School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert-Chapter 573 - 575: Qin Family Members

"Yes, yes, we’ll change it right away," Li Fangrui nodded hastily, without a hint of resistance. The common people have never contended with officials since ancient times. Moreover, the other party was clearly well-prepared. Thus, Li Fangrui quickly instructed his deputy with a few words.

It wasn’t long before the assistant hurried over with several packs of cigarettes.

"Deputy Director Liu, this is a small token of appreciation for your comrades," Li Fangrui said awkwardly, "Just a few packs of cigarettes, I hope you’ll accept them."

After that, Li Fangrui leaned in close to Deputy Director Liu’s ear and whispered, "I’ll give you a big red envelope later."

In theory, the matter should have been settled at this point. However, Deputy Director Liu knew that his purpose today was not so simple, not just to collect red envelopes or cigarettes. It was to conduct an inspection. Deputy Director Liu quickly shook his head, "No, no, don’t mess around, please respect our work."

"Ah..." Li Fangrui panicked. Having said what he did, he was clearly at a loss. Li Fangrui took a deep breath and then asked, "Deputy Director Liu, what... what exactly is going on here?"

"Your work has not been up to par," Deputy Director Liu smiled and then said, "If your work were up to par, I wouldn’t have needed to make this trip. We’ll proceed according to procedures. Issue warnings where warnings are due, and order rectifications where necessary!"

"There are major fire safety hazards, and we are going to issue rectification notices," Captain Zuo spoke up. "Starting tomorrow, your business must close for rectification, until the improvements meet the standards and you can reopen for business."

"Ah..." Li Fangrui’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"Tomorrow, I will send someone to seal your business with an official notice of rectification," Captain Zuo said indifferently, "Alright, let’s go."

With that, the group turned and left, leaving no room for Li Fangrui to argue. Watching their departing figures, the people around Li Fangrui were all at a loss, staring blankly with wide eyes and gaping mouths.

"Manager Li, what do we do now... What do we do now?" several administrative staff members asked.

"I don’t know!" Li Fangrui shook his head, saying, "I need to call Director Yang!"

Yang Lu had now been promoted to the General Manager of Hanmen Restaurant, in charge of coordinating all the restaurants. Suddenly receiving a call from the provincial city’s restaurant, Yang Lu was also surprised. Frowning, she said, "Strange, what’s going on?"

"Who knows!" Li Fangrui shook his head and then said, "It feels like they did this on purpose."

"Then someone must be scheming against us in the background," Yang Lu took a deep breath and said, "I’ll make a call and ask around."

"Okay!" Li Fangrui nodded.

Yang Lu had spent quite some time in the provincial city, and most importantly, she had some connections and means there. So, she hoped to solve the problem with her own call. But when she called, the other party was hesitant to speak.

After several phone calls, no one dared to say much, all of them avoiding Yang Lu’s question. Finally, a leader from the National Taxation Agency reminded her with a chuckle, "Xiao Yang, there are no unprovoked dislikes. Since you’ve encountered this trouble, it’s clear that someone is targeting you. You must be aware of this too, right?"

"Director Liu, could you give me a hint?" Yang Lu said awkwardly, "Although I know someone might be targeting me, I don’t want to be targeted for no reason. I need to know why. Besides, I’m usually quite easy-going. Who would be so bored as to target me?"

"Hehe..." Director Liu chuckled.

"Oh, by the way, I’ve just received some liquor. Tomorrow, I’ll send two bottles of Maotai to you," Yang Lu hurriedly said with a laugh.

"Two bottles..." Director Liu’s voice hesitated as if on purpose.

"Then, how about a whole case?" Yang Lu felt the pain. You should know that a bottle of Maotai cost over a thousand yuan. A case contains six bottles, which meant to get a bit of information would cost her seven to eight thousand yuan. What an extravagant expense! But it seemed there were no other options.

"That’s settled!" Director Liu nodded, saying, "My driver will go to your restaurant for a meal tomorrow, you can pass it on to him then."

"Er... Okay!" Upon hearing this, Yang Lu immediately became irate. After giving away a case of liquor, now she had to offer a free meal for their driver, which could cost several hundred or even a thousand yuan? Thinking about this made Yang Lu seethe with anger, but she had to suppress it.

"Originally, I wasn’t very clear on the matter either. It was only through chatting with some people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau this afternoon that I learned," Yang Lu laughed and then said, "It seems to be the Qin Family behind this. If I’m not mistaken, it must be Qin Jun."

Yang Lu seemed baffled and confused, "Why would this Qin Family person want to target us? The Qin Family is vast and wealthy, and we have no relations with them. Why would they do such a thing?"

"I’m not too clear on that either," Director Liu shook his head and then added, "Besides, this is a matter among you business folks. I don’t know anything about that. I’ve said all that I can say, haha..."

"Yes, yes, the liquor will definitely be sent to you," Yang Lu quickly expressed her thanks, saying, "Thank you so much for your help!"

"It’s nothing!" Director Liu shook his head, then added, "Let’s just leave this matter as it is; I’m going to hang up now."

"Yes, yes!" Yang Lu immediately nodded.

After that, Director Liu quickly hung up the phone.

Clutching the phone, Yang Lu thought for a long time. Then, she immediately called Xiao Han.

"The Qin Family members?" As soon as Xiao Han heard this, he immediately understood what it meant, chuckled, and said, "This matter seems to be quite tricky."

"What should we do?" Yang Lu became anxious and said, "We are currently opening a branch in the provincial city; the main store in the provincial city absolutely cannot have any issues. Otherwise, how can we continue with the business?"

"Don’t worry, I will find a way," Xiao Han chuckled and said, "I will make sure our business won’t come to an end."

"That’s great!" Yang Lu nodded, seeming to find some comfort in her heart.

However, one must realize that in the entire provincial city, the power of the Qin Family was overwhelmingly dominant. Xiao Han was but a student, and although he had some business acumen, when compared to the colossal machine that was the Qin Family, Hanmen was at best an infant. The two were simply not on the same level. If there were a direct confrontation, it would bring no benefits to Hanmen.

Xiao Han took a deep breath and said, "Sister Yang, rest assured. There will be absolutely no problems on this end in the provincial city."

"That’s good to hear," Yang Lu nodded.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Han pondered for a moment. Qin Jun was targeting him, either to stand up for his younger brother or for his own sake. Last time, when Xiao Han took Lan Yudie away right in front of Qin Jun, there was no reaction from him. It wasn’t until more than half a month later that he took action, which was beyond Xiao Han’s expectations. Moreover, with Xiao Han having beaten Qin Xiaotian can go in the school cafeteria a few days ago—a matter that caused quite a stir and became widely known throughout the school—it seemed likely that Qin Jun was now settling both new and old scores at once.

After a long thought, a person came to mind for Xiao Han, and that person was Mo Shaocong, who had quite some capability at the Provincial Committee.

However, Xiao Han always felt that troubling Mo Shaocong with this kind of matter seemed somewhat improper.

So, after much consideration, he eventually decided not to bother Mo Shaocong and resolved to visit the Municipal Committee in person instead. The secretary of the Municipal Committee managing the provincial city was a middle-aged man in his fifties named Liu Shaorong. Previously serving as a top official in the local government, and thanks to his satisfactory performance, coupled with his gift of the gab, knowing how to flatter and navigate interpersonal relationships, he was rapidly transferred to the provincial city to take up the position of Municipal Committee Secretary.

Province Z was an economically strong province within the country, and now having been moved to the central city of Province Z to serve as secretary was indeed very pleasing to him.

Liu Shaorong had already been working at the Provincial Committee in his forties, and several years had passed since then. With no hope for promotion, he consequently focused his energy on other areas, such as a desire for money and women.

On a Friday night, a black Santana parked at the entrance of an art school.

This was a very ordinary Santana, unremarkable and inconspicuous compared to the parked Mercedes, BMWs, and Porsches around it; the car seemed somewhat inferior. Inside the Santana sat a young man.

The man was around thirty years old and looked curiously out the window.

Before long, a girl about 1.65 meters tall with a well-proportioned figure walked out from the school. The girl saw the conspicuous car from afar, pursed her lips, and hastened over before getting into the car.

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The girl was very pretty. There were many pretty girls in the art school, too. After getting into the car, she asked, "Where’s Old Liu?"

"Secretary Liu is busy today, so he sent me to pick you up personally," the young man smiled and said, "I’ll take you to him now. Secretary Liu will later come to meet you in person!"

"Okay!" Upon hearing this, the girl could only nod her head.

To her, it didn’t matter who came to pick her up, though, of course, it would have been a very nice thing if Liu Shaorong had come personally. The girl carried a red purse, which had a conspicuous metal clasp. It was a popular Chanel bag, costing about fifty thousand at a boutique.

For a girl still in school, a price tag of over fifty thousand was incredibly high.

The driver quickly started the car and headed straight for the downtown area.

Soon, the car arrived at a high-end apartment building in the city center. The security at the gate was very strict. After confirming the license plate, the guards allowed entry and even gave a salute. The driver stepped on the gas and drove in.

After arriving at the complex, the girl got out of the car and went up to the apartment alone.

This was one of Liu Shaorong’s residences, or more accurately, this high-end apartment had been purchased just to provide for the girl. The apartment was over a hundred square meters, with a market price of about two million.