I said, “No, I’m going to teach it to the police.”
Chu Xiaoxiao said, “Zhang Chao, have you forgotten that the police’s a*ses are sitting on the Chen family’s side? If you teach it to the police, they might be let go on the spot.”
“Then I’ll teach it to the police too. You two stay out of it for now, I know what I’m doing in my heart.”
Yue Man Gong wanted to stop me, but when Chu Xiao Xiao heard what I said, she nodded and didn’t ask any more questions, so Yue Man Gong had no choice but to say no more.
When I took the two killers upstairs, I asked Zhao Zichen where the police were.
“I called the police at midnight last night, but the police never came.” Zhao Zichen said.
I sneered and called the police myself. The police operator had just spoken when I said, “Tell Xu Xiang that if the police don’t come out again, I’ll send these two killers to the provincial capital. I’ll see how through the roof your Chen family is, and whether the provincial public security department is also at the disposal of your Chen family.”
After making the call, I was so stifled that I almost smashed my phone.
If anything happened to Qingqing and Ma Dazhuang, I would never forgive myself. I had protected Chu Xiaoxiao, but I had forgotten to protect the others around me.
Chen Yu Zhou, if you acted like a man and only came at me for these things, I might have been able to let you live, but since you’re such a bad person and preyed on the people around me, don’t blame me for being ungracious.
Not long after the phone call, two policemen came, very arrogant, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, asked who had called the police.
“Me.” I said.
They looked at me, recognised who I was and said, “Zhang Chao, can you call the police and keep your mouth shut? Are you allowed to curse the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau? You’ve insulted and threatened a state official, come with us.”
I didn’t move a muscle, just stared at them.
“What are you staring at us for?”
I said, “To recognise your faces. I know how to repay you both later.”
“You, how dare you threaten us now!”
I put my hands together in a way that made it look like he was cuffing me and said, “Go ahead, don’t be polite.”
I looked at them completely undaunted, a look that swayed them, and the handcuffs the two men had taken out were put back.
I said, “I’ve found the murderers for you, these two men.”
“Strange, this matter is how not to find Xia Gehuai? That’s a credit.”
I said: “Why are you not clear? Go back and tell your leader Xu Xiang that we are not finished with this matter.”
The two policemen were so disgusted by me that they could not reply, so they took the two killers and left first.
Moon Man Bow was worried and felt that I should not have handed over the two killers to these two policemen.
“I always feel that they will cover up for Chen Yu Zhou.”
I held my cigarette in my mouth and said wearily, “Of course, they are Xu Xiang’s men, and Xu Xiang is Chen Yuzhou’s uncle.”
“So you still? ……”
“I did it on purpose.”
I didn’t explain much and said to Moon Full Bow, “In these two days, keep an extra eye on Qingqing for me, they can’t have any more accidents.”
Yue Man Gong’s face was not kind: “More importantly, your life and the stability of the jianghu rests on your shoulders. The Jianghu gangs cannot sit idly by and do nothing about this.”
I said, “How can you do that? You had the Jianghu alliance at that time, and the nine clans must not strike out to hurt people easily without the leadership of the alliance leader.”
Yue Man Gong showed a sardonic smile, “Who knew he was a Yin family? His surname is Chen. We’re just warning him, it’s not like we’ll actually hurt him.”
Chu Xiaoxiao said, “That’s right, scare the hell out of him, better scare him to the point of pissing his trousers. This is too annoying, we can’t just let it go.”
“Don’t make a mess, Chen Yu Zhou won’t be around much longer. Be safe these days.”
My phone kept ringing in my pocket and I patted them on the shoulder and stepped aside to answer the phone, it was Lu Tong.
“What’s wrong?”
“Young Zhang, something’s really bad. All of our loans have gone wrong, then the industry and commerce are after us, even the properties are coming after us, and now the company’s accounts have been frozen. I’ve asked around, it was the Chen family who found someone to do it, I think it was Chen Yu Zhou who did it.”
“Chen Yu Zhou can be so capable, he has grown up, good, good, let him show his performance again.”
“Wait, what about us?”
I laughed, “Don’t rush, wait and see, just take a long vacation, tell all the staff, I’ll pay the salary as usual.”
With this reply, Lu Tong was a little relieved.
I was surprised by Chen Yu Zhou’s energy, I originally thought he had found a few killers and that was the limit, but I didn’t expect him to be able to mobilise the power of industry, commerce and fire.
These are not the same as the Green Dragon Gang fighting in the streets, these are administrative forces, to put it bluntly, one word: power.
If Chen Ruhai was still alive, I believe he could do it, but a man dies like a lamp, Chen Ruhai is no longer around, who would buy Chen Ruhai’s face and work for Chen Yu Zhou?
I gave Lao Gan a call and asked him to look into this matter for me.
I took Chu Xiaoxiao to dinner in the evening, just as the TV in the restaurant was showing the news, and Li Liang was being interviewed by a reporter.
“It seems to be talking about the cruise ship.” Chu Xiaoxiao said.
This reporter’s questions were very pointed and kept asking Li Liang why the government was so slow in rescuing him, and also why such a big case had happened and whether the killer was taking revenge on society.
Nowadays, it is an information society, such matters cannot be concealed at all, even if we Jianghu people do not talk about it, how can so many tourists on board not talk about it?
Li Liang was so red-faced by the question that he could not reply.
“I heard that this matter might affect Li Bo’s progress.”
“Progress?”
Chu Xiaoxiao said, “It’s the promotion, his term as mayor will soon expire and he might be able to drop into the provincial hall. But with this incident in this slot, the public opinion is now very unfavourable to him and it will affect him.”
I nodded thoughtfully, by which time Lao Gan had already returned the call.
“Young master, I’ve asked a friend and someone is indeed operating behind the scenes, specifying that they want to target you. Junran’s family is too big for them to move, so everything is piling up on Lu Tong. Do you need our side to step in and move around for you ……”
I said, “Who is it?”
Unexpectedly, Lao Gan froze before the question, stammering and unwilling to answer.
I subconsciously thought of Han Kun, who I knew was back, and I was afraid that Lao Gan knew it too.
My heart was in my throat, afraid that it was really Han Kun. It wasn’t that I was afraid of him, but I really couldn’t accept it emotionally.
Old Gump answered under my urging, “It’s your aunt.”
I swallowed hard and felt like someone had punched me in the chest. The name made me want to vomit with revulsion and I wanted to never see her again in my life if I could.
“She, how did she ……”
It’s amazing that she still hates me and is still trying to ruin me in every way possible. Even though she’s not capable of that anymore, her hatred scares me.
“Her daughter Su Xiaoqiang is Chen Yu Zhou’s fiancee. In the end, it was Chen Yuzhou who called the shots on this matter. Young proprietor, the feud between you and Chen Yu Zhou ……”
I knew Lao Gan was trying to persuade me, I said, “He hired a murderer to kill my friend, who is still in the resuscitation room.”
When Lao Gan heard this, he let out a long sigh and swallowed back the words that had been said to persuade me, asking instead if I needed Junran to step in. Surran had a good relationship with officials at all levels and could mediate activities for me. In fact, as the young proprietor of Junran, all officials, big and small, would have had to give me some face, but unfortunately, now that Liu Rong and I are at odds, no one dares to take sides.
“No, I have an idea.” I said as I stared at Li Liang’s miserable face on the TV.