bookbashuk Chapter 562 Favors and Continued Cleanup
Chapter 562 Favors and Continued Cleanup
This answer is simple and clear.
"Master Lin, the fact that Xiao Mei has sought refuge with me cannot be kept secret. Rather than letting you harbor resentment later and allowing Huang Dacheng and the others to stir up trouble, I'd rather tell you proactively!"
Seeing our slight surprise, Jiang Hongtu added another sentence.
"President Jiang, to be honest, I don't quite understand what you're doing!" Fatty Lin said.
"Master Lin, the matter is actually very simple. I called Boss Huang and asked them to let Xiao Mei go. In return, I will owe Boss Huang and his team a huge favor, one that is difficult to repay!"
Jiang Hongtu spoke slowly.
"You can't repay your favor, so you want us to go find Huang Dacheng?" Fatty Lin laughed angrily.
"So, I now owe you a huge favor!" Jiang Hongtu said with a smile.
"I understand, Mr. Jiang. You're afraid you can't repay Huang Dacheng and the others' favor, so you chose to offend us and owe us a favor!" Fatty Lin pointed to himself and said, "But Mr. Jiang, haven't you considered that our favor might not be easy to repay either?"
Jiang Hongtu's gaze swept over our faces one by one, and he said earnestly, "Master Lin, I have investigated who you are, and I trust you!"
"President Jiang, your way of praising people is a bit strange!" Fatty Lin laughed again, this time without getting angry.
"President Jiang, aren't you afraid we'll make you donate tens of millions or even hundreds of millions?" I asked.
"If that's the case, it's not bad either; it's a good way to accumulate merit!" Jiang Hongtu said with a smile.
"Okay, I give up, Mr. Jiang, I'll consider you my friend!" I said with a smile.
Jiang Hongtu's meaning is simple: he acknowledges our character and would rather owe us a favor than owe Huang Dacheng and the other two.
Judging from his expression, he also wanted to take this opportunity to befriend us.
"This is just a small token of my appreciation!"
Seeing that we had lowered our guard, Jiang Hongtu took out a check and handed it to us.
"Five million, what does that mean?"
Lin Pangzi frowned after glancing at the amount.
"Master Lin, this money isn't for you; it's a donation I'm giving to the children!" Jiang Hongtu said with a smile.
"This doesn't count as a favor; I still owe you one!"
Jiang Hongtu added.
Upon hearing this, Fatty Lin put away the check and said, "President Jiang is so generous!"
After putting the check away, Fatty Lin thought for a moment, glanced at Bai Yimei, then at Bai's mother, and finally couldn't help but say, "Auntie, please don't take offense, but let me give you one more piece of advice!"
"Xiao Lin, tell me, Auntie knows you're doing this for my own good!" Mother Bai said meekly, as if she would listen to whatever he said.
"Auntie, let's not cause any more trouble from now on. Let's just rely on President Jiang!"
Fatty Lin earnestly advised, "I can't speak for others, but at least President Jiang won't cheat you and Xiao Mei. Also, forget about international superstars; America's side won't support someone with a different skin color!"
When Bai's mother said the first part, her expression was relatively normal, but when she heard that Bai Yimei was not allowed to go to America to develop her career as an international superstar, her expression changed.
It was obvious that she disagreed with what Fatty Lin said.
"Auntie, that's all I'll say. Whether you listen or not is up to you!"
Fatty Lin wasn't stupid; he saw through Bai's mother's thoughts at a glance and didn't say anything more.
Bai's mother seems mature and steady, but she's actually not very capable. To describe her in a couplet, she's like a reed on a wall, top-heavy and shallow-rooted; or a bamboo shoot in the mountains, sharp-tongued, thick-skinned, and hollow inside.
"Xiao Lin, I know you're doing this for my own good, and I'll definitely listen to what you say!" Mother Bai quickly said.
I shook my head inwardly. These were just polite words; I could tell from her expression that she wouldn't listen.
After we had talked things out, we stayed a little longer before saying goodbye and leaving.
Before leaving, Jiang Hongtu said he would come to our shop in a few days and ask me to give him acupuncture treatment.
This is a gift of money to us, so I smiled and agreed, even promising a 20% discount.
"Fatty, Jiang Hongtu is trying to get on our good side!"
As I left President Jiang's house, I looked back and said...
"It's not a bad thing!"
Fatty Lin grunted and said, "He's deliberately owing us a favor; his intention to befriend us is too obvious!"
"Brother, Fatty, President Jiang's thighs are thick enough, but I don't know if our Aunt Bai can hold on to them!" Long Nier said.
"I reckon I probably won't be able to hold her; she's too frivolous!" I said.
Although it was my first time meeting President Jiang, I could tell that he wasn't the type to be flamboyant or make empty promises to others.
As for Bai's mother, she was thinking of achieving instant success.
Given enough time, if President Jiang finds that he can't make Bai Yimei an international superstar, she will most likely switch allegiances.
As for whether she is so short-sighted, in all these years, when has she ever had a long-term vision?
Bai Yimei's matter was temporarily put to rest. After returning to the shop, we rested for a night and began to discuss how to deal with the Zhang family's affairs the next day.
Zhang Yujie's old house is located in Happy Valley.
Before taking action, we conducted two separate investigations.
It was the height of summer, but upon entering the Zhang family's old house, one felt a bone-chilling coldness. Moreover, there was a faint, lingering smell of decay in the air.
The method used to deal with the Zhang family's old house was similar to that of the previous four families. First, the area was cleansed, and Atractylodes macrocephala and Artemisia argyi were burned around the ancestral house to fumigate it. Then, all entrances and exits were sealed with salt and glutinous rice. A mountain and sea charm was hung at the main gate, and a temporary chanting altar was set up.
The cleanup process went relatively smoothly. Long Nier led the team to clean the villa, I led the team to clean the warehouse, and Xiao Ba was in charge of guarding the area.
The warehouse contained mostly old medicine bottles and rotten medicinal herbs. The cleaning method was simple: after removing the clutter, every inch of the walls and floor was scrubbed with a mixture of peach twig water and sulfur.
After the cleanup was completed, the same procedure as before was followed: dig a ditch to ward off evil spirits.
Once the trench was dug, the final step was for Fatty Lin to recite the "Scripture of Resolving Grievances" to dispel the accumulated resentment and evil energy within the villa.
Due to the large amount of accumulated negative energy, we plan to hold the altar for seven consecutive days.
Four days passed quickly, and most of the evil energy in the villa and warehouse dissipated.
On the fifth day, Hong Taidi came along.
There wasn't much work left to do, so he didn't need to come over. As usual, he brought two of his close henchmen with him.
"Xiaolin, Thirteen, Nier, I feel like something's not right!"
That morning, after helping to set up the jar, Hong Taidi said in a low voice.
"Teddy, what's wrong?" Fatty Lin asked.
"Now that the Zhang family's residence has been dealt with, the entire network of malevolent energy in Kowloon is broken, right?" Hong Taidi asked.
"right!"
Fatty Lin nodded.
"They just watched us break all of this and did nothing?" Hong Taidi asked.
"Back when I was in the underworld, I had one principle: either don't do it at all, or do it thoroughly. I felt that either the other party wasn't planning to make a move, or they were planning something big!"
Hong Taidi added.