"This is the village committee secretary, her name is Tian Mengyao."
Lin Fan introduced Tian Mengyao last.
"This one..."
Zhou Yi looked at Tian Mengyao with surprise: "I feel like I've seen you somewhere before?"
"Sister Zhou, you might be mistaken."
Tian Mengyao lowered her head, vaguely having an impression of Zhou Yi as well. It seemed she had a drink with Zhou Yi once at a party with her father.
*Knock knock knock!*
Li Si knocked on the car window at this moment. He knocked with one hand while holding Zeng Ping with the other, asking, "Boss, I've brought the person. How should we handle him?"
Tian Mengyao sat on the outermost side. Hearing this, she subconsciously looked at Lin Fan. Lin Fan was also a bit stunned. He hadn't expected Li Si to bring the person down. Zhou Yi didn't make a statement; Zeng Ping was too insignificant for her to deal with. She could arrange it however Lin Fan wanted.
Tian Mengyao pulled open the car door at this moment and saw the once arrogant Zeng Ping, now covered in large grey footprints, with bloodstains still wet at the corners of his mouth.
"Kneel!"
Li Si kicked Zeng Ping behind the knees, forcing him to his knees on the ground.
"Director Zhou, I was wrong."
Zeng Ping hung his head and pleaded in a low voice.
"Who are you?"
Zhou Yi glanced at Zeng Ping and said coldly, "I don't know you, why are you talking to me?"
"I..."
Zeng Ping's face was extremely ugly. He could only suffer in silence now. If Zhou Yi wanted to deal with him, she could do it with just a word, and he would be ruined! She was the president of the Yunqing City Real Estate Association! He was merely the boss of a small company, how could he compare? Even if Zhou Yi just made a phone call, preventing his people from entering various communities, the liquidated damages alone would be enough to bankrupt him! He lowered his head deeply and apologized, "I'm sorry, everyone. I apologize to all of you."
Li Si kicked him in the neck and cursed, "You think a few words will suffice?" This kick was so hard it directly caused a bloody gash on his ear.
"I'm sorry."
Zeng Ping felt a pain in his left ear and a warm liquid trickling down. However, he didn't dare to touch it and began slapping himself.
*Slap!*
"I'm sorry."
*Slap!*
"I was wrong."
*Slap!*
"Spare me."
*Slap, slap, slap...*
Zeng Ping slapped himself while apologizing, quickly turning himself into a bruised mess. Xia Xue, Tian Mengyao, and Song Yue gradually showed expressions of sympathy. Even a murderer only needs a nod. Although he was despicable before, seeing him in such a pathetic state, the three beauties couldn't help but feel a pang of pity.
Lin Fan saw that the three beauties' compassion was overflowing and said, "Alright, alright."
Upon hearing this, Zeng Ping immediately showed a twisted smile: "Grandpa, you forgive me?" Lin Fan snorted, thinking, "If killing weren't illegal, you'd be dead by now!" He thought this, but in reality, it was only for the sake of the three beauties. He didn't want them, especially his sister-in-law, to witness something too brutal.
Li Si was perceptive and saw that Lin Fan was still seething with anger. He kicked Zeng Ping down and said, "Forgive you? You wish!"
Xia Xue immediately grabbed Lin Fan's arm and persuaded, "Xiao Fan, let it go. If this continues, someone will die!"
Lin Fan nodded and waved his hand, "Forget it, forget it, stop hitting him."
"Thank you, Grandpa!"
Zeng Ping kowtowed five or six times, feeling like he had received a great pardon. Li Si, fearing that the boss's friends would be worried, grabbed Zeng Ping by the collar and asked, "Let me ask you, how did you get this injury?"
"I fell myself."
"And what about your store?"
"I'm renovating it, I smashed it myself."
"Good for you for being sensible."
Li Si smiled and patted his swollen face.
"Thank you for your compliment."
As Zeng Ping finished speaking, several police cars drove over from the traffic light. Seeing this, Li Si said to Zhou Yi, "Boss, please step aside, I'll handle this."
Zhou Yi nodded and smiled at Tian Mengyao, "Little sister, please close the car door."
*Bang!*
With a heavy, soft thud, the driver started the car and drove forward.
At the same time, Zeng Ping got up from the ground and bowed to Li Si, "Thank you, Brother Si, for showing mercy."
"Enough, blame yourself for not having eyes. That's Director Zhou's good friend, didn't you see how angry she was?"
As he spoke, Li Si had already sent a message for his subordinates to withdraw.
"I really didn't know!"
Zeng Ping truly felt like he had bitten a bitter gourd and had no one to tell. Who did he offend? His employee called him from the store saying someone was causing trouble, could he ignore it? His employee was beaten, could he not step forward? Who could have known that the seemingly ordinary man and three women were actually good friends of the chairman of Xinghe Group? Damn it! He could only blame himself for doing too many bad things in his life!
Zeng Ping thought about it and was still angry, so he decided to teach the female manager a lesson. If he couldn't deal with others, couldn't he deal with her? It was all her fault for causing him trouble, he'd see how he'd deal with her tonight!
"Brother Si, thank you for your leniency today. I'll host a banquet another day to apologize to you."
"No need!"
Li Si refused outright. He was in the sand and gravel business, and Zhou Yi was his major client. If the major client found out, he wouldn't be able to get away with it either.
"Kid, watch yourself in the future. You might not be so lucky next time."
"I understand, Brother Si."
...
On the other side, in the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Tian Mengyao's phone suddenly rang: "An ageless long sword, a face reflected in the sword, time has whitened temples, an aging face, no longer the handsome youth of the past..."
"Oh no!"
Tian Mengyao suddenly remembered that she had asked Uncle Sun for help.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Fan saw her panic and thought something big had happened to her.
"The village committee car is parked at the entrance of the furniture city, and I... I also arranged to meet an elder there."
Tian Mengyao answered the phone, patting her thigh in distress.
Zhou Yi kept looking at her, feeling she looked familiar but couldn't recall who she was.
"Turn back."
Zhou Yi pressed the button to disable soundproofing and said to the driver. As for what had just happened, it was as if it had never occurred for her. No matter who investigated, it wouldn't lead back to her. There were always people willing to take the blame for her, and she could just pay them.
Thus, five minutes later, the Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped in front of the furniture city again. Many onlookers who had seen Zeng Ping kneeling and slapping himself by the car quickly moved away, thinking this group hadn't had enough and had returned to teach Zeng Ping a lesson.
Tian Mengyao was the first to jump out of the car. Lin Fan looked at Zhou Yi and apologized, "Sister Zhou, I won't be joining you for dinner."
"Xiao Fan, you promised me! Come back and do a full feng shui reading for me, my residence, my company, my construction sites, everything."
After Zhou Yi finished speaking, the driver thought, "Director Zhou really got her money's worth on this!"
Lin Fan patted his chest and guaranteed, "Definitely, I will keep my word!"