Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled-Chapter 519 - 318: The Silent Jianghu

Chapter 519: Chapter 318: The Silent Jianghu

Magic City Cloud Club, top floor.

A massive, luxurious private club halfway up the mountainside was filled with a group of old brothers at the moment.

Gao Hu, Zhang Tao, and Chang Fu, along with their wives, were all there.

Also present were Tong Zelan and Song Yanxi; there had been a major incident in Sha City.

If not for the presence of authoritative forces sealing off the news, the information that Fei Yangyang, a catering giant, had closed stores citywide would have spread through the streets and alleys of the nation the moment it occurred.

“Closing stores is one thing, but he actually used over two thousand people to surround a top private hospital in the city.”

Such news, though not earth-shattering when revealed, would still be a huge scandal.

No wonder the local authorities tried so hard to cover it up.

“Old Chen was quite impulsive this time!”

“If he hadn’t shown such impulsivity, I would have almost forgotten that he used to be the toughest guy in Wang Village, who chased a street-full of thugs with a knife all by himself.”

“Yes, Old Chen has become too tame over the years; this time he truly reached his breaking point.”

Gao Hu reminisced, “Back in the day, Old Chen was fierce, fearing neither heaven nor earth. His move to Sha City is like confronting a dragon, and Han Shan is the real local tyrant there. You haven’t been around there long, so you might not know this person.”

“This is the famous Sir Shan in Sha City, the undisputed cash king after midnight, a man who can summon a billion in cash at that hour.”

“This guy owns a legendary underground casino, which is frequented only by the rich and noble. His most crucial assets are the important connections controlled by this casino.”

“Let me tell you something I know: a renowned businessman from a neighboring city borrowed twelve billion from him, and ended up paying back over forty billion with interest. Because of this debt, he stopped and left unfinished a famous ‘Dragon Street’ project in that neighboring city.”

“Is it that exaggerated?”

Xiao Danchun expressed her astonishment, “Borrowing over ten billion and paying back over forty billion, and he was willing to pay?”

“What could he do if he didn’t pay? Han Shan simply locked him up.”

Gao Hu continued, “Your imaginations cannot grasp who Han Shan truly is. He kept this businessman locked up for six months; even several complaints did nothing but provoke harsher reprisals. Almost no one in Sha City dares to provoke him, knowing he is untouchable. After all, too many people owe him gambling debts.”

“So, is Chen in danger?” Xiao Danchun asked nervously.

“Then you’re overthinking it,”

Gao Hu snorted coldly, “At most, Han Shan is just a local bully. Over the years, Chen has invested so much nationwide; the leading domestic investment in new energy vehicles. If anything happens to him, the whole Sha City will be scrutinized, and everyone involved would be affected. The investigative team from Capital City would intervene immediately at the highest level; no one dares take such a risk, even if Han Shan himself considers it, others wouldn’t allow him to do that.”

“So what’s the situation now?”

“What else could it be? Old Chen himself isn’t satisfied with the results.”

Before coming to Capital City, Gao Hu had always run a hotpot restaurant in Sha City, so he was most familiar with the situation there.

“There’s a saying you all may have heard: ‘King Yama is easy to meet, but little ghosts are troublesome.’ Even with Chen’s strong backing, his family isn’t based in Sha City. Relationships in various places are complexly intertwined. Him, a dragon crossing the river, trying to remove a billion-level private hospital directly, others obviously won’t allow it. They can’t achieve what he wants, and it all comes down to who retreats first,”

“How can it be so complicated?”

Still with a pregnant belly, Song Yanxi spoke confidently, also particularly trusting in her man.

“I’ve also fully understood the situation. I won’t mention the reason it happened, but even before his grandparents were hospitalized, they didn’t use my husband’s name; they just thought it was a cold and, to save money, stayed in a regular ward, only to be swindled out of over a million easily—which my husband wouldn’t care about.

“The key issue is that my grandmother is dying. Even Zhang Shilin said she can’t live another month, and no amount of care could help; her body is completely devastated. A woman over eighty, forced to undergo several unnecessary surgeries.”

“You think my husband didn’t foresee this? He knew his actions would upset people sitting in Sha City and make the capital market nervous.

“Ultimately, he doesn’t care; nothing matters more than human life. What’s most critical is that he wants justice.

“Why should calamity only strike the unfortunate? If my grandparents had used his name before being hospitalized, not even ten Han Shan’s would dare touch her.”

If it weren’t for her pregnancy, Song Yanxi would have rushed to Sha City long ago.

Why would she discuss this so much otherwise?

How could she not know what her husband is thinking now? Plainly, he wanted justice for his grandmother before she died.

Merely pulling Liu Xiangfeng out as a pawn to take the fall, assuming all responsibility.

Impossible.

Now, it caused unrest for everyone.

The people from Han Shan’s side probably were wondering how Liu Xiangfeng had the misfortune of colliding with such a formidable dragon.

Even they most likely thought about sacrificing him to solve the problem.

As for Sha City, they were definitely dissatisfied with Chen Pingsheng’s actions.

If everyone were to act like him, a city would have descended into chaos long ago.

But now, there were thousands of people holding signs there, protesting against a private hospital.

Those with connections shivered with fear.

Those without connections were furiously cursing.

The situation needed to be calmed immediately, but the key question was, who could calm it?

The provincial government took real action because of Chen Pingsheng, repeatedly ordering a thorough investigation.

After all, things had indeed gone too far.

No wonder people were causing such an uproar, a life had been tragically destroyed.

And that place had been operating peacefully for over a decade.

It’s easy to calm the situation, but who knows how many victims there actually were?

If you try to calm things down now, but massive flaws are discovered later,

who will take responsibility?

So, everything just stalled at that point.

As for the local media, they all knew something big had happened, staring blankly at each other.

“Why don’t you go report it?”

“You go ahead…”

“I have a stomach ache.”

“My wife is pregnant.”

“My mother is getting married.”

There were plenty of excuses, and no one dared to play the role of an anonymous hero at this time.

Living is not easy for anyone, and being a good person has become a difficult challenge of the century.

The local citizens were also baffled, thinking such a big issue would definitely be covered by the urban life channels that love focusing on people’s issues. But it seemed like they had vanished.

In unclear situations, they broadcast news that was neither here nor there.

As for newspapers and other media, they were even more absurd.

Not a word was mentioned.

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It’s the same saying, the waters are too deep.

In a struggle between a powerful outsider and the local tyrant, anyone who dares to naively get involved should be ready for a severe reckoning later on.

Breaking the silence often just requires that one tiny, wavering compass.

The reason why Chen Pingsheng made such a fuss was, of course, not without purpose.

He was waiting, waiting for the victims of this private hospital to show up.

He was also waiting for those who had been oppressed by Han Mountain to come to him.

Once these people showed up, he was completely confident that he could change everyone’s attitude.

Eliminating crime and evil was not just a simple slogan.

It was truly a thunderous action.

Those big shots who thought they had been whitewashed, did they really think no one would trouble them anymore?

Chen Pingsheng didn’t believe in this superstition; he wanted to prove it with real action.

To send his grandmother off on her final journey, and to let the old lady rest in peace.

While the villains were a minority, most people were still trying hard to live on.

But indeed, it had become very difficult to be a good person.