Chapter 262: The Observer, Tiannan

After 4 AM, the sky had already begun to grow dimly light.

In the Su family living room, the special agent claiming to be from Dragon City's Military Intelligence Department looked at Su Zhengcai frowning asking: "Finished your call? Then let's go!"

The reason the burly man was so "kind" was because the Su family was a large household with many people inside and out, and matters involving Li Mingsheng were very sensitive - he didn't want any conflict with them at the Su home, just wanted to take people away to complete his task, so he wouldn't get into big trouble.

Su Zhengcai looked at him, completely unclear what had happened outside, so he didn't dare resist strongly, only nodding to reply: "Fine, I'll go with you."

"Now just you going isn't enough - your eldest second son and second son must also cooperate with our investigation," the burly man replied frowning.

Su Zhengcai clenched his hands, saying in a deep voice: "My second son isn't here." Then he turned back to tell Tiannan: "Go with him together."

At this time, the male members gathered at the Su family entrance all walked in silently. Su Tianzhan spoke first demanding: "We're all ordinary citizens who don't invite disaster or cause trouble - what right do you have to come arrest people in the middle of the night?!"

The burly man completely ignored Su Tianzhan, only coming before Su Zhengcai, taking out handcuffs: "I'm already being very restrained - you'd better cooperate, don't make me smash your face on the ground."

Su Zhengcai looked at him coldly, waving to his family saying: "Haven't done anything wrong, don't fear ghosts knocking! Don't make trouble here - I'll go with them..."

"Wait!"

Just as he finished speaking, Second Aunt ran out from inside holding a phone, calling to Su Zhengcai: "Phone call, it's from Six - he says it's urgent!"

Su Zhengcai paused, looking up to say to them: "Can I take this call?!"

"Take shit! Am I giving you face? Military Intelligence Department summons - I fucking didn't tie you up to take you away - that's already taking care of you!" The young man behind the leader stepped forward grabbing Su Zhengcai's wrist.

"What are you doing?!"

"Going to hit people?!"

"Let go of my dad!"

"...!"

Twenty to thirty male members of the Su family all crowded into the living room, glaring at the five special agents.

"Call for our people outside to come in," the leading burly man ordered expressionlessly.

The young man beside him immediately took up his walkie-talkie: "Bring weapons, come in!"

Su Zhengcai pushed away the young man, looking up at the burly man saying: "It's not that I won't go with you - putting on this show is useless. I still don't know what happened outside - let me take this call, ask him a couple questions. What if he's telling me to cooperate with you?"

The burly man looked at the twenty to thirty Su family men inside and outside the house, his right hand touching his gun, pausing briefly to say: "I'll give you two more minutes - you also tell the person calling you that if he doesn't understand the situation, he definitely won't get through this today."

The burly man agreed to let Su Zhengcai take the call because he saw that the caller was likely Su Tianyu, so putting some pressure on him through Su Zhengcai at this time wasn't a problem.

Su Zhengcai nodded, pointing at the Su family members saying: "Don't cause trouble!"

With that, Su Zhengcai took the phone into the corridor.

In the living room, the usually quiet Su Tiannan watched the swaggering special agents with great emotional turmoil inside.

Many recent events had quietly changed Su Tiannan's worldview. Before, he had thought that as long as his family worked hard and stayed united in doing business together, everyone would definitely improve and live wealthy lives.

But since the Su family's sanitation company gradually rose and did better and better, the various events they encountered were quite different from what Su Tiannan had imagined.

Just as the company grew large with considerable profits, Su Zhengcai was framed for arms trafficking, then they were forced to rely on the Yu family, followed by two or three situations where they were forced to flee. In these events, Su Tiannan personally witnessed what darkness was, what it meant for the weak to have absolutely no right to choose - they could only follow the direction of those above like driftwood in a current.

A few days ago, when Xiao Yucheng returned and came seeking help from Su Zhengcai, Second Uncle had ultimately handed the matter to Su Tiannan to handle, so the latter had almost personally witnessed how this honest worker trying to be a good citizen was literally forced to death.

It must be understood that the Xiao Yucheng case wasn't just an extremely rare isolated incident in society! His death, his experience, represented the situation of countless laborers.

A perfectly good person, after wandering outside for thirteen years, wife dead, himself disabled, returned to Dragon City full of hope, but ended up with family destroyed and people dead.

As someone who personally witnessed this, Su Tiannan was deeply affected, even feeling somewhat desolate inside.

And today with Military Intelligence Department special agents coming to arrest people without reason, it stirred up even more waves in his heart.

In this era, in a place like Dragon City that appeared stable but was actually full of chaos, being honest in life and honest in business seemed unworkable. Without power, people were just meat on a chopping board to be slaughtered at will - one moment of carelessness meant family destroyed and having to flee with rolled-up bedding.

Su Tiannan looked at these people in the room, his mouth twitching, gaze gloomy.

In the corridor.

After taking the call, Su Zhengcai immediately demanded: "What's going on?!"

"Did people come to the house?" Su Tianyu's voice came through.

"Several Military Intelligence people came to arrest me."

"Damn it!" Hearing this, Su Tianyu immediately asked urgently: "Didn't Mingyuan call to tell you the Supervision Assembly had an incident?!"

"He only told me that place was taken hostage, you were on scene, told me not to worry..." Second Uncle replied.

Yu Mingyuan had left very early - he wasn't clear about the series of events that happened afterward, so explaining this way to Second Uncle was understandable.

Su Tianyu paused briefly before replying: "Second Uncle, this matter is complicated to explain, but basically... I got caught up in political struggles between big figures up top - the ones coming for you should be Secretary-General Lu's people from the city government."

Hearing this, Su Zhengcai immediately cursed: "Mother fucking bastard, are you seeking death?! Why did you offend the city secretary?!"

"Because I'm standing on the mayor's side..."

"What did you say?!" Su Zhengcai asked frowning.

"I said, I'm standing on the mayor's side - I'm protecting him returning from outside the district," Su Tianyu had no time to explain more, only instructing: "Second Uncle, absolutely don't resist them hard - delay a bit of time, the mayor's people will come..."

Hearing this, Su Zhengcai immediately demanded: "You're sure your boss is Li Mingsheng?!"

"Yes, he's right here with me! He went into the Supervision Assembly building himself to exchange hostages, then was taken outside the district by the Chi Army... but unexpectedly, some people don't want him to return."

"...!" Hearing this, Su Zhengcai's expression became strange.