My sister broke off her engagement to marry someone richer? My older sister married me and became in

"And guess what happened?"

Scarface Liu slammed his fist on the table.

"He completely ignored me! The other two guys went around to the back of the truck and pretended to watch for a long time while they were lying on the side of the truck bed."

"Then he straightened up and shouted that my car's tires were too worn, posing a safety hazard, and that the car needed to be impounded! He said he was waiting for his superiors to come and inspect it!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan began to tap his fingers lightly and rhythmically on the table.

"How long was it held?"

"A full two hours!"

Scarface Liu gulped down the remaining water in the bowl and wiped his mouth hard with the back of his hand.

"I stood in the sun for two hours like an idiot!"

"Those bastards were just inside drinking tea and eating melon seeds, watching me laugh at them through the window!"

"In the end, I was just being a fucking idiot and pulled fifty yuan out of my pocket and stuffed it in."

"The leader just strolled out leisurely, took the money, didn't even give me an IOU, and waved me away!"

Monkey Three, standing nearby, felt his blood boil and his teeth were practically grinding to powder.

"Dude! Isn't this blatant robbery?!"

"It's even more disgusting than outright robbery!"

Scarface Liu, his eyes red, cursed, "You can call the police when they rob you outright! They're wearing that uniform, carrying official documents with a red stamp, and if you go to the police, they're more powerful than you! What do you call that? That's called a bandit in official robes!"

Lu Qingshan didn't respond to that question; his focus was entirely elsewhere.

"What does the leader look like? Describe his features clearly."

Scarface Liu tried hard to recall:

"He's not very tall, maybe 1.65 meters at most, and quite chubby with a round face. Oh, and he's wearing a shiny gold ring on the little finger of his left hand! His accent... sounds a bit like someone from the south of the city."

As soon as he finished speaking, Monkey Three stood up abruptly, as if he had been pricked by a needle.

"Wait! Bro! Short and fat? Gold ring? Southern accent?!"

He rubbed his hands excitedly, quickly approached Lu Qingshan, lowered his voice, and spoke rapidly:

"Brother! I remember now! Last time I went to Nanshan Mingyuan to inquire about Yu Gaoyang, I spent the whole afternoon squatting at the entrance of the alley opposite the teahouse! In the evening, Wei Biao came out from there, with someone else by his side!"

"That's exactly what he looks like! Short and fat, wearing a gold ring, and speaking with that southern accent!"

"The two of them even lit a cigarette at the door. After they finished smoking, Wei Biao patted him on the shoulder affectionately before they parted ways!"

"How's the relationship going?" Lu Qingshan pressed.

"They're definitely not just casual acquaintances!" Monkey Three said decisively. "Their familiarity is like that of brothers!"

In an instant, you could hear a pin drop in the shop.

At this moment, all the clues came together.

Lu Qingshan pulled a piece of white paper from the table and handed a pen to Scarface Liu.

"Brother Liu, please write down all the information about the three stations we visited today."

"Write down every detail you can think of, including the station name, exact location, approximate distance from the provincial capital, the pretext under which they collected money, how much they collected, and who stopped the car."

Scarface Liu lay on the table, writing stroke by stroke for a full fifteen minutes.

Although his handwriting was terrible, like it was scratched out by chicken claws, he had the advantage of remembering things clearly.

The situation at the three stations was written down in dense detail, filling two whole pages.

Lu Qingshan took it and read it from beginning to end, word by word.

After reading it, he didn't speak immediately, but carefully folded the paper and put it into his shirt pocket.

His gaze fell on a stack of dusty old files in the corner.

"Chen Meili".

"exist."

"Get all our old transportation contracts from the forest farm right now. I remember clearly, the year before last, when the forest farm was hauling timber to the provincial capital, it seems we weren't using this route."

"good!"

Chen Meili responded and immediately squatted down in front of the metal cabinet in the corner to rummage through it.

After a long while, she finally pulled out a file folder sealed with kraft paper and with frayed edges from the bottom.

Inside were three expired old contracts and a hand-drawn route map that had yellowed with age.

Lu Qingshan immediately spread the hand-drawn route map out on the table.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a brand-new map of the provincial capital and surrounding transportation from his backpack.

Two pictures, one yellowed and the other brand new, were placed side by side.

His finger touched the hand-drawn picture, slowly moving along the red line.

Hongshi County Forest Farm... No. 6 Timber Yard... Baihualing Fork... Forest Area Management Highway... Provincial Highway 208... Entrance to the Eastern Suburbs of the Provincial Capital.

"This road..."

Chen Meili was the first to react; she leaned close to the map, her eyes lighting up.

"This road is about 50 kilometers longer than the route we're taking now. But! After the fork in the road at Baihualing, it follows a maintenance road within the forest area! It's part of the territory maintained by our own forest farm!"

She excitedly pointed to the map:

"As long as we have the forest farm's internal pass, those transport stations along the way have no right to stop our vehicles! They have no say in the matter!"

Lin Xiulan, who had been silent until now, also walked to the table.

Her eyes darted between the two maps, her finger pointing to the fork in the road called "Birch Ridge," and then along that line, she traced it all the way to the entrance to the eastern suburbs of the provincial capital.

There was a fierce edge to her voice.

"No matter how long Wei Biao's arms are, he can't reach this road."

Lu Qingshan nodded heavily.

"That's right."

But he immediately changed the subject, tapping his finger twice on the map.

"But there's a major problem here."

"Those idle trucks in the forest farm are not under my control. Whether our goods can actually travel on this road ultimately depends on someone's approval."

He looked up at Lin Xiulan.

"Li Aiguo".

……

Nobody was in the mood for dinner.

Lin Xiulan pulled Lu Qingshan into the inner room and locked the door from the inside.

"Qingshan, I'm telling you the truth."

Her voice was extremely low, and her speech was several times faster than usual, revealing an overwhelming anxiety.

"I've taken stock of all the inventory. Based on the current supply from the four major retailers—the Department Store, the pharmaceutical company, and the others—our inventory can only last for a maximum of seven days!"

"Section Chief Zhou from the No. 1 Department Store called this afternoon, subtly asking when the next batch of goods would arrive." "Although the pharmaceutical company hasn't pressed us, you know better than I what kind of person Section Chief Liu is! He's a stubborn, calculating manipulator; he won't wait a single day longer than the delivery date written in the contract!"

"Seven days," Lu Qingshan repeated, his brows furrowed.

"right!"

Lin Xiulan's voice trembled slightly.

"If we can't supply the goods for more than seven days, Section Chief Zhou might give us a one or two-day grace period because of me."

"But there's absolutely no leniency with Section Chief Liu! The contract clearly states the breach of contract clauses. If he takes that contract and sues us, we'll have to pay a fortune!"