Seeing the large Police Force insignia on his badge, the Uniformed Branch breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his gun, and moved closer to Lam Kong: "I was being lazy and went into the back alley to pee, but I didn't expect..."
"Bang!" Just as he lowered his gun and was still walking and glancing at the two dead men who had been shot and fallen to the ground, Lam Kong swiftly bent down, picked up one of the dead men's pistols, raised his hand, and pulled the trigger! The bullet accurately struck the man in the Uniformed Branch on the forehead! His body jerked violently, and then he collapsed to the ground, dead on the spot!
Lam Kong gripped the gunman's pistol, slowly approached the taxi, opened the trunk, revealing Foreign Devil inside, his limbs bound and curled up in a ball. Without hesitation, he fired two shots, hitting the man in the head and body. After checking that no one was around, he retreated to the front of his car, took a deep breath, raised the gunman's sidearm, and shot himself in the thigh! Then, enduring excruciating pain, he threw the pistol next to the dead man. The mere act of throwing the gun made his teeth grind.
After discarding the gunman's weapon, Lam Kong removed his gloves, hid them under the hood of his car, and gritted his teeth to finish the task. Only then did he slowly lean back in front of the car, gripping his sidearm, letting the blood flow from his legs. His eyes were fixed on the Uniformed Branch corpse not far away, his handsome face now covered in sweat. His voice, weak but still menacing, said:
"Sorry... ouch... bro, it's your bad luck that you were in my way... ouch... hope you're reborn into a better family next time..."
Chapter 246 Achieving Three Things at Once
Song Tianyao handed over some gifts he had bought to Uncle Yan, and then, accompanied by Sister Hong, went directly into the Chu Family's dining room. Chu Yaozong, Madam Chu, Chu Xiaozhong, Chu Xiaoxin, Chu Xiaozhong's wife, Chu Xiaoxin's fiancée Lu Peiying, Chu Xiaozhi, and even Chu Shuheng were all sitting at the table, making it look like an ordinary family dinner.
Song Tianyao greeted Chu Yaozong and Madam Chu, and then tried to sit down at the empty seat at the bottom of the table, but Chu Yaozong patted the empty seat to his left:
"A-Yao, sit here."
Song Tianyao paused for a moment, then rubbed his hands together with a smile, "Could this be a trap? I'm notoriously timid, and being a junior member of the family, how could I possibly be qualified to sit next to Chairman Chu?"
Although he was talking, he still obediently sat down to the seat below Chu Yaozong as he had said, and seemed to be even closer to Chu Yaozong than Chu Xiaozhong, the Chu Family.
"Today's different, isn't it? A lot of people from the Chamber of Commerce called me, asking me to invite you over for a chat. When you need something from someone, you have to be humble." Hearing Song Tianyao's playful banter, Chu Yaozong surprisingly responded with a smile. Usually, when Song Tianyao said something thoughtless, Chu Yaozong would just laugh and remain silent. It seemed Chu Yaozong was in a good mood today. "Sister Hong, everyone's here. Let's get ready to eat."
The head of the household seemed to be in a good mood, which made everyone at the table appear relaxed as well.
Sister Hong agreed and turned to arrange for the servants to start serving the dishes. Madam Chu, meanwhile, smiled and looked Song Tianyao over before speaking:
"I haven't seen A-Yao for several months, and he looks a bit thinner. It must be very hard for him to work out there on his own."
"Making money is never easy. A-Yao worked hard for a few months and secured two years' worth of orders from three department stores, with monthly orders exceeding one million. He'll be a multi-millionaire in two years." Chu Yaozong didn't bother the servants but slowly spread out his napkin himself, saying, "He's currently one of the most promising young people in Chiu Chow."
Song Tianyao chuckled and scratched his head, looking completely different from the outstanding young people of Chiu Chow that Chu Yaozong had praised, "It's not as exaggerated as Chairman Chu makes it out to be. I barely make ends meet."
Chu Xiaoxin rarely spoke at the dinner table, occasionally glancing nervously at Song Tianyao. However, Song Tianyao chatted and laughed with Chu Yaozong, Chu Xiaozhong, Chu Shuheng, occasionally telling interesting stories to liven up the atmosphere and making the women smile as if they had no worries at all.
After dinner, the servants cleared away the tableware and Sheung Shui, desserts, and tea. Madam Chu, along with Chu Xiaozhi, Chu Xiaozhong's wife, and Lu Peiying, took the initiative to get up and leave the dining room to admire the flowers and plants that Madam Chu had planted in the back hall, leaving the dining room to the men. Women from large families often have good judgment and self-awareness.
"Shuheng, you stay and chat with A-Zhong. It seems that the deworming medicine produced by Ah Sin Pharmaceutical Factory is selling very well recently. I called you here today to have you discuss with A-Zhong the supply from Southeast Asia. Could Ah Sin's Likang be handled by A-Zhong's logistics company? Ah Sin, A-Yao, come with me to the study for tea and a chat. Some people from the Chamber of Commerce are very interested in A-Yao's business. They're giving me a headache." After the woman left, Chu Yaozong said to Chu Shuheng with a smile.
This statement is tantamount to telling the two of them that he needs to go to his study to discuss some matters, and that they should stay in the dining room and talk about the pharmaceutical business, and not participate.
Knowing his own limitations, Song Tianyao and Second Young Master Chu obediently followed Chu Yaozong to the study. After Uncle Yan personally closed the door from the outside and left, Chu Yaozong sat down. His face was no longer that of the smiling Buddha he had in the restaurant. Instead, it was dark and fierce, like an old ghost ready to take Song Tianyao 'Song Tianyao soul at any moment.
"You're notoriously timid, A-Yao? Do you even know what you've done?" Chu Yaozong sat in his seat, holding a teacup, gently stirring the tea leaves with the lid, and said in a sinister voice, "I've always praised you for being shrewd and perceptive, so how could you be so careless this time? Do you know how many people are envious of your business? By doing this, you've given them a perfectly legitimate opportunity to rip you off. Do you know how many phone calls I made this afternoon after Ah Sin told me what you did?"
Even when Likang Company confronted the Zhang Family head-on, and even when Zhang Yujie came to their door and deliberately bullied Chu Xiaozhong Chu Xiaoxin with words, Song Tianyao had never seen Chu Yaozong with such an expression on his face. This was the first time he had ever seen Chu Yaozong with a dark face.
"Father treats you like a close junior, otherwise he wouldn't have used..." Seeing his father scolding Song Tianyao with a dark face, Chu Xiaoxin was worried that Song Tianyao would be dissatisfied, so he took the initiative to explain why his father was angry.