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Yang Huaqiang returned home in low spirits.

He had been targeted by Chen Pingsheng, and there was no worse news than this.

It could be said that Han Shan might still stand a chance to fight it out with that Chen, exchanging a few blows with an axe.

But he, surnamed Yang, was destined to be an ant that anyone could casually crush to death.

Not only could that Chen uproot Han Shan with one swing of an axe.

He could also contend with the three great, hidden, wealthy families like Xu Pidai and Yan Qihua, neither outdoing the other.

The choices left for him were too few.

However, there's a debtor for every grievance. He still wanted to first figure out which Chen Yao was.

Logically speaking, even if his daughter bullied people,

it was absolutely impossible for her to bully those with big backings, not to mention a towering tree like the Chen Family.

Yang Hong was already in her first year of university, still studying in Sha City.

Just like when she was a kid, she was insufferably arrogant at university as well.

She wouldn't touch those with money and power, but those ordinary folks, she could bully to death.

Yang Huaqiang asked her if she recognized someone named Chen Yao.

So many years had passed, how could Yang Hong remember?

It was her mother who recalled such a person unintentionally.

Chen Yao, with her good grades, actually said righteously on the sports field that not studying at the age to learn was a waste of life.

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Wasn't that pointing at Yang Hong's nose and scolding her?

In the whole school, was there anyone with worse grades than her?

That very night, Yang Hong cornered Xiao Le in the bathroom and slapped her several times.

Following that were several more days of dragging her by the hair in front of her own friends.

She arrogantly announced, "You see, this person here is not wasting her life."

A cheap life, no matter how hard you struggle, is still lowly.

Yang Hong pressed Xiao Le's head, forcing her to kneel on the ground.

In front of most of the students, she said, "What if she has good grades? Can they compare with our family's wealth?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Huaqiang's heart immediately sunk with a thud.

Thousands of metaphorical alpacas raced through his mind, and he really wanted to say that this had nothing to do with him.

Xiao Le was beaten by his daughter, Chen Yao was put away by his wife.

He only found out now, whether those two could go to prison instead of him.

Yang Huaqiang said, "Do you know who I met with today?"

"Who, couldn't be some deputy director, right?" Yang Hong always loved hearing her father talk about drinking with some leaders.

"No, he's much more formidable than a deputy director."

"Then who is it?"

"Chen Yao's own brother, Chen Pingsheng."

"Chen Pingsheng, why does that name sound so familiar?"

Yang Hong felt the name was so familiar, as if she often heard it.

Oh... right.

The legendary figure who, upon arrival in Sha City, crushed the local cash king, a mighty individual beyond compare.

"Dad, you're in contact with him?" Yang Hong's brain was clearly not too sharp.

"It's not that I'm in contact with him, it's that you two forced a connection between him and me."

Yang Huaqiang said, "He's Xiao Le's maternal uncle."

"What do you mean, he's come to cause trouble?"

Yang Hong was still young after all, with no realization of the seriousness of the situation.

Xiao Le, along with his own sister, had been bullied so miserably by you.

Now, he's come to Sha City specifically for this matter—who among you here could escape the repercussions?

"He told me to turn myself in and spend three years in prison."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Hong exploded, "Isn't this f***ing outrageous, dad, you surely have a way to deal with this!"

"I did think of a way."

Yang Huaqiang said, "Xiao Le was beaten by you, Chen Yao was locked away by your mom. The only way I have is to send you in, then divorce your mom, making sure she also ends up spending three years inside."

"Dad, this isn't the time for jokes, right?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Yang Huaqiang dropped the pretense, his face full of dark shadows.

What about his daughter, at a critical moment, sacrifice is still inevitable.

Yang Hong was thoroughly scared by him.

"Dad, I'm your only daughter, how could you possibly send me away, so what about that Chen, aren't you very powerful, hire someone to get rid of him!"

"How many pounds of shit is really in your head!"

Yang Huaqiang angrily said, "Chen Pingsheng isn't someone we can touch, let alone hiring someone against him. Just having such a thought means your whole family has to be buried alongside you.

"Yang Hong, you bully ordinary people normally, I might turn a blind eye, but you've bullied the Chen Family this time, I cannot shoulder this disaster. It's better you go in than me. After you spend a few years there, I can still give you the most decent life when you come out.

"You agree, right, my good daughter?"

Yang Hong looked at her father in disbelief, as if it was only today that she truly recognized him.

Is this still the father who treasured her like the apple of his eye?

No matter how Yang Hong chose, Yang Huaqiang could only send her in, and fast.

Must calm Mr. Chen's anger within 12 hours.

Otherwise, however vast the country is, there will be no place for him to hide.

And even abroad, it's not certain that they can't reach him.

Isn't it said that Leicester City is his, Pingsheng's territory? He simply can't afford to provoke such a person!

Yang Huaqiang immediately arranges for his daughter to be taken away, with a litany of charges.

School bullying is just the lightest accusation.

The most severe charge is forcing classmates into prostitution.

Forcing the taking of nude photos to threaten female classmates and countless others.

Sending her away, as a father, he could be deemed as removing a scourge for the people.

As for his wife, Yang Huaqiang sincerely explained the situation to her.

Either she goes in and protects him,

Or he goes in first, and Mr. Chen will definitely not let her off afterward.

Without him on the outside managing relationships, it's easy to imagine how her days would be once she's in.

And she better not even think about getting out for ten years.

Don't doubt Mr. Chen's capabilities, whatever he wishes to do, a mere flick of his fingers could bring about their doom.

So it is up to her how she chooses.

Yang Huaqiang, who made his fortune from a sand and gravel field, shows a ruthlessness like no other.

His wife was clearly half deceived and half misled by him.

With the situation laid out like this, if he goes in, there's no one outside who could protect the mother and daughter.

As long as he's outside, with his abilities, he could pull some strings, and they could be released in a couple of years.

To his surprise, his wife grits her teeth and voluntarily steps forward.

Yang Huaqiang is deeply moved by her, but all this is just a facade.

In reality, he has a young son on the outside.

Born just last year, to a twenty-something-year-old girl no less.

So under no circumstance can he afford to go in.

After sending his own wife and daughter away.

Yang Huaqiang first made a few phone calls, then took off his shirt and shouldered a bundle of thorns, kneeling every three steps from outside the neighborhood to Pingsheng's doorstep.

Requesting punishment while carrying thorns.

His actions indeed shocked the whole neighborhood.

After all, he's a well-known figure in Wang County, many people recognized him.

They were all dumbfounded.

Murmuring to themselves about what kind of powerful person Yang had offended!

To go to the extent of emulating the ancients by requesting punishment while carrying thorns.

It's simply outrageous.

Had he not sent his own wife and daughter in, even if Yang Huaqiang were to kneel to death there, he wouldn't be able to escape going in himself.

Pingsheng was about to leave in his top-of-the-line Phantom, and specially rolled down the window.

Allowing his niece, Xiao Le, to see how laughable Yang Hong's arrogant and domineering father is now.

Pingsheng glanced at his wrist, sporting a Patek Philippe worth millions, and said:

"It's only six o'clock now, if you stand up and leave before midnight, no matter where you are, you will pay the price."

Yang Huaqiang, a ruthless person for half his life, is really made to kneel here for six hours.

He feared he would become the joke of Sha City.

There's bad news, but there's also good news.

That is, he bet correctly, this powerful person didn't want to send him in.

Compared to the previous choice he was given, it was clear that he was to personally send his daughter Yang Hong in.

Ask yourself, what could be crueler for his daughter Yang Hong than this?

It was truly a ruthless act of heart-slaying!

Indeed, no matter how good of a boss he appears to others,

No one is a saint at heart.

Once they get ruthless, they are beyond comparison to these societal folks.

Yang Huaqiang accepts his fate, prostrates with both hands on the ground.

"I, Yang Huaqiang, humbly see Mr. Chen off."

Not until the car was out of sight did Yang Huaqiang finally stand up.

In his heart, there was no anger because he knew he could never reach the heights of Mr. Chen in this lifetime.

Having no such qualifications, then don't pretend to be a tough guy.

Honestly remain an insignificant ant in the eyes of others.

And maybe keep his miserable life.

If only Han Shan realized this back in the day, he wouldn't have ended up with a death sentence.

In comparison, Yang Huaqiang is one step ahead in wisdom.

Lost face can be earned back, money still remains, and the dignity can eventually be restored.

But if you have dignity and no money, then you really lose the last bit of respect.

He knelt at Pingsheng's doorstep, that's the badassery of the Chen name.

If anyone dares to come before him and mock Yang Huaqiang for this incident.

That's asking for death.

It only goes to show that Yang Huaqiang, a man who could rise from nothing to become a respected figure in Wang County.

It wasn't for nothing.