55: The mayor personally visited

"Brother Xu, this isn't my fault."

"Someone drove in front of us. If I hadn't slammed on the brakes, we would have definitely crashed."

"Our lives might not have been spared!"

Liu Xun, who was yelled at, felt a bit wronged.

The reason he braked so suddenly was for Xu Youwei's safety.

He was sitting in the front, and he had his seatbelt on.

But Xu Youwei, who was in the back, hadn't buckled his seatbelt.

If they had crashed, he would most likely have only minor injuries, not serious ones, but Xu Youwei would be different.

He would at least break a few bones.

If it were more serious, he might even die directly.

He also saw Xu Youwei's current condition in the rearview mirror.

His nose was still bleeding profusely.

But a nosebleed is better than broken limbs or death, right?

Upon hearing this.

Xu Youwei also looked through the front windshield, gazing forward.

It was exactly as Liu Xun had said.

A military-green Hummer was parked horizontally in front of their vehicle, with only about a meter separating the two cars.

Seeing this.

A sense of lingering fear rose in Xu Youwei's heart.

If Liu Xun hadn't braked in time, he would probably have been bumped and bruised at least.

The injuries he would have sustained would have been much more severe than now.

He was not an unreasonable person either.

"Sorry, I was wrong to blame you. Thank you for braking suddenly just now; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Once the Steel Factory delivers the goods, I'll give you forty percent."

Adhering to the official principle of admitting mistakes, Xu Youwei apologized for his previous behavior.

At the same time, he also painted a grand picture.

"Thank you, Brother Xu."

Liu Xun chuckled softly, his eyes full of longing.

At this moment.

All the grievances in his heart vanished, and his entire being was immersed in the grand vision Xu Youwei had painted.

Forty percent of fifty thousand yuan!

To him, this was a huge sum.

With a monthly salary of seven hundred, he didn't know how long it would take to accumulate forty percent of that income.

And now.

Just by coming to the factory once, he could easily obtain this huge income.

Just thinking about it made him incredibly excited.

However.

He quickly broke free from this fantasy.

Through the windshield.

He saw the front Hummer door open, and a burly man in a military-green short-sleeved shirt got out of the car and walked towards him.

Thinking of the other party's dangerous behavior just now, a surge of anger welled up in Liu Xun's heart.

He immediately rolled down the window and angrily shouted at the men:

"Damn it, how the hell do you drive? Are you looking for death!"

"Why don't you say something?!"

"What, now you don't dare to speak?"

"If you don't pay a few hundred yuan for this, you can forget about leaving today!"

The burly man was expressionless at Liu Xun's curses.

He just gazed deeply at Liu Xun through the front car window, as if confirming something.

Immediately after.

The burly man turned his head and nodded slightly at the Hummer behind him.

The next second.

All the Hummer doors opened, and several more agile men emerged from inside.

Seeing this scene.

Liu Xun's cursing mouth immediately closed involuntarily, and he said no more.

There were too many people on the other side, and each of them was burly and looked like they were not to be trifled with.

Now that several people had gathered around.

It made him feel a sense of panic and unease in his heart.

"Brother Xu, they seem to be up to no good!"

Liu Xun couldn't help but say to Xu Youwei.

"What are you afraid of? Who are we? Even if they're hooligans, do they dare to touch us?"

"I have some connections in the City. As long as they dare to lay a hand on us, I'll make sure all these people go to jail!"

Looking at the approaching strong figures, Xu Youwei's eyes were full of disdain.

At this moment.

His bleeding nose had stopped.

However, a hint of dried red on his upper lip still made him look a little disheveled.

The strong men quickly surrounded the car, trapping the two people inside.

Seeing the other party's aggressive posture.

A trace of fear appeared in Liu Xun's eyes.

The next second.

The men exchanged glances, then acted in unison.

They forcibly opened the car door and then forcefully dragged Liu Xun out.

Facing these physically strong soldiers, Liu Xun, a man who frequented drinking establishments, naturally could not resist.

In just a few moves.

He was dragged out of the driver's seat by the strong man and restrained.

Xu Youwei, in the back seat, saw this and became furious.

"Don't you know who we are? How dare you lay a hand on us?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll make you sit in jail for three to five years?"

He hadn't expected the other party to be so reckless, directly dragging someone out of the car.

However.

The strong men were indifferent to his warning, or rather, his threat.

As the back car door opened, Xu Youwei was also dragged out of the sedan.

Before the two could resist or curse.

The strong men directly forced them into the Hummer, then stepped on the gas, heading towards the Steel Factory.

...

"Old Zhou, it's not me saying this, but how are you a mayor?"

"Your subordinates actually dare to extort money in broad daylight. How strong is their backing to dare to do this?"

"How can you expect the common people to trust us?"

"As mayor, do you just ignore these things?"

Inside the Steel Factory.

Zhao Zhenghua was scolding the person on the other end of the phone.

And the person on the other end of the phone was none other than.

Zhou Huayun, the mayor of the City where Li Mubai was located.

On the other end.

In the municipal office.

Zhou Huayun felt a bit confused.

He had just finished his work when he heard his phone ring.

When he took it out and looked.

He realized it was a call from an old comrade-in-arms, so he happily answered it.

He didn't expect.

As soon as he answered, what came through the phone was not greetings, but a stream of complaints.

This made him feel inexplicably confused.

"Old Zhao, even if you want to scold me, you have to give me a reason to scold me, right? You can't just let me be scolded so inexplicably, can you?"

"Reason?"

Inside the phone.

Zhao Zhenghua snorted coldly.

Then the entire sequence of events reached Zhou Huayun's ears.

Hearing this.

Even with Zhou Huayun's good temperament, he almost got high blood pressure.

"So blatant, this is not putting me in their eyes at all!"

In the entire Xuanhua City, who didn't know that Zhou Huayun was cracking down hard on corruption?

And now.

Someone still dared to embezzle and accept bribes right under his nose.

The most crucial thing was.

This matter was also known by his old comrade-in-arms.

Wasn't this a slap in his face?

"Old Zhao, you keep an eye on the people first; I'll be right over!"

Zhou Huayun hung up the phone after speaking.

Then he called his secretary and left the municipal office building.

...

"Chief, the people have been brought. Please give your instructions!"

Shortly after Zhao Zhenghua hung up the phone.

A soldier walked into the lounge and reported.

"Bring them in."

Zhao Zhenghua took the cigarette out of his mouth and ordered.

"Let me go! What do you want to do?"

"In broad daylight, you dare to forcibly control our personal freedom. You will definitely regret this!"

Noisy voices came from far away, getting closer.

Soon.

Two figures were brought into the lounge, it was Xu Youwei and his companion.

Looking at Li Mubai and Zhao Zhenghua sitting on the sofa, Xu Youwei immediately said coldly:

"What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and let us go?"

"If you let us go now and pay a sum for emotional distress, I can let bygones be bygones."

"Otherwise, you will only end up in the Police Inspector Bureau eating prison food!"

Upon hearing this.

Zhao Zhenghua's temper, which had just calmed down, immediately flared up again.

He immediately cursed angrily:

"How bold!"

"Even at this point, you're still thinking about money. Are you worthy of the skin you wear?"

Liu Xun was greatly frightened, his eyes cautious.

Xu Youwei, being battle-hardened, though a little flustered inside, remained outwardly calm:

"What's that to you!"

"Why do I, Xu Youwei, need you to tell me what to do?"

Just as he uttered these arrogant words.

A voice full of anger suddenly rang out.

"Good, good, good! Very good!"