Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife

Chapter 525: Chapter 525: Sooner or Later, You Have to Pay the Price for Your Deeds

Upon hearing Zhao Hai’s inquiry.

Chen Xiao, while driving, couldn’t help but glance back at him.

However, when his gaze landed on Zhao Xiaoyu in the back seat, Chen Xiao just smiled faintly and said:

"Let’s not talk about that for now. The thing I want to discuss with you, we’ll talk about it when we reach our destination."

Zhao Hai agreed and didn’t ask further, quietly closing his eyes to rest.

All the way back to Songshanping.

Zhao Hai woke up the sleeping Zhao Xiaoyu.

Then followed his daughter, greeting Mr. and Mrs. Chen and Old Chen’s in-laws one by one.

After making those introductions, Chen Xiao walked over to Zhao Hai’s side:

"Shall we take a walk around the village?"

Zhao Hai nodded and followed behind Chen Xiao.

When the two of them walked to the village entrance, Zhao Hai spoke up first:

"You called me last night, said to have Xiaoji find me, for what reason?"

"Actually, I just wanted to ask for your help to go to a place."

"Where?"

"It’s not important to go to that place anymore."

Zhao Hai immediately showed a look of suspicion, Chen Xiao looked at him: "Why didn’t you sleep last night?"

"I wanted to get an early start, but perhaps something was wrong with my spirit. I just couldn’t fall asleep."

The answer remained the same.

Chen Xiao still nodded with a smile: "What have you been busy with lately?"

"Working on a project. If it goes well, I could make a lot of money." Perhaps worried that Chen Xiao might misunderstand him, Zhao Hai added:

"Don’t worry, it’s all clean money!"

Chen Xiao smiled: "Why don’t you tell me about your past? I only heard you mentioned you used to mix in the underworld in Port City."

"Ah, there’s nothing much to say. Just like in the movies, carrying a watermelon knife every day, roaming the streets, fighting for territory."

"I want to hear it, and the more detailed, the better."

Zhao Hai frowned, seeming puzzled.

But seeing Chen Xiao really interested, he could only think for a moment and then said:

"In my youth, my family was very poor, and my parents were weak in character, often bullied in the village."

"Over time, even I was influenced by them, never daring to lift my head in the village."

"But later, the village bully came to our house to bully us. My dad and mom were just chopping firewood at home, but that scoundrel said they disturbed him and insisted on beating up my dad."

"My mom could only hurriedly beg him, but that scoundrel shamelessly, in broad daylight, tried to drag my mom into the room right in front of me and my dad."

"My dad’s eyes turned red then, he rushed into the house and grabbed a knife. But he wasn’t a match for that guy, and got beaten to the ground, unable to move."

"So it was just me then, I picked up my dad’s knife and rushed into the room, and when he was undressing, I directly stabbed at him."

Hearing this, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but feel a jolt of surprise.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hai had gone through such an experience in his youth.

But Chen Xiao still gave a thumbs up: "You’re a real man. Didn’t you think of killing him then?"

Zhao Hai sneered: "How could I not! After I stabbed him, I wished I could cut him to pieces. But my mom stopped me, told me to run, run as far as possible."

"So I took almost all the family’s savings and ran away. At first, I ran to the Provincial City, and later met some people and went to Port City."

Upon saying this, Zhao Hai sighed deeply:

"When I first got to Port City, it was really worse than being a dog! Everyone said the streets were paved with gold, but for ordinary people like us, if you can’t climb up, you’re worse than an animal."

"I lived inhumanly there for two years until one day I overheard a phone call from my boss. He wanted to kill someone!"

Saying this, Zhao Hai paused, then smiled at Chen Xiao:

"You’re not going to send me to the police station, are you?"

"Unless the Port City police contact the Dongzhou Police and say they need their cooperation to investigate that case, otherwise it has nothing to do with me."

Chen Xiao said with a laugh, Zhao Hai nodded:

"When I heard his call, only one thought filled my mind."

"Opportunity, my chance to rise!"

"I must seize it, only by seizing this opportunity can I stand out from that crowd of lowly laborers!"

"So, did you go through with it?" Chen Xiao asked.

Zhao Hai shook his head, which made Chen Xiao frown:

"Then what did you do?"

"I killed my boss... then took a severed hand to see his mortal enemy."

Chen Xiao’s gaze suddenly froze.

Zhao Hai, at this point, took out a cigarette and lit it, taking a deep inhale before exhaling a long line of smoke:

"Perhaps everyone hearing my story would think I helped my boss eliminate that opponent. Initially, that was indeed my plan, but just as I was about to act, I suddenly thought... in his eyes, I’m just a dog. Even if I accomplish this task for him, he will still look down on me as a mainlander... Oh no, even mainlanders are human, in their eyes I’m just a country dog from the mainland."

"So, to gain respect, I had to be ruthless!"

"So I took his severed hand to see the boss. After learning what I’d done, perhaps captivated by my ruthlessness, he recruited me."

"From then on, I did many dirty and exhausting tasks. At least half of them involved blood! Later, that life grew too repulsive, every day I worried I’d end up dead in the street someday!"

Without hesitation, Chen Xiao interrupted: "It will happen if you don’t leave. In this line, sooner or later, you pay."

"Sooner or later, you pay, huh? That’s well-said, truly apt!"

"So you took the money you made at that time and returned home?"

"Yes, upon returning, the first thing I did was leverage a distant relative working in the township, had them help connect me, entertain some leaders, and eventually donate some money to the township, ensuring I no longer worried about threats there."

"It’s just a pity for my poor parents, they suffered miserably for those years."

"As for the later events, I’ve explained to you before. Having the initial capital, I started a business in Dongzhou. The business grew increasingly large, I was at one point the wealthiest person in our township."

Though being the township’s wealthiest may not sound impressive.

But in reality, becoming the wealthiest in a township is an extremely challenging achievement.

Chen Xiao silently nodded, and after Zhao Hai discarded the cigarette butt, he suddenly asked:

"Can you tell me, what does it feel like to kill someone?"