Chapter 1992 - 1987: Betraying One’s Own for Personal Gain

Chapter 1992: Chapter 1987: Betraying One’s Own for Personal Gain

"Popularity compared to before has indeed dropped significantly! Looks like there’s definitely a problem!"

Hu Xiaobei got off the car and glanced around briefly, narrowing his eyes coldly...

Xiaohe Village was like Hu Xiaobei’s private territory, and he didn’t want even the slightest problem to arise...

So now, Hu Xiaobei needed to clarify everything.

Taking a deep breath, with a solemn expression, Hu Xiaobei returned to the car.

She planned to find Guo Meiyu and the others to ask what was going on.

"Directly go to the villa at the top of the mountain!"

Giving this instruction, Hu Xiaobei quickly sat properly...

"Yes!"

After agreeing, she quickly started the engine again.

Just like that, the car followed the repaired asphalt road heading towards the mountaintop.

...

"Xiaobei brother, is there a problem?"

Recovering earlier than Mengmeng, Feng Junjun looked at Hu Xiaobei’s solemn expression and asked with great concern.

She wasn’t an expert, but she could still sense that something was off with Hu Xiaobei’s mood...

Hu Xiaobei glanced at Feng Junjun, gently waved, "It’s fine, you don’t need to worry, I..."

Before finishing, Hu Xiaobei felt the car start to decelerate rapidly...

"Have we arrived already?"

Muttering to herself, Hu Xiaobei looked ahead, and soon, her expression turned a bit cold...

This was because Hu Xiaobei saw a large pile of dirt on the road ahead...

It completely blocked the whole road...

...

"What’s with this dirt? Didn’t see it last time we were here."

Song Yaling’s assistant, responsible for driving, frowned.

A week ago, she had come here with Song Yaling, and back then there was nothing at all here.

But now, there was a huge pile of dirt here...

The strangest thing was that there was nothing around here that seemed to need construction...

So this pile of dirt seemed particularly out of place.

Hearing her mumbling like this, Hu Xiaobei deeply looked at that sudden pile of earth.

Hu Xiaobei was not in a hurry now; he wanted to wait and see what would happen next...

Hu Xiaobei knew that it couldn’t be placed here without reason, so as long as he waited, there would definitely be further developments.

...

At this moment, not far from here in a small iron house, three young people were looking over through the window.

If Hu Xiaobei were here, he would definitely be surprised because these three people were strangers to him...

A person with a cigarette in his mouth turned his head, "Scar Brother, that seems to be Song Yaling’s car, didn’t she come here before? Why is she here again!"

"Exactly! It’s only been a few days!"

The person with a long scar on his face heard their complaints and instinctively touched his long scar.

Soon, he sighed with a bit of a headache, "I don’t know either. Previously, our boss told us to keep unrelated people from heading to the villa on the mountain, in order to prevent ruining his big plans. But Song Yaling has a very good relationship with Guo Meiyu and the others, so do we also block her? That way, it would completely tear faces with Guo Meiyu!"

This so-called Scar Brother was really frustrated...

Before, their boss wanted him and his subordinates to block the road here to prevent people from the mountaintop discovering the sneaky activities he was up to.

During this time, they indeed blocked many people, but those blocked were all small fries.

They didn’t dare to block Song Yaling because they knew the relationship between Song Yaling and Guo Meiyu was particularly good.

If really blocked, the situation would become serious...

Previously, they purposely blocked this place only after Song Yaling left.

They thought Song Yaling wouldn’t return in a short time, yet she came again...

This made them feel as if a thousand grass-mud horses were galloping in their hearts...

Hearing Scar Brother speak helplessly, they exchanged glances, saying, "That’s what we think too!"

Seeing they shared his thoughts, Scar Brother sighed, "Let’s go over and check it out first! Try to block her; if we can’t, we’ll find an excuse. Anyway, she definitely can’t be allowed to go up, or else Guo Meiyu and the others on the mountain will know our boss is secretly doing stuff at the mountain’s base, and things won’t end well."

Gave Scar Brother a frustrated glance, they hesitated, "Scar Brother, we have something to say, not sure if we should."

Just about to leave, Scar Brother heard this, turned his head to look at them briefly, then quickly touched his long facial scar, hoarsely saying, "We haven’t just known each other for a day or two, if you have something to say, just say it."

Upon hearing this, they exchanged looks, and soon one person spoke woodenly.

"Scar Brother, honestly, whether it’s Guo Meiyu or Han Xueyao, they are very good to us. They even let us handle the investment attraction here, but now we keep secretly messing with Xiaohe Village’s investment environment; aren’t we going too far?"

"Exactly!"

...

They weren’t from Xiaohe Village, they were from the neighboring county town.

Previously, they found one of Guo Meiyu’s bags...

They returned it intact to Guo Meiyu, and to express gratitude, Guo Meiyu allowed them to work here.

Later, because they did a good job, Guo Meiyu and Han Xueyao handed over the investment attraction matters to them, letting them help manage it.

Initially, they were very earnest, but later they found lucrative opportunities within and started secretly doing side activities.

Afterwards, someone they knew returned from studying abroad, they joined forces with him.

After coaxing them, that person became their leader, joining them in crazily making money.

Initially, they felt great about this.

But now, they felt it was really excessive.

Especially now, that so-called leader is becoming increasingly greedy.

Scar Brother looked at them for a few moments and sighed, "I also think what we’re doing is truly not human-like! But if we don’t do this, when will we ever get rich!"

Truth be told, in sleepless nights, this so-called Scar Brother has thought about the righteousness of his actions.

He felt using Guo Meiyu’s trust to do bad deeds was genuinely wrong.

However, without this, he would remain poor for life.

So, despite his reluctance, he teamed up with that leader in dirty dealings.

Seeing them both silent after hearing his words, Scar Brother attempted to persuade them again, "Let’s do it just this time and then leave! This time’s earnings will be enough for us for a lifetime! At worst, we can do more good deeds then."

Hearing his promise, they perked up, quietly muttering, "Then let’s just do this once, hope everything goes smoothly and we can truly get away scot-free."