"Ah Lang! Ah Lang!" Yuan Heng, his face slightly pale, rushed in.
Ning Lang was cooking millet porridge for her son when she raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuan Heng, panting anxiously, said, "Sheng Ju sent people to cause trouble at the municipal party committee... and he even found a group of thugs from somewhere to go and vandalize the cemetery. The Lin family also joined in the commotion and spread rumors everywhere."
"It's alright." Ning Lang smiled slightly. "I have another backup plan."
Yuan Heng picked up the teacup beside him—but Ning Lang stopped him.
He chuckled ingratiatingly, then turned around and poured himself a glass of warm water.
"What's your backup plan? Use it quickly, or we'll lose control of the situation!"
Ning Lang explained, "This afternoon, the quality inspection department will go to Lingshan to investigate. They received a report that not only were the roads built in Lingshan done with substandard materials, but even the villas and apartment complexes were built with inferior materials, raising serious concerns about their quality."
"Really?!" Yuan Heng exclaimed in shock, "How dare they do this? To jeopardize the lives and property of ordinary people like this?"
Ning Lang nodded and said, "It's absolutely true, the evidence is conclusive. This is the Lin family's usual way of making money, and this time is no exception."
The person she sent as an undercover agent to the Sheng family manor recorded the conversation between Sheng Ju and his son. The reason they agreed to let the Lin family invest and contract the project was because they were greedy for the lowest price offered by the Lin family.
Yuan Heng rolled his eyes and cursed, "You bastard! You're utterly depraved!"
Ning Lang forced a smile and explained, "Actually, I vaguely knew about it back when the Lin family and the Ming family were developing the commercial plaza together. However, since Senior Jiang was in charge of the project, I only quietly reminded him. He later drove the Lin family away, which can be considered a way of pulling back from the brink."
The mention of the Ming family immediately turned Yuan Heng's face sour.
Ming Haoyuan was found to be in possession of drugs, and his blood test was positive for drugs. The evidence of drug use was conclusive. Fortunately, he had a good attitude in admitting his guilt, and the Ming family and Jiang Lirong pleaded for leniency many times. In the end, the old master of the Yuan family nodded and lightly dismissed Yuan Heng's case.
However, the law will not let him off the hook; it not only ordered him to quit drugs but also sentenced him to six months in prison.
Yuan Heng was still furious and cursed, "Ignore that Jiang Lirong! He's probably one of them! Also, he's not allowed to come to the medicinal cuisine restaurant every day!"
“The medicinal cuisine restaurant has been closed for renovations recently and hasn’t been open at all.” Ning Lang smiled slightly, raising her delicate eyebrows. “During this special period, we don’t want Sheng Ju to have any opportunities to cause trouble.”
Just then, Ning Lang's phone rang, and a message came in.
—Ah Lang, Sheng Yu is physically weak and suffers from kidney deficiency, which is quite serious. She was released on medical parole earlier and sent to the Central Hospital.
Yuan Heng leaned over to take a look and couldn't help but ask, "Should we have someone keep an eye on him?"
“No need. I’ve already arranged for Ah Bai and Ah Hei to secretly protect Sheng Xuan.” Ning Lang said gently, “The herbal tea shop is closed, and Ah Hong will be my driver for a while. The land in Banhulu Mountain is in my name. Sheng Ju might take a desperate gamble.”
"You need to be careful," Yuan Heng whispered.
...
Two days later, news spread throughout Rongcheng that all projects in Lingshan had been found to have involved shoddy workmanship, inferior materials, and substandard construction, and were ordered to stop work for a more thorough inspection and were temporarily prohibited from being sold.
"Terrifying! I thought the hilltop villa would be far from those graves, but it turns out it's a dangerous building! Nobody would buy it!"
"Haha! Only ghosts would buy that! Why don't we just tear down all the buildings and villas and turn the whole mountain into a cemetery? The crematorium is right next door, it's very close!"
"Let's forget about it! They've all built some shoddy, substandard projects. We don't want the elderly to die without a peaceful resting place. Even if it's a cemetery, the quality has to be guaranteed."
...
Half a month later, Shengju went bankrupt, and the Lin family followed suit, with several groups of government officials investigating them.
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