Chen Fazhong’s forehead was covered in beads of sweat he wiped away before taking a sip of tea and explained with forced calm, "This... this situation isn’t entirely my fault. How could anyone anticipate that Tang Ming, just a young student in appearance, could actually be an expert..."
"Enough."
The gloomy man didn’t want to hear his explanation and interrupted, "Let’s not talk about that now. Tell , after all this ti, what useful information did you manage to get?"
"Haven’t I always had my son Chen Cang trying to pursue Liu ngting? As long as Liu Gaoze and I beco in-laws, the information the organization wants would naturally be easy to obtain."
Chen Fazhong said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"The organization is running out of patience. We have given you chances, but your son is too stupid. He hasn’t secured Liu ngting yet. How can we continue to trust you? It’s impossible to let the organization wait endlessly, right?"
The gloomy man asked with a cold laugh.
"Then what do you suggest we do now? Actually, this isn’t entirely my fault either. Initially, I wanted Chen Cang to pursue Liu ngting. As long as he succeeded, getting the organization’s needed data wouldn’t be a big issue. But you insisted on rushing in with a kidnapping, which not only failed but also made Liu Gaoze wary, inviting Tang Ming back. So both parties are to bla for this!"
Chen Fazhong complained with so resentnt.
"Hmph, I am here to convey the organization’s ssage. Do you think you have the right to criticize the organization? I will pretend I didn’t hear you this ti, but if there’s a next ti, you should know the consequences."
The gloomy man stood up, dissatisfied, "I advise you to resolve this quickly. If you fail again, just wait for the organization’s punishnt."
Left with such harsh words, Chen Fazhong was naturally displeased and muttered to himself, "You are the ones who are powerless, huh? Being secretly monitored by the Dark Group, incapable of handling it on your own, now you expect to figure out a way, damn useless."
Although he thought this way, Chen Fazhong could not show the slightest disrespect; he replied with a forced smile, "I will sort it out as soon as possible. Please, rest assured, organization."
The gloomy man nodded, put on his hat, and walked out the door, not without leaving one last remark, "Don’t bother seeing out; it might arouse suspicion."
Once the gloomy man left, Chen Fazhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He urgently needed to resolve the matter and imdiately instructed the butler to call his son Chen Cang down.
"Dad, what do you want?"
Chen Cang, engrossed in playing a video ga, was annoyed at being called down by the butler, and as he entered the study, he couldn’t help but start complaining.
"Do I need a reason to call you?"
The frustration Chen Fazhong had just endured was now directed at his son, causing Chen Cang to tremble, fearing a severe beating from his father.
"Wha... what is it?"
Chen Cang asked cautiously.
"Why haven’t you secured Liu ngting yet?!"
Chen Fazhong grumbled and relayed the gloomy man’s ssage to Chen Cang but did not ntion the organization.
Chen Cang nodded ekly, relieved not to have been hit, though the scolding didn’t cause him any harm.
"All right, after all this, do you understand what I’m saying?"
Chen Fazhong was also tired of scolding, and he opened his mouth to ask his son.
"Understood. I’ll take care of Liu ngting as soon as possible to boost our family’s prestige and cooperating with the Liu Family will also allow our Chen Family to gain more profits."
Chen Cang had always thought that his father wanted him to pursue Liu ngting for the sake of the family business’s developnt.
"Right, then do your best to handle it, and rember, those who achieve great things do not stick at trifles but only focus on reaching their goals,"
Chen Fazhong instructed.
"Got it, Dad."
A sinister confidence flashed in Chen Cang’s eyes.
Leaving the study, Chen Cang’s confidence evaporated. Walking up the stairs, he even patted his chest and muttered to himself with a troubled face, "Old man, do you really think Liu ngting is that easy to handle? That Tang Ming almost killed your son, and if I ss with Liu ng Ting again, I might not survive."
Although Chen Cang was afraid of Tang Ming, his strict father had spoken decisively and sounded urgent, so he had no choice but to comply.
Although he did not know the real reason why his old man wanted him to chase after Liu ngting, first of all, Chen Cang genuinely liked Liu ngting, and secondly, having suffered so much at the hands of Tang Ming, he needed to reclaim so ground.
"Weaknesses, I must find Tang Ming’s weaknesses to deal with him."
Chen Cang pondered for a mont before he went upstairs, directly thinking about Tang Ming’s weaknesses.
The room upstairs had an Apple computer, a tablet, and several of the latest smartphones.
Lying on the bed, Chen Cang listlessly picked up his smartphone to scroll through social dia, chatting with his fair-weather friends out of boredom.
During the chat, Chen Cang learned so recent news about Tang Ming—Tang Ming and Xia Wei’er had beco very close! Moreover, during the demolition of Xia Wei’er’s house, he had faced off against Ma Gangqiang!
"Xia Wei’er is also a campus beauty, and she’s pretty too. Could it be that Tang Ming has so designs on Xia Wei’er?"
Thinking of male-female relationships, Chen Cang could only think of romantic interest, so he imdiately concluded that Tang Ming helped her because he liked Xia Wei’er.
"Maybe Xia Wei’er is your weakness, Tang Ming. Just wait and see how I play you in circles. Then, when you’re too busy with your own problems, you won’t have ti to ddle with and Liu ngting!"
A cold smirk appeared on Chen Cang’s face.
With the diet popsicles once again selling well, the snack street’s Xia Family’s beverage shop naturally saw business booming, spurring sales of other items such as ice cream, milk tea, and desserts, all selling extrely well. Wei’er’s mom, though sweating all day, was very happy to be making money and didn’t feel tired at all.
To allow her daughter to focus on her studies and spend less ti working at the shop, Wei’er’s mom had hired two part-ti workers to help clean the shop and sell goods, thus lightening Xia Wei’er’s load.
With the Xia Family’s business doing well, the newly opened beverage shop directly opposite started to see a downturn. Previously, everyone sold similar items, and the beverage shop, being large and offering dozens more varieties, naturally did very well. But now, relying solely on the diet popsicles, the Xia Family’s small beverage shop was completely outperforming the large beverage shop opposite, and their business was getting better and better.
Furthermore, the most formidable point was that no matter what price wars the beverage shop wages, it was useless against the Xia Family’s shop because their main core product was the diet popsicles, a unique product of theirs, so they had no fear of their competitors’ price wars.
The beverage shop owner was a local in his forties. His shop was one of a chain in the city. He knew many other shop owners in different locations and had a good relationship with them. They usually helped each other out.
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