Shi Zhen didn't sleep at all last night.

Suddenly learning what Guan Baiyu had done, coupled with Shao Baitong's plan to take action against his construction site... he found it hard to fall asleep.

After receiving a call from Liu Weicheng in the early hours of the morning, informing him that Shao Quan had been taken to the police station, he began to think about what to do next.

This morning, he even contacted a lawyer, intending to sue Shao Quanhui.

If no one reports Shao Quan for what he did, he'll probably be released after a few days in detention.

But if someone reports it... it's possible to let him stay inside a little longer.

Shi Zhen was discussing things with his lawyer when Liu Weicheng called him again, saying that the police station in their area had arrested another person named Shao Baitong, and that this time... it was Shao Baitong who had asked Shao Quanhui to do it.

Shi Zhen was stunned.

He instructed his men to use those thugs to trick Shao Baitong, but he never expected that Shao Baitong would be arrested.

And since Shao Baitong has already been arrested...

Shi Zhen thought for a moment and immediately called Duan Hongming: "Duan Hongming, send someone to J City to investigate Shao Baitong in detail. Collect all the charges that can be brought against him."

He wanted Shao Baitong to go to jail, for as long as possible.

"Yes, boss," Duan Hongming replied.

At the same time, more and more people saw the newspaper reports about Shao Baitong.

People in other places were fine with it; they just let it go. But some people in J City felt a sense of gratification after seeing it.

At a construction site in J City, a worker went to buy breakfast and planned to pick up a story newspaper on the way, so he could read it in his spare time and ask if the week's TV news had been broadcast yet.

The TV guide is published weekly, listing the various TV stations and their programming schedules. Some of these workers are locals who own televisions and would buy a copy of the newspaper to share among themselves.

When he arrived at the newspaper stand, he was surprised to find Hong Zhiqi's photo on the front page of the daily newspaper.

This person didn't even bother to buy the story newspaper or TV guide; instead, he bought a daily newspaper, brought it back to the construction site, and showed it to the others: "Hong Zhiqi is in the newspaper."

Some of them knew Hong Zhiqi, while others didn't, but had read the reports...

"Shao Baitong is truly not human!"

"I wonder where he is now!"

"He hasn't paid us our wages yet!"

...

These workers used to work on Shao Baitong's construction sites, but after Shao Baitong closed down, he stopped paying their wages.

They hadn't signed a contract with Shao Baitong, so they couldn't get their money back and didn't know how to get it. They could only accept their bad luck.

Now that Shao Baitong is in trouble, they are naturally happy.

I wonder if they can get their money back.

Shi Zhen saw the report after he finished his work.

He noticed that the report ended with a call for the government to pay attention to the chaotic construction situation, and a thought struck him.

The 1990s was an era of rampant growth in various industries, with numerous construction accidents occurring frequently.

However, this situation will not last, and things will improve in the coming period.

Since Shao Baitong has already been arrested, he might as well step up his efforts and make Shao Baitong a role model.

In this way... Shao Baitong will definitely be able to stay in prison for a few more years.

Shi Zhen thought so, and Guan Baiyu thought so too.

Guan Baiyu had been in contact with Duan Hongming. After calling Duan Hongming and learning what Shao Baitong had done, he immediately decided to expose the follow-up of the incident online.

Speaking of the Hong Zhiqi incident... it has been generating a lot of buzz online lately.

This is also related to a recent event—another coal mine collapsed, killing many workers.

Then someone else did the same thing, posting the tragic stories of the coal miners' families online.

One of the miners who died was not even an adult.

These events caused a huge uproar.

Not only newspapers, but later even television stations started to pay attention to this matter, and so... Hong Zhiqi was interviewed by the television station and appeared on television.

Shao Baitong also appeared on television.

Because Hong Zhiqi deliberately obscured the timeline, the timeline that everyone knows is that someone discovered Hong Zhiqi's miserable condition, exposed it to a small group of people first, and then the people from Baishi Construction helped Hong Zhiqi by fitting him with a prosthetic leg.

Afterwards, someone posted Hong Zhiqi's story online, which attracted a lot of attention.

Unfortunately, the contractor who ruined Hong Zhiqi's career had his younger brother go to the Baishi Construction site in the middle of the night to sabotage the scaffolding in order to seize the project. He was then arrested.

If scaffolding, the kind of equipment that allows workers to climb and work, is damaged... those workers could fall and die!

Shao Baitong completely disregarded the lives of the workers; it was utterly despicable!

Both online and in real life, countless people are condemning Shao Baitong.

Then... without Shi Zhen needing to intervene further, someone went to investigate Shao Baitong.

This investigation uncovered a major problem.

An accident at Shao Baitong's construction site isn't really a big deal! The most crucial question is... how come Shao Baitong is still able to get projects when his construction site is in such a chaotic state?

He had previously worked on many large projects in J City, but the quality of these projects was extremely poor!

There are so many shady dealings involved! And this kind of thing... is truly deadly.

Shi Zhen really didn't expect that the official investigation would eventually lead to this.

It was even discovered that... Shao Baitong had accepted bribes of enormous amounts!

Shao Baitong looked down on the migrant workers under his command and didn't care about their lives, but he went to great lengths to curry favor with the leaders.

There are advantages to his doing this... He got many of his projects this way.

He can earn back 50,000 or 100,000 by giving away 10,000.

Even when Shao Baitong's construction site had an accident last year, he was still unharmed because he had found someone and spent money.

Shi Zhen couldn't understand what Shao Baitong was thinking.

If the money he sent to higher authorities had been used to compensate the workers... the workers definitely wouldn't have made a fuss.

Or perhaps he uses it to do engineering work... and the workers won't have such a high chance of getting into trouble.

However, by this point... Shao Baitong's affairs no longer needed his intervention, nor could they be intervened in anyway.

At this moment, everyone in Changxi City felt that Baishi Construction was really lucky.

Shao Baitong was just about to take action against Baishi Construction when he was thwarted!

Moreover... thanks to Shao Baitong's affair, Baishi Construction's reputation grew even more.

In the entire J city now, who doesn't know that Baishi Construction is a company with a conscience?

There are many posts related to Baishi Construction on the online forum that exposed Hong Zhiqi's affairs.

"Baishi Construction has the same name as our Baishi Internet Cafe! What a coincidence!"

"I'm from J City. The owner of this Baishi Construction Company smashed the completed building because someone had stolen and replaced the steel bars on the construction site!"

Beautiful photos of the Whitestone Construction headquarters building!

"Visiting the Whitestone construction site!"

...

Guan Baiyu looked through a string of posts related to Baishi Construction on the forum, keeping his achievements and fame hidden.

He believed that the first people in the provincial capital to go online would definitely have a deep impression of Baishi Construction, and a good one at that.

His brother might be able to develop his career in the provincial capital in the future. Guan Baiyu hasn't been sleeping well these past few days.

However, Shao Baitong's current fate was within his expectations.

In fact, it was he who asked Hong Zhiqi to find an opportunity to report Shao Baitong for bribery.

It's impossible for someone like Shao Baitong to be clean. Reporting this kind of thing is always successful, especially since it has already attracted a lot of attention.

Yawning, Guan Baiyu left his private room on the second floor of the internet cafe and headed downstairs.

When he got downstairs, he saw some acquaintances.

Some were from his school, while others were regulars at the internet cafe; they all greeted him.

Guan Baiyu also greeted them with a smile.

He frequented internet cafes, and the official explanation was that he worked part-time there, repairing computers and such.

Not only him, but also the senior students who worked with him all told others that they were doing part-time jobs at internet cafes.

As for the owners of the internet cafe, everyone assumed they were the rich second-generation kids who had private rooms on the second floor.

If you're not a rich kid, you really can't afford to open an internet cafe like this!

Guan Baiyu had been spending a lot of time in internet cafes, and he would step in to help whenever there was a problem, so everyone got to know him.

This young and handsome guy is really impressive!

Especially young girls who frequently come to internet cafes... Occasionally, some people will pretend they don't know how to use a computer and ask Guan Baiyu to fix it for them.

Unfortunately, it's often not Guan Baiyu who goes to fix their computers, but someone else...

Guan Baiyu left the internet cafe and went home.

Mu Tian had already prepared dinner at home, but Jiang Xingsheng hadn't returned yet—he had been working on a project with a professor at the university recently and occasionally had to work overtime.

Upon seeing Guan Baiyu, Mu Tian invited him to eat.

Mu Tian's cooking skills are average, so she likes to cook simple dishes. Today, she made cola chicken wings, which she learned from Shi Zhen, as well as stir-fried water spinach and tomato egg drop soup.

At this moment, she also took out her camera and took pictures of the cola chicken wings: "This dish is simple to make and delicious... I'm going to post the recipe on the food section of the forum."

Mu Tian is rich and has plenty of free time, and he's doing very well on the forum these days.

Putting everything else aside, she even includes photos in her posts... most people wouldn't do that.

At that time, point-and-shoot cameras that loaded film cost a few hundred yuan each, and many households still owned one. However, photos taken with these cameras couldn't be uploaded to the internet. As for more expensive cameras... most people couldn't afford them.

Mu Tian can even write a poem and pair it with a photo—how amazing!

Speaking of which, after Hong Zhiqi's incident, Mu Tian wrote an essay filled with righteous indignation, which was praised by countless people.

Guan Baiyu ate with her, and Mu Tian asked about Shao Baitong.

Guan Baiyu then explained the situation.

"That person is awful. Luckily, Ah Zhen's construction site is alright." Mu Tian said, then turned her attention to Guan Baiyu's studies.

The semester is about to end, and Guan Baiyu has many exams coming up... Recently, Guan Baiyu has been spending every day in internet cafes, because she's worried that Guan Baiyu won't do well on the exams.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine." Guan Baiyu smiled.

He rarely took leave and always attended classes diligently... so he did learn the knowledge.

Some students stay at school every day and attend classes every day, but they are always distracted... and they don't learn as well as he does.

"That's good." Mu Tian smiled and asked Guan Baiyu about his summer vacation plans, as she was thinking of having Guan Baiyu go to the capital with her.

Guan Baiyu said, "Mom, I have a lot to do during the summer vacation. I have to manage the internet cafe, and I'm also planning to open another one."

In recent years, he has wanted to accumulate more capital so that he can do more things in the future.

But right now... he needs to appease Shi Zhen first.

Shi Zhen has been ignoring him these past few days.