Chapter 181 was completely overturned.
Xiao Cheng moved away.
Same house, different rooms.
They left without hesitation or reservation.
The vague, budding feelings that had arisen in Bai Lu's heart due to the overly friendly interactions between the two during this period gradually faded away as Xiao Cheng walked away without a backward glance.
She was definitely overthinking it.
Big shots and kids are different.
Children become clingy because they are drunk and their minds are not clear; subconsciously, they gravitate towards familiar and safe people.
An invincible leader doesn't need that.
Since his defeat in Xiaojia Village, Li Chengbin had only been quiet for a few days. This afternoon, he had people overturn all the stalls selling roasted chestnuts.
Except for Wen Xiuyun's stall in the town, which escaped unscathed, none of the other nine sales channels were spared.
Wang Cuihua and Yu Fugui, who lived nearby, had already returned to find Bailu with the chestnuts they hadn't sold yet.
Chen Dafu, Wu Fangli, Zhang Huiru and her husband, who were further away, arrived shortly afterward.
Xiao Cheng went to the city to handle the procedures for opening a shop, Xiao Wei went to school, and only Bai Lu was at home.
After selling roasted chestnuts for so long, everyone has a regular customer base. Also, because there is only one roasted chestnut stall in each area, the business is very popular. When the stalls are overturned, each stall only has about ten or twenty pounds of unsold chestnuts left.
They were all placed in the yard.
The bosses from all walks of life gathered together, sat in the main room, and after recounting the whole story, they worked with Bailu to come up with a solution.
After those people overturned the stall and smashed the fruit shop's stall, they warned that they were not allowed to sell roasted chestnuts anymore.
They're not even allowed to sell fruit anymore; you have to choose between a fruit stand or roasted chestnuts.
It is obvious that this is Li Chengbin's blatant and destructive plot against roasted chestnuts.
Wang Cuihua thought the matter was simple: "Just have Brother Xiao Cheng send someone to beat those people up. Last time, those tattooed men who overturned my stall were so arrogant, but after being taught a lesson, they became obedient again."
Just thinking about it made Wang Cuihua feel an overwhelming sense of security from Xiao Cheng, and her face flushed with embarrassment.
Chen Dafu rolled his eyes at her: "I think you didn't bring your brain with you when you went out! Can that trivial matter last time be compared to this serious matter?"
"You think you're so good at finding people? Li Chengbin can't? If things go wrong, his business could be shut down."
"Who does he think he is, to shut down shops like that? Why don't you say he can shut down all the shops in Pingcheng?" Wang Cuihua usually only paid attention to Xiao Cheng besides selling chestnuts, and had no idea who Li Chengbin was.
Chen Dafu looked at her like she was mentally challenged: "Long hair, short on brains. You don't even know who Li Chengbin is, yet you're offering suggestions. You're really asking for trouble."
"Once they bring their powerful backers over, they'll shut down not only your shops in Pingcheng, but your entire home!"
Wang Cuihua opened her mouth to refute, but after receiving pitying glances from those around her, she gritted her teeth and shut up.
Bai Lu was unaware of the forces behind several of the sales channels, so she simply asked, "Does anyone in your area know who is behind these forces?"
Needless to say, in Xinzhen, with Xiao Cheng protecting her, Wen Xiuyun is still running her business well and hasn't come.
Yu Fugui said, "Pingcheng is Li Chengbin and Hu Biao. Hu Biao was beaten up and hospitalized the night before last. He was discharged yesterday afternoon and went to Nanshi but hasn't come back yet. His gang of henchmen didn't do anything when they saw Li Chengbin's men crossing the line and smashing up the stall. I wonder if Hu Biao gave some instructions before he left."
Hu Biao was hospitalized because of Xiao Cheng. He must have known about the roasted chestnut incident, but deliberately let it go.
The White Dew is clear in my heart.
Wang Cuihua didn't know the power behind Dashi Town, she only knew that the tattooed man had overturned her stall last time, so she spoke frankly: "Dashi Town is the tattooed man."
Apart from Wang Cuihua, everyone present knew that Li Chengbin was behind Dashi Town.
Bai Lu understood this, so she didn't ask any further questions.
Wu Fangli said, "Gaofeng Town is also one of Li Chengbin's people. Before selling chestnuts, there was an accident at the dock, and those people went there and never came back. The ones who came back this time are all newcomers, and the first thing they did was target the sugar-roasted chestnuts."
Zhang Huiru also said, "My husband and I run a shop in Baicheng. Baicheng is also owned by Li Chengbin, but Li Chengbin rarely comes. The people who come most often are Li Chengbin's father-in-law's people."
Li Chengbin's father-in-law's men were all employed, while Li Chengbin's associates were mostly shady characters.
When to collect money and when to handle matters are clearly defined for both parties, making the situation readily clear.
There are already three sales channels, all backed by Li Chengbin. The expressions of everyone present gradually turned serious.
Apart from Bai Lu, Bai Lu's calm demeanor remained unchanged since everyone entered the room, and her gaze turned to Chen Dafu.
Chen Dafu went to a town that was quite far away, but he had paid the opening fee before and knew who was behind him: "My place is in Lewan Town, and I work for a big boss in Nanshi."
As soon as the words "big boss" were uttered, everyone turned to look at Chen Dafu, clearly surprised.
What's surprising isn't that there's a big boss behind Lewan Town, but rather that the big boss and Li Chengbin's father-in-law are at odds, so how could Li Chengbin's men dare to go to Lewan Town to seek their deaths?
Why do the big boss's people turn a blind eye and sit idly by while their mortal enemy crosses the line and causes trouble?
When Bai Lu cast a questioning look at him, Chen Dafu explained, "The big boss's men must have recognized Li Chengbin's men. When they saw Li Chengbin's men overturning stalls while patrolling the streets, they not only ignored it, but also stood aside and watched the spectacle."
"I don't know if it was the big boss's instruction or if the subordinates acted on their own initiative, but after knowing that the roasted chestnuts were related to you and Xiao Cheng, they deliberately gave way and didn't interfere."
The fact that a rival about to seize territory could still swallow this insult and not use it as a pretext to attack Li Chengbin suggests that there must be a big boss behind it.
Bai Lu had read Xiao Cheng's memories and knew that the big boss valued Xiao Cheng highly. This time, he probably felt that Xiao Cheng had been away for too long and wanted him to go back.
They didn't take Xiao Cheng's withdrawal seriously at all.
The kind of person the big boss values doesn't necessarily take the other person seriously. The way he wants Xiao Cheng to go back is to cut off all of Xiao Cheng's business avenues, leaving Xiao Cheng with no other choice but to go back and beg him.
Hu Biao was so arrogant the night before last, probably because he knew that the big boss wanted Xiao Cheng to go back.
He knew Xiao Cheng would definitely put him under immense pressure again if he went back, and he didn't want Xiao Cheng to go back.
But he couldn't swallow the anger that Xiao Cheng had been suppressing, so he wanted to quickly defeat Xiao Cheng in the dance hall and make Xiao Cheng kowtow and admit his mistake.
On the one hand, he regained his face and vented his anger; on the other hand, he made Xiao Cheng hate the big boss even more.
Because Hu Biao is the big boss's man, his actions reflect the big boss's stance to some extent. Xiao Cheng would definitely not go back once he knew this.
Bai Lu's speculation was confirmed by the next person, who was Meng Youliang, who ran a shop in Xicheng.
Meng Youliang said, "Xicheng is backed by a big boss, just like in Lewan Town."
(End of this chapter)
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