Chapter 322: Chapter 322 Intentional Damage to Private Property
"Mom and Dad, are you two okay? Are you hurt?"
Wang Hao hurried to his parents’ side to check on them and brushed the dirt off their bodies.
"Big Brother Hao, you’re finally back!"
Su Lin was in tears, her round, watery eyes looking at Wang Hao with a sense of grievance.
Actually, when Su Lin stood in front of Huang Yufen earlier, she was also very scared, but Wang Dazhu and Huang Yufen were her future in-laws, and she naturally had to muster the courage to protect them when she saw them being bullied.
"Thank you just now, Lin Lin. I promise you that I will never let anyone bully you again—I swear to you!"
Wang Hao couldn’t help but pull Su Lin into his embrace.
Su Lin’s tears turned into laughter. It was the first time Wang Hao had hugged her in public, and the previous grievances she felt were suddenly worth it!
The villagers were very surprised because, although they lived and worked in the same village, how could they not know that Wang Hao and Su Lin had gotten together?
But thinking back to the times when Wang Hao often visited Su Zhenping’s house, they realized it might be for this reason, and it seemed that the two were quite a good match.
"Alas, girls really do grow up and leave home, there’s nothing we can do!"
Su Zhenping helplessly shook his head.
Wang Dazhu and Huang Yufen, however, were somewhat baffled. What was their son doing? Neither Xia Xue nor Zheng Cailian had clarified whom they would marry, and now, there was Su Lin as well.
It was truly headache-inducing!
"Wang Hao, you actually dare to defy and resist the law!"
What was a warm and peaceful scene was suddenly disrupted by Zhao Youquan’s exclamation.
Remembering that Zhao Youquan had always been in cahoots with Zhou Mazi, colluding against Wang Hao, the villagers frowned again.
Wang Hao’s face darkened as he turned to look at Zhao Youquan.
"Mr. Village Chief, what’s your problem with my greenhouse? Why do you always seem to begrudge my success?"
Wang Hao asked coldly.
"It’s not that you’re in my way, but you’ve committed illegal acts, and these greenhouses must be demolished!"
Zhao Youquan declared confidently and then pointed to Zhou Mazi, who was lying on the ground unable to move.
"You’ve also injured a public official in the line of duty. This time, I’d like to see who can protect you!"
Zhao Youquan had indeed called the police this time.
"Me? Illegal? I don’t know anything about this!"
Wang Hao gave Zhao Youquan a dismissive glance, continuing to speak leisurely.
"Even if I did commit an illegal act, there should be a formal notice from above—you can’t rely solely on your word. Where’s your official document?"
"I..."
Zhao Youquan was taken aback, not expecting Wang Hao to be aware of these procedures.
If he admitted he didn’t have the document, he would fall right into Wang Hao’s trap, so Zhao Youquan tried to appear calm as he replied. frёewebnoѵēl.com
"Don’t worry about that. With just one phone call, the town mayor can immediately approve it!"
Zhao Youquan was full of confidence, as the town mayor was his cousin after all.
"Really? Are you sure?"
Wang Hao stared at Zhao Youquan with ill intent.
"You don’t believe me? I’ll call the town mayor right now!"
Zhao Youquan immediately took out his phone.
"No need for the trouble—the town mayor is already here!"
Before Zhao Youquan could dial the town mayor’s number, Wang Hao pointed to someone behind Zhao Youquan and spoke.
Turning around, Zhao Youquan saw that it was indeed his cousin, accompanied by several police officers.
Zhao Youquan’s heart leaped with joy, thinking that his backer had arrived, and now there was nothing to fear.
"What are you doing here? This greenhouse was built just fine, why are you tearing it down?"
The town mayor approached and pointed to the overturned greenhouse, asking.
Zhao Youquan hurried over to curry favor, but was unexpectedly cut off by Wang Hao, who displayed an utterly helpless look as he spoke.
"Some people just can’t stand to see me doing well, insisting that I don’t have the proper documents, that I’m operating illegally, and even wanting to tear down all my greenhouses."
"Operating illegally? Who said that? Even if it’s illegal, you can’t just tear down someone’s property without approval from the town!"
The town mayor said with displeasure.
Zhao Youquan couldn’t help but swallow his saliva, wanting to slowly approach the mayor to discuss the matter of the demolition permit.
Unexpectedly, the mayor handed a file folder to Wang Hao.
"Wang Hao, here are all the business documents for your medicinal herb cultivation, specially approved by the county mayor!"
Wang Hao took it and opened it to find the documents completely in order.
Now, Zhao Youquan was stunned; just yesterday he had inquired with the town mayor if Wang Hao had obtained his documents, to which the mayor clearly said no.
Today, however, the town mayor personally delivered all the documents to Wang Hao, wasn’t this a direct slap in Zhao Youquan’s face?
In fact, on his way back from Zao City, Wang Hao had called the county mayor, who upon understanding the situation immediately ordered the town mayor to arrange all the documents for Wang Hao.
Given that the county mayor had personally issued the task, the mayor had to promptly get it done and deliver them to Wang Hao.
After all, those documents were really just about filling out a form and then getting a stamp.
"Village Chief Zhao, am I still operating illegally now?"
Wang Hao shook the documents in front of Zhao Youquan.
"You..."
Zhao Youquan was at a loss for words, those documents were personally delivered by the town mayor, and he dared not doubt their authenticity in front of his own cousin.
"Now that I have all the necessary documents, and you’ve had people come over and tear down my greenhouse, could this be an intentional conspiracy to damage someone else’s property?"
Wang Hao turned his head and looked at Director Dong, who had come along, and asked.
"Director Dong, with this situation, can I call the police and have you arrest people?"
Actually, Director Dong and Wang Hao were old acquaintances, and she cooperated by saying.
"Of course you can, and if you call the police now, I can proceed with the arrest immediately. Protecting citizens’ property is also our duty as police!"
After hearing Director Dong’s remarks, Zhao Youquan’s face turned utterly dark.
"Zhao Youquan, what exactly is going on here? How could you do this without informing me? How could you just destroy Wang Hao’s property on your own?"
The town mayor reprimanded him.
The mayor couldn’t possibly have been unaware of the situation; he simply turned a blind eye. He hadn’t anticipated that the issue would reach the county mayor, who then personally called the town mayor to make arrangements.
Now, to save himself, the town mayor couldn’t bother with Zhao Youquan anymore.
"No, no, no, it wasn’t me; I didn’t come here to demolish the greenhouse; this is all a misunderstanding!"
At this point, Zhao Youquan had no other choice but to backpedal and try to wriggle out of it.
Seeing Village Chief Zhao Youquan acting so shamelessly, a chorus of tsk-tsks arose from among the villagers.
Zhao Youquan turned around and glared fiercely at them when they started to jeer.
But now that Wang Hao had all the necessary documents, no one paid him any attention anymore, and they looked at him with disdain.
"Village Chief, you’ve invited so many excavators and bulldozers here, and they’re still around; they’ve already toppled several greenhouses. How do you plan to explain this away?"
Wang Hao wasn’t about to give Zhao Youquan any chance to escape responsibility.
All the evidence in front of him proved everything, and if the town mayor still intended to favor his brother Zhao Youquan, Wang Hao was ready to take down the mayor as well.
He now had the power to do so.