Li Xiangdong made a final call to Guo Xunmin, but Guo Xunmin did not answer; Guo Mingxin answered instead.

Guo Mingxin's tone was particularly harsh, almost like he was gritting his teeth as he questioned, "Did you take Shen Caihong away?"

Li Xiangdong tacitly agreed.

"Ho—"

Guo Mingxin let out a cold laugh, "Are you deliberately going against us men? What have we done to you that makes you hate us so much?"

Li Xiangdong's tone was calm, even somewhat helpless, "Mingxin, let me say a few words to Uncle Guo."

"No need!"

Guo Mingxin flatly refused.

Li Xiangdong knew that the Guo family father and son must have a lot of prejudice against him now, but he still had to say what needed to be said.

Otherwise, he would feel uneasy.

"Mingxin, listen to me..."

"I don't need you..."

On the other end of the phone, Guo Mingxin's words were suddenly interrupted, "Dad, what brings you here?"

Li Xiangdong listened quietly to the sounds coming from the other end.

Who made the call?

It's Guo Xunmin's voice.

"Uh, uh, a friend I knew before..."

Guo Mingxin hesitated a bit.

"Brother, I heard you call him Li Xiangdong! That bastard conspired with the Shen family to harm us, why did you answer his call!"

An indignant voice questioned Guo Mingxin.

"I...I didn't..."

"I'll pick it up."

Guo Xunmin answered the phone, "Hello, is this Li Xiangdong?"

"Uncle Guo, it's me."

Li Xiangdong was prepared to face Guo Xunmin's questioning, but to his surprise, Guo Xunmin's voice was very calm.

"What's up with your call?"

"I want to say something to you."

"you say."

"Uncle Guo, don't try to negotiate with the government, and don't cross the country's bottom line. If you turn back now, the outcome can still be salvaged."

According to Li Xiangdong, if Guo Xunmin backs down in time, the government will likely let him off the hook because of his past achievements.

What outcome do I want to salvage?

All the factories in Hamaowo were built under my leadership, and all the wealth in Hamaowo was earned under my planning.

Am I not the owner of the toad's nest?

Guo Xunmin's voice was cold, as if it carried shards of ice.

Li Xiangdong was speechless, stifled by his self-righteous retort.

"Li Xiangdong, I've been more than kind to you. If it weren't for our past relationship, I would have broken your arms and legs just for taking Shen Caihong to the police station!"

As he said this, the ruthlessness in his tone was almost palpable.

"So stop pretending to be a good person. I don't care what you're really thinking, and I don't care to care."

Guo Xunmin hung up the phone.

Li Xiangdong rubbed his forehead.

Guo Xunmin disregards rules and laws, is arrogant and thinks he is the only one who matters.

He arrogantly believed that he was the "ruler" of Toad's Nest and that no one could defy his authority.

Someone was recklessly trying to jump off the cliff, and even with all his strength, Li Xiangdong couldn't stop him.

For the next six months, Toad's Nest continued to thrive, and the Guo family father and son continued to wield considerable influence there.

Sometimes, even Li Jin finds it hard to believe, saying, "He actually compared himself to an old man? That's too arrogant."

It turns out that someone, whether trying to flatter Guo Xunmin or genuinely feeling good about it, actually composed a nursery rhyme for the children at Hamawo Kindergarten to sing every day.

The nursery rhyme goes like this: "The East rises, the sun shines, and Grandpa Guo comes from the toad's nest. Grandpa Guo's entrepreneurial spirit is truly great, and we will always love him!"

Besides this nursery rhyme, Guo Xunmin also did something that became famous in the surrounding area.

He wants to find 100 beautiful foreign girls to be wives for 100 smart, unmarried young men in Toad's Nest, and then have them have outstanding offspring.

This will not only greatly improve the quality of the offspring of the Toad Nest, but they will also have 100 overseas connections, which will lead to 100 joint ventures in the future.

There are countless rumors about Toad's Nest.

Many of the educated youth who were sent to the countryside in Hamaowo even gave up their formal jobs in Yanjing and Bincheng and returned to Hamaowo.

Guo Xunmin was naturally pleased with this. He said that it demonstrated the superiority of Hamaowo, and that the ability to attract talent from big cities was due to the capabilities of Hamaowo and himself, Guo Xunmin!

Li Xiangdong was not interested in these rumors that everyone was talking about; his eyes were always on Nie Lei.

The leader of this criminal gang had a close personal relationship with Guo Xunmin, and he was also the main culprit who helped Guo Xunmin smuggle steel.

Finally, on May 14, Li Xiangdong received news that Nie Lei had been arrested. At the same time, the Bincheng City Public Security Bureau dispatched more than 400 armed police officers from other places to seal off Hamaowo.

The director of the Bincheng Public Security Bureau personally supervised the case and addressed Guo Xunmin, demanding that he give up resistance.

Even so, Guo Xunmin remained unrepentant and, in his capacity as benefactor and master, incited tens of thousands of villagers and workers in Hamawo to mobilize and confront armed police with real guns for three days and three nights.

During those three days and three nights, the armed police officers strictly followed orders and did not fire a single shot.

However, the tens of thousands of villagers and workers organized by Guo Xunmin repeatedly attacked the blockade line, and even injured many armed police officers.

Of course, minor injuries would be one thing, but Yu Guoxun actually took out more than a dozen rifles and distributed them to his confidants, ordering them to shoot at the armed police officers!

If the armed police hadn't been prepared in advance, wearing bulletproof vests and riot shields, they would have been splattered with blood on the spot!

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