The other party's voice was anxious, although the person's name did not appear on the phone, Zhong Ming could immediately tell that it was his good friend, Wang Peng.
Wang Peng's sobbing sounds could be heard incessantly on the phone. Zhong Ming understood Wang Peng, he was definitely not an ordinary boy who liked to cry. All this while, Wang Peng had always been a very strong man, very manly. Things that could allow Wang Peng to reach his current state were definitely already difficult to a certain extent.
"What happened?" Zhong Ming asked.
"Zhong Ming, can you lend me some money? I —" From Wang Peng's tone, it could be seen that he still found it embarrassing to ask such a thing. But he had no other choice.
"What happened!" Zhong Ming said.
Zhong Ming did not have much money on hand now, but if his good friend was in trouble, he would do whatever he could to help. The most important thing was that Zhong Ming could tell the seriousness of this matter from his tone.
"I'll have to trouble you to take out the cash and deliver it to me. If you don't mind, I will thank you in the future!" Wang Peng paused for a while and continued.
"Alright, where can I find you!"
"I'm at home!" Wang Peng's voice was a bit weak at the moment, as if his innocence had collapsed.
After Zhong Ming had a good meal with his family, he headed straight for Wang Peng's home.
It wasn't Zhong Ming's first time going to his home, no matter what trouble he met in school, it was always Wang Peng who helped him. He himself was a frequent guest of the Wang Peng family and often accompanied Wang Peng back.
With Zhong Ming's family background, although Zhong Ming was not good at speaking, he still knew the family's conditions. Because of the circumstances of his family and his father who was sick in bed, no matter what, as long as Zhong Ming needed money, he would find a way to get his classmates to introduce him to part-time jobs to earn some money.
When things really stopped, Zhong Ming would not ask his family for it, because the family's burden was too great, and there was no money for him to eat. As Zhong Ming endured, maybe he would eat a meal a day, or just buy a bag of noodles and fifty cents.
Because Zhong Ming didn't want to go to Wang Liu's house and create trouble for the others, Wang Peng could only bring some food over everyday and share it with Zhong Ming.
With regards to Wang Peng, his friend, Zhong Ming was completely sure, a man was like this, no matter what others did to him, he would treat them like that.
Others are hypocritical to you, so you don't have to be sincere. Since others have helped you, you must repay them. Since others have a grudge against you, you don't need to have any thoughts of retaliating with virtue. Do whatever you have to do and don't drag your feet.
Zhong Ming was extremely anxious. Although Wang Peng did not specialize in judo wrestling, his physique was robust and strong enough to fight boys around the age of eleven or twelve at the age of seven. Everyone was pretty good at it.
Zhong Ming's hearing ability was extremely sharp, from the phone call just now, Zhong Ming could tell that Wang Peng's breathing was unstable, and when he spoke, his confidence was floating. This was a sign of being injured, and it was most likely a very serious internal injury. Who beat up Wang Peng? A cold glint flashed across Zhong Ming's eyes.
Fortunately, Wang Liu's house was not too far away from where Zhong Ming was. Zhong Ming had already arrived by car in less than ten minutes.
Zhong Ming got off the car. Wang Peng's home was a separate courtyard, and because it was a nail-built household, within the surrounding area of the garden, there were only Wang Peng's house and courtyard.
Turning around, Zhong Ming saw the shocking red words written on Wang Peng's house door. It was not 'taken apart' for the purpose of construction teams, but rather it looked like the big 'refund' written on the TV instead of repayment for gambling money.
The yellow, thick concrete wall had a large amount of red money on it, which immediately attracted Zhong Ming's attention. This was the rhythm of a gamble being made. But according to Zhong Guang, no one in Wang Peng's family would gamble!
The big door and the door inside were both opened wide, and Zhong Ming did not knock again, but walked straight in.
It was frighteningly quiet inside. There was no sound of crying or activity, only absolute silence.
The moment Zhong Ming entered the hall, he saw Wang Peng sitting on the ground. At this time, Wang Peng's face was covered with a beard and beard, his eyes were green, and around his eyes there was a very obvious cigarette pouch.
This was the result of a long period of lack of rest.
Right now, Wang Peng was holding onto a cigarette. It was already burning to the location of the tip of the cigarette, but he didn't know it at all.
Even when Zhong Ming walked in, he did not notice.
"Wang Peng!"
Zhong Ming walked over and slapped away the cigarette in Wang Peng's hand. Then, he stretched out his hand and gently waved it in front of Wang Peng's eyes.
Hearing the familiar voice, Wang Peng's dull eyes finally showed some changes.
"Zhong Ming, you're here!"
Wang Peng's voice was currently hoarse, it sounded exactly the same as on the phone.
When Wang Peng saw Zhong Ming, he froze for a moment, then immediately hugged Zhong Ming with great force, and started crying loudly.
"Zhong Ming, my father was taken away! I need three hundred thousand dollars! If they don't deliver it before sunset today, they'll send one of my father's hands over. " Wang Peng, a man who was tougher than anyone else, was crying his heart out.
"What happened, uncle is …" Zhong Ming had to find out the cause and effect of this matter.
"It's like this..." Wang Peng cried and told Zhong Ming the whole story. Adding on what Zhong Ming had done last time, Wang Peng believed that if there was someone who could solve this issue, then that person would definitely be Zhong Ming.
"My father originally did not gamble, but what happened one year ago —" Wang Peng said.
It turned out that a year ago, Wang Peng's father had gotten infected with the habit of gambling, and at the beginning, his luck was extremely good, it was already to the extent of extremely heaven-defying. At that time, Wang Peng's father often told Wang Qin that he was basically the descendant of a God of Gamble, and was almost to the point where he would definitely win every bet.
In the beginning, he had just been instigated by others to have a taste, but he hadn't thought that his luck would be so good. At the end of the day, the cost of gambling was higher than his own salary. After that, Wang Peng's father started to not work properly, and was addicted to gambling every day, and he was even more proud of it.
However, many people who had experienced gambling knew that gambling was a very big quagmire, a pit. As the old saying goes, a bet of nine losses is a bet that one will lose for long periods of time. Many gambling venues are made by people, that is to say, he will be able to let you taste the sweet taste at the beginning, but at the right time can let you feel the grief of losing.
And then people became even more addicted to it. That is to say, the true victor and loser depends entirely on the master. If he wants you to win, you win. If he wants you to lose, you lose.
Wang Peng had tried to persuade his father many times, but at that time, his father was already too muddle-headed to listen to everything Wang Peng had to say. He was even scolded by his father for doing this. How could a young man, without any courage, think like this about a woman? How could he have such a big career?
However, his father's good luck didn't last long. In the beginning, his father would get a lot of gambling money every day. But as time went on, his father got less and less money back, and his father began to make use of the money on his own salary.
One had to know, the salary of Wang Peng's father was the main source of expenses for the family. Although Wang Peng would occasionally go out on holidays to do some odd jobs to supplement his family's income, there were very few opportunities for him to earn money while in school.
In the beginning, Wang Peng's father only took care of the expenses of the family, but later on, Wang Peng's father secretly took care of a large amount of savings.
Later, under and Wang Peng's mother's questioning, Wang Peng's father finally told Wang Peng his low truths.
It turned out that his father had already come to gamble with usury more than once.
When a person was deep in gambling, many things that they wanted to think about were very extreme. The only thing they wanted to do was to make a copy!
Being able to turn the tables on him was his greatest wish.
Wang Peng's father had not even realized that he was in debt so much, and only when the creditor had caught up with him did he realize how serious the situation was.
An ordinary family owning 300,000 yuan was simply an astronomical figure. Even if he could borrow money, how would he be able to borrow that much? In addition, interest alone was more than this family could bear.
Seeing that his own home was being personally destroyed, Wang Peng's father regretted it, but it was all too late.
"Black Hei agreed that we can pay back a third of the things I begged Third to do first. We'll return the rest of it in a month. However, even if it were a third of the way, we wouldn't be able to take it out. Zhong Ming, there are only a lot of people that you know, can you help me gather all of them? " Wang Peng's eyes were wide open, the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.
"I already know the solution to this matter is not that simple. It looks like we need to make a trip to this place. "Let's go and bring your father back!" Zhong Ming's tone was calm.
To be brought back?
How is this possible?
Let alone Zhong Ming, even if the mayor came, he wouldn't be able to do anything to them. Although they used gambling money as a usury, it was only right that they repay the debt. Could it be that he would be able to spend the money?
Furthermore, the Black Hei was a big brother on the underworld, a very important figure. Although they have never heard of him killing people, as long as he moved his mouth, there would be people helping him. Zhong Ming was his best brother, he didn't wish for Zhong Ming to be in trouble.
"Black Hei is someone who kills people without blinking!" Wang Peng hesitated for a moment and thought about it a little. It was as if he regretted pulling Zhong Ming into this trouble.
After all, the Black Hei's influence had already spread throughout the entire pine mountain. If they offended the Black Hei, it would be equivalent to offending the vicious and merciless big brother from the underworld.
"Don't worry. With me here, I won't let anyone hurt your father. "But, you need to come with me. I wonder if you dare?" Zhong Ming said as he reached out and patted the thin Wang Peng's body. The words that came out of his mouth caused Wang Peng to be a little surprised for a moment.
However, for some reason, just these two sounds alone made Wang Peng feel somewhat at ease in his heart. All the humiliation he had gone through and the pain he felt from his father's being held in his hands surged up to the point where his blood was boiling. Save Father!
"Okay, as long as it can save my father, I am willing to do anything."
Wang Peng crawled up from the ground, using all his strength to stroke his face that was now as messy as a map.