Chapter Ninety: The Yu Family Feared His Thunderous Methods

The hacker seemed utterly unmoved by Shen Donghua’s rebuke. He looked at Shen Donghua and chuckled. “Mr. Shen, I can help Mr. Chen solve the problem, which is why I have the confidence to speak this way.”

“You still have no right to threaten Mr. Chen,” Shen Donghua said coldly.

The bespectacled hacker smiled helplessly. “Mr. Shen, talking business with you is truly exhausting. I’m sure Mr. Chen won’t mind.”

“Yes, you’re right. Of course I don’t mind. But only if you truly have something to offer,” Chen Yang said flatly.

At once, the man with glasses began speaking, laying out every detail he knew about Chen Yang without omission.

Among the information he recited was even where Chen Yang had trained in middle school, and when he had arrived in Linhai. It could be said to be crystal clear.

When he finished, he sneered and asked, “Mr. Chen, is that enough?”

Chen Yang clapped his hands lightly, looking relaxed. “You do have some substance, after all.”

“Then next we’ll have to see what Mr. Chen can provide us,” the bespectacled hacker said with a cold smile.

“What can I provide?”

Chen Yang spoke indifferently.

After saying that, he paused for a moment, considering it, then spoke again. “What I can provide is the chance to become my own people, and in the future, the chance to achieve great things.”

The man with glasses threw back his head and laughed. “Mr. Chen, what you’re offering us is a little too hollow, isn’t it?”

Chen Yang smiled coldly. “This is what I can offer you. Of course, besides these things, I’ll also give you a comfortable life. If even that is not enough for you, then you can leave now.”

At that, the bespectacled man exchanged a glance with his companion.

After thinking it over, he smiled faintly. “Mr. Chen, I think my partner and I need a little more time to consider.”

“You only have this chance now. There will be no more consideration,” Chen Yang said evenly.

In truth, wasn’t Chen Yang also using this as a test?

When Chen Yang chose subordinates, loyalty mattered more than ability.

Only absolute loyalty made a subordinate trustworthy.

If someone had only skill but no loyalty at all, Chen Yang would not keep them.

That was why he would not give them time to think.

He wanted to see whether, if he pressed them, they would leave.

If they walked away after the slightest pressure, then clearly they were not worth keeping.

“All right then. I’m willing to give it a try with Mr. Chen,” the hacker in glasses suddenly said, bowing slightly with a smile.

“Very good. Then congratulations—you’ll be following me from now on. Not just anyone can choose to follow me,” Chen Yang said lightly.

That was the truth.

Chen Yang was that sort of man: once someone became one of his own, a good life lay ahead.

But if they missed such an opportunity, they could only blame themselves.

The bespectacled hacker and the square-faced hacker both gave wry smiles.

At that moment, Chen Yang suddenly turned serious. “Right. If you want to fully come over to my side, there’s still one final hurdle.”

On hearing this, the man with glasses immediately wore a grave expression. “Mr. Chen, please speak. Say whatever you wish.”

Chen Yang narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “Recently, there’s been a family in the provincial capital, the Yu family, constantly crossing me. But I don’t want to clash with them head-on.”

“Families like the Yu family must have their own aims.”

“So I want you to uncover those secrets for me.”

The two hackers naturally understood what Chen Yang meant.

The bespectacled hacker exchanged a glance with his partner.

Then he said, “Understood, Mr. Chen. I’ll get right on it.”

“Go,” Chen Yang said with a faint smile.

The bespectacled hacker and his companion turned and left.

Once they were gone, Shen Donghua understood at once: Chen Yang intended to use this method against the Yu family.

He himself had not thought of such an idea before.

Secretly, he could not help admiring him. This Mr. Chen truly was no ordinary man.

So after the two hackers left, Shen Donghua hurriedly looked at Chen Yang and said, “Mr. Chen, so this was your plan.”

“Yes. Not bad, right?” Chen Yang asked modestly.

Shen Donghua gave a bitter smile. “If it truly succeeds, it will be a fatal blow to the Yu family.”

“Let’s wait and see what those two can produce,” Chen Yang said with a light smile.

Shen Donghua quickly nodded. “Then that would be a very good result.”

“Who knows?” Chen Yang said with a crooked smile.

Though he said that, he still had quite a lot of trust in those two hackers.

He also believed that in the end, they would certainly give him a good result.

Meanwhile, in Yu Fanwei’s hospital room, the three highest-ranking members of the Yu family were present.

Two of the three were over six feet tall, while one stood at five foot seven.

But this man of medium height stood with his feet apart, hands behind his back, his face stern and imposing. Clearly, he was the leader among the three.

His name was Yu Chengyi, Yu Fanwei’s third uncle.

Indeed, he was the highest-ranking member of the entire Yu family present in the room.

Yu Chengyi decided to have a proper talk with the other two.

He looked at the middle-aged man across from him, who wore his hair in a neat side part, and asked, “Chengfei, how is the matter with that plot of land in the north suburbs coming along?”

The man addressed was called Yu Chengfei, a cousin of Yu Fanwei, and he was in charge of external relations for the Yu family.

That was why Yu Chengyi had entrusted him with the task of securing the land in the north suburbs.

Upon hearing the question, Yu Chengfei smiled confidently. “Third Uncle, no problem. That land will definitely be ours.”

“Go see Mr. Gu more often these days. He’s the one who decides who gets that land,” Yu Chengyi said with narrowed eyes and a calculating air.

Yu Chengfei hurriedly replied, “Understood, Third Uncle. I know what to do... Give me three more days, and I’ll definitely get it.”

Yu Chengyi nodded with satisfaction.

Then he looked at the somewhat honest-looking middle-aged man beside Yu Chengfei and asked, “Chengqian, what’s been happening over at Hua Ding Company and Shen Donghua’s side lately?”

Yu Chengqian narrowed his eyes. “It seems there’s been no movement. The people we planted there haven’t called in with any news either.”

Yu Chengyi nodded slightly.

After a moment of shrewd thought, he suddenly sneered. “There will definitely be action on Shen Donghua’s side. Hua Ding Company has already suffered three consecutive blows. If it were me, I’d be making a move too.”

“Third Uncle, but the informants still haven’t reported anything. What do you think Shen Donghua is planning?” Yu Chengfei suddenly asked.

Yu Chengyi said with disdain, “Who cares what he’s planning? Does he really dare go against our Yu family?”

“Hmph. Of course not,” Yu Chengfei said dismissively.

Clearly, he too looked down on Shen Donghua from the bottom of his heart.

On Chen Yang’s side, those two hackers did not keep him waiting long.

Barely two hours later, the pair walked back into Chen Yang’s office.

The bespectacled hacker placed a silver metal USB drive on Chen Yang’s desk and said with confidence, “Mr. Chen, the matter you entrusted us with has been handled.”

Chen Yang glanced at the drive, then at the hacker named Wang Xu, and grinned. “Not bad. That was pretty fast.”

Wang Xu chuckled. “Mr. Chen, have a look and see whether it suits your wishes.”

“All right.” Chen Yang picked up the drive and said, “If it suits me very well, there will be a reward. Not much—fifty thousand each.”

Wang Xu smiled faintly, seemingly unconcerned with a fifty-thousand reward from Chen Yang.

Indeed, for a top hacker like him, money was not what he lacked.

What they lacked was the chance to realize their personal worth.

Chen Yang plugged the drive into the computer and looked through it for a while. Then, suddenly, he rose from the leather chair and said, “Congratulations. You can join my team.”

Wang Xu and Li Dong exchanged a look, and both smiled.

Chen Yang looked again at the contents on the screen. The more he saw, the more satisfied he became.

Because what Wang Xu had found was ironclad proof of the Yu family’s tax evasion.

If he brought that evidence before the Yu family, it would surely scare them half to death.

Chen Yang copied everything from the computer onto his phone.

After removing the drive and handing it back to Wang Xu, he said, “Go to finance and collect your money. Fifty thousand each. From now on, you are my own people. If you encounter any difficulties in life or at work, bring them to me without hesitation.

“If I can solve it, I will.

“But I have one bottom line: I despise betrayal more than anything.

“If the two of you dare to betray me, I will make sure you regret it.”

Wang Xu and Li Dong both gave awkward smiles.

After a moment, Wang Xu said seriously, “Mr. Chen, so you still don’t trust us brothers.”

Chen Yang grinned. “I’m just reminding you. All right, go and handle your own business. When I need you, I’ll call you. If you have matters of your own, you can contact me too.”

“So we don’t need to worry about what comes next?” Wang Xu asked.

Chen Yang laughed. “What do you think? Of course not.”

Wang Xu nodded solemnly, exchanging a glance with Li Dong. Then the two of them left together.

Once they were gone, Chen Yang immediately picked up his phone, called Shen Donghua, and asked him to come over.

Before long, Shen Donghua walked into the office with a smile. “Mr. Chen, Wang Xu and Li Dong gave you what you wanted, didn’t they?”

Chen Yang smiled faintly. “Of course. Come on, let’s go to the hospital.”

“To the hospital?”

Shen Donghua blinked.

But he quickly understood, nodding repeatedly. “All right, I get it. I get it—we’re going to see the Yu family.”

“Exactly. Let’s go,” Chen Yang said, striding toward the office door.

Shen Donghua hurried after him.

An hour later, Chen Yang and Shen Donghua appeared together outside Yu Fanwei’s hospital room.

Chen Yang pushed open the door, and at once Yu Fanwei, along with his third uncle Yu Chengyi and his cousin Yu Chengfei, saw him.

The Yu family had been dealing with Chen Yang and Shen Donghua for quite some time already.

So naturally they recognized both men.

No need to mention Yu Chengyi—he recognized Chen Yang and Shen Donghua the moment he saw them.

As for Yu Fanwei, there was no need to say more.

The reason he was lying in a hospital bed now was thanks to Chen Yang and Shen Donghua, so of course he knew them all too well.

“Damn it, what are you doing here?” Yu Fanwei frowned the instant he saw Chen Yang.

He looked as though he wanted to climb off the bed and fight Chen Yang right then and there.

Yu Chengfei’s face was also cold.

However, he was not as agitated as Yu Fanwei. With obvious contempt, he said, “What are you here for? Looking to die?”

“Of course not,” Chen Yang said at once with a faint smile.

Yu Chengfei sneered. “Then do you know that once you’ve come here, leaving won’t be so easy?”

“But if you want to keep me and Mr. Shen here, that won’t be so easy either,” Chen Yang shot back without yielding.

Yu Chengfei kept sneering. “Interesting.”

Just as he was about to say more, Yu Chengyi suddenly stopped him. “All right, Chengfei.”

Yu Chengfei immediately fell silent.

This also made it clear to Chen Yang.

So it seemed Yu Chengyi was the one in charge of this room.

Chen Yang wasted no time and looked directly at Yu Chengyi. “So, it seems you’re the one who decides.”

“I have nothing much to discuss with you. Just get to the point,” Yu Chengyi said coldly.

Chen Yang had already anticipated Yu Chengyi’s icy attitude.

So naturally, he took no offense.

Chen Yang sneered. “The Yu family doesn’t look very clean to me either.”

Yu Chengyi and Yu Chengfei both kept their expressions unchanged. Clearly, Chen Yang’s words did not concern them in the slightest.

Chen Yang ignored them and continued, “The Yu family’s tax evasion is truly remarkable. Over the past twenty-odd years, you’ve evaded at least more than a billion in taxes.”

Only then did Yu Chengyi’s expression shift slightly.

Yet he still crossed his arms over his chest and said indifferently, “Go on.”

Chen Yang took out his phone and said, “By coincidence, I happen to have sufficient proof on my phone of the Yu family’s tax evasion. I just wonder what the outcome will be if these things are posted online, or sent to the relevant authorities.”

Yu Chengyi’s face darkened a little. “Continue.”

“Do I really need to keep going? I’ve been talking all this time, and you’re sitting there comfortably while I stand. Get up,” Chen Yang suddenly said loudly.

In truth, Chen Yang was not truly angry that Yu Chengyi was sitting.

He simply wanted to deal a small blow to Yu Chengyi and keep him from being too comfortable.

Yu Chengyi rose from his stool without a word, saying coldly, “I’ve already done what you asked.”

Chen Yang curled his lips. “That’s nothing. There’s a bigger demand: your Yu family will immediately get out of the provincial capital and relinquish that piece of land in the north suburbs to me. From now on, do not set foot in Linhai again.”

“Stay obediently in the provincial capital.”

Yu Chengyi’s eyes suddenly turned cold. “You speak so confidently, yet I still don’t know whether the evidence on your phone is genuine.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll send you a copy later so you can savor it at your leisure.

“If I didn’t have the confidence, I wouldn’t have come to find you. Within one day, get everything I told you to do done. Otherwise, bear the consequences yourself.

“Mr. Shen, let’s go.”

Chen Yang said to Shen Donghua.

Having said that, he led Shen Donghua out of the hospital room at an unhurried pace.

As soon as Chen Yang left, Yu Chengfei immediately looked at Yu Chengyi with a grave expression. “Third Master, what’s going on?”

Yu Chengyi thought for a moment, then said, “It seems our Yu family has something on us that he’s managed to get his hands on.”

Yu Chengfei stroked his chin as though deep in thought, then said seriously, “That shouldn’t be possible. Could this brat be bluffing us?”

“Third Uncle, has the family really embezzled so much...?” Yu Fanwei asked at that moment, looking toward Yu Chengyi. He was quite curious about the matter.

Yu Chengyi’s face instantly turned cold. “Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask.”

Yu Fanwei immediately shut his mouth, but from his third uncle’s attitude just now, he could still tell.

There was probably something to it.

Yu Fanwei’s mood became complicated.

After all, if Chen Yang truly held so-called incriminating evidence, and if that evidence were exposed because of his matter, then wouldn’t he become the greatest sinner of the family?

Yu Fanwei felt that at such a time, the greater good should come first.

So he frowned and looked at Yu Chengyi. “Third Uncle, if avenging me would bring disaster upon the family, then I’d rather not take revenge.”

Yu Chengyi, however, was not willing to give up. He said softly to Yu Fanwei, “It’s too early to say anything now.”

“Chengfei.”

Yu Chengyi suddenly called out.

Yu Chengfei hurriedly answered, “Yes, Third Master.”

Yu Chengyi said lightly, “Chengfei, go now and find a way to investigate. Make absolutely sure to determine whether this is true or false.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Chengfei hurriedly nodded. “Understood, Third Master. Rest assured.”

“Go check immediately,” Yu Chengyi said loudly.

Yu Chengfei nodded in haste, then turned and left.

Once Yu Chengfei was gone, Yu Chengyi looked at Yu Fanwei with the steadiness of an old hand and smiled. “Xiaowei, don’t be anxious. It is still too early to say anything.”

“Yes, Third Uncle. I trust you,” Yu Fanwei said, nodding firmly.

He did indeed trust and respect this third uncle quite a lot.

...

On Chen Yang’s side, he and Shen Donghua were already sitting in the car on the way back.

On the road home, naturally, the two were discussing the matter of the Yu family.

As soon as the discussion began, Shen Donghua looked at Chen Yang and asked, “Mr. Chen, do you think the Yu family will submit?”

“Hmph. If they aren’t stupid, then evading taxes on more than a billion is no small matter,” Chen Yang said with a cold smile.

After thinking it over, Shen Donghua could not help cursing, “The Yu family has committed such monstrous wrongdoing. They truly deserve death.”

Chen Yang smiled faintly. “They’ve done all those evil things, so heaven will deal with them sooner or later. We should focus on this matter first.”

Shen Donghua quickly nodded. “I understand.”

In the blink of an eye, a day passed.

Chen Yang had been waiting for the Yu family’s move.

Yet by noon, he still had not seen the Yu family release that north suburb new city project, and he was naturally furious.

Chen Yang immediately made a backup of the evidence on his phone and sent it to Yu Fanwei’s phone.

After sending it, he promptly called Yu Fanwei.

The phone rang twice before Yu Fanwei answered.

Chen Yang narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, “Did you see everything I just sent you?”

Yu Fanwei’s brows were tightly furrowed. “I saw it.”

He had indeed just looked through a large number of the Yu family’s tax evasion records.

Yu Fanwei was not stupid.

Within that evidence were the family’s bank transactions from over a decade, information that should have been an absolute secret.

Yet now Chen Yang had gotten hold of it.

Once exposed, it would be fatal.

Yu Fanwei was afraid now, truly afraid.

“Put the one surnamed Yu who spoke with me yesterday on the phone,” Chen Yang said coldly.

As soon as Yu Fanwei heard that, he immediately understood who Chen Yang was looking for.

It was his third uncle.

Yu Fanwei hurriedly handed the phone to Yu Chengyi and said, somewhat nervously, “Third... Third Uncle, he wants to speak with you.”

Yu Chengyi also already knew that, by some unknown means, Chen Yang had somehow obtained their Yu family’s bank records from over the past decade.

That was terrifying to Yu Chengyi as well, utterly unacceptable.

Yu Chengyi drew a deep breath before saying, “What exactly do you want?”

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