A street urchin turned academic genius, starting by saving the blind school beauty.

Chapter 110 Dad, let's be together, Zhang family

Feeling the hard object at his waist, Cao Jian lost his desire to probe further. He frowned and chuckled awkwardly.

"Young man, you mustn't do anything reckless. Put it down quickly, put it down quickly."

Lu Zhaoye sneered, then put down the stone in his hand. Dealing with people who flaunt their power at the grassroots level, reasoning with them is the most useless method.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up."

"It's getting late," Lu Zhaoye urged.

Lu Zhaoye felt his phone vibrating incessantly in his pocket and felt a little anxious, but he couldn't take it out no matter what, otherwise the energy would be ruined.

When Cao Jian led Lu Zhaoye to the door of a very dilapidated dormitory.

His gaze turned cold again, and Lu Zhaoye pointed to the words on the wall.

"You're just going to lock my dad up here?"

Lu Zhaoye had underestimated the situation. He never imagined that Cao Jian would actually lock Xu Ziqing's father in a long-abandoned toilet.

He was just standing at the door when he smelled a very pungent odor that almost brought tears to his eyes.

Cao Jian felt a little guilty upon hearing this, and nodded with his head tucked in like a quail.

"Open the door," Lu Zhaoye said coldly.

The door creaked open.

Lu Zhaoye pushed open the door and looked inside.

A square-faced man was leaning against the wall in a disheveled state, his arms and thighs covered with bruises from the beating.

Xu Feng hid in the darkness, his dark eyes coldly staring at the two of them. After glancing at Lu Zhaoye, he immediately turned his gaze to Cao Jian.

His chest began to heave violently, and he opened his mouth, gritting his teeth as he roared.

"Cao Jian, give me back my phone."

Lu Zhaoye came to his senses and realized that this was Xu Ziqing's father.

Without further hesitation, he pushed Cao Jian inside, locked the door behind him, and said to Xu Feng on the ground,

"Dad, I've come to pick you up."

Xu Feng was taken aback upon hearing this, then frowned and turned his gaze back to the cold-faced boy.

"Dad, it's me, Xu Zhaoye! Don't you recognize me?" Lu Zhaoye stood behind Cao Jian, making exaggerated facial expressions and choking back tears as he spoke.

At this moment, Xu Feng also realized what was happening. He knew the boy who had accompanied his daughter was named Lu Zhaoye, but why did he have a different surname now...?

Xu Feng immediately realized that Lu Zhaoye was acting, so he quickly got into character, blinking once.

"Son, it's your father's fault for being useless."

Hearing Xu Feng's voice, Lu Zhaoye felt a pang of bitterness. He kicked Cao Jian to the ground and shouted sharply,

"Tell me, what did you do to my father?"

Cao Jian didn't dare to hide it either. Seeing the "father and son" with tears streaming down their faces, he also shed tears, but he was frightened by Lu Zhaoye's fierceness.

Then, Cao Jian tearfully recounted the whole story.

It turned out that when Lu Zhaoye and his group set off from Gangcheng in the morning, Xu Feng also took advantage of his rest time to find Cao Jian.

Before this, the fact that Xu Feng had a blind daughter had already spread far and wide.

In an attempt to show off, Cao Jian boasted to the workers that he knew a big shot in the ophthalmology industry who could help him.

Xu Feng was very happy at the time. That evening, he took out part of his salary to treat Cao Jian to dinner and gave Cao Jian a large red envelope, hoping that Cao Jian could help him make connections.

But Cao Jian only said it to show off; he never expected that Xu Feng would actually come looking for him.

However, the greedy Cao Jian was very tempted by Xu Feng's large red envelope, so he readily agreed.

He assured Xu Feng that he would definitely help as long as his daughter could come.

This led to the story of Lu Zhaoye bringing Xu Ziqing all the way to Nanjing.

But this morning, when Xu Feng excitedly approached Cao Jian to discuss this matter, Cao Jian suddenly changed his mind and said he couldn't help with it.

Xu Feng thought the money hadn't arrived yet, so he gritted his teeth and handed over another thousand yuan to Cao Jian.

Cao Jian not only refused, but also warned Xu Feng not to mention the matter again.

The honest Xu Feng then realized he had been tricked. He angrily pushed and shoved Cao Jian in the factory, demanding that he return the money.

However, Cao Jian was the factory director after all, and naturally had people under his command. Xu Feng was outnumbered and beaten up before being thrown into a dark room.

In order to prevent the matter from getting out, Cao Jian issued a gag order at the factory.

The men who were on good terms with Xu Feng were also law-abiding citizens who dared not meddle in other people's business, so Lu Zhaoye, who had just arrived, naturally could not find any information.

Xu Feng's phone was confiscated, and he couldn't contact anyone outside, so he had no choice but to stay here in despair.

Until... Lu Zhaoye personally pushed open the door to the dark room.

"Old man," Lu Zhaoye cursed, glaring at him after hearing the words.

He turned to Xu Feng and asked, "Dad, how much money did you give him to grease the wheels?"

"Fifteen thousand," Xu Feng replied honestly.

Lu Zhaoye nodded and kicked Cao Jian, who was standing next to him.

"Thirty thousand yuan, not a penny less."

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Cao Jian's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth wide as he spoke.

"Your dad only gave me 15,000, why should I give you 30,000?"

"What, you hit someone and don't have to pay compensation?" Lu Zhaoye said with a sneer.

Xu Feng, who was standing to the side, was also a little confused, after all, he had only suffered some superficial injuries.

"Those are just some superficial injuries, why would they cost so much money?" Cao Jian said, his eyes wide.

I never expected that Xu Feng, such an honest and kind man, would have such a shameless son.

Lu Zhaoye looked around. Besides the yellowish-brown stains on the walls, all that remained was pitch black and unknown. He took a few steps forward, crouched down, and said coldly,

"There aren't any security cameras here, are there?"

"If I did something to you here, do you think other people would know?"

"And aren't you afraid I'll tell everyone about your dirty deeds?"

Cao Jian and Xu Feng were both taken aback, and a brief silence fell over the air.

Then, a sigh echoed through the air, and Cao Jian slumped into a corner.

"I'll give it to you, as long as you don't tell."

Xu Feng was even more shocked. He looked at Lu Zhaoye in surprise, wondering what Lu Zhaoye meant by those words.

Could it be that this child... holds some other leverage over Cao Jian?

"Besides that, my dad is resigning tomorrow. You have to process it normally, and his salary must not be reduced by a single penny."

Cao Jian nodded; he could accept this.

Xu Feng remained silent, but upon hearing Lu Zhaoye's words, his square face instantly filled with worry. He knew he couldn't stay there any longer.

After thinking for a moment and making sure nothing was overlooked, Lu Zhaoye turned to Xu Feng and said,

"Dad, let's leave here."

After saying that, he didn't mind Xu Feng's dirty and messy clothes at all, and took his arm around him like a son.

But Xu Feng suddenly pushed him away, his eyes darting around, and said apologetically,

"Ono... Dad is covered in injuries and can't walk anymore. I'll stay here for another day tonight."

"I'll pack my things tonight, and tomorrow...we'll leave here."

Lu Zhaoye was initially puzzled, but when he saw the pleading in Xu Feng's eyes, he immediately understood and nodded.

"Okay, Dad."

"Tomorrow... let's go home together."