Chapter 49: A Way To Connect
Lianwu District had its association dedicated to protecting the local shopping district, fostering development, sharing information, and maintaining harmony among its tenants.
Despite having only about 35 shops, the community was tight-knit—more like a big family than a group of business rivals.
They called themselves Lianwu Commerce, and the head of the association was the elderly Wang Shouye.
He was even older than Mr. Wu, confined to a wheelchair, his frail hands resting in his lap. Nowadays, it was his son Wang Zhenhua who led most of the meetings.
Zhenhua was a calm man in his twenties, with a gentle face and a natural grace that made him popular with the ladies.
As he stood before the gathered tenants in their modest meeting hall, his father remained by his side, quietly observing.
"You all know the man and woman standing beside me today," Zhenhua began, gesturing toward them. "They’ve risked their lives to protect our district."
He turned to them slightly. "This is Zhao Yiming and Luo Yanyu. And today, they’ve brought us a proposal—a chance to free ourselves from the grip of Golden Earth."
The room fell into a buzz of hushed voices and exchanged glances. Everyone knew who Zhao Yiming and Luo Yanyu were. More importantly, they were wondering—what could they possibly offer that might save us now?
Most of them had already been pressured into signing predatory deals—agreements that forced them to sell their land for barely half its value. And those who resisted... were threatened with worse.
Still, there was a flicker of hope in the air, fragile but real.