Jiang Li looked towards the source of the commotion.
"What’s going on? What happened?"
Yu Li furrowed his brows, looking a bit displeased.
Immediately after, a middle-aged man wearing a hard hat and black jacket rushed over, looking a bit hurried.
"Young Master Yu, those people are causing trouble again, what should we do?"
"First, contact the police to have them removed. This is a construction site, it would be very dangerous if something went wrong."
"Alright, Young Master Yu, I’ll do it right away."
Yu Li turned to Jiang Li with a bit of helplessness and said, "Those people are local residents. It was fine at first, but I don’t know when it started, they began coming in groups to cause trouble on the mountain, claiming we are building illegally, disrupting the surrounding order, and demanding we stop construction immediately."
Jiang Li frowned, "Don’t you have the paperwork? Didn’t you show them?"
"Showing it doesn’t help," said a small assistant nearby. "These people are locals who are hard to deal with. They stubbornly claim our trucks transporting materials pass by their doorstep, disturbing them. But we only transport during the daytime when there are many people, and stop as soon as night falls, there’s no noise issue at all."
"Moreover, this is officially approved, how could we stop just because they say it’s noisy?"
Jiang Li thought for a moment, "I’ll go take a look."
"Alright, I’ll go with you," Yu Li said as well.
And so, they headed down the mountain.
By the roadside not far away, a group of people dressed like local residents stood with various sticks blocking the road, pointing at the staff and swearing terribly.
"Do you know that you’re destroying the environment? A perfectly good nature reserve is ruined by you."
"Exactly, they say it’s for building a tourist spot, do we lack tourist spots here?"
"A place that was peaceful and quiet is now wrecked by you, your heads are only filled with money, aren’t they?"
"Pah, stop the construction immediately, we don’t agree with building this stuff."
The responsible personnel were obviously helpless with these troublemakers, all standing nearby with grim faces.
Seeing Yu Li and the others approach, they walked up in surprise.
"Young Master Yu, why are you here?"
The villagers also saw Yu Li. Seeing his exceptional attire, they presumed he was the contractor boss and swarmed forward.
"It’s you, isn’t it? It’s you destroying the environment, isn’t it?"
"You must give us an explanation today, stop all this immediately."
"They say it’s some Feng Shui tower, but I think it’s just stealing our luck, isn’t it?!"
Ji Yanbai stood at the front, blocking the villagers with bloodshot eyes.
He was strong and had a powerful voice, and with a shout, he immediately scared the few villagers in front into silence.
"What are you yelling for? Quiet down! If an accident happens, will you take responsibility?"
The man at the front looked at Ji Yanbai, all muscle, and pouted resentfully.
"We, we’re not trying to cause trouble, we just want justice."
"Is this how you seek justice?" Jiang Li stepped up with a slight smile, "If you truly want justice, I have a way."
"You’re not far from the prosecutor’s office, why don’t you take a cab there and sue this gentleman, saying he’s disturbing the people and destroying the environment? If you can’t afford the cab fare, I can help pay it. I can also cover the lawyer’s fees, how about this idea?"
Several people behind didn’t hear clearly, and thinking Jiang Li was supporting them, eagerly suggested:
"Great, let’s sue then."
But the man at the front, still relatively clear-headed, turned red in the ears.
"Sue what? You’re not fooling us with this, you people with power and connections, can we defeat you?"
Jiang Li chuckled again, "Since this is about suing, it would obviously be fair. What, are you questioning the fairness of Hua Country’s judiciary system?"
This accusation was heavy, and the man became anxious, "What are you saying? I never said that, don’t falsely accuse me!"
"Since none of you dare to sue, it shows you know clearly that your actions now are reckless. If I call the police now, I could easily send you to jail for a few days."
The crowd was initially stunned by Jiang Li, but soon after someone said, "She really likes to frighten people," and they started clamoring again.
"Exactly, this girl must be scaring people, right?"
"Where’s this wild girl from meddling in our business?"
"Surely she’s with that boss, maybe she’s even his girlfriend, why should we listen to her?"
"Exactly, either pay us or stop the work!"
As the villagers became more unruly, Yu Li quickly pulled Jiang Li back.
"You’re too dangerous here, go back first, I’ll handle this."
Jiang Li glanced at the fierce looking crowd, "They obviously come to cause trouble often, you haven’t solved it before, can you solve it now? It’s okay, I have a way."
The words had barely landed when urgent police sirens sounded from a distance.
The villagers clearly panicked and nervously prepared to flee.
But two police cars completely blocked the road, leaving them with no escape.
Soon after, Xing Mingfei jumped out from the police car with his team, pointing his baton at the most unruly troublemaker.
"Why are you running? Stop right there!"
"Everyone quiet down!"
Those people immediately crouched like quails.
Xing Mingfei stood with his hands on his hips, overwhelmingly imposing, "You people, weren’t you warned before? Why come to cause trouble again? Do you really want to stay at the police station for a few days?"
A crouching elderly woman complained, "We’re not causing trouble, just seeking an explanation."
"Is this a place for seeking explanations? If you want explanations, go to the police station with me, will you go?"
The person fell silent.
Xing Mingfei finally approached Jiang Li and the others.
"Just give me a call if anything happens again. The villagers here are always unreasonable; you can’t handle them."
Jiang Li glanced at them, then fixed her gaze on the skinny, dark man who had spoken before.
"Indeed, but continuously warning isn’t effective, their disturbance has seriously delayed the project’s progress, it’s definitely considered interfering with others’ work, right?"
"Indeed," Xing Mingfei nodded, "Completely eligible for detainment."
"Then take that man away," Jiang Li nodded her chin, "You definitely can’t take all of them, but he’s bound to spill something."