Dashing Student

Chapter 230 - 230, Kicked the Iron Plate

In a luxurious villa.

Qian Xiaojia was kneeling in front of the ancestral shrine, earnestly reciting from a primer, the Three Character Classic, which he held in his hands.

This was the punishment Qian Feng had imposed on him after the last time he had offended Chen Nan.

He had to stay at home and recite the entire Three Character Classic before he could go out.

"How’s the recitation going?"

Qian Feng walked in expressionlessly, holding a rattan switch as thick as his little finger.

Seeing his father, Qian Xiaojia’s neck subconsciously shrank twice, and he said nervously, "Dad, can you punish me in some other way? I... I’m really not cut out for studying."

A look of disappointment appeared in Qian Feng’s eyes, like he was frustrated with his son’s stubbornness, "It seems you still haven’t understood where you went wrong, you little rascal!" As he spoke, he raised the rattan switch, ready to strike.

But at that moment.

His phone suddenly rang, interrupting his next blow.

"Chairman Wang?"

As soon as Qian Feng saw Wang Guodong’s number, his eyes lit up, and he answered the phone with a nervous face, "Chairman Wang, please give your instructions."

Although Qian Feng was a prominent figure in Jizhou and controlled Jizhou’s most bustling commercial street.

His assets were nothing compared to Wang Guodong’s.

In front of Wang Guodong, he was but a minor player.

Especially in terms of connections, Wang Guodong’s network was quite formidable.

"President Qian, Mr. Chen just called me and asked for your number," Wang Guodong got straight to the point. "I was present when you signed the contract with Mr. Chen, and if I remember correctly, you promised to waive three months of water and electricity bills as well as property fees for Mr. Chen, right?"

Qian Feng did not know why Wang Guodong was asking this, but he still said, "Yes!"

Wang Guodong asked back, "If that’s the case, then why did your property management cut off Mr. Chen’s water and also demand that he pay the outstanding amount of over three hundred thousand yuan left by the previous tenant?"

"Is this your doing?"

Boom!

The blunt words, like a bolt from the blue, made Qian Feng’s scalp tingle and his hair stand on end. He turned pale and said, "Mr. Wang... I didn’t know anything about this... It... It must be a misunderstanding..."

Wang Guodong said impatiently, "Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not isn’t important now. What’s important is to restore the water supply immediately. As for the rest, you can explain it to Mr. Chen in person!" And with that, he hung up.

Listening to the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Qian Feng felt a surge of intense anger, and he rushed out furiously.

At the same time.

He also dialled the property manager’s phone, "Shen Bin, hurry up and restore the water supply for the Guo Tea herbal tea shop, right now, immediately, this instant. If you dare to delay even a second, pack your things and get the hell out of here!"

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In the commercial street.

With a cigarette clamped between his lips, Sun Qiangdong watched Chen Nan and Nie Xiaoyu, who were just across the road, with a sly smile on his face, "Boss Chen, it’s almost ten minutes, is your water purifier still not fixed?"

Liu Cheng also let out a loud laugh, "Could it be that your shop has run out of water?"

As soon as he said this.

The faces of the customers queuing at the entrance of Guo Tea changed. If the water purifier was broken, they might be patient enough to wait a bit, but if the shop was out of water, they would not have the patience.

Not only that, it was deception, likely to quickly erode the customers’ good opinion of Guo Tea.

Just then.

An excited voice came from inside the store, "The water purifier is fixed now, and we can start billing immediately, thank you all for your patience and understanding."

???

Sun Qiangdong and Liu Cheng also heard the enthusiastic shout of the staff member, which shocked both of them, as they hadn’t expected Guocha to actually get water.

It was beyond their expectations.

Sun Qiangdong was the first to recover, whispering, "President Liu, do you think it’s possible that they paid off the debt owed by the previous tenant?"

Liu Cheng nodded solemnly, "Looking at the situation now, it’s very likely the case, otherwise the property management wouldn’t have supplied them with water."

The mood of both was heavy, not expecting Guocha to have gotten the water supply, which was beyond their expectations.

"I’m calling Old Li right now. If the debt has really been paid, the two of us might also get some benefits out of it." Sun Qiangdong immediately picked up his phone and dialed the number of his junior high school classmate, Li Hui.

He was the deputy manager of the property center, and his wife worked as an accountant.

It was because of this connection that he was able to get Li Hui to cut off Chen Nan’s water supply.

After the call connected, Sun Qiangdong couldn’t help but say, "Old classmate, why didn’t you give me a heads up before supplying water to Guocha?"

Li Hui’s voice, full of confusion, came from the other end, "I didn’t supply water to Guocha!"

"Impossible!" Sun Qiangdong’s face suddenly changed, "There’s clearly running water in the Guocha iced tea store now, so if it wasn’t you, who did?"

Li Hui’s voice betrayed his nervousness, "Only Manager Shen and I have access to the control room, if it wasn’t me who provided the water, then it must have been Manager Shen."

Sun Qiangdong’s face was filled with shock, having not expected that Chen Nan would know Manager Shen.

Before he could regain his composure, the sound of a door being violently broken through, along with a middle-aged man’s authoritative voice, came through the phone, "Li Hui, you’ve got some nerve, daring to cut off the water supply to Mr. Chen without authorization. Do you know Mr. Chen is a distinguished guest of Mr. Qian?"

"Has your head been kicked by a donkey to offend Mr. Qian’s distinguished guest?"

Boom!

Upon hearing that Mr. Chen was a distinguished guest of Mr. Qian, Sun Qiangdong felt as if he had been struck by lightning, standing frozen in place, with his phone slipping from his hand and crashing to the ground, smashing to pieces.

Seeing Sun Qiangdong so distraught, with a terrified look on his face, Liu Cheng also began to feel an ominous premonition and quickly asked, "What’s wrong, President Sun?"

Sun Qiangdong came out of his shock, his face as pale as wax, dense cold sweat on his forehead, tremblingly saying, "President Liu... We... We’ve kicked an iron plate..."

"Chen Nan... Chen Nan is a distinguished guest of Mr. Qian!"

"What?"

Liu Cheng’s face changed too, his previous arrogance gone, replaced with endless fear and anxiety.

He knew all too well who Mr. Qian, mentioned by Sun Qiangdong, was.

That was a prominent figure in Jizhou, the master of this commercial street.

To them, Mr. Qian was a high and mighty presence, an important figure whom they looked up to.

But...

Who could have thought that Chen Nan would actually be a distinguished guest of Mr. Qian?

Damn it!

If you’re a distinguished guest of Mr. Qian, do you even need to open an iced tea store on this commercial street and steal our business?

You’re simply playing the pig to eat the tiger!

Once he came back to his senses, Liu Cheng couldn’t stop himself from saying, "President Sun, what should we do now with things as they are?"