Chapter 120: Should We Kiss Tonight
Several dark figures quickly chased into the alley, but Flying Eagle barked, “Don’t follow! He has a gun. Don’t corner him! Come back and protect the targets—that’s what matters!”
This was an old neighborhood, with homes packed tightly along the alleys. Since he was carrying a gun, chasing him too aggressively might drive him to do something extreme.
Xiao Qian was fast, too. In just a few moves, he vanished into the narrow alleyways.
The two teams pinned Little Zuo and Little You and Sang Biao firmly to the ground, then each reported the situation through their earpieces.
The six-foot-three man in black carefully relayed the situation to Liang Zheng. “There were four in total. One got away. He has a gun, and there are a lot of residents around here. We didn’t dare continue the pursuit in case he did something reckless.”
The moment he finished speaking, the man in the black hoodie beside him said, “A bunch of idiots suddenly came charging out and let one of them escape.”
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He turned to the man in the black hoodie. “We let one escape?”
The man in the black hoodie glanced at Little Zuo and Little You, who had been pinned down by his own men. “There were four people in total. We caught two, and you caught one. If the last one wasn’t the person you let get away, then who let him go—me?”
The man in black’s expression turned extremely grim. “He had a gun.”
“Then he was still the one you let escape.”
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The man in black’s subordinates immediately flared up. “Say that again!”
The two teams instantly became tense, as if a fight could break out at any moment. Han Mo’s helpless voice came through the man in the black hoodie’s earpiece: “I’m not docking your pay. Stop provoking them.”
The man in the black hoodie grinned. “Then I guess he just ran away on his own.”
As long as money wasn’t involved, principles were a minor issue.
Each team loaded their captives into their respective vehicles, then cautiously waited at the malatang shop, afraid Xiao Qian might suddenly come charging out with a gun.
He Huanhuan poked at the bottom of her bowl with her chopsticks and couldn’t help frowning. “Do you feel like someone’s watching us?”
Today was seriously strange. Everywhere they went, she felt like someone was keeping an eye on them. What was going on?
Meili looked up at her. “You just finished eating and you’re already getting paranoid? Did the medicine wear off that fast?”
He Huanhuan waved her off irritably. “I’m not craving anything. I really feel like someone’s watching us. You don’t?”
Meili tried to sense it, then suddenly realized something was off. “Oh my God, that handsome guy in the black suit is so stylish!”
Sitting behind them, the vigilant man in black immediately heard a voice in his earpiece: “Switch to someone uglier.”
Flying Eagle’s face went cold. “Are you kidding me? Who’s going to take responsibility if something happens during the switch?”
There was a two-second pause on the other end. “Cover your face.”
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Since the person paying was the boss, Flying Eagle scowled and propped up a hand to cover his features.
Behind him, Meili’s eyes lit up even more. “Oh my God! No wonder he’s such a heartthrob. His hands are so long, and look at those prominent knuckles. They look so strong!”
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The man in black fell silent. Liang Zheng fell silent too.
In a private dining room, Han Mo sat in a relaxed posture. Across from him, Chen Jiarong smiled and asked, “Have you made up your mind? I can provide financial backing for the East City project.”
Before coming, he had received a call and only then learned that Han Mo had actually secured the supporting-contractor rights for the entire East City project.
With the Gu family and Han Mo involved, there were barely two pieces of the East City pie left.
He had paid a great deal of money to the people above him, yet he still hadn’t made any progress on the project.
He glanced at Han Mo. He had assumed Han Mo was flattering He Huanhuan because he wanted Gu Jingchen to let him join in.
He hadn’t expected Han Mo to secure the contract without relying on Gu Jingchen.
Then why had he been fawning over that Rainbow Head?
He couldn’t figure it out, and Han Mo had no intention of explaining.
Listening to the voice in his earpiece, Han Mo raised his head and looked at Chen Jiarong. “You should be worrying about something else right now, Brother Bao.”
Chen Jiarong narrowed his eyes. “What do you mean?”
The corners of Han Mo’s lips lifted slightly. “Why did you come looking for me today? It wasn’t really about the project, was it?”
Chen Jiarong’s heart jolted.
Did he know what he was planning? Had Xiao Qian and the others failed?
No. Impossible.
He had gotten Xiao Qian two guns. They couldn’t possibly have failed.
But Han Mo’s smile was far too certain, making him begin to suspect the worst.
His expression darkened. “Since you’re unwilling to cooperate, we’ll talk another time.”
With that, he stood up, opened the door, and left. As soon as he reached the parking garage, he called Xiao Qian. The phone rang for a long time with no answer.
His heart sank inch by inch. Then he slammed the phone onto the ground. “Useless pieces of trash!”
Four people, two guns, and they couldn’t even kill two young women!
The phone screen instantly cracked into a spiderweb pattern. The shattered screen flickered, then began vibrating wildly. The name Xiao Qian appeared across the web of cracks.
He hurriedly crouched down and picked it up. “Hello!”
“Brother Bao, we were ambushed. There were a lot of people—at least a dozen. The other three were captured, but I got away. Brother Bao, send me back to Sawa. I can’t take this job anymore.”
Xiao Qian’s voice was extremely urgent, and he sounded as though he were running at full speed.
Brother Bao asked anxiously, “What about the guns I gave you?”
“I have them. I brought them out with me.”
“Good.”
He nodded in satisfaction. “I’ll send you a location. Come straight to me, and I’ll arrange for someone to get you out of the country.”
After hanging up, he immediately sent Xiao Qian a set of coordinates.
Then he opened another chat and sent the same coordinates to the person on the other end: “I’m giving you an easy win. Remember to get rid of those two guns.”
The other party quickly replied with an “OK.”
He sat in the car and carefully sorted through his thoughts. Things had been going badly lately. Should he return to the compound and lie low for a while?
But he had already poured an enormous amount of money into the country. He was truly unwilling to leave just like that.
In recent years, the crackdown on telecom fraud had grown increasingly severe, and several of his compounds had been raided.
If he didn’t find a way out soon, he would eventually be finished.
After thinking it over again and again, he finally decided to take a gamble.
There was no one in their line of work who didn’t risk their life.
As long as he kept Xiao Qian and the others quiet, everything would be fine.
And money? He could afford to pay.
What he didn’t know was that the city police bureau had already established a special task force and was waiting to interrogate Sang Biao and the other two.
As for his connection within the authorities, he hadn’t received any news at all.
At the malatang shop, Han Mo’s car pulled up by the roadside. Carrying a Labubu box, he sat down on a plastic stool.
He Huanhuan stared at the box in astonishment. “Labubu! Han Mo, how did you know we went shopping for these today?”
Han Mo gave a sly smile. “I bought out that store. The staff told me you liked them, so I brought one to you.”
He Huanhuan was stunned. “Seriously? You’re that powerful?!”
The amusement in Han Mo’s eyes deepened. “This was the last one in the store. I snatched it up.”
From Liang Zheng, actually. He absolutely had to show off about it.
Meili couldn’t help giving him a thumbs-up. “Han Laodeng, I’ll give you this much: when it comes to generosity, you’ve got what it takes.”
After finishing their malatang, the three of them stood up and prepared to leave.
As they got into the car, the handsome man in the black suit sitting behind them suddenly bumped into Meili by accident.
“Sorry.”
The handsome man apologized in a low voice.
Meili pursed her lips and smiled. “It’s okay. Getting bumped into by a handsome guy was exactly what I prayed for~~”
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The handsome man in black looked as though he’d been struck by lightning. He spun around and hurried away.
After getting into the car, Meili suddenly realized that her waist bag had become much bulkier.
She opened her waist bag in confusion. A Hello Kitty Labubu lay quietly inside. Then her phone chimed with a message from Liang Zheng:
Want to make out tonight?