After Bai Ji and another employee returned to Machi County in a panic, rumors spread through the county in no time: Wang Yan had been beaten to death...
Xiao Yan's face went pale with fright. It was still President Zhang who comforted her, saying that Wang Yan could take on dozens of people by himself with a single gun, so there was no way anything could have happened to him. Otherwise, Bai Ji and the others could not possibly have returned without Wang Yan. Wang Yan must have told them to come back, and so on.
While Xiao Yan was worrying, the entire county had already descended into chaos. Shi Long barked orders at his men, while Duojie and the others who happened to be in the county all grabbed their guns. Nearly all twenty-some vehicles in the county were mobilized, driving in a grand convoy toward Wang Yan.
Lin Peisheng pulled Bai Ji aside and asked, "Is Wang Yan really all right?"
"He is, Uncle Lin." Bai Ji shook his head repeatedly. "Brother Yan took down more than a dozen assassins by himself. Before we left, we searched every one of them. It was completely safe. Brother Yan was just afraid the two of us wouldn't be able to keep an eye on them all. He has more presence, and he's a better shot, so he told us to hurry back and report it. Brother Yan wasn't hurt at all—not even a scratch."
Seeing Bai Ji swear so confidently, Lin Peisheng finally put his mind at ease for the moment. He then asked, "You went around with Wang Yan too. I heard he stirred up quite a commotion. What did you gain?"
"Uncle Lin, the gains were huge. Brother Yan sold off all the products from our county. Once