Chapter 61 - 1#
Chapter 61: You Kill Me (1)
In late March, spring was in full bloom.
The conclusion of the homicide case that had been causing a stir for more than two months seemed to be a prelude to the temporary halt of the confrontation between Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou.
The third generation, who had spent the New Year peacefully at home, came out one after another. As usual, they called their friends to various entertainment venues to play exciting and trendy games—only Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou were not among this group of young masters. No one took the initiative to bring up this topic, but among everyone, this was obviously a tacit understanding:
It’s not over at all!
Of course it’s not over.
Not to mention the conversation between the two outside the court, just the previous struggle between the Gu and He families was there. Let alone the “children’s affairs” of Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou, even the political confrontation between Gu Xinjun and He Nanshan would not end here.
In the small courtyard at the foot of Tianxiang Mountain, Gu Chenzhou stayed alone as usual, sorting out and analyzing He Hailou’s sphere of influence and his next plan.
Everyone in the capital knew that the Gu and He families were not finished—but what would the Gu and He families, Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou, do next? Not to mention others, even Gu Chenzhou, who found an excuse to provoke the struggle in the past two months, could not guess He Hailou’s plan.
Zhang Yonglin’s matter has come to an end.
I started this matter, He Hailou may not continue it, and it is very likely that he will start a new one, but where will it come from…?
Gu Chenzhou flipped through the materials clipped together in his hand, which already had dozens of pages, while thinking and talking to Wei Xiangjin on the phone about He Hailou’s situation here—speaking of which, the enmity between Wei Xiangjin and He Nanshan and He Hailou was also getting big.
“Wait,” Wei Xiangjin on the other end of the phone suddenly said, “what place did you just say?”
“Dechang County?” Gu Chenzhou looked at the materials in his hand.
“Dechang in Suilin?” Wei Xiangjin said, “Why did you suddenly mention this place?”
“So you weren’t listening to me just now?” Gu Chenzhou was slightly depressed, “I was analyzing He Hailou’s possible sphere of influence just now. Several people there are very close to him.”
“It’s a bit far from the capital…” Wei Xiangjin said.
Gu Chenzhou sneered: “How can it be easy to do things if it’s not far?”
Wei Xiangjin heard the meaning in the other’s words: “You mean, He Hailou’s hands are not clean?”
“You were the first one to tell me this.” Gu Chenzhou was referring to when he first returned to China and met He Hailou at National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance for the first time, Wei Xiangjin said that the other party ‘crossed the line’.
“I meant he was abroad.” Wei Xiangjin explained.
“He Hailou’s influence extends abroad?” Gu Chenzhou laughed, “How much capital and ability does he have to cross the line abroad? Don’t get cut up and fed to the fish someday—” He suddenly paused.
Wei Xiangjin on the other end of the phone didn’t speak either.
The two people thought of the same thing at the same time: If He Hailou really crossed the line abroad, where did the things he crossed the line with come from? —Besides, He Hailou is only twenty-three or twenty-four years old now. He just came to the capital three years ago. Even if he had the ability to cross the line, he didn’t have the time to accumulate capital. So, the simplest and most reasonable… smuggling from domestic to foreign?
Wei Xiangjin said: “He Hailou dares to play so big? …What is he after?”
“Whether he dares or not is really not up to you.” Gu Chenzhou said a sentence and pondered for a moment, then asked, “Why are you suddenly paying attention to Dechang?”
“We received a notice here that several places are preparing to increase efforts to crack down on crime. There may be big cases, and the armed police system is asked to cooperate. Dechang is among these places.” Wei Xiangjin said, “I just heard you mention it, so I asked specifically.”
“Hmm…” Gu Chenzhou pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, “Do you want to join this operation and get some credit?”
“I guess you must have something to say next…” Wei Xiangjin said.
Gu Chenzhou laughed: “I’ll also go over and take a look, see if I can find anything.”
“The point is whether I get credit or you just go along?” Wei Xiangjin asked seriously.
“You must get credit!” Gu Chenzhou also had a serious face, “We can deal with He Hailou anytime, but this leisurely opportunity to get credit is not always available! By the way, the scenery in Dechang is nice, although the weather is a bit terrible…”
Wei Xiangjin’s voice revealed a sense of satisfaction: “Wait, I’ll go find out about this case.”
The phone was not hung up. It was quiet over there for a while, and soon Wei Xiangjin’s voice came again.
“Hmm, I asked someone to tell me about this case. Is it a major drug trafficking case? Listening to your tone, you knew about it before?”
“Checking He Hailou, I looked at it by the way.” Gu Chenzhou explained, “So I think it suits you. I see that this case has been followed for several years, and the evidence and clues are all ready, just waiting to arrest people.”
There was another pause over there, and Wei Xiangjin decided: “Okay, I’ll go for it. See you in Dechang!”
Since the matter was settled, Gu Chenzhou did not delay. He packed up and left the capital in a low-key manner. As for He Hailou’s matter, he could just leave it to others to continue according to the previous plan.
Suilin is a province and city north of the capital bordering foreign countries, adjacent to ethnic minority autonomous regions. Dechang County is an inconspicuous small county town in Suilin Province, built along the mountain and living by the mountain. Looking carefully, it also has some shadows of Qingxiang County—but unlike Qingxiang County, over the mountain in Qingxiang County is a city, while over the mountain here is still a mountain, and over the mountain again is the border line between the two countries.
Because he was acting alone, Gu Chenzhou arrived in Dechang, Suilin earlier than Wei Xiangjin.
As soon as he got off the bus, he sneezed several times because of the cold wind blowing in his face.
“So cold…” He couldn’t help complaining, pulled up the deep hood on the back of his clothes and put it on, hiding his face—this piece of clothing was specially picked out by him to resist the cold wind in Dechang.
Gu Chenzhou got off the bus alone, and immediately several people riding motorcycles ran over to solicit customers.
He waved his hand, but the other party seemed not to see it at all, pestering him and saying with a heavy accent: “Where are you going? Young man, where are you going?”
Gu Chenzhou frowned and simply walked towards the crowded place. As a result, the other party actually reached out to pull his clothes!
Gu Chenzhou stopped abruptly, reached out and grabbed the other’s wrist.
The thin middle-aged man who was caught immediately shouted: “What are you doing—”
The eyes of the people around immediately moved here. Some pedestrians looked curiously, while those motorcycle drivers who were soliciting customers like the middle-aged man approached with unkind expressions.
This time Gu Chenzhou didn’t pause anymore. He exerted force with his arm and pulled the person straight down from the car, then raised his hand and smashed it quickly on the other’s back, while kneeing upward.
The middle-aged man collapsed on the floor without even screaming.
Now no one came up. Gu Chenzhou turned and left. When he walked out of the station, he took out his mobile phone and sent a text message ‘Arrived’ to Wei Xiangjin. Then he found a relatively clean guesthouse nearby and checked in directly.
In the station, the driver who was kicked in the stomach by Gu Chenzhou and fell to the ground was helped up by other companions not long after, but it took a full five minutes for him to slowly groan, and it took a while before he could straighten his body that was curled up like a shrimp.
“Holy shit, that little bastard is so strong…”
The people around who helped him up from the ground teased him a few words, and someone asked: “Old Wang, did you see his face clearly?”
The man named Old Wang looked angry: “Fuck his mother, I only saw a hat. He moved so fast, rushing to reincarnate!?”
The people around comforted Old Wang a few words, and then dispersed to look for the next target.
Old Wang sat on the chair, groaning while watching the backs of those people leaving. A few minutes later, a cunning look suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Wei Xiangjin knocked on Gu Chenzhou’s door the morning after Gu Chenzhou arrived.
Gu Chenzhou was using the computer in the room. Hearing the knock on the door, he looked out through the peephole and opened the door: “You’re here?”
“Actually, I arrived last night,” Wei Xiangjin also wore a big hat like when Gu Chenzhou came, but not to hide his identity, but for the wind here—it was too cold and freezing!
The air conditioner was on in the room, and warm air was continuously sent out from the air outlet. Wei Xiangjin closed the door, stomped his feet hard, took off his hat and complained: “It’s really freezing to death.”
“You’re only wearing a sweater…” Gu Chenzhou looked at the other party speechlessly.
Just entering the room, Wei Xiangjin hadn’t recovered yet, still hissing and gasping: “How did I know it would be so cold? I almost fainted from the wind when I got off the bus yesterday, and I even grabbed a coat from my comrade to wear. Fortunately, I won’t stay here for a few days—by the way, what are you doing?” He saw Gu Chenzhou’s computer, which had a document open. The document showed a red-headed document, which seemed to be about the content here—Wei Xiangjin saw the three words Dechang County.
“This time is too tight, too late to prepare. When I came out, I used some power to investigate here, and the document just came over.” Gu Chenzhou said, but his brows frowned slightly—the person he met when he got off the station yesterday gave him some strange feelings. It didn’t seem like simple solicitation and entanglement, but… prying?
“What’s wrong?” Wei Xiangjin sensitively caught Gu Chenzhou’s emotions.
Gu Chenzhou pondered: “I always feel it’s too hasty.”
Wei Xiangjin asked strangely: “What do you mean?”
Gu Chenzhou didn’t answer, pondering in his heart: He is not a star, who would pay special attention to his whereabouts? Besides He Hailou, there is only He Hailou—are those people He Hailou’s?
Thinking of this, Gu Chenzhou briefly told Wei Xiangjin what happened before.