Chapter 82: Focus on the Outer District

In the Bai family's side room, Su Tianyu walked to the window with his phone. His expression was somewhat surprised, but his tone remained calm as he asked: "What happened?"

"One of the workers called the Thunder Boys' leader, saying there was a new job to take, with a high price," Yu Mingyuan explained softly. "This Thunder Boys' leader is short on money, so..."

After hearing this, Su Tianyu instantly sobered up a bit: "If the Thunder Boys' leader says there's a problem, then there might really be a problem. But... can the Thunder Boys' leader determine that it was the sea job that went wrong?"

"He said this kid hadn't done many jobs with him. Before going to sea, they only did small deals. Simply put, even if something leaked, no one would bother to trap him in the ungoverned district," Yu Mingyuan replied. "So he judges it must be the sea job that went wrong."

Su Tianyu reacted quickly: "If this kid who was caught talks, can he implicate you?"

"Hard to say. The Thunder Boys' leader said he never told him the boss was from Dragon City, and never mentioned me," Yu Mingyuan replied in a low voice. "But whether the Thunder Boys' leader is lying or not, nobody knows. Most importantly, the intermediary for this job was my military friend. The other side has met him. If this kid talks, it will definitely be troublesome..."

Su Tianyu frowned: "Does the other side know they've been exposed?"

"The Thunder Boys' leader says they probably don't know, because he didn't reveal his suspicions, just said he hadn't arrived at the living village."

"...Where is it?" Su Tianyu asked.

"Xinaluo, Karl Living Village."

"If they don't know yet, then we need to protect our position now," Su Tianyu said immediately. "Otherwise if the Thunder Boys get in trouble, it will be hard for us to clear ourselves, since me and Old Kong, plus Big Bai and Tianbei, we all went on the boat with the Thunder Boys."

"Yes!"

"Can you find people to do the job? Right now!" Su Tianyu asked.

"I'll call my military friend, have him find people, but the Thunder Boys' leader is alone now."

Su Tianyu thought for a moment: "Let's go then."

"Go quickly. If it's the dock gang who caught this Thunder Boy, we can't let them bring him back," Yu Mingyuan said immediately. "Once the person enters the city, cleaning up loose ends becomes very troublesome."

"Got it."

With that, they ended the call. Su Tianyu turned to look at everyone and said: "That sea job seems to have been exposed. We need to go to Xinaluo..."

"What happened?"

"I'll tell you in the car."

Su Tianyu called out.

And so, Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Bai Hongbo, Bai Hongtao, and Kong Zhenghui all left the Bai family home together, getting into two SUVs in the darkness.

On the way, Su Tianyu explained the current situation to everyone. After hearing it, Kong Zhenghui immediately cursed in irritation: "...What you said before was completely right. These people we found for this job weren't good enough, too weak, but wanted a lot of money. Most importantly, after so much time has passed, how could someone still be caught? I hate idiots the most!"

At this moment, no one knew that the captured Thunder Boy had been caught because he had privately taken watches. They all thought something had gone wrong in other aspects.

"Right," Su Tianbei was also irritated. "Doing this kind of thing, why not find more reliable people? Now we have to clean up after them."

Hearing everyone's words, Su Tianyu wasn't as agitated. He only said softly: "The Yu family was previously in Zone One. The environment there is different from here, and their businesses didn't need to deal with these kinds of people, so they definitely have shortcomings in this aspect. Moreover, have you thought about your own position?"

Everyone fell silent at these words.

"Our position determines that some things we do can't be put on the surface," Su Tianyu turned to look at everyone. "From the company's perspective, everyone seems like partners, with shares distributed according to contribution, but from under the table's perspective, we're actually playing the role of lackeys."

Hearing this, Kong Zhenghui didn't argue but tacitly agreed.

"Why does the Yu family give us so much profit?" Su Tianyu said in a low voice. "Isn't it because you can handle things that others can't?"

"That's true too," Bai Hongtao agreed.

Su Tianyu sat in the passenger seat and said with his hands inserted in his sleeves: "Actually, for the last sea job, we should have found people ourselves, because that's your position. But... our connections in this aspect are limited, so Boss Yu had to connect and recruit people. And for a boss, this already counts as not being petty."

"Damn it, hope that Thunder Boys leader's judgment is wrong," Kong Zhenghui sighed. "During New Year's, hope nothing really goes wrong."

Su Tianyu thought for a moment before replying: "If someone was caught and they haven't made a move, it means they want to fish. As long as the Thunder Boys' leader hasn't leaked, if we take them out in the outer district and get the person out, the matter will be resolved."

Lying in the back seat, Bai Hongbo immediately sat up and asked: "Damn it, do I need to wear a helmet again?!"

"Did you bring one?"

"Fuck, turn around, I'll go home and get it!" Bai Hongbo shouted.

"Hehe, fuck!" Kong Zhenghui cursed helplessly.

......

In the living village, at Liang Feng's house.

Xu Er sat in the kitchen smoking, his gaze blank.

"Second Brother, what are you thinking about?" a lackey asked.

"Damn it, don't you think this is very strange?" Xu Er asked in return.

"Strange how?"

"Called saying he arrived, Liang Feng went out, but then he didn't show up," Xu Er took a deep drag on his cigarette. "I keep feeling like we've been played."

"Could that be?"

"If this guy was as stupid as Liang Feng, then definitely not, but looking at how he handles things, he's very cunning," Xu Er licked his lips. "I went out earlier. If he knows where Liang Feng's house is and saw me, then isn't it..."

The lackey blinked: "Could he find Liang Feng's house?"

"In a tiny village like this, how many households named Liang could there be?" Xu Er stared with bulging eyes. "Just ask at any supermarket and you could find this place."

Hearing this, the lackey's hair stood on end: "If the other side knows, then we might be trapped here!"

Xu Er looked at him and after careful consideration for a while, suddenly stood up: "Fuck it, we've been staking out for several days, have the person in hand, no need to take risks. I'll call Big Brother."

Xu Er definitely had the potential to be a top-level desperado. He was vicious, inhuman, and also meticulous and cunning, a very difficult character to deal with.

After ten seconds or so, Xu Er stood at the window with his phone and said: "Big Brother, I want to go back..."

......

In the living village.

Old Black, hiding in a patch of grass, said on his phone: "I have something urgent, can you come?"

"Big Brother, I'm at home for New Year."

"...Liang Feng seems to be under control in the outer district. If he talks, we'll all have trouble," Old Black said in a low voice.

"Fuck his mother, what did he do, how did he get controlled? Which job?!" the other party immediately asked in return.

At the same time.

In a military camp outside Dragon City, a lieutenant held his phone and said softly: "Are you free? I have something to tell you."

And so, as soon as Liang Feng got into trouble, the attention of several forces all focused on this small living village.