Chapter 47 The Village Bully Zhu Liang
After exiting the airport, Zhu Bufan did not choose to return to his rental home, instead, he immediately hailed a taxi and headed for the bus station.
Zhu Bufan's hometown was located in a small mountain village in Gaolin County, Tianhai City.
This small mountain village was called Zhu Family Village.
It was named Zhu Family Village because almost everyone living here had the last name Zhu. Of course, there were a few families with different surnames. It was said that they had fled here during hard times and were later taken in by the villagers of Zhu Family Village and thus settled here.
However, it was said that among these few families with different surnames, one or two of them were very influential, but why they chose to live in this remote mountain village was unknown to anyone.
In terms of development, Zhu Family Village was still quite a backward rural area. The road leading to the village had only been constructed five years ago.
However, with the opening of this road, Zhu Family Village had undergone some changes; at least, the old mud-wall houses were almost entirely replaced by modern brick and tile houses.
Zhu Bufan's family was also quite well-off. Although Zhu Bufan had repeated his studies three times and spent a lot of the family's money, in recent years, Zhu Buchun, Zhu Bufan's father, had built a small western-style house with diligent work and helping others.
Sitting on the bus, Zhu Bufan reminisced:
Zhu Bufan's favorite food was the dumplings his mother made for him; just thinking about that taste made him wish he could fly straight back.
Originally, when Zhu Bufan received three hundred thousand from Chen Shiqing, he thought of sending all the money back home. But then he thought about how surprised his parents would be if they suddenly received three hundred thousand.
Zhu Bufan's parents were just an ordinary rural couple with many outdated ideas. They would definitely overthink if they suddenly became rich.
So, that time, Zhu Bufan only sent back ten thousand.
"Dad, Mom, your son misses you…"
On the bus, Zhu Bufan said to himself inwardly.
The bus heading to Zhu Family Village took about three hours, and finally, Zhu Bufan arrived back at Zhu Family Village.
Getting off the bus, Zhu Bufan took a deep breath:
"This is the smell of my hometown! It's wonderful!!!"
The next moment, Zhu Bufan couldn't wait to rush towards his home.
…
"How come there are so many people at my house?" Immediately upon reaching his family's small western-style house, Zhu Bufan saw elderly villagers and a few relatives standing at the entrance, continuously looking inside, "Oh? Do they know I'm coming home, so Dad and Mom are preparing a feast?"
Zhu Bufan happily speculated in his mind.
"Grandpa, Second Grandma, Third Great-Uncle, Second Aunt, why are you all outside? Come inside, please…" Greeting familiar faces was natural for Zhu Bufan.
"Bufan, you… you're back?" A few of the elderly heard someone calling them and immediately turned around.
At that turn, they were visibly astounded.
Their faces showed shock.
"Bufan, don't go inside, leave quickly, go outside, and come back after some time…" The grandpa seemed to be experienced with critical situations, so he quickly recovered and next moment, he grabbed Zhu Bufan and urged him to leave urgently.
Seeing his grandpa grabbing him and preventing him from entering the house while urging him to leave quickly, Zhu Bufan was a bit stunned but quickly blurted out, "Grandpa, what happened? Why are you telling me to leave and come back after some time? No way, I just came home. I need to stay at home for a few days first."
However, very soon, Zhu Bufan noticed something was amiss.
Could it be that something has happened at home?
The next moment, Zhu Bufan didn't dare to hesitate any longer and immediately tried to break free from Grandpa's grasp to enter the house.
Seeing Zhu Bufan actually attempting to directly go inside, how could Grandpa let him? The next moment, he firmly held onto Zhu Bufan, "You child... why are you so stubborn, would I, your Grandpa, really harm you? Listen to me, go back to work now, come back home after some time."
"That's right, Bufan, you should quickly go back to work. When you come back after a while, your second grandma will cook something delicious for you!"
At the same time, Third Uncle and Second Aunt hurriedly advised as well.
At this moment, Zhu Bufan felt even more uneasy.
It seemed that something had definitely happened at home, and moreover, it was related to him!
Thinking this, how could Zhu Bufan remain calm?
The next moment, Zhu Bufan forcefully freed himself from Grandpa's grasp, and in the next moment, he was ready to immediately enter the house!
"Yo, Bufan, you dare to come back! This saves me the trouble of looking for your parents again, now that you're here, it makes things easier for me…"
However, just as Zhu Bufan had rushed to the door, a very mocking voice rang out.
Then, Zhu Bufan saw, in the bedroom to the right of his house's entrance, three blond youths and one leading buzz-cut youth.
Zhu Bufan did not recognize the three blond youths, but he did recognize the buzz-cut youth.
The buzz-cut youth was Zhu Liang, from the same village as Zhu Bufan.
Zhu Liang's father was the village head of Zhu Family Village, and on regular days, Zhu Liang, taking advantage of his father being the village head, would swagger around and act tyrannically over Zhu Family Village!
However, Zhu Liang did have some capabilities, as a few years ago, Zhu Liang alone managed to recruit all the idle young men in Zhu Family Village and the surrounding villages, forming a local gang.
With this, Zhu Liang became even more arrogant and overbearing in Zhu Family Village.
Things like blocking the road for protection fees, harassing the young women in his own village, directly stealing pigs and ducks from other people's homes to sell, throwing snakes into other people's houses, etc.—as long as it was profitable, he, Zhu Liang, dared to do it!
So, it could be said that Zhu Liang was a local bully in Zhu Family Village.
At this moment, Zhu Bufan's parents were cornered into a corner of their own house's bedroom.
Three blond thugs were fiercely looking at his parents, seemingly ready to start a fight!
However, at this moment, there was a young woman shielding his parents in front of them.
"Zhao Qian?" Seeing the woman shielding his parents, Zhu Bufan was initially startled, but the next moment, he felt very grateful.
Given the current situation, if Zhao Qian wasn't shielding his parents, that bully Zhu Liang might have done something unpredictable!
"Bufan Brother, I knew you would definitely come back..." Zhao Qian, upon seeing Zhu Bufan appear at the doorway, immediately walked up to his side and intimately held onto his arm.
"Damn it, Bufan, quickly let go of my Qianqian's hand, or else, I'll break your four pig legs right away!" Seeing Zhao Qian holding onto Zhu Bufan's arm, Zhu Liang's expression instantly turned very ugly.
"Bufan, why have you come back…"
At this time, Zhu Bufan's father, Zhu Buchun, looked very helpless.
At the same time, Zhu Bufan's mother's face was filled with worry.