Shameless Gangster

Chapter 12A

Title: Fighting the wild goose all day long, one will inevitably be blinded by the goose

Source: Journey to the West - Borrowing the Palm-Leaf Fan: Sun Wu Kong was the cleverest in the world and had killed many monsters, but the Bull Demon King deceived him; it was indeed a silly moment

Meaning:: a metaphor for people who have made mistakes; used to refer to overconfidence and negligence to make mistakes that should not be committed.

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When Han Jia walked out, Xiao Li stopped him from behind.

Zhang Xueming stood by his side, unsure of where to move. But once Xiao Li glared at him, he became aware and said to Han Jia, "Han Laoban, I will wait for in the car," then he turned around and walked away.

"Why are you still keeping him?" Xiao Li looked at Zhang Xueming's back and frowned, "He doesn't have the ability to size up people, what can he help you with?"

"I like this kind of idiot, unlike the previous one who was clever and sold me out without me even realizing it." Han Jia looked at him and laughed, "Did something happen for you to look for me?"

"Be more careful these days, some people have said that they had seen Luo Dong's men around." Xiao Li thought, "Tell Zhang Xueming to come back. I will drive you to where you need to go myself."

Han Jia looked at him from the corner of his eye, "I'm going to do a transaction... are you going to wait outside?"

Xiao Li was stunned. Han Jia laughed, "Don't worry. I'm only going to the main road - it absolutely won't affect your area of influence, all right?"

Xiao Li lowered his voice, "You should also take it easy. It's not worth it to put yourself in such a situation."

"Rest assured, I'm well aware of that." Han Jia paused, "Besides, I'm not Xiao Yang. What are you acting like a big brother to me for?"

At the mention of Xiao Yang, Xiao Li snorted and said nothing. Han Jia however hesitated then said, "How's Xiao Yang recently?"

"Still the same." Xiao Li did not want to say much more, "Then take care of yourself and contact me at once if something comes up."

Even as he turned to leave, Han Jia did not let him go and instead questioned closely: "Give him some money and don't worry about him anymore."

"That's my younger brother," Xiao Li answered. "And, I indeed owe him."

Han Jia stood there and stared at his back and chewed over the word 'owe' for a long time.

If you owe money, you pay back the money - if you owe a life, you pay back with a life. Xiao Li felt that in the process of his younger brother growing up, he was owed a responsible older brother so now he was trying to do his utmost to make up for it.

And he owed Jiang Xiaoning. How could he make up for it?

At first, he only felt sorry toward Jiang Laoshi, but now he was slowly becoming familiar with Jiang Xiaoning.

He had seen many spectacles and knew all sorts of people, however, he had never met such a complication kid. Jiang Xiaoning was strong yet fragile, easy to anger yet also easy to coax - with such a pure and lovely temperament, he was unexpectedly an MB, he could even threaten others and scare people with the way he handled situations in such impulsiveness and violence.

But when he was that angry and suffered, he didn't use the knife to hurt him; when he was driven out of his place, he was bewildered and indignant yet he obediently left and no longer used Jiang Laoshi to threaten him.