Chapter Eighteen: Kicking the Evil Dog

  After Ling Tianyou and his bodyguards left, Lü Dahai led the crowd in cheers as they surrounded him, tossing Ma Tong high into the air with a "you lift your hand and I'll lift my foot" motion, catching him, then tossing him again, and catching him again... it was as if they couldn't express their excitement any other way!

  "Tong Ge is mighty!" One of the parties involved, Yu Bu Sheng, even shouted out this slogan.

  Ma Tong himself was overjoyed: He couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear. This is truly a great honor!

  After everyone's excitement had passed, Lü Dahai came over and gave Ma Tong a bear hug, saying with emotion: "I remember how in the past you were always dragging us down whenever we got into a fight. This time you've really made progress! From now on I'll have to follow your lead!"

  "Hey, don't worry, I'll take care of you from now on!"

  "Get out! Give you some sunshine and you'll shine!" Lü Dahai laughed and scolded.

  With an air of intoxication, his eyes reddened as he said: "Tong Ge, thank you so much earlier! If it wasn't for you..." As he spoke, the normally composed man seemed on the verge of tears.

  Ma Tong stretched out his arm and wrapped it around Yu Bu Sheng's neck: "Shut up! We're brothers!"

  Looking at the big brother in front of him who had taken good care of himself since they first met a few years ago, he felt warm in his heart and couldn't say anything beautiful, so he just smiled foolishly and said with an extremely serious expression: "Yeah! From now on, you and Lü Ge are my real big brothers!"

  "Haha! Good brother!" Lv Dahai also came up: "Let's go! We'll go back and continue drinking, we won't stop until we're drunk!"

  "Right! We won't stop until we're drunk, and we won't leave until we're sober!"

  When everyone was drunk, Ma Tong, who had a normal drinking capacity, was still sober. Finally, with the help of the service staff led by Manager Sun, he put all the people in a taxi and then took out his own ICBC card and said to Manager Sun: "Manager Sun, please settle the bill!"

  After what just happened, Manager Sun became even more respectful to Ma Tong. Seeing Ma Tong preparing to pay the bill, he hastily stopped him, saying: "No need, no need, Mr. Ma, this meal is on me. I didn't expect Young Master to come today, and I'm very rude to you. How can I still have the nerve to charge you money?"

  "How can that be? After the discount, it's still several thousand! " Ma Tong is not a person who eats for free. Moreover, just now Manager Sun was able to speak for him in front of his young master, which made Ma Tong have a good impression of Manager Sun: "Besides, what happened earlier has nothing to do with you, I can understand your difficulties!"

  The two men urged him repeatedly, but Manager Sun refused to accept. Ma Tong had no choice but to nod and say: "Alright then, this time let's consider it as your treat, Manager Sun, next time I'll return the favor!"

  "Alright then, it's settled! From now on, don't call me Manager Sun anymore, just call me Old Sun!"

  Ma Tong didn't show humility this time either: "Alright, I'll call you Old Sun then. You don't have to keep calling me Mr. Ma from now on, just call me Ma Tong. Let's hang out often from now on, buddy!"

  Manager Sun burst out laughing: "Alright, alright! In that case, I'll be honored to join you!" Being able to have dinner alone with Ling Wanqing and also being able to deal with Ling Tianyou's tantrums, it's only natural that they would often socialize together.

  "What's the big deal? I'm just a commoner! Nothing to talk about!" Ma Tong laughed.

  Manager Sun dared not believe: "You're joking!"

  That's how people are - often what you say is true, but others won't believe it.

  After bidding farewell to Manager Sun, Ma Tong originally wanted to take a car back home. But then he changed his mind, thinking that it was already late at night, so he might as well run back and test his endurance at the same time. Thus, he found a quiet road and started sprinting with all his might.

  It's not running that doesn't know, one run scares a jump, the usual bus ride takes more than half an hour, Ma Tong runs it in less than ten minutes, and he is not even out of breath or red-faced, without even sweating, just like going out for a stroll, this makes him another surprise: can save a lot of money on transportation in the future!

  This is actually the true thoughts of Ma Tong, who lives at the bottom of society. After possessing abilities that others cannot reach, he did not immediately think about doing something big, such as becoming an Olympic champion in weightlifting or long-distance running, but rather thought about saving himself some car money and reducing the burden on his hardworking mother. It's really both realistic and heart-wrenching!

  After greeting Wang Dajie, who was watching the door at the entrance, Ma Tong walked towards his home. When he was still over 30 meters away from home, he clearly heard a burst of frantic barking and a woman's shrill scolding voice: "I'm telling you, you old hag, if you don't return this fake cigarette to me today, I'll set the dog on you! Do you believe it?!"

  "It's not that I won't give you a refund, but this cigarette was definitely not bought here at our place. All the cigarettes in our house were purchased by my son from the tobacco company, so it's impossible to have fake cigarettes......" This was Zheng Lirong's voice, and compared to the other person's arrogant tone, her defensive voice sounded so weak and helpless.

  "You said it was your son who came in, but what if he cheated you? I don't care, today you have to leave, whether you want to or not. If not, I'll smash your store and send you to the police station! Let me tell you, my brother is the director of the police station!"

  Ma Tong's blood rushed to his head, and he sprinted towards his family's small shop with all his might, creating a sharp whistling sound as he ran at full speed for the first time!

  A distance of thirty meters, arrived in an instant!

  Zheng Lirong was currently being blocked in the store by a 30- or 40-year-old, heavily made-up fat woman and a bald-headed man with a protruding chest and belly. She had never seen anything like this before, so she was making futile excuses while looking at the massive mixed-breed Tibetan mastiff that the fat woman was holding onto, which was staring menacingly at Zheng Lirong with its eyes revealing a fierce glow, letting out low growls from its throat that sounded like thunder. It looked like as soon as the fat woman gave the order, the dog would immediately pounce!

  Ma Tong rushed into the small shop like a whirlwind, without saying a word, and kicked the crossbreed Tibetan mastiff that was about to pounce with a loud thud on its chin. The massive body of the crossbreed Tibetan mastiff suddenly flew up in the air, heavily hitting the ceiling, then rebounding downwards, heavily slamming onto the ground. It wasn't until then that the crossbreed Tibetan mastiff, whose teeth were all broken and mouth full of blood, dizzy and disoriented, was able to let out a mournful howl!

  The bald man and the fat woman didn't notice Ma Tong's arrival at all, until their vicious dog suddenly flew up into the air and fell heavily to the ground. Only then did they see Ma Tong slowly retracting his right leg in front of them. The fat woman immediately let out a shrill scream and rushed towards her vicious dog: "Ahhhhhhh! My baby!!"

  The bald man took a glance at Ma Tong and was startled by the other's gaze, which seemed to be sizing him up like a predator. He stuttered: "Y-you, who are you? Wh-why did you kick my dog into this state?"

  Ma Tong didn't respond, he just stared coldly at the man in front of him and spat out a single word: "Scram!"

  The bald man shivered again, he was not stupid at all after years of socializing, knowing that the man in front of him who could kick a Tibetan Mastiff flying was not someone to be trifled with. To know that purebred Tibetan Mastiffs are one of the most ferocious dog breeds in the world, proud and fierce, with strong aggression, able to fight against packs of wolves. Even if his own Tibetan Mastiff was just a mixed breed that had been cross-bred for who knows how many generations, it was still not something an ordinary person would dare to mess with!

  Not to mention one kick sent it flying all the way up to the ceiling!

  Just when the bald-headed man who had kicked the iron plate was about to back down, his fat wife suddenly let out a shrill scream and pounced on Ma Tong like a human-shaped beast: "Dare to hit my baby, I'll fight you to the death!!!!!!"