328: Chapter 328 She actually forced him to sell himself...!

Ye Chen was silent for two seconds and nodded slightly: "My condolences."

Zhao Wu took a deep breath, forced a smile onto his face, and waved his hand.

"It's fine, it's all in the past."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the people in the hall with their varying expressions, his brow furrowing slightly.

"By the way, Instructor Ye, what happened here?"

"Why would you come to a small place like Baisha Town?"

Ye Chen didn't hide anything and briefly explained the sequence of events.

Li Chuntian forcing a marriage, the Jin family selling their daughter, Jin Meiting cutting ties in disappointment, Jin Shanting getting kicked away by Miao Renfeng, Li Chuntian calling Wang Fugui... word by word, as calm as water, yet explaining everything clearly.

After Zhao Wu finished listening, the expression on his face changed from confusion to shock, and from shock to a cold sneer.

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the Jin family and Li Chuntian.

"You guys..."

He shook his head, his tone full of mockery, "Truly blind, failing to recognize a true dragon."

The faces of the Jin family and Li Chuntian turned completely pale at this moment.

Jin Dagui's legs went weak, and he barely managed to stand steady by leaning on the table.

Li Cuihua slumped directly into a chair, her eyes full of terror as she looked at Ye Chen.

Jin Shanting curled up in the corner, clutching his stomach, his expression changing from pain to fear.

Just a moment ago, he had been arrogantly shouting, demanding Ye Chen kneel and apologize, and for this "poor boy" to get out of his house... but now?

That poor boy he looked down upon was actually someone a big shot like Zhao Wu would respectfully call "Instructor Ye"!

And his sister, whom he had dismissed as having no vision, had actually followed such a man!

It's over... everything is over!

Li Chuntian's face was as white as a sheet of paper.

Wang Fugui stood to the side, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

He suddenly snapped back to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward, his face covered in a flattering smile: "Boss Zhao, is there some misunderstanding in this matter?"

Zhao Wu glanced at him, his eyes full of indifference.

"Misunderstanding?"

"If you don't believe it, you can call the people in the provincial capital directly."

"To put it bluntly, if Instructor Ye wanted you dead, as long as there was even a slight reason, no one would dare say anything even if he killed you first!"

Wang Fugui's face turned pale instantly.

If someone else had said it, he might not have believed it.

But since Zhao Wu said it, he had no choice but to believe it!

For a moment.

Wang Fugui suddenly turned to Ye Chen, his legs going soft, almost kneeling on the spot.

"The misunderstanding I meant was..."

"It was all that bastard Li Chuntian who intentionally said someone was causing trouble and asked me to arrest them. I was just momentarily confused!"

He explained incoherently, the panic on his face almost overflowing.

Ye Chen didn't speak, nor did he even glance at him.

Zhao Wu didn't pay any more attention to Wang Fugui either, but instead turned his head to look at Li Chuntian.

"Li Chuntian."

"Your mine—don't even think about mining it from now on."

Buzz—

It was as if something had exploded in Li Chuntian's head.

He suddenly looked up, his expression turning from terror to despair.

"Boss Zhao! I didn't do it on purpose!"

"I really didn't know he was such a figure!"

"Please show mercy! Please give me another chance!"

He lunged forward, wanting to grab the hem of Zhao Wu's clothes, but was pushed away by Zhao Wu's Bodyguard, stumbling and falling to the ground.

Zhao Wu looked down at him, his eyes showing no emotion.

"Everyone is an adult and must be responsible for their own words and actions."

"With me, there are no second chances."

Li Chuntian slumped on the ground, his face as pale as paper, looking as if his spine had been removed.

He was finished.

He knew he was finished.

Without the mine, he was nothing in Luxi County... those friends who usually called him brother, those underlings who bowed and scraped when they saw him, would all avoid him like the plague!

Zhao Wu withdrew his gaze and gave Wang Fugui a meaningful look.

Wang Fugui felt as if he had been granted a grand pardon, nodding repeatedly, and turned to wave at his subordinates who were still in a daze.

"What are you still standing there for? Take this troublemaker back!"

Several police officers snapped out of it, hurriedly dragging Li Chuntian up from the ground and escorting him out.

Li Chuntian was dragged away without resisting, looking as if he had lost his soul.

Wang Fugui followed behind, and when he reached the door, he turned back and bowed deeply toward Ye Chen: "Instructor Ye, regarding today's matter, I, Wang Fugui, was blind. I hope you, as a great man, won't hold a grudge against a small person like me..."

Ye Chen still didn't speak.

Wang Fugui didn't dare say more and backed out with a bow.

Soon, the courtyard regained its quiet.

In the Jin family's hall, only the family and Ye Chen's group remained.

Jin Dagui stood where he was, his legs still shaking.

Li Cuihua didn't even dare to look up.

Jin Shanting curled up in the corner, clutching his stomach, not even daring to let out a groan.

Jin Meiting looked at them, but there was no sense of satisfaction in her heart.

Only exhaustion.

And sorrow.

This was her family.

These were the parents and brother she had once tried so hard to please.

She took a deep breath, withdrew her gaze, and stopped looking at them.

Zhao Wu didn't pay any more attention to the three members of the Jin family either, but turned to Ye Chen, a warm smile reappearing on his face.

"Instructor Ye, since you've come to Western Hunan, you are my, Zhao's, honored guest!"

"Today's meal is on me!"

"Let's go to the best restaurant in the county town to welcome you and Miss Jin!"

As he spoke, he looked at Miao Renfeng and added with a smile.

"Brother Miao, come along too. We old brothers haven't seen each other for so many years; we must have a good drink today!"

Hearing this, Miao Renfeng instinctively looked at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen nodded slightly.

Only then did Miao Renfeng show a smile and cupped his hands toward Zhao Wu: "Then I shall trouble Brother Zhao."

Zhao Wu laughed heartily and stepped aside to lead the way.

"Instructor Ye, Miss Jin, please!"

Ye Chen took Jin Meiting's hand and stepped toward the door.

As he passed by Jin Dagui, his footsteps paused.

Jin Dagui's whole body trembled, and he instinctively took half a step back.

Ye Chen didn't look at him, but just tilted his head toward Jin Meiting: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Jin Meiting shook her head.

"No."

From now on, she had nothing more to do with this home.

Ye Chen nodded, took her hand, and continued walking toward the door.

Jin Meiting followed his pace and crossed that threshold.

She didn't look back.

Not even once.

Jin Dagui stood where he was, watching that receding back, opening his mouth as if to call out his daughter's name.

But those two words were like a thorn stuck in his throat, impossible to spit out.

Li Cuihua finally looked up, watching the empty courtyard outside, tears falling silently.

"Meiting..."

Jin Shanting curled up in the corner, clutching his stomach, his face full of regret.

He knew that in this lifetime, he might never see that sister again.

And they seemed to have missed an opportunity to get to know a big shot and soar to the top... However.

Just as the family of three was feeling the loss... two vans sped over from the other end of town and slammed to a halt in front of the Jin family's door.

The next moment.

The car doors were pulled open.

Seven or eight sturdy men jumped out of the vehicles, led by a man in his fifties with dark skin, a face full of rough flesh, and eyes filled with fury.

It was Li Huai's eldest uncle, Li Meng.

Following behind him were several uncles and brothers of the Li family, each with a grim expression and clutching clubs.

"Jin Dagui! Get your ass out here!"

Li Meng kicked open the courtyard gate and strode into the yard.

Jin Dagui had just come out of the hall when he was startled by this shout: "Li... Li Meng? Why are you here?"

Li Meng rushed to him in a few steps, grabbed his collar, and sprayed spit all over his face.

"Where is Jin Meiting?"

"I heard she's back. Where is she?!"

Jin Dagui was grabbed so hard he couldn't breathe, his hands flailing: "Let... let go! She left! She just left!"

Li Meng shoved Jin Dagui away.

Li Cuihua heard the commotion and rushed out of the hall. Seeing the situation, she was suddenly at a loss: "Brother, what's going on?"

Li Meng glanced at the two of them, his anger growing.

"Speak!"

"Where did she go?!"

Jin Dagui was intimidated by his aura and instinctively blurted out: "To... to the best restaurant in the county town..."

Upon hearing this, Li Meng's eyes turned red.

"Damn it!"

"After killing Li Huai, she actually has the heart to go to a restaurant to eat?"

"I'll definitely kill her today!"

Hearing this, Jin Dagui's expression changed drastically: "What? Meiting killed Li Huai?"

Li Cuihua was also stunned.

"Didn't Xiao Huai die on his own?"

"How is it related to Meiting?"

Li Meng suddenly turned around and glared at them fiercely.

"We found a suicide note in Li Huai's phone!"

"It's written clearly on it that Jin Meiting teamed up with a man named Ye Chen and forced him to sell his ass to pay back debts!"

"He couldn't take the humiliation and committed suicide!"

"What a fine daughter you Jin family raised!!!"

These words were like a thunderclap exploding over the heads of the Jin couple.

Both of them were dumbfounded!

They never expected... that Li Huai's death actually had such a hidden story???

Seeing them like this, Li Meng gave a cold sneer.

"Today I'll settle the score with that bitch first, then come back to deal with your Jin family!"

After saying that.

With a wave of his hand, he led the Li family members and charged out.

Li Cuihua suddenly snapped back to her senses and wanted to call them back: "Wait! You can't go! That Ye Chen, he..."

But Li Meng had already led the men out of the courtyard gate and into the van.

The engine roared, and the two cars sped away.

Li Cuihua chased to the door, watching the receding taillights, her face as pale as paper.

It's over!

Something is going to happen again!