The appearance of the man at the doorway stunned Li Dazhu.
Having been around the block, he naturally knew who Yang Wei was.
The boss of East Street, fearless of heaven and earth, and most importantly, he didn't show the slightest regard for Cao Yuntian.
In Jiangcheng, Cao Yuntian was king, and the fact that Yang Wei could ignore Cao Yuntian and still firmly hold his position as boss of East Street was enough to show how troublesome this man was.
Li Dazhu was no Cao Yuntian. Facing such a ruthless character, he knew he couldn't possibly win.
"Wei... Brother Wei."
Li Dazhu plastered a smile on his face.
But Yang Wei didn't even glance at him. Instead, he walked directly to Lin Xiaotian.
"Dr. Lin, are you alright?"
Seeing the concerned look on Yang Wei's face, Lin Xiaotian smiled slightly, indicating he was fine.
Then, Yang Wei fixed his gaze on Li Dazhu.
He scanned Li Dazhu from head to toe without saying a word, which made Li Dazhu's heart pound.
What was going on?
Why did this fool Lin Xiaotian know such a person?
He knew Lin Xiaotian's background well. Lin Xiaotian's parents had disappeared long ago, and even if they were still alive, they were just farmers. They had come to Jinsha Village as refugees, and had no relatives nearby, so they wouldn't have any connections.
If he truly had connections, why would no one have come to help Lin Xiaotian when he was in a daze for so long?
If he truly had connections, why had he, after seizing Lin Xiaotian's family fortune and operating in Jiangcheng for so long, faced no repercussions whatsoever?
Li Dazhu couldn't understand at all. Why, after such a short absence, had Lin Xiaotian managed to latch onto the big shot from East Street?
But as things stood, he dared not speculate further, for Yang Wei's expression was grim. Li Dazhu truly feared that Yang Wei might make a move against him.
"Brother Wei, it's all a misunderstanding!"
"A misunderstanding?" Yang Wei sneered. "I've heard that word so many times I'm sick of it."
Hearing the amusement in Yang Wei's voice, Li Dazhu grew even more anxious.
And without him noticing, he realized that his own subordinates around him had started to slowly back away.
This made Li Dazhu curse inwardly. These guys had no loyalty whatsoever.
"Hehe, Xiaotian, tell Brother Wei, I wasn't trying to do anything to you just now, was I!"
Seeing that Yang Wei wasn't buying it, Li Dazhu had to seek Lin Xiaotian's help.
Lin Xiaotian glanced at Yang Wei, then turned his head to look at Li Dazhu.
"Li Dazhu, can I leave now?"
Hearing Lin Xiaotian's reply, Li Dazhu breathed a sigh of relief.
He had truly been afraid that Lin Xiaotian would suddenly make things difficult for him. After all, in this situation, Yang Wei clearly had intentions of teaching him a lesson. If Lin Xiaotian also sided with him, his days in Jiangcheng would be truly over.
"Haha, of course you can. We're brothers, aren't we!" Li Dazhu said obsequiously.
Lin Xiaotian let out a cold laugh.
This Li Dazhu was indeed hypocritical. He had just looked down upon their relationship.
Lin Xiaotian didn't reply to him. Instead, he glanced at Guo Xu beside him.
"Your sister doesn't have much money to lend, so there's no need to bother her about borrowing money, right?"
Lin Xiaotian seemed to be asking for Guo Xu's opinion, but in reality, Guo Xu didn't dare to refute him in the slightest.
"Alright... alright... Big Brother, I understand." Guo Xu said helplessly.
But as he watched Lin Xiaotian's retreating back, Guo Xu became extremely anxious.
Lin Xiaotian didn't want him to ask Guo Linqing for money, so who else could he turn to?
There was no more money at home, and the elderly couple could no longer get loans from the bank. He had absolutely no way to repay the money.
But if he didn't repay, the consequences were predictable.
Not only would Li Dazhu not let him go, but his previous creditors wouldn't either.
Lin Xiaotian's threat just now was a death sentence for him!
As Guo Xu was panicking, the girl in the sailor uniform beside him reminded him.
"Hey! Didn't Lin Xiaotian just say he could lend you money?"
Guo Xu's eyes lit up.
That's right!
Didn't Lin Xiaotian say that just now?
Since Lin Xiaotian was willing to say it, it meant he was willing to lend it to him.
He hadn't agreed earlier because he still had Guo Linqing as a fallback, but now that that path was blocked, he had no other options but to borrow money from Lin Xiaotian.
Thinking of this, Guo Xu hurriedly shouted at Lin Xiaotian.
"Uh... Big Brother, wait a moment!"
Lin Xiaotian and his group, who were about to leave, stopped and turned to look at him.
This terrified Li Dazhu.
"Are you looking for death!" Li Dazhu furiously kicked Guo Xu.
After finally seeing these people off, he was secretly relieved that he had escaped disaster. He hadn't expected Guo Xu to come out and court death again.
"Is there something you need?" Lin Xiaotian looked at Guo Xu.
Feeling Lin Xiaotian's gaze, Li Dazhu immediately became obedient, not daring to make any move.
"Uh... Big Brother, you said you'd lend me money just now, does that still count?"
"Of course it counts."
"Then can you lend me some money?"
"Yes, but we'll need to sign a loan contract."
"No problem!"
Lin Xiaotian smiled slightly and handed the contract to Guo Xu.
Guo Xu took the contract and began to read it. Lin Xiaotian knew that Guo Xu was worried about being cheated on the contract, so he added.
"Don't worry, the interest rate on the contract is based on the market rate, not some loan sharking."
Guo Xu chuckled, "Big Brother, how could I possibly doubt you?"
However, even though he said that, he was still somewhat sensible and didn't sign immediately.
Then, Guo Xu felt something was wrong.
"Uh... Big Brother, why is the other party on this contract a company? Shouldn't it be your name?" Guo Xu pointed to the signature page of the contract, where a string of names was printed.
Yi Yuan Limited Liability Company!
This company was registered by Lin Xiaotian previously. Since Lin Xiaotian's investment was only one yuan, he simply named it Yi Yuan Limited Liability Company.
"Is there a problem with this?" Lin Xiaotian retorted.
"No... no problem." Guo Xu smiled.
He was in desperate need of money. For him, as long as he could get the money, he didn't care who the other party was.
Guo Xu quickly signed the contract, and then Lin Xiaotian, without hesitation, transferred the money to Guo Xu.
Seeing the wad of cash in the bag, Guo Xu's eyes widened.
"Thank you, Big Brother, you're so kind!"
Lin Xiaotian smiled playfully, "Remember to pay it back!"
Then, Lin Xiaotian left the factory.
On the way, Yang Wei looked at Lin Xiaotian curiously.
"Dr. Lin, I thought you asked us to come to deal with that Li Kui, but I didn't expect you not to let us act?"
"I don't understand. If you had let me handle it just now, you wouldn't have had to pay even these hundred thousand yuan."
"You lent money to that kid, aren't you afraid he won't pay it back?"