Chapter 43 Faith

When Tang Shuo arrived at the Jiang family, Jiang Hongtao was getting ready to go to bed. When he heard that Tang Shuo was coming, he got up and went back to the study to see Tang Shuo.

After the two sat down, Jiang Hongtao asked, "What's the matter with you coming here so late?"

"Does Mr. Jiang know Qiao Bazhi?" Tang Shuo asked straight to the point.

"Qiao Yong?" Jiang Hongtao asked.

"It's him."

"Why are you asking about his situation?" Jiang Hongtao asked puzzledly.

Tang Shuo then briefly recounted his encounter with his senior sister and the relationship between himself and Qiao Bazhi.

Jiang Hongtao pondered for a moment with a serious expression before speaking, "This guy is quite capable. He started out as a gangster and has considerable financial resources. Initially, he was involved in collusion between officials and businessmen. So, I only know this guy, and I don't know much about his specific circumstances."

Tang Shuo nodded and said, "Thank you, old man."

Each of the five major families in Yanjing had a certain political background, but their political background was completely different from the collusion between officials and businessmen like Qiao Bazhi. Generally speaking, the five major families or companies with similar backgrounds would disdain to cooperate with opportunists like Qiao Bazhi.

Now even Jiang Hongtao has personally said that Qiao Bazhi is financially strong, so Qiao Bazhi's strength must be among the best in China.

If one really wants to compete with Qiao Bazhi in business, all they have to do is enter the same industry and engage in three types of vicious competition: price war, resource war, and GG war. However, no matter which method is used, it will consume huge resources.

Tang Shuo suddenly felt tremendous pressure.

Jiang Hongtao said solemnly: "If you really want to deal with Qiao Bazhi, go talk to Tiantong, I will ask her to cooperate with you."

Jiang Hongtao's words carried great weight, as he had already decided to drag the Jiang family into this mess.

Although his understanding of Jiang Hongtao was very limited, Jiang Hongtao must be a sinister and cunning old fox to have led the family to its current level. He must also know what this sentence means.

Jiang Hongtao has been helping him with all his might all along, and Tang Shuo is only grateful to him.

Tang Shuo smiled and refused, "I have my own way of dealing with it."

"We are all family, you're welcome." Jiang Hongtao said, "If you have any questions, come to me."

"I understand, old man, you should go to bed early." Tang Shuo stood up and said.

"Um."

It was already late, and Tang Shuo had no intention of going back, so he decided to stay at the Jiang family for one night.

As soon as he came out of the study, the phone in his pocket rang and Tang Shuo answered it.

"Captain, Lu Wanqi has to meet up with Yanjing urgently, and the plane is about to take off in ten minutes."

"Okay, I got it." Tang Shuo agreed, hung up the phone and walked directly downstairs.

After saying something to Guan Deyong, Tang Shuo drove a Mercedes directly from the Jiang family garage towards home.

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Lu Wanqi hesitated for a long time holding the phone, but finally decided not to call Tang Shuo to inform him that she was going back to Yanjing.

During this period of time, apart from filming, she kept wondering whether Tang Shuo knew about her secret advances.

Tang Shuo must have known about the media's huge publicity at the time, but she had never seen Tang Shuo pay attention to entertainment news, and she was a little uncertain for a moment.

It was not until the boarding announcement sounded at the airport that Lu Wanqi turned off the phone in her hand and walked directly to the boarding gate.

As she walked, she thought to herself, "I'll just see what this guy is doing while I'm gone!"

In fact, her main purpose of returning to Yanjing this time was to see Tang Shuo. Of course, she would not admit this reason.

It was already early morning when the plane arrived in Yanjing. Lu Wanqi hailed a taxi at the airport and drove straight home.

When they went upstairs and were about to open the door, Lu Wanqi suddenly felt a little nervous.

What if Tang Shuo already knows?

After hesitating in front of the door for a long time, Lu Wanqi turned the door open and walked in.

As expected, there was no one in the living room. Lu Wanqi tiptoed to the door of Tang Shuo's bedroom, glanced at the sleeping Tang Shuo, chuckled, closed the door, and walked towards her own bedroom.

After Lu Wanqi left, Tang Shuo, who was still sleeping soundly a second ago, suddenly opened his eyes, lifted the quilt and walked downstairs.

Tang Shuo didn't see the news about Lu Wanqi's goodwill, but he still felt that Lu Wanqi was abnormal, and he also vaguely saw the other party's affection for him, but he had been pretending to be stupid all the time.

If he really had a choice, Tang Shuo would not want to hurt the simple-minded Lu Wanqi, but the longer this matter was delayed, the worse it would get.

Putting aside his current situation, even given his physical condition, he couldn't let Lu Wanqi get involved.

A short pain is worse than a long one.

He had to find a way to help Lu Wanqi resolve the hidden danger of the Shen family, and that was when he left.

When they got downstairs, Tang Shuo glanced at the bushes not far away, smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, two men emerged from the bushes, one in front and one behind, and walked towards Tang Shuo.

The two men were at opposite ends of the spectrum. The man in front was handsome and sunny, with a wide smile on his face. The man behind him, on the other hand, had a very serious expression, and with his short black and white hair, he looked very aloof.

Seeing these two people, Tang Shuo's mood brightened up. He went up to give them a bear hug and said with a smile, "Thank you for your help."

"Captain, you're too polite. Let alone such a small matter, even if you asked me to poke a hole in the sky, I wouldn't frown." said the man with a smile on his face.

It sounded like he was just joking, but his tone was very serious.

The indifferent man standing next to him also nodded.

The smiling man's name is Wu Lingyun, and the indifferent man's name is Bai Miao. Like Tang Shuo, they were both members of '037'.

Previously, Wu Lingyun and Bai Miao were wanted due to an accidental failure while performing a mission in the United States.

Due to the nature of '037', the country is unlikely to acknowledge the existence of the two, let alone send anyone to rescue them.

Tang Shuo, who was in Arabia at the time, rushed directly to the United States upon hearing the news and saved the two people at the critical moment.

In that battle, the three of them worked together to break away from the pursuit of more than a hundred agents and killed nearly half of the opponents. Tang Shuo was shot three times, one of which almost hit his heart.

It can be said that both of their lives were given by Tang Shuo, and Tang Shuo was more than just a savior to them. To them and the members of '037', Tang Shuo was more of a belief.

After the mission was over, since their identities had been exposed, they did not return to '037' and have been doing nothing ever since.

When they received Tang Shuo's call, they rushed over without hesitation and did their best to complete the tasks arranged by Tang Shuo.

Tang Shuo shook his head and said, "Don't call me Captain anymore. We are no longer members of '037', and I have retired."

Then, Tang Shuo smiled and patted Wu Lingyun on the shoulder, saying, "By the way, did you just say you could poke a hole in the sky? Now go ahead and poke the hole above your head."

Wu Lingyun's smile froze on his face. He rubbed his head and said, "Captain, this mission is too difficult. Give me some time to prepare."

Then he thought of Tang Shuo's words and said with an embarrassed smile, "I got used to it for a while and I can't change it."

"What's the matter with retiring from the army?" asked Bai Miao, who had been silent all this time.

"Let's not talk about that for now." Tang Shuo replied, "We brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's go have a drink first."

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The two were speechless for a moment. They had both experienced Tang Shuo's alcohol tolerance, and neither of them had any interest in drinking with a man who drank wine like water.

"Don't worry." Tang Shuo saw the two people's concerns and said, "That's enough."

After the two looked at each other, they said, "Okay."

Tang Shuo was too lazy to think about where to go, so he drove the Mercedes-Benz borrowed from the Jiang family and took the two of them directly to the Southern China Club.

After getting in the car, Wu Lingyun, who was obviously a chatterbox, started talking: "Captain, who was the person who monitored Lu Wanqi last time, and who is Lu Wanqi to you?"

"I'm Lu Wanqi's bodyguard now." Tang Shuo explained, "The people who came to monitor Lu Wanqi are my enemies."

"Are you Lu Wanqi's bodyguard?" Wu Lingyun asked in surprise.

"Well, I had nothing to do when I just got discharged from the army, so I agreed to be her bodyguard temporarily."

"What about the enemy?" Wu Lingyun said, "Wouldn't it be better to just go and get rid of him?"

"Solve what?" Tang Shuo slapped Wu Lingyun on the back of the head and scolded him with a smile, "It's been so long, why don't you learn your lesson? You're still shouting about fighting and killing all day long?"