"Mom, you might as well just quit your job." Lin Chuan started working on convincing his mother again.

"No, I can't stand to be idle." Mrs. Lin shook her head.

"How can you not stand to be idle?" Lin Chuan hurriedly said with a smile, "Don't you just want to cuddle with your grandchild? Once you have a baby, you'll have to stay at home and take care of the baby every day; you won't have time for work."

"You don't even have a wife yet," Mrs. Lin said helplessly, looking at Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan was immediately at a loss for words and had no choice but to give up sheepishly. He retreated to his room to watch TV.

Lin Chuan was idle at home for the entire afternoon. It wasn't until around four in the afternoon that his phone suddenly rang. Glancing down, he saw that it was Tang Yumeng calling. Lin Chuan was perplexed, shouldn't she already be off work by this time? Why would Tang Yumeng be calling him? He was genuinely taken aback.

"Sis, you're looking for me?" Lin Chuan hurriedly answered the call.

"Weren't you at the City Committee this afternoon?" Tang Yumeng asked coldly.

"Ah..." Lin Chuan blinked, trying hard to come up with an excuse, but ultimately failed to do so. He could only nod honestly, "Right, I... I saw you didn't come, so I went home."

"Lin Chuan, your attitude is a bit off," Tang Yumeng said with a cold laugh, "Whether I come to work or not is none of your business; you are a driver, you have to be on standby at the City Committee at all times. You did not do your job properly; this is a violation of the rules. According to the regulations, you have to not only forfeit today's pay but also receive a warning."

"Sis, can we not do this?" Lin Chuan pleaded awkwardly upon hearing this, "It's not easy for me to earn a bit of money, and now... you're going to dock a day's pay."

"It's the rule," Tang Yumeng huffed, "Without rules, there can be no square or circle; you were reported today."

"What?" Lin Chuan exclaimed, cursing, "Damn it, it must be those two Song family dogs."

"You did something wrong and you're still cursing at people?" Tang Yumeng became anxious, "Do you not have any sense of reason?"

"I... I do," Lin Chuan nodded awkwardly, saying, "Absolutely reasonable. It's just, can we not deduct the money, I'm already a pauper."

"No," Tang Yumeng replied decisively, "Not only will the money be deducted, but you also won't get this month's performance bonus."

"No, that's not okay!" Lin Chuan pleaded desperately, "Sis, rules are dead, but people are alive. You can't just..."

"No discussion. At Monday's regular meeting, you're going to be reprimanded." After saying that, Tang Yumeng hung up the phone resolutely.

Lin Chuan, holding the phone that was now buzzing with the busy signal, was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected Tang Yumeng to be so merciless, not giving him any face at all. It seemed he was going to be disappointed. Lying on the bed, the sight of the Song brothers' obsequious faces made him nauseous; they had secretly snitched on him for skipping work.

It seemed it was time to teach those two bastards a lesson. And there was still Old Luo's grudge to settle.

With that thought, Lin Chuan immediately put on his shoes and ran outside.

It was quitting time, and Da Pao and the others had also returned to the factory. Once everyone gathered in the factory, they brought packed meals from outside, bought several boxes of marinated dishes, and a few bottles of sorghum liquor.

"Come on, come on," Da Pao raised his cup, saying, "In this chilly weather, it's good to drink some liquor to stay warm."

"Kai, we talked to the foreman about the settlement of our wages, but the foreman refused," a fellow brother cursed from the side.

"Wh... why?" Huang Bo stammered, "Motherf... Let's beat them up."

Zhou Kai took a sip of liquor and asked, "Right, why is that? Why won't he settle the wages?"

"Says we haven't finished the work," Da Pao cursed. He grabbed the fattest piece of meat with his chopsticks and shoved it into his mouth, grumbling, "I've already finished all the work for the first phase, and yet they insist that we have to complete the second phase before we get paid."

"How long will the second phase take?" Zhou Kai inquired.

"Isn't it almost the end of the year?" Da Pao drank a gulp of sorghum liquor, his face turned red, and he cursed, "I guess getting paid by the end of the year will be tough."

"We have to figure something out," Zhou Kai remarked.

At that moment, Lin Chuan came in from outside. Da Pao hurriedly beckoned, "Chuanzi, you're here? Quick, come and eat with us."

"Sure," Lin Chuan sat down quickly at a nearby machine, and five or six people gathered around. With several marinated and several cooked dishes, together with two bottles of one-liter sorghum liquor, everyone was quite happy. Zhou Kai quickly poured Lin Chuan a cup of liquor and said, "Chuanzi, this is fifty-six-degree baijiu."

"I've drunk vodka that's sixty degrees," Lin Chuan dismissed with a curl of his lips, "The Russians drink vodka at sixty degrees, it burns your throat. But I still drink it."

"Wow..." everyone expressed amazement.

"That must burn a lot, right?" Zhou Kai asked in surprise.

"No way around it, with temperatures tens of degrees below zero, you need it to warm up," Lin Chuan laughed.

"Chuanzi, where have you been before?" Zhou Kai asked curiously.

"Served in the military." Lin Chuan patted his chest and said, "Life in the military back then really wasn't for humans."

"Brother Chuanzi, did you really serve in the military?" Lu Dapao asked in surprise.

"That's right." Lin Chuan nodded.

"Then... could you tell us some stories about your military service?" Lu Dapao was quite interested in the military. He had applied before but was rejected during the medical examination for simple hepatitis B 'two and a half', a carrier of the virus. Although it's a minor case, it still didn't pass. Even trying to pull strings with money didn't work.

"What's so good to talk about military service?" Lin Chuan shook his head and said, "It's quite a hardship, you have to go wherever your superiors tell you to."

"Brother Chuanzi, what kind of soldier were you?" Zhou Kai asked curiously.

"Army, Special Forces squadron." Lin Chuan said with a grin.

"Wow..." Everyone was shocked: "You were in the Special Forces?"

Special Forces, as seen in TV series, flipping and flying across roofs, shooting with incredible precision, they are all incredibly badass people. Lin Chuan glanced at them and said, "Do you think being in the Special Forces is something to be envious of? In fact, it's the most tough, exhausting, and dangerous job."

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

Soon, the group started to ask questions out of curiosity, and Lin Chuan answered anything they asked, but whenever it came to his past, he would quickly find a way to change the topic. The things he talked about were mostly unrelated to himself, either about the training of the Special Forces or the tasks they often carry out. Everyone listened in a fog, surprised by these mysterious matters.

The dinner took more than an hour, with several hot dishes turned cold, and the braised dishes were completely finished early on. By the end, plates were empty and two bottles of liquor had been drunk dry.

"Right, Kai, I came to you today because I have a matter to discuss." Lin Chuan suddenly spoke.

"Oh? What's up?" Zhou Kai asked, puzzled.

"Heh, tonight, let's take care of a person." Lin Chuan let out a burp and said, "This guy has some issues with me, and he also bullied one of my buddies."

"Damn it, Chuanzi's buddy is our buddy, we must help out with this." Zhou Kai said, patting his chest.

"Brother Chuanzi, we want to go too," the crowd started clamoring unhappily upon hearing Lin Chuan would only take Zhou Kai.

Lin Chuan looked at them and said, "All of you better stay put in the factory and avoid causing trouble elsewhere."

Lu Dapao, who has a fiery temper, was about to retort unwillingly when Lin Chuan looked straight at him: "Especially you, Da Pao, you need to understand that it hasn't been easy to build up this little enterprise, and you'd better work hard in the future."

Although Lin Chuan was addressing Lu Dapao, his message was meant for everyone present, implying clearly that this job was hard-won, and they should behave well from now on.

The reason Lin Chuan wanted Zhou Kai to come along was that he really needed a hand.

Lin Chuan took Zhou Kai and left, and by the time they came out, it was already late, the sky gradually darkening. In the darkness, without the moonlight, a distinct contrast formed between the bustling city not far away and this area of poverty.

"However, I should clarify in advance that this guy has some background and history," Lin Chuan opened his mouth to say.

"No matter his background or history, hmph, if he deserves a beating, we'll beat him." Everyone quickly said.

The two walked towards Huai Mountain South Road. The economy there was quite good, so it aroused a lot of contention, but now, Huai Mountain South Road had been taken over by Northeast Tiger and Long Wu. It was hard for anyone to take the turf from their hands.

Northeast Tiger opened a bathhouse on Huai Mountain South Road called Qinghua Pool.

According to the clues provided by Li Minghua, the Song family brothers almost went to Qinghua Pool for enjoyment every night after work. Don't think that Qinghua Pool is just a place for bathing and scrubbing, this place had its own Qiankun. It was said to be comparable to Beijing's Heaven on Earth.

"Qinghua Pool?" Zhou Kai's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This place is great, Chuanzi, I heard there are lots of young and pretty girls inside."

"Oh?" Lin Chuan was taken aback, "Isn't it just a bathhouse?"

"Bathing my ass." Zhou Kai said disdainfully: "It's a paradise for men inside, they say there are over three hundred beauties catering to all kinds of tastes. Chuanzi, my biggest dream is to indulge in the pleasures there just once."

"No ambition." Lin Chuan looked disdainfully at Zhou Kai.

"Chuanzi, I'm not lying to you, the women inside are really gorgeous, with tall girls from the Northeast, delicate beauties from Jiangnan, spicy girls from Sichuan, and they even have a few foreign girls." Zhou Kai spoke of Qinghua Pool as if he were an expert on it.

"Sounds like you've been there yourself." Lin Chuan huffed.

"Alas, as a man, my biggest regret is not having been to Qinghua Pool." Zhou Kai sighed.

Unknowingly, the two had arrived at Huai Mountain South Road. At the intersection, a huge storefront, three stories high, with a neon sign shining brightly on top, the flamboyant characters exuding a commanding presence. The large neon sign nearly illuminated the entire intersection brightly. In front of Qinghua Pool, numerous luxury cars were parked, with a neat parking lot and several security guards patrolling inside, strengthening the security forces of the parking lot.

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