Chapter 770 Beat hard
Qi Tongwei frowned, realizing that behind this seemingly simple candied haws business, there seemed to be some unknown secrets hidden.
As time went by, Qi Tongwei's candied haws business remained bleak. He began to secretly observe Lao Wang and found that Lao Wang would go to a remote alley at a fixed time every day, and when he came out, he seemed like a different person, even more arrogant.
One day, Qi Tongwei decided to follow Old Wang to find out what was going on. He followed Old Wang carefully and turned into the alley. The alley was dark and damp, and filled with an unpleasant smell.
Old Wang stopped in front of a shabby door, knocked on it, and the door opened a crack, and he quickly got in. Qi Tongwei approached the door quietly, put his ear against it, and tried to hear the conversation inside.
"Old Wang, how are sales today?" a deep voice came.
"In reply to your question, I have done everything according to your instructions. Those people dare not buy other people's candied haws and come to buy mine." Old Wang said flatteringly.
"Hmph, that's good. If I find out that someone dares to break the rules, don't blame me for being rude." There was a chill in the mysterious man's voice.
Qi Tongwei was startled and was about to listen more carefully when suddenly the door opened with a bang. Old Wang and the mysterious man appeared at the door. The mysterious man was tall and wore a black mask on his face, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.
"Who are you? How dare you follow me!" the mysterious man shouted angrily.
Qi Tongwei looked him straight in the eye without fear: "I am Qi Tongwei, I just want to know why you are stopping me from doing legitimate business?"
"Hmph, this is not an area you should get involved in. Get out of here if you know what's good for you, or you'll be in trouble." The mysterious man threatened viciously.
Qi Tongwei sneered: "I, Qi Tongwei, was not brought up to be scared. Do you think you can stop me like this?"
The mysterious man did not say anything else, but just waved his hand, and several strong men rushed out of the house and surrounded Qi Tongwei. Qi Tongwei's heart tightened, he knew that he might suffer a loss today, but he did not intend to back down.
Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, suddenly, a familiar figure appeared at the entrance of the alley. "Stop it!" The grandmother's voice echoed in the alley, and the strong men seemed to be frozen, unable to move.
When the mysterious man saw the grandmother, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure: "Who are you? Don't meddle in other people's business!"
The grandmother slowly approached, staring at the mysterious man with a sharp gaze: "Evildoer, today is the day of your retribution." After saying that, the grandmother clasped her hands together and muttered something. A powerful force emanated from her, and the mysterious man's body began to tremble, with a painful expression on his face.
"You... who are you..." the mysterious man said with difficulty.
The grandmother did not answer him, but continued to use her magic power. Gradually, the mysterious man's mask fell off, revealing a pale face. Qi Tongwei was surprised to find that he actually knew this man. He was someone who had had a feud with him in business. Because he was jealous of his success, he came up with this way to retaliate against him.
As the great grandmother's magic power increased, the mysterious man finally collapsed to the ground, losing the ability to resist. Seeing this, the strong men fled in all directions.
"My child, remember, no matter what difficulties you encounter, you must stick to the right path, and your ancestors will protect you." Grandma looked at Qi Tongwei and said lovingly.
Qi Tongwei nodded heavily: "Grandma, I understand."
After solving the mystery, Qi Tongwei's candied haws business finally got on the right track. With its high-quality taste and honest management, his candied haws have won the love of more and more customers. In this small business, Qi Tongwei found the long-lost peace and satisfaction.
He would also often visit Xu Liangwei in prison, tell him about the outside world, and encourage him to reform himself.
At first, Xu Liangwei did not resist Qi Tongwei's arrival, and even occasionally talked to him about his reflections on the past in prison.
However, as time went by, a new prisoner named Mr. Lu came to the prison. Before he was imprisoned, Mr. Lu was also a man with some skills in the business world and had a high opinion of himself. He heard about the affair between Qi Tongwei and Xu Liangwei, and for some reason, he began to fan the flames in Xu Liangwei's ears.
"Xu Liangwei, you are so stupid. It's obvious that Qi Tongwei stepped on you when you were down and out. Now he comes to visit you hypocritically, just to show off his current success in front of you. So what if his candied haws business is doing well? He still got a great bargain." Mr. Lu leaned against the wall of the cell with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
Xu Liangwei's eyes flashed with hesitation, "No way, when Qi Tongwei came to see me, I felt that he was quite sincere."
"Humph, you are so naive." Mr. Lu sneered disdainfully, "Think about the grudge you had with him in the past, how could he let it go so easily? He just wants to see you envy and jealous of him in this prison."
Under the constant instigation of Mr. Lu, the anger in Xu Liangwei's heart that had just been extinguished gradually burned up again. When Qi Tongwei came to visit him again, Xu Liangwei's attitude changed 180 degrees.
"Qi Tongwei, stop pretending to be kind. Don't you just want me to see how well you are living now? Do you think I will envy you?" Xu Liangwei's tone was full of hostility.
Qi Tongwei looked bewildered, "Liang Wei, what's wrong with you? I sincerely hope that you can reform yourself and start over in the future."
"Stop pretending!" Xu Liangwei shouted, "You are a hypocritical person. I was really blind to believe you before."
Qi Tongwei tried to explain, but Xu Liangwei simply wouldn't listen and kept mocking Qi Tongwei, his words full of sarcasm. The two of them were tit-for-tat, their emotions became more and more agitated, and soon they started arguing.
At this time, the warden and the prison guards were patrolling here. Hearing the quarrel in the cell, the warden frowned, opened the cell door and walked in, "You two stop quarreling! You have to follow the rules in prison."
But Xu Liangwei was so angry that he couldn't control his emotions. He rushed towards Qi Tongwei again, as if he wanted to attack him. Qi Tongwei dodged and shouted, "Warden, don't let him get impulsive. He is my good brother. We just have some misunderstandings. We have grievances and hatred. We don't know each other without fighting. Don't do this."
However, when the warden and prison guards stepped forward to stop Xu Liangwei, Qi Tongwei turned his head and a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes. He whispered fiercely: "Beat him hard, beat him secretly."