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Xue Jiu looked at him, his expression almost unchanged since he entered the room.

Polite and gentle, with a sense of propriety honed through years of business experience.

He didn't look at Xue Beichen kneeling on the ground, nor at Elder Yuan with a livid face beside him, but only at Chu Nan.

"Mr. Chu, my son has indeed crossed the line. As his father, I apologize to you on his behalf."

He gave a slight bow, a small but effective movement. "As long as Mr. Chu is willing to be lenient, you may name any conditions you wish. As long as I can fulfill them, I will not refuse!"

Chu Nan looked at Xue Jiu but did not answer.

He wasn't putting on airs; although he didn't intend to kill Xue Beichen again.

But if we just let it go like that, it would be too easy to just let it go.

Moreover, Master Ding kept Xue Beichen for so long, and then just let him go like that, making all of Master Ding's hard work go to waste.

Seeing that Chu Nan remained silent, Xue Jiu straightened up, shifted her gaze from him to Jiang Yingxue beside her.

A faint smile appeared on his lips, a smile completely different from the sincerity he had shown when apologizing to Chu Nan earlier.

Lighter and more casual, it's like suddenly finding a breakthrough point that can be easily pried open at the negotiating table.

"This must be the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, right? I remember the last time I saw you was at Old Master Jiang's birthday banquet. You were only this tall then."

He gestured to his waist with his hand, his tone carrying the warmth of an elder reminiscing about the childhood of a younger generation, "After the old man passed away, the old lady took care of all the affairs of the Jiang family."

"Speaking of which, I met your father a few times. When he was alive, the Jiang family was incredibly influential in Beihai."

Xue Jiu paused, then changed the subject, his tone still warm, but the warmth in his voice had changed. "Miss Jiang, this southern countryside is not like the city. My Xue family cannot operate freely here, but it's different in the city."

"Besides, given your status in the Jiang family, even if I, Xue Jiu, did something excessive, I'm sure the old lady would forgive me, right?"

It was obvious that she was threatening Jiang Yingxue.

After all, compared to Chu Nan, a naive young man who doesn't understand the power of wealthy families and is protected by Master Ding, Jiang Yingxue, a neglected young lady from a wealthy family, is definitely more likely to understand his methods.

"Haha, just kidding. What I'm really saying is that I hope Miss Jiang will put in a good word for my Beichen, considering that both of our families are wealthy and influential in the city."

"Mr. Xue..."

Chu Nan finally spoke, his voice not loud, but everyone in the courtyard could hear him clearly: "I can release them, but there are conditions."

Xue Jiu smiled; these were the words he had been waiting for.

It seems that putting pressure on Jiang Yingxue was the right thing to do.

This young lady from the Jiang family, who has been looked down upon for many years, is precisely this boy's Achilles' heel!

However, on the surface, he remained humble, saying, "Mr. Chu, please feel free to speak."

Seeing Chu Nan extend one finger, Xue Jiu didn't hesitate at all, "Ten million, I'll have someone transfer the money right away."

Chu Nan shook his head. "Not ten million, but... one hundred million!"

Xue Jiu's smile faltered for a moment.

It was just a very brief pause, and things resumed quickly.

But the eldest member standing to the side jumped up, pointing his finger at Chu Nan's nose and cursing, "You brat! Ten million or not? You want a hundred million? Do you think Old Nine's money grows on trees?!"

"Don't think that just because Master Ding is protecting you, you can take advantage of me!"

Ding Ye tapped his pipe on the armrest of the chair. "Elder."

The elder opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

Erniu quickly stepped forward and pulled Yuan Laoda aside, whispering urgently in his ear, "Brother, don't get involved—"

Before he could finish speaking, the elder brother shook off his hand, but he immediately grabbed the elder brother's sleeve again, a thin layer of sweat appearing on his forehead.

He had personally witnessed how Chu Nan took someone's life through a wall.

But he couldn't reveal Chu Nan's secrets in front of Xue Jiu, so he could only hold on tightly to Yuan Laoda's sleeve.

Xue Jiu looked at Chu Nan and remained silent for a moment.

Then he nodded, his warm smile returning to his face. "One hundred million? Sure, I'll have someone transfer the money right away."

Soon, Chu Nan's phone vibrated.

Bank notification: 100 million has been deposited into your account.

"Mr. Chu, I've paid the money, and I'm taking the person with me."

Xue Jiu turned to Master Ding, cupped his hands slightly, and said, "Master Ding, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

After he finished speaking, he walked towards Xue Beichen, who was kneeling on the ground.

Just as Xue Jiu was about to bend down to help Xue Beichen up, Chu Nan's voice suddenly rang out.

"etc!"

Xue Jiuting's hand was still on Xue Beichen's shoulder, and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

"One hundred million is just the first condition. There's another condition: whichever hand Xue Beichen used to fire the gun, that hand will be kept."

The courtyard suddenly fell silent.

The eldest brother was the first to recover. The anger that had just subsided on his face instantly surged back. He took a step forward, pointed at Chu Nan, and roared, "Don't you fucking go too far! Old Jiu has already given the money, what more do you want? This is Nanxiangqiaobei Village—"

Erniu grabbed Yuan Laoda's waist and pulled him backward.

"Big brother! Stop talking!"

He practically shouted those words, his voice distorted.

He dared not look at Chu Nan, and could only drag Yuan Laoda back to the corner of the courtyard.

Xue Jiu turned around, and the warm smile on his face finally disappeared, replaced by a coldness that surged up from the depths of his eyes.

He didn't look at Chu Nan, but at Master Ding. "Master Ding, I'm giving you face, I've already paid the money, but the person... I have to take him away today."

Dingye took a puff of his pipe, and smoke slowly billowed out of his nostrils.

He placed his pipe on his lap. "Old Ninth, the aggrieved party in today's matter is this young brother of mine. Whatever he says, you do. I won't make decisions for him."

Something flickered in Xue Jiu's eyes.

With this last glimmer of hope dashed, he turned away, no longer looking at Master Ding, nor mentioning anyone else's name, and bent down to help Xue Beichen up.

He was gambling, gambling that Chu Nan wouldn't dare to actually make a move in front of so many people, gambling that Master Ding wouldn't let things get out of control.

Chu Nan raised his hand.

No one saw how he moved.

Something seemed to explode in the air, and an invisible force surged from his palm, precisely covering Xue Beichen, who was kneeling on the ground.

Xue Beichen felt as if he were being grabbed by an invisible giant hand, his body uncontrollably lifted off the ground and flying straight towards Chu Nan.

Chu Nan grabbed his right wrist with his left hand, and with his right hand, he spread his fingers and gripped his right arm tightly.

"You shot Sister Tang in the leg, but I only want one of your hands. It's a very good deal, but your father doesn't seem to appreciate it. Since that's the case..."

Chu Nan's voice was calm, each word like an icicle piercing Xue Beichen's eardrums, "Then let's change it to crippling your arm!"

Before he could finish speaking, the doctor snapped his wrist.

The sound of bones and joints breaking under tremendous torque is crisp and dull.

"ah!!!"

Xue Beichen's eyes suddenly bulged outwards, his mouth opened to its widest extent, and he let out a scream that was no longer human.

Then he went limp and fainted in Chu Nan's hands.

Xue Jiu's eyes widened in fury, "Bei Chen!"

"Damn it, you despicable outsider!"

The elder brother cursed and wanted to take action.

Chu Nan tossed the unconscious Xue Beichen away.

The movement was casual, as if he were discarding something he no longer needed.

The elder brother instinctively stepped forward to take it.

He considered himself to have some martial arts skills and to be a formidable figure in Qiaobei Village.

But the moment his hands touched Xue Beichen's body, a tremendous residual force emanated from the unconscious body.

It wasn't an impact, but the residual force—the true energy Chu Nan had left in Xue Beichen's body that spontaneously erupted the moment it came into contact with an external force.

The elder brother was so shocked that he staggered back several steps, his heels sinking into the mud and leaving a long trail. He finally managed to steady himself by leaning against the courtyard wall.

At the same time, he felt as if a gust of wind swept over his entire body, followed by a loud bang behind him!

Behind the elder, the courtyard wall was shattered, with bricks and stones flying everywhere and dust billowing into the sky.

After the dust settled, the entire courtyard wall, along with the lower half of the adobe bricks, collapsed.

Broken bricks and mud were piled up on the ground, revealing the dirt road outside the yard and the motorcycles parked by the roadside.

The elder brother's face turned from pale to deathly white. He looked at the pile of broken bricks behind him, then at Chu Nan, his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a single word.

He finally understood why Erniu had desperately tried to hold him back.

Erniu stood in the corner of the yard. He knew Chu Nan was going to make a move when he pulled Yuan Laoda, but he didn't expect it to be this exaggerated!

Looking at the pile of broken bricks and mud, Erniu swallowed hard.

Thank goodness I managed to grab the boss just now, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Jiang Yingxue had long known that Chu Nan was a skilled fighter, but seeing him push down a wall from a distance still made her involuntarily clench her fingers.

She suddenly remembered the reaction of the young people at the entrance of Nanxiang when they heard the name Chu Nan.

They called Chu Nan "Chu Man Butcher," saying he massacred a flour factory and fought against a hundred men single-handedly.

She thought it was just hearsay at the time, but now it seems that those rumors probably underestimated Chu Nan's strength.

That's enough.

Dingye's voice came from the rattan chair.

He glanced at the pile of broken bricks, then at Chu Nan, remained silent for a moment, and then turned to Xue Jiu. "This is over. Take your men and get out of here!"

Looking at his son, who was slumped on the ground with his right arm hanging at an abnormal angle.

Xue Jiu's chest heaved violently, and the shirt under his suit was soaked with sweat.

The elder brother was forced back three steps, and the entire courtyard wall was blasted down by a single palm strike. Throughout the entire incident, Master Ding did not utter a single word in his defense.

He knew he had to swallow this loss today, whether he wanted to or not.

Xue Jiu bent down, picked Xue Beichen up from the ground, and carried him on his shoulder.

Xue Beichen's right arm hung limply in the air, swaying slightly with his movements.

Xue Jiu turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate. He stepped over the pile of broken bricks, stopped at the gate, and did not look back.

"Chu Nan, I'm giving Master Ding face today, but only within the territory of Nanxiang. We'll settle this score later when you get back to the city!"

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Yuan Laoda stood beside the pile of broken bricks, looking at Xue Jiu's back outside the courtyard gate, and then at Ding Ye, who was sitting in the rattan chair and had picked up his pipe again.

Xue Jiu was brought in by him, and now Xue Jiu's son has had his arm broken in Master Ding's courtyard. His reputation as the middleman has been shattered more completely than the courtyard wall.

He lifted his foot to chase after him, but as soon as he took a step, Ding Ye tapped his pipe on the armrest of the chair, "Elder Boss."

The elder brother stopped in his tracks. "Master Ding!"

"Come inside with me."

Dingye stood up from the rattan chair, picked up his pipe, and walked into the house.

As he reached the door, he glanced back at Erniu, who was still standing there dumbfounded in the courtyard. "What are you still standing there for? Help the guests prepare their rooms. The grand festival in Nanxiang is coming soon, and we'll definitely have to keep my little brother here for a few more days!"

Erniu suddenly realized what was happening and immediately got to work.

Jiang Yingxue stepped out from behind Chu Nan, took a deep breath, and said, "Master Ding, I have prepared a detailed plan for the development of Nanxiang."

She took out the document she had spent the morning organizing in the office from her bag, opened the first page, and saw that it was covered with dense annotations divided into three categories.

"The core issue in the development of Nanxiang is not money, but trust, and the solution I adopted is not land expropriation compensation, but cooperative construction."

"To put it simply, the Jiang family provides the funds and technology, while the Nanxiang provides the land and manpower. After the development is completed, the profits are divided proportionally. The people of Nanxiang are not just the ones being resettled, but the main body of the development."

"In this way, the clan structure of Nanxiang does not need to be broken; on the contrary, it can become the organizational foundation for the project's advancement—"

"Miss Jiang, these things aren't urgent. Please settle in first."

Standing at the entrance of the main room, Ding Ye glanced back at her, his tone still as kind as ever, "Tomorrow is our Nanxiang's grand event, held once every three years. It's a rare occasion to have such distinguished guests. Let Er Niu show you around. As for work, we can talk about it after the event."

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked into the depths of the main room.

Jiang Yingxue was still holding the document in her hand, standing there.

She spent the entire morning preparing her plan, memorizing the population data, land distribution, and demolition compensation standards of Nanxiang. She rehearsed her lines to persuade Grandpa Ding over and over again in the car.

But Dingye didn't even hear the first part of what she said.

Jiang Yingxue turned to look at Chu Nan, "Did he never intend to discuss the Nanxiang development plan with me at all?"

Chu Nanqian chuckled twice without speaking. In the situation just now, Master Ding only interrupted instead of directly ordering Jiang Yingxue to leave, which was already giving him face.

But the more Master Ding acted this way, the more uneasy Chu Nan felt.

Because he and Master Ding didn't seem to have a very deep relationship.

They weren't close friends, yet he did so much for me. It would be hard to believe he didn't have ulterior motives.

To put it bluntly, everyone in the world is driven by profit.

Master Ding did this because he needs something from him.

"Chu Nan, you and Master Ding have such a good relationship, if you ask her, she will definitely agree!"

"Sister Xue, this matter is not as simple as you think."

"What do you mean?"

Chu Nan sighed, "I've only met Master Ding once. He previously told the local forces in Nanxiang not to interfere, and today he helped me fend off Xue Jiu, but..."

"I have never given him any benefits, but he has always helped me. In a place like Nanxiang, a seasoned veteran who has dominated for decades would definitely not do a losing business."

"Since he asked us to stay, there must be something else going on, and that thing... is most likely related to the Nanxiang Grand Festival he mentioned every three years!"