C25 His Good Friend Was in Danger!

Meng Ran has known Zhang Tao since he was a child. Strangely, Meng Ran’s mischievous nature was a good match for the Bookworm. Not only were they really good friends, but they were also like blood brothers.

Zhang Tao was raised by a single father. Meng Ran remembered Zhang Tao telling him that his mother gave birth to him and left immediately afterward. Zhang Tao was too young to remember his mother’s face and he never got the chance to see her again.

Zhang Tao’s family had a small Antique Shop, which was passed down from his grandfather.

Meng Ran’s good friend was your typical bookworm. He and his father were very alike in that aspect. Zhang Tao wore old-fashioned spectacles, which matched his artistic temperament. The guy loved to work at his family’s Antique Shop and didn’t mind spending all his time there.

Zhang Tao just so happened to be even more stubborn than Meng Ran. Since they had been friends for so long, Meng Ran and Zhang Tao had formed a deep understanding. Even though they had known each other for so long, Zhang Tao would never ask Meng Ran for help in his previous life, even though if Meng Ran needed anything, he would drop everything at a moment's notice to help his friend out.

At this time, when Meng Ran heard Zhang Tao asking for help, his friend’s panicked voice came out loud and clear through the receiver. Meng Ran was shocked to the core and quickly ran out of the classroom, only stopping when he got to a hidden corner of the corridor.

“Zhang, tell me now. What’s the matter?”

As soon as the words left Meng Ran’s mouth, Zhang Tao started to stutter. He couldn’t completely voice what he wanted to say and was a little embarrassed to speak. Meng Ran was agitated. He said, “You got your legs broken for me in the past! I’ll never forget your act of kindness ever in my life! If you still think of me as your brother, then tell me everything clearly!”

Sensing that Meng Ran was angry, Zhang Tao’s voice got a little choked up. After hesitating for some time, he finally said, “Ran, is your father the director of our county government? Can you ask him to do something for me?”

“This…” Meng Ran couldn’t help but hesitate. His father was notorious for his upright attitude. Not to mention Meng Ran asking his father for help, even if his mother needed help with a document, his father would be furious and would refuse to help. If Zhang Tao wanted Meng Changan to do something about his situation, there was no way Meng Ran could guarantee anything.

However, Meng Ran gave this some good thought. Zhang Tao had never before asked him for help in his previous life. Even during the glorious era when he became a director of Maple Birch Group, Zhang Tao never once asked him to do anything for him. Zhang Tao was definitely not the type of person to use his connections to get by.

Meng Ran’s deep voice rang out right then. “Zhang, tell me what went down. Maybe I can help solve it for you.”

“I was backed into a corner and was left with no other choice but to reach out to you. Dongchang Street is about to be demolished. I heard rumors that they were planning to build an office building here. They want all its residents to move dozens of houses away. They even used gangsters to help push us out. Using violence, they managed to hurt a lot of neighbors. My dad’s ribs were even broken by them. They also gave us an ultimatum. If we’re not out by seven tonight, they’ll come again. If anyone’s still there by then, they’ll break that person’s leg.”

“We also went to see the person in charge, but he only said that it was a normal demolition and to stay out of the way. He didn’t care about us small folks. It also can’t be helped that all the neighbors agreed to leave. But my dad is the only one who remains firm in his stance. He refuses to back out, saying that the antique store was passed down to him from his ancestors… Even if he had to die, he’d rather die in the Antique Shop than anywhere else. I really have no other choice, Ran. I’m scared my dad will fight with these thugs again, and I think that fight will be his last. Just this morning, he vomited a large amount of blood. I don’t know how much longer he’ll last.”

With Zhang Tao’s nonstop sighing still lingering in his ears, Meng Ran’s expression on the other line was cold through and through.

If his enemy in his previous life saw Meng Ran right then, he would definitely be scared to death because, at that moment, Meng Ran looked like he really wanted to kill someone!

A saint once went out of his way to tease Jade Pool Fairy. In the end, Meng Ran slaughtered all the saints and left no one alive to tell the tale. The blood was scattered across the whole star field, causing the entire universe to tremble from fear!

Immortal Sovereign Tairan’s reputation was created the moment Meng Ran stepped on the corpses of countless experts, one step at a time!

At this moment, anger spread throughout Meng Ran’s chest, filling his lungs, heart, and chest cavity. That was because he already knew what had caused Zhang Tao’s father’s death in the previous life.

In fact, Zhang Tao had called Meng Ran in his previous life as well. However, at that time, Meng Ran was in the Xiufeng Mountain Sanatorium getting his wounds treated. When Zhang Tao heard that Meng Ran was busy, he decided to keep it to himself and not tell Meng Ran about it.

The image of his friend in his last life, who was poor and spent all his time drinking away his worries, wouldn’t leave him.

“Zhang, wait for me at your family’s antique store. I’m heading there now!”

Without waiting for Zhang Tao to reply, Meng Ran immediately hung up the phone.

The bell rang, notifying the start of the next class. The pot-bellied geography teacher clutched a pile of exam papers in his hands and walked leisurely to the front of the classroom.

“Come, come. We’re taking the exam today. If your results are worse than Class 2’s, all of you will have to come to school on Saturday for detention!”

When they heard that they had to take an exam, the entire classroom was filled with wailing and sounds of grievances.

When Jiang Yufei saw how Meng Ran lingered in the corridor and didn’t come inside, she couldn’t help but shake her head. She knew that he had to work hard since his family didn’t have much power and influence to their name. But what was he doing right now? Compared to that Lau Zijie, he was still a lot worse.

Suddenly, Jiang Yufei thought about how Lau Zijie was going to hold a birthday party, especially for her in Prosperous Brilliance Grand Hotel tomorrow night, and a hint of expectation showed in her eyes.

At this very moment, Meng Ran walked expressionlessly into the classroom as all eyes were on him.