After hanging up the phone, Yin Shengli immediately stood up and left the private room.
He went up to the second floor alone.
Outside the hall doors, his nephew, Lu Peng, was already waiting.
Besides Lu Peng, the father and son duo, Cheng Hao and Cheng Linhua, were also there.
They naturally knew about Lu Peng's background and his reliance on his uncle, Yin Shengli, as a backer.
That was why Cheng Linhua had insisted that Cheng Hao get closer to Lu Peng no matter what.
Even though they still did not know Qin Ning's true identity, nor did they understand why a major boss like Sun Shenghai would be so respectful to him.
But in the eyes of Cheng Linhua and his son, what did it matter even if Qin Ning really had some formidable background?
This was Xinguang County, and Yin Shengli was a county director!
Let's go. Follow me in to meet them.
Upon seeing Lu Peng and the other two, Yin Shengli didn't waste any words. He directly led the trio into the banquet hall.
Uncle, it's them.
After entering the banquet hall, Lu Peng pointed from a distance at where Qin Ning and his group were seated.
Yin Shengli nodded slightly and led them over.
He spotted Sun Shenghai at a glance. Just as he was about to greet him, he suddenly noticed another figure, and a look of shock instantly appeared on his face.
President Cheng?
It was Cheng Mo. Yin Shengli recognized him. Previously, when he went to the city to attract business and investment, he had been in contact with Hongtai Liquor and knew that this man was their Vice President.
Recently, Hongtai Liquor had been developing at an unusually rapid pace. The liquor they brewed was sold all over the country and received excellent reviews. Their market value had skyrocketed and was now approaching the ten-billion mark.
As the Vice President of Hongtai, and reportedly holding thirty percent of its shares, Cheng Mo's net worth had reached nearly three billion.
Such a prominent figure was far more powerful than the county's wealthiest man, Sun Shenghai.
After all, Sun Shenghai's Youli Group, at its absolute maximum, had a market value of around five hundred million.
The entire group's market value was several times less than Cheng Mo's personal net worth alone. From this, it was easy to imagine that someone like Sun Shenghai could not even begin to compare with Cheng Mo.
Yin Shengli never expected to run into a big boss like Cheng Mo here!
He hurried over and reached out his hand with a smile. Hello, President Cheng. We met in the city last time. I wonder if you still remember me?
Cheng Mo was a bit dazed. He looked closely for a moment before belatedly realizing, Director Yin?
Yes, yes.
Yin Shengli laughed. Last time I went to Bin City for investments, President Zhuo mentioned considering opening a branch in our county, and you were there at the time.
That did happen, indeed.
Cheng Mo nodded slightly, then couldn't help but frown as he looked at Lu Peng behind him. Is this your nephew?
Uh...
Hearing this, the smile on Yin Shengli's face instantly stiffened.
Obviously, he realized that the person his nephew had offended today was likely far from simple. After all, anyone who could sit at the same table and dine with Cheng Mo had to be a massive boss worth tens of billions, right?
No wonder Sun Shenghai hadn't given him any face earlier.
At this moment, Lu Peng, who was standing behind Yin Shengli, felt his heart skip a beat and started to panic.
This was especially true for the father and son, Cheng Hao and Cheng Linhua.
They couldn't believe their eyes. Why would County Director Yin Shengli be so polite, and even respectful, to Cheng Mo?
What on earth was going on?
Wasn't Cheng Mo just a security guard at some company in the city?
How did he suddenly become President Cheng?
Clearly, their knowledge and perception of the siblings, Cheng Mo and Cheng Weiyang, were still stuck far in the past.
How could they know that Cheng Weiyang's family was now an existence far beyond their reach!
You know each other?
Right then, Qin Ning spoke up.
He glanced at Cheng Mo and asked calmly.
Cheng Mo quickly nodded and replied, Young Master Qin, this is Yin Shengli, a director of Xinguang County. We met once in the city before...
Qin Ning nodded slightly before turning his gaze to Yin Shengli. Focus on securing investments and contributing to your county. That is the right path. As for your nephew...
He could tell from reading his face that Yin Shengli was a relatively upright person, or at least someone who had genuinely done a lot of practical work.
Therefore, Qin Ning didn't plan to hold it against him. However, the same couldn't be said for Lu Peng.
Qin Ning continued, Send your own people to cooperate with Youli Group and investigate him. His hands aren't very clean. If you can't bear to do it, or if you plan to just go through the motions to cover up for your nephew, I will have someone from higher up come down and investigate.
This simple sentence instantly made Lu Peng's legs go weak.
Yin Shengli was also greatly alarmed.
Although he still didn't know the young man's background, seeing a billionaire boss like Cheng Mo act so deferentially and call him Young Master Qin was enough. It was obvious that this young man's status was absolutely beyond his imagination.
He had no doubt whatsoever that Qin Ning could genuinely summon higher authorities to investigate Lu Peng.
Understood, Young Master Qin. Rest assured, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer.
Taking a deep breath, Yin Shengli spoke earnestly, then added, I won't disturb your meal any longer. I'll take my leave now.
With that, he grabbed Lu Peng and dragged him away.
Cheng Hao and Cheng Linhua also followed them out the hall doors.
Uncle, I...
Lu Peng's face was pale as he braced himself and asked, Are you really planning to have the county investigate me?
Is this a matter of what I plan to do?
Yin Shengli's face was dark. Can't you see that Young Master Qin's background is far from simple?
Before Lu Peng could say anything, Cheng Hao couldn't help but interject, Director Sun, that Cheng Mo is my cousin. I remember he was just supposed to be a security guard in the city...
A security guard?
Yin Shengli snorted coldly. He is now the Vice President of Hongtai Liquor, with a net worth of at least three billion. What is wrong with you two? You have such an incredible cousin and nephew, yet you know absolutely nothing about it?
Vice President of Hongtai Liquor!
Hearing this, Cheng Linhua and his son were shocked, their faces full of disbelief.
A net worth of three billion!
How is that possible?
What in the world happened?
Of course, they wouldn't suspect that Yin Shengli had recognized the wrong person.
The issue right now isn't President Cheng, but that Young Master Qin!
Yin Shengli said, Someone whom even President Cheng has to treat with the utmost respect—think about it yourselves, what kind of background must this Young Master Qin have?
Uncle, I... I...
Lu Peng was truly terrified now.
He knew exactly what kind of person he was.
Embezzling public funds was something he had done more than once.
If he was really investigated, his life would absolutely be over!
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
