Chapter 734: Xu Damao Seeks Help from He Yuzhu

Jiang Mei handed the liability waiver to Liu Sanmei and said, "You must sign this contract so we can perform the surgery on him; otherwise, no one can help."

Liu Sanmei held the pen with trembling hands, her voice also shaking: "Doctor... if I sign this, will he die?"

"If you don't sign, he will truly die." Jiang Mei looked at her steadily, "Rest assured, the grudge between Xu Damao and He Yuzhu has nothing to do with this surgery."

Liu Sanmei bit her lip and signed her name with a trembling hand.

Not long after she finished signing, the light in the operating room turned on.

Liu Sanmei squatted in the corner, held her head, and burst into tears, her heart full of grievance and despair.

Xu Damao stood to the side, finding her state truly unsightly, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up: "Sanmei, what good does crying do?"

Liu Sanmei suddenly raised her head, her face full of ferocity: "Damao, you must avenge my San Ge! Even if we cheated them, they could have come to us for the money; what right did they have to strike so ruthlessly?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao's anger was instantly ignited. He stood there pondering for a long while, thinking of how his two bodyguards, Lao Ma and Lao Zhao, had run off and never returned, and the more he thought about it, the colder he felt. He felt he was truly pathetic—he had spent a fortune on bodyguards who boasted to the heavens, yet they couldn't even handle two thugs from Hong Kong and ran faster than anyone at the critical moment.

In a flash of inspiration, he thought of He Yuzhu.

"Sanmei, what if... I go ask He Yuzhu to help deal with them?"

Liu Sanmei wiped her tears and huffed indignantly: "You never burn incense, but now you embrace the Buddha's feet; why would he care about you?"

Xu Damao frowned and pondered for a moment, then spoke slowly: "Before the Liberation, that kid was fond of jade. Whenever I brought him jade, he was willing to help me. I still have a piece hidden away that I haven't been able to part with. If there's no other way, I'll use that to beg him."

Liu Sanmei's eyes widened: "Xu Damao, you actually had jade hidden and never told me!"

Xu Damao was also annoyed and glared at her fiercely: "Are you stupid? What time is it to be worrying about that?"

Liu Sanmei finally came to her senses, her tone softening: "Then hurry and go beg him to step in and resolve this matter."

Xu Damao walked outside in a huff, found a public phone, and dialed.

He Yuzhu was currently in the East Cross Courtyard teaching Fang Deng about computers. When he picked up the phone and heard it was Xu Damao, he immediately laughed: "Has the sun risen in the west? Why are you calling me?"

Xu Damao's throat choked up, and he said with a sobbing tone: "Zhuzi... can you help a brother out?"

He Yuzhu sneered: "Did you cheat someone out of money again, and the creditor has come knocking?"

"No!" Xu Damao said urgently, "I wouldn't dare come to you for that! Yesterday I sold a small bronze tripod to a buyer from Hong Kong. I don't know what happened, but today when we got off work, they blocked our car and started stabbing people right away; they are just too arrogant. My brother-in-law was stabbed and seriously injured on the spot, his life hanging in the balance. If I hadn't been carrying a gun, I probably would have met my end there too."

"You're pathetic enough to get stabbed even while carrying a gun," He Yuzhu teased.

"They even claimed that everyone in our Si Jiu Cheng is a coward and that their gang could flatten this place whenever they wanted," Xu Damao said, deliberately stoking the fire.

He Yuzhu laughed out loud: "Xu Damao, we aren't children anymore; stop trying to provoke me with that."

Xu Damao hurriedly pleaded: "Brother Zhuzi, I have a piece of high-quality jade; I beg you, just help me this one time, okay?"

"Did you call the police?"

"I shot at them, so I don't dare call the police!" Xu Damao said bitterly.

He Yuzhu was silent for a moment, then said: "It's hard for me to get involved in your business; what if I help you and you turn around and sell me out?"

Xu Damao was truly crying from anxiety, his voice changing pitch: "Zhuzi, just help a brother this once. I swear, if I leak even half a word, may I be struck by lightning!"

He Yuzhu pondered for a long time before finally relenting: "Fine. Where are you now? I'll come find you."

"I'm at the Beijing Hospital; your friend Jiang Mei is currently operating on my brother-in-law."

Upon hearing Jiang Mei's name, He Yuzhu's tone softened a bit: "Then you can rest easy. Jiang Mei has high surgical skills and also understands traditional Chinese medicine; the person will definitely be saved. By the way, do you know what kind of background those two have?"

"I wrote down their license plate number; it's a Toyota sedan," Xu Damao said hurriedly.

"Read it to me now."

Xu Damao quickly recited the license plate number.

He Yuzhu said: "Wait there; I'm going to make a phone call first."

He hung up on Xu Damao and dialed Li Xiangxiu's number directly.

At this hour, Li Xiangxiu hadn't finished work yet. Hearing it was He Yuzhu, she immediately asked: "Zhuzi, did something happen?"

He Yuzhu didn't beat around the bush: "A group of people from Hong Kong blocked the road and committed violence, nearly stabbing one of Xu Damao's brothers-in-law to death. If Xu Damao hadn't been hiding a gun, he would have lost his life too. This group is too arrogant, and I have to handle this, otherwise they'll really think there's no one left in Si Jiu Cheng."

Li Xiangxiu's voice sank: "Zhuzi, this is a major case, and it involves people from outside the border. You cannot intervene on your own."

He Yuzhu smiled: "According to Xu Damao, the ones who blocked him are Hong Kong underworld forces. I plan to resolve this using underworld methods."

Li Xiangxiu became anxious immediately, her tone filled with heat: "He Yuzhu, you're nearly fifty years old; why are you falling into your old habits again? How do you want to resolve it? By killing? What era is this? Tell me the truth immediately—what is really going on?"

He Yuzhu chuckled: "Deputy Bureau Chief Li, let me be willful just this once, okay? Consider it for the sake of the meal I gave you back in the day."

There was a long silence on the other end of the line. After a while, Li Xiangxiu sighed—she knew clearly that He Yuzhu had never mentioned that favor from the past all these years, and today he was truly using that debt of gratitude; she couldn't refuse. She calmed her emotions and said: "Don't make a big scene, and absolutely no loss of life. Tell me, you called me—what exactly do you want me to do?"

"First, help me check the information on this license plate number; you don't need to worry about the rest," He Yuzhu said.

"Wait there," Li Xiangxiu replied.

He Yuzhu smiled: "Rest assured, I won't cause you any trouble."

The reason he was willing to handle this matter for Xu Damao wasn't entirely for that piece of jade. It was mainly because he had two antique workshops of his own, and it was inevitable that some fakes would circulate. If he let these outsiders run wild in Si Jiu Cheng, his own people would suffer sooner or later.

In less than ten minutes, Li Xiangxiu sent over the information corresponding to the license plate number.

"It's registered under a company called Oriental Kaiyue. They came to the mainland for a real estate development project. I had someone inquire, and among the bodyguards of this company's Boss Li, there are indeed many with gang backgrounds. We already have people watching them here; be careful yourself," Li Xiangxiu cautioned.