Chapter 58: The Beauties' Invitation

Hearing Big Bai's poem, Kong Zhenghui turned back and glanced at him, utterly speechless: "Just forcing the rhyme, aren't you?"

"Ah, this life is really enviable," Big Bai said sentimentally with a sigh. "Who knows when we'll have such a courtyard, chatting and painting with six or seven young ladies every day."

The others couldn't be bothered to respond to this romantic poet anymore and strode into the compound, heading towards Yu Mingyuan's room.

As Big Bai passed by the pool, he waved his chubby hand at the beauties: "Qiqi, Doll, long time no see!"

"Oh, Teacher Big Bai!" Doll glanced at Big Bai and said with some surprise: "You... you're injured?"

"I was being a good Samaritan at Tianhong Port. Ah, don't mention it, it's another epic tale of heroism," Big Bai's skill lay in his ability to respond to anything, and he sounded extremely smooth: "What are you all up to...?"

After exchanging a couple of sentences, Big Bai had already walked over to the girls.

Kong Zhenghui turned back and called out: "Don't you have any serious business...!"

"You go ahead and talk, I'll just follow through with whatever's decided later," Big Bai waved his hand and stepped up to the girls, saying: "Oh my, why do you have so much camping equipment...?"

"We're going camping this weekend!" Doll, who had been receiving plenty of text harassment from Big Bai lately, replied familiarly. Although they hadn't met much in person, they were still considered online friends.

"Camping, eh? Where are you planning to go, the Grand Canyon or a nearby reservoir?" Big Bai seized the opportunity and sat down, starting to introduce: "I used to love photography and often wandered around the area. I'm very familiar with all this..."

"You like photography too?" An Qiqi was a bit surprised.

Up ahead, the other three didn't bother with this Teddy bear. They walked around the small pavilion in front of the villa and came to the outside of Yu Mingyuan's room.

On the lawn, Yu Mingyuan was sitting on a lounge chair under the rain shelter. He waved his hand and called out: "We're all our own people here, sit wherever you like. There are drinks in the fridge, help yourselves, don't be polite."

Before the Tianhong Port incident, the Su, Bai, and Kong families had at most paid their respects and taken sides in the sanitation circle. After this incident, the relationship between the three families and the Yu family had truly warmed up, entering a state of alliance. So whether it was Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, or Kong Zhenghui and Bai Hongbo, their interactions with Yu Mingyuan were now much less formal than before.

Su Tianyu casually took a few cans of cold drinks from the refrigerator on the first-floor balcony, handed them to Kong Zhenghui and Su Tianbei, then sat down comfortably in the rattan chair.

"I've been trying to find some connections these past few days, but still can't solve the problem," Yu Mingyuan, wearing shorts, lay on the lounge chair and sighed. "Xu Hu goes around every day with money and gifts, blocking all our retreat routes. No one in customs is willing to have contact with us."

Su Tianbei, drinking his beverage, asked softly: "He's hitting our vital point, why don't we just hit his weakness and be done with it?"

Yu Mingyuan turned to look at him: "What weakness?"

"Outsiders might not know the details of Tang Baiqing's case, but we do," Su Tianbei said in a low voice. "If we get the Wu family to reopen the case and bite him, wouldn't that cause a lot of trouble?"

Hearing this, Yu Mingyuan immediately waved his hand: "That method won't work. You have to understand, settling Tang's matter didn't just involve one or two police connections. From the specific case handlers to the district police chief, police bureau hospital, then to the prosecutors, courts, criminal detention center - they've all been arranged. If we try to reopen the case, we wouldn't just be targeting Tang Baiqing alone, but offending a whole bunch of people. Most importantly, this case is hard to overturn. The Wu family took money, you might not be able to control them, and the dead woman's family has also settled with Old Tang... Do you understand?"

"That's true," Su Tianbei nodded helplessly.

"Moreover, our business doesn't just conflict with Tang Baiqing's interests, he's only one part of it," Yu Mingyuan sighed. "As soon as the Tianhong Port matter ended, what we're directly confronting is actually the entire gray interest chain of the port. To put it bluntly, the money and power group at the docks are not only protecting the plate for the dock gang and Tang Baiqing but also for themselves. Otherwise, wouldn't the docks become a nightclub? Anyone who gets envious and wants to make money could come and take a share."

"That makes sense," Kong Zhenghui interjected frankly. "It's just like when outsiders try to snatch the dirty gang's business now. No matter how things end up between us and Changqing Company, we might all end up pointing our guns outward together in the end."

Yu Mingyuan took a sip of tea and said: "This matter is quite difficult to handle. We need to proceed steadily."

"Actually, this matter is both difficult and not difficult," Su Tianyu said casually, drinking his cold beverage. "It just depends on how determined you are to do this."

Yu Mingyuan looked at him: "What do you mean by that?"

"If we just want to do some business at sea and keep the scale stable as it is now, then we can give in after a couple more rounds with them. Our three families' profit share gets diluted, you give up some shares, then act subservient and make money," Su Tianyu replied.

"Go on," Yu Mingyuan slowly sat up straight.

"If you're aiming to open a gap in the docks, plant a flag here, and grab a certain market share, then you need to be prepared for a fight to the death," Su Tianyu said frankly. "My Second Brother said something just now that was quite right."

"Which part?" Su Tianbei asked.

"He hits your vital point, you hit his weakness," Su Tianyu looked at Yu Mingyuan brightly. "Think carefully about this sentence..."

Yu Mingyuan blankly picked up his teacup, pondering Su Tianyu's words.

"Brother!"

Just then, Doll came over, smiling as she asked: "Are you busy?"

Yu Mingyuan looked up: "I'm discussing business."

"Oh," Doll nodded, then invited again: "That Big Bai from your company was just chatting with us. He said he knows many good camping spots nearby. I see you haven't been busy lately, why don't we have a get-together and go out to relax...!"

"Go, go, do whatever you need to do," Yu Mingyuan waved his hand dismissively. "How can I have the mood to relax with you all!"

"Oh come on, you haven't had much to do lately, right? Let's go out for a walk together...!" Doll, seeing her big brother had been quite irritable lately, kindly invited him again.

"I really don't have time. How about this, ask your Second Brother to go with you..." Yu Mingyuan was about to refuse again.

Su Tianyu turned back to look at Doll and suddenly said: "Actually, relaxing a bit is quite good. Boss Yu, the company's matters can't be resolved in a day or two, why don't we all go for a stroll?"

Yu Mingyuan looked at Su Tianyu: "Do you already have some ideas?"

"Hehe," Su Tianyu smiled. "I have a little, but I don't know if it'll work."