Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 438 Rival in Love (9)

Chapter 438: Chapter 438 Rival in Love (9)

The decor in the living room goes without saying, a complete fusion of Eastern and Western styles with everything that should be there.

Thanks to the spacious living room, the dozen or so people called over by the mayor didn’t make the place feel crowded at all.

Yang Zhilin’s mouth quirked up slightly. She seemed to have seen this kind of situation often before and wasn’t particularly fazed by it.

When it came to wealth in the village, it wasn’t the mayor who was the richest, and no one could pin anything on him anyway. Besides, the village hadn’t even sold any land. The mayor’s son had made his money through his own business, and everything could be justified. Moreover, in any village where community leaders and mayors are elected these days, of course it’s better to choose the wealthy ones from the village because when the village projects need funding, a wealthy mayor willing to pay out of his own pocket to serve the people is ideal.

The mayor specifically fetched the most comfortable grand master’s chair for Yang Zhilin to sit on.

After sitting down, Yang Zhilin felt a bit thirsty. The mayor’s wife personally served her a cup of beautifying tea.

While she was drinking, the mayor said to the others present, "Mr. Yang let the young miss come over in person. I think there’s no need for further debate. Let’s do this according to Mr. Yang’s suggestions."

No sooner had the mayor finished speaking than someone among the gathered raised a flag of objection. It was an old man, likely over sixty, dressed plainly and wearing a pair of cheap plastic slippers. Later, Yang Zhilin learned from others that this old man’s surname was Zhou, his name Zhou Xiaoyun.

"Mayor, why do you talk like that, as if Mr. Yang gets the final word? Mr. Yang has never lived or stayed in our village. It’s us, the people who live here. This land is where we’re used to living, and naturally, how it should be dealt with can’t be decided by Mr. Yang alone; it should be up to those of us who live here," Zhou Xiaoyun argued.

The mayor immediately glanced cautiously at Yang Zhilin’s expression, and sensing her displeasure, pointed at Zhou Xiaoyun and scolded, "You, Zhou, speak like this in front of the young miss? Don’t you think about it—if it weren’t for Mr. Yang’s support, our village would have been sold off cheap long ago! Now, we can sell it for the highest price, and who knows if we’ll ever get this price again? Mr. Yang has been so thoughtful for our village; do you, an old fool, want to doom all the villagers?"

"Pah!" Zhou Xiaoyun appeared to be utterly dismissive as he retorted, "Who doesn’t know that your Yang family, with your large numbers, suppress other surnames in the village?"

Yang Zhilin’s eyebrows slightly lifted: What did he mean by that?

The mayor, clearly angered, hands on hips, said, "When have I ever bullied any of the Zhou family? Take your household for example, Zhou Xiaoyun. When selecting households for welfare in the village, the first choice has always been your family! Tell me, with the conditions of your household, should it be the first? It’s only because there are fewer of you with the Zhou surname that the village takes special care of you."

Zhou Xiaoyun’s face darkened as if someone had suddenly exposed a shortcoming and, with others also speaking against him, he suddenly stood up, declaring, "Fine. I absolutely won’t sell that plot of land. Do what you can."

"Hey—" Watching him storm off without saving any face made the mayor curse after him, jumping up and down, "We’ll see about that! Let me tell you, those who don’t follow the law will suffer its sanctions! Your family’s plot of land must follow the village’s decision and must be put up for sale!"

As the talk reached this point, in truth, those who had to object had done so through Zhou Xiaoyun, and those who didn’t oppose had no reason to make a sound. Seeing that the situation had broken down, the others decided it was time to leave.

The mayor had just seen them off, ready to have a private conversation with Yang Zhilin.