Chapter 219: Overflowing Dominance
Chapter 219: Overflowing Dominance
No one is a fool!
After Jiang Xia and He Boss explained the situation, everyone understood the whole story and knew who was shameless and who was unrighteous!
"Making a phone call is deliberately to scam her family? There's only one phone in the entire production team. Where else would Jiang Xia go to make a call if not to the production team?"
"It's clear that their whole family is unrighteous. They eavesdropped on others' phone conversations, secretly noted down the phone numbers, used others' connections to order fish fry, and then turned around to accuse them of scamming her family. That's truly despicable!"
"If it weren't for Jiang Xia's inability to create a typhoon in the ocean to blow away their fish cage, everyone would have believed them!"
"They're shameless to the core, every one of them!"
"They're from the same village, but Zhou Bingqiang's family is indeed going too far!"
"Not just a little, but very far! They were already unrighteous when they bought fish earlier, and now this. It seems we should avoid dealing with them in the future, or we might get scammed by them anytime!"
"I regret speaking up for them just now! It's right for He Boss to ask for compensation of a thousand yuan. The fish they brought from the island country, after crossing the sea, the fuel cost alone is more than a thousand yuan. They should compensate a thousand yuan, not a penny less."
"Wen Wan's gentle nature is no good. Last time, she wrote a fake letter, almost causing trouble for A Lei and Xia Xia. This time, she's trying to slander Jiang Xia and He Boss for scamming their money! How can she be so evil?"
"She likes Zhou Chenglei! Can't you see that? It's jealousy turning to hatred. I can tell she doesn't want to pay compensation, so she's falsely accusing Jiang Xia of colluding with the fish fry boss to scam their money! She wants Zhou Chenglei to think of Jiang Xia as a scheming villain! Ridiculous! Does Jiang Xia need to go through so much trouble to collude with the fish fry boss to scam her family of a thousand yuan? A thousand yuan might be a lot for others, but is it a lot for Jiang Xia?"
"Don't you see how much Jiang Xia spends every time she goes to the city? It's always a thousand or a few hundred. Look at the pile of toys she bought for the children at home, those things add up to at least a hundred or two hundred! And they're not even her biological children, just nieces and nephews. How rich must she be to be so generous? Jiang Xia, with her wealth, would scam someone over a thousand yuan? No one would believe it!"
"Ever since Zhou Bingqiang married Wen Wan, their family's actions have become more and more unreasonable!"
"Birds of a feather flock together. Not a single decent one among them."
Everyone at the pier was whispering, saying all sorts of things, and although their voices were low, they still reached the ears of Zhou Bingqiang's family and Wen Wan.
Wen Wan felt both angry and wronged!
She was certain that Jiang Xia was deceitful, and with just a few words, she had turned the entire village to her side, speaking up for her.
She was sure that Jiang Xia had made that phone call on purpose!
Zhou Li had fallen for Jiang Xia's trick!
Zhou Bingqiang also felt ashamed!
This was the first time he had been called shameless to his face, and with the villagers' whispers and stares, his thin skin couldn't take it. He was afraid of ruining his family's reputation in the village.
Moreover, he thought of today's terrible sea conditions and how things had been going wrong lately. Being quite superstitious, he quickly made a decision and said, "He Boss, please don't be angry. My daughter-in-law has been studying at school and doesn't know anything. She hears rumors and believes them. It was a misunderstanding! I never thought that you and Xia Xia were scamming my money. I was wrong about the fish fry order. I'll compensate you a thousand yuan!"
Fine, a loss is a loss. Let it be a lesson. Now, Zhou Bingqiang only hopes to restore his family's image in the village and have smooth and profitable sea voyages from now on.
After all, he will still need to order fish fry from He Boss in the future, and he can't afford to ruin their relationship.
"Dad,..." Wen Wan was furious. Paying a thousand yuan now was like admitting that she had just slandered Jiang Xia, and that was a slap in the face for her!
But before Wen Wan could finish her sentence, Zhou Bingqiang glared at her, "I'm in charge here, stop your nonsense. Stand aside and don't say another word!"
Wen Wan: "..."
Nonsense?
She was so angry and wronged. Why had she spoken up just now? Was it for herself?
It wasn't even her money that was being used for compensation!
And he called her nonsense! Wen Wan was both angry and aggrieved.
Just then, Zhou Guohua hurriedly brought over six hundred yuan, and Zhou Bingqiang took it, then sent him back to get more money, "Go and get another four hundred!"
Zhou Guohua didn't understand what was going on. Why did Wen Wan look like she wanted to cry? Seeing her red eyes, he felt a twinge of pain, but he still obeyed his father and went to get more money.
Zhou Bingqiang said to He Boss, "He Boss, I'll give you the thousand yuan once I get it."
He Boss glanced at Zhou Bingqiang, "You still have some conscience, but not much! I almost thought your whole family were beasts, no, worse than beasts!"
Zhou Bingqiang: "..."
Zhou Chenglei didn't have much money on him, so he asked Jiang Xia, Zhou Chengxin, and Zhou Father to contribute, and together they gathered one thousand and five hundred yuan. He handed it to He Boss, "He Boss, fraud is a serious crime. To avoid accusations of collusion, I'm buying this batch of fish fry."
"..."
Zhou Bingqiang felt like he had been slapped in the face!
He had already agreed to pay a thousand! And now Zhou Chenglei was buying them, what was this?
Wasn't this a slap in the face?
He Boss waved his hand, "No need, when you ordered the fish fry, you saw my fish cages. You said the mesh was too big and these small fry would escape, so I helped you order specialized cages from the island nation. I'll just take these fry back with me."
Zhou Chenglei nonchalantly replied, "It's fine, I'll release them."
Zhou Bingqiang's face turned ashen!
He felt like he had been slapped on the other cheek as well!
Wen Wan looked at Zhou Chenglei in disbelief.
For some reason, her intuition told her that Zhou Chenglei was standing up for Jiang Xia!
So, was he spending one thousand and five hundred yuan just to release the fish fry into the sea for Jiang Xia's sake?
What did one thousand and five hundred yuan mean? In the past, that amount could probably build a whole house.
He Boss was impressed. From the first time Zhou Chenglei approached him, he felt that this young man had an uncommon bearing and sharp eyes. Now, he was even more impressed!
What a show of dominance! What a display of power! Truly overflowing with dominance!
Why should he endure such humiliation?
Releasing the fish was a good idea!
"Alright, I'll sell them to you without making a profit. I'll only charge you half the cost price. It's like we're releasing them together!"
He Boss waved his hand, "Come! Comrade Zhou, let's go to my ship and release the fish! Fellow villagers, uncles, and brothers, if you want to release them, come aboard my ship. Everyone can share in Comrade Zhou's blessing."
In life, it's all about standing up for yourself. Zhou Chenglei's actions were exactly what He Boss wanted to see.
That's more like it!
Zhou Bingqiang: "..."
He felt like his face was swollen from the slaps!
This time, he had truly been slapped in the face!
(End of Chapter)
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