Chapter 821: 815. Is He Just a Bodyguard? (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets!)

Meng Shu looked at Zhao Lei and the others, his state of mind unclear for a moment; he now knew who had sent these people.

Aside from Zhang Ran, among the people he knew, no one else should have such boldness.

Meng Shu did not know why Zhang Ran had come to find him this time.

But at this moment, a surge of confidence suddenly welled up in him; it seemed that as long as he had Zhang Ran's word, he would fear nothing.

Just like in the past, as long as Zhang Ran told them to do something, they would be fearless; they knew that no matter what, Zhang Ran would never abandon them.

"Manager Dong, I have been grateful for your company's care over these years, allowing us to take on quite a few projects," Meng Shu suddenly said.

Dong Changhai narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Zhao Lei and then Meng Shu; he could feel that ever since Zhao Lei spoke those words, Meng Shu's entire demeanor had changed.

Moreover, Zhao Lei had not even paid him any mind just now, which also made him feel somewhat angry.

However, Dong Changhai was no simple character to have reached this level; as long as he hadn't figured out who was standing behind Zhao Lei, he would not easily offend people just because of some anger.

"You're too polite, but since you've put it that way, what is the meaning of today? Are you complaining that we haven't given you enough projects?" Dong Changhai said indifferently.

He placed the blame directly on Meng Shu, wanting to claim the moral high ground.

If it were the previous Meng Shu, he probably wouldn't have refuted Dong Changhai, because that would have been meaningless.

But now, Meng Shu had infinite confidence in his heart, and with an unchanging expression, he said, "Manager Dong, that isn't right."

Dong Changhai's gaze grew even more profound as he looked at Meng Shu and said, "How so?"

"Manager Dong can go and check the projects we have done; the quality is absolutely up to standard, without a single issue.

Many times, we would rather lose some of our own profit than let any major problems occur in the projects.

Just on this point alone, I believe we have done right by Changhai Company."

Dong Changhai was noncommittal; he didn't know the specific situation, but since Meng Shu had said so, he knew it was likely about right.

Of course, the main thing was that he didn't really care about these things.

"Right now, your company keeps delaying our project payments. If it were in the past, I could accept it and it wouldn't matter if it were delayed a little, but now, my wife is seriously ill and needs money for treatment. I have asked many times, but each time I was put off.

I know Changhai has a large business, but this money shouldn't just disappear, right?" Meng Shu continued, though his tone was becoming increasingly firm.

Dong Changhai looked at Meng Shu and suddenly laughed, "Interesting. How much project payment is still outstanding?"

"Two million eight hundred thirty-six thousand," Meng Shu stated the amount directly.

Dong Changhai did not agree immediately, but instead said with a smile, "If I am not mistaken, this money should have actually been issued already. This shouldn't have anything to do with our company anymore, right?

With you making such a scene today, people who don't know might really think our company is out of money.

If that causes losses, how should it be handled? Or are you able to compensate for it?"

Meng Shu's expression did not change, "That has nothing to do with me. I only know that if the money hasn't reached my hands, then it must still be on your company's side.

I took on your company's project, so the money needs to be settled by your company. Could it be that if your company has corruption, I need to be responsible for it?"

Dong Changhai laughed loudly, "That is true, but we also need to verify things on our end; it can't just be whatever you say, right?"

Of course, Dong Changhai was unwilling to just give the money away like that; if people found out, where would he, Dong Changhai, put his face?

"What does Manager Dong mean by this?" Meng Shu asked in return.

Dong Changhai said, "It doesn't mean anything; I just want to say that if the money really hasn't been given to you, then it's no problem for us to give it to you, but the procedures still have to be followed. It can't just be given away so unclearly, don't you think?"

Now it was Meng Shu's turn to have a strange look in his eyes; he looked at Dong Changhai and said in a stiff tone, "Is Manager Dong trying to stall for time?"

The conversation between the two did not hide anything, and the people on the side could see it all clearly.

Meng Gu and Xiaomin were both looking at Meng Shu in astonishment; this seemed very different from the Meng Shu they had known before.

At this moment, Meng Shu was not losing ground against Dong Changhai; was this still the same small-time construction contractor from before?

As for the Manager, he felt even more guilty; he hadn't expected that this time he would actually attract Dong Changhai over.

And looking at it, it seemed that Dong Changhai also knew about some of the tricks involved.

But thinking about it, that made sense; if Dong Changhai didn't know, he wouldn't have been able to grow the company so large.

Fortunately, Dong Changhai didn't care much about such things; as long as you didn't bring trouble to the company and could handle it well, he wouldn't care at all.

But this time, he would probably be in for a world of trouble, because he had already brought the troublesome matter to the company.

Dong Changhai and Meng Shu ignored the thoughts of others, the two of them currently clashing head-on.

"You seem to be more than just a simple construction contractor, right?" Dong Changhai suddenly said.

Could a construction contractor stand up to him for such a long time?

And from the bottom of his heart, this person's confidence was extremely sufficient.

This was completely impossible for an ordinary construction contractor to achieve; even knowing that someone was backing them, most people still couldn't be this firm.

Meng Shu said, "I've been a construction contractor for over twenty years; do you think I'm a construction contractor or not?"

Dong Changhai understood the meaning behind his words immediately, "So that's how it is. Brother, you did something else before? Can you talk about it? I'm still quite curious."

It wasn't just him who was curious; Meng Gu was even more curious. He found his father very unfamiliar today.

Meng Shu thought for a moment and then said directly, "I was just working as a bodyguard for someone."

"A bodyguard?" This answer was clearly beyond Dong Changhai's expectations. Was he just a bodyguard?

Meng Gu was somewhat disappointed; so he was just a bodyguard. He had thought his old man had some illustrious past.

"It's not as simple as just being a bodyguard, is it?" Dong Changhai didn't quite believe it.

Meng Shu said, "Then you really guessed wrong; it really was just being a bodyguard, I just experienced more things than most."

That was certainly true; he had experienced more things than the vast majority of people in the world.

He had also seen many big scenes, so just from the level of experience, even though Meng Shu had been mixing at the bottom for such a long time and society had developed so quickly, he was still truly stronger than many people.

These "many people" also included Dong Changhai; although Dong Changhai had developed much better than him now, the scenes Meng Shu had witnessed while following Zhang Ran in the past were things that even the current Dong Changhai had no way of coming into contact with.