Chapter 196: Threatened Xu Ruochu

After Murong Bufan and Fu Xue got out of the car, they found themselves in an old residential area.

“Where is this?”

Fu Xue was curious, but Murong Bufan didn’t immediately answer her question. Instead, he led her to the gate of a rundown courtyard and knocked on the door.

“Ruochu, it’s me, open the door!”

Murong Bufan called out several times.

Soon, the door slowly opened.

“Officer Murong!”

A girl, wearing a school uniform that had faded from washing and looking quite frail, greeted Murong Bufan happily.

Seeing this thin girl in front of her, Fu Xue was very curious.

“Murong-gege, who is she?”

“Xu Ruochu, this is her home!”

Murong Bufan introduced.

Because the ordinary people don’t know about the Special Management Bureau, he used his police identity.

“Ruochu, this is my partner, Fu Xue. She’s also an officer.”

“She’s here to help you with me!”

“Officer Murong, Officer Fu, please come in and sit!”

Though Xu Ruochu found Fu Xue, who looked like a child, quite strange, she warmly invited them in.

After the two sat down in the courtyard, Xu Ruochu hurriedly brought them water to drink.

Murong Bufan gently spoke to her.

“Ruochu, tell us in detail about the forced demolition. We will definitely help you!”

“O-okay!”

Xu Ruochu nodded, collected her thoughts, and began to explain the situation.

“Officer, this is what happened.”

“About six months ago, this area was designated for demolition. My home too, but…”

“According to the government’s standard, they were supposed to compensate us with over 3.2 million…”

“But those people said… our courtyard doesn’t count!”

“They were so unreasonable. My mom and I had no choice but to accept it.”

“But they went even further!”

“The compensation dropped from 3.2 million to 1.8 million. And worse, they said we had to pay for the demolition costs ourselves, deducting more than half!”

“Leaving us with only 800,000!”

At this point, Xu Ruochu felt very aggrieved.

“With 800,000, where are we supposed to buy a house!”

“My mom and I refused, and those people kept harassing us!”

“Thankfully, Officer Murong helped us yesterday!”

Hearing Xu Ruochu’s gratitude, Murong Bufan nodded.

Yesterday, he had happened to pass by and saw her being threatened by thugs. He couldn’t help but step in.

“Those people went too far, not only blocking the courtyard entrance but also threatening harm!”

“Yesterday, after I dealt with them, they still didn’t stop, even saying they would bring more people today.”

“So, I brought Xiaoxue to see for herself!”

After listening to Xu Ruochu and Murong Bufan and understanding the purpose of Murong Bufan’s visit, Fu Xue frowned.

“Murong-gege, are you saying… those who embezzled compensation and threatened forced demolition are from the Wang Group?”

“Yes, they’re Wang Haoran’s people!”

“…But even if that’s true… it could just be his subordinates acting out of line… The Wang Group is so big, it’s normal for Wang Haoran not to manage everything…”

Fu Xue still believed these incidents had nothing to do with Wang Haoran.

How could someone who Sister Ning, a righteous person, likes be a villain?

He must be a victim too!

“Murong-gege, how about we call Wang Haoran over and see what he says?”

“No way!”

Murong Bufan immediately objected.

“Xiaoxue, you’re too naive!”

“If Wang Haoran finds out about this, he’ll immediately find a scapegoat and play innocent!”

“People like him are very good at this!”

“But…” Fu Xue instinctively wanted to defend Wang Haoran.

She felt Murong Bufan was biased against Wang Haoran, trying to frame him.

“But I heard Wang Haoran donated tens of millions at once… why would he do bad things for such a small amount of money!”

“Xiaoxue, I heard it myself yesterday. Those people admitted they were ordered by Wang Haoran!”

“That’s how hypocrites are! You need to know, the money he donated was obtained through such illegal means!”

Murong Bufan snorted.

“He takes from one hand and gives with the other, making a huge profit in the middle, and ends up with a reputation as a philanthropist!”

Thinking of Wang Haoran reminded Murong Bufan of the ancient martial arts world’s Wang family, his mother’s family.

As the Murong family’s head, his father had supported the Wang family, leading to their rapid rise.

But after the Murong family’s misfortune, the Wang family’s attitude changed, from visiting during festivals to ignoring them.

After the Murong family’s massacre, they even imprisoned his mother and mocked the Murong family.

Though they pretended to weep and vow justice publicly, they were hypocrites.

His grandfather, the Wang family head, even gave him some money, saying, “Child, this is all I can do.”

The money was barely enough for two meals, yet he shamelessly offered it!

So, except for his mother, Murong Bufan had no goodwill towards anyone named Wang.

Learning about the Wang family’s past crimes in S City further solidified his view that both Wang families were no good!

Fu Xue, seeing Murong Bufan firmly blame Wang Haoran for the forced demolitions, didn’t know how to respond.

At that moment.

The courtyard door was suddenly pounded on.

“Hey those who still inside, come out and die!”

“Did you hear? Come out and die!”

“Or I’ll tear down this lousy door!”

Hearing such arrogant and coarse words, Fu Xue frowned.

But Murong Bufan quickly stood up.

“They’re here.”

“Xiaoxue, let’s go see!”

“Mm.”

Fu Xue nodded and followed.

Feeling safer with two officers, Xu Ruochu also followed.

Opening the door revealed a middle-aged man with a big belly, accompanied by five or six burly men.

Seeing Murong Bufan, the man sneered.

“Well, well, you actually dared to come after hitting me yesterday!”

“Today, I’ll teach you a lesson!”

“Guys, get him!”