Chapter 822: Soon to See the True Black Heart

Interrupted time and time again, and now hearing these words, Old Prince Feng’s anger instantly hit the boiling point.

"This is the selling price for the port. Once you’ve made up your mind, Prince, have someone send the money over."

The young disciple tossed an envelope over. Without waiting for Old Prince Feng to erupt in anger, his figure vanished from the spot.

Old Prince Feng caught the envelope instinctively, only reacting a moment later. He threw it onto the ground. "He’s going too far! Gu Shuo is pushing things too far!"

Sun Shiming silently picked up the envelope. He thought, "You’re all planning to switch and sign contracts with other countries at the Four Countries Chamber of Commerce, yet you expect him to spend his own money to rebuild the port for you? No one is a fool. Don’t make such an ugly display of your greed!"

"Prince, it’s one thing for Gu Shuo to take the money and do nothing, but he even plans to destroy the port. We might as well send troops to surround it first." Li Mu couldn’t just stand by and watch the port be ruined.

Clutching the envelope, Sun Shiming took a few deep breaths before finally failing to hold back his words. "Boss Gu has operated in Dayu City for four or five years, spending months to build the port. You had people smash it to pieces, and now you want him to pay for the repairs? How could there be such a good deal in this world? Moreover, once the Four Countries Chamber of Commerce concludes, the contract with Boss Gu will expire. If it were you, would you step up to repair it? Prince, you know better than anyone what Nanyuan was like in the past. Now that you’ve made money and become wealthy, you treat the person who led Nanyuan to prosperity as an enemy? You always say Boss Gu is corrupt, but I think some people have much darker hearts."

Old Prince Feng already had nowhere to vent his fury. Hearing this speech, he raised his foot and kicked Sun Shiming in the leg.

Caught off guard, Sun Shiming felt a sharp pain in his knee. He stumbled backward and fell to the ground.

"How dare you! You have the audacity to accuse me." Still unsatisfied, Old Prince Feng walked over and began kicking Sun Shiming repeatedly.

Sun Shiming shielded his head. His body ached terribly from the blows, tears welling up in his eyes.

Old Prince Feng only stopped when he was panting from exhaustion.

Li Mu stepped forward to support him. "Calm down, Prince. Please calm down."

Supported by Li Mu, Old Prince Feng delivered a few more kicks. Breathless, he cursed, "You worthless dog! From today onward, you are no longer the City Lord of Dayu City."

Sun Shiming lay motionless on the ground.

"Let’s go. We’re heading to the port to take a look." Old Prince Feng withdrew his gaze.

Li Mu nodded, helping Old Prince Feng into the carriage.

The carriage rolled past Sun Shiming. It was quite a while before he loosened the arms shielding his head. He raised his head slightly to watch the departing carriage, the tears he had been holding back finally falling.

"Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun, are you alright?" The street vendors on both sides only dared to approach after Old Prince Feng had left.

Supported by the commoners, Sun Shiming got to his feet. His gaze swept across the faces of the vendors before him. He recognized several of them—they were the ones who had smashed the port that day...

At this moment, a deep sorrow filled Sun Shiming’s heart. He forcefully shoved away the people supporting him. "You say Boss Gu is corrupt? You haven’t seen true corruption yet! Do you want to? You’ll see it very soon. You brought this all upon yourselves... reaping exactly what you sowed!"

"Mr. Sun, what are you saying?"

"We all heard it just now. Not only is Boss Gu refusing to rebuild the port, but he’s also having people tear it down. Isn’t this clearly leaving us with no way to survive?"

"It will take several months to rebuild the port from scratch. How are we fishermen supposed to live for so long?"

"We were wrong to smash the port, but didn’t Old Prince Feng pay compensation? What right does he have to take the compensation money and not rebuild the port?"

"Boss Gu has made enough money in Nanyuan, so now he’s leaving us to rot. How could there be such a malicious person in this world?"

The surrounding vendors chimed in one after another, continuing their barrage of accusations.