Walking back, Tang Li still felt a pang of regret.
Losing 200,000 points now meant potentially losing 2 million points through future replications!
It was impossible not to feel regret over such a sum.
Tang Li had anticipated that Master Jiang might send people to follow her, or that he might report her situation to the authorities, prompting an official investigation.
But Tang Li never imagined that someone would be foolish enough to ambush her!
An ambush was one thing, but to refuse to show themselves after being discovered and then to attack her…
In that case, even if she had wanted to spare them, it would have been impossible.
Even if those people were dead, they could only blame their own insatiable greed. Having already profited immensely from their cooperation, they still wanted to investigate the source of her supplies.
Tang Li believed that Master Jiang was unaware of this matter.
However, she did not believe that these people, after investigating her background, would do nothing and simply reveal it to the authorities privately.
It was just that, because of these people, her cooperation with Master Jiang was likely over.
As Tang Li walked, she suddenly heard the sound of vehicle engines in the distance.
Tang Li quickly hid by the roadside and changed her attire.
Indeed, this was the convoy sent by Master Jiang to receive the supplies.
Tang Li ignored them, pretending to be an ordinary passerby, and brushed past them.
Later, finding another secluded spot, she removed her disguise and makeup, restoring her original appearance, and returned to the supermarket.
Unbeknownst to Tang Li, at that very moment, in Master Jiang’s residence, several people were anxiously awaiting news of the convoy’s return.
Among them was Zhao Xiaoqing.
As the deputy director of the Materials Department responsible for collecting supplies, it was her dereliction of duty that so much material remained uncollected in the market.
Accompanying her in the room were Director Dai of the Materials Department and some personnel from the Armed Forces Department.
These individuals from the Armed Forces Department were not there to arrest Tang Li, but rather, being acquainted with Master Jiang, they were there to help Director Dai persuade him.
However, today, they were destined to be disappointed.
Shortly thereafter, the convoy returned, and a dejected-looking individual entered the room.
Upon seeing this, Master Jiang asked, "What's wrong? Did that young brother refuse to meet with the officials?"
The person shook his head and said, "We didn't see him this time, nor did we receive any supplies. We only received this letter."
As he spoke, he handed over a letter.
Master Jiang opened it and his face immediately darkened. He slammed the letter onto the table.
He cursed, "A bunch of fools! Incapable of success, only capable of failure!"
An individual from the Armed Forces Department saw this and asked, "Old Jiang, what's going on?"
Master Jiang handed him the letter with a sigh, saying, "Old Zhang, take a look yourselves."
In the letter, Tang Li recounted the events of the day and informed Master Jiang that their cooperation was immediately terminated!
Furthermore, she would no longer visit Master Jiang's black market or contact him in the future.
"Master Jiang, what should we do with the scrap items we've collected? Should we still be buying them?" the person continued to ask.
Master Jiang quickly said, "Quickly tell the scrap collectors to stop, to stop buying them!"
"As for what we've already received, let's just hold onto it and deal with it after the lockdown is over."
The person sighed and said, "Alright, that's the only way."
Saying so, he went out to inform the scrap collectors to cease their work and stop acquiring scrap items.
After the news spread, those who were queuing up to exchange their collected scrap items for material allocation coupons, as well as those who were still outside fronting points to purchase scrap items from others, were all wailing in despair, holding the worthless scrap items in their hands, unable to cry.
Some who had hesitated and not exchanged their household appliances and other unused items for points now regretted it too late.
Only those who had already exchanged all their household appliances and scrap items for material allocation coupons, and had even gone to the black market to trade them for survival supplies, could feel fortunate for their foresight.
This also explained why Master Jiang had called the ambushers fools earlier.
Tang Li, lacking those nationwide usable physical material allocation coupons, had only lost potential gains.
However, Master Jiang and the others were holding scrap items that were now worthless, representing a tangible loss.
Because of their ambition and the ambush they laid for Tang Li, these people had destroyed the foundation for cooperation between Tang Li and Master Jiang, causing losses that were not just to Tang Li and Master Jiang, but to everyone in City A!
And in Master Jiang's residence, after reading the letter, the officials exchanged glances with each other.