Pretty and charming, dressed in the 90s, she's good at everything from making money to causing

The sky cleared up without me even realizing it.

Lin Ting looked up at the azure sky, squinting her eyes, feeling somewhat irritated.

Xu Tao silently handed her a string of bright red candied hawthorns.

Lin Ting took it, bit off half a hawthorn, chewed it for a while, and then said to her, "Let's go eat."

"okay."

Xu Tao breathed a sigh of relief, and her steps became much lighter.

They didn't go far; they just found a noodle shop and ordered two bowls of noodles with soybean paste.

While waiting for the noodles, Xu Tao noticed that Lin Ting seemed to be in a better mood, so she asked, "Boss, didn't you reach an agreement?"

When Lin Ting went to see the old director, he didn't let Xu Tao come in with him.

In her words, "No matter how weak I am, I shouldn't be beaten up by an octogenarian, right? Even if I can't beat her, I can still outrun her, can't I?"

Lin Ting finished the last candied hawthorn and sighed helplessly, "It's even harder to talk about than money—she wants me to arrange jobs for them."

"what?"

Xu Tao tilted her head and then said, "Isn't that perfect? ​​The construction site is short-handed."

She was almost inseparable from Lin Ting and knew about everything, such as the project's manpower shortage, which was what He Ping often mentioned recently.

“That’s just a temporary job. I’m not a proper real estate boss. Where would I get so many projects for them to do?” Lin Ting sighed softly. “Even if I can fool them with this job, I can’t hide it from the old director. Besides, I don’t want to cheat them.”

The two alleys are not far apart, but the people they raised are worlds apart.

The former director deserves much credit.

Lin could tell that the old director meant that as long as a job was arranged for him, the demolition compensation would be easy to discuss.

She had no doubt about the old director's power of control, but she did indeed pose a question that was more difficult than the demolition compensation.

Lin Ting sighed deeply: "I'm still too kind."

If she could go against her conscience and put people on the construction site first, and then arrange some security guard jobs for them later, letting them work if they wanted and leave if they didn't, things would be too easy.

No matter how bad the factory's performance is, they are still legitimate workers. This kind of work arrangement...

This was clearly not the outcome the old director wanted, and it also violated Lin Ting's moral bottom line.

Xu Tao thought for a while and began to worry along with Lin Ting: "What should we do? Their idea is that they won't talk about demolition unless they provide us with a job?"

Just then, the noodles were served.

Lin Ting stirred the noodles and casually said, "Let's take it slow. Things will work out if we wait. Let me think about it."

……

"Why are you panicking? How could she not demolish it? The land your alley occupies happens to be in the core area. The project simply cannot proceed without her demolishing it."

Li Yan looked at the person in front of him, his gentle expression masking his disgust.

The person who came to see him was none other than the deputy director of the neighborhood committee who had almost been devoured alive by the neighbors just a few hours earlier.

His surname is Xie, and he is 41 years old this year. His career has been fraught with setbacks, which can even be described as "tragic". After nearly 20 years of twists and turns, he rose from a clerk in the street office to the deputy director of the street office.

If the director hadn't recently taken a long leave for surgery, he, as the deputy director, would only be able to do some publicity work, and besides where to put up banners, he wouldn't have any say in anything else.

He really wanted to give it his all and leave the trivial neighborhood office.

So when Li Yan's secretary found him, he knew that his time had finally come.

He instigated the neighbors to protest and beat people at Young Master Li's request, thinking everything would go smoothly—Young Master Li was a rich young master from the compound, while he was only targeting a businessman.

But this businesswoman, her moves were incredibly ruthless!

"Young Master Li, it's not me who's panicking, it's everyone in the neighborhood!"

Director Xie carefully bowed, glancing at the young man who was only a few years older than his son, feeling bitter inside.

Some people are born sitting on clouds.

Some people spend half their lives striving, only to earn the chance to bend down and talk to people in the clouds.

Li Yan rubbed his temples, his head aching, glanced at his secretary, and said to Director Xie, "Then why aren't you going to appease them? What are you doing here?"

The secretary felt a chill run down her spine from Li Yan's gaze.

He knew the young master was upset that he had found an idiot to do the job.

But he really had no other choice but to go to Director Xie. Besides these two alleys, the land where Lin Ting lived was an old park that hardly anyone went there. Demolishing it would only make people applaud.

He wanted to find someone else, but when another street office director heard his purpose, he took him directly to an old lady who never stopped smoking.

If he hadn't run fast, he would have been hit all over the head by the old lady's pipe.

Director Xie was bent over, so he couldn't see Li Yan's expression. He habitually rubbed his hands together, and his voice was a little weak: "Young Master Li, it's not that I don't want to appease them, it's just that... the thought of never having our homes demolished again makes them go crazy... could you say something to us?"

Li Yan was so angry he laughed: "What am I supposed to say to you?"

"Uh……"

Director Xie quickly glanced up at Li Yan, and seeing his mocking look, he swallowed back the words he had been preparing all the way.

Seeing his timid and submissive demeanor, Li Yan became even more irritated.

He found that everything went wrong after he met Lin Ting, and even the people around him became stupid.

Li Yan pinched the bridge of his nose, calmed down for a moment, and said patiently, "Go back and tell them that the construction plan will not tolerate Lin Ting leaving your alley untouched. She said that just to force you to bow down and let her lower the price."

"Good good..."

Director Xie nodded repeatedly.

"Lin Ting's men assaulted your men, right? Tell them to call the police, and then..."

……

When the police found Xu Tao, she had just parked her car in front of the courtyard house on Chang'an Road.

Lin Ting looked at this familiar captain and chuckled: "What's wrong? Are you the only one who's completely screwed over by Li Yan?"

The captain kept a straight face, avoiding eye contact with Lin Ting as if he hadn't heard her speak, and only said to Xu Tao, "You are suspected of intentional assault. Now come back with me for investigation."

Xu Tao acted as if nothing had happened, simply saying "Oh" and stepping forward, quite cooperatively.

But the captain ignored her cooperation, took out handcuffs, and swiftly handcuffed Xu Tao behind her back.

Lin Ting wasn't worried at first. She had asked Xu Tao, and even the most seriously injured guy, Brick Bro, only had a sprain and a bruise. He hadn't broken any bones or tendons, and it wasn't even considered a minor injury.

Moreover, it was the brick-wielding guy who intended to hurt someone first.

"You've gone too far."

Lin Ting's smile vanished, and she looked coldly at the captain. Her voice wasn't loud, but it wouldn't let him ignore her again.