The male customer immediately replied, "The property management will first give a warning, and half a month later, the heating company will directly cut off the heat. In such cold weather, if you don't want to freeze to death, you have to obediently pay."

He paused for a moment, sighed, and said, "I feel it won't be long before the whole country might learn from Xijing City's 'advanced' experience and charge residents for snow removal."

The word "advanced" was deliberately emphasized, the sarcasm was obvious.

Yang Fan said softly, "It won't happen."

The male customer was confident, "The world is bustling, all for profit. As long as there's profit to be made, someone will jump at the chance to do it."

He immediately added a saying, "All crows under heaven are black."

Yang Fan laughed and asked, "Mr. Spirit Crows raised a large group of crows. Do you think Mr. Spirit Crows has a black heart?"

The male customer was stumped by the question.

He murmured, "Mr. Spirit Crows is an exception."

Yang Fan shook his head again, "I've been to many places. Although Great Xia has its issues, overall, it's still good."

The male customer didn't believe it at all, "Oh, come on."

Yang Fan chuckled and didn't continue to argue with him.

In the dream realm, even without his presence, the Great Xia officials still properly resolved the issues in Xijing City.

Now that he's present in Xijing City, the matter would only be resolved more quickly, and the result would be more perfect.

Yang Fan asked one last question, "What are the local tourist attractions?"

The male customer looked surprised, "Buddy, it's so cold outside, and you're thinking about sightseeing? Wouldn't staying indoors and enjoying the heating be better?"

Surprised as he was, he still listed a series of names, "Two kilometers from here is a place called Guiyuan Ancient Temple. I think it's worth a visit.

"However, there might not be anyone there, and I don't know if it's even open. Further east, there's…"

Yang Fan memorized these tourist spots one by one.

The male customer bade him goodbye and then got up and left the noodle shop.

Very quickly.

Yang Fan finished his ramen.

He put down his chopsticks, glanced at the time on his phone, and muttered softly, "It seems about to start."

Yang Fan took out a napkin to wipe his mouth and strode out of the noodle shop.

*

Xijing City Fifth Hospital.

Xu Dehai looked at his mother on the hospital bed, his heart filled with immense anger.

Just a short while ago.

Because she complained multiple times about the snow removal fee, his mother got into an argument with the community property management, which then escalated to a physical confrontation.

His mother was beaten unconscious by two property staff and was sent to the hospital.

Xu Dehai received the news, hurriedly took leave from work, and rushed over as quickly as he could.

During this process, he received several calls.

Some were from company leaders, some from relatives, and even one from a certain government department.

The implication of these calls was just one thing—persuading him to let it go and not make a fuss any longer.

Xu Dehai sincerely felt that this place no longer had any justice!

He sat dumbfounded on the chair, thinking about what he should do next to make certain people pay a price.

No matter what.

He absolutely did not intend to just let it go.

Xu Dehai understood very well that his mother had offended certain people, and the property staff were just lackeys.

The people behind the scenes were very bad and exceptionally cunning.

If things got big, the property staff could be thrown out as scapegoats, and the people behind the scenes would remain unscathed.

And the property staff would receive enough compensation afterward, which is why they dared to act so boldly, directly beating his mother unconscious.

But the problem was, he was just an ordinary person, so how could he deal with those behind the scenes?

Thinking of this, Xu Dehai let out a deep sigh.

"Click~"

The door suddenly made a sound.

The door was pushed ajar.

Xu Dehai's gaze drifted over and immediately saw a figure in a white coat.

It was a doctor.

But the other party did not come in, instead, they just stood at the door.

Xu Dehai got up and walked over, asking, "Dr. Zhang, is there something?"

Dr. Zhang said softly, "Mr. Xu, someone is looking for you."

Xu Dehai frowned.

He instantly knew, it was them again.

Actually, he really didn't want to see them.

But the other party came through Dr. Zhang to invite him, he had to go, otherwise wouldn't he offend the doctor?

Xu Dehai asked with pent-up frustration, "Where?"

Dr. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Right in my office."

A minute later.

Xu Dehai met the other person.

He was a middle-aged man.

Although the man was dressed in casual clothes, anyone with experience could tell he was from a government department.

The vibe was too strong.

Xu Dehai clenched his fist and asked in a stiff tone, "What exactly do you want?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Xu Dehai's fist and asked back, "It's not about what we want, it's about what you want."

Xu Dehai suppressed the urge to shout, "You unreasonably exploit the public and you think that's justified?"

The middle-aged man replied in an as-a-matter-of-fact tone, "It's the duty of every citizen of the Great Xia Kingdom to combat natural disasters."

The implication being—paying money is also the duty of every citizen of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Xu Dehai snorted angrily, "A lot of the money the people pay ends up in your pockets."

The middle-aged man looked displeased, "Don't speak irresponsibly."

Xu Dehai was enraged to the point of laughter, "What do you mean by speaking irresponsibly? Who in all of Xijing City doesn't know about your shady dealings?"

The middle-aged man stared at Xu Dehai for a few seconds, secretly deciding to thoroughly suppress this troublemaker.

Otherwise, if others followed suit, how would life continue?

The middle-aged man said calmly, "Young man, you still have a long way to go in life."

Xu Dehai was momentarily stunned, and then his anger surged, "What do you mean? Could it be you still dare to kill people?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "You misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

This scoundrel deliberately paused, then added, "But with natural disasters happening constantly now, there's always a chance a Yeti could appear at any moment. I myself don't know which will come first—tomorrow or an accident."

These words were extremely shameless.

Pay lip service to "not meaning that," but every word implicitly threatened—if you don't comply, then an accident will come before tomorrow.

Xu Dehai was so angry his hands were trembling, and he felt a strong urge to kill.

The middle-aged man, with an air of superiority, glanced at Xu Dehai and turned to walk towards the office door.

At the doorway,

the man seemed to remember something, turned around, and added, "Think more about your mother, she's at that age..."

Before Xu Dehai could finish listening, he was so angry he almost exploded.

Threatening me isn't enough, now you want to threaten my mom?

Beast!

The next moment.

"Crack!"

Xu Dehai heard an illusory sound.

It was as if something had cracked open.

But he had no time to think deeply.

Because anger completely devoured his reason.

Kill!

I want to kill!

Xu Dehai had no idea, an astonishing phenomenon had already appeared in himself.

His hair turned white in an instant, with a transparent texture, like strands of ice silk.

His eyes also turned completely white, even the pupils vanished, leaving only a ghastly white, quite chilling to behold.

There were also some illusory tentacles emerging from his back, waving in the air.

Clearly.

This guy, under extreme rage, unexpectedly awakened a very powerful superpower.

This fulfilled the middle-aged man's words.

The accident came before tomorrow.

"Stop!"

Xu Dehai shouted.

His voice had become very strange, like glass rubbing together, making it unpleasant to hear.

The middle-aged man instinctively turned back for a glance and was immediately stunned.

Xu Dehai revealed a bizarre smile, his full head of ice silk following his movements: "Go to hell, damn it!"

The middle-aged man was nearly scared to wet himself and ran away in a panic, shouting, "Murder! Someone's trying to kill me!"

Xu Dehai took two steps forward and threw a punch at the middle-aged man's head.

At the same time.

"Chirp!"

A bird's cry suddenly rang out.

Xu Dehai paused, involuntarily looking towards the sound.

He clearly saw a small bird seemingly formed of cold Qi, penetrating the window glass and flying in.

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