On the second day of the lunar month twenty-eighth, before dawn, firecrackers were already being set off everywhere. Shen Qiang stubbornly covered his head and slept, ignoring his parents' calls to get up. Finally, at seven o'clock, his mom pulled off his quilt.

As usual, after getting up, he ate with his parents.

Just past eight in the morning, after finishing breakfast, Shen Qiang was in the room accompanying his dad watching TV when the phone rang. A glance showed it was Li Wei calling.

"Come out quick, I'm at your doorstep."

Shen Qiang was a bit confused and hurried out, immediately seeing Li Wei with Tang Meng standing on the roadside outside the house.

As soon as Shen Qiang appeared, Li Wei, who was unloading two crates of alcohol from the car, stared with bright eyes at the car in Shen Qiang's backyard.

"Shen Qiang, damn, this is amazing, are you dabbling in second-hand cars?"

This comment left Shen Qiang momentarily stunned, then he laughed and nodded, not bothering to explain. He carried two boxes of alcohol inside, followed by Tang Meng with two boxes of nutritional supplements, and introduced them to his parents, and then introduced everyone to them.

Li Wei and Tang Meng were a bit bewildered.

After the introductions, Shen Qiang's parents and everyone else went about their business, and the room was empty. Li Wei looked at Xiu Ju's profile and said, "Isn't she the one who picked you up last night? Fierce, I didn't even see what happened, and she'd already knocked down all of the Hu Family people, scared me into silence. They didn't dare to get up until after you left."

Shen Qiang laughed.

Before formally staying at Heshenghe, Xiu Ju had said she was going to retire, going to change careers. But in reality, Xiu Ju hadn't detailed everything to Shen Qiang, but Shen Qiang could feel it, Xiu Ju was still on the job.

The logic was simple: what they call "out of sight, out of mind," if Xiu Ju had really entirely left the Dragon Group.

Then she wouldn't still have the influence to affect the Dragon Group.

But in fact, a lot of things were still being done by Xiu Ju, like yesterday, Shen Qiang sent her a text message, and soon after, the local police station immediately let Shen Qiang go.

Not only that.

Ali, Ye Xiaolei, were also members of the Dragon Group, after retiring from the Combat Team, they were directly assigned to the production division of the Dragon Group to work.

But Xiu Ju wasn't.

She stayed at Heshenghe, working with Zhan Deyuan on internal audits.

So saying she has nothing to do with the Dragon Group, even Shen Qiang himself didn't believe it.

Moreover, Shen Qiang himself was a Security Advisor for the Dragon Group.

A rather extraordinary identity and status.

If there's a problem, it's not a regular police officer who can deal with it.

It's just that these things can't be explained to them in detail.

"Shen Qiang, I'm really sorry, originally you went home to celebrate the New Year and should be happy, but because of my situation, I've brought you trouble. The Hu Family is large and strong, I had already made calls to a few contacts, planning to visit Hu Yongqiang at the hospital this afternoon to talk to him and resolve this matter, otherwise, this New Year won't be peaceful."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, "Don't worry about this, Hu Yongqiang won't dare to act recklessly, so you don't need to stress. Besides, we're old classmates, you remembered me and called me out to get together, so I can't be ungrateful. If this had happened elsewhere, to someone else, I wouldn't have meddled."

"That won't do, Hu Yongqiang is a notorious troublemaker, constantly rallying friends and showing off. He's known to be difficult in Zhenbei. I didn't sleep well all night. This matter should really be discussed through an intermediary, or else it will cause problems eventually." Li Wei was very earnest.

Shen Qiang laughed, unsure how to explain it to him.

Because the reality is, someone like Hu Yongqiang stands no chance against him, not even qualifying to compete with Shen Qiang, practically like an ant next to a car.

And just as Shen Qiang was pondering how to explain to Li Wei without showing off yet making him understand that Hu Yongqiang wasn't his match.

There came the Village Chief's voice from outside.

"Shen Qiang! Shen Qiang, are you at home?"

Shen Qiang got up, looked out the window, immediately spotting the smiling Village Chief and the Security Captain standing at the gate. Not far off stood two others, one a relatively stable-looking middle-aged man in his forties, and next to him, Hu Yongqiang, whose face was somewhat banged up.

Li Wei got anxious, "He's here to cause trouble, I'm going to fight him."

Shen Qiang patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Take it easy."

Having said that, Shen Qiang stepped outside with Li Wei and Tang Meng trailing behind.

At the doorway, Shen Qiang smiled and said, "Village Chief, you came, why not come in?"

The Village Chief chuckled slyly and then said, "Come, Shen Qiang, let me introduce you, this is Hu Fulin, the Township Office Director, and beside him is his nephew Hu Yongqiang. I heard there was a misunderstanding between you all yesterday, so today, Director Hu specifically brought him to you, to have him apologize since everyone sees each other frequently, there's nothing that can't be resolved."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang smiled and greeted Hu Fulin.

Li Wei and Tang Meng were dumbfounded.

"Hu Yongqiang, you're here to apologize?" Li Wei widened his eyes in surprise and joy.

Glancing at Tang Meng standing nearby, Hu Yongqiang, tears welling up, remained silent.

Seeing this, Hu Fulin sneakily kicked him on the foot.

Feeling wronged and helpless, Hu Yongqiang, without looking at Shen Qiang, spoke softly, "Brother Qiang, I was wrong, I shouldn't have disturbed your meals, it was all my fault, please be magnanimous, don't hold it against me anymore. I promise not to cause any more trouble in the future."

Shen Qiang smiled and said, "Whose trouble won't you cause? Speak clearly."

Seeing Tang Meng looking at him, Hu Yongqiang was almost in tears,

"I won't trouble Li Wei and Tang Meng anymore, I no longer dare,"

Upon hearing this, Li Wei and Tang Meng's eyes lit up with joy.

"All right, I understand what you mean, so let's put this behind us, your car…"

"I'll handle the repairs myself!" Hu Yongqiang immediately responded,

Shen Qiang chuckled, "That's settled then, it's all in the past. Would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Yongqiang, as if receiving an amnesty, hurriedly declined, saying there's no need.

Following a farewell with Hu Fulin, the two of them left.

As soon as they left, the village security captain laughed, his eyes gleaming, and said, "You've done it, Qiang, truly impressive. Those from the Hu Family are usually quite formidable; it's always others who apologize to them. Today is different, they came to apologize to you, and early in the morning at that; I received a call last night."

The Village Chief's face was all creases with smiles, "Our Shen Qiang is truly exceptional now, ordinarily Hu Fulin is quite arrogant when he sees me, but he was very courteous over the phone last night, insisted I and Old Li bring him over early today, just past seven in the house, hahaha, truly impressive, got beaten up and still apologized. If I remember right, this is definitely the first instance for the Hu Family in thirty years."

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