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Back to the Eighties: Mountain Foraging is Also a Way of Life

Back to the Eighties: Mountain Foraging is Also a Way of Life

Chapter 798: Four Brutes

This chapter is machine-translated by AI, with ongoing community review. Quality may vary between chapters.

Although Wang Shuai was acting extremely arrogant at the moment, radiating an aura of absolute confidence, there was a reason why he dared to do so.

To put it bluntly, it was because Shang Tianbao's grandfather was already at the end of his rope, lying there awaiting death at any moment. Otherwise, Wang Shuai would never have dared to say such things!

A big shot of that caliber would only need to give a casual order, and Wang Shuai might not have ended up with a good result.

The main point was that Wang Shuai's grandfather was not as powerful as Shang Tianbao's grandfather.

And if Shang Tianbao's grandfather truly swallowed his pride and took action, the end result would likely be unpleasant for everyone.

Unfortunately, such a powerful man was dying.

It had to be admitted that the phrase "when the person leaves, the tea cools" is true regardless of the era.

After finishing his piece, Wang Shuai ignored Sun Xianghuo and the two men in Zhongshan suits. He turned around, mounted his sidecar motorcycle, kicked it to start, shifted gears, twisted the throttle, and drove off.

After Wang Shuai left, the younger man in the Zhongshan suit—Director Kuang—finally dared to stand up. However, upon standing, Director Kuang turned his fury toward Sun Xianghuo.

With a face full of rage, he shouted

"Lawless! Simply lawless! Sun Xianghuo, you didn't even know Tianbao had been arrested? I think your time as Bureau Chief is coming to an end."

After Director Kuang finished, the older man in the Zhongshan suit spoke up

"Sun Xianghuo, do you realize this is a dereliction of duty? If you can't get Tianbao out, you'll have offended the Shang family of Ice City. How do you plan to handle things in the future? Humph!"

It must be said that at this moment, these two men in Zhongshan suits were perfectly demonstrating the phrase "picking the softest persimmon to squeeze."

Hearing their words, Sun Xianghuo felt extremely annoyed, but as the saying goes, a higher rank can crush a person.

Therefore, no matter how angry Sun Xianghuo was, he could only endure it helplessly.

Of course, that was only one aspect; the primary reason was that the power backing Sun Xianghuo was not that strong.

While Wang Shuai's rank was also lower than these two men in Zhongshan suits, on one hand, Wang Shuai was not in the same system as them, and on the other hand, the power backing Wang Shuai was very formidable.

Thus, Sun Xianghuo said with a face full of forced smiles

"Um, Director Kuang, and Division Chief Li, let's just think of another way, just think of another way, alright?"

After Sun Xianghuo spoke, Division Chief Li said with a look of displeasure

"Enough. Just find a way to see Tianbao first. A few days ago, when Elder Shang was lucid, he mentioned wanting to see his youngest grandson. If he doesn't see Tianbao before the next time he wakes up, there's going to be an earthquake."

As they spoke, the three of them walked into the building together.

Meanwhile, the Shang Tianbao mentioned by Division Chief Li had already been escorted into a room by Wang Shuai's men.

Inside this room were more than twenty buzz-cut thugs. From the silver bracelets on their wrists and the silver shackles on their ankles, it was easy to see that this was a group of people who had committed major and brutal crimes.

Furthermore, from the ash-gray expressions on their faces, it was clear that this was a group of people waiting for a call from the Buddha at any moment.

It was only due to various reasons that they had been delayed for a long time and had not yet met the Buddha.

However, as everyone knows, people like this are generally very extreme.

Anyone who has been behind bars knows that doing labor is actually a luxury; staying in that small cell all day is a double torture of the mind and body.

After staying in such an environment for too long, a normal person becomes abnormal.

Among these buzz-cut thugs, some sat there in silence like statues; some sat there weeping; others were scratching the walls with their fingernails.

But there were also those who talked loudly, discussing how they would be "fine men" again after eighteen years.

The various states of human life were all represented in this room.

To be honest, very few people can truly look death in the face.

When Shang Tianbao was fitted with silver bracelets and shackles and pushed inside by two guards, the atmosphere in the room instantly froze.

Of course, those who were like statues didn't react, and those who were weeping didn't even glance at Shang Tianbao.

But those discussing being "fine men" in eighteen years had their eyes light up with a green glow upon seeing Shang Tianbao.

One man whispered to another with a lewd smile

"Boss, look, they've brought us a woman."

Hearing this, the other man's eyes also filled with lust as he said

"Yeah, this woman is not bad. Really pretty, and fair-skinned. Even fairer than my wife."

A third man added with gleaming eyes

"Finally, someone pleasing to the eye. Since that kid left a few days ago, I haven't had a taste of meat for days."

A fourth man said directly

"Big brother, let's drag him over to the toilet and have some fun first. I can't wait any longer."

The one called Big Brother said

"No matter how anxious you are, hold it in. Don't you see the guard hasn't left yet? I don't want to spend a few days in that small cell. You can't stand straight or sit down, and it smells like death in there. It's fucking miserable."

And so, the four of them began to chatter in low voices.

It was clear that these four animals were the kind of filth that took both males and females.

While these four were chatting and observing the guard, Wang An and Wang Li had finished feeding the dogs and butchering the black bear, which weighed about 500 jin.

However, after removing the head, the hide, the bones, about 120-130 jin of offal, and the ten-odd jin of meat fed to the dogs, the bear paws and meat of this 500-jin bear combined weighed less than 270 or 280 jin.

The reason so little remained—nearly half gone—was that this black bear was truly too thin.

Of course, animals are very thin during this season; the black bear was not an exception.

After placing all the bear meat and paws on the horses' backs, Wang An looked at the two horses and said to Wang Li

"Let's not ride the horses. Let's just lead them back."

Wang Li led the horse and nodded

"Yeah, got it, Fourth Brother. I wonder if Brother Mu has finished butchering. I wonder what kind of gall those two black bears had."

Hearing this, Wang An said with a lack of confidence

"At the very least, it should be an iron gall. It can't all be grass galls."

Mainly, Wang An really couldn't be confident about this, because there was simply no guarantee with this kind of thing.

Wang Li nodded

"I reckon it should be a gold gall. There are only three types of gall; it's about damn time one showed up in the queue!"

(End of Chapter)

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