65: Chapter 65 A Retribution

"Who are you? Why did you smash my car? Stop! I told you to stop! You just wait, I'm calling the police right now. When they get here, I'll make you pay!" The young man was Jiang Hengyu. He stood five meters away, roaring at Cao Xiao.

At this moment, his parents were about to come over to hold Cao Xiao back, while Mi Fan and the others had also parked their cars and were rushing over anxiously.

"Mom, Dad, don't come over. I'll handle this; there won't be any problems. Xiao Chang, Xiao Fan, go inside and throw all of this guy's things out!" Cao Xiao didn't intend to let it go at that; this was only the beginning.

"You're Cao Xiao? Let me tell you, you're in big trouble. Go ahead, smash it as much as you want! This car is quoted at four million. When the police arrive, I'll have you kneeling to pay me back. If you don't compensate me ten times over, you can expect your family to be ruined and destroyed! Hahaha!" Since moving in, Jiang Hengyu had looked into Cao Xiao's background. To him, Cao Xiao was just a nouveau riche who had somehow made some money and bought this villa without any other industries. In his eyes, a nouveau riche with no background like Cao Xiao could easily be made bankrupt and left with nothing.

When Cao Xiao heard the words "family ruined and destroyed," his expression became incredibly menacing. He knew that spoiled second-generation rich kids like Jiang Hengyu often acted recklessly, with no concept of law or morality, and their methods of retaliation were extremely ruthless. If he didn't make Jiang Hengyu feel fear today, he feared there would be no peace in the future.

After finishing with the exterior, he didn't spare the interior either. The dashboard was smashed to pieces, the steering wheel was knocked right off, and the airbags deployed. Cao Xiao dropped the hammer and walked toward Jiang Hengyu with a cold sneer.

"What are you doing! Don't come over! You can't touch me! My grandfather is the Jade King; if you lay a hand on me, no one can save you! As long as you apologize, we can forget about today. I'll let you go and won't even make you pay... Don't come over..." Seeing Cao Xiao approaching with ill intent, Jiang Hengyu instinctively backed away. Seeing he couldn't stop Cao Xiao's approach, he tried to turn and flee out the gate.

Seeing him try to escape, how could Cao Xiao let him have his way? He ran over and delivered a flying kick to his back. Jiang Hengyu was instantly kicked forward, falling flat on his face. His face was scraped against the ground, blood flowed freely, and three of his front teeth were knocked out.

"I'm gonna kill you!"

Jiang Hengyu scrambled up from the ground, spitting out his fallen teeth and bloody water. As if the pain had sparked a primal rage, he swung his fists and charged at Cao Xiao.

How could a tender-skinned young master like Jiang Hengyu be a match for Cao Xiao? Cao Xiao tilted his body to dodge the fist, then grabbed him by the hair, twisted him around, and slammed a knee heavily into his abdomen. This strike left Jiang Hengyu curled up like a cooked lobster, hunched over in pain, his face turning a deep purple-red, unable to even speak.

Cao Xiao didn't stop. With one hand gripping his hair, he used the other to slap him hard across the face. Slap! Slap! Slap! The palm went one way, the back of the hand the other. When one hand got sore, he switched to the other. Before long, Jiang Hengyu's face had turned into a purple-red pig's head, his eyes squeezed into mere slits. The moment Cao Xiao let go, he slumped limply to the ground, completely dazed from the slapping and unable to utter a word.

"Brother, will it really be okay after beating him like this?" Liu Chang approached and asked with some concern.

"It's fine. The police will be here in a moment; you guys just explain the situation. You don't need to worry about the rest," Cao Xiao said nonchalantly, having vented his anger.

"Waaaah!" Jiang Hengyu regained consciousness and actually started wailing on the ground while covering his face.

"Hahaha! Look at that, a grown man is actually crying. How embarrassing!" Liu Chang pointed at Jiang Hengyu, gloating over his misfortune.

"Big Brother, the police haven't arrived yet. I gave that guy a good thrashing. Oh, the Teacher knows? Alright, I'll leave that side to you." Cao Xiao took out his phone and called Chen Huaiyu.

Chen Huaiyu told the Elder Chen about the situation, and Elder Chen called Jiang Hengyu's grandfather—the Jade King. The exact details of the call were unknown, but the two old men ended up arguing over the phone. Elder Chen told Chen Huaiyu to handle it strictly by the book. The 'Jade King' was just an honorary title, but he held immense influence in the jade gambling industry. Relying on his unparalleled gambling skills, he had accumulated significant wealth and had a major say in the raw jade market. He was a major rough stone merchant himself, and no one in the jewelry industry would dare offend him. But Cao Xiao wasn't afraid. Firstly, he wasn't in the jewelry business, and secondly, even if he were, he didn't need to source raw materials from the market. In fact, if he chose to be ruthless, he could cut off the Jade King's very roots.

He wasn't afraid of retaliation himself, but he had to be careful that his family wasn't harmed by underhanded methods. Therefore, he had to drive Jiang Hengyu out of Huanghe City and then clear out the Jiang Family's influence there. During this time, he had to protect his family. The three retired soldiers he had scouted should have been selected by now; he would go ask tomorrow. As for whether the Jade King would retaliate, as long as his family was safe, Cao Xiao feared no one.

"Excuse me, is this the home of Mr. Cao Xiao?"

While Cao Xiao was deep in thought, four police officers appeared at the main gate and called out toward them.

"I am Cao Xiao. Please come in, officers." Cao Xiao knew these people were from the Municipal Bureau.

"Hello, Mr. Cao. We are officers from the Huanghe City Police Department. We received an emergency call from Commissioner Chen stating that someone had illegally trespassed into a private residence. Could you tell us the specific details?" a middle-aged policeman said, approaching Cao Xiao.

"I've already subdued the person; it's this one." Cao Xiao pointed at Jiang Hengyu, who was still crying pitifully on the ground, and paused before saying, "As for the details... well, Xiao Chang, Xiao Fan, you tell the officers what happened."

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Zeng, go talk to the ladies and take a written statement." The middle-aged officer turned to the two young officers behind him, then glanced at Jiang Hengyu and the wrecked ferrari before asking Cao Xiao, "Mr. Cao, what happened just now?"

"This person harassed my sister, forced his way into my home with his car, and committed dangerous acts. I stopped him in time. I have a recording here you can listen to. I want to sue this person for five crimes: illegal entry, harassment of a woman, intimidation, extortion, and theft. The extortion involves an amount reaching forty million. An inestimably valuable ginseng root was stolen from my room, and I suspect it was him. I hope the police can investigate thoroughly and recover my treasure."

"Mr. Cao, can you describe specifically what kind of ginseng it was?" When the middle-aged officer heard Cao Xiao describe the ginseng as a 'treasure,' he felt the situation had become thorny. The theft of a ginseng root that could be called a treasure was enough to attract the attention of countless powerful figures. This would be a major case, perhaps even one that would shock the nation. No one was indifferent to their own life, and those powerful figures even less so; they would be primarily concerned with the whereabouts of the ginseng. Even if only by extension, this case would receive immense attention from high-level leadership.

"It was an authentic Changbai Mountain wild ginseng, over eight hundred and sixty years old. Its dry weight was three hundred and eighty-five grams. It is a rarity in this world, essentially a thousand-year-old ginseng. Its value is inestimable."

This was the retaliation Cao Xiao had prepared. Since Jiang Hengyu wanted to ruin his family, this inestimably valuable ginseng would make the Jiang Family bleed. This kind of framing was not difficult to achieve using the spatial manipulation abilities of the industrial mother machine. Without Jiang Hengyu noticing, he had collected his fingerprints, footprints, hair, and skin dander to plant at the scene in his room, forging a crime scene. Then, he found a box-packed ginseng in his space, left both his and Jiang Hengyu's fingerprints on the wooden box, and hid it in Jiang Hengyu's luggage. That ginseng wasn't whole; only a small portion of the rootlets remained, and only a bit of the main root was left. He left Jiang Hengyu's saliva on the break points and even ground one rootlet into a fine powder and put it into Jiang Hengyu's stomach; it would be digested in no time.

"Mr. Cao, this case is serious. I need to report to my superiors first. Xiao Zhang, handcuff this man on the ground. Xiao Liu, Xiao Zeng, stop the statements and secure the scene." Hearing Cao Xiao's description, the middle-aged officer broke into a cold sweat. This was no longer a simple public security matter; it wasn't something a regular patrol officer like him could handle. He had initially thought it was just a hundred-year-old ginseng, but he hadn't expected it to be a thousand-year-old one. While a hundred-year-old ginseng was rare, it had a rough market value; a thousand-year-old ginseng was a legendary treasure that could not be measured by money.