The Fortunate Demoniac Little Village Doctor
Chapter 257 - 257 256 Taking the Blame

257: Chapter 256 Taking the Blame 257: Chapter 256 Taking the Blame “Bro!

Bro!

This is bad!

Bro!” Er Maozi suddenly ran over in a panic, fiercely banging on Liu Yue’s car door, howling loudly.

Liu Yue rolled down the window and cursed at him, “How many times have I told you?

This is a BMW—don’t touch it!

It’s worth several hundred thousand.

You’ll break it banging like that!”

“Bro!

Things are getting chaotic out there, some outsiders have mixed into our group!

Those guys started attacking ours without any explanation, and now our guys are also all over the place.

No one knows who is who anymore; they’re just hitting anyone they see!” Er Maozi, rubbing the bruise on his face, told Liu Yue.

Just before, when he was preparing to carry someone off, someone suddenly rushed up and, without a word, punched him in the face.

“Damn it!

Go check it out now!” Liu Yue immediately got out of the car, and along with Er Maozi, headed towards the direction of the village entrance.

At the village entrance, while Zhang Fei was slaughtering Yue Fei with great fervor, Xiao Yanzhu arrived at the village entrance with a group of reporters from Yuhua City.

Upon seeing the scene, the professional instincts of the reporters quickly kicked in, and one from the Yuhua Daily asked Xiao Yanzhu, “Professor Xiao, what’s happening here?”

Xiao Yanzhu hesitated deliberately before responding, “Wanbao Village discovered a mineral deposit, and the Anchang County Government intends to mine it.

But as for the situation up in the mountains, I have already explained to you.

None of the villagers agree, and it would cause significant ecological damage.

I didn’t expect…”

Xiao Yanzhu didn’t need to finish for the reporters to do what they do best—fill in the blanks!

After hearing Xiao Yanzhu’s words, the word that instantly came into the minds of all surrounding media reporters was—forced demolition!

“Hey!

Look there!

There’s an excavator, bulldozer, and trucks!” someone suddenly yelled out.

That shout was like a match to gunpowder—boom!

This was breaking news!

Absolutely breaking news!

Anchang County officials abusing their power in collusion with illegal businessmen to seize farmland!

The headlines for the front page were already being crafted in the minds of the journalists.

What remained was—gathering materials!

The reporters around Xiao Yanzhu, like rabbits, shot out, snapping away furiously with their cameras.

Some even pulled out their phones and began broadcasting live, reporting on current events.

Sun Ke and his brother Sun Xing were hunched down in the bushes, watching the situation unfold.

Sun Ke grinned at Sun Xing, “Bro, did you see that?

Isn’t that Song, the old bachelor from Red Tile Village?

Hey, check out what he’s doing with his hands!

The old guy is really enjoying his tofu today.

Bro, do you think his old gun can still fire?”

“Keep watching!

Who asked you to spout this nonsense!” Sun Xing couldn’t help but curse at Sun Ke, but he was genuinely contemplating Song the old bachelor’s case.

Suddenly, Sun Xing’s phone vibrated.

He pulled it out and saw a message from Liu Hun, simple and to the point, “Retreat!

Leave no one behind!”

Sun Xing hurriedly slapped his brother’s head, “Blow the whistle!

Everyone retreat now, quickly!”

A series of clear thrush calls came from the bushes, each one higher than the last—to outsiders, it might just sound like a territorial bird in heat.

But to the group Sun Xing and his brother had rallied, it meant one thing—retreat!

While these guys were all toughened hooligans, they really weren’t good for much—couldn’t go far or escape well.

Sun Xing and his brother had them all figured out, and to get paid, they didn’t dare mess up, actually retreating one by one without fail.

Liu Yue and Er Maozi arrived at the village entrance, where things were as chaotic as trying to pick up soap in a frying pan, with no clear opening to act on.

However, because they were standing outside watching, Er Maozi actually spotted something and quickly yanked Liu Yue’s arm, “Bro!

Someone’s sneaking away!

Look over there, a group is diving into the bushes!

They’re the ones causing the trouble!”

“How dare they shit on my head!

Come with me.

Let’s catch them!” Liu Yue said as he and Er Maozi moved towards the bushes, but after taking just a few steps, they were stopped, and he looked up to see, shocked!

A crowd of reporters had surrounded them, and there was no need to ask why they were interested in Liu Yue.

Just looking at him with his shiny bald head, massive gold chain, briefcase tucked under his arm, and shiny shoes, dressed in a suit as though he was about to attend a legislative conference—any reporter who had been in the field for half a month could tell he was the boss.

“Excuse me, sir, are you the mastermind behind this violent demolition?”

“What’s the name of your company?

Are you acting under the commission of the Anchang County Government?”

“Does your company have a legal business license?

Don’t you know that violent evictions are illegal and criminal?

Or are you saying your company has so-called backers and protection behind the scenes?”

“…”

Liu Yue watched the other person slip away right under his eyelids while he himself was blocked by reporters bombarding him with a heap of insidious questions, knowing in his heart that this was the end of it!

The next day, Yuhua City’s major media outlets blanketed the news, instantly white-washing it like winter’s heavy snowfall.

Li Tianyang almost had a stroke with fury as he looked at these media reports.

Slamming stacks of newspapers onto Secretary Zhou’s body, he then cursed, “Are you incapable?

Just tell me, are you incompetent or what?!”

“Yes…

yes…” Secretary Zhou obediently stood his ground, not daring to utter a word of dissent.

“Since I got up this morning, I’ve already received five calls from the City Committee, all of them cursing me!

If it weren’t for Vice Mayor Yang covering for me, I would already be writing a self-criticism report at the Discipline Inspection!” Li Tianyang was so infuriated he wished he could slap Secretary Zhou.

After a tirade, he said still unsatisfied, “Even if this issue leaked, you should’ve at least wiped Wanbao Village off the map!

Wanbao Village didn’t suffer any loss!”

Secretary Zhou stood like a wooden man, silent and motionless.

Although he didn’t dare to speak a word, in his heart, he had already cursed Li Tianyang’s ancestors for generations.

It was clearly Li Tianyang’s instruction that had led to the mishap, but it was being blamed on him.

“What about Liu Yue?” Now, Li Tianyang finally thought of the main character in question.

Secretary Zhou said awkwardly, “We’ve lost contact with him.

I’ve informed the Police Bureau, and Director Wang said he would do his utmost to capture Liu Yue.”

“Director Wang?

You sound very close!

Are you blind or just stupid?

Don’t you know he’s Xiao Yanzi’s man?

You think he would earnestly help us out?” Li Tianyang was even more enraged now.

Liu Yue had run away; someone had to carry the can to give a satisfactory explanation to the media and the higher-ups.

Li Tianyang suddenly stared at Secretary Zhou, then spoke in a much softer tone, “Little Zhou, you have been with me for quite a while now, haven’t you?”

Secretary Zhou, feeling uneasy as if Li Tianyang’s face was changing like Sichuan opera masks, replied, “Yes.”

“I have treated you fairly well.

We need to give an account for what happened today.

I’ve given it some thought.

Why don’t you go to the Personnel Department and process your resignation, to appease the higher-ups for now?

Once this storm passes, I’ll bring you back.

What do you think?” Li Tianyang eyed Secretary Zhou, who knew very well he himself would never take the fall, so Secretary Zhou was the one to be pushed out.

Once he heard this, Secretary Zhou understood Li Tianyang’s intention.

No matter how lofty the words were, it boiled down to two words—scapegoat!

The leader had made his point clear, and Secretary Zhou, having no choice, could only nod in agreement.

“Knock, knock, knock!” A knock on the door sounded, and Little Xie from the office came in, smiling at Li Tianyang, “Secretary Li, County Mayor Xiao has called for an emergency standing committee meeting.

Please go over.”

That bitch Xiao Yanzi!

She sure knows how to kick someone when they’re down!

I will indeed get back everything I’ve lost today!

Li Tianyang reassured Secretary Zhou with feigned sincerity before heading off to the committee meeting.

No sooner had Li Tianyang left than Secretary Zhou’s phone rang.

Picking it up, a sinister smile spread across his lips, and he answered to hear a coquettish voice, “My dear enemy, I’ve missed you.”

“Bitch!

Get the whip and candles ready!

Tonight we’re going to play something exciting!” Secretary Zhou hung up, thinking coldly to himself, ‘Li Tianyang, you beast, dare to make me take the fall?

I’ll cuckold you and torment your woman!’

Defeated on every front—public opinion, righteousness, and law—in the standing committee meeting, Li Tianyang was naturally outplayed by Xiao Yanzi.

However, the mine on Jun Mountain was truly there, and clinging to this, he insisted on excavating it no matter what.

Finally, after several hours of discussion, the decision was made—public tendering!

When Ren Peiling, panting, sat on Liu Hun and told him the news, Liu Hun thought it was at least a good thing.

The unexplained mineral resources in Jun Mountain were a ticking time bomb.

Now there was a solution; the way to deal with it was simple—enter the public tender!

With a resolution in hand, Liu Hun contemplated the next steps as he held the slippery Mayor Ren in his embrace.

Meanwhile, in a dimly-lit basement of a grand building in Yuhua City, Qiao Guangbi, puffing on a cigar, stared at the kneeling Liu Yue and said coldly, “I warned you, if you grabbed a turtle and got bitten, you’d have to chop off a finger!

Did you take me seriously?”

“Boss Qiao, it was my oversight.

Please give me another chance.

I won’t let you down!” Liu Yue pleaded with Qiao Guangbi, finally realizing Liu Hun’s worth after initially thinking everyone’s praise was mere nonsense.

Qiao Guangbi flicked his cigar ash and said, “Liu Yue, now you’ve got the police on your tail, and you’ve bungled the job.

Tell me, what good are you?”

“Boss Qiao!

I was wrong!

I know I was wrong.

I…

I am useful!

I have use!” Liu Yue crawled to Qiao Guangbi’s feet and hugged his legs tightly, begging desperately.

Qiao Guangbi suddenly smiled kindly, patted Liu Yue on the shoulder, and said, “Just teasing you, don’t be so nervous.

You’ve done a lot for me.

If not for merit, then for effort, if not for effort, then for fatigue, right?” After these words, he snapped his fingers with a “pop,” and the lights in the entire basement suddenly brightened.