I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 449: With Ease_1

Chapter 449: Chapter 449: With Ease_1

"Acting for others is quite tiring,"

Shen Dong could understand, not just tiring, but there must also be the smoothing of edges that comes with a man in his forties. He thought about this and looked back at Zhou Wenbin, "How about it, do you want to move up?"

Originally, Shen Dong had asked Zhou Wenbin the same thing. Now, Hai City no longer had Li Kaiyao.

Zhou Wenbin mulled over it and understood the implication, but he was somewhat incredulous and asked tentatively, "Second brother means, Mr. Kang..."

Shen Dong’s eyebrows twitched.

Zhou Wenbin seemed to understand something, his eyes flashing as he said, "As long as second brother trusts me, then I’ll follow Mr. Kang and learn well!"

As they passed by Silver Moonlight, Shen Dong didn’t go in. Instead, he pointed toward the alley behind Hai City Middle School and walked in saying, "If you stop him, he won’t be grateful. If you expose him, then you are a traitor, a traitor to the big brother."

"You are my man, and you will have your own men. You need to make them follow you, understand?"

Zhou Wenbin was so grateful that he nodded continuously, saying ’I understand’ repeatedly.

"Enough," Shen Dong grew increasingly authoritative, pointing a finger at Zhou Wenbin with teary eyes, "You too need to take a seat at the table. It’s embarrassing for the big brother to cry, it makes us a laughing stock."

Zhou Chengyu had said over tea that Zhou Wenbin wasn’t up to it, Kang Yue had also told Shen Dong that Zhou Wenbin was all play and no work.

Shen Dong never took these words to heart.

With familiar ease, Shen Dong took Zhou Wenbin to the Dongyan Media cafeteria. Stepping into the same territory with a different status felt extremely different.

They came to Dongyan Media without any special purpose, just to have a quiet place to talk secrets.

Shen Dong casually found a concrete step to sit on, turned his head toward Zhou Wenbin, who was standing timidly aside, and pointed with a smile, "It’s fine, come, sit beside me."

"Ah," Zhou Wenbin dared to sit down only then.

Shen Dong, taking it easy, lit up a cigarette and lay back on the lawn, "Hai City will surely be a civilized city in the future. The rice bowls of yellow gambling and drugs must be thoroughly smashed. There can’t be any criminal underworld, but if there must be, it can only be yours."

Zhou Wenbin instantly understood; was he to become the sole big brother?

Excited, he slapped his chest and committed, "Second brother, rest assured, as long as Mr. Biao doesn’t get in the way, in at most half a month, I will make..."

"Don’t talk so absolutely," Shen Dong smiled and cut him off.

He sat up, plucking at the withered grass, and said with deep meaning, "It’s not such an easy thing to completely eliminate. Besides, that’s just one aspect."

The supermarket from Jing City, just with a small wave of low-price promotions, made Baixin Grocery Store unable to withstand the pressure. What kind of impact will Hai City’s real sector have to endure when Huaxu’s wholesale market fully opens?

The outbursts and protests of the self-employed shop owners, that’s the real danger.

This issue, money can smooth over part of it, but there will definitely be a part that money can’t handle. These people, just a little instigation from Zhao Wenliang, and they become a flood and wild beasts.

Zhou Wenbin listened on the side, his expression growing more serious the more he heard.

His eyes showed a bit of conflict as he looked at Shen Dong, hesitating to say, "Second brother, is it really that serious?"

"The carpenter’s axe and the roofer’s knife, when you cut off people’s livelihoods, why wouldn’t they fight you desperately?" Shen Dong’s smile remained detached.

He pushed himself up with both hands on his knees and stood up, with a tone of regret, saying, "Ah, do you remember how I stopped Bowen back in the day?"

Zhou Wenbin didn’t reply but promised by nodding, "Second brother, it’s me who chickened out. I will definitely handle this matter well."

The incident of Shen Dong single-handedly confronting Bowen is something Zhou Wenbin would never forget in his lifetime.

Back then, Shen Dong, together with Zhao Ling’er, dared to enter the dragon’s den with just a few firecrackers and defy Big Brother Bowen to his face.

Zhou Wenbin often wondered, if it were him, would he dare?

He would dare.

But he couldn’t manage it as effortlessly as Shen Dong, and certainly couldn’t muster the same presence.

He was bound to be exposed on the spot and hacked to death in a frenzy.

"Big bro... ugh, where are you off to?" Zhou Wenbin displayed his loyalty, but getting no response for a while, he tried to make idle talk to get closer.

Just at that moment, Shen Dong suddenly bolted out.

Zhou Wenbin followed right behind him and after running only a few steps, he saw a group of kids in school uniforms ganging up and kicking Yang Haochen.

"Motherfucker!" Zhou Wenbin flew into a rage.

This was a slap in the face right there.

"You little bastards, you think you can ignore my words and dare to beat up my people?" He shouted as he rushed over and kicked one, then helped Yang Haochen, who was sprawled on the ground, to his feet.

The problem wasn’t that serious, it was just a simple fight.

But it was clear this wasn’t Yang Haochen’s first beating, with scars on his neck and arms, and his nosebleed mixing with the mud, turning his once clean face into a mess.

"Stop hitting." Zhou Wenbin had just kicked a few times when Shen Dong stopped him.

Shen Dong, with a dark expression on his face, stood next to Yang Haochen, "Do you know these guys?"

"I know them." Yang Haochen’s stubborn face was already bitten and bleeding.

Shen Dong stepped forward and hugged Yang Haochen, then shouted, "Hold him back!"

Zhou Wenbin, not knowing what was happening, quickly grabbed Yang Haochen, who struggled like an octopus, all the while shouting, "Why the hell aren’t you helping me! Beat them up!"

Shen Dong just gave the kids a cold look and turned to leave, saying heartlessly, "What’s the use in beating them, I’ll take you to beat up their dads."

The kids saw Shen Dong turn and walk away with a slight smile on his face, and upon hearing his words, they were thrown into disarray.

"What do we do now?"

"Find Wu Fengxia, ask her."

Shen Dong hadn’t walked far when he heard the name Wu Fengxia.

At the wedding banquet of Yang Guicheng’s daughter, Shen Dong had met Wu Fengxia’s father and held considerable respect for him.

Thinking this, Shen Dong asked Yang Haochen, "Do you know why they’re beating you?"

"It’s because of the grocery store." Yang Haochen wiped the blood from his nose with his sleeves, fuming, "Their families opened a grocery store together in Hai City, undercutting prices and ruining our business. Didn’t I come find you for help? Then Kang Yue talked to my dad, and our business took off."

"Basically, they’re just jealous our business is doing well."

Yang Haochen’s speech was disjointed, and he couldn’t clearly explain, but Shen Dong understood.

Jing City was promoting sales, drawing in crowds, and was bound to lose money in the process.

Just as they went back to regular pricing hoping to make a profit, the customers abandoned their mall for Baixin Grocery Store, which was supplied by Huaxu.

That would cause the Jing City mall to lose big, they’d either have to lower prices again for promotions, or be stuck with unsold goods about to spoil.

Now that Shen Dong understood the connection, he had something to consider and casually took out his phone to call Kang Yue.

On Kang Yue’s end, it seemed they were close to wrapping up, as he could hear the cheerful laughter of Zhou Chengyu and Yang Guicheng over the phone.

"What’s up?"

"Come meet me at the entrance of Silver Moonlight, we’re going to beat up that bunch of ’aristocrats’ from Jing City."

"Shen Dong, what the hell are you doing?"

"Revenge!"

"You’re tired of living a good life and just have to go looking for trouble, huh? Fight, dammit, but when shit really hits the fan, don’t you dare come crying to me!"

Swearing, Zhou Chengyu really started calling people.