I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 451 Keeping Silent_1

Chapter 451: Chapter 451 Keeping Silent_1

Hearing this, the bosses all panicked.

If things were taken to the government office, it would be like a wasted effort—a single red note from the authorities, and any amount invested in the project would go down the drain.

"No, Big Brother, this was really just the kids causing trouble. We might be fools, but we wouldn’t do something so embarrassing," someone explained, though another person was more defiant.

"Clearly, you’re seizing on an excuse to swindle us. Zhou Chengyu, if you’re so tough, go ahead and call the cops." The speaker was a new face, but his facial features strongly resembled someone else.

Shen Dong’s eyes shifted, and with a raised eyebrow he looked at the man, "Your son is Yan Zhuang, right? Handsome kid, just a bit lacking."

Upon hearing this, the defiant one immediately turned frosty, "What do you mean by that?"

"Big Brother," Shen Dong didn’t reply but instead looked up at Zhou Chengyu, "Seems like we’re not reaching an agreement, so let’s just do things our way."

Zhou Chengyu knew exactly what to do and let out a cold laugh. As he turned to walk away, he murmured, "It’s not a big deal, just all sorts of mess mingled together. Sigh, Loo Xingchen’s doing quite well in Jing City."

"What, you swindled him out of forty million and now you want to swindle more?"

Shen Dong responded with a laugh, putting an arm on Yang Haochen’s shoulder, standing by the door, "Dear brothers, please frequent Hai City more often in the future, there are some..."

The threat was veiled like a knife, and the people from Jing City could clearly understand it, not to mention the ’black and white’ threat. With more than a hundred people controlling the strategic pass, blocking all construction materials, the construction site would be forced to halt completely.

Indeed, before Shen Dong could finish speaking, some people from Jing City could no longer bear it.

The first one to come forward was Zhang Fumin.

This man had been beaten, and he didn’t care about losing face any further; he came up and grabbed Zhou Chengyu, "Big Brother, I apologize... How about you tell me what will make you let it go!"

"Ask him, he’s the one who got his friend beaten up." Zhou Chengyu glanced sideways without a word, looking towards Shen Dong.

Seeing the situation, Yan Zhuang’s father, the one who had forced Shen Dong to eat a hundred buns at Dongyan Media, lost his temper, "Zhou Chengyu, you’re taking us too lightly, having a kid handle our negotiations?"

Zhou Chengyu just sneered without turning his head and walked out the door.

Perfect performance, full marks.

Shen Dong silently gave his approval, then turned to Zhang Fumin, "Every grievance has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. Take your sons to Baixin Grocery Store to apologize and pay compensation. Of course, this matter won’t just blow over. If you people from Jing City play any dirty tricks, I can’t stop Chengyu."

"Of course." Shen Dong’s voice suddenly rose, he turned to look at Yan Zhuang’s father with a smile, "Some people just have to test Chengyu’s temper, and there’s nothing I can do about that."

"The steel factory, right?"

Mentioning his son and the steel factory together with Zhou Chengyu’s stature in Hai City, this naked threat made Yan Zhuang’s father unable to act arrogant any longer.

He showed a hint of struggle in his eyes and compromised, "Big Brother, it’s not like I want to pick a fight with you, but elevating a child’s issue to this level is really not appropriate."

It wasn’t worth offending Zhou Chengyu just to apologize and pay compensation.

The ’important figures’ from Jing City all thought the same, especially seeing Yan Zhuang giving in, they too relaxed their stances, "Yeah, Big Brother, if you’re insisting on standing up for the kid, let’s just take them out for a meal, okay? We shouldn’t let the kids affect our goodwill."

Sure thing, Shen Dong tugged at Zhou Chengyu as he walked out the door.

He didn’t plan to make them capitulate at once. Caving in once meant it could happen again, especially with that Zhang Fumin, who was bound to come knocking sooner or later.

Shen Dong left with Yang Haochen, squeezing through the corridor.

Stepping back into daylight, Yang Haochen immediately gave a thumbs up, "Shen Dong, you’re really incredible, you left those bosses with no fight left in them."

Shen Dong wanted to brag a bit more, but when he heard his brother’s words, his tone became somber, "I’m not impressive at all."

He was afraid, and he didn’t know how to guide his brother. Should he educate him with fervent and generous speeches like a teacher?

If he wasn’t careful, he might ruin their brotherly bond.

He chose his words cautiously and, under Yang Haochen’s perplexed gaze, said earnestly, "I am of value, I can earn money for Third Brother and Li Kaiyao through my own knowledge and ability, that is why they help me, and because they help me, I am impressive."

"Think about it, if I were useless, would Third Brother and Li Kaiyao still help me?"

Yang Haochen seemed to understand but not quite, his eyes filled with confusion, "So it’s about, getting to know more people to help oneself? Is going to school really useful?"

Hearing this, Shen Dong immediately thought of Mr. Hu’s words and immediately became serious, "School is a shortcut to success."

"Shen Dong!" Kang Yue had been following behind the two and, after listening for a while, suddenly interjected.

She swept her hand over Yang Haochen’s head with a smile, "Doesn’t your family own a grocery store? On the weekends, go pick some goods, find a place to sell them on your own, by any means, make a thousand dollars."

"Ah?" Yang Haochen was startled and turned to look at Shen Dong.

Before Shen Dong could speak, Kang Yue patted him and said, "You let Zhou Wenbin go with them, safety first."

Shen Dong didn’t understand, but he also trusted Kang Yue’s judgment and nodded earnestly, "Go ahead, try it out and you’ll know if school is really useful."

"Okay, then I’ll go home?" Yang Haochen was a bit eager; indeed, his view on life had been influenced by Shen Dong, constantly thinking about how to do business and make a lot of money like Shen Dong.

As soon as he left, Kang Yue explained with a smile, "Kids are the most stubborn. The more you obstruct them, the more persistent they become. If you let go and let them do it on their own,

they’ll suffer, hit walls, and naturally give up. Moreover, they will reflect during this process and understand the importance of education, at least it’s not a bad thing."

"If you want to inspire them to study hard, it’s best to let them follow Wang Wei."

Wang Wei?

Shen Dong frowned, "Why suddenly bring up that girl?"

"She must be crazy, thinking she can definitely make it."

He never forgot what he was making money for in this lifetime, to stand up to those so-called high society and tear off their masks completely.

Thinking this, Shen Dong turned back to look at Kang Yue, "Do you have dreams?"

"My goodness, look at you." Kang Yue’s disdainful expression sized up Shen Dong from top to bottom, "Have you gone mad? Talking about dreams?"

"Why not talk about them?" Shen Dong felt it was absurd; why couldn’t they talk about dreams?

Kang Yue scoffed with contempt, "You think dreams are about wispy clouds, about the azure sea, but in reality, dreams are just piss and shit."

"In my last life, I could be considered successful, but what of it? To my boss, my success was just an excellent tool."

"If he wanted to sleep with me, I had to obediently take off my pants, or else, get lost!"

For some reason, whenever success was mentioned, Kang Yue was always full of complaints and resentments, like someone standing mid-mountain telling the climbers, ’Don’t come up, it’s disgusting’.

With the conversation having reached this point, Shen Dong had nothing to add and chose to keep silent.

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