Old Xing was truly on the verge of collapse, repeatedly saying, "It's true, everything I said is true. I never intended to get everyone killed!"
"Do you know something?" Tang Hucheng was about to comfort him when Li Yang walked over and asked, "Speak up, and everyone can forgive you."
"Expert Li, someone paid me to pretend that jade had appeared on the mountain and lure President Tang up there," Old Xing immediately said.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed. "What do you mean? There's no raw jade on the mountain?"
"No, it was deliberately placed on the mountain by someone," Old Xing said. "The goal was for President Tang to pay attention to our coal mine mountain and offer higher wages and benefits."
"I never imagined that this mountain would collapse today."
"Who bribed you?" Li Yang asked.
Old Xing tearfully replied, "It was Supervisor Wang! He said that if I succeeded, he'd give me a hundred thousand yuan and help secure benefits for everyone, making me a great contributor. I believed him."
"I understand. Where is he now?" Li Yang asked.
Old Xing immediately answered, "Supervisor Wang is on leave today and won't be back to work for two more days."
"Heh, isn't that a bit too coincidental?" Li Yang narrowed his eyes and looked at Tang Hucheng.
Tang Hucheng was a very intelligent man. Hearing their conversation, he immediately understood that the landslide today likely had significant human factors involved, and this Supervisor Wang was one of the masterminds behind the plot, or at least directly involved.
"You few, go find Supervisor Wang immediately!" he ordered his subordinates.
His trusted subordinates immediately drove off to find Supervisor Wang. Calling him now would likely alert him.
However, even so, the probability of finding Supervisor Wang was likely very slim.
Since that fellow was on leave today, he had most likely fled.
In fact, this was indeed the case. When Tang Hucheng's trusted subordinates arrived at Supervisor Wang's home, his entire family had disappeared, leaving the place empty. When they asked the neighbors, they also claimed not to know where they had gone.
The lead had been completely broken.
"Damn it!" In a luxurious mansion, a young man's eyes were filled with icy coldness.
Sitting beside him was an old man dressed in a retro long robe, with white but very long hair. He looked somewhat like an immortal, but his eyes also flickered with coldness from time to time. His voice was hoarse and low as he said, "What good luck, to have gone down the mountain before the landslide. Otherwise, they would have surely died!"
"Master Feng, do you have any other methods?" the young man asked coldly. He had thought this assassination attempt was foolproof, but unexpectedly, not a single person was harmed. Instead, he had exposed an important pawn he had placed within the Tang family's industry.
Master Feng said, "Heaven and earth are all a game. I am a Feng Shui master, and my greatest skill is not in observing Feng Shui, but in creating it."
"What does Master Feng mean?" the young man stared at him.
Master Feng smiled sinisterly and said, "Feng Shui can save lives, and similarly, it can kill. I will prepare now and find an opportunity to set up a Feng Shui arrangement for the Tang family, causing their entire family to die without understanding why."
"Good! As long as Master Feng can achieve great merit within a month, I, Tian Feiyu, will definitely not treat you unfairly." This young man was none other than Young Master Tian Feiyu, the younger brother of the eldest young master Tian Wuji.
At the previous banquet, he had lost considerable face because of Li Yang, feeling that the position of future successor of the Tian family was out of his reach. Therefore, he colluded with the Situ family from the provincial capital, intending to deal with Li Yang and the Tang family.
The Situ family had given him a deadline of one month. If he could not take down the Tang family and Li Yang within a month, the Situ family would consider him incompetent and unworthy of their cooperation.
If he succeeded, the Situ family would immediately step in to help him contend for the position of future successor of the Tian family.
For this purpose, he had hired the Feng Shui master, Master Feng.
Originally, the landslide would have gone smoothly, but unexpectedly, Li Yang had dodged it.
Master Feng smiled and said, "Young Master Tian, rest assured, this time it will definitely work!"
"Then I will await your good news," Young Master Tian Feiyu said with a sinister smile.
Meanwhile, work at the coal mine mountain resumed as normal.
Tang Hucheng said with some self-reproach, "Mr. Li, it's thanks to your keenness and extraordinary observation skills that you discovered the landslide at the coal mine mountain in advance. Otherwise, not only would we have died here today, but the Tang family would also have had great difficulty recovering."
In the past, mining accidents were common due to outdated facilities and technology. But now it was different. If a mining accident occurred, especially a large-scale one, the impact would be immense.
Li Yang smiled and said, "Second Uncle, we all have good luck."
"I won't attribute this to luck. Mr. Li, let's head back. I believe dinner is almost ready," Tang Hucheng said.
Li Yang nodded and got into the car with him.
Although there was no raw jade at the coal mine mountain, at least so many people survived, making the trip worthwhile.
Upon arriving at the Tang residence, Chairman Tang was greatly thankful to Li Yang upon learning of the incident. During dinner, he, who usually didn't drink much, repeatedly toasted Li Yang.
"Mr. Li, I must toast you."
"Uncle, you've already toasted me many times," Li Yang said with a smile.
"Another toast."
"Alright."
After they had eaten most of the food, Tang Xinyu came out to see him off. Watching him get into the car, Tang Xinyu's expression was somewhat hesitant.
Li Yang was startled, then understood, and smiled, "To the hotel?"
"What are you talking about? It's so late, I need to go home." Tang Xinyu's pretty face flushed, and she quickly turned to walk back to her home, but her steps were very slow.
Li Yang chuckled, grabbed her hand, and pulled her in, "Come in, you."
"Ah! What are you doing? I need to go home, who wants to go to a hotel with you?" Tang Xinyu struggled with a blushing face, but her resistance was weak. It wasn't struggling at all; it was clearly teasing Li Yang.
Li Yang smiled and said, "If not the hotel, how about we find a place in the suburbs?"
"What place is there to find in the suburbs?" Tang Xinyu asked with a puzzled expression, clearly having never seen anything rated R.
Li Yang chuckled twice and said, "You'll know when we get there."
"Really?" Tang Xinyu looked at him with some curiosity.
When they arrived at the location, looking at the desolate wilderness, the environment filled with trees under the moonlight was exceptionally secluded.
She couldn't help but understand, her cheeks flushed, and her heart pounded. "You, you don't mean... we're going to do it here, do you?"