Chapter 129: A Head Full of Verdant Meadows

Hua Tianyu signaled with a glance, and Cui Quan closed the conference room door behind the finance manager.

Opening the briefcase, stacks of red hundred-yuan bills lay neatly inside—fifty stacks in total, amounting to half a million yuan.

"Here is exactly half a million in cash, not a cent missing!" Hua Tianyu said with a beaming smile as he handed over the case.

"Ah... good, that’s great!" The Green-Haired man, seeing so much cash, momentarily lost his composure. His eyes lit up, and he gulped down a mouthful of saliva, eagerly reaching out with both hands to grab the briefcase.

Just as he was about to take it, Hua Tianyu abruptly pulled the case back, hugging it to his chest. With a look of confusion, he pointed at the woman on the stretcher and asked, "Is this your wife?"

"Yes! My wife! You people ruined her! She even lost the baby in her womb!" Seeing the money almost within his grasp only to be pulled away, the Green-Haired man shouted impatiently.

"Hehe, well, as the saying goes, 'a man who marries a woman three years his senior holds a golden brick.' It looks like you're holding an entire wall of golden bricks!" Hua Tianyu chuckled.

The Green-Haired man looked to be about twenty-two or twenty-three, but the middle-aged woman on the stretcher appeared to be around fifty. It was clearly impossible for them to be a married couple.

The Green-Haired man’s heart skipped a beat. Damn it, he had forgotten to claim he was her son; this was becoming awkward.

"And this is your son?" Hua Tianyu asked, pointing to a teenage boy standing by the stretcher, wiping away tears.

"A fifty-year-old mother, a twenty-two-year-old husband, and a fourteen-year-old son!" Hua Tianyu shook his head and sighed. "Are extortionists these days really this lacking in professionalism?"

"Damn it! Does it matter to you how old my wife is or how old my son is? Are you blind? Can’t you see the state my wife is in?" Exposed, the Green-Haired man grew increasingly furious.

"Hey! My friend, I’m just worried that you’re working so hard to raise someone else's son with that money! Go look in a mirror; your head is as green as a pasture. As a man, I feel sorry for you!" Hua Tianyu remarked languidly.

"Pfft..." Hua Tianyu's words made Liang Hui burst into laughter. Her previously tense face softened with a hint of amusement. She thought to herself: *Hua Tianyu's mouth is truly the perfect weapon for dealing with these thugs!* But now that the money was out, she wondered what he would do next.

"Green your mother's...! Never mind if my son is real or not, just give me the money!" Seeing Hua Tianyu still clutching the half-million tightly, the Green-Haired man’s eyes turned bloodshot, and he roared the words almost uncontrollably.

Half a million! That was enough for his crew to eat, drink, and play for months! This idiot assistant had brought the money out but wouldn't hand it over, holding it tight instead.

While cursing, the Green-Haired man reached out to snatch the case.

"Ah! What are you doing? I can’t give you this half-million; this is robbery!" Hua Tianyu shouted desperately, pulling on the case while backing away, trying to evade the man’s grasp.

"Damn it! I’m robbing you today, so what?"

The men accompanying the Green-Haired man joined in, and soon six or seven of them were gripping the edges of the case, pulling with all their might. They cursed as they tugged.

"Damn you, if you don't let go, I’ll hack you to death!"

"We *are* robbing you! What are you going to do about it?"

"Oh, so you *are* robbing me!" Hua Tianyu said, as if suddenly realizing.

With that, he released his grip without warning. The men pulling the case fell backward, legs in the air, like turtles unable to flip themselves over.

However, they were overjoyed. Half a million! A full half-million in their hands! What was a fall compared to that? If falling meant getting half a million, they would gladly fall every day!

The Green-Haired man was ecstatic. *These people at Swan Group are all idiots. Tomorrow I’ll come back with a new excuse, drag another old person from a hospital, and claim my mother was also harmed by their company's pollution. Maybe I’ll get another half-million! No, half a million isn't enough—tomorrow I'll ask for a million! Hahaha!*

"Hua Tianyu, did you really give them the money?" Seeing the briefcase in the Green-Haired man’s hands, Liang Hui could no longer hold back and asked sternly.

If Hua Tianyu had truly given it to them, she would have to play the villain today; she would never let them walk away with that money. These people were insatiable wolves—give them half a million today, and they would demand six hundred thousand tomorrow. Using low-life tactics like dragging random people from hospitals to pose as relatives was impossible to defend against.

Hua Tianyu chuckled. "Give it to them? You think too much! Everyone heard it clearly and saw it clearly just now, didn't they? This is robbery! And they admitted it themselves!"

Hua Tianyu pointed to the corners of the conference room ceiling and sighed. "If anyone’s ears are bad, eyes are bad, or memory is bad, it doesn't matter. The cameras recorded every word they said and everything they did!"

"In broad daylight, under the blue sky, you dare to commit open robbery. Hehe, the Shangjiang City investigators will come to deal with you! Pray for yourselves!" Hua Tianyu added with a gloating expression.

"Swan Group security, listen up!" Hua Tianyu’s face turned serious as he stepped into his role as Security Manager.

"First, the surveillance cameras in the Swan International Plaza conference room have been damaged by these thugs and require urgent repair. From this moment on, shut down the conference room cameras!"

Hua Tianyu’s first order left everyone bewildered. What was he doing? Hadn't he just said that the cameras had recorded the thugs' crimes? Why shut them down now? Was he not afraid of what these people might do next? Many security guards stood there, unsure whether to follow his command.

Only Cui Quan picked up his walkie-talkie without hesitation. "This is Cui Quan. Monitoring room, shut down the conference room cameras immediately! Shut them down now!"

"Received!" came the crisp, decisive reply over the radio.

Hua Tianyu nodded, quite satisfied with Cui Quan's performance.

"Second, a group of thugs has come to our Swan Group to openly rob our funds. As security, what should you do? Remember, this is your annual performance assessment. I want to see your actions. Those who fail this assessment will be directly terminated!" Hua Tianyu's second order echoed through the conference room.