When Qi Jianping and Ge Nie arrived at Wang Shuning's house on their bicycles, the yard gate was closed and it was not yet time to get off work.
The two waited outside the yard for a full hour before they saw Wang Shuning come back.
"Why are you here?" Wang Shuning looked at the two of them in surprise.
Ge Nie greeted Wang Shuning with a smile.
Qi Jianping said, "I have something to talk to you about. Can you come in and talk?"
Wang Shuning opened the gate and brought the person into the house.
Qi Jianping glanced outside and made sure no one was around before asking, "Does your friend work at the state-owned restaurant in town?"
Wang Shuning shook his head, "No, Shan Mo ran to Yihe Town to live permanently, right behind the state-owned restaurant. She was afraid, so she went to the village to get the relationship back. But even if Guo Jingyi didn't go to work in the town, the other party didn't plan to let her go, so she basically didn't go out during this period."
Qi Jianping lowered his voice and said, "The Chaoyang County Automobile Manufacturing Plant did not perform well last year. Leaders from above are coming to inspect it. If your friend is willing and courageous, he can block them on the road from City D to Chaoyang County."
Wang Shuning's heart moved. This was a good opportunity. "I'll tell her, is this the reason why you came here today?"
Ge Nie nodded and responded, "Jianping's father told him as soon as he received the news. He thought it would be useful to your friend. We were afraid of wasting time, so we came here to tell you in advance."
Wang Shuning thought for a moment and then said, "It's noon now, stay for lunch, noodles are okay?"
Genie smiled widely, stood up and followed with big strides, "I'll help you make it, I like noodles the most."
Qi Jianping sat on the stool motionless, his facial expression showing helplessness.
In just over ten seconds, Gai Nie walked out of the kitchen dejectedly.
Qi Jianping stared at him, "Can you make noodles?"
When Ge Nie was at home, his mother would call him to eat after cooking, and he had never been seen entering the kitchen.
Ge Nie was not convinced, "It's just noodles, of course I can make it, but Shuning's kitchen is too small, there's no room for two people, so I was asked to leave."
Qi Jianping grabbed a handful of melon seeds and handed them to him, "They think you're in the way."
Genie sighed. He really wanted to have some time alone with the other person.
There were three bowls of tomato and egg noodles, but there were not enough bowls, so Wang Shuning had to use a large soup bowl to serve the noodles to Qi Jianping.
Qi Jianping stared at the bowl of noodles. It looked like his appetite was so big that it was almost as big as the washbasin.
Wang Shuning explained: "I live alone at home, and there are not enough bowls."
Qi Jianping scooped it up with chopsticks. Fortunately, there was only half a bowl of noodles. Although it looked scary, the bowl was actually full of noodle soup.
After the two of them finished their noodles, Wang Shuning watched them leave.
Qi Jianping stood at the door and said, "I'll come and tell you the day before the leaders come to Chaoyang County."
Wang Shuning nodded, "Thank you."
Although he was helping Guo Jingyi, he actually owed Qi Jianping a favor. However, he was the son of the director of the automobile manufacturing plant, and even if he encountered difficulties, he probably wouldn't be able to help.
Wang Shuning came to Guo Jingyi's house and told her that a leader from above was coming to inspect. Wang Shuning did not ask Guo Jingyi to stop anyone on the road.
Guo Jingyi said hesitantly, "Bei Chu has already written a letter and sent it back to ask his parents for help. Now that the opportunity has come, we don't have to drag them into it. As long as He Bingjie can testify, Shan Mo will definitely be finished."
Wang Shuning frowned, thinking that Guo Jingyi was oversimplifying the matter. "Shan Mo's cousin is the director of the Public Security Bureau of City D. If you can't bring him down in one go, even if Shan Mo gets into trouble and can't do evil in the future, Shan Congyun won't let you and Lu Beichu go."
Guo Jingyi's brows wrinkled a little, and after a while she nodded solemnly and said, "Then I want to go too."
She didn't want to hide in Dafeng Village all her life, she wanted something better.
There was a gong outside, and it was time to go to work in the afternoon.
Several people packed up and went out. Lu Beichu was still recuperating at home, and Guo Jingyi would not go to discuss with him until the evening.
After returning from City D, Shanmo did not go to Yihe Town, but returned to Chaoyang County.
"Is Lu Beichu still receiving intravenous drip at the Yihe Town Health Center?" Shanmo asked.
Wang Tuzi nodded and replied, "The nurse at the health center said there are still three days left."
Only Zhao Heping was sending him back and forth, so it would be easy for him to bring people to beat them up along the way.
Shan Mo was torn between two options and finally decided to give up temporarily. The inspection by the higher-ups was more important and nothing could happen to his black industry in Chaoyang County.
"People from above are coming to inspect the Chaoyang County Automobile Manufacturing Plant, and other places as well. The three gambling houses in the county should be closed temporarily, and debtors should not come to collect debts in the short term. Let the brothers stay at home for a while, and don't go out in groups for the time being."
Wang Tuzi asked: "What about Guo Jingyi?"
Shan Mo said: "I will go to Yihe Town after the leader leaves D City."
Hearing the news, Lu Beichu happily sat up from the bed, "Really?"
Guo Jingyi nodded affirmatively. "A friend of Wang Shuning in the county town told me this afternoon that his father is the director of the Chaoyang County Automobile Manufacturing Plant. This news is correct."
"I have been to He Bingjie's home, and he agreed to testify for us."
Lu Beichu kept rubbing his fingers, his mind full of thoughts, unable to calm down. "What Wang Shuning said makes sense. We must not only send Shan Mo to jail, but we must also not let Shan Congyun go. With such a good opportunity, if we don't get rid of him, it would be like letting a tiger go back to the mountain."
Of course Guo Jingyi also wanted to catch Shan Congyun, but the other party was the director of the city's Public Security Bureau. If he cut off his tail and said that what Shan Mo did had nothing to do with him, things would become very difficult.
In order to convict someone, you must have solid evidence.
Lu Beichu frowned and thought, Shanmo has been domineering in Chaoyang County for so many years, there must be a lot of people who hate him.
Especially in gambling houses, there must be gamblers like He Weiyuan. He Liangliang's family couldn't even borrow money to redeem him.
Did Shanmo really cut off the fingers of those gamblers who owed money and couldn’t pay it back?
Opening a gambling house privately is illegal in itself, and injuring people is an even more serious crime.
But I have difficulty walking now, and Jingyi can't go out alone, so who will go to the county town to find evidence?
The two thought and discussed for a long time, but in the end they couldn't come up with a useful solution.
It was getting dark outside. Zhang Meili saw that Guo Jingyi had not come back yet, and she was worried and came to look for her.
After hearing about their troubles, she said, "Aren't Wang Shuning's friends in the county? We can ask them for help."
Guo Jingyi and Lu Beichu did not speak immediately. It was not that they had not thought about asking Wang Shuning's friends for help, but if Shanmo knew about looking for witnesses, he would never let them go.
Qi Jianping came here with good intentions to pass on the message, but if it requires the other party to take risks, they probably wouldn't be willing to do so.
Zhang Meili blinked her eyes. Qi Jianping was tall and strong, and even if he was caught, he would not be beaten like Lu Beichu.
With that guy's size and legs being thicker than Wang Shuning's waist, fighting one against two is no problem at all, it's like playing with chickens.
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