Chapter 796 — Kang Jingming's Misfortune
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He knew this Zhu Xiaozhang, one of the hangers-on around Kang Jingming, son of the renowned Doctor Kang. When the Qibing Building had been completed, Kang Jingming had even brought Zhu Xiaozhang and Wang Shubin along to the ceremony.
"Zhu Xiaozhang, what is the meaning of this racket?" Li Cihua was not afraid of him. However famous the Kang family of physicians might be, the Zhao family he served was far more formidable than the Kangs.
"Ah? Brother Cihua?" Zhu Xiaozhang knew that the shantytown demolition project was Zhao Qibing's responsibility, but he had assumed only some minor underling was in charge here. He had never expected it to be Li Cihua himself. Still, even if it was Li Cihua, he had to speak up: "Brother Cihua, my boss Kang Jingming is in that three-section red-brick building over there right now, and you're demolishing it!"
Li Cihua's head instantly went numb with a buzz. Kang Jingming was still in that building? What was Kang Jingming doing there?
The Zhao family might not fear the Kang family, but if Kang Jingming of the Kang family were crushed to death, an explanation would absolutely have to be given. This was not like crushing some ordinary person; the Kang family's influence was considerable, so much so that the Zhao family purchased a batch of wound medicine from the Kang family every year.
"What? Kang Jingming is still in there?" Li Cihua asked urgently.
"Yes, we've already called the police and an ambulance. Hurry and tell those demolition workers to stop — my boss is still alive, just his legs are broken!" Zhu Xiaozhang said.
Hearing that Kang Jingming was not dead, Li Cihua immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was alive, things would be easy to handle! A broken leg could be settled with a payment of compensation, and the Kang family presumably would not say anything more.
"Gubang, Fabai, you two stay here and handle the compensation agreements with the displaced households. I'll go take a look!" Li Cihua felt that this day had truly been a case of misfortunes never coming singly. Wei Zhao's matter had only just been settled when, over on the other side, Kang Jingming of the Kang family had been crushed!
After giving his instructions on this side, Li Cihua ran off toward the three-section red-brick building together with Wang Shubin and Zhu Xiaozhang. Fortunately, Li Cihua's earlier order had been only to demolish the red-brick building, so after the excavators and bulldozers pushed the building down, they had taken no further action!
Otherwise, a couple more pushes and Kang Jingming would likely have been dead outright!
The police rescue was quite timely. Soon Kang Jingming was carried out of the rubble by firefighters. At that moment his face was covered in blood. A preliminary examination showed that only his head had been cut open and his legs were fractured; there were no other problems. It could be counted as a blessing in misfortune!
Li Cihua stayed behind to cooperate with the police investigation, while Wang Shubin and Zhu Xiaozhang followed the ambulance and took Kang Jingming to the First People's Hospital.
By now Li Cihua was not afraid of anything. He had already reached demolition agreements with the residents of the building, so even if the police investigated, it did not matter. As for the matter of Kang Jingming, it could only be counted as an accident!
Kang Jingming lay on the ambulance with a bitter look on his face, howling in agony. He had never suffered such hardship in his life, and now both his legs were broken — what kind of pain was that!
"Damn you, Li Cihua, I will never let you off!" Kang Jingming said viciously.
"Young Master Ming, Li Cihua is Zhao Qibing's man. We can't afford to provoke him!" Wang Shubin knew Kang Jingming was furious, but Zhao Qibing was indeed someone the Kang family could not afford to provoke.