“What are you talking about?” Gan Ling was not alarmed at all, worthy of being an old fox who had seen a lot of the world, and he continued to act, “My people have not found Lawyer Han until now.”
I just waited quietly for him to finish his act and said, “OK, I’ll see you on Wednesday then.”
I hung up the phone after that.
Lao Gan soon called back, “I know you’re really worried about Lawyer Han, but I didn’t and haven’t found him.”
I hung up the phone again.
Lao Gan called back again without letting up: “Young proprietor, did you misunderstand me ……”
I said, “The next call will be non-negotiable on Wednesday if Han Kun doesn’t call himself.”
I went on to hang up the phone before I realized Cai Xiaobing was staring at me blankly over the phone.
“Cai Xiaobing.”
“Yes!”
“Drive and look ahead!”
Cai Xiaobing scrambled to avert her eyes and asked after her, “Captain, isn’t that Han Kun your benefactor? What happened to him?”
“Dead.” I said.
Moon Full Bow and Cai Xiaobing both looked at me in surprise.
I laughed bitterly, “He cheated me out of death, don’t ask me why, I don’t understand either.”
Yue Man Gong said, “If you were to go to war with Liu Rong and Han Kun at the same time, you would be fighting on your back. This is not a fight, you can’t go one-on-two.”
I said, “You really think we special forces are just fools who show off our muscles. I just want to force Han Kun to come out. Han Kun has long guessed that I know he’s still alive, so in that case why not let him come out and talk to me?”
“Is that really a good idea? Captain, I remember that your uncle is very tactful.”
“Heh, I can’t help it. Can’t you see, I’m just a mascot, they don’t actually see me in their eyes, it’s hard for me to fire someone and even harder to get hold of the whole company. The only way to clean up Liu Rong is to force Han Kun out.”
Yue Man Gong said in a cold voice: “You are killing eight hundred enemies and damaging yourself a thousand. In the end, this company is yours and has little to do with Han Kun. If you really bring the company down, you have more to lose.”
I laughed out loud, “Then we’ll see who’s more hurt.”
Yue Man Gong shook his head speechlessly, but I was sure that it would be Han Kun who would suffer more.
Gan Ling had indeed stopped calling, and not hearing the phone ring, Cai Xiaobing was worried, asking from time to time if I would mess up.
He was so annoyed with me that I gave him a hairy chestnut: “Did you study psychology for nothing? If you have this kind of psychology, the old man still wants to promote you to be the leader of a detachment? He’s going to let you take the whole squad to their deaths from time to time?”
I invited Moon Bow upstairs, where all the Snow Leopard brothers were anyway. But Yue Man Gong was a bit hesitant and stammered, making me confused, thinking he had something important to say to me in private.
To my surprise, Yue Man Gong asked, “Is the Zhao family here?”
I laughed myself silly: “Zhao Zichen? He’s not here today, he’s still a doctor and has to go back to his shift, and you’re that annoyed with him?”
Yue Man Gong was full of arrogance and said, “I just don’t care to be around snakes and mice.”
We followed Cai Xiaobing into the lift and I asked in pa*sing, “Why? Why can the Zhao family be a big family in the Jianghu since they all don’t know martial arts.”
“Humph, it’s all about meanness. The Zhao family is good at manipulation, long sleeves and colluding with the lower nine in the jianghu. Although the eight great families don’t care to be a*sociated with them, their reputation among the lower nine streams is not low.”
“It’s a bit like the Beggar’s Gang eh.” Cai Xiaobing said.
Yue Man Gong said with dissatisfaction, “Don’t insult the heroes of the Beggar’s Gang, they are all chivalrous and righteous people.”
Cai Xiaobing spat out her tongue and I said, “All right, Zhao Zichen is not here, you go up. But I say you guys are too calculating, Zhao Zichen is not a bad person. You guys are being surname discriminatory.”
Moon Full Bow said very little, and after I briefly introduced everyone upstairs, he found a seat by the window and sat down, looking out the window.
Fox nudged me with his elbow and asked, “Captain, which military district is that? Such a strong sense of anti-surveillance?”
I laughed, “My personal bodyguard, by the way, have Rat and Old Li come back yet?”
“Back, Lin Kang has brought them back too.”
Cai Xiaobing immediately turned around keenly and asked, “Where is the man?”
“Downstairs, we have too many people living in this room, and the landlord even came today to warn us that we can’t have so many people. The neighbours across the street also told us to move a few out, saying that we’re in a group rented room and if we don’t move out we’ll have to call the police.”
I said, “Keep an eye on that one across the street, there’s something wrong. There’s too many group rentals in this area, and it’s too problematic to keep an eye on us.”
Fox raised his eyebrows, “Do you need the captain to tell you that? Old Yu has already made the arrangements. Come on, let’s go downstairs and see Lin Kang, the grandson’s been screaming for a lawyer.”
“A lawyer?”
“You’ll find out when you go down and see.”
Fox took the three of us downstairs and as soon as we opened the door, the room was very dark and Armin had lit a small desk lamp and was staring at a drowsy Rincon, once Rincon was about to fall asleep, Armin would shine the light in Rincon’s eyes and force him awake.
This is a very routine interrogation technique. The interrogated person will not be able to think in a fatigued state and will not be able to make up a logical and satisfactory lie, and will usually tell the truth.
“How did the questioning go?”
A-Min stood up, sat down again with my shoulder pressed, shook his head and said, “He knows very little, only that the gun was given to him by a middle-aged man who was quite gentle-looking, but he doesn’t know what the man’s name is or what his origins are.”
“You get Old Li to come and get this boy to cooperate to make a portrait. With a portrait, it’ll be quicker to get Meng Meng to do face recognition then.”
Ah Ming shot me a wink and whispered, “This kid is not very cooperative, if I ask him again he will insist that he doesn’t know, or that he wants to see a lawyer.”
“I have, the right to remain silent.” Rincon said in a daze, and suddenly, he rubbed his eyes at me, “Brother-in-law! Why are you here too? Brother-in-law, hurry up and get me out.”
Ah Ming slapped the table, scaring Lin Kang into sitting back down with his head shrunken, but he observed for a moment and laughed rampantly, “Good, I know what’s going on. Brother-in-law, my sister said you used to be a special forces soldier, and these are your men who listen to you, right?” He pointed at Ah Ming’s nose and said, “Don’t be mad at me, watch out for my brother-in-law to fix you! Brother-in-law, let me out quickly.”
I laughed coldly, “Am I your brother-in-law? Your sister and I broke up a long time ago.”
“Brother-in-law, don’t, when my sister comes back, I’ll tie her up and give her to you too. I know, my sister is your first girlfriend, who among men doesn’t have a first love goddess episode? These two are your own brothers, right? I’ll be straight with you, if you let me go, I’ll definitely catch my sister and give her back to you.”
I really felt bad for Lin Fang, who had dedicated her life to such a brother, but that was also Lin Fang’s own fault.
“Shut up, with a brother like you, I wouldn’t want your sister even if she gave it to me. Do you know what you were brought here for?”
Lin Kang saw my bad attitude and didn’t dare to be so wild, but said forcefully, “I don’t know, I want to see my lawyer. I have the right not to talk until my lawyer comes. Or else you’ll be careful I’ll file a complaint against you.”
