"There's no need for that. The more you increase your down payment, the more they'll take advantage of you and even think you're easy to manipulate."
"If they just hold you back a little, you're willing to give them two million upfront. If they hold you back a little more, wouldn't you come up with four million?"
"People are prone to taking advantage of kindness, and doing so will only make things more difficult to resolve."
Xia Yingying sighed and said, "I knew it might be like that, but..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Feng pulled her close and kissed her hard on the cheek right in front of Liu Ping.
This made Xia Yingying blush bright red, and she leaned on his shoulder, too embarrassed to look at anyone.
"Oh dear, what are you doing? Auntie is still here," Xia Yingying said in a low voice.
Liu Ping pretended there were mosquitoes, silently turned her head, and looked around at the ceiling.
It's so good to be young...
"Don't worry, I know what you want to say. I'll ask you when I really need it. There's no need for it now."
Chen Feng gently touched her hair and said.
"Um…"
Xia Yingying was worried that Chen Feng would overthink things, fearing he might think she had money but didn't want to take it, so she deliberately made things difficult for Chen Feng.
Chen Feng understood what she was thinking; how could he not understand her thoughts?
Once the person behind this is identified, these troublemakers will be no threat at all, and dealing with them will be a piece of cake.
The guy behind you is the biggest threat; he can create such a huge obstacle just by talking about compensation.
Not to mention how many obstacles he'll throw at you if things continue like this.
The most urgent task now is to find him so that we can proceed with the next step of the plan.
"Lin Nian will be back soon. After he returns, we'll call Zheng Ping and the others over to discuss the plan properly," Chen Feng said, calculating the time.
"Hey, Du Jin was so nice just now, why didn't you just ask him directly? That would have saved you so much trouble," Liu Ping couldn't help but ask.
"It's no use, he won't tell, and even if he did, I wouldn't be able to tell if he was telling the truth."
"I'd rather see for myself who's really behind this."
"And they don't know yet that I've discovered someone behind them. Asking them rashly would only expose me and make the person behind them more vigilant."
Chen Feng explained that, in reality, even if he were to actually ask Du Jin, Du Jin would only vaguely tell him that he was from your village, and he wouldn't say anything more.
He still doesn't know who he can trust, so why would he tell Chen Feng everything?
A few hours later, as darkness fell, Lin Nian returned. Chen Feng called them all over.
"Brother Feng, you were looking for me?" Lin Nian said as he entered.
"Hello, sister-in-law. Hello, auntie." He greeted the other two people.
"Come sit down, Huang Fei and the others will be here soon." Chen Feng tossed him a cigarette as a gesture.
A few minutes later, Zheng Ping and the others all arrived.
"Fengzi, how's the compensation negotiation going? When will the gold mine open?" Zheng Ping asked as he sat down.
"Gold mine? What gold mine? Brother Feng, you're going to open a gold mine?" Lin Nian said in shock when he heard this.
He was practically the last person in the entire village to know the news.
"Not good at all. Someone is messing with me behind my back. They ruined the compensation that was clearly agreed upon." Chen Feng gestured for Lin Nian to calm down before speaking to them.
"What's wrong? Who's bothering you? What's going on?" Huang Fei frowned immediately upon hearing this.
Damn it, cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. I just found a good job, and you just cut it off for me like this?
If Huang Fei finds out who it is, he'll definitely have to deal with him.
They arrived this morning…
Chen Feng recounted the whole incident to them, and also told them that someone must have been behind it all.
"What should we do? The contract hasn't been signed yet. Will there be any problems?" Zheng Ping said worriedly.
He sensed it too; that person simply didn't want Chen Feng to get the mine up and running smoothly.
The people present also frowned. If Chen Feng's mine couldn't be opened, they would have to travel to other places all year round and wouldn't be able to stay at home for more than a few days a year.
"Our first step is to find this guy. Only by finding him can we know how to deal with him."
Chen Feng explained to them.
"Then how do we catch him? If all else fails, we can put Li Laoqi in a sack and beat him up. I don't believe he's really that stubborn," Lin Nian said fiercely.
“That won’t do. You can’t just resort to brute force. I already have a way to find this person.”
"Tonight, I will visit each of their five homes to discuss the matter. Once I leave, they will definitely go to the person behind them to discuss countermeasures."
"Even if they don't go out to look for it themselves, they will call."
"When the time comes, you guys lie in ambush. If they go out, you follow them. If they make a phone call, you eavesdrop."
"I don't believe that with all five houses so tightly sealed, not a single one could slip out." Chen Feng narrowed his eyes and snorted.
"Holy crap, Fengzi, your method is pretty high-tech." Zheng Ping thought Chen Feng would use some kind of eavesdropping device, the kind you often see on TV.
Unexpectedly, Chen Feng's method was so primitive; he simply listened to the wall and that was it.
"But you know what, this really is the fastest and most effective method. Fengzi, you're amazing! You came up with such a brilliant plan in such a short time." Yin Xing couldn't help but give Chen Feng a thumbs up.
"Shall we go to their house and eavesdrop later?"
Lin Nian said with excitement in his eyes, "I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like a secret agent in a TV series, about to carry out a mission."
"Don't rush, wait until it gets a little later. People occasionally pass by outside now, and it wouldn't be good if we were discovered."
"Send me a WeChat message once you've set up your ambush, and I'll begin my operation."
"Remember, don't tell anyone about this. Make sure your phone is on full blast and on vibrate," Chen Feng carefully instructed.
"Okay, okay, we understand." The group nodded repeatedly.
"I'll assign the tasks now. Lin Nian will go to Li Laoqi's house, Zheng Ping will go to..."
Chen Feng quickly assigned the tasks, and they nodded and went home in batches, having specially changed into black clothes.
Tonight was a stroke of luck for Chen Feng. There was no moonlight, and in the countryside without streetlights, it was pitch black. You couldn't even see anyone on the other side without a flashlight.
Lin Nian deliberately took a long detour through the vegetable garden before arriving at Li Laoqi's backyard. From a distance, he could see that Li Laoqi's curtains were drawn, but the lights were still on, so they were probably getting ready to go to sleep.
He took a deep breath, slowed his pace, and prepared to quietly sneak up to the area under Li Laoqi's bedroom.
But before he could take a few steps, he suddenly heard a frantic barking coming from the side!
"Woof woof woof woof woof!"
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