Handling such a small matter – since when had Ke Yi Xiong abandoned his pride as a boss to become an errand runner for Hong Kong people?
Chen Xi Liang hadn’t put it so bluntly, but that was his meaning.
Cao Liu spat: “When told to go, just go obediently. You calling me Brother Liu isn’t wasted – last time when your brother-in-law paid me to teach someone a lesson, if it wasn’t for me, Cao Liu, you wouldn’t have gotten out of that situation.”
Of course, Cao Liu himself was also afraid.
If he had taken Chen Xi Liang’s former brother-in-law’s money to go after Xia Xiao Lan, Cao Liu feared Pan San would come to finish him off – and maybe before Pan San even arrived, Ke Yi Xiong would deal with him first.
At the mention of the Lin family, Chen Xi Liang’s expression darkened:
“Brother Liu, the Lin family may be worthless, but you’ve won several tens of thousands from them recently – that’s not right either, is it?”
The money given to Lin Mei Juan was for raising her child.
In such a short time, Lin Mei Juan’s hundred thousand was probably half gone, coaxed away by her brother.
Lost at the gambling table to Cao Liu’s people – Chen Xi Liang’s heart bled. That was money he’d saved up slowly, earning two or three yuan per piece of wholesale clothing.
Cao Liu half-opened his eyes, “I didn’t force you to gamble. Boss Chen, if you’re not satisfied, win the money back at the card table!”
Chen Xi Liang was so angry he could spit blood.
He would never touch gambling. Gamblers never ended well. Gambling was a deception – in the end, only the house won!
But Cao Liu’s words made Chen Xi Liang grasp a key point.
“I sent them to the police station, but this is Xia Xiao Lan’s family matter. Boss Ke should consider whether he wants to help the Hong Kong people, Brother Liu.”
Cao Liu got a headache just hearing “Xia Xiao Lan’s” name.
“How did it come back to her again…”
Chen Xi Liang didn’t say much more, just that he had conflicted with the Xia family to protect Liu Fen.
After Cao Liu heard the detailed description, his mind was full of curses – it was those three cowards! The Xia family, from Yu Nan – the world was small. They had kept Xia Xiao Lan’s relatives locked up for a month, and they were people who were against Xia Xiao Lan – wasn’t this helping solve Xia Xiao Lan’s troubles?
And why were these three cowards, right after being ransomed by Cheng Rong Group, immediately sent to the detention center?
Cao Liu didn’t want to get involved – it was too stupid.
He pointed at Chen Xi Liang, “I’m not handling this. You go to the police station to withdraw the case first. Your small frame can’t handle this.”
Cao Liu himself couldn’t handle it either.
He hurried back to tell Ke Yi Xiong.
“It’s her uncle’s family?”
How could Xia Xiao Lan and such cowards come from the same family?
Ke Yi Xiong didn’t want to believe it either, but then he laughed: “The world is full of surprises, that’s what makes it interesting… Too bad we can’t show off our good deeds. Everyone needs to keep this to themselves. We only helped ransom them out, nothing else, understand?”
Cao Liu thought Ke Yi Xiong feared revenge from Xia Xiao Lan’s side, not knowing Ke Yi Xiong was thinking he couldn’t let Xia Xiao Lan know his business included human trafficking.
Ke Yi Xiong had an intuition that while Xia Xiao Lan might not care about his gangster identity, she would despise him if she knew the specific nature of his business.
It was an inexplicable feeling – Ke Yi Xiong didn’t want that kind of contempt.
“Let Chen Xi Liang go withdraw the case at the police station. He wants to do legitimate business, we want to do legitimate business too. After all this preparation, we must maintain good relations with Du Zhao Hui.”
Not even wanting the reward money – wasn’t it all about securing a long-term source of income? Having come this far, Ke Yi Xiong didn’t want to give up halfway.
No one could interfere, and that “no one” included “Xia Xiao Lan.”
But they could change their methods, like being more polite to Chen Xi Liang.
Chen Xi Liang had no choice but to listen to Boss Ke’s words.
Even though Cao Liu had cheated his former brother-in-law out of tens of thousands – Chen Xi Liang’s hard-earned money – Boss Chen had to swallow it. Chen Xi Liang had figured it out – let them cheat. Once Lin Mei Juan ran out of money, she’d ask him for more.
Giving money was fine – let Lin Mei Juan return his son. Chen Xi Liang didn’t have time to raise him, but his parents missed their eldest grandson.
Enough time had passed anyway, and Liu Fen and Li Feng Mei had probably boarded their train. Chen Xi Liang slowly went to the police station to withdraw the case.
The police called him and A Hua together to negotiate between themselves.
A Hua wasn’t arrogant, not unlike Xia Da Jun who looked down on individual businessmen like Chen Xi Liang just because he’d become a bodyguard for a Hong Kong boss.
Those who could run their businesses were smart; those without brains could only be bodyguards. A Hua maintained a humble and polite attitude:
“Boss Chen, our company’s employees have caused you trouble. If your shop suffered any losses, we’re willing to compensate.”
A Hua had asked Xia Da Jun beforehand – besides making a scene in Chen Xi Liang’s shop, they hadn’t damaged anything. The “compensation” was just to let Chen Xi Liang save face.
A Hua placed an envelope on the table.
It contained 2,000 yuan, money that wasn’t from the company but deducted from Xia Da Jun’s salary. There had to be rules – why should the company pay for Xia Da Jun’s mess? Du Zhao Hui could have paid for Xia Da Jun himself, but the young master had left the special zone in a hurry, seemingly forgetting to give instructions. So A Hua made Xia Da Jun pay himself – Xia Da Jun was about to die from frustration. He believed Liu Fen and Chen Xi Liang had an improper relationship, and now to get Xia Hong Bing and the others out of detention, he had to pay money to the adulterer.
Chen Xi Liang had sent people to the police station and got two thousand yuan for nothing.
This was the easiest money he’d ever earned… No wonder so many people became gangsters instead of doing honest work – the money came so fast!
Chen Xi Liang had reconciled with Xia Da Jun, but regarding releasing the people, the police station seemed to have new requirements – they needed proper identity introduction letters from their hometown, otherwise, they’d still be treated as vagrants.
Vagrants were to be repatriated.
“The family can decide – either you go back to your hometown to process it, or let them go back to process it themselves.”
Claiming to have lost the introduction letter gave them a chance to get new ones, but if Xia Hong Bing and the others were repatriated by the Yang Cheng police… how could they possibly get new introduction letters to come out again?
A Hua pulled Xia Da Jun aside, “Who exactly did you offend?”
Xia Da Jun said nothing.
Was Liu Fen really that vicious? Having an unclear relationship with this clothing merchant, getting monetary compensation, and still wanting to torment the Xia family!
…
Liu Fen was no match for Tang Hong En – Little Wang drove her to the train station.
After seeing people onto the train, Tang Hong En didn’t linger in Yang Cheng.
He had no intention of meeting Xia Da Jun – what would they talk about? Tang Hong En also feared communicating with fools. No matter what you said, fools had their theories. Knowledge determined thinking, and Tang Hong En preferred to express himself through actions.
Rather than waste words with Xia Da Jun, everything would follow regulations.
Let Xia Da Jun run around and hit walls – that would wake him up. Being Du Zhao Hui’s bodyguard hadn’t made him any smarter, just taught him bad habits, making him self-important and unable to understand simple words. Divorce meant legally ending the marriage relationship – forget that Liu Fen hadn’t found someone new, even if she had, what right did Xia Da Jun have to interfere?
If you don’t understand the law, use this incident to study it well!