Chapter 983 - Expressing Goodwill? (1/2)

Chapter 983: Expressing Goodwill?

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

“Old man Ange!”

Just as Zuo Daquan appeared in another manor more than 10 kilometers away, a fifty-plus something old man he had messaged came and appeared in front of him.

The old man Ange looked puzzled and asked, “It’s so unusual for you to come here at this time, Boss Zuo. What happened?”

“Would you mind letting me take refuge in your place, Ange?” asked Zuo Daquan with a solemn expression. “I got a hunch that somebody is monitoring me and that my place will be quite messed up tonight.”

The old man Ange was silent for a while and then nodded. “You saved my life before and you’ve helped several times, so it’s my turn to help you this time. But you also know that I’m not as strong as your well-trained troops. I only got a little more than a dozen men here.”

“Just letting me take refuge in your place is already the greatest help for me, Ange,” replied Zuo Daquan gratefully. “I can’t say thanks now, but I’ll definitely do it properly after I make it through this crisis safely.”

“Nah. There’s no need for that between us, Boss Zuo,” said the old man. “Anyway, I got a secret room to hide some things here. Do you want to hide there with your men? I won’t leak anything to those who come to find you should there be any.”

“I’ve not come here to hide, Ange.” Zuo Daquan shook his head and said, “I just need to stay in your place to have a look at those who are gonna make a mess in my place. Besides, even if I can hide tonight, there’s no way I can feel safe in the days to come. Well, can I go to your water tower? I need to go up there.”

The old man Ange looked dull for a moment before he patted his head and said, “Damn. How come I forgot the water tower is also a good place to hide? Come on, I’ll take you there myself. That spot seems very unsafe, but it’s the safest spot in my place indeed.”

Ten minutes later, Zuo Daquan led tens of his men to the water tower. The space in the tower was very small and Zuo Daquan only took a few of his trusted men into it above, while the rest stayed below.

The taste of waiting, with restlessness overwhelming your whole being, was never a good feeling. While waiting, a stalwart middle-aged man using binoculars suddenly had his expression change and he reported, “Boss, a convoy seems to be heading to our coconut plantation. There are 13 of them, and each is full of people.”

With a changed expression, Zuo Daquan grabbed the binoculars in his hand and aimed towards the reported direction. He immediately saw that the said convoy consisted of 13 cars. At this moment, his eyes looked as though they were blazing flames as he cursed in a low voice, “The Young Divine Doctor, huh? What a shitty fart! And so is his Magnificent Tang Corporation. You got a good life, Tang Xiu, so I never thought that you’d be just a hunting dog for the Huang. The enemy this time should be the Huang’s men he brought.”

An ordinary-looking middle-aged man beside him put down the binoculars and said, “I don’t think those people are Chinese, Boss. They shouldn’t be the lackeys of the Huang. Those men in the cars are new faces, but they should be Thais from their appearance. Also, I just looked around and I haven’t seen anyone from Tang Xiu’s group who have come to our coconut plantation today.”

“It can’t be. I have no other enemies besides the Huang.” Zuo Daquan shook his head and said, “These people are definitely up to no good, and I can’t think of anyone else except the Huang Family.”

“But if they are indeed the Huang clansmen, Tang Xiu would definitely not be so stupid to come ahead of time with the young lady. It’s just kinda unreasonable to make us alert.” The middle-aged man argued.

His argument made Zuo Daquan frown. He thought about it for a moment and then nodded. “Your reasoning is sound, but the convoy has stopped at the gate of our coconut plantation. If they are not the dogs of the Huang, then who could they possibly be? Kanaja’s men? It’s very unlikely. The relation between I and him is just due to the money he lent to me with no grudge whatsoever. He won’t proactively come here and take me as an enemy.”

The man concurred with a nod. As he raised his binoculars and observed the scene in the distance, his expression suddenly shifted and said, “Have you noticed the weird attire these people are wearing, Boss? The most peculiar thing is the things in their hands. It seems like they are holding cold weapons.”

“That’s bizarre indeed.”

The scene made Zuo Daquan frown deeper. A puzzled and incomprehensible look on his face was quickly becoming much more evident. If these people were really to strike him with these cold weapons, there was only one possibility: these people were all martial artists.

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Two worn-out cars were driving fast on a certain empty street of Bangkok.

With a look of surprise and amazement on his face, Tang Xiu sat in the second car and received a phone call from Jin Shi. This was due to Zuo Daquan’s foresight ability, a variable he didn’t expect. The man had sent his daughter and two grandsons away to other places the same night and then took his men to take refuge in the nearby estate.

“We got traffic police blocking the road in front, Grand Master.” Tang Guang, who was sitting in front, whispered all of a sudden.

“Seriously, is this a normal occurrence?” asked Tang Xiu with squinted eyes.

“From my little knowledge about Bangkok, traffic police shouldn’t close the road unless there’s a big incident.” Tang Guang shook his head and said, “Doing so at 4 AM is rather peculiar.”

“So you mean they are coming for us?” asked Tang Xiu.

“The chance is very likely.” Tang Guang nodded.

Tang Xiu went silent for a moment. He then suddenly turned his head to look at Singluen, asking, “Can you deal with the traffic police in front?”

“It should be no problem, but I’m afraid that I’d expose our whereabouts.” Singluen hesitantly replied, “The constellation of forces in Bangkok is rather complicated, and every traffic policeman could be an informer for others. But there’s one man who could help to deal with it. Of course, that’s as long as he doesn’t leak our whereabouts to anyone else.”