When Ma, the bodyguard, was thrown out by Zhao Jingxiang.

Zhou Jiuzhen also managed to escape from Ling Huanwu's room.

It looked as if some monster was chasing it, and it ran faster than a cheetah.

The guard, who had been trembling with fear after being dragged out by Zhao Jingxiang, clicked his tongue twice as he watched Zhou Jiuzhen's retreating figure, "That amnesiac idiot is such a waste. He has a beauty in his arms, and he doesn't even know how to take advantage of her..."

Zhao Jingxiang released the man in his hand, and the guard fell to the ground with a thud. He looked at Zhou Jiuzhen, who had run away, with an inscrutable expression.

Not far away, Qin Jinshen was already completely drunk.

A once glamorous person suddenly collapsed on the ground, clutching a piece of wood and frantically gnawing on it.

Ling Huanwu, who was inside, came out and closed the door while muttering curses under her breath, giving Zhou Jiuzhen a thorough dressing-down.

She originally thought that Zhou Jiuzhen, who was "eighteen years old," was full of vigor and would be more sensible.

Unexpectedly, he was just as cowardly as Zhou Jiuzhen, who was 23 years old, and still wanted a marriage certificate.

He had barely touched the eight-pack abs when he pulled up his pants and ran away.

She hadn't even complained about his body odor.

He was so loud and boisterous in the space, but now he's become so reserved.

Ling Huanwu, who had nowhere to vent her anger, had just reached the door to close it when she met the predatory gazes of three large men standing there.

Turning her head again, she saw her former childhood sweetheart groping a piece of wood in an indecent posture, which made her turn pale with fright, and she quickly slammed the door shut.

Stung by the misunderstanding on his mind, Qin Jinshen threw away the wooden figure in his arms, sobering up considerably, and silently began to weep...

*

The next day.

Ling Huanwu had just gotten up when she heard the educated youths at the door talking amongst themselves.

"It's really over. How did we get assigned to this godforsaken place? I just heard that some thugs are collecting tolls at the dock. The fishing commune can't even continue, the aquaculture farm has collapsed, and there's only one production team left. They seem to be planning to sell their grain, pay off their debts, and take back the dock and the mudflats."

"Sell grain? If there's no grain, what will we educated youth eat? I only transferred here because I heard that grain can be grown here and there are so few educated youth..."

The group of educated youths talked as they hurried toward the dock.

Ling Huanwu didn't even have time to eat breakfast before quickly following after them.

Zhao Jingxiang took a bite of the hard, flatbread but couldn't get it to go. His gaze was fixed on Ling Huanwu's still graceful figure as she walked, and he took a step to catch up with her.

Qin Jinshen, who had just gotten up, saw this scene and a look of doubt suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Qin Jin stared intently at the man who resembled Zhou Jiuzhen so much in physique, features, and strength. He then beckoned to the guard beside him, "Have someone investigate this guy surnamed Zhao's background. I have a feeling he has some connection with that Zhou Jiuzhen!"

Guard Ma nodded vigorously, deeply agreeing, "Yes, yes, I think so too, otherwise how could anyone be so strong as to lift a grown man, let alone me who weighs 180 pounds! And I think that guy surnamed Zhao was looking at our sister-in-law strangely..."

Qin Jinshen glanced at him, startling the guard, who immediately covered his mouth and turned to carry out his mission.

A group of people rushed to the dock, only to find Boss Lai leading a group of people to pile up sandbags and set up checkpoints on the dock.

In front of the stone sign that reads "Stone Village" on the dock, there is now a conspicuous sign painted in red, which reads: "To cross the dock, each person must pay one cent!"

You have to understand that back then, the lowest you could earn in a day was only five cents, and a toll of ten cents to cross the pier was ridiculously expensive for the villagers.

Qiao Hui rushed to the dock with the women from the breeding farm, furious. "Boss Lai, what's the difference between your behavior and that of a bully? Who occupies the dock and collects money like that?"

Boss Lai puffed out his big belly and grinned, revealing a row of yellow teeth. "The court judgment has already been issued. If you don't pay back the money, you can only give us the right to use the mudflats and the dock. Do you really want to pay back the money?"

He smiled smugly, certain that the villagers would not return the money.

Because in this kind of collective repayment, if one family refuses to contribute, the others will feel unbalanced and follow suit.

Boss Lai took advantage of this mentality of the villagers, believing that they would never repay the money, which is why he blatantly entered the village and seized the dock.

Sure enough, as soon as the topic of repaying the money came up, the villagers immediately fell silent, their eyes darting around as if they were mute.

Qiao Hui was so angry that his hands were trembling.

Early in the morning, he and the village chief mobilized each household to contribute fifty yuan to repay Boss Lai.

After all, the villagers have earned a lot of money from contracting out the beach mudflats over the years.

But who would be willing to pay that money?

After all, they can only earn 50 yuan every three or four months. Moreover, the farm has not distributed dividends or paid wages this year, so no one is willing to contribute money.

Faced with this situation, Qiao Hui, as the person in charge of the breeding farm, was also helpless.

"Hurry up! If you don't pay back the money, don't delay our collection. From today onwards, if anyone from your fishing commune wants to go out to sea to fish, they'll have to pay one cent each!"

"Oh, and by the way, don't even think about going to other village docks. All the other village docks are mine now!"

These words were like a bolt from the blue.

Only then did the villagers realize that their entire island seemed to have been tricked by this Mr. Lai.

This unscrupulous boss is clearly trying to cut off their entire island's fishing route!

"It's terrible, Engineer Qiao! A group of people have stormed onto the mudflats and are trying to steal our tools. They're preventing us from finishing work and saying that the entire mudflats will belong to their boss, Boss Lai, from now on!"

The women at the clam farm panicked and rushed to the mudflats where they were farming clams.

Qiao Hui's face flushed with anger. He, who never used to swear, pointed at Boss Lai and started cursing, "You're a robber! Those are clams we've been growing for half a year. They're almost ready for harvest. Do you really want to take them for yourselves?"

"Now that I have the rights to the mudflats, everything on them is mine!"

Boss Lai raised an eyebrow mockingly, smiled smugly, and sat on the platform built for him, stepping on the backs of his employees. He took out a Phoenix cigarette and leisurely smoked it as his subordinate lit it with a match.

He looked exactly like a local tyrant.

"Of course, if you're not satisfied, you can sue me! Let's see if you can leave this island alive..."

He held a cigarette between two fingers, looking down at the villagers below the wooden dock, his eyes full of mockery, as if he was certain that these country bumpkins couldn't do anything to him.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out across the sky, startling a flock of seagulls that were foraging for food on the mudflats.

The cigarette in Boss Lai's hand had vanished, leaving only two empty fingers feeling the scraping sensation of metal scraping against them, his right hand trembling uncontrollably.

"Who! Who the hell dares to fire a shot? Don't they want to live?!"

Boss Lai jumped up from his chair, his eyes filled with hostility.

The crowd slowly parted, and from the "human" shaped group that had been cleared, a figure in military green, carrying a gun, came forward like a war god charging in, exuding the aura of conquering and seizing territory.

As soon as Ling Huanwu and her group arrived at the dock, they witnessed this exhilarating scene and excitedly covered their mouths.