Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Snap~ Snap~

Zhan Weiting's hands were shaking so badly that he tried to light the lighter several times, but couldn't get it to work. Just as he was about to try again, a lit lighter was offered to him.

It was An Xiaohai; his hands were very steady.

"Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Chen! Thank you!..." Zhan Weiting and Kang Lianhai lit cigarettes, took two deep drags, and exhaled large plumes of smoke.

"What happened? How did it get like this?" An Xiaohai asked as he took a bottle of red wine from the wine cellar, poured a glass for each of them, and handed it to them.

Zhan Weiting and Kang Lianhai took the wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"We don't know either, it happened so suddenly...it was terrifying!" Kang Lianhai said, his voice trembling with lingering fear.

Zhan Weiting didn't speak, but his face was so gloomy it could drip water.

"So what do we do now? Should we go back and get our revenge?" An Xiaohai asked calmly, swirling the wine in his glass.

"Mr. Chen, you're joking!" Zhan Weiting said with a smile, which looked more like a grimace. Zhan Weiting thought An Xiaohai was just trying to comfort him; the police and the army had already arrived, so how could they go back to cause trouble?

"I'm not joking," An Xiaohai said, placing his glass on the rack. "I'm pretty sure those guys have escaped. The police and the army won't fight them to the death."

"Why?" Zhan Weiting asked, frowning.

"Because there are too many ordinary people there, if the police and the army encounter such bandits and cannot kill them immediately, they will only drive them away, for fear that they will be pushed to the edge and take hostages, causing even bigger trouble."

However, once they leave the densely populated area, they're probably doomed. If we go back now, we might just run into them.

An Xiaohai stared at Zhan Weiting and spoke slowly. Zhan Weiting couldn't withstand An Xiaohai's gaze and lowered his head to avoid it without making a sound.

"Forget it, it's too dangerous, let's forget about it for now..."

Do you know who the other person is?

"They are..." Kang Lianhai was about to say it when Zhan Weiting stopped him.

"We don't know, we don't know who they are either."

"We're just business people. We usually try to make money peacefully and have never offended anyone, let alone provoked such ruthless thugs. I think they're probably trying to kidnap us for money."

"Oh, I see!" An Xiaohai raised an eyebrow. "So what do we do next? Should we continue with our plan, or should I find a place for you two to hide for a while?"

"Well... let's continue with our previous plan!" Zhan Weiting didn't hesitate for long. "Perfect timing, we can head directly to Shenhai City now and leave this place of trouble."

"Alright," An Xiaohai nodded, "but judging from the current situation, we need to change cars; these cars are a bit too conspicuous."

"Yes, yes, they are a bit conspicuous!" Kang Lianhai nodded repeatedly. He was actually afraid that the police would trace them back to them through these cars, since these cars had just appeared at the crime scene.

"Okay," An Xiaohai picked up the intercom on his seat and pressed the button: "Xiaoyu."

"Received, please proceed."

"Have someone arrange for a few cars to wait at the intersection of Liangcun Avenue and Yudong Avenue. These cars are too conspicuous; we need to change cars."

"receive!"

After giving his instructions, An Xiaohai didn't say anything more. He just poured the two of them another glass of wine. Zhan Weiting and Kang Lianhai seemed to have lost interest in talking, and the three of them fell silent.

Twenty minutes later, the convoy arrived at the designated location, where the replacement vehicles were already waiting—all ordinary Jettas and Santanas.

"Mr. Chen, I have a small request..." Zhan Weiting said somewhat nervously after getting out of the car.

"President Zhan, please speak."

"I'd like to ride in the same car as Mr. Kang. I mean... just the two of us. There are some things I need to discuss with him."

"Oh, sure, do you need a driver?"

"No need. I was just talking to Mr. Kang about some private family matters, which are not convenient for others to hear."

"Okay, then you can use this car," An Xiaohai said, pointing to the car he was about to get into.

"Mr. Chen, can we have that car?" Zhan Weiting pointed to the second to last car in the convoy, a white Santana: "I like white; white is my lucky color."

"Sure, you can use whichever one you want. Just let me know when you're done talking, and I'll have my driver take over for you. It'll be a long drive all night, and it'll be tiring."

"Good, good!" Zhan Weiting nodded repeatedly. "President Chen, we are deeply grateful. Lian Hai and I will remember what you did for us today, and we will definitely repay you in the future!"

"Yes, this is a life-saving grace!" Kang Lianhai nodded while wiping the sweat from his face; he still hadn't completely calmed down.

"Let's not talk about that now. We're all people of the martial world, and we should help each other out. You two were lucky. If I had arrived a little later or a little earlier, the outcome might have been different."

"Go ahead. Since we've decided to go to Deepsea City, let's hurry so nothing else goes wrong."

"Okay, let's go quickly!"

Zhan Weiting pulled Kang Lianhai into the white Santana, while Mai Xiaoyu naturally sat in the same car as An Xiaohai, and the convoy set off again.

In the car, Mai Xiaoyu took out a pair of earphones, and she and An Xiaohai each put on one earphone.

It was quiet in the headphones; neither Zhan Weiting nor Kang Lianhai seemed to be speaking until 20 minutes later, when Kang Lianhai finally broke the silence.

"Weiting, tell me, why did An Xiaohai want to kill us?"

"Is there even a question?!" Zhan Weiting said through gritted teeth, "Nemesis! Humph!"

For years, the people of Nemesis have been stirring up trouble in Haixi Province. I don't want to have a direct confrontation with them, so I've always turned a blind eye.

He's really something else! Not only does he not appreciate our kindness, but now he wants to strike first and eliminate us as quickly as possible!

"Nemesis!? No way?!" Kang Lianhai's voice trembled even more violently.

"Why not? It's him! Mr. Aldridge has already investigated; that An Xiaohai is very likely Nemesis's son!"

"Ah!..." Kang Lianhai exclaimed in surprise, "No way?!"

"Exactly! This news was relayed back to headquarters by Medusa. It's a pity Medusa was executed, leaving no way to verify the facts! Now that I think about it, I think it's very likely that Medusa was killed by Nemesis!"

Yes, that's very likely!

Nemesis always wanted to control everything. I think the reason he killed Medusa was to take over the South China Treasury that Medusa controlled! Otherwise, how could the South China Treasury have disappeared without a trace?

That must be it. They even said it was stolen, but they don't know who did it, haha!

After swallowing the South China Treasury, Nemesis's power has greatly increased. Now he doesn't even want to pretend anymore and has directly extended his reach into Haixi Province. He's trying to overthrow the Heavenly Gang!

Yes, that must be it! We must tell Mr. Aldridge about this as soon as possible!

The two fell silent again.

"But...we escaped in such a hurry, we didn't bring the satellite phone to contact Mr. Aldridge!"

Where did you put the phone?

"I put it in the safe in our hotel's long-term suite."

"Hmm, that should be fine. The shootout happened at the clubhouse, the police shouldn't be able to find anything at the hotel. By the way, where did you put the money?"

"I put it under the bed in the inner room of our clubhouse office. There was no other way; there was too much money, several boxes in total, and the safe simply couldn't hold it all!"

"Weiting, they probably won't find it..."

"I don't know, but I hope they can't find it!"

The two fell silent again.

In the other car, An Xiaohai and Mai Xiaoyu exchanged a glance.

"Everyone who sees it gets a share!" Mai Xiaoyu whispered into An Xiaohai's ear, her breath tickling his ear.

"hey-hey……"