Chapter 430 — Turn a Few More

"Oh, a brand-new idiot is born!" Shen Yushu pumped her fist. "Brother Arrowbrand, turn a few more! Two's too few, isn't it?"

The other guards and the thieves alike were sweating buckets as they listened. How could this girl be so vicious? She actually enjoyed watching people get turned into idiots?

Click... The sound of a key turning in the lock came from outside the guard room. With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Xie Fenpian strode in at the head of the group. The moment he caught sight of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu inside, his eyes lit up! Girls this pretty—what a waste! If only Bu Tiandi hadn't come today!

"Hee... haha... heh heh... Catch the thief..." The security captain, gibbering like a madman, lunged at Xie Fenpian as he came through the door, drool streaming from the corner of his mouth.

"What are you doing?" Xie Fenpian jumped in fright. "Have you never seen a woman before? Even if these two girls are a bit pretty, there's no need to drool over them like a lovesick fool! Disgusting, isn't it? Chief Bu is here—stand up straight!"

Xie Fenpian was furious. The security captain wasn't usually like this—what had gotten into him today? And to make a spectacle of himself right in front of Bu Tiandi, of all people—wasn't that just smearing mud on his face?

"Chief Bu? Bu Ruoguang is here?" Wei Zhao glanced at Xie Fenpian as he came in.

Xie Fenpian clearly hadn't grasped the situation in the room, and had no idea Wei Zhao was now the one in control. "You know Brother Guang? Doesn't matter—the one who came today is Brother Guang's father! If you know what's good for you, settle down and keep quiet, or else... heh heh..."

"Smack!"

Before Xie Fenpian could finish, Wei Zhao's slap sent blood trickling from his ear; stars bursting before his eyes, he crashed to the ground and passed out cold.

Wei Zhao had truly run out of patience. Did this Bu father and son pair have no idea what death looked like? Why did one idiot after another keep delivering themselves to his doorstep?

Hearing the slap and the scream from inside the guard room, Bu Tiandi and Bu Ruoming were a little stunned—and when they heard Wei Zhao's voice, they were stunned outright.

The two of them stood at the doorway of the guard room, unable to decide whether to go in or not, at a complete loss.

But whether they came in or not, Wei Zhao could see their silhouettes. He gave a cold laugh. "Bu Tiandi, Bu Ruoming, come in."

Bu Tiandi and Bu Ruoming exchanged a glance, then steeled themselves and walked into the guard room. At that moment they could have killed the security captain—of all the people to provoke, why did he have to provoke Wei Zhao?

Only, wasn't Wei Zhao supposed to be with Tang Yun? What Bu Ruoming saw instead was Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu...

"Let me ask you, Bu Tiandi—have you still not had your fill of opposing me?" Wei Zhao was well aware that today's business might have nothing to do with Bu Tiandi; if, after losing a Yellow-rank expert, Bu Tiandi still thought he could use these little security guards against him, that would be truly brain-dead.

So it could only be coincidence. Even so, Wei Zhao was still irritated—why was it that this whole Bu Tiandi family always managed, by the most uncanny coincidence, to cross him?

"No... Chief Wei, you've misunderstood..." Bu Tiandi's liver nearly split from fright, and his face went white. "Chief Wei, this wasn't my idea! I didn't know before... Right, it was Xie Fenpian—he acted on his own, said they'd caught some thieves and told me to come take a look. Isn't that right, Ruoming?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Bu Ruoming was terrified too, nodding frantically. "We didn't come here to ogle pretty girls..."

Hearing his son's words, Bu Tiandi nearly exploded with rage. Wasn't that just protesting too much? He wanted to kick him flying. "You idiot, what are you saying? We came to handle the thief case—to guarantee fairness and justice, we came to supervise!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Bu Ruoming had spoken in a panic and quickly corrected himself. "Chief Wei, this really has nothing to do with us..."

"Enough, I can't be bothered to dawdle with you. Load those three willow saplings into my car and the two of you can get lost! But don't cross me again, or I'll burn your house down!" Wei Zhao waved his hand impatiently. "We'll let today's business go. If you want to spread it around yourself, that's up to you..."

Bu Ruoming was taken aback. Why on earth would I spread it around? Wouldn't I have to be sick in the head to go telling people about my own humiliation? But then he understood what Wei Zhao meant—he was referring to what he'd seen, Wei Zhao together with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu...

But what connection did Wei Zhao have with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu? At school, there had never been any talk of them being involved.

Puzzled as he was, Bu Ruoming didn't dare ask. Wei Zhao wanted willow saplings, so he and his father Bu Tiandi hurried out to get them.

"Give me three willow saplings!" Bu Tiandi picked a shop selling saplings at random and went in to instruct the owner. "How much?"

The shop owner saw that it was the market's big boss come for saplings—how could he take money? He hurriedly brought over three willow saplings, smiling obsequiously. "What money? They're not worth much. If you need them, just take them!"

"I'd better pay you. Here's a hundred yuan—that's enough, isn't it?" Bu Tiandi took out his wallet, pulled out a hundred-yuan note, and handed it to the owner.

"That's too much. Willow saplings are cheap, just a few yuan each..." The owner waved his hands hastily.

Bu Tiandi had no time to dawdle over such things. He tossed down the money, snatched up the saplings, and headed out.

"Shall I find a worker to carry them for you?" the owner asked kindly, seeing Bu Tiandi doing it himself.

"No need!" Bu Tiandi refused flatly. Only by carrying them himself could he show his sincerity—if he got a worker, what if Wei Zhao found fault with that too? Besides, these three willow saplings weren't heavy.

After loading the saplings into the car, Bu Tiandi stood carefully beside it, a fawning smile on his face. "Chief Wei, is there anything else you'd like to instruct?"

"No. Oh, right—I turned two of your security guards into idiots. That's not a problem, is it?" Wei Zhao glanced at Bu Tiandi. "They won't come demanding medical fees from me, will they?"

"No, no, of course not, rest assured..." Bu Tiandi was startled. He could turn people into idiots just like that? What kind of technique was that? No wonder the security captain had been acting so strangely—he'd thought the man was just lovesick, but he'd actually been turned into an idiot! "They turned themselves into idiots by falling down. We'll compensate them according to the work-injury standard..."

Wei Zhao nodded, turned, got into the car, and sped away, spraying a faceful of black exhaust at Bu Tiandi and his son. Yet neither of them dared wipe it off with a hand; they kept up their posture of respectful farewell, watching Wei Zhao's car disappear into the distance...