"Let's do this." Lin Chuan spoke up, "Take twenty thousand yuan and support their family with it. Just say it's a charitable donation from our company."

"Deal!" Zhou Kai was even more excited and said, "Brother Chuan, you're too kind."

"Sigh, we're from the same factory." Lin Chuan nodded slightly, "I'm well aware of the situation at Liu Cheng's home. Sigh, the sympathy of parents knows no bounds. Liu Cheng is very ambitious, always wanting to outdo you guys, yet he's unfortunately taken a crooked path, which really isn't right."

"Yeah!" Zhou Kai nodded, "I've tried to persuade him several times, but the kid is not content. He asked why you get to lead everyone, why Lu Dapao and I should earn more than him. So... maybe that's why, maybe that led to his heartache and stepping onto this road of no return."

"Sigh, let's not talk about it anymore." Lin Chuan said helplessly.

Zhou Kai nodded.

The booming business in the transport market made Long Wu feel extremely frustrated. This place used to be his territory, but now it has fallen into the hands of others; he could only watch them make money while he could only manage a few bars. He was very angry.

"Long, Lin Chuan's transport market is doing incredibly well now!" one of Long Wu's underlings hurriedly reported.

"Bullshit!" Long Wu glared at him fiercely and angrily said, "What do you mean 'Lin Chuan's transport market'? That's clearly ours!"

"But..." The underling was suddenly taken aback and awkwardly said, "Didn't it get taken over by Lin Chuan's people?"

"It's still ours!" Long Wu said furiously: "Sooner or later, I'm going to get that place back. Damn it, the transport market is indeed doing well right now. It's said that Feixiang Company even got the sand business from Glory Group, damn, it's so infuriating. How come we never came across such good opportunities before?"

"Yeah, it's said that one deal can make millions a year!" The underling almost drooled with envy.

"Sigh, these kind of things can't be envied." Long Wu said helplessly, "Maybe when the transport market was in our hands, we might not have been able to get the orders from Glory Group either."

"Bro, even if we can't get the orders for the transport market, we could still monopolize all the business in Jiangbei City," the underling quickly said. "In the past, just this market alone could make us several hundred thousand a month. Now, guarding a vegetable market, we only make tens of thousands a month? That's not even enough to pay our brothers' wages!"

"Sigh!" Long Wu ran his hand over his smooth head.

"Big brother, are we just going to watch helplessly as they steal our market?" another underling said helplessly.

"What else can we do?" Long Wu said with resignation.

"Rob it!" The underling clenched his teeth and said, "Lin Chuan's power is growing stronger, and it's said that many brothers on the streets have started to follow Zhou Kai and Lu Dapao. We're not that popular on the streets anymore. I think we'll be crushed by them sooner or later."

"Lin Chuan is really hard to deal with." Long Wu let out a bitter smile, "Even Dongbei Hu is wary of him, what can we do?"

"Big brother, even snakes have a vital point; don't people have one too?" the underling whispered, "I believe Lin Chuan must have his weaknesses. If we grip onto it, he can only let us control him."

Long Wu was slightly startled, then said, "Now that you mention it, I suddenly remembered something."

"What did you think of?" The underling eagerly asked.

"It seems like Lin Chuan cares a lot about his mother." Long Wu touched his bald head and then said, "Heh, look, can't we start from his mother? As long as we have his mother in our hands, I don't believe Lin Chuan won't compromise."

"This..." The underling was slightly stunned and then said, "Bro, it's not good to involve family members, breaking the rules of the underworld like that, right?"

"Damn it, we've come to this critical moment, what underworld rules?" Long Wu glared at the underling and snapped, "Or do you have a better idea?"

The underling shook his head.

"That settles it then." Long Wu replied irritably.

"Right!" The underling nodded.

"Find some guys later, keep an eye on that old lady!" Long Wu touched his head, then added, "In any case, we must be careful with this, and when dealing with the old lady, try not to use too much force, be as gentle as possible. You know what I mean!"

"Right!" The underling nodded immediately upon hearing this.

............

Zhou Kai had contacted Liu Cheng several times, but unfortunately, Liu Cheng has been like a stone sinking into the sea, unresponsive the entire time. This gave Zhou Kai an even more ominous premonition. He heard that pyramid schemes would restrict personal freedom and even physically punish and beat those who don't participate...

"Brother Chuan, it seems we shouldn't hesitate any longer." Zhou Kai hurriedly said, "Liu Cheng has completely lost contact."

"Are you sure?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Absolutely." Zhou Kai nodded, "In the past when I called him, he would at least answer, but now there's no news at all, he doesn't answer calls or reply to messages. There's no sign of him."

"Then what's the hesitation, let's set off tonight." Lin Chuan replied.

"Really?" Zhou Kai heard this and hurriedly asked, "Then... who's going with us?"

"Quality over quantity." Lin Chuan glanced at Zhou Kai and said, "Just call Zhao Zhonghai and Lu Dapao and the others."

"Okay!" Zhou Kai nodded.

That very night, Lin Chuan set off with Zhou Kai, Zhao Zhonghai, Lu Dapao, and Huang Bo.

The seats at the rear of the Jinbei van had been removed, replaced with a square table and four chairs set up so they could play cards on the road to fend off boredom. Otherwise, the journey would be terribly dull and uninteresting.

Zhou Kai drove while Lin Chuan and the others played mahjong in the back. The four of them, around one table, moved towards Guangxi, playing mahjong and listening to music. The trip from Jiangbei City to Nanning, Guangxi is a thousand kilometers long, requiring at least twelve hours of driving.

They switched drivers every four hours. After Zhou Kai got a break, he immediately took his turn at mahjong. Along the way, Lin Chuan won thousands. Huang Bo, the kid with the lousiest luck, lost thirteen hundred by himself.

The journey wasn't lonely at all. The next morning, just after ten o'clock, the car slowly exited the Nanning toll station.

Lin Chuan took over the driving and drove for over five hours. It was supposed to be Huang Bo's turn next, but he couldn't bear to wake the kid up. The others were sprawled out, sleeping so soundly, especially Lu Dapao, whose snoring was almost louder than thunder. Lu Dapao's thigh was in Huang Bo's embrace, as if he's holding his beloved girl, occasionally kissing it. It was a scene so beautiful no one had the heart to interrupt it.

"Where are we?" Zhou Kai rubbed his eyes and exclaimed, "Wow, it's past ten already? Chunzi Bro, you're still driving?"

"You guys sleep a bit more, we're almost at the city." Lin Chuan replied.

Smack smack...

Zhou Kai slapped Huang Bo's butt a few times and angrily said, "Damn it, how could you let Chunzi Bro drive for so long without offering to take over?"

"Err..." Huang Bo opened his eyes and stammered, "I was... I was dreaming!"

"Dreaming of spring dreams again?" Zhou Kai glared at Huang Bo.

"Motherfucker, I was dreaming of the girl I love," Huang Bo stumbled over his words.

"Hurry up, let Chunzi Bro rest!" Zhou Kai cursed.

Huang Bo opened his eyes and realized he was holding Lu Dapao's thigh, with its blotchy, hairy surface. He hastily tossed Lu Dapao's thigh away in disgust and complained, "**** it, uncle, your leg stinks so much, didn't you wash your feet yesterday?"

Awakened by Huang Bo's toss, Lu Dapao immediately opened his eyes and asked, "What's up? Are we there?"

Lu Dapao quickly got up.

"We're almost there." Lin Chuan, with a cigarette in his mouth, said, "We'll reach the city area soon, you guys get ready too."

"Yeah yeah!" The others quickly woke up.

Zhao Zhonghai was lying in the passenger seat resting; he had already opened his eyes when Zhou Kai woke up. The morning air in Nanning was truly nice, with a slight moist maritime touch, high humidity, and a smell of the sea that deeply inhaled, felt wonderfully memorable.

"Not bad, not bad." Zhou Kai rolled down the window, excitedly saying, "It's my first time smelling the ocean."

"It's a fishy smell," Lu Dapao laughed.

"Zhou Kai, where's the address Liu Cheng gave you?" Lin Chuan asked.

"I'll bring it up on my phone's GPS right away!" Zhou Kai hurriedly said.

Soon after, Zhou Kai brought up the map navigation on his phone, and Lin Chuan followed it. Before long, they entered the streets of Nanning and headed deeper inside, quickly approaching a residential area.

Outside the city hall, quite a few people were milling about. Early in the morning, this group was chatting and laughing, but from their accents, it was clear they were not locals; they were a group of Northerners sightseeing.

"See that flagpole at the entrance of the government building with the knob on it? That indicates the price of three thousand three hundred per share, introduced in '98..." One of them was leading the group, pointing at the flagpole of the city hall and laughing, "Also, see the six hundred written not far away? It suggests that six hundred shares are needed for the total..."

"Exactly, so illustrative," a crowd of people nodded in agreement.

Lin Chuan and his group glanced over and then drove away.

It wasn't just outside the city hall, even in the plaza there were crowds of people gathered. Led by some guides, they claimed they were there for sightseeing, but in reality, they were indoctrinating the crowd, deliberately misleading them with misinterpretation and drawing them into the trap they'd laid.

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