At the entrance of the electrical appliance store on Chengnan Road.
Xiao Dazhuang ultimately couldn't hold on.
Just before his brothers pulled him away, he decisively revealed the mastermind behind it all—his sister-in-law!
The moment the words "sister-in-law" were uttered, all the hands that had been extended in front of Xiao Dazhuang stopped instantly.
The brutality in Xiao Cheng's eyes suddenly stopped.
After a long period of explaining the facts, when Hu Biao was getting impatient, Xiao Cheng finally finished asking Bai Lu all the questions that followed her two-sentence phone call, and then fell silent.
Luo Shiliu and the others stopped pulling Xiao Dazhuang and even stood next to him to guard the gate.
No one paid any attention to Hu Biao's challenge.
Hu Biao was completely ignored and, enraged, started cursing on the spot: "Xiao Cheng..." "Get out!"
As soon as Xiao Cheng uttered those two words, he was given a "get lost" by the man himself, and Hu Biao's face turned red with pent-up frustration.
"You..." "Get out!"
"You good-for-nothing..." "Get out!"
"You give me..." "Get out!"
"I think you're alive..." "Get lost!"
Hu Biao couldn't breathe, all his words were swallowed back down, and he roared angrily to the sky, unable to bear it any longer.
He then raised his hand and waved it, and more than thirty burly men in black behind him picked up steel pipes and swarmed forward.
The onlookers, who were already far away, instantly retreated to an even safer, more distant area.
This retreat cleared Kangyang Avenue.
Upon seeing the situation ahead, the police car immediately sounded its siren.
The siren blared through the sky, echoing through the streets and alleys, startling the burly man who was wielding a steel pipe into a sudden pause.
"The cops are here?"
Hu Biao's henchman turned around, nodded in confirmation, and said, "The cops are here, Brother Biao, what should we do?"
"What are you afraid of? Let's wait until they leave before we fight." Hu Biao said calmly, waving his hand to signal the burly men to return to their positions.
Outside the door, the burly man who had raised the steel pipe to within three meters of Xiao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, having narrowly escaped death.
I was almost maimed, but thankfully the police arrived quickly.
The steel pipes that had been held up in front of Luo Shiliu, Wang Hao, Xiao Dazhuang, and the others had been taken away and thrown to the ground.
The burly men picked up the items and retreated behind Hu Biao.
Xiao Cheng watched the police car getting closer and closer, his eyes slightly puzzled. The police rarely got involved in gangster affairs.
How could they have arrived so timely?
When Xiao Dazhuang was caught in his older brother's questioning gaze, he decisively shook his head: "It wasn't me, I didn't call the police."
Luo Shiliu, Wang Hao, and the others left the store and never went back in, so they didn't have a chance to call the police.
"Could it be some gossipy bystander?" Zhang San narrowed his eyes, looking at the onlookers watching the show from a great distance, expressing strong suspicion.
"It must have been a gossipy bystander who called the police!"
Just as Li Si was about to speak in agreement, Xiao Dazhuang's almost tearful voice interrupted him: "It's Sister-in-law!"
"Sister-in-law is here!"
"Brother Cheng, your sister-in-law is here!"
"Cheng-ge, look! Your wife is here!"
Xiao Cheng: "...I'm not blind."
The police car stopped at a distance that was neither too close nor too far from the entrance of the electronics store, and the door opened.
Bai Lu, dressed in white top and black pants, stepped out of the car with elegance and composure, her generous and poised smile blooming in the sunlight.
Liu Zhenguo, dressed in a police uniform and exuding an aura of righteousness, got out of another police car. The other four police cars followed one after another, with police officers, looking imposing and armed, getting out one after another.
Bai Lu stood in front of the police team without looking out of place, and her imposing presence was in no way inferior.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Bai Lu turned her head and greeted Liu Zhenguo before walking towards Xiao Cheng.
The longest road Xiao Cheng had ever seen was the road Bai Lu walked towards him—long, long, very long.
"It's that damned woman again!" Hu Biao gritted his teeth in hatred. "Who is she anyway?"
I think Hu Biao might have lost his mind. At a time like this, shouldn't the focus be on the important fact that the police chief has personally visited the electronics store?
Why are you only focusing on trivial matters? "Bai Lu, Xiao Cheng's wife."
Hu Biao frowned: "That village girl who didn't graduate from high school?"
“That’s right.” The younger brother corrected him after he finished speaking: “She’s a town girl, not a village girl, from the same small town as Xiao Cheng.”
The underlings may not be good at much else, but they are excellent at gathering information; they always find the right clues.
Hu Biao was about to say something when his underling suddenly interrupted him: "Brother Biao, Director Liu seems to be looking at you."
It wasn't just a "seem"; Liu Zhenguo was indeed looking at Hu Biao, his gaze as if he were staring at a prisoner about to be handcuffed.
Puzzled, Hu Biao came over to greet him: "Director Liu, what brings you here?"
Liu Zhenguo said indifferently, "I heard that an electronics store is going to open in Pingcheng, so I came to take a look."
After saying that, he asked, "What are you doing here?"
Hu Biao finally realized that Liu Zhenguo was different today than before, and was clearly trying to interfere in his affairs.
Some things are best left unsaid, as everyone knows them.
However, at this moment, Liu Zhenguo suddenly revealed his intentions, leaving Hu Biao with no way to avoid it.
Although Liu Zhenguo's men were fewer in number than his, they were armed to the point of being able to fight ten men each, and they were also of the righteous path.
A head-on confrontation will only result in losses.
Hu Biao glared angrily at Bai Lu beside Xiao Cheng, and, suppressing his anger, explained to Liu Zhenguo with a forced smile, "We're here to celebrate Xiao Cheng's new store opening."
Liu Zhenguo glanced at the steel pipes in the burly men's hands and said coldly, "Is this your congratulatory gift?"
Hu Biao was speechless.
If there was any doubt before, at this moment, Hu Biao is certain that Liu Zhenguo has sided with Xiao Cheng.
Even if it were just today, he would never be allowed to touch the electronics store; the police carrying guns is an obvious warning.
No matter how unwilling Hu Biao was, he could only swallow his anger for the time being. "There are other congratulatory gifts inside the steel pipe."
Hu Biao told more than thirty burly men to put down the steel pipes and then left without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, he had just turned around.
A clear voice rang out: "Uncle, there's some scrap metal here, why don't you pick it all up and sell it?"
Hu Biao couldn't believe it and turned around abruptly. Sure enough, he saw that damned woman Bai Lu smiling as she told a stinking old man who collected scraps to take away their steel pipes.
This is blatant provocation!!!
"You damned..."
Before Hu Biao could finish speaking, his underlings called over a group of burly men who hurriedly carried him away.
The area in front of the electronics store, which had been tense and filled with the sounds of gunfire and arrows, suddenly fell silent. Only the cheerful sound of an elderly scavenger picking up steel pipes could be heard.
The crowd, who had come from afar to watch the spectacle, were still dumbfounded by the scene of the bureau chief personally arriving and driving away the villains with just a few words. It took them a long time before they began to discuss it amongst themselves.
"No need to look anymore. Even the bureau chief came to congratulate the electronics store and drove away the bad guys. What else is there to understand? This electronics store will definitely be able to stay open."
"I'm sure I can buy anything in the store!"
"This has been blessed by a legitimate source. I've been doing business in the city for ten years, and I've never seen a new store open with a bureau chief personally coming to congratulate the opening. Only this appliance store has such a high level of attention; the bureau chief not only came to congratulate us but also went inside! Quick, quick! Let's go take a look!"
"With the bureau chief personally overseeing things, this appliance store is sure to stay afloat. After-sales service is guaranteed, so it's worth buying from."
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