Chapter 158: This Plan Made the Enemy Cry

Hearing this, Lei Lie’s brow furrowed slightly. After a moment of thought, he spoke in a soft voice, "Young Master Li, I’m not entirely sure I understand what you mean. Perhaps you could be direct and tell me what you need me to do for you?"

Li Jiaxuan gave a cold chuckle. "Do you know which company is responsible for the New Suburbs Project in the northern outskirts of Linhai City?"

Lei Lie thought about it carefully, then answered with cautious deliberation, "Of course I know. When all is said and done, it’s being handled by the Huading Group."

"Indeed. Previously, my Saning Group wanted to acquire a stake, but they wouldn't allow it. That’s why I took certain actions. Now do you understand what I mean?" Li Jiaxuan said indifferently.

Lei Lie was still a bit hazy on the details, but to avoid angering Li Jiaxuan, he forced himself to say, "Is Young Master Li asking me to deal with the Huading Group? If they let you into the New Suburbs Project, well and good; but if they refuse, you want to make the Huading Group regret it. Is that what you mean?"

"Pretty much." Li Jiaxuan smiled. "Oh, by the way, you should also keep a close eye on that matter regarding the worker who fell."

"Yes, I understand. I'll make sure that incident never causes you any trouble, Young Master Li," Lei Lie said earnestly.

Li Jiaxuan laughed heartily. "Lei Lie, if you can help me seize the New Suburbs Project, I’ll give you half of it."

"This... how could I dare?" Lei Lie hurriedly said in a low voice. Though his lips claimed he wouldn't dare, his heart was pounding with excitement.

After all, Lei Lie wasn't stupid. He knew that once the New Suburbs Project succeeded, it would bring the Lei family a profit of at least one billion.

Moreover, working behind the Li family meant that the New Suburbs Project was guaranteed ultimate success.

Such a wonderful opportunity was something countless families could only dream of.

Suppressing his ambition, Lei Lie put on a grave expression and said, "Young Master Li, no matter the final outcome, my entire Lei family will give their utmost to your affairs."

"Good. Your words are pretty, so make sure your actions are just as pretty for me to see," Chen Yang said with a faint smile.

Lei Lie nodded hurriedly. "Yes."

...

Meanwhile, Chen Yang was completely unaware of the conspiracy hatched between Li Jiaxuan and Lei Lie.

Two days passed, during which Chen Yang poured all his energy into Geng Jianjun.

No matter what, Geng Jianjun was the most crucial figure in this incident, and Chen Yang eagerly awaited his awakening.

Once he woke up, Chen Yang could immediately put his plan into motion.

Chen Yang believed that when the time came, this plan of his would surely make Li Jiaxuan weep.

Five consecutive days passed with Geng Jianjun remaining in a coma, until finally, on the sixth day, he woke up.

The moment Geng Jianjun regained consciousness, Chen Yang rushed to the hospital ward to visit him, dismissing everyone else in the room so that only the two of them remained for a private conversation.

Chen Yang and Geng Jianjun conversed for a full two hours before Chen Yang walked out of the ward with a smile on his face.

As soon as Chen Yang stepped out, Shen Donghua, who had been waiting anxiously at the door for a long time, immediately stepped forward and respectfully addressed him, "President Chen."

Chen Yang glanced at Shen Donghua and smiled faintly. "You must have been waiting anxiously out here just now."

"It's alright," Shen Donghua replied softly.

"Then let's go." Chen Yang offered Shen Donghua a slight smile and then strode forward.

Shen Donghua followed closely behind, but a heavy perplexity lingered in his mind. After shadowing Chen Yang for a short distance, he spoke in a low voice, "President Chen, there are still many things you've been doing lately that I don't understand."

"What is it that you don't understand?" Chen Yang immediately turned to look at him and asked.

"There are quite a few things. For instance, you spent such a long time talking with Geng Jianjun in the ward just now. What was your objective?" Shen Donghua asked out of curiosity.

Chen Yang looked at him again, the corner of his mouth curving upward. "You'll understand later. Let me keep you in suspense for now."

Shen Donghua gave a bitter smile. "Does that mean, President Chen, you already have a plan to deal with that young master of the Li family?"

"Of course. And once my plan succeeds, he will definitely cry," Chen Yang said with confident laughter.

The corners of Shen Donghua's mouth twitched slightly. "Then I shall look forward to it."

Chen Yang smiled again and said nothing more.

While Chen Yang was racking his brains to deal with Li Jiaxuan, the Lei family was naturally sparing no effort to target the Huading Group.

In truth, for Lei Lie and the entire Lei family, dealing with the Huading Group was no easy task.

After all, Huading Group’s strength was comparable to the three major families of the provincial capital, effectively acting as a fourth major power. Therefore, Lei Lie and his family proceeded with utmost caution, not daring to make the slightest blunder.

Naturally, Lin Qianyao, far away in the provincial capital, was extremely sensitive to business matters. Word of the Lei family's recent clandestine moves against the Huading Group quickly reached his ears.

Deeming this no trivial matter, Lin Qianyao placed a phone call to Chen Yang at three o'clock that afternoon.

At the time, Chen Yang was working in his office at the Huading Corporation when he received the call.

Pulling out his phone and seeing that it was Lin Qianyao, he felt a brief flicker of curiosity. After a moment's thought, he answered.

"What is it? Something the matter?" Chen Yang asked softly.

Lin Qianyao spoke earnestly, "President Chen, recently in the provincial capital, a family named Lei, instigated by a young master of the Li family, has been secretly plotting against the Huading Group. Do you know about this?"

"I know," Chen Yang replied indifferently.

"What are your thoughts on this?" Lin Qianyao asked.

"What will come, will come," Chen Yang said calmly. "Since Li Jiaxuan wants to play with me, I'll just play along with him properly."

"Does that mean President Chen's intention is not to seek a truce, but to fight it out to the end?" Lin Qianyao asked.

"Of course," Chen Yang replied coolly. "Why seek a truce? Besides, I'll be sending Li Jiaxuan a big gift very soon."

"Is that so?"

Lin Qianyao was a clever man; he immediately caught the subtle implication in Chen Yang's tone and chuckled, "It sounds like the gift President Chen is sending the young master must be a very special one indeed?"

Chen Yang laughed out loud. "That's right. This big gift will make him cry."

"Then I shall look forward to it," Lin Qianyao chuckled.

"By all means, look forward to it. I guarantee you'll be satisfied," Chen Yang smiled lightly.

"Good, good," Lin Qianyao nodded repeatedly with a smile, genuinely anticipating the grand gift Chen Yang was about to bestow upon Li Jiaxuan.

After two days of preparation, Chen Yang’s plan had finally reached the stage for execution.

At nine o'clock that morning, Chen Yang received his subordinates, led by Wu Guangde, in his office at the Huading Corporation.

Chen Yang handed Wu Guangde a distribution map of specialty luxury car 4S dealerships, then stood with his hands behind his back and said indifferently, "According to all the 4S shop locations marked on this map, smash every single one of them for me."

Wu Guangde nodded repeatedly. "Understood, President Chen. No problem."

"Be swift and clean about it. No matter what happens afterwards, I'll take the blame," Chen Yang added.

Wu Guangde chuckled. "President Chen, working under you, what do I have to worry about?"

"Then go. I hope that before tonight, that fellow will hear the news that all his luxury car 4S shops have been smashed," Chen Yang smiled faintly.

Nodding, Wu Guangde turned and led his men away without the slightest hesitation.

After Wu Guangde left, a cold smile once again surfaced on Chen Yang’s face as he muttered to himself, "Li Jiaxuan, once I smash all fifteen of your 4S shops and cost you tens of millions, your expression is going to be magnificent."

As it turned out, the map of 4S shops Chen Yang had just given to Wu Guangde marked the locations of all fifteen luxury car dealerships under Li Jiaxuan's name.

Through Wang Xu, Chen Yang had previously discovered that Li Jiaxuan had a passion for luxury cars. Consequently, he had either funded independently or partnered with friends to open fifteen luxury car 4S dealerships.

Upon learning this, Chen Yang immediately hatched a plan: to smash every single one of the dealerships owned by Li Jiaxuan.

This was bound to throw Li Jiaxuan into a rage.

And let him rage if he pleased; his fury was merely the first part of Chen Yang's plan. Later on, he had further measures in store to deal with Li Jiaxuan.

In the span of a single day, Wu Guangde and his men carried out the task smoothly, genuinely smashing all fifteen luxury car 4S shops belonging to Li Jiaxuan.

Such a massive incident could not possibly be kept from Li Jiaxuan. Sure enough, by three o'clock that afternoon, reports began trickling into his ears.

Hearing the news, Li Jiaxuan flew into a towering rage. Having fifteen 4S shops smashed meant a conservative estimated loss of forty to fifty million.

Of course, losing that sum of money was nothing to Li Jiaxuan; what broke his heart was that several of his 4S dealerships housed priceless vintage antique cars.

Even if a tiny part on those cars broke, replacement factory-original parts were impossible to source.

These vintage cars happened to be Li Jiaxuan's absolute favorites, yet he was told that five of them had been smashed beyond recognition. How could Li Jiaxuan not be heartbroken?

At six o'clock in the evening, at the Lei family estate.

Li Jiaxuan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, consumed by fury. Lei Lie and four other high-ranking members of the Lei family stood anxiously before him.

After pacing for a while, Li Jiaxuan suddenly turned around and shouted loudly at Lei Lie, "Damn it, go investigate! Investigate immediately! No matter who did this, I want them to pay with their blood."

Lei Lie immediately ordered one of his subordinates nearby, "Why haven't you gone to investigate yet?"

The man nodded and hurried away.

As soon as the man left, Lei Lie spoke to Li Jiaxuan with a solemn expression, "Young Master, don't be too anxious. With your power, whoever did this is surely not far from death."

"Damned bastards, truly damned," Li Jiaxuan said, his face murderous.

Buzz, buzz...

Just as Li Jiaxuan was boiling with rage, his phone suddenly rang unexpectedly.

Pulling out his phone, he saw it was an unfamiliar number.

Without thinking too much, he answered, suppressing the anger in his heart as he demanded, "Who is this?"

"It's me, Chen Yang," came Chen Yang's lazy and indifferent voice from the other end.

Li Jiaxuan's brow immediately twitched. "It's you."

"Yeah, it's me," Chen Yang smiled faintly.

Li Jiaxuan thought for a moment. Although he was still caught off guard, he maintained a calm exterior on his face. "Oh? And what do you want with me?"

"I suppose you already know that all the luxury car 4S shops under your name have been smashed?" Chen Yang chuckled softly.

Hearing this, a sudden realization struck Li Jiaxuan, causing his brow to furrow tightly.

The thought that flashed through his mind was none other than this: could the destruction of all his car dealerships possibly be the work of Chen Yang?

Trembling with sudden rage, Li Jiaxuan forcibly suppressed his fury and asked calmly, "So what if it was? So what if it wasn't?"

"I did it," Chen Yang confessed without beating around the bush.

Li Jiaxuan’s brow knitted even tighter. "Did Shen Donghua put you up to this?"

"Shen Donghua? What does this have to do with Shen Donghua? I did it, period. What? You can't bring yourself to believe the truth?" Chen Yang sneered.

Li Jiaxuan clenched his teeth. "Fine! You did it and you dare admit it—I'll give you credit for having some spine. But you are fucking asking for death. Just wait!"

"Asking for death? I think the one asking for death is you. Let me let you listen to something first," Chen Yang sneered.

With that, Chen Yang played the recording of his conversation with Geng Jianjun from a few days prior.

As it turned out, the two hours Chen Yang had spent with Geng Jianjun in the ward weren't wasted on idle talk; he had systematically broken down Geng Jianjun's psychological defenses, forcing him to confess the entire truth.

And indeed, he had successfully shattered Geng Jianjun's psychological armor, extracting a full confession of how Li Jiaxuan had approached him, used money to manipulate him, and instructed him to intentionally fall from the scaffolding.

All Chen Yang wanted that day was this recording, because he knew it would strike fear into Li Jiaxuan's heart, serving as his own protective amulet.

By the time the recording had played halfway, Li Jiaxuan roughly understood what was going on.

Closing his eyes, Li Jiaxuan said, "No need to play the rest."

Chen Yang readily complied, instantly cutting off the recording. After shutting it down, he smiled faintly, "Accept your defeat. If you dare use the destruction of your car 4S shops to retaliate against me, this recording will make your life a living hell."

Li Jiaxuan finally grasped the entirety of Chen Yang's plan.

Realizing that Chen Yang had meticulously schemed step-by-step just to smash the cars he cherished, Li Jiaxuan growled with bone-chilling coldness, "You're quite the schemer."

"I am," Chen Yang sneered. "And let me remind you, this business with Geng Jianjun isn't over between us. Don't think that just because you're a young master of the Li family you can do whatever you want. Be careful not to play with fire and burn yourself."

"Very well, let's play then," Li Jiaxuan said coldly. As a proud young master of the dignified Li family, he certainly couldn't afford to lose face at a time like this.

With a cold chuckle, Chen Yang hung up the phone without another word.

Over on Li Jiaxuan's side, seeing that Chen Yang had hung up, he lowered his phone and muttered to himself, "He actually wants to play with me... he actually wants to play with me."

A murderous glint flashed across Li Jiaxuan's eyes.

At that moment, Lei Lie looked at him with a gloomy gaze and said, "Young Master Li, I'm going to take care of business."

"What are you going to do?" Li Jiaxuan quickly asked, turning to him.

Lei Lie replied frostily, "I'm going to drag that kid who just called you over here, to await your disposal."

Li Jiaxuan nodded. "Mm, go. Make it neat and clean."

"You can rest assured of that," Lei Lie said with a solemn expression.

"Go."

Li Jiaxuan looked at Lei Lie with satisfaction, highly approving of his tact and initiative.

...

Back on Chen Yang's side, after his phone call with Li Jiaxuan, a night quickly passed.

By the following day, news that Chen Yang had smashed all fifteen of Li Jiaxuan's luxury car 4S shops had naturally reached the ears of Shen Donghua and Lin Qianyao.

It was only then that Shen Donghua fully understood Chen Yang's complete plan, and he couldn't help but admire Chen Yang's meticulous strategic thinking.

Early that morning, shortly after Chen Yang arrived at the company, Shen Donghua walked into his office with a beaming smile. "President Chen, I've heard all about last night's events."

"Is that so? What do you think of my plan?" Chen Yang smiled as he looked at him.

Shen Donghua shook his head and sighed, "To be honest, I never could have imagined your approach."

"Heh, Li Jiaxuan lost forty to fifty million this time. That should give him plenty of reason to cry," Chen Yang sneered.

Shen Donghua smiled as well.

Yet, after chuckling for a moment, a thought suddenly popped into his mind. He looked at Chen Yang and asked, "Well then, President Chen, now that things have escalated to this point, I imagine the young master of the Li family won't let the matter rest."

"Indeed," Chen Yang said, a scornful smirk playing on his lips. "He threatened me over the phone yesterday, saying he wanted to play a good game with me. So, I'll just play along with him to the end."

Shen Donghua's brow furrowed slightly. "But shouldn't you give some weight to the Li family's power?"

"I know," Chen Yang said indifferently. "Those are matters for the future. There's no use overthinking them right now."

"Then what are your plans for your next step?" Shen Donghua asked softly.

"My next step is to properly and earnestly make a success of the New Suburbs Project. That is more important than anything else," Chen Yang stated calmly.

Shen Donghua nodded. "I understand."

Chen Yang smiled faintly and, after dismissing Shen Donghua, plunged back into his work.

Before he knew it, the evening closing time arrived.

Just like usual, Chen Yang took a taxi to the Emperor's View Villa residential area, since his new residence was now located there.

The taxi stopped at the entrance of the Emperor's View Villa estate, and Chen Yang stepped out of the vehicle. To his surprise, two black commercial sedans suddenly pulled up and blocked his way.

The doors of the commercial sedans slid open, and a dozen burly, heavily built thugs hopped out one after another.

One of them, wearing a leather jacket and boasting a muscular physique, walked up to Chen Yang and said with a murderous glare, "Your name is Chen Yang, right? My brothers have some business with you. Get in the car!"