When Zhang Guodong received the call from Fatty, he was accompanying Li Yun on a tour of the cultural corridor in the North Square. The combination of modern architectural art and ancient cultural atmosphere made the cultural corridor a beautiful sight. Many people enjoyed experiencing poetry recitation here; it was quite crowded.

The New Year atmosphere was also very strong. Zhang Guodong and Li Yun each carried a red lantern. Li Yun also had a string of candied hawthorns in her mouth. She didn't mind the sourness and ate them with relish. Zhang Guodong, on the other hand, couldn't eat hawthorns.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Li Yun asked immediately when she noticed Zhang Guodong's pale face.

"The shop has been vandalized!" Zhang Guodong said in a deep voice.

Li Yun exclaimed, then angrily demanded, "Do you know who did it?"

That's where she lives, and someone actually dared to vandalize it!

"I don't know, let's go back first, Fatty's already there!" Zhang Guodong shook his head. Actually, upon hearing this news, he immediately had a guess, but such a guess without evidence was useless.

"Okay, let's go back right away!" Li Yun was no longer in the mood for sightseeing and urged Zhang Guodong to drive towards Green Treasure Pavilion.

The fat man arrived at Green Treasure Pavilion as soon as possible.

Xiao Ye called to report the vandalism. When the police received the call, officers from the bureau were present. They informed the bureau, and upon hearing that it was Green Treasure Pavilion, Xiao Ye immediately led a team to the scene.

Then, while rushing, he called the fat man.

He was also annoyed.

They've benefited from Green Treasure Pavilion's success; having their shop vandalized makes them lose face.

Moreover, that place is frequented by relatives of some district leaders. For example, Deputy Director Jiang's wife occasionally patronizes it, as does Deputy District Head Luo. The families of provincial TV station leaders living nearby are also regulars there. Smashing the shop isn't a big deal, but it will definitely put pressure on them to solve the case within a certain timeframe. Not to mention, Deputy District Head Luo is about to be promoted to a permanent position, as is Deputy Director Jiang.

When Zhang Guodong and Li Yun arrived by car, there were already two police cars in front of the store with flashing lights, and police officers inside and outside were taking photos and preserving evidence.

The fat man was right next to them, and Xiao Ye was reporting something.

"Have they caught the person?" Zhang Guodong asked immediately upon arrival.

"Boss Zhang is here. We have already opened a case and started the investigation. The specific situation is that the water tank and other items on the first floor of Green Treasure Pavilion were smashed and basically destroyed. Fortunately, the second floor is intact because the perpetrators probably didn't have time. Can you go upstairs and see if anything is missing?" As soon as Xiao Ye saw Zhang Guodong arrive, he immediately nodded to Zhang Guodong and then spoke in a businesslike tone.

There are other people around; it's best not to bring such personal relationships into the room.

“Okay!” Zhang Guodong nodded and went into the store with Fatty, Xiao Ye, and Li Yun, going up to the second floor.

Just as Xiao Ye said, nothing was stolen from the second floor; even valuable items like computers were intact. This means that these people had planned this specifically to vandalize Green Treasure Pavilion. And they did it cleanly and efficiently, smashing everything and leaving immediately!

Zhang Guodong had a gloomy face, and the fat man also had a stern face.

Green Treasure Pavilion is owned by Zhang Guodong. Having the shop vandalized is a slap in the face for him; these people are incredibly arrogant. However, he was more worried about Zhang Guodong. He knew Zhang Guodong could be extremely stubborn at times, the kind of person who couldn't be swayed by even eight oxen.

The first floor suffered losses of approximately 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, marking the first time such an incident has occurred since the store opened.

Think about it, could the vandalism of Green Treasure Pavilion be related to some competitors? Or perhaps Haitong Catering? Green Treasure Pavilion has something that people envy: pure natural wild products. Since its opening, some nearby seafood shops have been greatly affected.

The reason for this is that some 'clever' seafood shop owners were envious and followed Green Treasure Pavilion's lead in raising prices, but this resulted in the loss of some customers. They raised prices because others had better products, while theirs were just ordinary; how could they retain customers?

Some people can't earn this much; compared to Green Treasure Pavilion's business, other similar seafood stores make far less profit.

Intuitively, the fat man was more inclined to believe it was retaliation from Haitong Catering. There had been signs before the Lunar New Year, but it hadn't materialized until after the holiday when everyone relaxed their guard, and then the retaliation came. Fortunately, it was just a warning, and no one was injured.

But this matter is enough to warrant everyone's attention.

"Xiao Ye, you're in charge of this personally. You must find out who's behind this! I want to know who dares to be so reckless!" the fat man said to Xiao Ye in a gloomy tone.

"Don't worry, Wang Ke, leave this to me!" Xiao Ye immediately assured him.

Fatty patted Zhang Guodong on the shoulder, comforting him, who hadn't said a word, "Guodong, don't worry, whoever smashed it, I'll make them pay back everything with interest!"

Li Yun spoke very directly, not only bringing up the fat man but also criticizing Xiao Ye.

“They’re just a bunch of thugs, Fatty. If you can’t handle this, I will. Didn’t that Ming guy threaten Guodong? I think they’re suspects. Arrest them and interrogate them. We’ll definitely get something out of them! These people do all sorts of bad things. Your police station is also responsible. If this doesn’t work, I’ll call Lin Yue right now!”

Xiao Ye listened from the side, initially displeased, but then her expression changed, and she secretly clicked her tongue. This woman is no simpleton, her tone so arrogant. And then, hearing "Lin Yue"? Why does that name sound so familiar?

Suddenly, a jolt went through him. Wasn't the newly promoted captain of the criminal investigation team also named Lin Yue? Goodness gracious.

My immediate supervisor!

The fat man glanced at her and said with a wry smile, "Spare me, what's the difference if I hand it over to Xiao Ye and Lin Yue? In the end, I'll still have to rely on Xiao Ye and the others to run errands!"

Before the Lunar New Year, Lin Yue was promoted to captain of the criminal investigation team, becoming a powerful leader in the bureau and a member of the Party Committee.

Zhang Guodong nodded to her, and Li Yun gave up.

This matter still needs to be handled by the police. Zhang Guodong has no connections in the provincial capital, only his brother Fatty, his 'acquaintance' Li Yun, and Xiang Chunyan, who is about to become the deputy district head.

Zhang Guodong knew that Li Yun also had a powerful background.

After collecting evidence, the police took a statement from Zhang Guodong on the spot. Zhang Guodong didn't hide anything and explained in detail the threats he had received from Haitong Securities before the Lunar New Year. The police will probably be able to find this information when they go back and check.

Once the evidence collection was finished, there was no point in staying any longer. The fat man told Zhang Guodong to be careful during this time, and that he would keep an eye on things at the Public Security Bureau and call if he had any news.

Zhang Guodong and Li Yun entered the store.

After cleaning up the broken glass and picking up the dead fish, Li Yun, this pampered young woman, was sweating from exhaustion. She straightened up and complained that Zhang Guodong was mistreating a beautiful woman. The entire floor suffered over 30,000 yuan in direct losses. The newly bought desktop computer was smashed and clearly unusable; even the sand was slashed to shreds; the coffee table and water tank were completely shattered; and the remaining fish from the daytime sale had all died due to lack of water.

But Zhang Guodong remained completely calm. In fact, he was even contemplating murder. He was convinced that this matter was definitely related to Haitong Catering and Ming Ge.

But for now, Zhang Guodong could only wait for news from Fatty.

"Hey, Guodong, where are Dahei and Erhei?" Li Yun suddenly exclaimed. She then realized that she hadn't seen many of the pets in the shop.

Zhang Guodong's heart pounded a few times, and he pretended to be surprised and asked, "Maybe it ran out just now? It's okay, Lao Qing and the others know the way!"

But saying this made Li Yun uneasy.

Old Green is an adult wolf, but Big Black, Second Black, and Little Green are still cubs. Will they run away and never come back?

"Oh!" Li Yun said, after hearing Zhang Guodong's words of comfort, she went upstairs to take a shower. Zhang Guodong then pulled down the roller shutter door, went into Taoyuan, and brought Lao Qing and the others out.

Not far from Green Treasure Pavilion, two thugs were acting suspiciously.

"Gangzi, this shop owner is really calm. He's been wrecked and he's still looking so composed?" Huang Mao chuckled as he glanced at the green treasure pavilion still emitting light.

"Tch, calm my ass! That computer was brand new, wasn't it? One hit with an iron bar and it's ruined. That bastard's probably crying from heartache!" Another person squatting down scoffed, puffing on a cigarette, and muttered, "What was Meng thinking? It's already smashed, and you're still letting us stay here? We can't hear what that bastard said to the police, can we?"

These two thugs were actually one of the people who were vandalizing the place earlier, and they hadn't left yet.

"Gangzi, how about we go for a stroll? That kid's with a hot girl, hehe, I saw her, she's really gorgeous, her breasts and nipples are so pretty!" Yellow Hair chuckled. "Those guys probably don't expect we'd dare not go?"

Gangzi's eyes gleamed with a beastly light. But then he hesitated; this wasn't what he had planned.

"We have this in our pockets, what are we afraid of!" the blond-haired man added. His hand, which was in his pocket, twitched, as if he had something inside.

"Hehe!" Two loud noises.

Not long after Huang Mao and Gangzi left, they reappeared at Green Treasure Pavilion in different clothes, wearing police uniforms!

The two exchanged a smile, and then Huang Mao led Gangzi to knock on the door.

The rolling shutter door slammed shut, bringing Zhang Guodong down.

Li Yun had just emerged from the bathroom, looking beautiful in the water. Her semi-transparent nightgown gave Zhang Guodong a good look, instantly improving his mood. Hearing a knock at the downstairs door, Li Yun asked Zhang Guodong who it was. Zhang Guodong replied that he didn't know and went downstairs to investigate. Just to be safe, he brought Lao Qing with him. With Lao Qing there, he felt braver; Lao Qing's eyes glowed with a chilling green light in the darkness, quite frightening.

Who would come now? The fat guy? Impossible. He promised to call. Family doesn't seem likely either?

"Who is it?" Zhang Guodong called out.

"Police, we have some questions for you!" the blond-haired man said in a deep voice.

Police? Zhang Guodong asked, puzzled. "Didn't the police just leave? Why are they back?"

Despite his doubts, Zhang Guodong still pulled up the roller shutter door. As for the glass door inside, it had long been damaged and was essentially just for show.

As soon as the roller shutter door opened, two men in police uniforms, Huang Mao and Gangzi, crawled in.

"You guys?" Huang Mao and Gangzi, each holding a dagger, flanked Zhang Guodong from the front and back. Zhang Guodong's expression changed drastically. He understood the situation; they were probably in cahoots with the vandals. The police had left, and they had come back again.

"Hehe, kid, you better not scream, or you'll end up with a few more holes in your body. If I accidentally stab you to death, you're in for a world of hurt!" the blond-haired man grinned sinisterly, brandishing the sharp dagger in his hand.

Gangzi kicked Zhang Guodong and shouted, "Put the door down and go upstairs obediently. If you dare to try anything funny, you're not going to live!"

Zhang Guodong stumbled, but quickly regained his balance.

With daggers pointed at him from both sides, it would be a lie to say Zhang Guodong wasn't afraid. What if he slipped and ended up with multiple holes in his body? Wouldn't that be disastrous? But Lao Qing was lurking nearby, poised to pounce, unnoticed by either of them. This gave him confidence. Lao Qing was a wolf, after all!

"Are you Ming's men?" Zhang Guodong asked, feigning composure as if he had just realized something.

"Go to hell, stop babbling!" Upon hearing this, Huang Mao and Gangzi's expressions changed drastically, revealing their identities. Huang Mao immediately flew into a rage and slapped them across the face.

"Awooo!" Just then, Old Qing made his move!

With a snap, Huang Mao felt a piercing pain in his arm, and then his arm went numb. When he turned his neck, he saw a pair of eerie green eyes, and immediately screamed "Oh my god!" and fainted from fright.

Distraction at this moment could be fatal. Zhang Guodong suddenly moved, dodging Gangzi's hostage. Lao Qing, like a ghost, pounced on Gangzi again, knocking the terrified Gangzi to the ground and sliding two meters. His white teeth flashed, ready to bite off Gangzi's neck.

"Old Qing, stop!" Zhang Guodong shouted hurriedly when he saw this.

He was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He hadn't expected Lao Qing to be so powerful. In less than three seconds, he had taken down the two men. He could bite off Huang Mao's arm in one bite. Gangzi couldn't withstand Lao Qing's pounce at all and was actually thrown two meters away. How strong was that?

However, people can die anywhere, but no one can die in his shop! This is something Zhang Guodong understands very well.

Upon hearing this, Lao Qing turned around and glanced at Zhang Guodong, then growled at Gangzi. Gangzi followed in Huang Mao's footsteps, and a foul odor emanated from him, causing him to faint from fright.

Zhang Guodong's heart pounded. He wiped away his sweat. Thank goodness no one was dead! If Lao Qing had accused them both of murder, his shop would be out of business, and he might even face jail time. But he couldn't let them off easily either; some people had to pay the price.

...

The next morning, at the District Public Security Bureau, Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Zhang Guodong, Lin Yue, Fatty, Li Yun, and Xiao Ye were all present, but the difference was that the four of them were sitting, while Xiao Ye was standing and giving her report.

"Team Leader Lin, one person's right arm was bitten off by a dog, and his left arm was also broken after being hit hard. Another person's right arm and left leg were broken after being hit hard, and he also suffered multiple soft tissue injuries..." Xiao Ye reported to Lin Yue. Then he glanced at the calm Zhang Guodong and thought to himself, "This guy is ruthless. Apart from the yellow-haired guy's right arm being bitten off by a dog, the others were all broken by blows."

After a pause, seeing that her superior Lin Yue remained silent with a stern face, Xiao Ye continued, "These two men are named Huang Zhi (nicknamed Huang Mao) and Mao Gang (nicknamed Gangzi). They have both served time for assault and intentional injury, respectively, and have been out for less than six months. They don't have stable jobs, and they frequently associate with a man named Liu Meng. We've also found Liu Meng's information. Four years ago, he accidentally killed someone in 'excessive self-defense.' He was released early for good behavior and now runs the Blue Sky Bar on Baixing Street. Based on the clues provided by Boss Zhang (Zhang Guodong), we went to the Industry and Commerce Bureau and other departments overnight to collect evidence. Haitong Catering Company and Blue Sky Bar are not related and are not subordinate to each other. Moreover, the people at Blue Sky Bar don't know anything about this 'Brother Ming.' Another piece of information is that the former owner of Blue Sky Bar, Liu Meng, transferred the business before the new year and his whereabouts are currently unknown!"

P.S.: First update.

Thank you again for the reward and encouragement from 'z1hf', and thank you also to 'Lonely Wolf' and 'Handsome Tianyi' for the rewards. Compared to rating votes, I prefer rewards, hehe!