Chapter 27 Richie's Story

Yun was dazzling among his peers. But when Yun faced that young man in front of him, he was dim and lost his luster. "Yun Xu?" Richie asked in a low voice. "Yes, Mr. Lin." Yun took a deep breath, held back his panic, and answered. "Are you responsible for the reconstruction of the old houses in the east of the city?" Richie asked. "Yes, I'm in charge." He answered truthfully. Although there were many means in that project, it had made a huge contribution to the city's development. "That year, Jin City developed rapidly. Because of the outstanding contribution of this project, you even became an example that year!" Richie suddenly said. Yun was stunned for a moment, and then he became confident. He was a little happy when Richie said that the most brilliant time in his life. "Is he going to promote me?" Thinking of this, he immediately said, "yes, it's my duty to make contributions to the city's development." When he said that, he couldn't help smiling and felt a little happy. "Oh? Do you remember that there are four old bungalows in the East District?" Richie put his elbows on his knees and looked into Yun's eyes. Yun dodged for a while. He didn't dare to face Richie's eyes, but he also didn't dare to turn around. Yun remembered that there were four houses. Since there were no legal procedures, he wanted to destroy their houses but didn't intend to give them allowance at all. The other party was also unwilling. After a stalemate, Yun was so angry that he lit up the four houses and forced the people inside to leave. Although it was a little violent, the effect was good. In the end, under threat and coercion, he only paid 1/4 of the original price of the four houses. But how did Richie know? "Mr. Lin, you misunderstood me. Although I'm in charge of the whole project, I won't remember these small things. If Mr. Lin wants to know, I can ask someone to investigate." Yun said frankly. Richie smiled. "Two years ago, on June 7th, the senior executives of the Xu family's enterprises talked with four families about moving out after drinking too much, but they failed. So, a fire burned four houses." "As a result, 8 of them were slightly burned, and five were severely burned. One of the boys lost an arm in this incident, causing him to be permanently disabled." "Does Mr. Xu know these things?" Yun was frightened. "I..." Yun still wanted to argue. But Richie didn't give him a chance. Bang! With a muffled sound, Yun's head was placed on the table. Because of the great strength, Yun's fresh blood flowed out from his forehead. "What's more, you only paid 1/4 fees. Otherwise, the child's hand might be able to be cured." Bang! Another sound was heard. Yun was hit on the table again, and the blood flowed down his face. Elsa wanted to stop Richie, but Mike stopped her. She was forced back to where she was. When Richie let go of Yun, the latter held himself with his hands to prevent himself from lying down. Elsa ran to her brother quickly and asked someone to find a medical kit to bind up the wound for Yun. "Nowadays, the murderer can even be regarded as an example. It's shameful and ridiculous." At this time, Buckie also rushed over from the outside with a large number of documents. As soon as he entered the room, he saw his son lying on the ground and groaning with blood all over his face. For no reason, he immediately became angry. Seeing his son, he shouted, "Richie Lin, don't go too far. Although our Xu family is not as powerful as you, we are not cowards!" Elsa hurried to stop his and whispered something in Buckie's ear. Buckie was stunned and embarrassed. "There was a girl who also escaped when I met her. She was only five years old at that time. In order to avoid bad people, I asked her to apply mud on her face." "At that time, the streets were full of people who starved to death or were beaten to death. Vincent said that there was an old saying -- it was easy to live in a humble name, so I gave her a name, Little Grass." "I hope she can live on like grass." "When she was ten years old, Little Grass was adopted by an older man. He didn't have much money, but he had an old house in the east of the city." "That year, I joined the northern realm army, and the three of us separated. When I came back, one of them died, and the other disappeared. Mr. Xu, do you think I am so unlucky? " Richie told his story while others were listening attentively. They had all experienced that turbulent era and knew it's hard to live at that time. When they listened to Richie's story, they felt the same way. Hearing Richie's question, Elsa moved her mouth a few times and finally said, "We should live for the living people, right?"