"So that’s how it is, then..."
Having heard this much, Tang Ming didn’t want to express his opinion anymore. After all, Xia Wei’er’s family already had a property on snack street; the life and death of others had nothing to do with him.
At this mont, several shack area owners approached Xia Wei’er together.
"Uncles, what can I do for you?" Xia Wei’er quickly stood up to greet them.
"Wei’er, you’ve had an education and are more knowledgeable than us. What do you think we should do about the developer’s terms?"
A fatty with a travel-worn face asked timidly.
"What do you all think?" Xia Wei’er blinked and didn’t offer her opinion directly.
"Winter is coming soon, and we all want to move into a new house to get through it; after all, winter in the shack area is too hard to endure. But to sell at the current price, it’s just too disheartening."
A chubby man wrung his hands in a dilemma and said in frustration:
"When our village was being relocated, even a thatched hut could be exchanged for a house twice its size. Here in the city center, we can’t even get an equal area, it’s really depressing."
"Yeah, exactly. My cousin’s pigsty was demolished, and he got compensated over a hundred thousand. It can’t be this cheap for us."
The others chid in one after another, all wanting to move but feeling discontent.
"Is that so?" Xia Wei’er furrowed her brow and looked at Tang Ming for help:
"Do you have any good suggestions?"
Tang Ming stroked his chin and shook his head, saying:
"You can’t agree. The Ma Family is too heartless. The housing prices will definitely skyrocket once the shack area is developed, yet they refuse to give you the compensation you deserve. It’s outrageous."
"So, what should we do now?" Xia Wei’er looked at Tang Ming hopefully, wishing the man could co up with a good solution.
"Please go and call Brother Huo over, I have sothing to discuss with him."
Tang Ming thought it over and felt this issue was one he could involve himself in. He couldn’t let the Ma Family take all the advantage in what should be a win-win situation.
Brother Huo turned pale at being summoned by Tang Ming; he never had any luck when encountering Tang Ming, worrying whether Tang Ming was going to beat soone up again.
Brother Huo approached Tang Ming nervously, and before Tang Ming could speak, he preemptively whined:
"Brother Ming, I’m just the ssenger, everything is under the Ma Family’s command, please spare !"
Seeing Brother Huo’s cowardly state, Tang Ming silently touched his nose and said:
"Relax, I’m not going to hit you this ti. You haven’t done anything wrong, why would I hit you?"
"How would I know your mood, sir?" Brother Huo wiped the sweat off his brow, finally relaxing a bit.
"I want you to deliver a ssage to the Ma Family and others. Tell them that we want to switch developers for the shack area project, or else the owners here won’t move."
Tang Ming stated bluntly.
"Huh?" Brother Huo looked bewilderedly at Tang Ming. The land developnt contract had been signed long ago, and the Ma Family had already invested a lot of money in it; how could they just switch developers?
"Huh, what? Don’t you understand what I’m saying?" Tang Ming frowned slightly.
"Understood, understood, I’ll go back and tell the Ma Family right away."
Seeing Tang Ming’s displeased expression, Brother Huo nodded repeatedly and took off running.
"This kid really is scared of ." Tang Ming smirked, stood up, and looked at all the owners:
"Everyone, go back first. I’ll find a way to change the developer, and when the ti cos, I will see to it that all of you are properly resettled. Let’s leave it at that for now."
A crowd of people nodded repeatedly. Although they didn’t know what Tang Ming had up his sleeve, the thought of Tang Ming scaring a tough guy like Brother Huo to such an extent filled them with confidence in Tang Ming.
The matter was temporarily put to rest, and before Xia Wei’er could express her thanks to Tang Ming, he was urgently called back by Liu ngting’s phone call.
Ma Family villa.
"How preposterous!" Ma Benyue, the Young Master of the Ma Family, glared at Brother Huo, who was shivering and quivering, and said through gritted teeth:
"This Mr. Tang is being far too arrogant. It was bad enough that he interfered with the slum redevelopnt, but I gave him face and increased the resettlent benefits. And now he even wants to switch developers? Does he think our Ma Family is easy to bully?"
"Father, calm your anger. In the current situation, we really can’t afford to confront Tang Ming head-on," Ma Gangjian hurriedly stepped forward to diate, saying anxiously:
"The Zhou Family’s energy in Songlan City is no less than that of our Ma Family, yet Tang Ming caused a scene at the banquet, faced Zhou Family’s reprisals unscathed, and even stripped and humiliated so many of our Ma Family’s experts. There must be a powerful backing behind this man."
"Of course, I know that," Ma Benyue glared at Ma Gangjian and said huffily:
"But our Ma Family is not the Zhou Family; we can’t tolerate this kind of provocation. If he angers , I’ll just wipe him out and see what his backers can do to ?"
"Are you suggesting that we take matters into our own hands and get rid of Tang Ming?"
Ma Gangjian’s eyes brightened. Although he feared Tang Ming, he dearly wished Tang Ming would die.
"I was rely speaking out of anger," Ma Benyue gave Ma Gangjian a sidelong glance and said apprehensively:
"According to the situation reported by the Zhou Family, it seems that four Nine-star Martial Artists joined forces against Tang Ming, only to be taught a lesson by a mysterious person in hiding. That mysterious person is definitely a martial master. We must not offend them lightly."
"So what do you suggest?" Ma Gangjian asked disappointingly, confused.
"Challenge him, a matter of Jianghu will be settled by the rules of Jianghu," Ma Benyue said coldly.
"But didn’t you say that he has a martial master behind him?"
Ma Gangjian beca even more confused.
"That’s why I plan to directly challenge Tang Ming. I am now at the Peak of Nine-star in my cultivation, and I refuse to believe that this Tang Ming can defeat . As long as I issue a challenge to Tang Ming, the person behind him can’t intervene. Thus, it becos a matter between and Tang Ming. If he dares to accept the challenge, the victorious one will surely be ."
Ma Benyue spoke with full confidence.
"Father is truly wise. This way, even if you grievously injure Tang Ming, the person behind him has no grounds for retribution,"
Ma Gangjian suddenly saw the light but then hesitated, "But will Tang Ming accept your challenge?"
"It depends on whether the conditions of the duel are tempting enough," Ma Benyue laughed slyly and turned to Brother Huo, saying:
"Go issue a challenge to Tang Ming imdiately, and then tell him this..."
Liu ngting and Li Xiaoli were busy studying upstairs while Tang Ming sat idly on the living room sofa, munching on snacks and pondering how the Ma Family would react.
At that mont, a series of urgent barks ca from outside the door.
"Dingdang Dog?"
Tang Ming got up, puzzled, and walked towards the door.
As he opened the villa’s main door, Tang Ming saw Brother Huo being chased around the yard by Dingdang Dog, his trousers already torn to shreds.
"Brother Ming, save , please get this dog away,"
Brother Huo shouted woefully. With his strength, he could easily kill Dingdang Dog, but he didn’t dare because it was Tang Ming’s dog. If he really killed it, he figured he would probably be killed by Tang Ming in retaliation.
"Dingdang Dog, co back," Tang Ming called out softly as he cracked sunflower seeds.
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