The Beautiful CEO's Close Bodyguard

Chapter 678: Chapter 0680: Starting a Fight

With a few grievances and contempt in his heart, Lin Zhang walked into the furniture store with his neck craned, like a haughty and spirited rooster.

The owner of the furniture store was originally in the back room drinking tea. When he usually comes to the store, he just wanders around and keeps an eye on the employees to see if they’re slacking off; he himself is the kind of hands-off shopkeeper who doesn’t show up unless it’s something big.

As he was leisurely sipping his tea, he saw a shop assistant hesitantly loitering at the door of his office. He frowned and called the person in with a coarse voice.

"What’s the matter? You should be keeping watch outside during work hours, not wandering in here?" As soon as he spoke, his voice was robust and full. He impatiently glanced at the assistant and turned to play with the gold ring on his hand.

"Boss, it’s like this, there’s a Mr. Lin outside who specifically asked to see you." The employee said in a low voice with his head down. Their boss had a bad temper, and if it weren’t for the fact that the Mr. Lin outside was clearly not someone to be trifled with, he wouldn’t have come to disturb the boss.

"Mr. Lin? Which Mr. Lin? Is he the boss of some company?" He continued to play with his gold ring. Unless it was some company boss, there was no need for him to go out and meet them, to avoid wasting his time.

"It’s not any boss. He said he is Lin Zhao’s father." The employee said, cautiously glancing at the boss. Sure enough, the man who had previously been indifferent suddenly squinted his eyes when he heard the name Lin Zhao.

"Lin Zhao’s father? Huh, I haven’t even gone looking for trouble, yet he delivered himself to my doorstep. Since that’s the case, then I won’t pass up this opportunity for nothing." Putting down his teacup, the man stood up with his hands clasped behind his back, striding out with the air of an emperor on an inspection tour.

He immediately spotted the man standing by the cash register. The man was dressed in cheap clothes, wearing cheap shoes, and his hair was clearly not well kept.

After sizing up Lin Zhang head to toe and confirming he was a pauper, the boss then revealed a disdainful smile.

"You’re Lin Zhao’s father?" He looked at Lin Zhang with slanted eyes, with an attitude that showed complete disregard for Lin Zhang. noveldrama

Seeing this man knew his son’s name, Lin Zhang was convinced that it must be this man who was behind the scenes pulling strings, no doubt. Lin Zhang puffed up his chest, fiercely saying: "Yes, I am Lin Zhang, Lin Zhao’s father, what about it?"

"Perfect, you’ve come at the right time. Last time Lin Zhao damaged some stuff here and ran off without compensating. I’ve been worried about how to find him, but now you’re here, you can just pay for your son and then you’re free to go, don’t interrupt my business."

With that, he motioned for the cashier girl to bring out the bill – it listed various items adding up to the money Lin Zhao owed, no small sum indeed.

Lin Zhang was taken aback and instinctively wanted to deny it before getting the full story. "What are you talking about? I don’t understand. How could my son owe money outside? Don’t talk nonsense, I’m telling you, my son wouldn’t do such a thing."

Lin Zhang didn’t look at the account book. He simply refused to believe his well-behaved son would do such a thing; this must be the man in front of him making things up.

"Your son has been put in prison, and you still think the son you raised is outstanding? Haha, perhaps you’re just a fake father?" The furniture store owner spoke with scorn.

He knew Lin Zhao had been locked up and wouldn’t be getting out anytime soon, which was why he had put Lin Zhao on the deadbeat list.

Lin Zhang glared at the furniture store owner. This guy, just poking at his sore spot outright.

Lin Zhao had been set up and incarcerated, but Third Old Master Nangong had already promised him that Lin Zhao would be released and that Lin Zhao’s criminal record would be cleared, so this dark history wouldn’t affect Lin Zhao’s future.

However, once on the deadbeat list, it’s different; this dark history couldn’t just be erased by relying on family connections.

Lin Zhang glared at him, "Regardless of what you say about Lin Zhao, but asking for hundreds of thousands for some broken furniture, isn’t that extortion? Don’t tell me all the furniture here is made of top-quality solid wood. Even the finest sandalwood wouldn’t be that expensive! Besides, the only thing you have listed in the deadbeat registry is Lin Zhao damaging a chair of yours."

A single chair costing over a hundred thousand – that was clearly extortion.

The owner wasn’t someone who would just take it either; he coldly said to Lin Zhang: "Indeed, a son who’s never been exposed to the wider world surely owes it to his own father. I specifically had someone appraise it, and 170,000 is still a conservative estimate. If I really wanted to scam you, why not ask for 700 or 800 thousand?"

The owner signaled the attendant behind him with a glance, then spoke to Lin Zhang: "Since you’re here, just help Lin Zhao pay it off. If you don’t..."

As soon as his words ended, several fierce big men suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and they surrounded Lin Zhang, glaring menacingly at him.

Lin Zhang was also seething with anger at the moment, like a naive calf not afraid of a tiger. He scanned around the circle, then looked at the owner with some contempt and said, "What, if I don’t pay the money, are you planning to give me a beating?"

"Nowadays, we live under the rule of law, you’ll be punished if you treat me this way."

Lin Zhang wasn’t afraid at all, even seemingly confident that they wouldn’t touch a hair on him, so he stood there with defiance.

"Punished?" The owner laughed, "In the Farmer’s Market, there’s no protection for deadbeats. If you don’t pay today, don’t think about leaving through that door."

After all, Lin Zhang was the captain of the security team; Nangong Group had a specific requirement for hiring security which was knowing some hard skills.

That’s the kung fu often played out in TV dramas.

Lin Zhang prided himself on his martial arts being decent, so even facing several burly big men, he was not in the least bit intimidated.

He rolled up his sleeves – it seemed without showing these people some color, they really thought they could bully Lin Zhang’s son!

"It seems you’re suggesting a fight." Lin Zhang sneered disdainfully, glanced around, and then spoke again, "Fighting here, if your things get knocked around, are you planning to make me compensate again?"

Seeing that Lin Zhang was not scared at all, the owner squinted his eyes and lightly snorted, then said to Lin Zhang, "Going to break my stuff? Heh, let’s see if you can defeat them first."

With that, he motioned with his hand, and those fierce fellows surrounded Lin Zhang.

However, what the owner did not anticipate was that Lin Zhang actually had some skill; he alone was able to restrain three men.

The owner became a bit anxious; he was worried they really might damage his furniture.