Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 217 Success?

Reaching out a bunch of keys from Brin's trouser pocket, Li Yancheng quickly walked to the desk and squatted down.

After opening the safe, the things inside made his breathing pause slightly.

Damn, that’s a lot of money.

After a slight sigh, he reached out and took the briefcase off the desk, then quickly took out the cash from the safe and put it into the bag.

The total was more than 220,000 US dollars, plus a document. He didn't even bother to read the contents and just stuffed them into his bag.

After taking out the things inside, he locked the safe door again, then took out the key and stood up with the bag.

He had no plan to keep the money himself, including the money in the apartment, if he could still take it out later. He wanted to leave it to the Hong Kong Island Group and the news agency. Of course, it also depended on Dai Jun's opinion, after all, he was the direct superior of the Hong Kong Island Group.

The lives of our brothers here are much harder than those in China.

At home, at least they don’t have to worry all the time about whether they will not see the sun tomorrow.

Walking to the dead Brin, he hesitated for a moment, then put his hand on the corpse's shoulder, and…

There was no body and no signs of a fight in the room, so the case could only be treated as a missing persons case.

After putting the body away, he walked to the back of the door and pulled a piece of clothing from the clothes rack, carefully wiping all the places he had just touched. Of course, he would put this piece of clothing in the warehouse and find a chance to throw it away after he went out.

After doing all this, Li Yancheng stood behind the door holding his bulging briefcase and observed carefully again. He first put his ear to the door and listened for a while. After making sure that there was no movement outside, he quickly opened the door and walked out.

He locked the door again, and considerately locked it again. He wiped the door handle with the hem of his suit, and then walked calmly towards the elevator.

As he passed by the elevator door, he smiled and nodded to the floor security guard on duty.

Although he seemed calm, in fact, the clothes on his back were already soaked with sweat, and his heart was beating like a drum. After all, this was the first time for him as a second-generation man to do such an exciting thing.

Taking the elevator from the tenth floor to the first floor, as the elevator door opened, Li Yancheng took a deep breath again, walked out of the elevator, and turned towards the lobby.

As soon as he walked from the elevator to the lobby, he saw the middle-aged foreigner Azeya looking over here. He could only smile and nod again, and then walked towards the door without looking away.

Azeya frowned slightly as he watched Li Yancheng walk out alone, and when he saw the briefcase in his hand, his brows frowned even more.

Because in his impression, the Chinese man didn't have a bag, and this bag looked very similar to Brin's bag, bulging, what was in it?
Thinking of this, he raised his leg and walked towards Li Yancheng.

"Mr. Chen, please wait a moment."

"Ugh……"

Li Yancheng sighed silently in his heart. He could see that this foreigner named Azeya was very discriminatory. It must be the bag in his hand that caught his attention.

But he had no choice. The bag was to be left for the Hong Kong Island group. He couldn't go out empty-handed now. Su Xiaotong and Dai Jun were right at the corner of the street.

If he went out empty-handed at this time, he would not be able to and dare not take out the bag again, including the money inside.

Doesn't that mean he's not interested in money?
No, of course he is interested, but every penny in his hands must have a reasonable and legal source, otherwise he would be asking for trouble.

Therefore, in order to hand over the money to the Hong Kong group in a legitimate manner, he had to raise it in this way.

But now it seems that it is more difficult to get out smoothly.

Hearing someone calling him, Li Yancheng stopped, turned around and looked at Azeya who was walking towards him, and asked curiously: "What's the matter, Mr. Azeya?"

"Excuse me, Mr. Chen, can I ask what's in the bag you're carrying? As far as I can remember, you didn't carry a bag when you came here just now."

"Oh, this bag was lent to me by Mr. Brin. He was feeling a little sick and couldn't get out of bed. This contains some information he prepared for me."

"Excuse me, Mr. Chen, can you open it and let me see?"

It’s coming, it’s finally coming!
"How come I don't know when your bank started to have the rule of checking customers' bags?" Li Yancheng frowned, his tone full of displeasure.

"Haha, Mr. Chen, let me be frank. I suspect that you took something from our bank that doesn't belong to you, so..."

Azeya shrugged with a sneer, then turned and gestured to the security guard standing inside the gate.

Li Yancheng knew that there was no way he could get out safely today. He could only calm down his nervous mood, smiled and shook his head.

While shaking his head, he glanced at the security guard who was walking towards him. Seeing that the security guard was only holding a stick in his hand, he felt a little relieved.

"Okay, since Mr. Azea insists on seeing it, I'll satisfy you. But I will definitely report this matter to your leader. I want to know why Citibank would let someone with serious discrimination issues be the lobby manager."

The commotion here has attracted the attention of many people in the hall. Li Yancheng deliberately made his face look very ugly and tried to raise his voice as much as possible.

Because he was speaking English, he deliberately spoke slowly and clearly this time, so the foreigners in the hall and many Chinese who came here to do business could understand him.

After hearing his words, everyone was stunned at first, and then they slowly gathered over here, talking a lot. Everyone likes to watch the excitement.

Discrimination, many foreigners have this problem, but there are some things they can do but cannot say, and everyone knows what they cannot say.

The security guard walking over here was a newcomer. Although he didn't understand what Li Yancheng said, when he saw many people gathering over here, he realized that it would be best for him not to get involved in this matter, so he slowed down his pace.

Azeya didn't expect Li Yancheng to do this. He looked around the hall in panic.

Citibank opened a branch here to make money from wealthy Chinese. Although this incident may not necessarily make these wealthy Chinese give up choosing Citibank, once this matter is leaked to the media, he will definitely be kicked out by the branch's senior management to quell public anger.

He came here from afar because he couldn't find a suitable job in his country. If he lost this job, he would really face the embarrassment of being homeless.

As I said, there are some things that can be done but cannot be said, and you must not make something that cannot be put on the table known to everyone.

A man can bend and stretch!
Azeya may not know this sentence, but what he is thinking in his mind now is similar to this.

His originally arrogant expression suddenly turned into a servile and apologetic smile.

Seeing that Li Yancheng had been lifted up by the briefcase and was about to open the zipper, he hurriedly reached out and pressed down on the big hand that was about to open the zipper.

"Mr. Chen, you misunderstood. You misunderstood. I apologize to you. I am really sorry. I deeply regret the inconvenience caused to you."

It should be said that this foreigner is indeed flexible. He not only apologized verbally, but also bowed.

Li Yancheng saw clearly the humiliation that flashed across his eyes, as well as the cold light that wanted to get back at his own game.

But he didn't care. Want to get back at the right place? He had to have the ability to do so.

He smiled coldly and asked loudly: "Since I misunderstood, then Mr. Azeya, can I leave now?"

"Of course, Mr. Chen, please come this way."

It was not until he walked out of the bank that Li Yancheng breathed a sigh of relief again. He had made plans when he was inside just now. The moment the bag was opened would be the moment of Azeya's death. Fortunately, the old man held his hand at the last moment under pressure.

He had no regrets at all about getting rid of Vinod Brin. That guy had tried every possible means to steal domestic secrets, so he deserved to die.

But even if Azeya has problems with discrimination, his crime does not deserve the death penalty. Li Yancheng feels that he is not capable of killing innocent people indiscriminately.

Of course, if his life is threatened, like just now, and the bag must be opened, he will do it without hesitation.

"See you another day, Mr. Azea."

"See you some other time, Mr. Chen."

Azeya said this while gritting his teeth.

Li Yancheng smiled slightly, ignoring his livid face, and turned to walk to the right. This was the direction of retreat they had agreed upon.

Su Xiaotong and Dai Jun, who had been standing at the intersection diagonally opposite, saw him come out unharmed with a briefcase they had never seen before in his hand. Although they were a little confused, their solemn expressions became a lot more relaxed.

They didn't move, just stood there watching Li Yancheng walk towards the agreed direction, until they could no longer see his back, then they dropped the cigarettes in their hands and walked in that direction.

As the two of them left, the figures that had been lingering near the bank gate for half a day also disappeared.

After watching Li Yancheng leave, Azeya did not rush into the hall. He walked a few steps to the side and lit a cigarette for himself.

Standing there, his face was uncertain as he stared at the direction where Li Yancheng had just left. He didn't know what he was thinking until he finished smoking his cigarette. Then he returned to the hall. After entering the hall, he did not stay in the hall, but went directly to an office next to the hall.

Here, he frowned and wandered around for a while, as if he had thought of something. He turned and walked to the desk, picked up the phone on the table and dialed.

No one answered the phone until a busy tone came from the other end, which made him frown even more.

After pressing the spring trigger, he dialed the number again, and this time the call was picked up quickly.

"This is Manny Brick"

"Brick, it's me, Azeya. Can you please help me check if Bryn is in his office? I called him but no one answered. If there's no one in the office, can you check if he's in the bathroom?"

"Okay Azeya, wait a moment."

"Thank you Brick."

After hanging up the phone, Azeya started walking around the office again.

In less than two minutes, the phone on the desk rang.

"Hello, I'm Azeya."

"Azeya, Brin isn't here, and there's no one in the bathroom. The office door is locked. He might have gone out. Didn't you see him downstairs?"

"Maybe I didn't notice. Thank you Brick, I'll look for him later."

"You are welcome."

After hanging up the phone again, Azeya's face was filled with even more doubts. The scene of Li Yancheng walking out with the briefcase just now appeared in front of his eyes again. Thinking about the bulging briefcase, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He opened the office door and walked towards the elevator.

Soon, he appeared at the door of Brin's office on the tenth floor.

The door was indeed locked, and there was no response when he knocked, which made him feel more and more uneasy.

His hurried knocking on the door attracted many people from nearby offices, including Brick, whom he had just called. Even the security guard sitting at the elevator door came over after hearing the sound.

Everyone asked him what happened.

Because most of the people working on this floor are foreigners, Azeya did not hide anything and told the story of what had just happened. He stated without hesitation that he suspected Li Yancheng had stolen something.

After listening to his story, no one said anything. The security guard borrowed the phone in the office next door to call the security department and asked their manager to come over with the key to Brin's office.

Five minutes later, the security manager came over and opened Brin's office, and then...

Azea was a little dumbfounded by the empty room, which looked like nothing was wrong.

The security guard was even more dumbfounded.

"I didn't see Brin go out. I only saw that Chinese guy leave alone."

What?

What else can I do? I have to look for someone first. If he didn’t go to the elevator, he should still be on the tenth floor.

Thus, a vigorous game of finding people began.

……

At this time, Li Yancheng had successfully returned to the teahouse on another street. After Su Xiaotong and Dai Jun returned, they and Feng Xianrong quickly moved to another contact point also located in Central.

Only when they reached this point did they breathe a sigh of relief, knowing they were basically safe.

When Li Yancheng poured more than 200,000 US dollars in the briefcase onto the table, the three of them were stunned.

"Yancheng, where did you get this from?"

Su Xiaotong reached out, picked up a stack of money, looked at it, and threw it down, asking in shock.

"I stole it from Vinod. There should be quite a few left in his apartment, but unfortunately I can't get them anymore."

Li Yancheng shook his head with some regret.

He bet that the men couldn’t find Vinod in the office building and might send someone to his house.

It's not certain whether Citibank will call the police if someone disappears inexplicably, but they will definitely send someone to the apartment. If they go there to get the money now, they might run into someone red-handed.

It's not worth it to get anyone involved just for these things.

"Yancheng, what are you going to do with this money?" Looking at the pile of money on the table, Dai Jun thought for a moment and looked up and asked.

"Of course it's for the Hong Kong Island Group and the news agency. Otherwise, why would I bring it back? We can't just put it in our pockets. Or we can just take it back to our country and hand it in.

But I personally think it should be left to the Hong Kong Island group. The brothers are living a very hard life, and they suffered a lot of losses for this mission. This money can at least be considered as some compensation.

You two leaders can handle the details. I have no objection."

After saying that, Li Yancheng began to change his clothes. The suit was too tight and uncomfortable for him.

Looking at the pile of money on the table, Feng Xianrong said nothing, but just looked at Li Yancheng who was changing clothes with gratitude.

Regardless of whether the money is finally kept by their group or not, he must remember the kindness of Section Chief Li.

Dai Jun was a little confused. He had no right to deal with so much money, especially in US dollars.

Of course he also wanted his brothers to have a better life, but...

Seeing Dai Jun looking at him, Su Xiaotong shrugged his shoulders like Li Yancheng: "The Hong Kong Island Group is your subordinate, don't look at me, but I personally have some opinions."

Su Xiaotong reached out and picked up twenty thousand dollars from the table and put it aside.

"Leave these to them as compensation for the losses of this mission, and we will find a way to take the rest back and hand them in.

Of course, Dai, you can tell me that this is all you have when you go back, and Yan Cheng and I won’t say anything more.”

"What bullshit are you talking about." Dai Jun glared at Su Xiaotong unhappily.

"This is Yan Cheng's credit. It's not my turn to say anything. Besides, I'm staying here. I'll just tell the truth when I go back. At most, the leader will criticize me. It's a fact that my brothers have a hard life. I'll accept it even if I get punished when I go back."

"Come on, Director Dai, what's the point of punishment? This is all I brought back this time. If you can take it back, we just need to pay this much."

Li Yancheng had already changed his clothes. He raised his hand and scratched the pile of money, not counting the two stacks that Su Xiaotong had just taken out.

After drawing the circle, he didn't care about Dai Jun's reaction, and reached out to pick up the two stacks of money and threw them directly to Feng Xianrong: "Team Leader Feng, it's time to test your principles. Don't let me, Director Su, and Director Dai regret leaving this money for you later."

Sometimes, having more money is not necessarily a good thing, and it really tests human nature.

Feng Xianrong hurriedly caught the money thrown by Li Yancheng. After hearing these words, he did not say any words of guarantee. He just stood at attention silently and saluted very standardly.

After this mission, if he has not been exposed, he will definitely stay here. If he has been exposed, he will not go back immediately. He and his team members will have to wait for the replacements to come and take some time until those people are on the road before they can leave.

The period when they bring in their successors will be the most dangerous time for them. Over the years, the Hong Kong Island group has always been the group with the highest casualty rate, without a doubt.

Dai Jun didn't say anything about Li Yancheng's arrangement. He just returned a greeting to Feng Xianrong together with the other two.

"Okay, this matter is settled. Come on, Yancheng, what did you get out of that foreigner?"

It's time to get down to business. Money is just a side issue.

“No major changes have taken place. Those foreign gunmen were sent by Vinod to protect the Chen family. However, Chen Yaozong is not particularly confident about these foreigners and he never keeps them with him.

The bodyguards around him are all his own people. As for the fake one, we don't have to look for him deliberately. If there is a foreigner serving as a bodyguard around him, he must be a fake.

And we don’t have to worry about how powerful those foreigners are, because their orders are to protect themselves first.”

(End of this chapter)