184: Cooperate with Ren Jing

Hearing this, Qin Shou didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "The urban redevelopment in the North City Suburbs has seen the Bai Group acquire several plots of land, but the compensation offered to the local residents is extremely unreasonable, not even meeting the Municipal Government's minimum standards. Are you aware of this?"

Ren Jing sighed deeply upon hearing this: "How could I not be aware of such a major issue?"

"Then as the Mayor, why aren't you doing anything about it? I thought you were kept in the dark!" Qin Shou's tone carried a hint of reproach.

Ren Jing shook her head helplessly: "Alas! Qin Shou, you're an outsider; there are many things you don't understand. It's not that I don't want to get involved, but I simply can't. Do you know that Bai Junchen's paternal uncle, Bai Jingming, is precisely the municipal party secretary of the City?"

"That's also true?"

Qin Shou was surprised by this; he dealt with small businesses, and before meeting Ren Jing, he had no contact with people at that level, so he naturally hadn't paid attention.

"Of course! Otherwise, why do you think I'd stand by and do nothing? The network of connections here is intricate. Bai Jingming has been operating in the City for many years, and all the key officials, big and small, were personally promoted by him. Now that this project has been taken over by the Bai Group, do you think I have a chance to intervene?"

"Hehe, this is perfect; I have a gift for you."

"A gift?"

Ren Jing was taken aback. It wasn't any special occasion, so she guessed Qin Shou probably had something more to say.

"That's right. Tonight, the Bai family's construction team intended to forcibly demolish the buildings, but they were stopped by the local residents. After that, the Bai Group's construction team retreated, but not long after, a group of thugs arrived, wanting to violently disperse the gathered crowd, and accidentally killed someone."

"This also happened? The Bai family is simply lawless!"

Ren Jing was upright and incorruptible, and upon hearing this, she immediately became furious.

Qin Shou affirmed: "Absolutely true. There were many people present who can testify. All the thugs who committed the act are now under my control. You can use this incident to make a statement. Bai Jingming's indulgence and favoritism, seeking personal gain for the Bai family—if this matter is handled properly, even if it can't bring down Bai Jingming, it can certainly put him in a difficult position."

Upon hearing that Qin Shou had already apprehended the criminals, Ren Jing was overjoyed.

"Qin Shou, you've really helped me a lot this time. I'll send trustworthy people over right now to detain these individuals. It would be best if we can get some information out of them, then I can directly corner the Bai family."

"Okay, I'll try my best to cooperate with you and spread this matter online, making it a big deal to give you a great opportunity to make a statement," Qin Shou nodded.

"Mm, thank you so much this time. I can't talk anymore; I need to prepare quickly before Bai Jingming reacts."

Ren Jing expressed her gratitude and then immediately hung up the phone.

Qin Shou put away his phone and returned to Tie Wei's side.

Seeing Qin Shou approach, Tie Wei immediately asked respectfully: "Brother Qin, what do we do next?"

"What happens next is no longer our concern. The Police will be here soon; you just hand the people over to them."

"The Police!"

Tie Wei's face showed some hesitation. He had, after all, been involved in the underworld, and hearing the word 'Police' instinctively made him feel a bit resistant.

Qin Shou naturally saw through Tie Wei's thoughts and smiled faintly: "What? Been in the underworld too long, so you're afraid of the word 'Police'? Don't overthink it. I should know the Police officers who are coming this time, and we're just cooperating with the Police in handling a case; we're good citizens."

"Understood."

Tie Wei nodded, not daring to say more, and his eyes held even more reverence for Qin Shou.

He had always been unclear about his big brother's ways, and now hearing that Qin Shou even had connections with the Police, he was even more astonished by Qin Shou's influence, truly a person who could navigate both the legal and illegal worlds.

Qin Shou gave Tie Wei a few instructions, then seeing Zhu Xinyao still kneeling beside her grandfather's body, crying bitterly in the distance, he sighed and walked towards her.

Zhu Xinyao's mother was beaten unconscious, and her grandfather died in front of her. Overwhelmed with grief, she didn't notice what was happening around her until Qin Shou walked up to her.

Zhu Xinyao wiped away her tears and turned her head, not wanting Qin Shou to see her in such a miserable state.

Qin Shou was least skilled at comforting people. At a time like this, nothing he said would help, so he just slowly said: "The person who accidentally killed your grandfather has had his legs broken by me, and I will hand him over to the Police shortly."

Hearing this, Zhu Xinyao turned her head, looked at Qin Shou, and nodded heavily: "Thank you."

"Mm, don't be too sad. The dead cannot be brought back to life."

Qin Shou didn't say anything more but turned to the still somewhat shaken crowd and asked: "These people accidentally killed someone just now. Did anyone record a video?"

"I took a video!"

As soon as Qin Shou finished speaking, a middle-aged man immediately raised his hand and stepped forward.

"Can you send me the video?"

The middle-aged man had seen Qin Shou and others dealing with Liu Qiang's group of thugs earlier, knowing that Qin Shou was probably not a bad person, and immediately nodded.

Qin Shou added the middle-aged man's WeChat, and after receiving the video, he turned to Zhang Wei beside him and asked: "You're a Second-generation rich; you must have many friends. Do you know anyone in the media?"

Zhang Wei nodded: "Brother Qin, don't worry. I happen to have a buddy whose family runs a new media company with many famous online influencers under their wing."

"Very good. Contact this friend. Consider it a favor I owe you. Get this video of these people accidentally killing someone online. The title should be as sensational as possible, and make as big a fuss as you can."

Zhang Wei said indignantly: "Brother Qin, don't worry, you can leave this to me. It'll also be a way to vent some anger for Yaoyao. Damn the Bai family for being so overbearing."

Although Zhang Wei knew that Zhu Xinyao now only had Qin Shou in her heart, they had, after all, had a very brief relationship in college. Seeing Zhu Xinyao being bullied like this, he felt a certain amount of heartache. Moreover, he himself had bought a house here, and this was a matter that affected his own interests directly, so how could he not give it his all?

"Good, this matter is in your hands. I have other things to do tonight."

Qin Shou patted Zhang Wei's shoulder and turned to leave.

"Qin Shou!"

Just as Qin Shou turned around, he heard Zhu Xinyao's voice. Qin Shou looked back at Zhu Xinyao with some confusion.

"Is there anything else?"

"Please, can you help us? Our family has nothing left, and Grandpa is gone. If we don't get compensation for the house and it's just demolished like this, I really don't know what I'll do."

Zhu Xinyao's voice was choked with sobs, pleading. She knew in her heart that at this moment, perhaps only Qin Shou could help her.