Chapter 803 — Negotiating with the Orphanage
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"It's just a private orphanage. Go throw some weight around and they won't dare resist!" Zhao Qibing said. "How about this — we'll go negotiate with them together in a bit!"
"Fine. Bring a few of Zhong Fabai's men along too, to put some fear into them!" Li Cihua nodded in agreement.
The matter settled, a little later Zhao Qibing, Li Cihua, and Zhong Fabai arrived with a retinue of black-clad henchmen — save for the two who had been crippled by Wei Zhao's kicks and sent to the hospital — and the whole procession swept into the shantytown's private orphanage.
A Mercedes RV, a Mercedes sedan, and two Jinbei vans suddenly appeared in the orphanage's courtyard. Such a convoy had never been seen there before, and it scared the children playing in the yard witless.
Li Cihua pushed Zhao Qibing out of the RV, while Zhong Fabai and the black-clad thugs took up positions around them in turn, like a detail of bodyguards.
"Call out whoever's in charge here!" Zhong Fabai snarled at the children.
"Who are you people? What are you here for?" Xiao Ken had heard the commotion in the courtyard and came running out of the orphanage's red-brick building. He was startled by the spectacle.
"Is there anyone here who can speak for this place?" Zhong Fabai did not deign to notice Xiao Ken; he would not stoop to talk to a child.
The old director was in Yu Xiaoke's room, keeping her company and chatting, when the clamor from the courtyard reached them. He hurried out with Yu Xiaoke and came into the orphanage yard, where he caught sight of Li Cihua, Zhao Qibing and the others, along with a whole crowd of black-clad thugs. His heart lurched in alarm.
"I am the director here. What business do you gentlemen have coming to this place?" The old director gave Li Cihua a cold glance, sensing something faintly familiar about the man. Then he turned to Little Ken and said, "Little Ken, take the children back inside. This is none of your concern."
"Yes, Director." Little Ken dared not disobey. He quickly shepherded the other children away, knowing full well that what was happening here was nothing children could meddle in.
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Li Cihua, and this here is Young Master Zhao Qibing, chairman of Qibing Real Estate!" Li Cihua announced his own name first, then introduced Zhao Qibing.
"Li Cihua? So you're the famous Li Cihua of Songshan City's underworld!" The old director finally recognized who had come calling. "But I wonder, Boss Li, what brings you to my humble little orphanage?"
"I've taken a fancy to this plot of land of yours. Name your price!" Zhao Qibing was growing impatient. Eager as he was to get what he wanted, he saw any roundabout haggling as pointless; he wanted the land in his hands as quickly as possible.