Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

The sunlight was quite strong, and An Xiaohai couldn't help but squint as he walked out of the police station building.

Yan Hong did not immediately remove An Xiaohai's handcuffs, but instead draped a jacket over them. Kunji and Lai Donglin exchanged a glance with An Xiaohai and followed behind them silently.

Upon seeing An Xiaohai, Wang Bulai and the others who were squatting at the door immediately stood up one by one, but under An Xiaohai's prompting gaze, they quickly squatted down again.

Yan Hong helped An Xiaohai into the jeep. As soon as the car started, Yan Hong unlocked his handcuffs and stuffed the handcuffs and keys into An Xiaohai's coat.

"Two more things happened that night: Hu Haikong's villa was bombed, his wife and children were all killed, and Hu Haikong went missing; obscene videos of Liu Ming and some officials were scattered everywhere, and they are in big trouble."

"understood."

"Does what you're saying mean you already knew, or that you already knew?"

"I found out a few hours ago."

"...That's good. How about it, can we go now?" Yan Hong glanced at Kunji and Lai Donglin, who had squeezed onto the bus. "I didn't come to the wrong place, did I? Our boss said it should be about time. You probably won't be able to get away easily, so he sent me to get you out of there."

"That's about it, you can go now, thank you. I was just having a headache over this."

"Don't mention it, you're our lucky charm! Our boss really wants to meet you!"

"Is your boss, Director Xu?"

"No, the boss who's even bigger than him, are you free right now? If you are, I can take you there. The boss is at the head of the tea house right now."

"Is it urgent? If not, let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm not feeling well, I want to go back and get some sleep first."

"No rush, the boss will probably stay here for a few more days. I'll take you back first."

"it is good."

"By the way, those guys at the door, tell them to go back. Director Zhou gave me a wink just now."

"Yes, I'm not staying here. There's no point in them staying."

"Okay, then you can talk to them yourself."

Yan Hong patted the front seat, and Xiao Liang immediately started the car. After driving out of the police station compound, he turned into a green belt and stopped the car.

An Xiaohai rolled down the car window, waved to Wang Bulai and the others from inside the car, and they immediately ran over.

"Boss!" Wang Bulai's eyes were a little red; he hadn't slept all night.

"You've worked hard. You can lead the brothers back now. They did a good job, so don't mistreat them."

"I understand."

Do you know Hu Haikong?

"Of course I know him. He's a big tycoon, always on TV and in the newspapers. But I've heard from my gang recently that he owes a lot of money and isn't paying it back. A lot of people want to settle accounts with him, so he's probably in for some trouble."

"Early this morning, his villa in the seaside villa area was bombed, his wife and children were all killed, and he has gone missing."

You guys try to find him. Keep an eye on the heliport; there's a plane that flies directly to Macau. I reckon if Hu Haikong wants to escape, he'll probably take a helicopter there. Other methods are too dangerous.

These two are also my brothers; they'll help you find the people. You'll have to coordinate things yourselves.

After An Xiaohai finished speaking, he gave Kunji and Lai Donglin a wink, and the two of them immediately got out of the car.

"Understood, don't worry, boss!"

"It's all up to you now, thank you for your hard work! Xie Dan, wanna do something a little more exciting?"

"Yes!" Xie Dan, who was still half asleep, immediately woke up.

"Alright, get in the car!"

"Alright!" Xie Dan's eyes lit up. He proudly raised his eyebrows at Wang Bulai and Ali, then swaggered into the car.

As the jeep drove away, Wang Bulai gave a wink to his group of henchmen, and the hundred or so energetic young men immediately scattered. In no time, they were all gone, leaving the police officers on duty at the Public Security Bureau completely bewildered, but their anxiety finally subsided.

After getting to know each other, Wang Bulai, Peng Lihe, Kunji, and Lai Donglin left together.

Inside the Jeep, An Xiaohai glanced at the rearview mirror. Sure enough, not far along, a Jetta followed, with He Xiaohu in the driver's seat smiling and waving at him.

An Xiaohai rolled down the car window, placed his hand on it, and sent a message to He Xiaohu in Morse code. He Xiaohu waved his hand, indicating that he had received it.

An Xiaohai smiled, rolled up the car window, leaned back in his seat, and slowly closed his eyes.

Recalling the events of the day, An Xiaohai's brows finally relaxed.

From the moment 027 appeared, to his acting alongside Zhou Zhengguo, and then to Yan Hong picking him up, everything went so smoothly and naturally.

Without words or prior instructions, everyone completed a near-perfect teamwork, including Xia Qing, who, despite knowing very little, also demonstrated a high degree of cooperation.

This is tacit understanding, and it made An Xiaohai clearly feel the power of the group for the first time.

This time, he wasn't fighting alone.

This feels really good.

Having a group of equally capable partners working together is an exhilarating experience!

An Xiaohai has always been fighting—fighting against different people, against different environments, and against fate.

The struggles in prison are simple and direct, with every punch landing hard. In addition to mental fortitude, physical strength is essential. Therefore, during that time, An Xiaohai worked out like crazy.

After his release from prison, the struggle suddenly became much more complicated, and the role of force was greatly weakened, replaced by information and resources.

Information channels, social resources, relationship resources, money, etc.

An Xiaohai has been quietly gathering various resources in preparation for a higher-level struggle in the future.

An Xiaohai originally thought his ultimate goal was to become a high-ranking official in the province, but as he progressed and learned more and more of the truth, everything had quietly changed.

Zhou Jianhong is no longer that important. An Xiaohai believes that if he turns around now and focuses all his efforts on dealing with him, Zhou Jianhong will have almost no chance of winning.

The system encased Zhou Jianhong in a hard shell, but it also became a shackle he could not break free from.

If he leaves the system, he is nothing; if he doesn't leave, he has to abide by the rules of the system, and if he fights with An Xiaohai while wearing shackles, An Xiaohai can take him down with just a few punches and kicks.

Sabotaging projects under his supervision; inciting public sentiment against him; creating public incidents—these are all enough to cause him a lot of trouble. If they also cause some livelihood problems, his career may come to an abrupt end.

Once Zhou Jianhong is separated from the system, he is just a lamb to the slaughter, no different from the general public.

Even just dredging up his old affair with Chan Wai-chu would be enough to give him a hard time.

An Zhehao's killing of Chen Huizhu's family actually served to protect Zhou Jianhong. Zhou Tie had already died, and now Chen Huizhu was also dead, so the two most crucial pieces of evidence had been destroyed.

Soon it will be the turn of the other insiders.

Who else knows about this? An Xiaohai believes that Liu Ming and Zhou Weiguang both know about it, so these two can't escape, and their fate is predictable.

If Hu Haikong was also aware of the incident, then part of the reason for the bombing of his house was to silence him.

With all these people dead, An Zhehao became the only one who knew about Zhou Jianhong's old story. This allowed him to appease Zhou Jianhong and also to use it to blackmail him into doing things.

This matter could be a pledge of allegiance with very complex implications. It was because of this thought that An Xiaohai reminded 027 to investigate Zhou Jianhong.

There must be some kind of connection between An Zhehao and Zhou Jianhong.

An Xiaohai's instructions to 027 and the others were incomplete. Apart from Zhou Jianhong, they did not mention Liu Ming, Zhou Weiguang, or others. Whether these people lived or died was irrelevant; let them be.

Thinking of 027 and 073, An Xiaohai couldn't help but smile.

This is a group of simple people, simple idealists, and their existence has given An Xiaohai great comfort.

Despite being reminded of many things, An Xiaohai did not think they were weak; on the contrary, they were very strong.

They were just too busy, with too many and complicated things to pay attention to, and they were also a little less lucky than others.

Regarding the matter concerning Ahn Cheol-ho, they also knew far less crucial information than we did.

In another time and space, even without An Xiaohai, Deepsea City remained peaceful, the Sea Hawks were eventually destroyed, and there were no reports of any major incidents at the Xiaoguanwan Nuclear Power Plant.

Everything was so peaceful.

So the world can keep going even if someone is missing, but if a group of people like them were missing, things might really go wrong.

An Xiaohai fell asleep while thinking about it. He was so tired that he started snoring softly.

Yan Hong took off his coat and covered An Xiaohai with it. Xiao Liang slowed down the car, afraid of waking An Xiaohai who was fast asleep in the back seat.