Chapter 108: Surrounded by Enemies

In the battle outside the district, Su Tianyu and the others had snatched back Liang Feng, killed Xu Er, and finally entered the district swagger under Zhao Weihu's protection.

This series of clean and decisive counterattacks had hurt the dock gang badly and was quite satisfying.

But after returning to the district, as all matters continued to ferment, the shortcomings of the team led by the Yu family immediately became apparent.

The dock gang's large scale, strong cohesion, and protection from the General Association and customs people made the Yu family somewhat exhausted in dealing with them, because their strongest connections were with the garrison, not within the system.

The exchange of moves had begun - however much ambition you had, you might have to face equally strong opponents. You could make moves against them, but they could also move against you - this was an irreversible process.

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After Xu Hu was hung up, the dock gang's actions outside didn't stop.

In the following days, the dock gangs from Zha'nan and Longkou districts, as well as Changqing Company, called many lackeys to prowl around the territory of the three companies in Zha'nan. Though they didn't actively cause trouble, their deterrent effect was extremely strong.

The workers of the Su, Bai, and Kong families couldn't take it anymore. They didn't dare challenge these people who would commit violence at the sight of a knife, so most people stopped working and submitted their resignations.

The Su, Bai, and Kong families also wouldn't force workers to work at this time or threaten them with contracts, because if they did, while external matters weren't resolved, internal conflicts might explode again.

Moreover, to keep people, the three companies still had to pay wages but couldn't do any work.

Changqing Company was too good at internal fighting. Besides using violent means to threaten workers, Li Hongze had also given Gu Tongshan an idea. He had some lackeys collect city waste garbage, and every night at 10 PM, secretly transport it to the three companies' work areas, dumping all this foul-smelling garbage in the work zones.

After two consecutive days, the naturally produced garbage and deliberately dumped garbage had completely filled all the garbage points, neighborhood garbage bins, and alley garbage collection areas.

This way, the community residents definitely wouldn't stand for it. With unprocessed garbage all around residential areas, what was the Sanitation Management Council for? So complaint calls nearly overwhelmed the Management Council.

The public demanded the replacement of the three contracting companies.

This set of powerful combination punches seemed to target the Su, Bai, and Kong families, but actually the person who suffered most was Yu Jinrong.

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Three days later, at noon.

Yu Jinrong sat in a manor in the suburbs, drinking red wine and looking at the endless lawn and mountains.

At the villa's main entrance, a middle-aged man wearing plain clothes walked over, teasing: "What's wrong, lost your composure from the dock gang's actions?"

"Hehe, no," Yu Jinrong replied, holding up his wine glass. "Just felt like having a drink."

The middle-aged man bent down to sit, crossed his legs and lit a cigarette, saying casually: "You wanting to plant a flag at the port is inherently a very difficult thing. You can't get results in just one or two rounds, being blocked is normal, nothing to get worked up about."

"Yes," Yu Jinrong nodded.

The middle-aged man smoked: "Our garrison will definitely support you, that's beyond doubt. But now with the dock gang joining hands with Changqing, using civil groups to encircle you, you really are having trouble getting out of this predicament. You must understand, the city wants to see a stable situation. They can't arrest and deal with all the dock gang people, so they can only find the quickest way to solve the problem. Your scale is small, so you'll have to suffer."

"Hehe, they say people in the underworld have no brains, few thoughts," Yu Jinrong laughed. "But aren't Xu Hu and Gu Tongshan playing it quite smartly?!"

"This is grassroots wisdom, haha!" The middle-aged man also laughed. "Why do they have such strong vitality? Because they can adapt!"

Yu Jinrong nodded.

"Old Yu, abandon the chariot to protect the king," the middle-aged man also poured himself some red wine and said flatly. "Since you can't dodge this bullet, accept it. Replace the three companies, clear them from the Sanitation Management Council, quell the incident."

Yu Jinrong turned to look at him: "Old Qian, isn't this equivalent to selling out the three companies?!"

"It's not really selling them out, is it? Just that they can't do the current work, but can continue cooperating in other business later," Old Qian said softly. "Take a step back, solve the problem first, then protect your official hat - that's the right path."

Yu Jinrong put down his wine glass and turned to look at him, saying: "The Su family has a kid who's quite clever. Earlier he advised Mingyuan, wanted us to use the three companies as a foundation to also establish an association... I listened briefly, it seemed quite promising."

"You mean...?"

"Clearing the three companies now would indeed reduce my pressure a lot," Yu Jinrong said softly. "But after the three companies are gone, what position will I be in? No people in the Management Council, no direct subordinates, just an empty title - wouldn't that make me a toothless tiger?"

Old Qian fell silent at these words.

"Moreover, after clearing the three companies, who would take over this portion of the work zones?" Yu Jinrong continued. "Changqing Company, right? This is equivalent to us voluntarily giving up our territory and handing it to our opponents to occupy. Though I might keep my official hat, with no territory and no people, what meaning would I have in the Management Council?"

"That makes sense too," Old Qian nodded deeply.

"Damn it, ah," Yu Jinrong looked at the distant wilderness and said: "Dragon City, truly an interesting place."

"Then how do you plan to handle it?"

"I won't submit!" Yu Jinrong said concisely. "Retreat, I accept, but clearing the companies is not acceptable. Old Qian, you need to help me find connections to say a word about this matter."

Old Qian nodded: "No problem!"

"Mm."

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Half an hour later.

Su Tianyu received Yu Mingyuan's call: "What's up, Big Brother!"

"My father wants to see you, come to our house," Yu Mingyuan said decisively.

"Okay," Su Tianyu immediately nodded.

They ended the call, and Su Tianyu drove alone to the Yu family home.

On the way, a phone ring sounded.

"Hello? Uncle Wang!" Su Tianyu looked at the caller ID and answered politely.

"Has Wu Shixiong been in contact with you or not?" Wang Daolin asked.

"No!" Su Tianyu replied without hesitation. "Why do you ask?"

"Your grandmother's leg, no!" Wang Daolin cursed urgently. "Tell me the truth!"

"Really no!" Su Tianyu replied with explosive psychological quality. "I haven't seen him since he went to prison."

"Let me tell you, Zheng Wei from Longkou being killed - that was Wu Shixiong's doing! Two surveillance cameras near the crime scene caught the suspect's image. The suspect's appearance, height, body movements all match Wu Shixiong very closely," Wang Daolin shouted angrily. "But Wu Shixiong had no connection at all with Zheng Wei. Tell me, why would he kill Zheng Wei?!"

Su Tianyu was somewhat stunned and blurted out: "Yeah, why would he kill Zheng Wei?"

"Who the fuck are you asking?!! Am I playing tongue twisters with you?!"

"Uncle Wang, is it possible this case was a chance robbery and crime of passion?"

"To hell with you! How much could he rob that would require stabbing through the Adam's apple?" Wang Daolin didn't believe it at all. "Tell me the truth, has Wu Shixiong been in contact with you or not? Are you involved in this matter?!"