A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1261 My Ex-Mother-in-Law Comes Knocking! (Please Subscribe!)

Upon hearing that his father had gone to fight to the death, Xu Tailang desperately tried to rush out, but Hua Shier grabbed him.

Do you know who did it? Do you know where to look for them?

Niu Aihua said from the side:
"Ah Zheng said it must have been Luo Li who did it, but I don't know where Luo Li is!"

Xu Tailang snapped his fingers and said confidently:
"I have a solution!"

The scene shifts, and the three of them take a taxi to A-Zheng's house. By then, the fire has already been extinguished. The overall structure of the house is not damaged, but the inside is completely burned beyond recognition, and the furniture and decorations are all destroyed!
Hua Twelve's First Auction by Xu Tailang:

What's your idea?

Xu Tailang placed his hands in front of his mouth, making a megaphone shape, and shouted loudly:

"Mumu, Mumu!"

A moment later, a large golden retriever suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Xu Tailang said with a smug look on his face:
"Ah Zheng said this is a golden retriever, the only one in the city, and it can find anything. Now all we need to do is find an item that smells like Ah Zheng, and Mu Mu can lead us to him!"

"Is it reliable?"

Hua Shier expressed his doubts. He remembered that Xu Zhengtai had also boasted about this in the original story, but ended up sending the dog to find Liu Yi. Later, the dog took Liu Yi with it to look for the dog. The retriever was looking for a person, but got itself lost.

Niu Aihua had also heard her boyfriend boast about how awesome this dog was, so she quickly ran into the house and found several pairs of socks under the sink:

"These are Zheng's socks. Luckily they weren't burned. I've been busy at the company these past few days and haven't washed Zheng's clothes yet, so they still smell like him!"

Xu Tailang pinched his nose, took it, and placed it in front of the golden retriever's nose:

"Mumu, quickly smell your master's scent!"

The next moment, the golden retriever, which had been lively and energetic, suddenly collapsed.

The three looked at each other in bewilderment. Just then, a gust of wind blew in their faces, and Hua Twelve immediately smelled a foul stench and quickly moved out of the vent.

"Holy crap, these socks stink! Is this dog poisoned?!"

"Quickly splash water on the golden retriever to wake it up!" Xu Tailang shouted loudly to Mumu, who was still swaying.

"Mumu, hang in there! Your master needs you! GoGoGoGo!"

This time, the golden retriever was very capable. Although it was still a little unsteady, it barked twice and rushed onto the road, heading east. In just a few seconds, it had run more than 30 meters.

Xu Tailang shouted, "Mumu, slow down! Let's quickly call a taxi and chase after them!"

Just as the group was about to flag down a taxi to chase after the dog, a van rushed over and stopped the Golden Retriever. However, the dog didn't stop even though the van had stopped. Perhaps because Mumu had just woken up and was still a little out of control, it bumped its head into the van door with a thud and passed out again.

Two uniformed men jumped off the bus and expertly caught Mumu in a net.

Xu Tailang shouted from a distance, "Hey, what are you doing catching our dogs?"

The other person looked at the damaged car door and shouted:
"Walking your dog without a leash will result in a 200 yuan fine. We'll take the dog with us now. You need to bring your dog license, quarantine certificate, and ID card to the dog shelter to pay the fine. Also, pay for the car door damage; the paint is chipped. If you don't pick up your dog by the deadline, it will be treated as an abandoned dog!"

"etc."

Just as Xu Tailang was running in that direction, the other person, without saying a word, loaded the dog into the car, got in and drove off, without uttering a single unnecessary word, focusing solely on professionalism!
Xu Tailang watched the dog-catching vehicle drive away, standing alone in the wind, feeling utterly bewildered.

Hua Shier laughed so hard her abs hurt. This Mu Mu has had so many misfortunes. Niu Aihua stomped her feet in anger.

"Godfather, how can you still laugh!"

Xu Tailang's eyes lit up; "Brother Su, aren't you good at prediction? Quickly use Qimen Dunjia to predict where Brother Zheng is, okay!"

Hua Shier had laughed enough, then made an OK sign, and with a stomp of his foot, the four disks of Heaven, Earth, Man, and God appeared in a space unseen by Niu Aihua and Xu Tailang, covering a radius of ten kilometers.

There's no need to calculate this; as long as Xu Zhengtai is within the four realms of Heaven, Earth, Man, and God, he's under his control.

"Found it! It's not far from here. Come with me!"

The three hailed a taxi, and Hua Shier pointed in the direction. Soon they arrived at an abandoned factory.

Hua Shier got out of the car and strode inside. As soon as he entered the factory gate, he saw many cars without license plates parked in the yard, which looked like smuggled cars.

There were a few underlings playing cards in the courtyard. As soon as they entered, they were spotted by the other party, who quickly put down the cards and surrounded them.

One of them pointed at Niu Aihua and said:
"This is the kid inside's girlfriend, go and tell the boss right away!"

Soon, the three were led into a dark factory. As soon as they entered, they saw Xu Zhengtai and Liu Yi gagged and tied to chairs. Several men in black suits stood beside them, looking much more professional than the underlings outside.

Niu Aihua pointed to the very edge and shouted loudly to a tall young man wearing a shirt and jeans;

"Luo Li, release them right now, or I'll call the police!"

Luo Li shrugged:

"Are you stupid? Look at my position, I'm already in F. Look at the C position, that's the one who can make the decisions, my older brother Huang Zhiqiang!"

Huang Zhiqiang was dressed in a suit and tie, with his hair slicked back and his eyes narrowed to slits.

"You guys have some nerve, daring to come here. But don't worry, I mean no harm!"

Hua Twelve pointed at the other party:
"Open your eyes before you speak. I feel like you're disrespecting me!"

Huang Zhiqiang, hands in his pockets, said somewhat helplessly, "My eyes are already wide open!"

He waved his hand;

"None of that matters anymore. I was just about to talk to your eldest brother, Xu Zhengtai. Since you're here too, then listen to my demands!"

"From now on, all of you young boys will come and help me with my work. You'll all follow Luo Li's orders and help me complete the relocation work. If you do a good job, I'll give each of you two apartments!"

Xu Zhengtai's mouth was gagged, and he shook his head vigorously, clearly indicating that he did not agree.

Xu Tailang had a different opinion: "Okay, then will your demolition compensation be paid normally?"

Hua Shier scoffed from the side, "Idiot, if he were to give you a normal demolition compensation, why would he need to give you a house!"

Huang Zhiqiang snapped his fingers:

“Smart people, I like dealing with smart people the most. I will only give 70% of the market price as compensation for demolition. You go and talk to those holdouts. If you can negotiate even lower, the rest of the money is yours. The house I promised will not change!”

Hua Shier lifted his jacket, took out his mobile phone from his waist, and dialed a number amidst everyone's curious gazes;

"Hello, is this 110? I need to call the police!"

Huang Zhiqiang never expected this guy to call the police so easily, pointing at Hua Shier:
"Stop him right now!"

In an instant, several men in black suits rushed up.

Just as Xu Tailang was about to fight back, Hua Shier casually kicked out, and with a bang, a man in a black suit flew out and hung on the wall, beating someone like hanging a painting.

As he kicked the person, he continued in the same tone:

"Our location is... Hurry up, they're about to resort to violence!" As he spoke, he kicked people, one after another. By the time the call ended, all the men in black were lying on the ground.

Hua Shier looked disgusted:
"You guys haven't even finished a set of spring kicks, how can you be so useless!"

Everyone else stared wide-eyed, their faces showing a "Holy crap" expression.

Huang Zhiqiang called out to his side, "Luo Li, use the spray paint!"

Luo Li pulled out a pistol, his arm trembling slightly as he pointed it at Hua Twelve:
"No, don't move! My fingers are a bit shaky right now, please don't move, I'm afraid it might go wrong."

Hua Shier took a step closer and used his mobile phone as a brick to smash it directly on Luo Li's head. With a thud, Luo Li fainted and fell to the ground.

As soon as Luo Li fell to the ground, his finger twitched, and he fired two shots, both hitting Huang Zhiqiang's calves. The guy immediately clutched his calves and rolled around on the ground.

The gunshots alerted Luo Li's underlings who were playing cards in the courtyard. They rushed in, but Hua Shier knocked them all down.

An hour later, at the police station.

The hat-wearing uncle who took Hua Shier's statement was like listening to gibberish. He could take on more than a dozen people at once, and the other side even had guns. He was even more formidable than Master Huo!
But based on everyone's testimonies, it did happen. Soon the whole police station knew that there was such a super-powerful fighter in their jurisdiction, and many people came to see what was going on.

The police made a special record for Hua Shier before informing him that he could leave.

Xu Zhengtai and Liu Yi were unharmed. After leaving the police station, Xu Zhengtai arranged to go back and meet up with Xiao Ma to have a meal together as a way of thanking everyone, and he would treat them.

Hua Shier waved his hand with a smile: "Forget it, your house burned down, you don't have any money left, let me treat you!"

Xu Zhengtai immediately smiled and said:
"It's just a little less furniture. Anyway, I'm planning to renovate, so there's no loss. I've already taken out all the money from my family. Yesterday, I went to Shanghai with Liu Yi and stocked up on a batch of digital printers. I'll put them in my shop. Just wait and see how rich I get!"

Xu Tailang slapped his forehead: "We're doomed!"

Niu Aihua smiled broadly. She didn't care whether Xu Zhengtai could make money or not, as long as he was safe.

After everyone had a meal together, Xu Zhengtai was about to go and redeem Mumu.

But then a problem arose: Xu Zhengtai's house was uninhabitable, so he had to take Mumu to stay at Liu Yi's place, leaving his son Xu Tailang with nowhere to stay.

The group discussed with Hua Shier about letting Xu Tailang stay at his house for a few days.

Considering this guy was his newly recruited underling, Hua Shier hesitated for a long time before agreeing, but made one request: he was not allowed to chat up my daughter.

Xu Tailang pointed at Hua Shier: "Grandpa, you don't trust my character?"

Hua Shier silenced her with a single sentence: "How old were you when you started going to that little hair salon?"

Xu Tailang instantly backed down: "Don't pry, okay? I'll just admit I have no integrity!"

Hua Shier raised his middle finger, then told Xu Tailang to go to the company with the others first. He went out for a walk and came back carrying a small white dog.

That evening, after bringing Xu Tailang home, Su Mingyu was overjoyed to see the puppy Hua Shier was holding.
"Dad, didn't you forbid us from having a dog? I've told you so many times before, but you still wouldn't let me!"

Hua Twelve smiled and said:
"That's because your mother wouldn't let you raise it. Now that I'm in charge, of course I'll let you raise it!"

"By the way, you know Xu Tailang too. He'll be staying at our house for a few days. I bought this puppy to protect you from perverts!"

Xu Tailang found it amusing: "Such a small puppy can..."

He realized halfway through his sentence: "Wait, who are you calling a pervert?"

A few days later, Hua Shier was a little puzzled. His novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light" had been published for several days, but he hadn't received a call from the editor informing him of the results yet.

He simply called the newspaper and contacted the editor in charge of him.

The other party told him that newspaper sales had not changed significantly, and that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" had caused some negative impacts on society. For example, a newspaper criticized the novel in its commentary section, and now the newspaper's leaders were also hesitant about the matter.

Hua asked which newspaper it was, and the other party said to buy a recent copy of "Jiangnan Literature and Art" and you'll know.

He hung up the phone and went to the street corner to buy all the copies of the "Jiangnan Literature and Art" newspaper from the past few days.

Sure enough, I found a comment in the comments section with a shocking title:

Beware of the three major harmful effects of the novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light"

Subtitle: On the Corrosive Influence of Tomb Raiding Literature on Teenagers

The article quotes extensively from classical texts:
"Novels that glorify tomb raiders are practically inciting crime! The detailed descriptions of Hu Bayi using a compass to locate burial sites are especially worthy of being called a crime textbook." (Quoted from a professor at East China Normal University)

"The protagonist openly flaunts his 'tomb raiding captain' lineage, which is a blatant provocation against the 'Cultural Relics Protection Law'" (Comment by a researcher from the Provincial Institute of Archaeology).
After reading it, Hua Shier laughed. He was worried that no one would pay attention to his novel, so he used his landline to call the Suzhou Daily and contacted its editor.

"I think it's a good thing that there's controversy; it can draw more attention to my work and your newspaper!"

Seeing the editor's bewildered expression, Hua Shier said with a smile, "Give me a column; I want to respond personally!"

The following day, the Gusu Daily published an open letter (signed by Mei Changsu).

"Some experts say I'm teaching tomb raiding? Then isn't Romance of the Three Kingdoms teaching rebellion? Isn't Water Margin teaching murder? Does Dream of the Red Chamber promote messy relationships between men and women? What era are we living in? Why are we still living in the past?"

He wrote over five hundred words on the newspaper, which was almost like a short essay.

The next day, the other party retorted: [Sophistry! Mei Changsu is using a fallacy of equivocation!]

Meanwhile, other newspapers immediately followed suit:
Legal Weekly discusses 'Literary Creation and Legal Boundaries'

The Youth Daily launched a poll on whether or not the novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light" should be banned.

Even television stations have done a special program on 'the boundaries of freedom in literary creation'.

The result was that the latest issue of the Suzhou Daily was reprinted three times and sold out completely, with sales continuing to rise in the following days!
The editor arrived with gifts, his face beaming with joy, and he even patted his chest to assure them:

"Mr. Su, rest assured, our editor-in-chief said that you can write with confidence, and he will take responsibility for anything that happens!"

Hua Shier even received invitations from more than a dozen publishing houses and television stations came to interview him, making him a local celebrity in Suzhou overnight.

Even pirates have started printing "The Complete Collection of Su Daqiang's Tomb Raiding", but only a dozen or so issues have been released in recent days.

As the saying goes, "People fear becoming famous, just as pigs fear growing fat," Hua Shier's fame also brought other troubles.

That day, when he went to submit a social media article, the editor-in-chief invited him to stay for a simple meal. When he returned home, it was already time for the children to get out of school. He saw an old lady sitting in the yard, with Su Mingcheng and Xu Tailang accompanying her. As soon as Xu Tailang saw Hua Shier, he immediately started winking at her.

The old woman rushed forward to grab Hua Shier's face, shouting:

"Su Daqiang, you shameless bastard! You dumped your wife as soon as you became famous. I was blind to marry my daughter to you. You must remarry my daughter today!"

Although Hua Shier accepted Su Daqiang's memories, a person's memories are too complex, and he can only extract relevant information from his memories when he encounters familiar things.

He had no recollection of the old woman before, but upon seeing her, he instantly remembered that she was Su Daqiang's mother-in-law and Zhao Meilan's mother!
Su Mingcheng quickly stopped her: "Grandma, don't be impulsive, speak slowly!"

Su Mingyu walked out of the small building; "What are you saying? She's just here to ask for money!"

The old lady turned to Su Mingyu and scolded, "You good-for-nothing! How heartless you are to your mother! Your mother shouldn't have given birth to you in the first place!"

Snapped!
Everyone was stunned, but Hua Shier slapped the old lady across the face:
"You old hag, if you insult my daughter again, I'll break your legs!"

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