CHAPTER 1802: CHAPTER 1863: I’LL WAIT FOR HIM

Zhou Yangqing, of course, knew where that was; it was precisely the construction site his brother-in-law was responsible for. He quickly said, "Wait for me, I’m heading over right now!"

After saying this, Zhou Yangqing hung up the phone. Only then did Li Xiaohua and her brother Li Xianjin gain some confidence. The two supported each other to stand up, glaring at Li Yifei with hatred. Li Xiaohua shouted at him, "Kid, you’d better not leave. Wait till my husband comes, let’s see how he deals with you!"

Li Yifei turned around, glanced at her, sneered, and said, "Sure, I’ll wait for him!"

"Huh! Doesn’t know what’s good for him!" Li Xianjin spat, but didn’t dare to mock any further. He was worried that saying too much would anger the other party, who might come over and beat him again. These people were genuinely afraid of Li Yifei’s capability for getting physical.

Something happened at the construction site — that was Zhou Yangqing’s first reaction. Otherwise, his brother-in-law and girlfriend wouldn’t get beaten up for no reason, even though these two were indeed quite careless.

No matter what, his woman got hit, and Zhou Yangqing was still very angry. As for his brother-in-law, Zhou Yangqing didn’t really care much — a little lesson might do the boy some good. However, daring to lay a hand on his girlfriend was asking for death. In Mile City, Zhou Yangqing felt he was quite influential; at least many people wouldn’t dare to mess with him. After all, these days Zhou Yangqing was a billionaire and had the Li family as his backer.

While driving, Zhou Yangqing called in over ten security guards. Among them, one was a security guard from the Li family, deployed to the Handing Group, responsible for security training. He was truly an expert, and even Zhou Yangqing respected him greatly. This man was close to the royal court and couldn’t be offended. Zhou Yangqing was also keenly aware that without the Li family, he would be nothing, possibly even heavily in debt. After all, before cooperating with the Li family, his company was already struggling financially.

He had seen this security guard in action; it was frightening. One man was more than enough to handle a crowd, and after he finished, he was unfazed, neither red-faced nor short of breath — so calm.

He had the Li family’s security guard lead the team directly to the site.

Meanwhile, Li Yifei, after beating everyone on site, found that none of them dared to make noise around him anymore. He had also fully understood the cause and course of events, which, although perhaps not entirely accurate, seemed credible as rumors don’t arise from nothing, especially since that Li Xianjin wasn’t coming out to clarify and was hiding from the workers. That only made it more likely that the matter was true.

However, having so many people blocking the place was also an issue. Li Yifei addressed a few familiar faces, saying, "If you trust me, just leave a few representatives to handle this with me. The rest of you can go back first!"

"Go back?" A few hesitated. By this time, they very much trusted Li Yifei. Who these days would meddle for no good reason, especially in such a way — even having guns pointed at their heads twice? But why would he do this? What is he getting at? Could it be he’s just acting on righteous indignation?

Seeing their puzzlement, Li Yifei explained, "I’m from the Li family. Seeing something like this happen in a Li family company, I can’t ignore it. So rest assured, if there’s really something fishy, I’ll make sure they get the punishment they deserve!"

Upon hearing this, those few immediately showed looks of realization, and their hearts were suddenly clear. No wonder this person was putting in so much effort. But... is what he said true? At this moment, no one suspected that Li Yifei might be in cahoots with Li Xianjin, but there was still some doubt about Li Yifei’s identity.

"Rest assured, workers. If it hadn’t happened, that’s one thing, but encountering it, I won’t let you suffer. However, so many of you have been here all afternoon, you should go back. That elderly lady earlier almost got heatstroke!" Li Yifei said, "Leave a few people to wait with me, that’ll do!"

Some workers were very concerned that today’s events might affect them. After all, they were just here to demand their wages, not intending to leave once they got the money. In case Li Xianjin held grudges and sought them out later, what then? So, even without Li Yifei asking, they wanted to leave. With Li Yifei’s suggestion, they were all the more willing.

As a result, a group left quickly, while another group was undecided. Seeing others leave, they also went back. They hadn’t eaten or drunk much water this afternoon, and were famished.

Soon, out of over a hundred people, only about a dozen remained. Instead of heading out, they moved to the hall area, each found a place to sit and wait, cigarette in hand, chatting away while waiting for people to come.

Black Dog and his crew huddled together; the underlings weren’t too badly hurt, and after a while, had mostly recovered. However, Black Dog and Li Xianjin were in much worse shape; they felt as if their whole bodies were in agony. These people grouped together, fearing Li Yifei and the others might suddenly run away. So they instead gathered near the gate, thinking that anyway, the brother-in-law would arrive soon with more people. Even if Li Yifei tried to escape now, they’d block them at all costs. Once the brother-in-law arrived, everything would be sorted.

The thought was there, but unfortunately, Li Yifei hadn’t intended to leave. The cigarettes were down to the last two packs, and the event was mostly understood. The foremen who stayed behind admired Li Yifei’s courage but also wanted to know more about his identity. When Li Yifei claimed to be Li Yifei, the foremen naturally didn’t believe him, thinking he was joking.

Li Yifei didn’t explain further, only promising that today he would give these workers an explanation.

The workers now had someone to lean on; someone was taking responsibility and standing up for them, which they were naturally pleased about. A foreman said, "Brother, if we get this resolved today, tonight we’ll arrange everything for you — food, drinks, and karaoke."

Meals, drinks, and karaoke were common ways for workers to relax. Li Yifei nodded with a smile and said, "Sure, it’s a deal."

With promises exchanged, the foremen were still nervous, which was evident from their expressions and actions. But staying behind was already a show of courage.

The foremen knew that if the matter was indeed resolved, the favor debt would be significant, not something that could be settled over a meal or two. Some even thought secretly that if it did get resolved, they’d give half their wages to Li Yifei as his fee for intervening.

Of course, people still didn’t believe that he was Li Yifei, the clan chief of the Li family.

On the other side, Li Xiaohua gingerly pressed one hand against her cheek. Her half of the face was swollen terribly, very ugly, and only on one side. Li Xianjin sat squatting beside Li Xiaohua, his face full of gloom, a cigarette between his fingers, grimacing at every drag because his nose hurt, his face hurt too.

As a few of them wondered why the others hadn’t arrived yet, three cars approached one after another...