Gu Sanqing, however, who had parted ways with him, was furious. The reason he had gone to buy the recycling station that morning was to do Zhang Liunian a favor and, incidentally, acquire a small plot of land in Fude Village from him.
Unfortunately, everything had been interrupted by someone called Uncle Yi.
Zhang Liunian had been about to agree, but this man had forcefully disrupted it.
"Have Uncle Yi, who is by Zhang Liunian's side, taken care of, without anyone noticing," Gu Sanqing was never a soft-hearted person. When faced with an obstacle, he only had one choice: elimination.
"Yes," the subordinate below responded and went to carry out the task.
That evening, Uncle Yi was attacked and appeared before Zhang Liunian, covered in blood.
Zhang Liunian was startled and quickly helped him up, asking, "Uncle Yi, what happened?"
Uncle Yi weakly said, "I don't know. Someone suddenly appeared and tried to kill me. If I hadn't escaped quickly, you wouldn't be seeing me now."
"Stop talking, I'll take you to the hospital right now." Seeing his pale face and fearing something was wrong, Zhang Liunian closed the door and headed for the hospital with him. However, before he could take a step, he was stopped by Uncle Yi.
"I'm fine, the blood belongs to someone else."
"..."
More than ten minutes later, after being cleaned up and confirmed to be completely unharmed, Zhang Liunian finally felt relieved.
"Who exactly wanted you dead? Is it someone you owed money to from before?" Zhang Liunian asked with a deep voice.
This Pengcheng was truly dangerous. Not only was he constantly in danger himself, but now Uncle Yi was also targeted.
"It wasn't them."
"Then who was it?"
"I will investigate personally."
"If you have to go out alone recently, remember to bring some escorts. I'll pay for them."
"I will."
After their conversation, they both went to rest.
On the other side, Gu Sanqing soon received news of the failed mission and learned that Uncle Yi was a person of profound cultivation.
He was not angry about this. Instead, he told them to halt their actions and await further orders.
After his subordinates left, he murmured to himself, "I truly didn't expect that person to be a martial artist. I underestimated him."
"But he thinks he can escape just like that, he's thinking too easily. The Fude Village project will be approved soon, and I'll find another opportunity to deal with him then."
Zhang Liunian was unaware of these matters. At this moment, he was busy searching for suitable locations for a department store.
This search took several days until he suddenly arrived near the private bank that had absconded with funds in his previous life, forcing him to stop.
"What happened up ahead? Why is it so crowded?" Uncle Yi stopped beside Zhang Liunian, craning his neck to look at the throng of people ahead.
Zhang Liunian, with his advantage in height, looked up for a moment and understood what was happening.
It turned out that today was the opening day of the bank that would later abscond with funds.
Just as he was thinking this, the host's voice came from inside, "Pengcheng Bank Grand Opening Ceremony! The first hundred depositors will receive a free bicycle, television, tape recorder, and more.
You only need to deposit over two hundred yuan, and you'll even receive interest.
One yuan for every hundred yuan deposited, one hundred yuan for every thousand yuan. Deposits are flexible, withdrawable and depositable at any time..."
The bank was opening today, and the host, with a megaphone, kept announcing, successfully attracting many onlookers.
Zhang Liunian stood in place, watching them boast and brag until a familiar voice sounded beside him.
"Comrade Zhang Liunian, why are you here too? Did you hear about this bank's opening and come to deposit money?" It was Sun's father speaking.
Zhang Liunian turned to look at Sun's father. Seeing his subordinate behind him holding two leather briefcases, presumably for money, the corner of his mouth twitched. "You're not here to deposit money, are you!"
Sun's father nodded, "Yes. News about this bank has already spread throughout our business circles. I heard the interest rates are very high, so I wanted to earn some interest."
Zhang Liunian looked as if he expected this. "I advise you not to rush to deposit yet. Inquire about who opened this bank first."
Since no one could find out, this would pique Sun's father's vigilance.
"What do you mean? Could there be something wrong with this bank?" Sun's father, seeing Zhang Liunian's unenthusiastic expression, was puzzled.
"I'm not sure about this. It would be best for you to investigate it yourself." Zhang Liunian's veiled words immediately made Sun's father start imagining things.
Could this bank be another scam, and Zhang Liunian knew about it but couldn't reveal it, so he could only hint at it this way.
"Alright, I'll investigate it later." Sun's father was very willing to believe Zhang Liunian's words. Since he had said so, this bank might indeed have some issues.
Just then, the voice of Gu Lou suddenly sounded from behind them.
"Everyone, please make way. My Gu family will be the first customer of Pengcheng Bank."
Upon hearing it was the Gu family, everyone stepped aside and watched them walk towards the bank's entrance.
Seeing this, Sun's father's expression instantly soured, but he said nothing. It wasn't until Gu Lou publicly announced his intention to deposit ten million yuan and urged everyone to trust the bank and deposit with confidence that he immediately abandoned the idea of depositing money.
"Gu Lou probably has some connection to this bank, otherwise, why would he personally vouch for them?" Sun's father, watching Gu Lou enthusiastically advertising for the bank, became vigilant.
Zhang Liunian nodded in agreement, "His actions indicate that he knows who opened this bank, and they are closely related."
It seemed the bank that absconded with funds in his previous life did have some connection to the Gu family, but he didn't know what kind of connection.
"I don't dare to deposit this money. Who knows if Gu Lou will scam us again? Even if this bank offers higher interest, I won't deposit." Sun's father had prepared hundreds of thousands to test the waters, but after seeing Gu Lou endorsing the bank, he immediately gave up.
"It's best to be cautious."
Zhang Liunian looked at Gu Sanqing beside Gu Lou.
At this moment, Gu Sanqing had a smile on his face throughout. Although his smile was not brilliant, it was much better than the expressionless face he showed when facing Zhang Liunian.
So, was the Gu family indeed involved in the conspiracy of Pengcheng Bank absconding with funds?
Then why hadn't he heard of it in his previous life? No, in his previous life, no one knew about this bank, nor was there any connection between the Gu family and the bank. Even after being old friends with Gu Sanqing for many years, he had never heard a single word about it from him.
It was understandable. He considered the other person a friend, but the other person might not have felt the same.
"Comrade Zhang Liunian, you must have known about the Gu family's connection to this bank long ago, which is why you asked me to investigate!" Sun's father looked at Gu Lou, who was constantly advertising for the bank in the middle of the crowd, and suddenly felt that Zhang Liunian might have anticipated this and told him not to deposit money.
"I don't know about that. I only heard some rumors that no one could find out who the boss of this bank was, which is why I advised you to be cautious."
Zhang Liunian naturally would not expose himself and could only obscure their vision.