Magic Doctor CEO Lady's Humble Husband (Fade Chen)
Chapter 232

The village head was a man in his fifties. Hearing her words, he took out the cigarette he was smoking and gently tapped it. With a serene expression on his face, he said, "No need to rush these things! We need a slow and careful approach to deal with these matters."

Xenia Xu's mother became anxious when she heard his reply. "Sir, why the sudden slow approach? Weren't you present for the drafting of our plan? Also, the land to the back of the mountains is wild and deserted. Earlier you mentioned your high hopes of selling it. Now, my family is offering a good price. Why are you suddenly reluctant?"

The village head spoke slowly, bureaucratic and formal in tone, "The land to the back of the mountains is the communal property of the village. The acquisition of this land is a serious matter and we cannot make a hasty decision. A thorough investigation will be needed, examining all the relevant issues one at a time."

Xenia's mother face fell. She was not sure how to deal with this old scoundrel.

But Xenia was not so cordial. She said coldly,

"Sir, did Brett mention something that made you change your mind so suddenly?"

The village head responded in anger, saying, "What are you trying to imply? Are you saying that I have selfish intentions and that I am using my official authority to make things difficult for you?" Xenia replied without tact, "If that is the case, then you should know very well then."

"You are slandering me. In that case, we have nothing to discuss. You can return home now." The village head gestured his hand in indication that they should leave. Brett Han, who was beside him, was exhilarated. Noticing that Xenia was flushing red, he could not help taunting her, "By the way, I have good news for all of you. The Han family is going to acquire the land to the back of the mountains and open a mine there. When it is ready, you can be one of the employees or workers there!"

"You..." Xenia was alarmed and glanced at the village head. "What's going on, sir? Didn't you say that you needed a slow approach to decide on the acquisition of the land? How could you have given the contract to the Han family in a split second?"

The village head replied without emotion, "The Han family's enterprise is the pride and backbone of our village. Naturally, it will require the strong support of the village." "You..." Xenia was incensed. At this moment, a commotion outside could be heard. One could hear the sound of objects smashing and people quarreling.

Shocked, everyone went out from the village head's house to take a look at what was happening.

Close to the entrance of the village, there was an empty ground, and a group of youths who looked like gangsters were smashing up some of the cars belonging to the engineers and workers. Several of them came forward to stop them, but they were pushed aside by those gangsters and were beaten up.

When Fade Chen saw this, he immediately shouted, "Stop it!"

The leader of these men was a sturdy looking man in his thirties. He was muscular and had a savage expression on his face. He carried a steel pipe in his hand, which was stained with some blood. "Who ordered you to smash the cars and to beat up these people?" Fade shouted.

The sturdy looking man came forward, sizing up Fade. He pointed to the smashed up cars and said, "These cars and their owners, they are related to you?"

"Yes! I just asked you, who ordered you to do this?" Fade spoke in a low voice.

The sturdy looking man spat on the ground and said, "Nobody ordered us to do this. Your cars are on top of our vegetable field. Therefore, I have to get rid of the cars to teach all of you a lesson, so how about that?"

While speaking, he pointed to the weeds under the cars. Clearly, he was blatantly lying about the situation.

"Is that a vegetable field?" Fade sneered.

"Yes it is, it's not just any ordinary plant, it is of a rare variety. Just the crop from this piece of land would be worth at least 50,000. You crushed the vegetables, so you have to compensate me. Are we clear on that?" The sturdy looking man said arrogantly.

"Really?" Fade sneered in anger. "It seems to me that you are trying to extort some money through this situation."

"What can you do about it then? Does that upset you then?" The sturdy looking man stretched out his fingers and pushed against Fade's chest.

Fade frowned and caught the man's fingers in one gesture. He snapped them backwards and there was a cracking sound. The man's fingers were broken and hung limp at a strange angle.

The man let out a painful roar, and his forehead was covered with sweat. He shouted, "Get him! Beat him up!"

Instantly, more than a dozen of the gangsters rushed toward Fade with ferocity.

Fade snorted and rushed into the crowd. Launching his fists and feet everywhere, he came down hard on the punks.

In a split second, the crowd witnessed something shocking. This group of gangsters, who were so savage, could not defend themselves against Fade. They were beaten to a pulp and fled the scene howling, scampering away.

In just a few minutes, the whole group of them had been defeated by Fade.

Their leader, the sturdy looking man, glanced at Fade, who looked thin and frail. A layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his body began to shudder. "Who, who are you?"

Fade snorted and said, "Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"

At that moment, the sturdy looking man didn't dare to hide anything from him. He quickly answered, "It's Wyman Han. He asked me to bring my men here to smash up the cars." "Wyman is Brett's father." Xenia explained quickly.

"Where is he now?" Fade asked.

The sturdy looking man said, "I heard, I heard that he met someone in town and was about to sign a contract to acquire the land to the back of the mountains."

"What!" Xenia and her mother exclaimed at the same time. They just wanted to expand their business, and now they had to face the harassment and dirty tactics that were used by the Han family in order to stop them.

Fade fixed an icy stare at the gangsters for a moment, then turned to Xenia and her mother and said, "We won't let them sign the contract. Let's go now to town."

With one hand, Fade stowed the sturdy-looking man into the car. With the other, he grabbed Brett Han, who was about to flee and sound the alarm. He also stuffed him in the car. Then he glared at the village head and commanded, "You get in the car too!"

Looking at the wounded men on the ground, the village head was frightened. He stepped back and said, "I, I won't!"

"You don't want to get in? Do you want me to force you?" Fade spoke coldly.

The village head trembled in fright. He did not dare to speak up anymore, and got into the car obediently.

Then, Fade requested for another engineer to drive Xenia and her mother to town.

Meanwhile, in one of the rooms of the most luxurious hotel in town,

Wyman Han was entertaining and dealing with several pot-bellied men, and his face was red from drinking lots of wine.

"Gentlemen, I would like to propose a toast to you again. This time, many thanks for your assistance, in regards to the acquisition of the land to the back of the mountains. After the deal is consolidated, I will do what I promised, and give each of you one portion of the shares." Wyman stood up and prepared to raise his glass.

All the other men also raised their glasses, with a jovial expression on their faces.

After downing the glass of wine, one of the men, who was bespectacled, seemed a little concerned and said, "Wyman, I heard that the Xu family has hired a lot of engineers and workers. I also heard that they invited some experts from the city to assist them as well. Will there be any problems regarding this matter?"

Wyman thumped his chest and said, "Department Head Liu, rest assured, these engineers or workers, despite coming from a bigger city, are mere foreign employees. Besides, this is our territory. We can't allow outsiders to do as they please with it!"

"Yes, Mr. Liu, you think too much. This is Brother Han's position in our territory." A slightly balding man gave Wyman the thumbs up in gesture and then patted Department Head Liu on the shoulder. "Just accept the money without worry and wait for the profit!"

"Haha, let's make a huge profit together!" Wyman raised his glass once more.