"Yeah, it really does sound like Brother Huang's scream!"
An elderly man, the oldest among the workers with a stern face, shone his flashlight and said with certainty.
"This is Huang Dezhong's voice. A few of you come with me to check it out."
After saying that, the old man led the way with his flashlight. The Thin Monkey then found two others to follow.
The Thin Monkey didn't forget to correct the old man's way of addressing Huang: "Master Zheng, Brother Huang's worth is different now. You can't just call him by his name."
Hearing this, Master Zheng glared at the Thin Monkey and gave him a cold look, which made the Thin Monkey shut up obediently.
"Two hundred thousand yuan is nothing big. I'm the master who taught him the trade. Do I have to be as deferential to him as you guys?"
Master Zheng said angrily and quickened his pace.
When the four of them rushed over, they saw Huang Dezhong lying on the ground. In front of Huang Dezhong stood three handsome young men and beautiful young women.
"Brother Huang!" the Thin Monkey shouted. Huang Dezhong turned around in surprise upon hearing the noise.
The light from Master Zheng's flashlight shone right on Huang Dezhong's face. There was still un-wiped nosebleed on his face, smeared between his cheeks and nose.
In the pitch - black night, it looked extremely scary at first glance.
"Brother Huang, you're spitting blood!"
Seeing Huang Dezhong's blood - covered face, the Thin Monkey immediately rushed up to protect him and stared fixedly at Lu Chuanbai and the others, feeling indignant for Huang Dezhong.
"Why did you guys beat him up? This is our territory!"
Master Zheng and the other two migrant workers also walked over quickly. Master Zheng squatted down beside Huang Dezhong and helped him up with the others, looking at him worriedly.
"Huang Dezhong, are you okay?"
"Brother Huang, are you all right? Why are you bleeding so much?"
"I'm fine. It's just a nosebleed," Huang Dezhong said. He had been punched in the back of the head by Lu Qi and felt dizzy when he suddenly stood up. He leaned on Master Zheng.
"We beat him. What's it to you?" Lu Qi flared up.
Hearing this, the Thin Monkey became even more rambunctious: "Oh, you think you're so tough! How dare you beat our Brother Huang? I'm going to teach you a good lesson!"
"Let you know this is a society ruled by law. You can't just beat people up at will!"
Huang Dezhong wiped the fresh blood from his nose forcefully. Seeing that his own people outnumbered the others, his eyes shifted to Xu Qingqing's pants pocket where her phone was.
There was a video of his phone call with Ye Shipu in that woman's phone. He must never let them take the video away!
A look of cruelty flashed across Huang Dezhong's eyes. He pointed at Xu Qingqing and said hoarsely, "Grab this woman's phone!"
If he could grab the phone, delete the video inside, and crush the phone into pieces, the things he had done would never be known!
Even if Lu Qi had great skills, he wouldn't be able to do anything to him!
"Brother Huang, why do we need to grab her phone?"
The Thin Monkey thought Huang Dezhong wanted them to fight, but he didn't expect it was to grab the other side's phone.
"There's something they secretly filmed of me that I don't want others to know. They mustn't leave with the phone!"
By this time, Huang Dezhong was too exhausted to fight Lu Qi anymore. He had to rely on the Thin Monkey and the others, so he had to tell the truth.
Lu Qi was almost furious at Huang Dezhong's shameless attitude. He and Lu Chuanbai almost simultaneously stood in front of Xu Qingqing, shielding her behind them.
Lu Qi looked around the others coldly and explained clearly, "He cheated me out of a million yuan. If you don't want to get involved, stay out of this."
Hearing that Huang Dezhong had cheated someone out of money, the Thin Monkey and the others were stunned. They looked at Huang Dezhong in disbelief.
They never thought that honest - looking Huang Dezhong would cheat people out of money!
No wonder he suddenly had so much money!
They originally thought it was Lu Qi and the others bullying others, but it turned out that Huang Dezhong was the one in the wrong.
The Thin Monkey and the others didn't know whether they should step in or not.
Seeing their hesitation, Huang Dezhong immediately tried to motivate them by bringing up money.
"As long as you grab the phone and destroy it, the two hundred thousand yuan will be evenly divided among you. Each of you will get fifty thousand. I'll take all the responsibility!"
Seeing that Huang Dezhong wanted to bribe them with money, Lu Qi spoke up and revealed the truth.
"You cheated me out of a full ten million yuan. Giving them only fifty thousand yuan is too little, after all, the phone contains the evidence that exposes you!"
"Ten million yuan!"
The Thin Monkey gasped in shock. The other three were also extremely surprised. They couldn't believe that Huang Dezhong had made such a huge fortune.
"Brother Huang, you have ten million yuan but only give us fifty thousand. That's too little! No, you have to raise the price!"
The Thin Monkey immediately showed a greedy expression. His look at Huang Dezhong was like looking at a walking gold ingot.
Lu Qi was proud of his success in sowing discord and grinned.
Huang Dezhong glared angrily at the mouthy Lu Qi. His anger flared up again, and his nosebleed flowed even more.
Seeing that these people wouldn't do anything without a raise in price, Huang Dezhong was worried that Lu Qi and the others would run away. He could only grit his teeth and agree.
"Okay, help me grab her phone first. We'll talk about the reward later. I won't shortchange you!"
Hearing this, the Thin Monkey immediately beamed with joy.
In the end, money was a powerful motivator. The migrant workers, who had been hesitating before, were immediately convinced when they heard that Huang Dezhong was willing to raise the price.
The Thin Monkey and the three strong young migrant workers were eager to act against Lu Chuanbai and the others.
Master Zheng thought Xu Qingqing, shrinking behind Lu Chuanbai, looked a bit pitiful. Moreover, he also disapproved of Huang Dezhong's cheating behavior, so he spoke up to stop the Thin Monkey and the others.
"Wait."
Master Zheng walked to the middle of the group and advised, "If you hand over the phone voluntarily, we won't touch you. Let's solve this peacefully."
If a fight really broke out, with knives and sticks flying around, it would be bad for either side.
Hearing this, Huang Dezhong shouted at Master Zheng in dissatisfaction.
"Old Zheng! Are you crazy? I want you to grab the phone and beat that guy up severely!"
As he said that, Huang Dezhong pointed at Lu Qi with his finger covered in nosebleed.
He couldn't let those two punches go unavenged!
Hearing that Huang Dezhong no longer called him master, Old Zheng immediately frowned and glared at Huang Dezhong.
"Huang Dezhong! I was the one who brought you into this line of work. I taught you how to do all kinds of jobs."
"You used to respectfully call me master. Now that you have money, are you not even willing to call me master anymore?"
People in the construction industry attach great importance to the master - apprentice relationship.
Master Zheng knew many contractors and could always find good jobs.
In order to get more well - paying jobs and for Master Zheng to think of him when there were good opportunities, Huang Dezhong directly recognized Master Zheng as his master.
Huang Dezhong used to flatter Master Zheng every day, calling him master all the time, and he got all kinds of benefits.
Huang Dezhong's direct address just now had also hurt Master Zheng's feelings.
With the others watching, Huang Dezhong didn't want to bear the reputation of disrespecting his master, so he had to change his words.
"Master, I was just too anxious just now. Please forgive me, master."