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Eighteen years old.

The first meal he ate in Tianshui City before his execution was at the hands of the 56-year-old boss of a construction company. The boss had been swindled into bankruptcy by him and was now kneeling at the door of his office, crying with snot and tears streaming down his face.

He was thirty-four that year, and he felt that the man surnamed Chen deserved it—in the business world, it's either you eat me or I eat you, and the one who kneels and cries only deserves to be trampled on.

He ate countless people over the past ten years; he couldn't even remember how many.

Some jumped off buildings, some went to jail, and some moved out of Tianshui City with their families and never came back. He never thought that he would be put on a plate and served on a table, let alone that the person who served him on the table was just an adult.

Eighteen years old.

His ten years of painstaking scheming, in other people's eyes, might be seen as nothing more than a ridiculous joke, just like when he saw Old Chen kneeling on the ground.

No, it's not even a joke.

In other people's eyes, they may be nothing more than a pebble on the roadside that is slightly uncomfortable to step on, which they can easily crush with a shoe sole, and they don't even bother to dust off the dust on the toe of their shoe.

In the office of the general manager of the building materials market in Jiangyang County.

Upon hearing that all the men Wang Jianhui had sent to the south of the city had been taken away, he showed no surprise whatsoever; instead, he remained remarkably calm. In this small territory of Jiangyang County, dealing with one person would be a piece of cake for the Li family.

After a while,

Zheng Guodong's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and saw it was Old Sun from the Land and Resources Bureau.

When the call connected, there was a lot of background noise on Lao Sun's end, and you could vaguely hear sirens and the sound of a bulldozer being shut down. Lao Sun only said one sentence before hanging up.

The meaning is simple: Jianhui Real Estate has failed.

Zheng Guodong placed his phone on the table and tapped the surface twice unconsciously with his fingers. Then he picked up his teacup and found that the tea inside had gone cold.

He didn't call his secretary in to change things; he just sat there with his cold tea for a while. He had looked at that piece of land in the south of the city at least five times, and each time he said it wouldn't recover within ten years. When Li Xiao made his move, he thought it was just the young master of the Li family using ten million to practice, but he never expected that this move would eventually create a huge hole in Tianshui City.

Golden Diamond KTV, VIP private rooms.

Zheng Hao and Zhou Yanhuai sat facing each other. There was no wine on the coffee table, only two cups of Longjing tea and a stack of documents.

Zheng Hao had just returned from the construction site, still covered in sand and lime.

After drinking half a cup of tea to moisten his throat, he became so excited, as if he were on drugs, that he couldn't sit still and paced back and forth in the private room.

"Fatty, you didn't see how arrogant Wang Jianguang was when he stormed in with five bulldozers, but when the cops came, his face turned green. I had the whole thing recorded, and we'll make a highlight reel to show Brother Xiao during the New Year."

"The whole process was at least half a day faster than I expected. There's only one explanation—the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has been watching the line behind Wang Jianhui for quite some time now."

"You mean our document just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?"

"It wasn't just a matter of running into the line of fire; someone had been waiting for this bullet for a long time. Brother Xiao should have known this outcome before writing that email."

"Fatty," Zheng Hao suddenly spoke up, "what kind of person do you think Brother Xiao really is?"

Zhou Yanhuai did not answer, but picked up his teacup and stared blankly at the dark purple ambient light on the coffee table.

In the past, Zhou Yanhuai could at least give a vague idea of ​​what kind of person Li Xiao was, but after this incident, he was completely baffled. This intelligence-gathering ability was unparalleled even in the provincial capital, and he simply couldn't figure out how Li Xiao had obtained it.

There was also the matter of the land in the south of Jiangyang County being prepared to be developed into a high-tech industrial park. Even his grandfather had only just learned about this, but Li Xiao had been able to get the news more than a month ago. What this represented made him feel scared.

Fortunately, Li Xiao was their brother; if he were their enemy, their fate would probably not have been much better than Wang Jianhui's.

Jade Palace in Tianshui City, Room No. 1 (Tianzi).

This private room, which usually requires reservations a week in advance, was completely empty tonight. The name on the reservation book had been crossed out, and no replacement record had been left.

The duty manager stood at the front desk, staring blankly at the unsubscribe notification on the computer screen. Then he picked up the walkie-talkie and notified the kitchen to cancel the food preparation. After all, the person in charge was in jail; who else could they cook for?

Meanwhile, inside the Tianshui Municipal Government office building.

The light in one of the offices stayed on all night, and no one went in or out. It wasn't until four in the morning that a black sedan silently drove out of the underground parking garage. Instead of going through the main entrance, it took a detour and turned onto the highway leading out of the city via a side road.

As for what happened inside, only those inside probably know.

Li Xiao sat in his study with a document spread out in front of him: a property transfer confirmation for the Chengnan plot. The freeze order was automatically lifted when the investigation team arrived.

This day is destined to be an unforgettable one for both the political and business circles of Tianshui City and Jiangyang County.

Wang Jianhui's downfall was like a bomb dropped into a calm, deep lake. It not only exposed the filth and corruption that Jianhui Real Estate had accumulated over the past decade, but also revealed a shocking truth that made everyone's scalp tingle – the Zheng family, who sold building materials in Jiangyang County, was actually backed by the Li family!

The news spread like wildfire, reaching every WeChat group and private tea room in both circles within just a few hours with remarkable secrecy and speed.

Junyue Tea House.

In Tianshui City, all the business owners who could get in touch with Jiangyang County came. These people were all wealthy, but none of them looked happy.

The news they had just received was truly shocking; Jianhui Real Estate, a well-known company throughout Tianshui City, had just gone under.

This was something they never expected. Just then, a beer-bellied boss broke the silence, "Old Li, is this news... accurate? Is Wang Jianhui completely finished?"

The beer-bellied boss's surname is Sun, and his name is Sun Dewang. He started his business in the concrete industry in Tianshui City. Later, he followed Wang Jianhui and acquired several plots of land in several counties. He is considered one of the people who got the most out of the Jianhui Real Estate sideline. He was the one who organized this gathering tonight.

When the news of Wang Jianhui's accident came, he was in a private club with several vice presidents of Jianhui Real Estate, driving a black spade car, embracing a young model, and preparing to celebrate making a big profit in the south of the city in the second half of the year.

Before he could even finish his drink, he watched helplessly as those bosses who usually walked with their heads held high were all taken away by plainclothes officers. The scene terrified him so much that he almost wet his pants.

So he quickly summoned several of his close business owners to the teahouse to discuss their next steps.

In his view, Wang Jianhui's being taken away this time was just for show. After all, the Wang family's backing hadn't fallen yet, and he might be released soon. At that time, Jianhui Real Estate would still be Jianhui Real Estate, and he could continue to follow behind Jianhui Real Estate and get a share of the profits.

However, his wish was destined to be impossible to fulfill.