Chapter 172: Can’t Hide It Anymore! The Prizes Cause A Sensation!
“Chen Family Head, it seems something has happened. Shall we go take a look?” Chen Kai hurriedly asked when he saw the police car rush past.
After all, if a police car had to be dispatched, something had clearly happened.
If it was something negative and not handled properly, it could be fatal for tourism development.
Many places work hard on culture and tourism promotion for a year or two, only to have their reputation ruined by a single incident involving police cars.
“Mm, let’s go take a look.” Chen Han nodded and led the group toward the village.
As soon as they reached the place where the police car had stopped, a lot of tourists had already gathered around, holding up their mobile phones to record.
Captain Li Rui from the county （ chapter 84 ） walked out of a house, accompanied by Village Chief Guo Zhen at his side.
Soon, he saw several police officers escorting a mother and son out of the house. The child had a sprained ankle and was walking with difficulty.
The mother, face full of panic, shouted, “What are you doing? My child is being wronged. He is a good boy, he would never do anything bad.”
Chen Han was astonished.
Captain Li Rui had personally come with his team specifically to arrest this mother and son?
Chen Kai let out a breath of relief at this scene. Because he paid such close attention to the Chen Clan, he had naturally seen the video posted by that female tourist and recognized this mother and son.
So what that female tourist said was true? Otherwise, there was no way this mother and son would be arrested by Li Rui and his men.
Out of curiosity, he greeted Li Rui. “Captain Li, what’s going on here?”
When Li Rui saw Chen Kai and the Chen Family Head, he walked over with a broad smile and greeted them first. “Director Chen, Chen Family Head!” Then he explained, “We are assisting from another jurisdiction. We are to first get these people under control. This matter is also related to the Chen Clan.”
“Over in that city, there was a primary school student who sat on a needle, then got tetanus and was admitted to the hospital, and in the end developed severe muscle spasms. Anyway, the sequela are very serious; that child’s future is basically half destroyed.”
“The child’s parents have considerable influe… cough… at first nobody knew who did it. The needle was pulled out by the child and thrown away. By the time the cause was confirmed and they went back to the school, nothing could be found. The parents could only give the school trouble, and two of the school’s directors stepped down because of it.”
“Then yesterday that kid came to the Chen Clan and what he said was posted online. People over there saw it, so I received an order to cooperate, come over and get him under control first, and then hand him over to them.”
As he spoke, he glanced again at the boy being put into the car. “This child is already over twelve. His future is also half ruined, or rather he might not have a good life ahead of him at all.”
The tourists around them instantly erupted into noisy discussion when they heard this, especially those who had already seen the female tourist’s video; one after another raised their phones to record.
They had felt emotional watching that unlucky boy’s video, and now they were seeing the boy being arrested right in front of them.
“I’m even more convinced the Chen Clan has some kind of special power, otherwise this kid wouldn’t be getting arrested.”
“I believe it too. The Chen Family Head even said he believes in science…”
“Damn believing in science.”
“…”
Hearing the tourists’ exclamations, Chen Kai understood even better what Li Rui meant by saying this child might never have a good life.
Even though Li Rui had not spelled it out bluntly.
Leaving aside that the other party’s parents had enough influence to force two school directors to step down, just the fact that the video had only just gone online and Linhe County could already move to detain someone, with almost no procedural delay, said a lot.
Some things you could figure out if you thought about them.
If you had considerable power, and now someone had put your son in the hospital and half-ruined his life, and you had the chance to send the culprit inside, would you show mercy?
Besides, this matter clearly involved criminal responsibility. Since he had already turned twelve, he could be dealt with. That made things straightforward. Three to ten years? Even giving him the full ten might not feel like enough.
Chen Han was also extremely surprised. Yesterday the little boy had said that he had placed the needle on the seat of a child named Li Lin, which led to the hospital stay.
He had not expected the other child’s condition to be so serious.
When adults have conflicts, even when a real fight breaks out, a raised fist might be held back by the thought that a single punch could cost five thousand in compensation.
This also showed how much harm a child could cause when they turned bad, because they simply had no such scruples.
So “the child is young and doesn’t understand” was absolutely not an excuse.
It was precisely because they did not understand that they needed to go in and receive education, so they would not cause even greater disasters.
Think about it: if this kid escaped responsibility this time, what would he become later?
If he clashed with someone again, he might recall the child whose life he had once ruined and simply repeat the same trick, doing something even more outrageous.
The saddest part was the boy’s mother, who still thought her child had always been a good boy.
That was absolutely the greatest failure of family education.
Still, this could be considered acting on behalf of heaven, right?
Li Rui did not linger. After getting them in the car, he drove straight back to the county.
After the police car left, even the tycoon Liu Ye could not help but sigh. “Young people today pay far too little attention to educating their children.”
“Kids these days are exposed to the internet too early, and what they see is a complete mixed bag.” Chen Kai roughly guessed the reason, then suggested returning to the main topic. “Mr. Liu, Mr. Chen, let’s get back to discussing serious matters.”
“Mm, serious matters are important.” Liu Ye nodded.
The so-called serious matter was of course the project to contract ten thousand mu of land for rapeseed planting.
Chen Kai promptly introduced the group of middle-aged men with fawning smiles. They were all village chiefs from villages in the vicinity.
As for why these village chiefs had come, it was naturally for that ten thousand mu rapeseed planting project.
In a place like Linhe County, where there were many mountains and little flat land, ten thousand mu of land could not possibly form one continuous expanse. The distance and spread would be quite large.
No matter which direction they started from, it would involve at least several villages.
Now these village chiefs had come after getting the news, hoping to speak on behalf of their villages. If the ten thousand mu of rapeseed fields were connected to their village, then their village would clearly have an advantage in recruitment.
The main point was that some land could be rented out, giving villagers extra income. After all, many people no longer farmed; leaving land idle meant it was just sitting there anyway.
There was another thing: everyone knew that a rapeseed flower sea was very popular. How spectacular would ten thousand mu of rapeseed flowers be?
It could attract a lot of tourists. As long as the rapeseed flower sea passed through their village, they could sell some goods and earn some extra money.
Just look at Shangyuan Village: now that the Chen Clan attracted so many tourists every day, the villagers earned a lot just by selling things. People from their villages had even started coming here to sell goods.
In short, the benefits were substantial.
So they were naturally very enthusiastic.
After he finished explaining the village chiefs’ intentions, Liu Ye spoke. “Chen Family Head, the exact area for these ten thousand mu has not been finalized yet. Once your Chen Clan confirms, I will sign the contract on my side.”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded.
Matters like this had to be inspected personally on site before they could be decided.
He had no interest in handling it himself.
So he took out his mobile phone and called Chen Xiaoyan. She was in charge of personnel and also handled some business matters.
It was best to leave this to her.
After hanging up, he joined Liu Ye and Chen Kai in inspecting the land around Shangyuan Village.
For ten thousand mu of rapeseed planting, one thing was certain: they would definitely plant on land around Shangyuan Village.
After receiving the call, Chen Xiaoyan immediately left the Chen Clan and came to where the family head was surveying village land with others.
“Family Head!” Chen Xiaoyan greeted at once.
Chen Han first told her about the rapeseed project and the ten thousand mu of land, then said, “Sister Xiaoyan, for this ten thousand mu, you coordinate with Director Chen and Mr. Liu, and when you go inspect each village, have Uncle Dagou send people from the Demon Subduing Hall to go with you.”
Chen Xiaoyan was very surprised. She had never had experience with a project evaluation of such scale.
But since the family head had instructed her, it was a test for her.
After delegating this matter, Chen Han went back to Uncle’s Kitchen to check on the medicinal cuisine.
The medicinal dishes made with Thunder Bamboo Spirit Mouse Meat and Green Feather Pheasant Meat gave off different medicinal fragrances.
Although both had the medicinal fragrance +2 attribute, the richness was different and easy to tell apart.
Soon, his junior sister and Xiao Mi hurried in.
“Senior brother, look at the Douyin hot search list. Our Chen Clan made the hot list.” His junior sister quickly handed him the phone. On it was a trending news video: 《 Went to the Chen Clan once, then got arrested! 》
Chen Han took the phone and was stunned when he saw the news title.
He had not expected that the boy’s arrest would blow up online so quickly and even make the hot search.
The video started with footage of the mother and son being put into the police car, followed by the voice of a news blogger. “A boy secretly took retaliation on a classmate, causing the classmate to get tetanus and end up in the hospital with serious consequences. Originally, nobody knew about this, but after one trip to the Chen Clan it was exposed, and in the end he was arrested by officers. Here are the full details of the incident…”
The video then replayed all the scenes of the boy’s misfortune from the previous night, so viewers could understand what had happened from start to finish.
People online were shocked by the news.
Especially those who had seen the first two videos.
When they watched the video of the Chen Family Head the first time, everyone had taken it as a completely abstract video; no one thought it was real.
But after seeing the boy’s streak of bad luck and hearing what the Chen Family Head said, many people began to suspect that his video was not just some simple abstract piece.
It seemed as if the Chen Clan really had some miraculous power, that any evildoer who went there would end up unlucky like that boy.
But the Chen Family Head had clearly said to believe in science, and that the initial video was just a public-interest piece promoting kindness. What could people do with that?
Now, seeing news of the boy’s arrest, it was undoubtedly further confirmation of something.
At the Chen Clan Parking Lot, Hu Dong had just seen the news about the boy’s arrest while in the taxi.
He was truly shocked and even began to suspect that the Chen Family Head’s talk of believing in science was just a cover.
Otherwise, it was all too coincidental.
After getting out of the car, he could not help posting a comment under that news in the comment section. “I’ve arrived at the Chen Clan. Maybe I’ll run into some unlucky person and find out if this is real.”
After commenting, he suddenly noticed his girlfriend looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
Puzzled, he asked, “Baby, why are you looking at me like that?”
His girlfriend snorted. “You saw that news, right? If it’s real, all the better. We can see whether you’ve been cheating on me.”
Hearing this, Hu Dong hurried to declare his loyalty. “Baby, I only love you. How could I ever do something like that?”
“Count yourself smart.” His girlfriend snorted and walked into the Chen Clan.
Hu Dong quickly followed.
He had a clear conscience. He had not done anything wrong outside, and he had not cheated. Even if the Chen Clan really did have some miraculous power, he had nothing to fear.
Just as he thought that, he heard his girlfriend yelp, then saw her fall to the ground.
He could clearly see that the thin heel of one of her high heels had snapped, and her phone had fallen to the ground.
He hurried to help her up, asking with concern, “Baby, are you okay?”
But the next moment, she stumbled again and fell back down. This time, the heel of her other high heel had also snapped, and she lost her balance.
“???” Hu Dong was dumbfounded.
Could someone really be this unlucky?
Then he noticed her phone on the ground, still showing her recent Weixin chat. When he saw the contents, his eyes went wide.
Moments later, a miserable sobbing female voice rang out.
When Huang Xin came by on patrol, he saw a man beating a woman, his face full of rage.
He immediately took his men over to restrain the man, only to hear him shouting furiously, “You bitch, you actually betrayed me, and you still had the nerve to come with me to the Chen Clan!”
This stunned Huang Xin for a moment.
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Noon.
Chen Han brought out the medicinal dishes made with Thunder Bamboo Spirit Mouse Meat and placed them on the table. Shortly after, his uncle and the others arrived in the kitchen, and he served each of them a bowl.
“Xiao Han, you changed the meat again today?” Chen Lin asked in surprise.
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded with a smile and picked up a piece of meat to eat. It was indeed far tastier than Green Feather Pheasant Meat, with exceptionally delicious texture.
“Xiao Han, this meat tastes even better.” Chen Dagou noticed it too.
The delicious meat +2 attribute made him, after eating one piece, quickly pick up a second, savoring it with great enjoyment.
Even the junior sister and Xiao Mi were the same; there was nothing ladylike about how they ate this meat.
After they finished, everyone at the table was very satisfied.
Curious, Chen Lin asked, “Xiao Han, we just saw a video of a little boy getting arrested. Did he really do evil, and that’s why he had bad luck at the Chen Clan?”
At this, both Chen Shuisheng and Chen Dagou looked at him with eager curiosity.
Only Xiao Mi and Xiao Yu were fairly calm. They had after all seen the unlucky experiences of the man in his forties with the bald spot, the girl, and also the lobster that tested the law with its own body.
Seeing his uncle ask, Chen Han did not hide it. “Yes, the Heavenly Lord has indeed bestowed blessings. People who do evil outside or at the Chen Clan will suffer bad luck as long as they are within the Chen Clan.”
Upon this confirmation, expressions on the faces of Chen Lin, Chen Dagou, and Chen Shuisheng all became much more pious.
Even as people of the Chen Clan who had long known that the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation would bestow blessings, they were still shocked.
“Senior brother, Xiao Mi Jie and I finished the lucky draw video for the National Style Event prizes. We’ll send it to you. If it looks okay, we’ll post it.”
As Xiao Yu spoke, she picked up her phone and sent the promotional video to her senior brother.
Chen Han opened it. The video was simple. It introduced the prizes one by one: inheritance medicinal cuisine, Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, royal jelly, scar removal cream, and Calming Talismans, then explained the lucky draw process in detail.
These were all treasures unavailable outside.
At present, only Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea had made its way out.
As for royal jelly, there were only thirty cups of honey water per day for tourists to win through lucky draw, and its miraculous effect was already spreading among tourists in an almost mystical way.
Scar removal cream, inheritance medicinal cuisine, and Calming Talismans were basically unknown outside.
In this video, the effects of these items were clearly explained.
One thing was certain: their effects would absolutely shock everyone.
Whether they believed or not would depend on their own good fortune.
Especially the Calming Talisman, whose mysterious effects many people probably would not believe.
“The video is very well done. You can post it directly.” Chen Han nodded, giving clear approval. And seeing this promotional video, he also thought of a method to complete the “heart reaches, fortune descends blessing, Two Woods, Two Incenses, One Tree” task.
With his confirmation, Xiao Yu and Xiao Mi did not hesitate. They took out their phones and uploaded the promotional video to their own accounts.
The Chen Clan National Style Event would begin the day after tomorrow. Many people online had long been paying close attention, and plenty who had bought event tickets had already taken leave and prepared to head to the Chen Clan.
So once Xiao Yu and Xiao Mi posted the lucky draw promotional video, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
A lucky draw at a National Style Event was nothing unusual, but when people saw the Chen Clan’s prizes and their described effects, it quickly caused a sensation online.
