Chapter 1028: Let Him Try Filing a Lawsuit

He Yuzhu tilted his head, slanted a glance at He Zheng, and asked, "The play is about to start, how do you intend to perform this act?"

He Zheng ground his back teeth with a creak, "However you want to play it, I see that Lv Ke and his gang definitely participated in setting us up; this matter isn't over!"

He Yuzhu didn't say a word, only gave a heavy nod.

Just as they were speaking, the leading police officer came over with a file tucked under his arm and asked coldly, "Are you Mr. He Zheng?"

He Zheng nodded without changing his expression.

The officer held a bureaucratic tone, popping out words one by one: "We have received a collaborative notice from the M Country Department of Justice and need to place you all under temporary detention."

He Zheng's brows knit together sharply; his voice wasn't loud, but it sounded like sandpaper rubbing against sheet metal: "Are you dogs raised by M Country? You bite whoever they tell you to? I am a businessman who came to Europe to properly discuss internet software cooperation, I entered the country in compliance with regulations, and my paperwork is complete. By what right do you use M Country's domestic law to detain me?"

The interpreter beside him braced himself to translate the words. After the officer heard them, his lips trembled like leaves in an autumn wind, and his face turned the color of a pig's liver from anger: "M Country and we are allies; we have an obligation to assist."

"What crime have I committed? That you accomplices would come out to arrest me?" He Zheng pressed forward step by step.

"The accusation materials submitted by the M Country side verify that the XL Communication Group under your name provided technical support to M Country sanctioned regions... You circumvented M Country's unilateral trade sanctions during USD cross-border settlements. The M Country government has applied for an Interpol notice... Our side is lawfully restricting your personal freedom temporarily, and we will initiate extradition procedures subsequently."

He Zheng's voice suddenly turned cold, knowing that more talk was useless. He looked at He Yuzhu, and He Yuzhu nodded, meaning not to take it too much to heart.

Only then did he sigh and say, "Then are you detaining just me, or all of us?"

The officer said stiffly, "Detaining you and this technical personnel. Your wife is not within the scope of control."

He Zheng grabbed Qin Tianzhen, remembering He Yuzhu's instructions, and said firmly, "My wife must be with me. I have epilepsy and cannot be without someone to look after me. If you are going to detain, then detain both of us together."

A cold sneer tugged at the corner of the officer's mouth, the mockery in his eyes almost overflowing: "If you insist on letting your wife stay, that's fine too." He lifted his chin and gestured toward the people behind him, "Cuff him for me."

Only then did He Yuzhu slowly move in front of He Zheng, "If you really put these cuffs on my wrists, you will die, and perhaps your whole family will be dragged into it as well. Are you sure you still want to sell your lives for M Country?"

The officer scoffed aloud, his face full of disbelief: "This is France, I think your joke is quite humorous. Don't just stand there, cuff him for me first!"

Before the words had even landed, a series of "Puff, puff, puff..." sounds suddenly erupted within a twenty-meter radius; smoke-emitting tear gas Smoke Grenades appeared out of thin air from nowhere.

In less than three seconds, thick white smoke swallowed the entire area, and one couldn't even see a person's face from a few steps away.

The officer's pupils shrank sharply, and he was completely stunned, standing frozen in place.

Travelers all around screamed and fled in all directions, the wheels of their luggage cases making heart-wrenching sounds.

In the center of the smoke, only He Zheng, Qin Tianzhen, and those few pale-faced police officers remained beside He Yuzhu. The surrounding travelers had long since run away completely.

He Yuzhu did not waste another half-sentence of breath; with a shift of his mind, those few police officers didn't even have time to groan before they disappeared into thin air just like that.

Immediately following, he struck out with both palms, precisely chopping at the back of He Zheng and Qin Tianzhen's necks.

Their bodies went limp, their eyes rolled back, and they fainted on the spot.

He Yuzhu channeled his intent and quickly took both of them into his space.

After finishing all this, he didn't stop for a moment, flashed into the restroom to quickly change his disguise, lowered his hat brim, and headed straight for the airport's closed-circuit monitoring system and communication navigation tower.

Explosions rang out one after another; the monitoring room, the tower, and the core communication system turned into fireballs in succession, glass shattered all over the ground, and alarms wailed desperately.

All flights were grounded, ground crew staff ran around the field like headless flies, and the Walkie-talkies were filled with ear-piercing static.

But this was merely an appetizer.

At nightfall, that company that had signed the contract with He Zheng—its server rooms, factories, and office buildings collapsed one after another amidst deafening chain explosions, flames leaping dozens of feet high, burning half the night sky red.

Immediately following, several large banks and vaults within France were looted clean, the safe doors standing wide open, empty and hollow.

Five days later, in the living room of the old house in Si Jiu Cheng, He Zheng and Qin Tianzhen opened their eyes one after another, sat up in a daze, looked at each other in confusion, and then turned their heads in unison to look at He Yuzhu, who was holding a blue-and-white teacup by the window, sipping tea slowly.

The two asked in unison, "Dad... how did we get back?"

He Yuzhu didn't even lift his eyelids, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile, "Walked back."

He Zheng looked sheepish, rubbed his hands, and lowered his head in embarrassment: "Dad, I made a wrong judgment again this time... did I cause you huge trouble?"

He Yuzhu set down the teacup and slanted a glance at him: "You are my son, I have no choice even if you cause trouble. Just like when you were a child, after you finished pooping, wasn't it still me who wiped your butt?"

He Zheng's face turned red instantly; he stood up angrily and walked out, but turned his head back when he reached the door, annoyed: "Can't you save me some face?"

He Yuzhu scolded from behind: "Hurry up and go file a lawsuit! That company that signed the contract with you is going bankrupt!"

Once He Zheng heard this, the foot he had just stepped out retracted, and he turned back to ask urgently, "Dad, what's going on?"

"Their server rooms, factories, and office buildings were all blown flat by someone. I don't know which deity they offended—I guess the M Country people did it; since they didn't help them catch us, they got angry from embarrassment and retaliated."

After hearing this, He Zheng grinned and ran out laughing, his footsteps thumping away along the corridor.

Early the next morning, He Yuzhu strolled over to Shichahai.

As soon as he entered Liu Rusi's courtyard, he saw her bending over tidying up flowers and plants, with a familiar figure standing beside her—Pingping.

"A rare guest!" He Yuzhu greeted aloud.

Pingping turned her head to look at him, sized him up, and asked hesitantly, "Are you... He Zheng?"

He Yuzhu was so angry he scolded with a laugh: "How come your eyesight is failing too? Where do I look like that kid?"

Liu Rusi laughed until she doubled over on the side, "Has he not changed a bit?"

Pingping came up and punched He Yuzhu on the shoulder, laughing and scolding: "Haven't seen you in over ten years, you old thing, how come you don't look old at all?"

He Yuzhu rubbed his shoulder and asked, "Aren't you most fond of that place, Hong Kong? How come you ran back too?"

Liu Rusi waved her hand and sighed: "Her husband passed away, so she missed me, and came back."

He Yuzhu straightened his expression and quickly apologized: "Sorry about that, I touched on your sad matter."

Pingping shook her head, her expression peaceful: "He was quite a bit older than me anyway, and his health was never good; it can be considered a relief that he's gone. It's fine."

She changed the subject and glared at He Yuzhu again, "But I have to tell you, you really played too big this time! You offended France thoroughly; do you still want to leave the country in the future?"

He Yuzhu chuckled: "Sister Pingping is already a retired person, yet your news is still so well-informed! It really wasn't me intentionally provoking them; it's that they wouldn't stop, insisting on arresting He Zheng at the airport."

Pingping snorted: "The M Country side has always loved to sow discord. You just watch, from now on, whenever anything happens anywhere in the world, they'll pin it on you."

"I don't care at all!" He Yuzhu spread his hands, completely unconcerned.

"You don't care, but your family members won't have an easy life from now on!" Pingping added earnestly.

Once He Yuzhu heard this, he knew she was implying something else, and said casually, "Many Europeans don't even have a Passport in their whole lives, don't they still live just fine? Besides, as our country gets better and better, who would still care about running abroad?"

"Even if you don't think for yourself, you have to think for the children." Pingping remained unrelenting.

Liu Rusi raised her hand and patted He Yuzhu on the back, chiding, "You two bicker the moment you meet, you've been bickering your whole lives, can't you change that?"

"How could I?" He Yuzhu took the opportunity to put his arm around Liu Rusi's waist and said with a cheeky grin, "How could I? Just for your sake, I have to let her have her way."

Liu Rusi didn't take the bait, instead shifting the topic, her gaze carrying a hint of deeper meaning: "Did you come here specifically because you heard from Xueru that a batch of goods from Liushi Trading Company was detained by M Country?"

He Yuzhu's brows suddenly furrowed; only now did he realize that Pingping was speaking on behalf of He Mu.

The playful smile on his face vanished instantly: "Xueru didn't tell me about this. Didn't I warn He Mu long ago not to touch business over in M Country? Why is he still getting involved?"

Liu Rusi shook her head and sighed: "He grew up in Hong Kong and is particularly convinced by that whole 'democracy and freedom' thing. He thought everything could be solved by filing a lawsuit, so he had a few employees register a company, thinking he could pull the wool over their eyes by changing his disguise. Who knew M Country was watching so closely? Over fifty million dollars' worth of goods, detained just like that. I reckon they aren't coming back."

After listening, He Yuzhu paced back and forth in front of the flower bed with his hands behind his back. After a long while, he stood still, looked off into the distance, and said, "Letting him suffer a loss this once is for the best. Let him try filing a lawsuit this time. See if they give him a fair ruling over there."