The Supreme Beauty Fell in Love with Me

Seeing Xiao Xue pinching her nose, Lin Chuan teased, "Why are you pinching your nose? Is there some kind of strange smell here?"

"More than strange, it's simply stinky to high heaven." Xiao Xue huffed.

"Ha ha..." Lin Chuan laughed heartily.

At this moment, Xiao Xue asked with concern, "Lin Chuan, you might need to be more careful these days."

"Why?" Lin Chuan asked.

"It might not be peaceful lately." Xiao Xue looked worriedly at Lin Chuan, "With things having blown up to this extent, if it escalates to the provincial capital or even central government, I'm afraid even Secretary Tang won't be able to protect you."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Lin Chuan said with a smile, "I'm a guy who stands tall and pees."

"You!" Xiao Xue frowned, "You're just too crude. If you could be more gentlemanly, wouldn't that be nice?"

"Ha ha ha." Lin Chuan laughed, "Like Bai Yifan, a sissy?"

"Not a sissy, Mr. Bai is sunshine and handsome," Xiao Xue pouted her red lips.

"And what about me?" Lin Chuan asked curiously.

"You're crude, but manly enough," Xiao Xue said with a laugh.

"Then do you like me or someone like Bai Yifan?" Lin Chuan asked with a grin.

"Ah?!" Xiao Xue immediately froze, her face turned red and she lowered her head, "I... I definitely like someone like you."

Lin Chuan was stunned, he didn't dare to continue asking, it seemed he had already understood something.

Fortunately, they soon arrived at Tang Yumeng's office and both of them rushed in. Xiao Xue closed the door from the outside. Lin Chuan looked at her with a grin and then said, "Sis, you wanted to see me?"

"Of course, I needed to see you," Tang Yumeng said with a displeased look, "You've caused trouble, how could I not look for you?"

"Where have I caused trouble?" Lin Chuan asked in astonishment.

"Still pretending you haven't?" Tang Yumeng threw the newspaper she was holding at him, "Look at this, the way you guys fought was so fierce, the energy you had in the fight so mighty, even the police weren't your match, and you even dared to hit the media reporters. You guys really think you're invincible, truly reckless."

"Sis, don't scare me," Lin Chuan chuckled, "You officials always speak so diplomatically. When you put it so seriously, my little heart can't take it."

Pfft...

Tang Yumeng suddenly burst into laughter at Lin Chuan's words, unable to contain it.

However, Tang Yumeng quickly regained her stern expression, she looked angrily at Lin Chuan, "You jerk, aren't you afraid at all?"

"What am I afraid of?" Lin Chuan frowned, "Let them make a big deal out of it, I'm not afraid."

"You're not afraid, but I am!" Tang Yumeng frowned, "If you get arrested, what am I supposed to do? Are you suggesting that I wait for you for ten years? Or twenty years? By that time, I'll be old and faded."

"Sis, don't worry, it won't happen," Lin Chuan smiled, "There really isn't anyone who dares to arrest me."

"You!" Tang Yumeng thought Lin Chuan was being stubborn. Frowning, she said, "You jerk, the City Committee dares to arrest you, but what about the Provincial Committee? The central government? Aren't you afraid they might deploy armed police or the military?"

"Me!" Lin Chuan didn't know how to explain to Tang Yumeng, or what to say. After thinking for a bit, he smiled and said, "Sis, if something happens to me, or I'm in danger, please don't worry about me and don't intervene to help me, alright?"

"I can't do that." Tang Yumeng shook her head.

"Sis, I don't want you to worry about me." Lin Chuan took Tang Yumeng's hand and smiled, "I know you love me, you're worried about me, you don't want anything to happen to me, but I even more don't want to implicate you, I don't want to drag you into this. Because I also love you, I love you deeply. I only want to use my life to protect you. Not to make you protect me. A man's hands are meant to cherish a woman, not to have a woman protecting him."

Lin Chuan's heartfelt declaration immediately touched Tang Yumeng.

"Lin Chuan, I'm really worried about you," Tang Yumeng threw herself into Lin Chuan's arms, "I'm really scared that one day I won't be able to protect you, I'm afraid that with my limited abilities, I won't be able to keep you safe. Do you understand?"

"Of course, I understand." Lin Chuan embraced Tang Yumeng, "Sis, do you believe in me?"

"I believe." Tang Yumeng nodded right away.

"Alright, then trust me, no matter what happens to me, I absolutely won't be in trouble." Lin Chuan looked at Tang Yumeng earnestly.

"I really want to trust you, but I can't." Tang Yumeng shook her head.

After all, the human heart is made of flesh, and Lin Chuan is her man, how could she just watch Lin Chuan being arrested, apprehended, and locked up without intervening or abandoning him? Obviously, that was something Tang Yumeng found impossible to do.

"Then..." Lin Chuan thought for a moment and said, "In that case, try not to take action. I'll find a way to resolve it myself, okay?"

"I'll try my best." Tang Yumeng nodded.

Lin Chuan couldn't help but laugh, then said, "That's more like it."

"But today, a comrade from the Provincial Committee called me about your matter." Tang Yumeng was still anxious and said, "It seems that the higher-ups are planning to rectify Feixiang Company, so you, you need to be careful."

"This..." Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I can handle it."

"How will you handle it?" Tang Yumeng couldn't help but reprimand him, saying, "The same way you deal with the people from the City Committee? I'm afraid you'll bite off more than you can chew."

"Hehe..." Lin Chuan chuckled, not because he had no solution, but because he didn't want Tang Yumeng to worry.

In the shadows, various forces were at work, with almost everyone flaunting their influence brazenly. Nearly all deliberately regarded Lin Chuan as a local strongman, a villain, an evil-doer capable of any atrocity. Wave after wave of media hype, and the local public security departments, police stations, also conducted exercises targeting local strongmen one after another.

Of course, the unluckiest were those from Jiangbei City, such as low-level hoodlums who gathered a few people to form their own gangs and swindled and cheated everywhere, causing many to suffer terribly. These individuals quickly became the focus of the crackdown exercises.

At the police station, Song Hao led a group of police officers to carry out severe crackdowns in the eastern district of Jiangbei City, with several villains being arrested nearly every day, either for extortion or for robbery and rape. In the end, all the media hype seemed to be pointing towards one place, which was Feixiang Company and Lin Chuan.

In theory, Feixiang Company had not done anything bad; if they had to be accused of something, it would be the opening of Haiqing Pool, but Haiqing Pool of Feixiang Company was fundamentally different from Qinghua Pool.

Eventually, what people did not wish to happen still occurred.

July 3rd.

It was supposed to be an ordinary day, the sky was clear and a brilliant blue that seemed to take your breath away, a joy to behold.

Two sand barges had already gone out to dredge sand from the river, Zhou Kai and the others were working inside the market, more than ten large trucks lined up in the transport market to get sand. The repair shop was also doing a good business, with the number of staff expanding to more than ten people, and many young workers busily at work. Uncle Liu and Uncle Liang were directing them. It was becoming challenging to work with their advancing age, so they planned to train the youngsters to take over. Both of them did whatever they could handle on the side. After all, they couldn't let down Lin Chuan with the five thousand monthly salary.

The weather was good, and everyone was feeling upbeat.

The brothers were also working very hard, with a united spirit.

Zhou Kai wore a safety helmet, a cigarette hanging from his lips, followed by two younger brothers, looking incredibly imposing. Zhou Kai enjoyed this feeling very much; not only could he make money, but he could also flaunt his status and position. It was all beyond imagination in the past.

Now, Zhou Kai could earn more than twenty thousand dollars in salary a month, of course, this money was just a small part, with the bulk to be given out at the end of the year. The sand field, transport market, repair shop, Haiqing Pool, these were all Lin Chuan's businesses, earning profits of several million a year. According to this year's trend, the profits should reach tens of millions. Therefore, the brothers were very enthusiastic about their work, and all this was for the end-of-year bonus. That was the real jackpot.

"Bro Kai, give me a cigarette!" Li Qiang stood on a pile of sand, holding a shovel in his hands.

"You little rascal, you ran out of cigarettes?" Zhou Kai glared at him.

"I have." Li Qiang nodded hurriedly and said, "But I just want to smoke yours, 'Heaven and Earth'!"

"Get lost!" Zhou Kai replied irritably, "Do you think you can smoke a cigarette that costs more than a hundred bucks whenever you want?"

"Uh..." Li Qiang widened his eyes.

But Zhou Kai leisurely lit one up and said, "This is the only one, if you want more there won't be any left."

"Hehe..." Seeing this, Li Qiang immediately grinned, saying, "Great, that's wonderful. Thank you, Brother Kai, thank you, Brother Kai."

"I want one too." Liu Cheng immediately gathered around.

Before Zhou Kai could react, Li Qiang's 'Heaven and Earth' cigarette was snatched away by them.

Seeing this, Zhou Kai shouted: "Damn it, you bastards, you actually dared to steal my smoke."

"Run." After snatching one, Liu Cheng immediately threw the remaining cigarettes to the other brothers. None of them would miss the opportunity to smoke a good cigarette; each quickly took one from the pack, and then they scattered in all directions.