After the incident that day, Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin were taken away by the police and later locked up for fighting.
In addition to the two of them, several people from Du Laosan's group were also arrested. However, Du Laosan was released after only two days of investigation because he did not take any action.
However, Zhou Chen knew that Du Laosan and Shui Ziliu had a grudge against each other. People like them would generally not call the police for fights.
In Du Laosan's opinion, Shui Ziliu and the others broke the rules by calling the police, and he and his men were imprisoned, and several of his brothers have not been released yet. A vindictive gangster like him will never swallow this humiliation.
Zhou Chen's goal was to let the two of them fight each other, so that he wouldn't have to take action and someone would help him deal with Luo Shibin, which was what he wanted best.
Why bother doing it yourself in front of the scenes when you can do it behind the scenes?
Luo Shibin was merely beaten up, which naturally did not meet Zhou Chen's psychological expectations, but what would happen in the future would have to wait until they were released.
In the following days, Zhou Chen lived a normal life. Half a month later, Zhou Chen went to meet Du Laosan and got two bicycle tickets and a sewing plane ticket from him.
Then he fulfilled his promise, bought another bicycle, and taught Zheng Juan how to ride a bicycle whenever he had time.
Zhou Chen thought that a simple means of transportation like a bicycle should be something that could be easily learned, but after teaching Zheng Juan he found that it was not that easy.
Zheng Juan learned to ride a bicycle with a nervous and anxious heart. In the first few days, she was very stubborn and just couldn't do it no matter how she was taught. Zhou Chen couldn't calm down and scolded her several times in anger.
This is just like teaching your children to do homework. You analyze it word by word, point by point, but they still can't learn it. At this time, no matter how good your self-cultivation is, it is difficult to stay calm.
After more than a week of torment, Zheng Juan finally learned to ride a bicycle, which made Zhou Chen breathe a sigh of relief.
Teaching Zheng Juan to ride a bike is even more difficult than completing a project.
Because of his scheme against Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin, Zhou Chen had almost spent all of his savings. During this period, he also "wrote" a few good poems and articles in an effort to earn more royalties.
At the same time, I was also thinking that I should find a way to make some money. After all, I am married now and will have a child soon. I also want to buy a house, and I can't do without money.
But this era is too special, and all the ways of making money in his mind are useless at this moment.
It’s not that he can’t make money, but it’s too dangerous. If he’s not careful, he might be accused of speculation, and that kind of consequence is something he cannot bear.
A month passed in a flash.
Zhou Chen looked at Shui Ziliu who appeared in front of him with some surprise. Unlike before, Shui Ziliu came alone and there was no sign of Luo Shibin.
"Water flows by itself. You finally showed up. I thought you disappeared with my money."
Compared to before, Shui Ziliu now looks much more haggard, and his clothes are not as neat as before, but a little sloppy.
Recalling what happened some time ago, Shui Ziliu's expression became very complicated.
On the day they had a conflict with Du Laosan, they were arrested and detained for more than a month for fighting. They were just released a few days ago.
If it were just that, he wouldn't be so depressed. It was mainly because something happened that no one expected.
"We are not that dishonest. Something happened to Binzi."
Zhou Chen pretended to be surprised: "Something happened? What happened? That guy has a foul mouth. Could he have offended someone again?"
Shui Ziliu kept staring at Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen's acting was so good that it was as if he had really heard it for the first time, so he couldn't find anything unusual at all.
"We had a fight with another group of people because of ticket scalping. During the fight, Binzi had an accident and was hit on the head. It has been more than a month and he still hasn't woken up. The doctor said he might never wake up."
"What?"
Even with Zhou Chen's state of mind, when he heard this, he widened his eyes and looked at the water flowing in disbelief.
"You mean, he has become a vegetable and can't wake up?"
It was the first time that Shui Ziliu heard the term "vegetative state". He nodded and said, "That's what the doctor said."
"This is really..."
Zhou Chen had a strange expression on his face, and he didn't know how to describe his current mood.
He was still thinking about how to continue targeting Luo Shipin, but now Luo Shipin has become a vegetable. How the hell can he target him?
And this is such a coincidence. In the TV series, Luo Shibin was in a vegetative state for a period of time. Now, he has become a vegetative state so many years in advance.
Zhou Chen felt emotional, but at the same time, he gave Du Laosan a thumbs up, saying, "Awesome, brother."
"Then why did you come to see me?"
Shui Ziliu said in a deep voice: "Binzi is my brother. Although he can't wake up, he is still alive. I will not give up on him."
Zhou Chen asked: "You mean you want to support him? I don't know how much it costs to support a vegetative person, but it shouldn't be a small amount, right?"
Shui Ziliu remained silent. He had been taking care of Luo Shibin for several days and naturally knew how difficult this process was.
You don’t have to stay in the hospital, but you definitely need someone to take care of you all the time, including your eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. This is not something that ordinary people can do.
“So I need money.”
Zhou Chen frowned and asked, "Then why did you come to see me?"
Shui Ziliu looked depressed: "I don't know any rich people, nor do I know any important people. I think you are not an ordinary person, and maybe you can give me some good advice."
Without Luo Shibin as his thug, Shui Ziliu knew that it would be difficult for him to survive, let alone ticket scalping.
Although Du Laosan had several younger brothers who were sentenced to several years in prison, Du Laosan was still not someone he could deal with, not to mention that Du Laosan was not the only one doing the ticket scalping business.
Zhou Chen was very surprised that Shui Ziliu would say such a thing. He asked him to help make money to support Luo Shibin. Is it possible?
He was about to refuse, but suddenly something happened to him.
He was worried about his identity and was not suitable for doing other profitable businesses. If Shui Ziliu was willing to help, he would definitely be a good candidate.
Actually, there was no deep hatred between them, but after watching the TV series, he was full of disgust towards Luo Shibin, and would feel unhappy if he didn't deal with him.
I can't say I like water flow, but I don't hate it either.
Now that Luo Shibin has become a vegetable, he feels happy and no longer has the idea of continuing to mess with him.
Shui Ziliu is indeed a good brother. Even when Luo Shibin was in such a situation, he was still unwilling to give up, which shows that he is very loyal.
Shui Ziliu is extremely short of money now, and what he lacks is not a small amount of money. If he wants to keep supporting Luo Shibin, he will need a huge sum of money.
In this way, if he could make Shui Ziliu make money, he wouldn't have to worry about Shui Ziliu not being able to use him, and with Luo Shibin as a burden, it would be easier to subdue Shui Ziliu.
"You really want to make money? Whatever the method?"
Shui Ziliu said in a deep voice: "I really need money. If you can give me something that is not illegal, that would be the best. If there is really no better choice, I am willing to give it a try even if it is risky."
Since he has to take care of Luo Shibin, a vegetative patient, he is destined not to travel far. He is worried about leaving Luo Shibin to others.
He knew his own limitations. If he couldn't go anywhere else, it would be too difficult for him to make money. If he had any other choice, he would not ask Zhou Chen for help.
Zhou Chen remained silent. This was definitely Shui Ziliu's most desperate moment. If he could help him, he might get unexpected rewards.
But it is not absolute. After all, he has only been in contact with Shui Ziliu for a short time. He is not sure what kind of person Shui Ziliu is, nor can he determine whether Shui Ziliu is reliable.
"I do have a way to make money, but I don't know whether I should trust you."
Zhou Chen directly asked the doubts in his mind. Since he couldn't be sure, he just let Shui Ziliu answer it.
Shui Ziliu said: "As long as I can make money, I will do anything you ask me to do. If you are willing to help me take care of Binzi for the rest of his life, I can also give you my life."
He said this so clearly and crisply that Zhou Chen was also inspired by him.
But this is not enough. Zhou Chen has lived for so many years and has met all kinds of people. How could he completely trust someone just because of one or two words from them?
"How can we subdue him?"
If ordinary methods don’t work, then use unusual methods. Zhou Chen thought of the system. Now he still has many skills to use.
"Money paves the way."
Zhou Chen instantly thought of this skill. As long as he used money, he could increase the success rate by 50%.
However, it is hard to say how much money is needed to make the skill of money-clearing take effect.
No matter what, Zhou Chen decided to give it a try, but not now.
With his many years of experience in controlling subordinates as a superior, coupled with his skill in paving the way with money, he should be very confident of subduing Shui Ziliu.
"Okay, since you have this realization, I might as well give you a hand, but I need to go back and plan the specifics, so you just wait for a while."
"no problem."
Seeing Zhou Chen agreed, Shui Ziliu felt relieved. It's not like he had never thought about making money with his own hands, but that was too difficult and a waste of time.
Luo Shibin is lying down now. The food, drink, defecation and urination expenses for two people are all huge expenses. His savings will not last long, so he must make money as quickly as possible and not waste any time.
He himself does not have this ability, so he can only rely on Zhou Chen. After all, he has worked with Zhou Chen before, so he feels more at ease than with other people.
At night, Zhou Chen couldn't fall asleep for a long time, still thinking about the flow of water.
The appearance of Du Laosan was indeed arranged by him. Even the conflict between Shui Ziliu and Du Laosan was part of his plan.
But Luo Shibin was beaten into a vegetable, which was beyond his expectations and something he had not anticipated, and it disrupted his plans.
Zhou Chen did not reject such an accident. Instead, he thought it was very good. In this way, he would not have to go through the trouble of making plans to deal with Luo Shibin.
Moreover, his goal had been achieved, so he didn't need to care about Du Laosan anymore. The little money he gave to Du Laosan could be regarded as hiring him as a thug.
For Zhou Chen, the most valuable thing is perhaps that he can use the water for his own benefit. Having someone who can help him make money secretly can save him a lot of trouble.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 571 Zheng Juan is pregnant and comes to borrow a house
Autumn goes and winter comes. Before we can enjoy the coolness of autumn for long, Jichun welcomes the cold winter.
Today is a rest day, and Zhou Chen accompanies Zheng Juan for a walk. There is already snow on the ground, and he carefully holds Zheng Juan, fearing that Zheng Juan might slip.
More than half a year has passed, and Zhou Chen's life has changed a lot. First of all, his wife Zheng Juan is pregnant, and has been pregnant for seven months.
After Zheng Juan became pregnant, Zhou Chen, as requested by Li Suhua, wrote a letter to his father Zhou Zhigang who was far away in the mountain city to announce the good news, and in the letter explained that he and Zheng Juan were already married.
Zhou Chen had no time to care about what expression Zhou Zhigang would have after reading the letter. After writing the letter, he told Li Suhua what he had been hiding.
He said that what Zhou Zhigang said in the letter was not that he agreed with him and Zheng Juan, but that he was against it. He just made up this lie in order to be with Zheng Juan.
Upon learning this fact, Li Suhua became furious on the spot and started cursing at Zhou Chen. Then she felt dizzy. Fortunately, Zhou Chen was experienced and calmed her down, thus avoiding tragedy.
Li Suhua was indeed very angry, but when she looked at her pregnant daughter-in-law and thought about how good Zheng Juan was to her, she was no longer so angry.
But he was still unwilling to forgive Zhou Chen. Even though Zhou Chen begged and persuaded him, it took half a month before he was forgiven.
After all, Li Suhua is different from Zhou Zhigang. If it were Zhou Zhigang, even if Zhou Chen admitted his mistake, he probably wouldn't forgive him so quickly.
In addition, Shui Ziliu started to do things according to Zhou Chen's instructions several months ago. After a few months, he has made some progress and can easily keep the vegetative Luo Shibin alive.
Several months passed and Luo Shibin showed no signs of waking up, which made Zhou Chen completely relieved and he no longer thought about him.
The industry Zhou Chen asked Shui Ziliu to work in is logistics. However, because individual merchants and private companies are not allowed now, Zhou Chen asked Shui Ziliu to keep a low profile and only take some odd jobs and work with acquaintances.
The main job is to help people transport things in the city, including moving, etc. In addition to Shui Ziliu, he also found two other honest and hardworking people to work with Shui Ziliu.
Zhou Chen was not worried at all that Shui Ziliu would go solo after they got to know each other, because most of Shui Ziliu's business was introduced and negotiated by him. It's just that he seldom showed up, so Shui Ziliu was basically the only one in the open. In this way, even if someone reported him, he would not be implicated.
This approach may seem a bit unkind, but Zhou Chen and Shui Ziliu don't think there is a problem with it. They are just taking what they need, and in the end everyone benefits and takes some risks. Shui Ziliu has no objection at all.
In fact, they earn their money through hard work, and at most it is slightly related to speculation. As long as they keep a low profile, basically nothing will happen.
After Zheng Juan became pregnant, Zhou Chen was basically responsible for preparing the meals, and Li Suhua took the initiative to take on most of the housework. Every time Zheng Juan wanted to help, the old lady would persuade her to go back, and would not let Zheng Juan do any heavy work.
In this era, women were not as delicate as they would be decades later. Even if they were pregnant, many of them were still forced to do heavy work, because if they didn't work, they would get no money or share.
But since they have Zhou Chen, a big money-maker, in their family, they don't have to worry too much about not having enough money.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the three people from the Zhou family who have gone out will still not be able to go home for the New Year this year. However, with the addition of Zheng Juan to the family this year, it will definitely be more lively than in previous years.
There were still several days before the Spring Festival, but Zhou Chen had already started decorating his house. When he had nothing to do at home, he even made a crib for his unborn baby.
Holding Zheng Juan's big belly, they walked around the area. It was already dark, so Zhou Chen took her back.
As soon as he arrived at the door of his house, Zhou Chen saw a bicycle in the yard and knew that someone must have come.
"Juan'er, there should be guests at home."
Zheng Juan also saw the extra bicycles, so she quickened her pace and said, "Then let's go in quickly."
"Don't be impatient. Slow down."
As I walked through the door, I saw a woman looking around and another person sitting on the sofa in the living room.
These two people are Xiao Guoqing and Wu Qian.
Xiao Guoqing, who was sitting on the sofa, stood up immediately when he saw Zhou Chen and Zheng Juan come in.
"Kun'er, Zheng Juan, you're back."
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