Chapter 232
The vige head was a man in his fifties. Hearing her words, he took out the cigarette he was
smoking and gently tapped it. With a serene expression on his face, he said, "No need to rush these
things! We need a slow and careful approach to deal with these matters."
Xenia Xu''s mother became anxious when she heard his reply. "Sir, why the sudden slow approach?
Weren''t you present for the drafting of our n? Also,thend to the back of the mountains is wild
and deserted. Earlier you mentioned your high hopes of selling it. Now, my family is offering a good
price. Why are you suddenly reluctant?"
The vige head spoke slowly, bureaucratic and formal in tone, "Thend to the back of the
mountains is themunal property of the vige.The acquisition of thisnd is a serious matter
and we cannot make a hasty decision. A thorough investigation will be needed, examining all the
relevant issues one at a time."
Xenia''s mother face fell. She was not sure how to deal with this old scoundrel.
But Xenia was not so cordial. She said coldly,
"Sir, did Brett mention something that made you change your mind so suddenly?"
The vige head responded in anger, saying, "What are you trying to imply? Are you saying that I
have selfish intentions and that I am using my official authority to make things difficult for you?"
Xenia replied without tact, "If that is the case, then you should know very well then."
"You are ndering me. In that case, we have nothing to discuss.You can return home now." The
vige head gestured his hand in indication that they should leave. Brett Han, who was beside him,
was exhrated. Noticing that Xenia was flushing red, he could not help taunting her, "By the way, I
have good news for all of you. The Han family is going to acquire thend to the back of the
mountains and open a mine there. When it is ready, you can be one of the employees or workers
there!"
"You..." Xenia was rmed and nced at the vige head. "What''s going on, sir? Didn''t you say
that you needed a slow approach to decide on the acquisition of thend? How could you have
given the contract to the Han family in a split second?"
The vige head replied without emotion, "The Han family''s enterprise is the pride and backbone of
our vige. Naturally, it will require the strong support of the vige." "You..." Xenia was incensed.
At this moment, amotion outside could be heard. One could hear the sound of objects
smashing and people quarreling.
Shocked, everyone went out from the vige head''s house to take a look at what was happening.
Close to the entrance of the vige, there was an empty ground, and a group of youths who looked
like gangsters were smashing up some of the cars belonging to the engineers and workers. Several
of them came forward to stop them, but they were pushed aside by those gangsters and were
beaten up.
When Fade Chen saw this, he immediately shouted, "Stop it!"
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The leader of these men was a sturdy looking man in his thirties. He was muscr and had a
savage expression on his face. He carried a steel pipe in his hand, which was stained with some
blood.
"Who ordered you to smash the cars and to beat up these people?" Fade shouted.
The sturdy looking man came forward, sizing up Fade. He pointed to the smashed up cars and said,
"These cars and their owners, they are rted to you?"
"Yes! I just asked you, who ordered you to do this?" Fade spoke in a low voice.
The sturdy looking man spat on the ground and said, "Nobody ordered us to do this. Your cars are
on top of our vegetable field. Therefore, I have to get rid of the cars to teach all of you a lesson, so
how about that?"
While speaking, he pointed to the weeds under the cars. Clearly, he was tantly lying about the
situation.
"Is that a vegetable field?" Fade sneered.
"Yes it is, it''s not just any ordinary nt, it is of a rare variety. Just the crop from this piece ofnd
would be worth at least 50,000. You crushed the vegetables, so you have topensate me. Are
we clear on that?" The sturdy looking man said arrogantly.
"Really?" Fade sneered in anger. "It seems to me that you are trying to extort some money through
this situation."
"What can you do about it then? Does that upset you then?" The sturdy looking man stretched out
his fingers and pushed against Fade''s chest.
Fade frowned and caught the man''s fingers in one gesture. He snapped them backwards and there
was a cracking sound. The man''s fingers were broken and hung limp at a strange angle.
The man let out a painful roar, and his forehead was covered with sweat. He shouted, "Get him!
Beat him up!"
Instantly, more than a dozen of the gangsters rushed toward Fade with ferocity.
Fade snorted and rushed into the crowd. Launching his fists and feet everywhere, he came down
hard on the punks.
In a split second, the crowd witnessed something shocking. This group of gangsters, who were so
savage, could not defend themselves against Fade. They were beaten to a pulp and fled the scene
howling, scampering away.
In just a few minutes, the whole group of them had been defeated by Fade.
Their leader, the sturdy looking man, nced at Fade, who looked thin and frail. Ayer of sweat
appeared on his forehead, and his body began to shudder. "Who, who are you?"
Fade snorted and said, "Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"
At that moment,the sturdy looking man didn''t dare to hide anything from him. He quickly answered,
"It''s Wyman Han. He asked me to bring my men here to smash up the cars." "Wyman is Brett''s
father." Xenia exined quickly.
"Where is he now?" Fade asked.
The sturdy looking man said, "I heard, I heard that he met someone in town and was about to sign a
contract to acquire thend to the back of the mountains."
"What!" Xenia and her mother eximed at the same time. They just wanted to expand their
business, and now they had to face the harassment and dirty tactics that were used by the Han
family in order to stop them.
Fade fixed an icy stare at the gangsters for a moment, then turned to Xenia and her mother and
said, "We won''t let them sign the contract. Let''s go now to town."
With one hand, Fade stowed the sturdy-looking man into the car. With the other, he grabbed Brett
Han, who was about to flee and sound the rm. He also stuffed him in the car. Then he red at
the vige head andmanded, "You get in the car too!"
Looking at the wounded men on the ground, the vige head was frightened. He stepped back and
said, "I, I won''t!"
"You don''t want to get in? Do you want me to force you?" Fade spoke coldly.
The vige head trembled in fright. He did not dare to speak up anymore, and got into the car
obediently.
Then, Fade requested for another engineer to drive Xenia and her mother to town.
Meanwhile, in one of the rooms of the most luxurious hotel in town,
Wyman Han was entertaining and dealing with several pot- bellied men, and his face was red from
drinking lots of wine.
"Gentlemen, I would like to propose a toast to you again. This time, many thanks for your
assistance, in regards to the acquisition of thend to the back of the mountains. After the deal is
consolidated, I will do what I promised, and give each of you one portion of the shares." Wyman
stood up and prepared to raise his ss.
All the other men also raised their sses, with a jovial expression on their faces.
After downing the ss of wine, one of the men, who was bespectacled, seemed a little concerned
and said, "Wyman, I heard that the Xu family has hired a lot of engineers and workers. I also heard
that they invited some experts from the city to assist them as well. Will there be any problems
regarding this matter?"
Wyman thumped his chest and said, "Department Head Liu, rest assured, these engineers or
workers, despiteing from a bigger city, are mere foreign employees. Besides, this is our
territory. We can''t allow outsiders to do as they please with it!"
"Yes, Mr. Liu, you think too much. This is Brother Han''s position in our territory." A slightly balding
man gave Wyman the thumbs up in gesture and then patted Department Head Liu on the shoulder.
"Just ept the money without worry and wait for the profit!"
"Haha, let''s make a huge profit together!" Wyman raised his ss once more.