsive back then. Dazhi, you’re not still holding a grudge, are you?”

Cao Dayong asked with a smile, but at the same time, his heart skipped a beat.

Wang Dazhi was petty and vengeful. He was obviously bringing up the past for a reason.

Wang Dazhi said with a fake smile, “How could I? I even have to thank you. It’s because of this scar that my wife took a fancy to me. She said it makes me look especially manly.”

Cao Dayong was relieved. He thought Wang Dazhi was going to hold onto the past grudge, but he obviously couldn’t beat Wang Dazhi now.

However, immediately afterward, Wang Dazhi said with a smile, half-jokingly, “But then again, if this happened now, if you dared to leave a scar on my face, you’d be a dead man right now, you know what I mean?”

Cao Dayong was stunned because Wang Dazhi’s words didn’t sound like a joke or drunken talk. He didn’t know how to answer.

Liu Qi chimed in, “Cao Dayong, don’t you understand what Dazhi means? You hit Dazhi back then, and you still owe Dazhi an apology!”

Cao Dayong finally reacted and quickly stood up and poured a drink.

“Dazhi, I was wrong back then. I apologize to you with this glass of wine! It’s been so long, I hope you don’t mind!”

After saying that, Cao Dayong drank the full glass of white wine in one gulp.

However, Wang Dazhi just looked at him coldly, not even touching his glass of wine.

“You want me to forgive you, huh?”

Wang Dazhi sneered, “Then you at least have to show some sincerity!”

“What sincerity? Dazhi, just tell me, what do you want me to do?”

Cao Dayong knew that he couldn’t avoid this matter today.

“Kneel down and kowtow three times. Then we’ll call it even!”

Wang Dazhi said quietly, looking at Cao Dayong with a mocking expression.

Cao Dayong was immediately stunned.

“Wang Dazhi, don’t go too far. Besides, you were in the wrong in the first place. You deserved to be beaten.”

Chen Xiao warned coldly.

Today was just a chance encounter with a few old classmates. Chen Xiao didn’t want to cause any unpleasantness, so he didn’t expose Wang Dazhi when he was bragging just now.

But he didn’t expect Wang Dazhi to take it a step further and even ask Cao Dayong to kowtow and apologize!

However, as soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, Liu Qi immediately cursed, “Damn it, Chen Xiao, when did it become your turn to speak? What do you think you are, daring to talk to Dazhi like that? Do you want to die?”

“Chen Xiao, just because your surname is Chen and Boss Chen’s surname is also Chen, don’t think you’re Boss Chen. A piece of trash like you isn’t even worthy of carrying Boss Chen’s shoes! Stop meddling in other people’s business and go cool off somewhere else!”

Following her husband’s lead, Niu Lili also sarcastically mocked Chen Xiao.

“Heh, Chen Xiao, do you think you have the right to order me around?”

Wang Dazhi sneered, then his expression suddenly changed, becoming extremely gloomy.

“I, Wang Dazhi, am making it clear today, if Cao Dayong doesn’t kowtow and apologize to me, this matter is not over!”

Seeing that things were getting more and more tense, Cao Dayong quickly said to smooth things over, “I’ll kneel, I’ll kneel. It’s just a few kowtows. I can even play the grandson. What’s a kowtow?”

As he spoke, Cao Dayong was actually about to kneel down.

Chen Xiao’s eyes were bloodshot, and he grabbed Cao Dayong and shouted, “Don’t kneel!”

Wang Dazhi slammed the table and stood up, roaring, “He must kneel!”

“Kneel your mother's cunt!”

Without saying a word, Chen Xiao picked up a beer bottle and smashed it at Wang Dazhi…