324 A Conspiracy (1/2)
Huang He gave a glance. ”I don't take such stuff…”
”You don't?” Brother Steel was as though heard something unbelievable. ”You're in this business and you've never tried it before? Are you kidding me? How are you going to know the quality if you don't try it yourself?”
In their line of business, one might not touch it at first.
But over time, who could resist the temptation?
Huang He took a look at Brother Steel. He did not explain nor touch those stuff, either.
There was a packet of cigarettes as well on the coffee table. Brother Steel had no choice so he just drew a cigarette from the packet and gave it to Huang He.
”Come. Have a smoke!”
Huang He frowned but did not accept the cigarette. Instead, he took one out of his pocket and lit it.
”I'm used to smoking my own cigarette!”
It was an obvious act of distrust.
From the looks of it, Brother Steel was somewhat annoyed. But when his eyes met with Huang He's, he smiled again and gave a thumbs up at Huang He.
”You're cautious indeed! No, no, no, you're cultured! Cultured people are indeed different!”
”Hur.” Huang He smiled. ”Please pardon me for being honest with you. Those people who ended up as drug addicts are fools. They should just enjoy their lives with the money they earned. It's so pathetic that a lot of them ended up dying in their own hands instead of the police. I don't understand why they have to do that?”
”Hah!” Brother Steel showed a thumbs up again. ”You sure are wise.”
Huang He snorted and let out a chuckle. ”I don't believe that your boss takes them as well!”
Uh! Brother Steel was stumped and he scratched his head. ”I've never seen that!”
As he said that, he paused for a while and gave a smirk. ”Well, I've never met him in person before!”
Huang He only gave him a look and smoked quietly.
…
Knock! Knock!
Someone knocked on the door.
”Brother Steel, bad news!”
It was the earlier guy whom he sent out to scout.
Brother Steel was holding the smoking pipe in his hand. ”What's all this shouting for? Just talk!”
That guy was breaking out in cold sweat. ”They're here. Bai Muchuan and his men… they're nearing this place!”
Brother Steel immediately jumped up from the sofa. ”What did you just say?”
”Bai Muchuan is heading toward our base!”
”D*mn!” Brother Steel cussed. ”How much longer before they reach here…”
”Soon, very soon!”
They had as though suddenly knew the way here. So they were moving at a very fast speed.
”D*mmit!” Brother Steel had drunk some liquor and was enraged by the news. Without another word, he kicked that guy. ”What did I bleeping telling you earlier? The moment you know about the situation, you have to come back immediately! It's immediately! Is this considered immediately?”
That guy held his stomach and wore a mournful expression. ”I did exactly as told! I rushed back immediately, as fast as I could…”
Brother Steel gritted his teeth. ”Scram!”
After having suffered that kick, that guy did not dare to actually leave the living room. Instead, he stood at the side of the door meekly.
After hearing such news, Brother Steel had no more mood to drink nor eat anymore.
He started to pace back and forth around the room. ”Looks like they didn't find the correct direction by chance…”
Hearing Brother Steel mumbling to himself, the subordinate guy who got kicked earlier suggested: ”Brother Steel… they have quite a lot of people with them… do you think we should… run away and go into hiding for the time being?”
Run!? This sounds like a good plan.
Brother Steel couldn't help but feel goosebumps just at the thought of Bai Muchuan's eyes.
He had always been a merciless and ruthless person who seldom frowned.
But fear was also a word that existed in the dictionary of a cruel person.
After fighting the guerilla warfare with Bai Muchuan for a day and a night, he was afraid of Bai Muchuan. He feared the guy who had finished off Zhou Dequan and exposed all his evil deeds to the world.
”No, we can't run away like this!” Brother Steel was so anxious that he felt his hair might stand on ends and he couldn't stop scratching them. ”If I abandon the base… then all these goods will end up in the hands of the police! Now that the base got exposed… Boss will definitely have me slaughtered…”
”But with Bai Muchuan hot on our tails… I don't think you can keep the base anymore.”
Brother Steel and his men had previously fought against Bai Muchuan so they were fearful of him.
When Brother Steel heard that, he started to flare up. ”D*rn, how the hell did they manage to find this place?”
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't accept the fact. Subconsciously, he thought of Tu Liang.
”It has to be that detective. He must have left some clues on the way here… Otherwise, there's no way Bai Muchuan can find this place!”
”That might not be the case!” Huang He looked at the raging Brother Steel. ”Bai Muchuan was able to find the exit at the lake, it's no surprise if he managed to find his way here… I've already told you earlier, don't look down on the police.”
Brother Steel paused for a while. ”This place is tougher to find than the exit at the lake…”
”Hur!” Huang He sneered. ”Old brother, I feel that you're currently confused…”
”In what way am I confused?”