From Wage Slave to Tycoon

Chapter 176: Chapter 135: Admit Your Mistakes and Take Your Punishment

After the three of them left, Su Zhuyun said, a little embarrassed, "Xiaochen, I..."

He was just about to explain when Su Chen cut him off. "Dad, I know what you’re thinking. You couldn’t let Su Yan get dragged down because of those scumbags."

"I’m glad you understand!" Su Zhuyun smiled happily, relieved that his son didn’t misunderstand him.

If the victim in this case—the girl—hadn’t reached a settlement with them, those three would have definitely faced multiple charges. But now that she’s settled and is no longer pressing charges...

What else was there to say?

"Xiaochen, let’s just let this matter drop. You don’t need to worry about it anymore," Su Zhuyun said, patting Su Chen’s shoulder.

They say no one knows a son better than his father. Su Zhuyun could clearly see that Su Chen was still angry, but now that the matter was resolved, there was no need to stay upset.

"I know, Dad," Su Chen agreed readily, though in his heart, he had already figured out how to deal with those three.

KNOCK—

The door to the hospital room opened, and a sturdy, honest-looking man nearly six feet tall walked in carrying a lunch box.

"Uncle, I brought you dinner!" As soon as the words left his mouth, the big man saw Su Chen sitting by the hospital bed and exclaimed with delight, "Big Bro, when did you get back?!"

The big man was none other than Su Chen’s cousin—Su Yan!

"Whoa, look at you! How’d you get so built?" Su Chen said, looking at Su Yan, who was a full size bigger than him. He gave him a squeeze.

’Even through this thick down jacket, I can feel the muscle underneath. No wonder Yin Zheng said my cousin would get implicated. With fists the size of clay pots, who could possibly take a punch from him?!’

"Heh heh... I got this from training in the army!" Su Yan was a little bashful. He’d heard from his father, Su Zhiqi, that it was all thanks to his Big Bro that the family was living so well now.

Hearing this, Su Chen remembered what his mom, Chen Shufen, had told him before: Su Yan had been discharged from the army.

"Why’d you get discharged, kid? Logically, with your physique, you should be really popular in the army. How could they let you leave?" Su Chen asked curiously.

"Well, I wasn’t selected for promotion to NCO, and my dad called saying they were too busy at home, so I just got discharged," Su Yan explained without holding anything back.

Su Chen nodded at his words and put an arm around Su Yan’s shoulder. "Thanks for your help with this whole thing."

Su Yan wasn’t happy to hear that. "Big Bro, I don’t like hearing you talk like that. We’re family! There’s no need for thanks between us."

"Hahaha! My mistake, my mistake!" Su Chen laughed heartily, patting the shoulder he had his arm around a few times.

Lying in the hospital bed, Su Zhuyun watched this scene of brotherly affection and couldn’t help but smile.

The three brothers of the Su family had always supported each other like this. Otherwise, this big family would have fallen apart long ago.

Su Yan suddenly slapped himself. "Oh, crap! I didn’t know you were back, Big Bro. I only brought one meal from home!"

It wasn’t his fault; he truly didn’t know Su Chen was back. The only one who knew, Chen Shufen, hadn’t called the other two families. She had gone straight home to rest after leaving the hospital.

"It’s fine. I’ll just go out and eat later."

After a bit more small talk, Su Chen said he was heading out to eat and told Su Yan to take good care of Su Zhuyun and to call him if anything came up.

Just as he stepped out of the hospital room, Chen Fei came up to him. "Sir!"

"Let’s go. First, find a nearby hotel to get settled in."

It wasn’t that Su Chen hadn’t considered staying at the place where Chen Shufen and his father lived. He had asked earlier and learned that it was a small, rented two-bedroom apartment. There wouldn’t be space for him, so it was just more convenient to find a hotel nearby.

As they walked out of the hospital, Chen Fei hurried over to a Mercedes-Benz and opened the front passenger door.

"Did Yin Zheng leave this?" Su Chen asked as he got in.

"Yes. Mr. Yin specifically left it for our use."

The car slowly pulled away from the hospital. After a moment of thought, Su Chen took out his phone and called Yin Zheng.

..........

Meanwhile, Yin Zheng had just returned to his villa in Zongyu Spring. He had barely stepped through the door when his phone rang.

Seeing it was a call from Su Chen, he answered it without even greeting his father, who was sitting on the sofa. He then swaggered over to the side and sat down.

"Information on those guys? No problem, I’ll send it to you in a bit."

"It’s nothing. Don’t mention trouble, it’s a small thing. We’re friends, right? No need to be so polite."

After a few more pleasantries, Yin Zheng hung up.

He had just put his phone down when he heard his father snort. "Hmph. Was that one of your good-for-nothing friends asking for another favor?"

Yin Zheng didn’t get angry. Instead, he just chuckled, pulled the white box of cigarettes Su Chen had given him from his pocket, took one out, and started smoking it nonchalantly, occasionally glancing at his father out of the corner of his eye.

"Hm? What’s this...?" His father wasn’t blind; he naturally spotted the white cigarette box in Yin Zheng’s hand at a glance.

After taking in two whiffs of Yin Zheng’s secondhand smoke, his father was 100% certain that the cigarette Yin Zheng was smoking was the Red Star Special Supply that he himself treasured so much.

"You little brat, are you trying to make a fool out of your old man? Hurry up and hand it over!" Yin Zheng’s father was also a straightforward person and directly asked for the cigarettes.

"Hmph, hmph. Who was just talking about ’good-for-nothing friends’? Dad, can any of your ’good-for-nothing friends’ get you cigarettes this good?" Yin Zheng gloated, shaking the white box.