Chapter Thirty-Four: Evidence in Hand

  The second update is a bit late, brothers and sisters collect recommendations!

  Chen Zhiyuan had just arrived at the door of the store when Zhao Ningyuan strode in, his legs splayed wide. Chen Zhiyuan burst out laughing at the sight of Zhao Ningyuan's gait. Zhao Ningyuan seethed with anger inside, but since that video was in Chen Zhiyuan's hands, he could only swallow his temper and say with a gloomy face: "Chen Zhiyuan, I've already taken care of this store's business. They'll remove the seal before noon. What else do you want me to do?"

  Chen Zhiyuan sneered and said: "Follow me!" After that, he walked towards a deserted corner.

  Zhao Ning followed with his legs spread apart and said in a cold voice, "What's the matter? Speak up, as long as you give me that video, I'll definitely help you with whatever I can do!"

  Chen Zhiyuan took out a hypnotic watch and rushed to Zhao Ningyuan, laughing: "Just use you to do one thing, go home and find evidence of your father's corruption and bribery, of course, including yours. In short, all the bad things that you two have done are recorded, find them for me and send them to me immediately!"

  Zhao Ningyuan took a look at the pocket watch and suddenly felt dizzy, then lost consciousness.

  Chen Zhiyuan watched Zhao Ningyu leave like a walking corpse and sneered: "Who else can you provoke, you dare to provoke me!"

  Chen Zhiyuan walked to the front of the store and found that Xiaogu, San Kou, Wang Shan and others had all arrived. Chen Yalan saw Chen Zhiyuan and took a few steps forward, pulling him over: "Zhiyuan, didn't you say we could open for business at noon today? Why hasn't anyone come to remove the seal yet?"

  "Wait a minute, little auntie, it's almost time, those officials will be here soon. Wang Shan, take some people to prepare the ingredients, I'll go now!" Chen Zhiyuan waved his hand at Wang Shan and a few others.

  Wang Shan and a few others ran quickly all the way to the farmer's market to prepare ingredients.

  Chen Yalan was still a bit worried, grabbing Chen Zhīyuǎn to let him explain the cause and effect of solving this matter clearly. Chen Zhīyuǎn had no choice but to continue making things up to reassure Chen Yalan. Li Jian Shu on the side also looked suspicious, in their eyes Chen Zhīyuǎn was still a child who hadn't grown up. This kid suddenly solved the problem that the whole family had been running around for days in just one night, how could they believe it so easily?

  Li Jian is very confident in Chen Zhiyuan, and the possibility of this brother being a time-traveler is extremely high. Since he's a time-traveler, solving this small matter should be easy as pie.

  Chen Zhiyuan had originally intended to go to the hospital and pay off Geng Jianmin's medical expenses, but now that things have taken this turn, the shop won't be opening for business, and the young couple won't let him leave. With no other choice, he could only call Geng Ming and ask him to come over with the money.

  Wang Shan and a few others bought groceries back, just as Geng Ming arrived. Seeing Chen Zhiyuan still hesitating to come over, Chen Zhiyuan walked up, pulled out his bank card and handed it to Geng Ming: "Are you a little girl? What's there to be embarrassed about? What kind of relationship do we have? Take it and pay the hospital bill!"

  Geng Ming's eyes turned red and he choked out: "Thank you, Zhiyuan Ge!" Then he wanted to kowtow.

  Chen Yalan walked over, recognized Geng Ming, and pulled him aside: "Geng Ming, what's going on?"

  Geng Minghong burst into tears and shouted "Little Aunt!", Chen Zhiyuan patted Geng Ming's shoulder and said: "Big guys, what are you crying about? No dignity!" Then he turned to Chen Yalan and said: "My uncle Geng is ill, I'll give the shop's money to Geng Ming first, saving a life is urgent!" Although the shop was opened by Chen Zhiyuan, he still gave 40% of the shares to Little Aunt's family. At first, Chen Yalan's family refused, saying they only wanted a small salary for one month, but Chen Zhiyuan wouldn't budge. How could he let Little Aunt's family work for him? After much persuasion, Little Aunt's family finally agreed to take 20% of the shares, with Chen Zhiyuan keeping the majority. Chen Zhiyuan then found Li Jian and gave him 20% of the shares, but Li Jian initially refused. Only after Chen Zhiyuan threw a tantrum did he agree. Chen Zhiyuan instructed Li Jian not to tell Little Aunt's family about the 20% share deal for now, and to wait until he left before telling them.

  Now all the money in the store is with Chen Zhiyuan, he gave the money to Geng Ming, and must have told his sister about it, which led to the conversation above.

  Chen Yalan didn't care about the money and pulled Geng Ming urgently: "Xiao Mingzi, how's your dad?"

  Li Jian Shu, who was standing nearby, heard this and walked over a few steps, asking: "Xiao Ming Zi, your dad is sick, how come you didn't tell us? Which hospital is he in? We'll go visit him right away, don't worry about the money, we've got it!"

  Geng Ming heard this, and the tears he had been holding back poured out. Ever since his father fell ill, their relatives would occasionally come to visit, but after Geng Ming and his mother asked them for loans, they all disappeared. They wouldn't even open the door when he went to look for them, and they wouldn't answer his calls. At just over 20 years old, he had already experienced the coldness and warmth of human relationships, as well as the hardships of life. Now, Chen Zhiyuan's family was treating him with such kindness that it warmed his heart, and the bitter sorrow he had been holding inside suddenly turned into tears.

  Chen Zhiyuan patted Geng Ming's shoulder and said, "Don't cry, hurry up and pay the hospital fee for your dad. The password is 6 ones, remember!" Then he turned to Xiaojie and her family and said, "Uncle Geng's illness is not serious, you don't have to worry about it too much. Today we'll just open the business, and after Uncle Geng's surgery, our whole family will go visit him. We'll call my parents then, they haven't seen each other in several years!"

  Chen Yalan and her husband asked Geng Ming again, not at ease. Geng Ming saw Chen Zhiyuan staring straight at him, so he continued to speak along with Chen Zhiyuan's meaning.

  Chen Zhiyuan watched as the little girl asked about it, then pulled Geng Ming to one side and said: "Xiao Mingzi, remember that when Dr. Zuo asks you to sign something, just sign it, and whatever he says, just agree first. Your dad's surgery is scheduled for this Sunday, I'll go over there at the time, got it?"

  Geng Ming felt that Chen Zhiyuan's words were a bit off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong. He looked puzzled and said, "Brother, your words sound strange to me!"

  Chen Zhiyuan slapped him on the head with a loud laugh: "Silly boy, just remember what I said and that's it. When your dad gets better, you come work at my store!"

  "Hey, bro! Is this your store? Alright, once my dad is better, I'll come over to help out!"

  Chen Zhiyuan burst out laughing and said: "Not just you, call your parents over too. My store is very busy and needs a lot of hands. Later, we'll all make money together, lots and lots of it. Once you've got the money, you can walk into your girlfriend's house with your head held high to propose!"

  Geng Ming was moved by Chen Zhiyuan's blueprint, feeling warm in his heart, having hope, and making life more enjoyable. The hope that Chen Zhiyuan gave him was for the whole family.

  Watching Geng Ming leave, Chen Zhiyuan was thinking about how to get Song Weiqing, who was about to arrive, to agree to help with this matter. Just then, Zhao Ningyuan walked over, holding a notebook in his hand.

  Chen Zhiyuan took the notebook, flipped through a few pages, and sneered in his heart. The Zhao father and son were indeed very dirty, and the amount of bribery alone was enough to make them spend the rest of their lives in prison, not to mention other crimes.

  "Alright, you can go home now!" Chen Zhiyuan put away the notebook and said to Zhao Ningyuan, who turned around and left like a obedient little dog.

  "Zhiyuan Chen, Zhiyuan Chen!"

  Chen Zhiyuan turned his head to see Song Muqing walking towards him with a tall, middle-aged man. The man was probably in his 40s, with a square face that exuded an air of authority without being angry. He must be Song Muqing's father, Song Weiqing. Although he wasn't bald, his belly was quite big.

  Chen Zhiyuan walked up to Song Weiqing and looked around with a curious expression, Song Weiqing was amused by the silly look on his face: "What are you looking at, young man?"

  "Bodyguards, motorcade, police escort and all that, how come I haven't seen any of them? This is unscientific!" Chen Zhiyuan laughed, rubbing his hair.

  "Young man, have you watched too many movies? I'm just an ordinary citizen!" Song Weiqing had a good first impression of Chen Zhiyuan. This young man already knew his identity and when he saw him, he didn't show any fear or flattery, although he was a bit glib, but still genuine.

  "You're an ordinary citizen? Don't be ridiculous, uncle, I'm the ordinary citizen, okay? You can't even sell your cuteness to someone who knows you well! It's not scientific at all!" Chen Da Guan was talking nonsense, it seemed that Song Mu Qing hadn't told her father about his own nonsense from yesterday.

  "You little rascal, what's with the nonsense? I don't understand this strange talk, it's all your young people's slang. Where is your store? I heard from Mu Qing that your roasted lamb is very good. Yesterday you saved Mu Qing once, and I wanted to invite you home for a simple meal, but I was afraid you'd be uncomfortable, so I came to your store to treat you to a meal! First to thank you, and secondly to try your craftsmanship!" Song Wei Qing laughed.

  "Look at that one, there are several people standing at the entrance!"

  Song Weiqing raised his eyes and saw a big seal first, and he didn't understand: "The one that was sealed is your store?"

  Chen Zhiyuan nodded and stood there with a smile, saying nothing.

  Song Weiqing thought he would ask for help to reopen his store, but the kid just stood there silently. What a interesting little guy! Song Weiqing also stood there silently, waiting to see what trick the kid had up his sleeve.

  Song Muqing furrowed her pretty eyebrows and said: "Your store was sealed, why didn't you say it earlier? Dad, help him out!"

  Before Song Weiqing could speak, Chen Zhīyuàn took over the conversation and laughed: "No need to trouble Uncle, this store will be open soon, aren't those people coming?"

  Song Weiqing looked in the direction Chen Zhiyuan was pointing, and saw a group of people from industry and commerce, taxation, health, and fire departments rushing over like their butts were on fire!