The nearby residents stared at Yu Zheng in surprise.
“So he really isn’t in the underworld. He even knows first aid.”
“And he brought a medical kit? This…”
Some people were less optimistic. “Hmph. Let’s talk after he actually saves the man.”
Others pulled out their phones to record videos and start livestreams.
They had never expected Boss Yu to be so strikingly handsome.
With a face like that, anything posted online would surely attract a ton of traffic.
A few minutes later.
Old Zhao’s body suddenly jerked. A long gasp escaped his throat, and then he slowly opened his eyes.
His gaze was still unfocused, but he was alive.
The residents who had just been jeering were stunned.
“Damn, he really does know what he’s doing…”
Yu Zheng finally let out a breath of relief. He instructed his assistant, “Go find a stretcher, or a door panel if there’s nothing else. Put a blanket underneath him and carry the old man somewhere with good ventilation. Keep him on oxygen and wait for the ambulance.”
“Understood, Boss Yu.”
Everyone hurried to get things ready.
Only then did Yu Zheng slowly stand up and dust the grime from his knees.
Under the streetlights, he stood tall and straight. The sharp, unruly edge between his brows had been softened considerably by the way he had deliberately concealed it.
He looked at the surrounding residents.
“Everyone, a few days ago, I sent people to investigate whether any of your households had elderly residents in poor health. I really wasn’t trying to do anything bad.”
He had, in fact, intended to do something bad at the time.
“I just feel that since we collect property management fees, we should take responsibility for the residents’ basic safety.”
“This first-aid kit was prepared on my very first day at Kangle Gardens. It can handle a variety of emergency situations.”
Actually, it had only been prepared tonight.
“The first-aid kit will always be kept in the property management office. Residents who have paid their property fees can come and get it themselves in an emergency, or call us and have us bring it to them.”
One resident curled his lip. “So you can only use it if you’ve paid your property fees?”
Yu Zheng raised an eyebrow slightly. “If people who pay can use it, while people who don’t pay can use it too, would that be fair to the residents who do pay?”
The resident snorted. He had no intention of paying anyway.
There were no elderly people with chronic illnesses in his family.
Yu Zheng suddenly added, “For residents who pay their property fees, the property management office can also help pick up and drop off your children at school when you’re unavailable. If enough people need childcare, we can even rent a vehicle and arrange group transportation.”
The resident’s eyes lit up.
Pay, pay, pay!
Some of the younger people still looked disdainful.
Their families had neither elderly people nor children.
Yu Zheng continued, “We can also walk your dogs and feed your cats if you’re unable to make it home.”
The young man was immediately interested. Whenever he had to work overtime and couldn’t get home, his biggest concern was his furry companion.
Pay, pay, pay!
The crowd grew restless again.
“Now that’s what I call good property management! People have hearts, after all. If the previous management had been this considerate, would we have refused to pay?”
“Exactly. Manager Ma never cared about anything!”
“The upstairs neighbor illegally renovated their apartment, and we reported it for six months, but he never even came to take a look!”
Yu Zheng smiled faintly, his eyes filled with a young man’s enthusiasm for his work.
“I’m only twenty-three, so I don’t have much experience. But I have plenty of energy and ideas. I promise I won’t muddle through things like Manager Ma did. I promise I’ll produce results.”
“Good for you, young man!”
“That’s right. If it weren’t for him, someone would have died tonight.”
“He’s handsome and kindhearted. I wonder if he has a girlfriend. Auntie could introduce someone to you…”
After chatting for a while, the crowd gradually dispersed.
But the discussion continued for a long time, and it was all praise for the new property management supervisor.
Yu Zheng suddenly realized that he had taken the wrong approach from the very beginning.
Manager Ma had described the entire neighborhood as a den of villains, people who were constantly destroying the environment.
The unpaid accounts were also real evidence, making it appear that everyone in the neighborhood was a deadbeat.
So Yu Zheng had accepted Manager Ma’s suggestion without question and agreed to use violence to suppress the supposed evildoers.
But after actually interacting with the residents, he understood that while there were certainly some bad people, most of them were ordinary residents.
Before long, everyone had left.
The ambulance arrived as well.
The medical staff carried Old Zhao into the vehicle.
Yu Zheng glanced over in that direction.
His daughter-in-law noticed his gaze. Her entire body trembled, and the blood seemed to drain from her veins in an instant.
She had the feeling that the new property management boss knew about her switching the medication and cutting the wire…
Her legs went weak, and she almost collapsed.
However, Yu Zheng said nothing until the ambulance drove away.
This family had plotted against him.
But every member of the family was rotten. Whether Yu Zheng was involved or whether the property management business had ever entered their lives, their fate would not have been any better.
They would bring about their own downfall.
Oh, right. He certainly wasn’t going to pay for the ambulance. The Zhao family could cover that themselves.
Tomorrow, he would send someone over to collect payment for tonight’s first-aid services as well.
Elderly residents who paid their property fees could use the emergency facilities for free. Those who didn’t pay would be charged each time they used them.
Although he was a rich heir, his grandfather had taught him from childhood, “Money doesn’t grow on trees just because we’re wealthy. Don’t let people take advantage of you.”
Soon, no one was left at the scene.
Once they reached a darker area, Chen Jiaxin and Cheng Li caught up with him.
Chen Jiaxin said with a grin, “Boss, we did a pretty good job back there, didn’t we?”
Yu Zheng hummed in acknowledgment. “I’ll increase your bonuses next month.”
Chen Jiaxin and Cheng Li said together, “Thank you, Boss.”
Cheng Li asked, “Manager Ma is still locked in the office. What should we do with him?”
Yu Zheng thought carefully for a moment.
Manager Ma had arranged the power outage to frame him. Although the situation had ultimately been cleared up, that had only been possible because of the video sent through the anonymous email.
Without that warning, the old man would have died tonight, and Yu Zheng really would have taken the blame.
If someone accidentally caused another person’s death in circumstances like that, they might not receive the death penalty, but prison would certainly be unavoidable.
After considering this, Yu Zheng said, “Tell him that Old Zhao is dead, and that Old Zhao’s son and daughter-in-law are insisting he was the one who instructed them. For tonight, warn him not to say anything outside, or we’ll report him for inciting murder. Tomorrow, I’ll ask my grandfather to send a financial auditor over to investigate the accounts. I want Old Ma behind bars. Push for the heaviest sentence possible.”
Chen Jiaxin and Cheng Li both nodded and committed the instructions to memory. They looked at their boss with admiration.
Their boss knew first aid, knew how to fight, and had that wild, fearless kind of charm that made him incredibly handsome.
Following him, they were sure to achieve the ultimate victory!
Once their boss inherited the family business, they would all rise with him!
They would take high-ranking positions in the Yu Group, making money, making fortunes!
Chen Jiaxin and Cheng Li were fired up as if they had been injected with adrenaline. They immediately went off to get to work.
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Yu Zheng planned to go home.
Just as he reached his car, his phone suddenly vibrated.
It was a message from the hacker.
“Boss, the IP address you asked me to investigate ultimately traces back to the internal network at the Yu residence. I can’t narrow it down to an individual device. The other party’s defenses are extremely strong. If I continue tracking them, they’ll be able to counterattack.”
The Yu residence?
So someone from the Yu family had been secretly warning him?
Then… was it his grandfather?
Or his eldest brother? His second brother? His fourth sister?
One face after another flashed through his mind, only to be dismissed in turn.
They were all competitors. None of them were good people. Besides, they were all the children of his uncle and second aunt, making them rivals of his own branch of the family.
Then he thought of his younger sister, Yu Xiaxing.
He tugged at the corner of his mouth and shook his head derisively.
How could it possibly be her?
The two of them had been born bad.
Many years ago, they had fallen out because they were both selfish by nature.
He still remembered the look in his sister’s red-rimmed eyes.
“I hate you! You stink, Yu Zheng. I’ll hate you for the rest of my life!”
After that, they were never able to get along like normal siblings again.
Yu Xiaxing would only call him “Fifth Brother” when outsiders were present, putting on the appearance of unity in their branch of the family.
But whenever no one else was around, she would reveal a look of disgust before turning and walking away.
They were like strangers living under the same roof.
Yu Zheng put away his phone and gave a self-mocking smile.
It couldn’t be her. There was no way.
He was exhausted now. All he wanted was to go home, take a hot shower, and sleep until he lost all sense of time.
Tomorrow, he would investigate the identity of the person who had saved his life.
He had just reached his car when, from the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of a furtive-looking woman...
