Zhang Hu's scalp tingled, his heart pounding with fear.
Although he didn't know why Li Ping'an called Chen Nan "Old Ancestor," he clearly understood one thing. Chen Nan was by no means an easy target.
"You saw Old Sun following me, so you want to support him and consolidate his power in Nancheng?" Chen Nan looked at Li Ping'an expressionlessly.
Li Ping'an shivered and quickly replied, "I just hope he can serve Old Ancestor you better."
Chen Nan said slowly, "Do you know I strongly dislike this kind of freeloading behavior of yours?"
"Old Ancestor, please calm your anger, Old Ancestor, please calm your anger. This junior knows his mistake!" Li Ping'an kowtowed incessantly, his voice trembling.
Wu Long and Zhang Hu both felt their scalps go numb.
"Holy crap!"
"What kind of plot is this?"
"This is too goddamn ridiculous!"
Just because of one sentence of dislike, Li Ping'an was kneeling and begging for mercy?
Who exactly was he?
Why did Li Wuye show him such reverence?
Especially Zhang Hu.
His mentality had completely collapsed!
He had previously thought of showing off his social status and trying to act cool in front of Chen Nan.
But now he realized that his social status was nothing in front of this person.
Even the high and mighty Li Wuye called him Ancestor, so what was he in front of him but scum!
No!
He wasn't even scum.
On the other hand, Sun Sihai remained very calm.
This was nothing!
You guys definitely didn't know that Li Ping'an was scared out of the shantytown by Chen Ye's single word of "scram."
"Get up and speak!" Chen Nan said expressionlessly, "Don't kneel before me so easily in the future. If there's a next time, I don't mind breaking your legs."
Chen Nan didn't like to be high-profile.
But Li Ping'an was the emperor of Jizhou's underworld. If people saw him kneeling before him, what kind of image would that create?
"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Ping'an stood up with trepidation, the cold sweat on his face revealing his inner unease.
Chen Nan ignored him and handed the black plastic bag containing three hundred thousand cash to Zhang Hu, "Here, this is the money owed to you, a full three hundred thousand. Give me the IOU, and we'll be even!"
Zhang Hu was about to cry, "Sir, how about we forget it? Consider this money my filial piety to you."
Did Zhang Hu dare to accept this money?
He had no doubt.
If he took this money.
Li Ping'an would definitely not let him off.
*Slap!*
Li Ping'an slapped him, "Damn it, you call Old Ancestor 'Sir'? Then do I have to call you Old Ancestor too?"
"Wuye, I didn't mean that, I really didn't mean that!" Zhang Hu's face turned ashen, and a pale yellow liquid flowed from his trousers.
Chen Nan looked at Li Ping'an, "Who left their zipper unfastened and exposed themselves here? Do you have the right to speak here?"
Li Ping'an gave a sheepish smile and quickly retracted his neck.
He dared not put on airs in front of Chen Nan.
Chen Nan said, "Paying back debts is only right and proper. You should take it if I tell you to."
Fear!
Unease!
Helplessness!
A mix of emotions made Zhang Hu's mentality explode. Although he didn't want this money, he also didn't dare to refuse Chen Nan.
He looked at Li Ping'an nervously, seemingly seeking an answer.
Li Ping'an gritted his teeth and said, "What are you looking at me for? Don't you understand what Old Ancestor said?"
Zhang Hu gulped, nervously saying, "How about I just take a hundred thousand yuan as the principal?" But he still returned the prepared IOU to Chen Nan.
Before Chen Nan could speak, Li Ping'an gasped, "Good heavens, you actually charged Old Ancestor usury?"
Zhang Hu's face was filled with horror, "Wuye, no, it's not like that. That hundred thousand was a loan I gave to Mr. Chen's father."
Li Ping'an exclaimed, "Good heavens, you actually charged Old Ancestor's father usury?"
"Wuye, spare me, Wuye, spare me, I know I was wrong!" Zhang Hu's face turned ashen with fright.
I shouldn't have mentioned this.
Li Ping'an's face was filled with ferocity, "Wu Long, if I remember correctly, I said five years ago that my subordinates were not allowed to lend money to ordinary people, right?"
"Wuye, please calm your anger. It's my poor management. Don't worry, I will definitely punish Zhang Hu according to the rules."
Wu Long was also uneasy.
He also didn't expect Zhang Hu to dare to continue lending money.
Even more ridiculously, the borrower was Chen Nan's father.
Li Ping'an bowed to Chen Nan, "Old Ancestor, this time it's not that this junior intentionally showed goodwill to you, but I had strictly forbidden lending money to ordinary people before. Therefore, please take back this three hundred thousand!"
Sun Sihai said, "Mr. Chen, Wuye did have this ban."
Li Ping'an nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes. Old Ancestor, you are helping us weed out bad apples like Zhang Hu, so we are already grateful. How could we possibly charge you the principal and interest?"
"If I had known this, I should have let Dad borrow a bit more back then," Chen Nan grumbled to himself, then dropped a hundred thousand yuan.
"Some money still needs to be repaid."
"Although it can be forgiven!"
"But my rules are my rules!"
Saying this, he turned and left.
"Old Ancestor, take care!" Li Ping'an waved goodbye.
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"Business is quite good today!"
Chen Nan returned to the night market.
There were six square tables at home, all fully occupied today, with people crowded around them.
Chen Xia Zhi smiled, "The steel plant paid wages today. Business is always a bit better on this day."
Chen Nan understood.
When his father worked at the steel plant, he would also take him out for good food on payday.
"Mom and Dad, here, a gift for you!"
Chen Nan took out the IOU he had retrieved from Zhang Hu.
"You got this IOU back so quickly?" Jia Cui was overjoyed.
Chen Shan was filled with excitement.
Although they knew their son would definitely get the IOU back, they hadn't expected it to be so soon.
Chen Nan said with a narcissistic expression, "What kind of difficulty is this?"
"I knew my brother could definitely get this IOU back. Mwah~~~" Chen Xia Zhi said, pouting her small lips and kissing Chen Nan's cheek like when she was a child.
Chen Nan's face darkened, and he reached out and pressed on her face, "Go play somewhere else~~~"
"Hmph!" Chen Xia Zhi pouted, looking unhappy.
"Holy crap, what is that thing on the plate? Is it maggots?"
Suddenly.
A surprised shout came from in front of a square table.
"It really looks like maggots..."
"Ugh~ That's so disgusting!"
The people sitting around the square table had expressions of pain.
This also attracted the strange glances of other customers.
After all, they were all eating at the same food stall. If maggots were found on a table next to them, could they still eat with gusto?
"Chen Nan, you go home first. I'll handle this," Chen Shan said with a solemn expression.
Jia Cui also said, "Xia Zhi, hurry and take your brother home." Saying this, the couple walked to the side.
The couple both knew that Chen Nan had a short temper, and if he stayed here, something would definitely happen.
"Xia Zhi, what exactly is going on? Are you hiding something from me?" Chen Nan frowned, feeling that things were not simple.