Chapter 426

Chu Linlang left feeling very disappointed.

As soon as she left, Hu Qingwan immediately told Chen Yang, "Do your work however you should; don't let your second uncle affect your plans. If the old master has any objections, I'll cover for you."

Chen Yang nodded, feeling touched. He actually didn't care whether the old master would get angry; mainly he didn't want to thus affect the brotherly relationship between Lin Jianguo and Lin Jianye.

But Chu Linlang's selfish attitude today made him lose a lot of interest in the Xin'an trip. Even if he had invested in the past, he didn't plan to put too much effort into it.

After returning home, Chen Yang called Ouyang Sheng, the person in charge of the Common People's Agricultural Products Trading Company in Qingshui City.

"Ouyang Sheng, I plan to send you to Xin'an County to develop business. That's Lin Wei's second uncle's territory; go see what he needs. Then compile a detailed investment report for me."

"Boss, how long will it take? If it's too long, my girlfriend might have objections."

"If she has objections, just bring her along. I'll reimburse the expenses."

"Okay, thanks, boss, you're generous! I'll get ready right away."

After hanging up, Chen Yang thought for a moment, then called Lin Jianye.

"Second uncle, I'm Chen Yang. I might not be able to go to Xin'an County for the time being. Please don't be angry."

"Chen Yang, I already know what happened in Xingcheng. You should first settle things there; I'm not in a hurry here."

"Thank you, second uncle. I plan to let Ouyang Sheng go first to learn about the situation in Xin'an County. If he encounters any issues there, please also help look after him."

"No problem. Have him contact me directly after he arrives in Xin'an County."

"Okay, then after I finish handling matters in Xingcheng, let's meet again in Xin'an County."

"Okay, I'll wait in Xin'an County for your good news."

After Chen Yang finished his call with Lin Jianye, his mood improved a bit. Compared to Chu Linlang, Lin Jianye is clearly more reasonable.

However, this won't change his attitude toward investing in Xin'an County.

Chu Linlang cares about Lin Jianye's career prospects, and Chen Yang likewise cares about Lin Wei's career prospects. The funds he has will definitely be invested first where Lin Wei works.

The next morning, Chen Yang went to Xingcheng Airport together with Shen Anna to pick up Su Mingyue.

After not seeing each other for months, her attire compared to before in Xingcheng is worlds apart.

She was seen wearing a fashionable white dress, its hem swaying with her light steps, like a dancing fairy.

Moreover, her hair had been carefully styled, smooth strands falling like a waterfall over her shoulders.

She usually doesn't like wearing jewelry, but today she also put on a fashionable heart-shaped gold necklace.

Looking at the stunningly dressed Su Mingyue, Chen Yang couldn't help exclaiming, "Su Mingyue, the water and soil of Shencheng really know how to nurture people. I almost don't recognize you."

Su Mingyue said with a smile, "The epidemic in Shencheng hasn't ended yet; I rarely go out usually. To avoid frightening you, I specially spent a hundred yuan on a makeover."

Chen Yang felt that the hundred yuan was well spent; it actually transformed a homebody into a fashionable trendsetter.

However, after getting in the car, Su Mingyue became silent again; she only answered a question when Chen Yang asked one.

After arriving at the company, Chen Yang summoned all the management to the conference room and then introduced Su Mingyue to them.

After the introduction, Chen Yang had Qin Qin and Qian Duo Duo assist Su Mingyue in handling the relevant joint venture approval procedures.

"Boss, I think this classmate of yours has a crush on you!" Shen Anna judged from a woman's intuition that Su Mingyue's relationship with Chen Yang was not ordinary.

Having seen a joint photo of Lin Wei and Su Mingyue, where the girl dressed very conservatively, yet for the meeting with Chen Yang she actually spent a hundred yuan on a fashionable makeover— isn't that exactly the saying 'a woman makes herself beautiful for the one she likes'?

"Anna sis, don't talk nonsense, we are purely classmates and colleagues." Chen Yang didn't want to plant seeds of suspicion in Shen Anna's mind; if it got back to Lin Wei, his peace would hardly be restored.

"Don't worry, I'm not like Yexin, the big mouth." Shen Anna gave Chen Yang a sideways glance and said, "I'm a woman and have liked men before. A woman only thinks of changing herself when facing the man she admires. Su Mingyue's change today— if it's not because of you, could there be a third party?"

Chen Yang immediately reminded her, "Anna sis, I'm already married, and my wife is your sister. Your wild thoughts will affect your sister's marital happiness."

Shen Anna laughed, "I'm not overthinking; that girl is eighty percent sure she likes you. Of course, as long as your thoughts don't degenerate, I definitely won't go gossip to Lin Wei."

Chen Yang said angrily to Shen Anna, "Those who associate with vermilion become red; those who associate with ink become black. I see you've spent too much time with Yexin, catching her gossip habit."

Seeing Chen Yang not believe her intuition, Shen Anna sighed helplessly.

Fortunately, Su Mingyue won't stay in Xingcheng for long; once the joint venture approval comes through, she still has to return to Shencheng, and Chen Yang also has to go back to Xingcheng. Separated by a thousand miles, even if they both have feelings, they can only be defeated by the distance,

Of course, although Chen Yang put up a tough front in front of Shen Anna, when alone with Su Mingyue he still deliberately kept a certain distance. Each time he saw her off to her hotel, he would just chat a few words at the door and then leave hastily.

Days passed like this. Until mid-June, Yexin and Worry-free Residence finally began to strike back.

Their first counterattack target was not Zhou Zhixin, but Zhou Zhixiang, who held power in Qingshui City.

At the meeting of the Qingshui City Party Committee and Government, the municipal party secretary Zhou Zhiyang was directly taken away by personnel from the provincial discipline commission.

At the time, Chen Yang was reviewing documents at the Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company. It was Zhang Chunhua who called him to report this news.

Zhou Zhixiang's arrest means that Zhou Zhixin's intimidation in Qingshui City will greatly diminish. Those real estate developers who have been swindled by the Zhou brothers might also join forces to report them.

Thus, spring for Qingshui City arrived early.

Just as Chen Yang had expected, several well-known real estate developers in Qingshui City quickly united and went to the province to report Zhou Zhixin, accusing him of abusing Zhou Zhixiang's municipal party secretary privileges to repeatedly charge them double material fees.

Based on the information provided by these developers, the provincial discipline commission quickly uncovered numerous illegal money‑making activities of the Zhixin Group.

With solid evidence, the good days of the Zhou brothers, Zhou Zhixiang and Zhou Zhixin, in Dongjiangsheng came to an early end.