The City’s Strongest Son-in-law

Chapter 1040: Chapter 1039: Encountering Peng Xiaolei on the Road

”Is there something wrong with your eyes, kid? Don’t you know this is the car of our President Peng, Peng Xiaolei? If you dare to block it again, I’ll have security deal with you,” the assistant clamored.

Su Changfeng’s lips curled into a disdainful smile. Although he had never met Peng Xiaolei, just from interacting with his subordinates, he could obviously tell that Peng Xiaolei’s way of doing things was on a completely different level from Chen Hai, and their personalities were far apart.

Chen Hai was very low-key, much like himself. He always had his own opinions when doing things and was never greedy for merit or reckless. He had a very good reputation in Bin County; many locals praised Chen Hai, partly because he was unpretentious and did not look down on others due to his higher status, always polite and courteous. On the other hand, Bin County’s development owed a lot to Chen Hai—during his time, roads were built, and many companies were established. It could be said that Bin County’s economy developed rapidly, and the people’s lives naturally improved.

But good deeds don’t get far, and bad news travels thousands of miles. The reputation Chen Hai painstakingly built would probably be ruined soon by this person named Peng Xiaolei.

”I never thought someone trained by Chen Hai would be so unreliable,” Su Changfeng said.

Peng Xiaolei’s assistant accelerated in heartbeat upon hearing Su Changfeng casually mention Chen Hai’s name.

Even though Peng Xiaolei was now considered the number one person in Bin County, that was only because Chen Hai was not around. If Chen Hai were to return, Peng Xiaolei would naturally have to step back. If this young man were a friend of Chen Hai, even Peng Xiaolei would have to be courteous.

”Who exactly are you? How do you know our Boss Chen?” Peng Xiaolei’s assistant suddenly asked Su Changfeng politely, a stark contrast to his prior arrogant attitude.

”Haha, who am I? Let Peng Xiaolei come out to see me personally, and it will be clear. He probably remembers me a bit,” Su Changfeng said calmly.

Peng Xiaolei’s assistant hurriedly walked to the car and said to Peng Xiaolei, ”President Peng, just now a young man stopped our car, he...”

But before the assistant could finish speaking, Peng Xiaolei furiously interrupted, ”Someone blocking the road, and you need to consult me? Don’t you know I have important things to do later? I need to rest now.”

”But... President Peng, that young man seems to know our President Chen,” the assistant said nervously.

Peng Xiaolei, who had just been resting with his eyes closed, opened them suddenly at the mention of Chen Hai. In Bin County, it was normal to know Chen Hai, but having the guts to directly stop his car certainly indicated a close relationship with the Tang Sect.

”Did you ask who he is?” Peng Xiaolei asked hastily.

”I just asked him, but he didn’t directly say his name. He just said you might remember him,” the assistant replied.

Peng Xiaolei grew serious about the matter. If this really was an old friend of Chen Hai, he definitely needed to be courteous. The things he had been doing in Bin County recently must not reach Chen Hai’s ears.

Peng Xiaolei opened the car door and got out. When he saw the young man in front of him, his heart suddenly raced, and his hands shook uncontrollably.

Su Changfeng!

Standing right in front of him was indeed Su Changfeng. He had actually come to Bin County.

The last time Su Changfeng came to Bin County, Chen Hai did not introduce his subordinates to Su Changfeng. Chen Hai thought that with Peng Xiaolei’s status, he wasn’t qualified for an introduction to Su Changfeng.

However, that didn’t mean Peng Xiaolei hadn’t seen Su Changfeng. He had a deep memory of him.

After all, he was someone even Chen Hai respected and revered!

Peng Xiaolei hurried over to Su Changfeng, and in a deferential tone said, ”Brother Changfeng, what brings you here?”

The assistant was terrified upon witnessing this, his legs buckling. He had never expected the young man blocking the road to be such an influential figure. Even Peng Xiaolei, usually full of himself, was so respectful when he saw him. But the assistant had been so unaware earlier, cursing at him, and even laying hands on him.

”So you are Peng Xiaolei?” Su Changfeng asked.

Peng Xiaolei, terrified, quickly said, ”Yes, yes, Brother Changfeng, just call me Little Peng.”

”Haha, one can know what kind of person the owner is by observing a dog’s behavior. This one behaves so arrogantly; am I fit to call you Little Peng? Is that overestimating myself?” Su Changfeng suddenly said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Peng Xiaolei’s legs turned weak. He had indeed become quite arrogant recently in Chen Hai’s absence. So naturally, his assistant’s dog eyes looked down on people. He couldn’t handle Chen Hai, let alone a big shot whom even Chen Hai had to be polite to!

”Brother Changfeng, it’s my fault. Please pardon the embarrassment. It’s my failure to discipline them properly. Rest assured, I will supervise them more strictly in the future,” Peng Xiaolei said cautiously.

”It seems you still don’t understand where you went wrong? Chen Hai left Bin County in your care, apparently without enough consideration,” Su Changfeng stated.

Hearing Su Changfeng’s words made Peng Xiaolei feel a chill down his spine. After all his years of hard work to reach his current status, if Su Changfeng was unhappy with him, a single word from him and it would all be over.

Panic gripped Peng Xiaolei. His legs went weak, and he fell to his knees before Su Changfeng, pleading, ”Brother Changfeng, it’s all my fault, please forgive me this once.”

The assistant, seeing Peng Xiaolei kneel before Su Changfeng, scared him to the point that he also knelt down. It was all because of his arrogance that they offended Su Changfeng. If Peng Xiaolei fell because of this, there wouldn’t be a good ending for him either.

Since Peng Xiaolei took over Bin County, his status had risen and naturally, he’d become conceited, offending many people. If his backing fell now, he might not survive the night.

The passing crowd, upon seeing Peng Xiaolei kneel, looked shocked one after another.

”Who is this young man, to make the Demon Lord of Mayhem, Peng Xiaolei, kneel?”

”I’ve never seen him before. He doesn’t seem local to Bin County. Could he be under Boss Shen?”

”Peng Xiaolei certainly deserves it. He acted so arrogantly in Chen Hai’s absence. Now surely Boss Chen has found out and sent someone to deal with him.”

”How great a person Boss Chen is! His good reputation was all ruined by that scoundrel Mao Buyi.”

”I hope the Demon Lord of Mayhem goes to meet King Yan soon, so he can stop his rampant ways.”