"You really have some nerve, wanting to hit me one moment and begging for mercy the next. Do you have any principles at all?" Chen Yang asked coldly.

At this moment, Yang Zhiyong was filled with fear, not wanting to end up half-paralyzed like Scarface.

He couldn't care less about face anymore.

"I was wrong, please don't hurt me, I won't dare anymore, I promise! I truly promise I won't act recklessly with you again." Yang Zhiyong begged desperately, not caring about his dignity at all.

Seeing this guy's pathetic state, Chen Yang truly had no desire to hit him.

It wasn't because of his begging.

It was because he didn't deserve Chen Yang's effort.

Hitting him would only dirty his own hands.

"Not daring to act recklessly with me, does that mean you'll still bother Sister Caiyun?" Chen Yang asked coldly, looking down on him.

"No! No! I definitely won't dare anymore, I won't cause trouble again, I really know I was wrong, I promise I won't even pass by the Riverfish Restaurant." Upon hearing this, Yang Zhiyong scrambled to nod furiously, indicating he wouldn't dare to cause trouble again.

Seeing him like this, Chen Yang dropped the steel pipe in his hand, showing no interest in teaching this disgusting thing a lesson.

"Remember what you said today. If it happens again, Scarface's fate will be yours, or even worse." Chen Yang said coldly.

"Yes, yes, I've remembered, I definitely won't dare again." Seeing that Chen Yang wasn't going to hit him, Yang Zhiyong felt enormously relieved and quickly nodded to agree, promising not to cause more trouble.

Having responded like this, Chen Yang didn't say much more.

He turned around and went back to his car, leaving the place as he drove towards the county town.

Then he drove through the county town and returned to Liuhua Village.

As soon as Chen Yang got back to the village, Wang Hong and Village Chief Ma were waiting at the village office.

Seeing Chen Yang's car return, they rushed over.

They urgently asked, "Yang Zi, how's the situation? Was Wu Da Mazi found? Were the pheasants retrieved?"

Village Chief Ma and Wang Hong were anxious, and Wu Kexin and Li Han, who heard the commotion and came out, were also worried.

Standing nearby, they anxiously looked at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang smiled slightly and said, "Yes, found them, the pheasants were retrieved too."

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Ma, Wang Hong, and Wu Kexin's faces relaxed immediately.

"Great, as long as they're retrieved, it would be such a loss if Wu Da Mazi benefited." Village Chief Ma said happily.

"Hehe, how could he benefit, with Yang Zi's capabilities, can he still curry favor?" Wang Hong was equally delighted.

After a round of joking, Wu Kexin asked with a smile, "Where are the pheasants? Why didn't you bring them back?"

With Wu Kexin's words, everyone noticed that only Chen Yang had returned, and there were no pheasants in sight.

"The pheasants are still with Tan Jing; they can only come back once the case is thoroughly investigated." Chen Yang explained.

"With Tan Jing? Did you get her to arrest Wu Da Mazi?"

Hearing Chen Yang's words, Wu Kexin immediately realized the situation.

Chen Yang nodded with a smile, "Yes, right now Wu Da Mazi is under investigation with Tan Jing; if all goes well, he'll have to go back inside."

Wu Kexin, Wang Hong, and Village Chief Ma were stunned for a moment upon hearing Chen Yang's words, then they were all overjoyed.

Such a person as Wu Da Mazi, contributing nothing but trouble to the community.

With him in custody, everyone was naturally very pleased.

"Haha, this is great, if that guy's caught, we'll finally have some peace."

"Right, Yang Zi, you did the right thing, that guy needs a correction."

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Village Chief Ma and Wang Hong were extremely happy, and after talking a bit at the village office, they each went back to their duties.

"Chen Yang, come with me to the office, there's something to discuss with you."

After they left, Wu Kexin and Li Han led Chen Yang to the office.

On the way there, Chen Yang asked several times, but Wu Kexin and Li Han didn't say anything.

It wasn't until they reached the office in the office building that Wu Kexin took out a materials list and started speaking.

"Chen Yang, take a look at this materials list."

"Materials?" Chen Yang was puzzled all the way, and hearing Wu Kexin say this, he was even more surprised.

But he didn't think much of it and immediately picked up the materials list to have a look.

Although Chen Yang rarely dealt with daily projects, he still had a basic understanding of engineering materials and such.

He roughly knew the price levels of construction materials.

But the materials and prices listed here had doubled entirely from before.

Seeing these prices, Chen Yang was quite surprised.

"This is the materials list sent by the supplier today, with prices doubled." When Chen Yang was about to question what the list was for, Wu Kexin proactively explained.

Chen Yang was genuinely shocked upon knowing that these were today's material prices.

"Doubled? What's going on? The market price can't increase so dramatically in just a day." Chen Yang said in surprise.

Wu Kexin nodded calmly, "Normally, price increases have a process, they wouldn't double overnight, but I spoke with all the suppliers, and they all gave this price."

"Kexin and I find this suspicious; we even checked with other construction sites this morning and found that only our prices have doubled, others remained normal." Li Han chimed in.

Hearing Li Han's words, Chen Yang frowned immediately: "You mean someone is deliberately targeting us, manipulating the suppliers to hike the material prices?"

"Yes, it's definitely someone causing trouble, otherwise all suppliers wouldn't collectively target us overnight." Li Han nodded decisively, indicating it's someone behind the scenes.

Looking at the situation, Chen Yang indeed thought it was true, and the first one that came to mind was the Gu Family.

But Wu Kexin shook her head.

"It shouldn't be the Gu Family. From what I know, the Gu Family doesn't have significant influence in the construction material market, and if they intended to act, they would have done so earlier, not wait until now." Wu Kexin explained.

Listening to Wu Kexin's reasoning, Chen Yang realized there was sense in that.

Indeed, if the Gu Family had such means, they would have acted long ago.

They wouldn't have waited until all the projects were nearly complete to make such a move.

"If it's not the Gu Family, then who could it be? Our project only conflicts with the Gu Family." Carefully thinking it over, Chen Yang was puzzled and couldn't figure out who might be scheming behind the scenes.

"That's exactly why Li Han and I came to discuss with you, we can't think of who might be causing the trouble." Wu Kexin said.

"Chen Yang, think carefully, besides the Gu Family, who else could target our project, especially with influence in the construction material aspect?" Li Han also prompted.

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