Mad Dragon gets out of prison and marries a beautiful CEO.

Chapter 124

Chen Li did not answer Hu Qing'an's question. He took two steps forward, bent down and picked up a document that was scattered on the ground. After looking at it, he realized that it contained confidential information about the Juxian Chamber of Commerce.

Hu Qing'an leaned against the metal side panel of the truck, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Chen Li and the two corpses on the ground. His Adam's apple bobbed, a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face turned from red to white, then from white to green.

His lips trembled, and his hands shook slightly at his sides, as if he wanted to reach out and touch something but ultimately did not move.

"Mr. Chen, please leave your things here, could you please let me go...?"

"You can't leave."

Chen Li drew the short blade from its sheath; the blade reflected a long, thin glint of light in the factory's overhead lamp, and said:

"Hu Qing'an, you've worked for Bailongtang for eleven years. You've handled Lu Changgeng's dirtiest jobs. You think you can just walk away unscathed? Do you think that's even possible?"

Hu Qing'an's face fell completely. He shrank back, his back hitting the side panel of the truck with a dull thud.

He reached for the door handle of the truck bed, intending to pull it open and climb inside, but his fingers were pulled back by a force the moment they touched the handle.

Chen Li was already close enough to stand in front of him, the end of the knife hilt pressed lightly against the indentation below his Adam's apple.

"Eleven years ago, there was a shop owner surnamed Xu in the eastern district of Yuncheng. Because he refused to cooperate with Juxian Chamber of Commerce, his whole family was burned to death in their own warehouse. You started that fire."

"Seven years ago, a group of out-of-town suppliers were intercepted at the medicinal herb market, their routes were cut off, and their limbs were broken before they were sent back to their hometowns. It was your order."

"Three years ago, you suppressed a reporter's exposé for Lu Changgeng, and that reporter later had an accident on the highway."

With each word Chen Li spoke, Hu Qing'an's face paled a little more.

Chen Li sheathed his sword, took a half step back, and said disdainfully:

"I won't kill you. Ye Qinglian needs to get all the details about Lu Changgeng out of you. Someone of your caliber is more useful to her than to die here."

Hu Qing'an's legs went weak, and he slid down the side of the truck, collapsing to the ground. He looked up at Chen Li, his lips moving as he managed to squeeze out a hoarse sentence:

"You...you're going to hand me over to Ye Zong's people?"

Chen Li looked down at him:

"Now that you're in her hands, let's see what you say to get half your life or a whole corpse in return. It's up to you."

Chen Li took out his phone and sent Ye Qinglian a location message, typing three words:

"Come and recruit people."

After sending it, he looked down at Hu Qing'an.

"She'll be here in twenty minutes. Before she arrives, think carefully about what you have that you can exchange for your life."

He turned and walked towards the back door, leaving Hu Qing'an slumped on the ground. After the back door of the factory was closed, Chen Li walked back along the way he came.

The night wind blew into the alley, fluttering the hem of his coat. He stopped at the alley entrance and glanced back in the direction of the factory.

The iron gate was still ajar, and the light from inside leaked out through the crack, casting a thin, long streak of light on the ground.

Forty minutes later.

Ye Qinglian's message has arrived:

"I've received him. He's more persuasive than you think; he started talking as soon as he got in the car. Tonight, I'll be able to extract all of Lu Changgeng's debts from him."

Chen Li replied with an "Mm," placed his phone on the passenger seat, started the car, and drove away from the north of the city.

The streetlights slid past the car windows one after another, illuminating the interior of the car with alternating light and shadow.

He glanced at his reflection in the rearview mirror; his eyes showed weariness, but even more so, clarity.

He is dismantling the framework of the Juxian Chamber of Commerce piece by piece.

It happened late that night.

Hu Qing'an finally spoke under Ye Qinglian's persistent questioning.

The complete list of Bailongtang's personnel, financial records, off-the-books accounts, and records of its dealings with Mingyuan over the past ten years were all disclosed.

After Ye Qinglian finished organizing the materials, she sent Chen Li a message that included the following sentence:

"One of the things Hu Qing'an confessed was related to the Li family. Three years ago, the Li family's entertainment company had a sum of money of dubious origin that went through Bailongtang's accounts. The amount was not large, but it matched."

Chen Li sat in the tea room looking at the message, his gaze lingering on the words "Li family" for a moment.

I remember that Li Yan was very arrogant. He had worked with Lin Xiao, clashed with Su Wan on a variety show, and fought with the Mu family over land.

Their connection with the Juxian Chamber of Commerce is deeper than expected; we might as well take this opportunity to dig them out completely.

He replied with:

"Keep this for now. The Li family's affairs aren't urgent; let's focus on smoothly taking over Bailongtang's assets first."

After sending the message, I received another message from Ah Kun.

He sent me a video showing three black cars parked in front of a nightclub. In the video, someone with a broken leg was being dragged out of the club. The timestamp in the upper right corner of the video showed that it was twenty minutes ago.

"Mr. Chen, Li Yan was intercepted outside his own nightclub tonight, his leg was broken, and he was sent to a private hospital owned by the Li family. The person who did it claimed to be 'seeking justice for Hu Qing'an,' but Hu Qing'an is now in our hands, and it's impossible for us to send anyone to harm Li Yan."

After watching the video, Chen Li leaned back in his chair and thought for a while.

Taking advantage of the downfall of the White Dragon Hall, someone used Hu Qing'an's name to target the Li family and frame the remaining forces of the White Dragon Hall.

After breaking Li Yan's leg, who will the Li family hold accountable for it?

Who is the new leader of the Juxian Chamber of Commerce?

Or should it be attributed directly to Chen Li?

The fact that he was able to pinpoint the location of the Li family nightclub and identify Li Yan less than two hours after Hu Qing'an's arrest, and then escape unscathed after carrying out the attack, was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Someone had already planned this before the White Dragon Hall collapsed, waiting for this opportunity to frame them.

He picked up his phone again and dialed Ah Kun's number:

"Investigate where the person who broke Li Yan's leg came from, and check if anyone outside the White Dragon Hall has suddenly left in the last two days. Also, has there been any movement from Lin Xiao's side?"

Ah Kun replied:

"Everything is normal on President Lin's end tonight. Her people are all on Qinglongtang's territory and haven't left the East District."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Li sat for a while.

Those in the Li family whose legs were broken will definitely retaliate. They won't carefully investigate whether it was Hu Qing'an's men who did it; they'll only see that their own son's leg is broken. And the changes in the underground world of Yuncheng happen to occur at the same time.

Li Yan's father, Li Wenliang, is the head of Li Family Entertainment. He will definitely not let his son get away with being crippled.

The Li family has a solid foundation and abundant wealth in Yuncheng. If they go all out against Chen Li, they will be even more troublesome than Lu Changgeng.

But he couldn't stop now. He had to stabilize the situation before things escalated completely.

Early the next morning.

News of the downfall of the Juxian Chamber of Commerce has spread throughout the underground world of Yuncheng.

Hu Qing'an, the head of Bailongtang, was arrested, Lu Changgeng stayed at Mingyuan without leaving the premises, and Ye Qinglian took over most of the businesses and personnel of Juxian Chamber of Commerce.

The East District Medicinal Herbs Market reopened, and Zhuquetang's logistics channels and Lin Xiao's Qinglongtang channels were connected under Ye Qinglian's coordination.

At noon, Zhao Guangzhu from Harmony Hospital called:

"Mr. Chen, several groups of people came to the hospital today, saying they wanted to discuss cooperation. Some were from pharmaceutical companies, some from medical equipment companies, and a few from security companies. They all had close ties with the Juxian Chamber of Commerce before and wanted to get to know Mr. Chen."

"How did I find you?" Chen Li asked.

"I... I'm familiar with Mr. Chen, and I've inexplicably gained face for myself, you see..."

Zhao Guangzhu never expected that the shareholder he introduced to the hospital would have such enormous power, that even an unknown nobody like himself would be treated with such awe by a powerful figure in the underworld.

Chen Li thought for a moment and replied:

"Tell them to discuss the cooperation with Ms. Ye, and that you can focus on running the hospital business."

Meanwhile, at a private hospital owned by the Li family.

Li Yan lay on the hospital bed, his right leg in a cast, dangling in mid-air, his face covered in bruises as he clutched the bed sheet.

His father, Li Wenliang, stood beside the hospital bed, his face ashen.

"Dad...it's people from the Juxian Chamber of Commerce. They're going crazy and biting people indiscriminately!"

Li Wenliang didn't speak, but took out his phone and dialed a number:

"Find out where Hu Qingan is now. I need to know who is backing him up to harm my son."