"What is this person's background?" Ye Xingchen remembered the name.
"I don't know, but Liu Sanqing will give him face, and Na Yuanzhen will also give him face. His identity is very mysterious." Liu Qingmei shook her head.
"Have you seen him?" Ye Xingchen asked curiously.
"I've met you." Liu Qingmei nodded.
"Is there anything different?" Shi Xingchen asked.
“I can’t tell. To me, he’s just a dying old geezer, and…” Liu Qingmei thought for a moment, “He’s very lecherous.”
“Old, unremarkable, unknown identity, and lecherous.” Ye Xingchen highlighted these key points. He pondered seriously for a long time, then shook his head and said, “I can’t understand him. I don’t know who he is. If you have the chance, take me to meet him. I’ll find out his identity first.”
"Okay." Liu Qingmei nodded: "The Liu family doesn't know that you're coming to Jiyang with me this time."
"What is your status in the Liu family?" Ye Xingchen asked, turning his head.
Liu Qingmei lowered her head and remained silent. No one in the Liu family respected her at all.
Firstly, her mother had long since passed away, leaving her with no one to protect her. Secondly, her father remarried and had a younger brother, who completely disregarded her.
Although she was the one Liu Sanqing had chosen for her, many people in the Liu family discriminated against her because of it.
“Okay, I understand.” Ye Xingchen nodded: “There’s no need to hide it from the Liu family. Tell them that you’ve found a man, and I’m your man.”
"Are you serious?" Liu Qingmei glared at Ye Xingchen. In Jiyang, no one would dare to do something so blatantly.
After all, Liu Sanqing regarded her as his own, and if anyone dared to make such a high-profile announcement about her, the Liu family would probably not agree. Ye Xingchen's purpose in doing so was also revealed: he wanted to directly declare war on the Liu family.
"I'm serious," Ye Xingchen said earnestly.
"By doing this, you're essentially declaring war on the Liu family," Liu Qingmei couldn't help but say. "Do you think you'll have a smooth ride in Jiyang like this?"
"It doesn't matter whether things go smoothly or not." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and said, "Everything has to be done step by step. In Jiyang, if we don't deal with the Liu family, things won't go smoothly either, right?"
Liu Qingmei nodded, agreeing with Ye Xingchen's statement and even feeling a little bit of anticipation.
As for Liu's relatives... Heh, can those people even be called relatives?
Soon, the car entered the Jiyang area, more than a hundred kilometers to the north, where the climate was noticeably cooler than before.
After exiting the highway, we took the national highway.
This section is mostly mountainous, and the national highway is not easy to travel, with winding roads everywhere. When we passed an S-shaped intersection, the road was blocked by roadblocks.
A group of people dressed in mourning clothes set up a roadblock in the middle of the road, and a coffin was placed on the side of the road.
A woman knelt before the coffin, throwing yellow paper into the brazier, burning it while crying.
There weren't many cars on the national highway, and it was getting late, so there were hardly any passing vehicles. The roadblock that the woman had set up was a way to collect funeral fees from passing vehicles.
Ye Xingchen stopped, and a man wearing mourning clothes immediately came over. He held up a basin in his hand, which contained several large bills and a QR code.
"What's wrong?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"My older brother was hit by a car the day before yesterday while riding his motorcycle to work. The driver fled the scene, and there were no surveillance cameras around. He left my sister-in-law and her child alone. Bosses who are passing by, please do me a favor and give some money for his funeral."
Ye Xingchen nodded. Such situations are not uncommon on some national highways, especially in far-north places like Jiyang, where there is a lack of roadside surveillance.
So sometimes when a car accident happens, the local police can't find the perpetrator at all, so they tacitly allow these families to set up roadblocks on the national highway and collect some funeral fees. Generally, passing vehicles are let go for five or ten yuan.
Ye Xingchen took out a large bill, threw it into the basin, and then rolled up the car window to leave.
Just then, a fat, middle-aged man walked over, glanced at Ye Xingchen's car, reached out and took the large bill from the face box, showing no intention of letting him pass.
Ye Xingchen rolled down the car window again: "Gentlemen, what's the meaning of this?"
The middle-aged man peeked into the car and saw Liu Qingmei sitting in the passenger seat. A look of amazement flashed in his eyes.
After confirming that there was only a man and a woman in the car, the middle-aged man said with a forced smile, "Boss, you see, only a few cars pass by on this national highway in a day. We've been watching all day, and we've only seen a dozen or so cars, which is a few hundred yuan."
"So what?" Ye Xingchen glanced at the middle-aged man. If he wasn't mistaken, this guy was some kind of village secretary.
Poor and remote places breed unruly people. Generally speaking, village secretaries are usually a bunch of thugs who do nothing all day but take bribes and run away with it like the wind.
Judging from this, this bastard probably saw that Ye Xingchen was driving a nice car and wanted to take the opportunity to rip him off.
"So, boss, please do me a favor and cover all my nephew's funeral expenses. Look how cold it is today, and we're all suffering here. This amount of money is just a drop in the ocean for you, right?" the middle-aged man said with a chuckle.
“I don’t think this is appropriate.” Ye Xingchen shook his head: “I didn’t hit the person, and I have no relation to you. Donating some money is a favor, and not donating is also within my rights.”
"I wouldn't feel comfortable having to cover all the funeral expenses myself."
"Boss, I can tell at a glance that you're someone who's going to do great things." The middle-aged man waved his hand, and the group of people dressed in mourning clothes all gathered around.
"Those who achieve great things don't concern themselves with trifles. Just hand over the money quickly and we'll let you pass. Otherwise, we troublemakers might spoil your mood."
"You're really putting me in a difficult position," Ye Xingchen said helplessly, reaching out to push open the car door and get out to teach these people a lesson.
But just then, Liu Qingmei, who was in the passenger seat, stopped Ye Xingchen.
She looked up at the middle-aged man and said, "The Liu family of Jiyang is passing through your territory and hopes you can do us a favor. I, the third master of the Liu family, will definitely pay a visit to express my gratitude in the future."
"The Liu family of Jiyang? You...you're from the Liu family?" The middle-aged man was taken aback. He quickly took a few steps back, distancing himself from Liu Qingmei, as if afraid that something might touch him.
The group of people who had initially surrounded them were startled and quickly backed away.
他们的眼神都显得有些惊恐，呆了良久，其中一个人吼道：“你们还愣着干什么？放开路，让他们走，快点，让他们快点走。”
设路障的人连忙扒开了路障，要放叶星辰和柳轻媚离开，而那眼神，跟看到瘟神差不多。
叶星辰感觉到有些好奇，儿家在这里这么大名头啊？他们甚至连身份都不核实一下的吗？听到自报家门就赶紧让路？
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