webnovelfull Chapter 491 False Mercy
Chapter 491 False Mercy
When the sun was about to set and the sky gradually darkened, everyone started walking down the mountain with their bulging backpacks on their backs.
The backpack was filled to the brim with medicinal herbs and prey.
Lin Panpan said: "Chinese New Year is coming soon. This prey is enough for the family to eat for several days, and the medicinal herbs can also be sold for some money."
Along the way, everyone was talking and laughing. Although they were tired and their backs ached, they walked with a lighter pace at the thought of having a prosperous New Year.
As soon as she opened the door, Lin Panpan was stunned.
Fu Mingyuan was sitting on a chair in the main room, crossing his legs and flipping through the old newspapers on the table.
The room was still filled with the lingering smell of medicine, mixed with the smell of his neatly tailored suit, which looked particularly awkward.
"Fu Mingyuan, why are you here?" Lin Panpan put the backpack on the ground and rubbed her waist tiredly.
A lot of medicinal herbs and prey fell out of the backpack and rolled all over the ground.
Fu Mingyuan glanced at the peeling wooden table in the room, then at the leaky window in the corner, and said with a pout, "Let me see where Nannan lives. This shabby house leaks in the winter and the rain in the summer. The conditions are too poor."
He stood up and patted his trouser legs:
"Nannan, why don't you come with me now?
There's heating and elevators in the city, it's much better than here."
Gu Mobai walked in from outside: "Fu Mingyuan, you're giving orders on other people's territory. Is this the Fu family's way of teaching?"
Fu Mingyuan sneered and said, "Nannan, what do you say? Will you come with me or not? Think about your child."
Gu Mobai smiled faintly and said, "Are you talking about Tiewa and Tieniu?"
Gu Mobai shouted to the outside of the door, and Tiewa and Tieniu slowly moved in with their heads lowered.
Both of them are almost twenty years old, but they still look like fourteen or fifteen-year-old children, thin and small.
Tiewa's cotton-padded jacket was covered in patches, and the sleeves were so short that half of his wrists were exposed.
Tieniu's pants were worn out at the knees, and her cloth shoes had big holes in them, revealing her toes that were frozen purple.
The two of them huddled at the door, not daring to raise their heads, glancing timidly at the people in the room, their hands tightly clenched into the corners of their clothes, leaving red marks on their fingers.
Tiewa's lips were chapped and cracked, and Tieniu's hair was messy and stained with grass debris. It was obvious that it had not been washed for a long time.
Grandma Yao walked over tremblingly, grabbed Tiewa and Tieniu's hands, felt their pulses, and said, "Why are you so weak? Fu Mingyuan, can you really do this?"
As she spoke, tears began to fall onto the children's hands.
Lin Panpan was so angry that her face turned red. She pulled open Tieniu's tattered cotton jacket and saw that the child's back was covered with purple scars, some of which were scabs.
She pointed at Fu Mingyuan's nose, her voice trembling: "Fu Mingyuan, is this what you call taking good care of the child? The child has been tortured like this! Do you Fu family still have any conscience?"
Fu Mingyuan's expression changed, and he said stubbornly, "I told the village to treat them well. Who knew it would turn out like this?"
Gu Mobai interrupted coldly:
"They don't have enough to eat every day on the farm and have to do heavy labor. Tieniu had a fever for three days and no one cared about her!
Is this the family tradition of your Fu family?"
Fu Mingyuan glanced at the two children huddled in the corner and forced a smile. "I was indeed negligent in this matter. I didn't realize the people below me were so unreliable."
He took a step forward, stared at Lin Panpan and said, "As long as you come back to the Fu family with me, Tiewa and Tieniu will be my only children from now on. I will ensure that they have everything they need."
Granny Yao was so angry that she slapped her cane:
"Fake mercy! For so many years you didn't even care about your child who was sick with a fever, why are you pretending to be a good person now? Get out of here right now!"
The immoral things you Fu family have done will be punished sooner or later!"
Fu Mingyuan suddenly burst into laughter, almost crying. "Retribution? Just you? I can make sure Lin Panpan and Gu Mobai can't survive in this world with just a flick of my finger."
He stopped smiling and his eyes became fierce:
"Nannan, you'd better think about them. As long as you come with me, everyone will be better off.
If you don't appreciate my kindness, I can destroy the Gu family's small fortune with just one word."
Grandma Yao was so angry that she was shaking all over, her lips turning purple: "Fu Mingyuan! Just try to touch them!"
Gu Mobai stepped forward, protecting Grandma Yao and Lin Panpan behind him, and sneered, "Fu Mingyuan, have you been in the Fu family for too long? Do you really think you can cover the sky with one hand?"
He stared at the other person with eyes like knives: "If you dare to touch a hair of my Gu family, I will fight to the death to drag you into hell."
Fu Mingyuan sneered and said, "You don't know how to appreciate my kindness. Let's wait and see."
Fu Mingyuan deliberately caused trouble. In just one week, no one visited the seven pharmacies of the Gu family in the country.
The medicinal herbs in the window are covered with dust, and there are only a few people hanging around the counter where there used to be a long line of people waiting to get medicine.
Lin Panpan frowned and said, "If this continues, the pharmacy will not be able to survive!"
Gu Mobai was not in a hurry. He leaned back on the carved chair and handed his grandfather a cup of freshly brewed green tea.
Mr. Gu slowly took off his glasses and wiped the lenses without any panic: "Why rush? Let him do what he wants."
After saying that, he pointed at the old wooden box in the corner.
Gu Mobai opened the box, took out a bunch of documents and maps and said:
"Panpan, look, these are all the properties that grandpa bought abroad in his early years.
South Africa has five gold mines, Australia has iron ore mines, and South America has even more impressive rare earth mines.”
He unfolded another yellowed manuscript, which was covered with symbols from all over the world:
“When the situation was bad, my grandfather moved his business abroad.
We now have companies in 37 countries, and we do everything ourselves, from mining to shipping and processing.”
The old man took a sip of tea, and his eyes suddenly became sharp:
"Fu Mingyuan only cares about the small business of the pharmacy and has no idea that our main business is overseas.
Once he burns through all his money at home, we can make some moves abroad and he will lose everything.”
Gu Mobai had just put down his phone when the ringtone rang again.
He pressed the answer button, and Gu Qingyan's slightly hoarse voice came from the receiver, mixed with the noise of cars whizzing in the background:
“The overseas market is such a tough nut to crack!
Fu Mingyuan's industry is like Pansi Cave, with a holding company hiding shell companies and a capital chain spinning back and forth..."
The voice suddenly stopped, and then there was the rustling sound of papers flipping:
"But there's good news. His three leading trading companies in Southeast Asia have been shut down by me and the local government.
The tax loopholes alone would make him lose a ton of money!"
Gu Mobai nodded and said, "There has also been progress domestically. Seven human trafficking dens and underground casinos have been busted."
He lowered his voice, his tone cold:
"The account books found at the scene were filled with Fu Mingyuan's handwritten annotations and records of transactions with foreign forces.
The higher-ups have already set up a task force, and are just waiting to close the net."