51: Chapter 51: Joint Seizure by Multiple Departments, Wang Chao's Frenzied Revenge!

Seeing this, Su Qingyue immediately stepped forward and blocked Qin Feng.

She reached out, unceremoniously prying Ye Qingcheng's fingers away, looking at her with cold eyes.

"Miss Ye, please show some self-respect."

"Brother Feng saved your life; this isn't the place for you to throw a tantrum."

[System Notification: Ye Qingcheng has generated top-tier complex emotions such as "Collapse of Faith," "Utter Despair," and "Endless Humiliation," points +1500!]

[Ye Qingcheng's Favorability +5, Current Favorability: 0 (Relationship Reset)]

Blocked by Su Qingyue like this, Ye Qingcheng seemed to have all her strength drained, staggering back two steps and slumping onto the bed.

That's right.

He had saved her.

What right did she have to question him here now?

Just as the atmosphere in the room fell into a dead silence.

Qin Feng's phone rang as well.

He glanced at the caller ID and picked up.

On the other end of the line, Lin Yue's panicked, tearful voice immediately came through, with the background noise of various things being smashed.

"Brother Feng... come quickly... *sob*..."

"Don't be afraid, I'll be there soon."

Qin Feng hung up with a grim expression; he could roughly guess that Wang Chao had resorted to a backup plan after failing to kill him yesterday.

Su Qingyue had never seen Qin Feng like this. It wasn't anger, but a more terrifying silence, like the calm before a storm.

Even Ye Qingcheng, who was despondent on the bed due to her suspension, felt this suffocating pressure and suddenly looked up.

He had already anticipated that Wang Chao's attack wouldn't be limited to just one point.

Qin Feng walked straight to the door and picked up the car keys from the cabinet in the entryway.

"Brother Feng..." Su Qingyue couldn't help but speak.

"If anything happens at the gym, call me immediately," Qin Feng interrupted her, his voice flat without a hint of emotion.

He turned the doorknob, but his step forward suddenly paused.

His gaze, through the reflection of the entryway mirror in the living room, fell on the woman in the guest bedroom still wearing pink pajamas.

"If you want revenge, use your brain, not complaints."

"Qingyue, give her those clothes. Change and get out of here quickly. Don't let me see a piece of trash lying in my house when I return."

Ye Qingcheng's face instantly flushed red; she was the rising star of the Jiang City police force, when had she ever been treated like this?

She wanted to argue, to strike back with her remaining pride.

But when the words "If you want revenge, use your brain" echoed in her mind, all her words got stuck in her throat.

Qin Feng didn't wait for the elevator.

He turned into the fire escape, his footsteps creating a series of hurried echoes in the empty stairwell.

He knew Wang Chao's methods were nothing more than using his connections and power in the provincial capital for a dimensionality reduction strike to force him to submit.

However, he couldn't use the same trick he used against the Zhao father and son, otherwise, it would definitely be traced back.

It would be too much of a coincidence if incriminating data on everyone who opposed him appeared in a reporting mailbox.

He also just wanted to find something for his women to do.

That way, he'd have the energy to find more women. With the system, why would he fear not being able to handle a bastard like Wang Chao?

Having thought it through, Qin Feng walked toward the garage.

...

Fifteen minutes later, diagonally opposite Sea City Third Middle School.

Several white law enforcement vehicles with "Industry and Commerce," "Fire Department," and "Health Department" printed on them...

...surrounded the brand-new office building so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through. The alternating red and blue warning lights flashed silently, full of oppressive force.

On the dark gray glass curtain wall that Qin Feng had personally chosen, several eye-catching white seal strips were pasted crosswise, with the two large red characters for "Seized" on them.

A crowd of onlookers gathered around, pointing and whispering.

"Tsk tsk, what a pity. Such a good location. The owner is going to lose a fortune this time."

"It's obvious they've offended some big shot. Look at this formation—Industry and Commerce, Fire, and Health all coming together. This is pushing someone to a dead end!"

Qin Feng spotted Lin Yue at a glance.

She stood in the cold wind, her light blue dress looking exceptionally thin.

Her eyes were red, but she wasn't crying anymore; she was just using all her strength...

...to desperately clutch the brass sign that had just been hung up, engraved with the four words "Yueji Education."

Two men in uniforms were impatiently trying to pull her away from the sign.

"Let go! Did you hear me? This is an illegal sign, it must be removed!"

"Little girl, I advise you not to obstruct our law enforcement, or we'll take you away as well!"

Lin Yue just shook her head desperately, her voice tearful but exceptionally firm: "All my procedures are complete!

Fire certificate, business license, renovation contract—I have them all! You can't do this!"

"Procedures are complete?"

A fleshy captain with a beer belly walked over. He looked Lin Yue up and down contemptuously, with undisguised malice on his face.

"You say they're complete, so they're complete? Do you know more than we do?"

The Fat Captain poked Lin Yue's thin shoulder repeatedly with his thick finger, his tone full of mockery,

"What are you dreaming about? 'Yueji Education'? Who are you trying to please? That little white face who bought the building for you?"

"Now, I order you to suspend operations indefinitely for rectification! Tear down this crappy sign for me!"

As he spoke, he reached out with his greasy hand to shove Lin Yue and snatch the sign from her arms.

A suppressed gasp rose from the crowd.

However, that hand stopped half an inch away from Lin Yue.

A hand appeared out of nowhere, like a red-hot iron pincer, firmly gripping the Fat Captain's wrist.

"Ah—!"

A scream like a pig being slaughtered pierced through the noise of the scene.

The Fat Captain felt as if his wrist bone was being clamped by a hydraulic press. Intense pain instantly spread through his body, causing his entire face to contort.

Qin Feng had crossed the street at some point and was now standing in front of him.

"My procedures, fire safety certificate, and formaldehyde test report are all inside the building."

Qin Feng's voice sounded exceptionally clear amidst the Fat Captain's wails, devoid of any emotion.

The Fat Captain was sweating profusely from the pain, shouting with false bravado:

"You... who the hell are you! Let go! This is assaulting an officer! I'm going to kill you!"

Qin Feng ignored his clamor and simply repeated:

"Name a price. How much is your hand and the jobs of these people behind you worth to resolve this matter right now."

"Money?" The Fat Captain endured the pain, a savage smile squeezing onto his face. "Kid, you think you're so great just because you have money?"

He spat a mouthful of bloody saliva onto the ground.

"Let me tell you, today's matter cannot be solved with money!"

He leaned closer to Qin Feng and whispered, enunciating every word:

"You've offended someone you shouldn't have! This building of yours—forget about opening, even if it were covered in gold bricks, it's going to rot right here!"

Just as he finished speaking, the phone in Qin Feng's pocket vibrated.

He let go of his hand.

The Fat Captain felt as if he had been granted a grand pardon, stumbling back several steps and clutching his swollen, deformed wrist. His eyes were full of resentment and lingering fear.

Qin Feng took out his phone and glanced at it; it was an unknown number.

He answered.

On the phone, a girl's panicked voice came through—it was the receptionist from Su Qingyue's gym.

"Boss... Boss Qin! This is bad! Shop Manager Su told me to call you!

People from the Industry and Commerce Bureau and the Health Bureau suddenly showed up! They said our gym equipment is substandard and they want to check Shop Manager Su's private coaching qualifications, ordering us to close immediately!

They're already putting up the seal strips!"

As expected, it was a chain attack.

"Understood. Tell Qingyue to go back and rest first. Don't get into a conflict; I'll handle it."

Qin Feng hung up.

But just as he put his phone back in his pocket, it rang again.

Still an unknown number.

He answered again.

This time, a lazy, extremely arrogant, and mocking male voice came through the receiver.

"Qin Feng, how is it? Do you like this grand opening gift I sent you?"

It was Wang Chao.

"This is just an appetizer." Wang Chao's laughter came through clearly, full of a winner's arrogance,

"Don't be in a hurry; I also helped 'rectify' that gym of yours. As for the women around you...

Tsk tsk, you have good taste. Each one is more exquisite than the last. Don't worry, you won't be able to protect them. I'll 'take care' of them for you, one by one."

"In Jiang City, I have a hundred ways to make sure you can't earn a single cent. Fight me? You're still a bit too green."

"The game has only just begun."

The call was disconnected.

Qin Feng stood there, phone still in hand, looking at the building covered in seal strips,

looking at Lin Yue, who was shivering while holding the sign, and looking at those gloating law enforcement officers.

Seeing that Qin Feng hadn't moved for a long time, the Fat Captain thought he had been completely crushed by the phone call from his backer, and his courage grew again.

"What's the matter? Nothing to say?" He rubbed his wrist, grinning savagely. "I'm telling you, today, even if the King of Heaven himself showed up, don't even think about opening the door!"

Qin Feng stood there, phone still in hand, looking at the building covered in seal strips,

looking at Lin Yue, who was shivering while holding the sign, and looking at those gloating, swaggering law enforcement officers.

Seeing that Qin Feng hadn't moved for a long time, the Fat Captain thought he had intimidated him, and his courage grew again.

"What's the matter? Nothing to say?" He rubbed his wrist, grinning savagely,

"I'm telling you, today, even if the King of Heaven himself showed up, don't even think about opening the door!"

However, on Qin Feng's face, there was no anger, no despair, not even a ripple of emotion.

He slowly put his phone back into his pocket.

Then, under everyone's astonished gaze, he walked over to Lin Yue,

gently pulled her up from the ground, and took her, along with that cold brass sign, into his arms.

"It's okay." He gently patted her back, his voice not loud, but carrying a power sufficient to calm one's heart,

"You've been tired these past few days too; it's a good time to take a couple of days off."

Lin Yue looked up at him with teary eyes, her heart full of unwillingness and grievance:

"But... Brother Feng, all our hard work, it's all..."

"Don't worry."

"It will be resolved very soon."