Chapter 27: The Unimpressive Eldest Brother

  Although Zhang Hao spoke for me, and even this kid was willing to swear an oath, my mother and these two aunts still looked disbelieving. They all thought I was comforting my mother, that Zhang Hao and I were in cahoots to deceive them!

  Who would believe that a useless and poor kid like me could meet with the big boss? If I hadn't just experienced it myself, I wouldn't even believe it...

  After we left the hotel together, we went to a baozi shop to have some simple congee and buns. Then Zhang Hao drove us to the municipal bureau. On the way, I asked my aunt where my elder brother was. Because I had lent him Yin Laoliu's car to pick up my mother and aunts, but he was nowhere to be seen that morning.

  I didn't know my aunt told me that my elder brother is going on a date!

  Driving that majestic BMW X6 to pick up chicks!

  Damn it! My father had an accident, I lent him a car for their convenience, and this son of a...

  After hearing this news, I got angry and was about to call him to ask him to return the car to me immediately. However, my mother stopped me from doing so.

  My mother said that my elder brother's family is poor and he is already in his thirties but still can't find a wife, so let him drive a car with style, maybe then he'll be able to marry a wife...

  What kind of logic is this? He can't get a wife and it's my fault? Besides, this car belongs to Yin Laoliu, he kindly lent it to me, I've already been too generous by lending it to him, but I didn't expect him to use the car to pick up girls!

  What makes me even angrier is that 3,000 of the 5,000 yuan I left behind was borrowed by this big brother of mine!!!

  My two aunts and my mother were reluctant to spend money on a better hotel, this guy said take away three thousand just take it away, what's going on?!

  Actually, my eldest brother's life is quite pitiful. To be precise, he is my paternal cousin. My father and his father are biological brothers, his father being my uncle, who is the eldest, while my dad is the third. My uncle is almost seventy years old now, and this elder brother of mine is his late-born son. However, due to his advanced age and poor health, he can't do heavy labor, plus his wife couldn't bear the hardships and ran off with someone else very early on, so this cousin of mine is a rather pitiful person.

  But the pitiful person must have a hateful place, this guy doesn't know how to advance, only knows how to idle around, so even in his thirties, he still hasn't done anything decent. However, although others look down on him, our own family members still take care of him, after all, he is my older brother, that's why I let him drive without hesitation. But I never thought that this guy would be such a... it's simply a pitfall!!!

  Let's not bother with this useless elder brother of mine for the time being. After we finished dinner, Zhang Hao took us to the municipal bureau in a hurry.

  It's still early and no one has come to work at the municipal office yet, except for the staff on duty here. The leaders of relevant departments are not present either, so we can only wait for news now.

  It wasn't until 8 am that leaders of relevant departments started working. When I arrived at the hotel, the municipal bureau was also bustling with activity.

  But we are among those who are left unmanaged, no one pays attention to us, and when we want to ask about something, we can't get a result.

  But all the situations took a turn for the better around 10:30, at about 10:30, a leader of the municipal bureau asked my mother and me to sign, after signing, we could take my father back home!

  It was unbelievable for my mother to have such a sudden change. Although my mother did not know what we were signing, she would sign it unconditionally even if it was a contract selling herself.

  When I signed, I took a rough look and the municipal bureau gave my father's case a designation of "released on bail pending trial".

  The signature on the paper is clear and distinct, because this case has been going on for a long time, there is insufficient evidence of murder, so the relevant departments need to collect evidence. Before all the evidence is collected, my father is safe and innocent. After collecting conclusive evidence, re-interrogate my father and sentence him accordingly.

  The meaning is very clear, the evidence of my father's murder is insufficient, no one can prove it, all these are empty words, all are false, so bail pending trial. The real meaning is that there is a mind to release and no mind to punish.

  After we finished signing our names, my father walked out under Wang Yang's escort.

  When my mother saw my father, she hugged him tightly and burst into tears. I couldn't help but get a little teary-eyed myself, but my father was fine, which was the best thing that could have happened...

  After we calmed down, Wang Yang, who was pretending to be elegant, smiled at my father and said: "Go back and rest well." Turning his head, Wang Yang seemed to be afraid of me and looked at me with a glance, then said to me: "Little brother, that little photo album..."

  Seeing him speak like this, I hastily replied: "Oh! Director Wang, rest assured, I'll ask her for you later. Maybe one of these days after midnight she'll come find me. By the way, if there's nothing else, let's go first?"

  I certainly can't just hand over the little photo album to Wang Yang, after all, it's his handle and has great utilitarian value. Besides, what if I give him the album and he suddenly turns against me and gets my father locked up again? What good is that so-called Jiang Rong then? It's unreliable to rely on others, I think it's more secure to have something in my own hands.

  After we left the city bureau, our whole family got on Zhang Hao's car and happily headed towards our village.

  In the car, my mother finally burst into laughter, which relieved me a lot.

  In the car, my father suddenly gave me a weird look and then asked me abruptly: "Xiao Dong, what's your relationship with Director Wang? Why did he keep saying that I had given birth to a good son when he was seeing me off just now, and if I didn't have you as my son, I would be locked up in prison?"

  As soon as my father said that, everyone stared at me with curiosity. At this time, I finally noticed that the eyes of my mother and two aunts looking at me were full of surprised expressions.

  Before I could respond, Zhang Hao, who was driving the car, said with a smug expression: "I told several aunties that my little brother Dong met Director Wang, but they didn't believe me. Uncle Ge, you were able to come out safely because of the result of little Dong meeting Director Wang."

  After Zhang Hao said this, my father asked me again: "What is your relationship with Director Wang? Did you know each other before?"

  Seeing him ask like this, I didn't know what to say at the moment, so I made up a lie: "Ah! I saved his life when I was working before, so he's grateful to me..."

  When I said that, my father didn't continue to ask questions, but instead, with a furious face, he shouted at me: "Damn it! That Zhao Lao Er, who dared to report me and wasted all the help I gave him. You wait until I get back to the village, see how I'll deal with him!"

  I heard my father say that I replied to him: "Dad, don't blame Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao didn't intentionally report you, it's because, because..."

  "Why?" my father asked.

  "It's because Zhao Lao Er was possessed by a little ghost, so in the end, you were harmed by the little ghost. If you want to take revenge, go find that little ghost."

  "Looking for... looking for a little devil?!" My father was stunned by my response.

  Just as we were talking about these things, my mobile phone suddenly rang.

  I picked up the phone and took a look, well! The one who called me was not someone else, but the BMW car that drove away with Yin Lao Liu. Regardless of my aunt and mother, it was my good cousin!

  I picked up the phone, ready to scold him a couple of times, but on the other end of the line, my elder brother transmitted a pig-killing-like cry for help.

  "Brother, no! Hurry and save me! Hurry and save me!"

  When I heard my elder brother suddenly shouting like this, I knew that something might have happened to him. The words of scolding him instantly disappeared: "Elder brother, what's wrong with you? What's going on?" I asked.

  "Big brother, I'm sorry! Big brother went online and chatted with a girlfriend, said to meet this morning, so before dawn I drove on the road, just afraid you guys wouldn't let me drive there, I also couldn't show off. But who knew..."

  "What's going on?" I asked.

  "I had no idea I was chatting with a bar girl, not a girlfriend, who cheated me into going there for high consumption! Now I have no money to pay the bill, I pawned my car, and now it's in someone else's hands..."

  I'm so damn screwed!

  When I heard such news, I was so angry that my lungs almost burst!

  What is a Jiu Tu Nu, it's a woman who specializes in deceiving men into consuming at high-end places, every one of these women is only after profit, how did my big brother end up with this kind of woman?

  The key is that the car has been seized by the other party! This isn't my car, it's Old Yin Liu's car! What if they can't redeem their car? Our entire family of Old Ge wouldn't be able to scrape together enough money for a single car!

  Irritated, I yelled at the phone: "Speak! Where are you now!"

  Opposite me, my elder brother hesitated and replied: "I am in... I am in... I am in Imperial City..."

  "Imperial city? Imperial capital? You're running far, aren't you! How much money do you have in your pocket to dare go there, I really admire you! Tell me the detailed address, and I'll go take a look right away!"

  After my elder brother told me the specific address, I hung up the phone heavily.

  After I hung up the phone, both my parents and aunt asked me: "What's wrong?"

  I looked at them, then said to my parents and aunt: "My brother ran off to the capital, now he's in trouble, he got Master Yin's car stuck in someone else's hands!"

  I thought this matter would be difficult to handle, but what I never expected was that it was actually resolved very easily. However, I then found myself deeply entangled in an even bigger whirlpool... The noble gathering hall is shrouded in dark fate.

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