Published at 1st of July 2026 7:13 am

Chapter 3806: Public Pressure Doesn’t Work

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After getting in the car, Lin Yi headed to Shenghe District according to the address provided by the informant.

The district was still a distance from the city center, and after driving a little further, they were nearing the suburbs.

The community was already somewhat old, even older than the two previous districts he visited.

Most of the residents were elderly, with not many young people living there, making it feel lacking in vitality.

After parking the car, Lin Yi followed the address to find the informant’s home.

There was no elevator here, and the two of them walked to the seventh floor. Lin Yi was fine, but Zhao Yuhuan was slightly out of breath and had to rest once before reaching the top floor.

While climbing the stairs, the two continuously observed the conditions inside the building. There were many items piled in the corridors, all sorts of miscellaneous things.

The walls were covered with small advertisements that nobody cleaned up, and there was a strong unpleasant smell.

"Feels like this district’s age is even older than mine."

"We’re almost in the suburbs, it’s normal for this to happen."

Lin Yi comforted her, and soon they reached the door and knocked.

"Coming."

A man’s voice responded from inside.

Soon, the door opened, and a man wearing a white t-shirt stood inside. The design on his chest had faded from washing.

One of his arms was suspended around his neck, with a plaster cast on the forearm, indicating a fracture.

"Hello, I am Lin Yi, a journalist from People’s Affairs, and this is my colleague, Zhao Yuhuan."

Upon hearing they were journalists, the man’s eyes lit up, as if he saw a savior.

At this moment, a woman with slightly disheveled hair also walked over from the living room, standing next to the man.

"Hello, journalists, I am the one who sent you the private message. My name is Wang Luqing, and this is my wife, Li Jiao."

"Hello."

Lin Yi shook hands with both of them.

"I saw your private message and wanted to come over to understand the situation."

"Good, good, come on in."

The two were welcomed inside. It wasn’t big, only about thirty square meters, with lots of items placed inside, looking a bit messy, not tidy.

"I’m really sorry, I didn’t expect you to come so soon, and didn’t get a chance to tidy up the place."

The woman showed some apology on her face and immediately took out chairs for the two to sit.

"You don’t need to be too formal. Let’s focus on solving the problem first," Lin Yi said:

"You mentioned in your private message that the property was abandoned over a year and hasn’t been resolved yet, right?"

"Sigh..."

Wang Luqing sighed, his eyes lacking any spirit.

"We bought this house to get married, used all the family’s money, and borrowed a lot too. I’ve gone there many times, and each time they told us to wait, but still nothing has happened until now. Sigh..."

Wang Luqing sighed deeply, "Every month we have to pay the mortgage and also pay to rent a place, really no idea when this will end, we just can’t bear it anymore. We went there again a few days ago, and they didn’t even bother pretending, look at how they beat me."

Lin Yi had already understood most of the situation beforehand.

After hearing this, he quickly got to the point.

"Can you show me your property purchase contract, loan agreement, and rental paperwork?"

"Alright."

Wang Luqing nudged Li Jiao, "Jiaojiao, go find those documents."

Li Jiao got up, retrieved a brown paper bag from the suitcase.

"Here are all the contracts, Mr. Journalist, and on my phone, there are transfer records to the landlord. I’ve noted every penny spent related to the property."

Lin Yi nodded and took out the contracts from the bag.

The developer is Chuangrong, considered a major domestic company.

But in recent years, the real estate industry hasn’t been doing well in general, coupled with irregular operations, causing many companies to face various problems.

You could say that without Lingyun Group propping up Chaoyang Group, its development trajectory would also be hard to follow.

It took Lin Yi over ten minutes to read through the contracts.

Everything was reasonable, legal, and compliant.

Now, their rent plus the loan totals over 20,000 yuan a month.

For an ordinary working-class family, this already constitutes considerable pressure.

"What is your main demand now? Are you hoping for compensation?"

"We’ve given up on compensation. If they can provide us with a clear start date for resumed construction and fulfill the commitment, we can bite the bullet and get through it. If they can’t restart the construction, I want them to refund the down payment to us and cover the monthly bank loan. We don’t want compensation, just the money that belongs to us."

"Mr. Journalist, we’re really at our wits’ end here, please help us, we really can’t hold on any longer."

Lin Yi nodded, "Don’t worry, we will definitely do our best to help you."

Having said that, Lin Yi glanced at Wang Luqing’s arm.

"Was it the company’s security that injured you?"

"There were lots of people at the time, I can’t recall clearly if they wore suits or were security guards."

"Did you report to the police afterwards?"

"We reported it, but it was useless. Chuangrong Company said we were causing trouble as a crowd, and the police couldn’t handle them and ended up advising us for a long time."

"Did you try reporting your situation to the police?" Zhao Yuhuan couldn’t help but ask.

"We did, but the police said this kind of issue doesn’t fall under their jurisdiction," Wang Luqing sighed, "I could tell the police wanted to help us, but they just don’t have that much power, their good intentions feel helpless."

"I already understand the situation mostly. Leave me your contact information, and I’ll call you once there’s progress."

"Alright, alright, sorry to trouble you, if this issue remains unresolved, we’ll have nowhere to go."

"Rest assured, we’ll certainly try our best."

After comforting the couple a bit, Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan left.

Back in the car, Lin Yi’s expression was somewhat fatigued, in stark contrast to Zhao Yuhuan’s anger.

"These developers are such bullies. Is earning money easy for ordinary folks? They’re living the high life without caring if others survive. Such people should be sentenced!"

"While that’s true, this matter involves more than just this real estate company, there are also banks and regulatory departments. It forms a perfect closed loop, and solely blaming one aspect is somewhat one-sided."

"Is there no way to resolve this matter then?"

Zhao Yuhuan looked at Lin Yi, "Lin Bro, I think with both our abilities, it’s very difficult to solve this issue, but I still feel we should expose this matter and let more people know, using the pressure from public opinion to constrain them."

Looking at Zhao Yuhuan, Lin Yi smiled, "You are still young, things aren’t as simple as you think."

"Is there more to this matter?"

"The pressure of public opinion only applies to ordinary people. For companies like these, the bosses are well-seasoned, having overcome obstacles all the way here. If they feared public opinion pressure, they wouldn’t be where they are now."

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