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into the night.

The villagers in Mangcun and the surrounding area were already asleep, and the streetlights along the road were still dimly lit.

At the home of the village party secretary of Mangcun.

Li Hongwei dressed neatly and tiptoed out of the room, even carrying a flashlight.

There was no indication that she was going to sleep.

Not long after he stepped outside, Li Hongwei licked his lips and smiled, "Great, they even installed streetlights."

"This is convenient for me."

As he spoke, Li Hongwei arrived at the village entrance.

At the village entrance, two figures were already hiding.

It was Zhang Daqing and Zhang Xiaoqing from Mang Village.

Zhang Xiaoqing rubbed his hands together: "Brother Hongwei, what are we doing going out in the middle of the night?"

Li Hongwei shrugged: "What do you suggest? Let Gao's Real Estate suffer a significant loss."

"Damn it, how dare they mess with me like this, they're asking for it..."

Chapter 41 Power Outage Incident, Trouble in Mang Village

The next day.

Gao's Real Estate had just started construction when they received news that the cables had been damaged, and they immediately began emergency repairs.

Some villagers from the surrounding area came to the door sporadically, but ultimately none of them made much of a difference, and the cable was quickly repaired.

Nothing major happened for the time being.

But as the saying goes.

There may be a first and a second time, but not a third or fourth.

After this happened repeatedly, the surrounding villagers were naturally dissatisfied!

……

a few days later.

In the middle of Mang Village.

Almost every household had a few people sitting haphazardly in front of their courtyards along the village road, fanning themselves and complaining about the weather.

"It's so hot today, why is the power out at this time?"

"Exactly, how can people live if the power is cut off on such a hot day?"

The crowd was buzzing with discussion, mostly expressing their dissatisfaction and complaints.

Also at this time.

Zhang Xiaoqing from the Zhang family walked out of the room, holding a rice bowl, and asked, "Why do you think it is?"

"The construction work at the Gao family's house next door damaged the cables!"

"These frequent power outages are all because of Gao's Real Estate!"

As Zhang Xiaoqing finished speaking, the villagers all wore expressions of indignation.

Prior to this, Li Hongwei had already instigated the conflict once.

Everyone was very dissatisfied with the construction noise from the Gao family. Now that they heard that the power outages every few days were because the Gao family had damaged the cables, they were furious.

Immediately, everyone shouted angrily, "Just what kind of bastards are the Gao family?"

"A bunch of thugs. They beat up people from our Mang Village last time and nothing happened to them, but now they're digging up cables?"

"Isn't this just taking advantage of the fact that our Mang Village has no one to rely on?"

"Don't they know where the name 'Mang' in our Mang Village comes from?"

Li Hongwei, who was hiding in the shadows, also heard the discussions here.

He immediately licked his lips and smiled maliciously.

Li Youtian also came out of his house. After pretending to be unaware of the situation and asking a few questions, he finally spoke with an angry expression.

"Gao's Real Estate is simply going too far! How can our Mang Village be bullied like this?"

"I have to go to this construction site myself and see what's going on. With the power outages happening repeatedly, are they trying to kill us ordinary people?"

Li Youtian's genuine concern for the villagers drew a chorus of agreement.

"Exactly, are they trying to kill us ordinary people?"

"We must get justice..."

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Besides.

Li Youtian also went to other villages to lobby.

There aren't many people in other villages as indignant as those in Mang Village, but the power outages have indeed been getting longer lately, from half a day at first, to a whole day, and even a whole day and night before they were finally fixed...

The surrounding villagers were also dissatisfied, but unlike Mang Village, most of them chose to just let things slide.

However, some people who dared not offend Mang Village sent a few villagers to accompany Mang Village to their home.

Almost all the able-bodied men and elderly people from Mang Village, along with representatives from several surrounding villages, quickly set off together.

It was a grand and imposing procession, and it really did look quite impressive.

At this moment, I am standing on the Gao family's construction site.

Li Hongwei also squeezed from the back of the crowd to the front, his small eyes filled with provocation and defiance: "Where are your site managers? All of you, step forward!"

"A bunch of incompetent cowards and bastards, all they know is to go after Meng Dehai and bully us ordinary people, huh?"

"Let me tell you, even if you go to Meng Dehai this time, it won't work. If Meng Dehai is protecting you, he's a bastard who's plundering our people's wealth, a big corrupt official!"

"Yes, that bastard corrupt official!"

"This is outrageous!"

The crowd responded with a chorus of voices, with village chief Li Youtian even stirring things up.

And soon.

Gao Qiqiang, who was sitting in the temporary office, learned the news!

During this period, Qi Lin specifically instructed him to keep a close eye on the construction site, so Gao Qiqiang was almost constantly watching the site.

All that's missing is food and lodging.

Upon hearing Li Hongwei's commotion, Gao Qilin quickly came out after sending a message, and he said with a stern face, "What are you all doing?"

"You're not satisfied that Director Meng didn't arrest you all last time, are you?"

"Okay, then call Director Meng over now!"

As Gao Qiqiang finished speaking.

Despite the lively chatter they had just made, they were all terrified when they actually heard Meng Dehai's name.

Especially those who weren't originally from Mang Village, upon hearing Meng Dehai's name, all shrank back.

For a moment, their momentum weakened considerably.

Li Hongwei also quietly stepped back, so that Gao Qiqiang wouldn't see his face.

Only Zhang Xiaoqing stood at the front, glaring at Gao Qiqiang: "What Director Meng or whatever, let me tell you, stop trying to scare people with that."

"You keep cutting off the power to the surrounding villages every few days. This is interfering with the normal lives of residents. I'm going to write a complaint letter to the city!"

"Aren't you a criminal gang?"

Chapter 42 Meng Yu's eavesdropping was exposed, let me explain!

at the same time.

Inside Meng Dehai's study at the Meng family residence.

Gao Qilin and Meng Dehai chatted and laughed, talking about recent news in Jinghai City. Occasionally, Meng Dehai would inquire about the Gao family's recent developments.

Gao Qilin's answer was watertight, satisfying Meng Dehai without revealing too much.

And soon.

Meng Dehai's phone rang.

Meng Dehai said an apology in a low voice, then answered the phone.

Gao Qilin, however, took a slow and deliberate sip of hot tea.

Cell phones of this era all suffer from some degree of sound leakage, let alone in the otherwise quiet study where the only sounds were Gao Qilin sipping his tea.

Therefore, Gao Qilin heard the voice on the phone very clearly.

"Director Meng, the municipal government received a report of someone maliciously digging up cables. Investigation confirmed that Li Hongwei from Mang Village was the ringleader. We are requesting his arrest!"