293: Chapter 289 Cultivation 293: Chapter 289 Cultivation The saying goes, don’t slap a smiling face, and Young Master Sun had a good attitude; he wholeheartedly accepted the terms Chen Hai laid out.
When someone saves face for you, you naturally save face for them as well.
The setting is a fairly decent restaurant not far from Dafa Pawnshop.
Chen Hai and Bai Xiaohang, plus Young Master Sun and Ding Laosan, sat down for a meal which lasted over an hour.
It was clear that Young Master Sun wanted to purposefully befriend Chen Hai, so the atmosphere during the meal was naturally pleasant and seemed very harmonious.
As for Ding Laosan, whether he was fierce or evil, or involved in protecting prostitution and gambling…
Now that he had admitted defeat and agreed to compensate, what kind of person he was didn’t matter to Chen Hai anymore.
After all, Chen Hai didn’t want to meddle in things unrelated to him, and he wasn’t interested in enforcing justice on behalf of heaven.
Catching bad guys is the responsibility of law enforcement, not his duty.
The compensation was finally settled at four hundred thousand yuan.
The expected figure was between three to five hundred thousand yuan, and Chen Hai chose a middle value, also giving some face to Young Master Sun.
Otherwise, in the context of Yanhuang Country, fines ranging from fifty to two hundred yuan would always result in a two hundred yuan fine, not fifty.
Regarding the issue of the company premises of Dafa Pawnshop, Young Master Sun promised that within a week, he would complete the transfer procedure and hand over the place to Chen Hai.
This request was within reason, and Chen Hai naturally had no reason to refuse.
As for Ding Laosan’s opinion on this?
Embarrassingly, as a bigwig in this scene, he really had no say in such a situation!
While Chen Hai and Young Master Sun were discussing, after their wine cups were emptied, Ding Laosan remembered to timely refill them.
Leaving the restaurant to return to the West Mountain Villa was already past eight o’clock in the evening, and the sky had completely darkened.
As a law-abiding citizen, Chen Hai was well aware that one should not drive after drinking.
His alcohol tolerance had significantly increased compared to before.
A liter or two of liquor down, and he was merely slightly tipsy, his head a bit dizzy, but far from the stage of being blackout drunk.
He sat in the back seat of the Jeep Cherokee; Bai Xiaohang was driving.
Bai Xiaohang had also consumed alcohol, but he could handle his liquor well, and hadn’t drunk much.
In an era where traffic police had no protocol for checking for drunk driving, him being completely sober meant there would naturally be no issues with him driving.
“Boss, after we take over the company premises of Dafa Pawnshop, what are we planning to do with it?”
“I haven’t really thought about it, I made that demand on a whim, Dum Laosan wanted your house, I demanded his company premises, a simple case of tit for tat.”
“I see!
About the four hundred thousand in compensation from Ding Laosan, I don’t want it.
After you receive it, you can keep it, boss.
After all, I still have money, but you, boss…”
While driving, Bai Xiaohang chatted casually with Chen Hai.
The land acquired from Dong Dahai was in need of money, and the construction of the holiday villa built there had to be half-completed and then halted.
Bai Xiaohang of course knew about this.
The fact that Chen Hai was short of money was not known to others, but those who accompanied him like Bai Xiaohang and Tian Mingjian were fully aware.
Due to the conflict with Ding Laosan, he had been forced to flee the Capital City.
Chen Hai was willing to stand up for him.
Coming back this time, he had thought to completely resolve the conflict, but he had never considered any compensation.
After all, though he had fled, there was no issue with Ding Laosan in their conflicts; the disadvantaged had always been from Ding Laosan’s side.
He was fully aware that without Chen Hai, settling this matter without having to pay Ding Laosan was good enough, let alone getting Ding Laosan to compensate him was absolutely impossible.
“Alright, Xiaohang, then I won’t be polite with you!”
After a moment’s hesitation, Chen Hai nodded.
At this moment, he did indeed need some money.
To put it bluntly, aside from his assets, just the cash in hand, he indeed had far less than both Bai Xiaohang and Tian Mingjian.
“As a boss, he was even poorer than his subordinates, which really didn’t sound good when said out loud.”
“Having received the four hundred thousand, his financial situation was naturally much more comfortable.”
“As for Bai Xiaohang, there would be a chance to compensate him later, letting him make some quick money.”
“When he returned to the courtyard in Liuhua Alley, it was already past nine in the evening.”
“His girlfriend, Ye Qingqing, hadn’t come over tonight.”
“She naturally knew early on that Chen Hai was going out for work and might return a bit late.”
“Moreover, having just taken in a godson and goddaughter, she needed some time to arrange things for the two children.”
“‘Boss, since Sister-in-law isn’t here tonight, you’ll definitely be Meditating quietly.
Do you need me to stay here to protect you?'”
“After parking the car, as Bai Xiaohang and Chen Hai returned to the courtyard, he tentatively started the conversation.”
“Just a couple of days ago, Tian Mingjian had called him and hadn’t stopped bragging about the shocking scene when Chen Hai came out of his last retreat.”
“To be honest, Bai Xiaohang had followed Chen Hai for even longer than Tian Mingjian had.”
“Yet, when their boss went into retreat and had Tian Mingjian protect him, he didn’t even let Bai Xiaohang know where the retreat was taking place.”
“Bai Xiaohang felt a bit sour; he felt that he was seemingly valued less by his boss than Tian Mingjian.”
“Of course, he was also aware that he was somewhat rash in his actions and indeed, not as mature and steady as Tian Mingjian in terms of personality.”
“He spoke up now, offering to protect Chen Hai during his practice, also partly out of a sense of rivalry.”
“‘I will indeed be Cultivating tonight, and if you want to protect me, I have no objections here!'”
“Chen Hai looked at Bai Xiaohang meaningfully, seemingly seeing through the slight machinations in his mind, and chuckled.”
“‘Hmm!
With me here, Boss, rest assured, I guarantee that no one will disturb your Cultivation!'”
“Bai Xiaohang promised, grinning.”
“In the newly built courtyard, Chen Hai had specifically set up a Cultivation Room.”
“Inside, there were no beds, only meditation cushions.”
“This square room had wooden walls on the outside but, in fact, had a layer of brick and a layer of reinforced concrete inside.”
“Beyond being sturdy, the room also had excellent soundproofing.”
“Originally, Chen Hai would take a hot shower and refresh his state before entering the Cultivation Room for practice.”
“But now, since Bai Xiaohang had vocally offered to serve as his protector during the retreat.”
“Thinking it over, he didn’t delay further and directly entered the Cultivation Room.”
“Once the heavy door was closed, Bai Xiaohang moved a chair from the living room and sat outside the door of the Cultivation Room.”
“Inside the Cultivation Room, Chen Hai sat cross-legged.”
“He hardly planned how long he would Cultivate in seclusion.”
“Stepping into the Object Controlling Realm, his progress in Cultivation largely depended on his insights.”
“As for what Realm lay beyond Object Control and how to break through to it, he was still completely clueless.”
“‘Should I try entering that initial trance state I had when I first began practicing, to catch a glimpse of the majestic body of the Black Water Leech Emperor?'”
“After pondering for quite a while, Chen Hai quietly thought.”
“From the last time at the Hao River, when he connected with the Black Water Leech Emperor, bringing forth its gaze from across the vast distances of time and space.”
“This great being seemed not to be evil and appeared to harbor some goodwill towards him.”
“Ever since his first attempt at visualization, glimpsing the majestic form of the Black Water Leech Emperor, Chen Hai had never again made a similar attempt.”
“After all, he was also somewhat worried that rashly spying on such a terrifying being might invite serious consequences he simply couldn’t afford.”
“Emboldened by alcohol, having drunk a pud before returning home, his head felt a bit fuzzy, already slightly drunk.”
“At this moment, the thought of once again visualizing to glimpse the majestic form of the Black Water Leech Emperor suddenly appeared in his mind, and in just a moment, he made his decision.”
“No longer needing betel nuts or anything else, Chen Hai sat cross-legged and began to evoke the essence of the Black Water Leech Emperor from his mind.”