Chapter 511 - 4: Kuang Tie Company (2)

Chapter 511: Chapter 4: Kuang Tie Company (2)

His parents and little sister, guarded by the Lord Service Center’s security, were huddled in a far corner of the hall. Several badly injured Extraordinary Beings stood behind Li Hua, backing him up.

"Song Fei, what’s going on with them?"

Seeing that his parents were physically unharmed, Lin Yu finally relaxed.

He first addressed the leader of the injured men, wanting to understand what had happened.

Song Fei also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Yu arrive. He and his men were bodyguards Lin Yu had hired with points.

Now that Lin Yu was here and his family was safe, their security mission was considered successfully completed.

When he saw the tall Dong Lin behind Lin Yu and felt an intense sense of crisis emanating from him, Song Fei quickly lowered his head and said respectfully, "Boss, you’re here!"

"Mm."

"Tell me what happened."

"It’s like this, Boss. Those men in black are employees of a company called Kuang Tie Company."

"A few days ago, your parents decided to move into the family residence building at the Lord Service Center, so we were helping them pack."

"But on the day we were set to leave, these people from Kuang Tie Company stopped us. They said your father owed them money and couldn’t leave until the debt was paid."

"Your father said he didn’t owe any money, so we ended up clashing with them."

"Fortunately, they were relatively restrained and didn’t seem to intend to harm your family, so we were able to make it here safely."

Lin Yu frowned and walked over to his parents.

"Mom, Dad, what’s this about you owing them money?"

Lin Ye and Xiao Cailin were still shaken, only calming down a little after Lin Yu appeared. Lin Shuang, however, who was in Xiao Cailin’s arms, stared at Lin Yu with wide, curious eyes.

She struggled out of Xiao Cailin’s embrace, ran over to Lin Yu on her short little legs, and hugged his leg, repeatedly calling out "Brother~" as she reached up, wanting to be held.

Amused, Lin Yu looked down at her, booped her on the nose, and lifted her into his arms.

"Yu, those people say our farm belongs to them. We haven’t been paying rent, and now that they have time, they’ve come to collect."

"Huh? Isn’t our family’s farm our own property?"

"I remember you sold it once, and I told you to buy it back!"

Lin Yu was confused. He had always thought the farm belonged to their family.

"Yu, you were always studying at school when you were young, and you went straight into the Lord Competition after graduating from college. So we never bothered you with the farm’s affairs."

"Our family’s farm was originally under a rental contract signed with the Xinjin City Agricultural Management Office."

"However, the contract term was quite long, and what we sold before were just the usage rights."

"Before you were born, we paid rent once a year."

"But one year, the Agricultural Management Office told us they had sold the ownership of the farmland to Chang Ziqiao, and that we should just pay the rent to him from then on."

"Chang Ziqiao? The missing former richest man?"

"Yes, that’s him."

"But didn’t you say our farm was the only one that didn’t belong to him?"

"Heh, well, I was a little embarrassed to tell you the truth. Anyway, he disappeared, and no one took over the land, so we just kept on farming."

"I originally thought that whenever someone did take over, we could just pay back the rent for all these years, and it would be fine!"

"Those people are saying they’ve taken over and bought all of Chang Ziqiao’s land. Now we need to pay a huge sum in rent for all the years we’ve been using the land."

Lin Yu now understood the cause and effect of the situation. However, he still had doubts about the arrival of these men in black.

Their behavior was strange, and they were very bold. The fact that the Lord Service Center hadn’t sent a professional Extraordinary Squad for support yet was also suspicious. Everything about the situation was puzzling.

He handed Lin Shuang back to Xiao Cailin, patting her on the head. Then, he walked over to Li Hua with Dong Lin and asked, "Are they strong?"

"They’re all Excellent-grade. We just tested their skills. One-on-one, we’re evenly matched."

Li Hua said cautiously. But when he turned and saw Dong Lin, his guarded expression immediately relaxed.

"Still, no matter how strong they are, they’re no match for Brother Dong and you, Boss."

’Their strength is at the exact limit of what Li Hua and I can handle!’

’This is too damn suspicious!’

"You over there! You say my father owes you money, so show me the proof!"

One of the men in black stepped forward and replied to Lin Yu, "Who are you?"

"Lin Yu!"

"The son of that old man, Lin Ye?"

Lin Yu glanced suspiciously at his father. With his full head of shiny black hair and wrinkle-free cheeks, how did he look like an old man? You could say he was an 18-year-old kid and people would believe it.

"If you have business, state it. Cut the crap."

"We just want to collect the rent we’re owed. Your father is too stubborn. I’ll show you our legal proof."

The man in black handed a few sheets of paper to Li Hua, who took them and passed them to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu examined them closely. They were photocopies of several land ownership deeds, and the total area described in the copies was the exact size of his family’s farm.

"You only bought the land for my family’s farm?"

"Of course not. We at Kuang Tie Company have taken over all of Chang Ziqiao’s assets and liabilities. Your family’s farm, along with most of the wilderness land outside Xinjin City, is now our company’s property."

"Since we were only coming to collect rent from your father, our team only brought the documents relevant to your farm."

"Oh." Lin Yu accepted his explanation.

After reading the documents, Lin Yu tossed the papers back to the man in black.

"I can’t tell if these documents are real or fake, but I doubt you’d have the guts to forge them here. So tell me, how much rent does my dad actually owe you? Enough to be worth sending people like you to collect?"

The papers turned into streaks of white light, shot toward the man in black, then stopped and floated down gently. The man caught them, his expression unchanging.

However, as he withdrew his hand back into his sleeve where no one could see, it trembled slightly.

"Ahem."

"Mr. Lin owes quite a bit of rent. Let me show you."

After speaking, he pulled out another piece of paper and read from it meticulously: "Lin Ye rents a total land area of 80,000 square meters. The period of unpaid rent is 18 years."

"The annual rent is ten thousand credit points. The rent plus late fees comes to a grand total of 6.6952753 times ten to the twenty-sixth power, times ten thousand credit points."

"Adding our brothers’ service fee and rounding down, the total is 6.7 trillion-trillion credit points."

"How much?" Lin Yu dug a finger in his ear, suspecting he’d misheard.

"6.7 trillion-trillion credit points."

"Are you kidding me? You think my family is a bank? This is straight-up robbery!"

At that moment, Lin Yu understood why his honest, simple father had refused to acknowledge this debt.

No one would ever admit to owing a debt like this. This wasn’t a debt; you might as well be signing your life away!

With a number that large, even Lin Yu doubted whether he had the ability to pay it off.

"Mr. Lin, that’s correct. It’s that much. It’s mainly because your family has owed rent for too long, so the late fees have added up. We can’t help it either."

"How are your late fees calculated?"

"If rent isn’t paid on time, a late fee of 1% per day is charged."

"That doesn’t sound so high! The oldest rent payment plus late fees should only be about 630,000 credit points. How did you get such a huge number?"

"Mr. Lin, our company’s late fees are calculated with compound interest."

"So the interest accrues interest?"

"The interest accrues interest!"

"Fuck!"

"Can’t pay, won’t pay. Get the hell out of here. At most, I’ll give you the back rent you’re owed. If you want the late fees, no fucking way!!!"

"Mr. Lin, please don’t make things difficult for us. We’re just employees. If the debt isn’t paid, we’ll have to ask your father to come with us."

"What’s the point of taking him? Who could possibly be worth that much money? You could suck the marrow from his bones and still not get that many credit points, could you?"

Lin Yu looked at the men in black. He didn’t believe for a second that they had come all this way, making such a scene, just to capture his dad.

Looking at Song Fei and his men covered in injuries, then at the clean and tidy clothes of the men in black... if they really wanted to capture him, they would have done it on the road. Why come all the way to the Lord Service Center to put on this show?

"Mr. Lin, actually, this is negotiable. If you sell the controlling rights to your territory to us, this debt will naturally be wiped clean."

’Damn it, so they were after me all along!’

"Heh. Should’ve just said so from the start. What a waste of time."

"Dong Lin! Go. Break their arms and legs!"