The Crazy Son-In-Law

“How much money do you have on you?” Yang Tiancai asked.

“Just seven or eight hundred dollars,” Xiao Shun said as he handed the pellets back to him, “Thanks for the kind offer, but I really can’t afford it.”

Yang Tiancai gritted his teeth and blocked it with his hand, generously saying, “Brother, why are you being so polite with me? 800 it is then. Who cares since we’ve hit it off, consider this me making friends with you as your big brother.”

Xiao Shun secretly sucked in a breath. Damn, this guy is ruthless, not even letting 800 dollars go. I should have just said 200 from the start, he probably would have sold it for 200 as well…

From 50, 000 down to 800, he had chatted with me for so long just for this, it really wasn’t easy for him. Might as well just let it go, 800 dollars wasn’t much to Xiao Shun anyway. So he transferred the money to Yang Tiancai.

“I can tell at first glance that you’re a refreshingly straightforward person. Let’s keep in touch, I’ll send you my online store link later, you can directly place orders online if you need anything in the future.” Yang Tiancai said with a smile.

Xiao Shun: “…”

“Why were you in the restroom for so long?” Yao Cen asked while starting the car after they got back in.

“Oh, I was a bit hungry so I went to the supermarket to buy a sandwich,” Xiao Shun laughed in response.

Yao Cen did not doubt him and drove out of the service area towards Harrow.

Leaning back in his seat, Xiao Shun fell into thought.

Hero Cup events?

From what Yang Tiancai said, at that time, cultivators from all over the country would gather in this small Harrow.

It should be quite lively, there would be a good show.

Perhaps this would also be a great opportunity for New School Society to make a name for itself.

What should they do?

Indeed, after entering the urban area of Harrow, Xiao Shun could sense the presence of cultivators from time to time.

For a city with nearly 10 million people like Harrow, it was not too noticeable for tens of thousands of cultivators to pour in over a period of one or two months.

To ordinary citizens, the cultivator world was very close yet very far away. It was very close because cultivators now were basically integrated into modern social life, usually there was no difference between them and ordinary citizens. It was possible that a neighbor of these citizens was a cultivator.

However, these cultivators would usually deliberately keep a low profile and not easily reveal themselves, so it was difficult for ordinary people to really come into contact with the cultivator world.

As for the Hero Cup, it was a grand event for cultivators from all over, but very few ordinary people knew about it. Even if they did know, they probably thought of it as just some kind of martial arts exchange event.

After all, since the prevalence of firearms, cultivation had declined for hundreds of years. Those martial arts skills that allowed one person to fight a hundred were probably only found in TV shows, movies or novels now.

After entering the city, the three did not bother to eat dinner first and went straight to the central hospital in Harrow to see the injured employees.This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

Feng Ping’s head was wrapped in gauze, his face swollen as he lay in the hospital bed. Seeing Xiao Shun and Yao Cen, he greeted them with some delight and surprise, “Mr. Xiao, you came.”

He was the person in charge of the office and also the most severely injured.

“What did the doctor say? Will you be okay?” Yao Cen frowned with concern.

“Dislocated arm, minor concussion, no big deal, I’ll be fine in a few days.” Feng Ping’s face was injured but he squeezed out a smile.

“You’ve worked hard. Take half a paid leave to recuperate at home properly after you’ve recovered,” Yao Cen said.

“Thank you.” Feng Ping said gratefully.

“Think carefully, have you offended anyone since coming to Harrow? Could it have been done by them?” Xiao Shun asked.

“I’ve thought about it already, definitely not. But after our office was specially approved for that land by the provincial investment promotion bureau, we did receive a threatening letter, roughly telling us to give up that land. I thought that land was approved by the provincial bureau for us, why should we give it up, so I didn’t take it to heart and didn’t report it to the company.”

“Now that I think about it, the group that came to trash our office was probably related to the ones who sent the threatening letter.”

“We can only wait for the police investigation results now.” Feng Ping said.

Xiao Shun and Yao Cen looked at each other. Yao Cen asked, “Did the people from the provincial investment promotion bureau say anything special about that land at the time? Like some dispute with other companies or people?”

“No, that land was specially allocated state-owned land by the provincial government. There would be no disputes with other companies or individuals.” Feng Ping spoke decisively.

Xiao Shun pondered briefly before saying, “Focus on resting and recovering first. Since Yao and I are here now, leave the company matters to us for the time being.”

Clearly they couldn’t get any more useful information from Feng Ping. Now without catching the perpetrators, they were left with no leads.

But since the other party wanted Starline Bio to give up that land, they surely wouldn’t stop here and would make another move.

After visiting the other injured employees, Xiao Shun and the others left the hospital.

“What do you think?” Yao Cen asked when they got back in the car.

Xiao Shun told her his thoughts.

“Let’s continue with the paperwork needed and start construction as soon as it’s approved, while waiting for the police investigation results. I think the other party won’t stop here, so let’s wait and see.”

Yao Cen sighed, “Looks like there’s no better way.”

Seeing her somewhat discouraged, Xiao Shun grabbed her hand in a timely manner to comfort her, “Good things take time to happen.”

“I’m fine, we must all be starving now right? Let’s find a place to eat first.”

Summer was undoubtedly the season for beer and barbecue. None of them were pretentious people, without too many requirements. They quickly settled at an open barbecue square.

Xiao Shun immediately noticed that chubby girl sitting in the corner was the one he had seen at the service area this afternoon. Her figure was too eye-catching, hard not to be noticed. Sitting on that plastic chair, it looked like she could collapse it at any moment.

Just that her companions from before were not here, leaving her looking a bit lonely.

Just a passing acquaintance, Xiao Shun naturally had no need to go greet her. After taking a seat with Yao Cen and Zhu Que, he ordered a grilled fish, 30 skewers of lamb and some grilled vegetables, with several bottles of beer.

They were all starving after a few hours, chatting while heartily eating.

“Boss, how long will we be staying here this time?” Zhu Que asked, her mouth full of oil and seasoning remnants still at the corners. She didn’t care about her image at all.

“Probably for some time, someone has to keep an eye out here for the new factory construction, why?” Xiao Shun glanced at her and asked.

“If it’s for a long time, I want to bring Xiao Hu and Granny here. Xiao Hu is still young, and Granny is getting on in years, I’m afraid if something happens accidentally there’ll be no one to take care of them.” Zhu Que blinked her long eyelashes and said.

Xiao Shun and Yao Cen were slightly surprised, they had come in a hurry this time and neglected this matter. Although Granny Long’s illness was cured, she was old after all, her body could easily have problems even without illness.