"Young Master Xiang, Young Master Xi, today I'm hosting! Let's go to Baiyundang in Qingzhou. It's so beautiful there. People are used to drinking and playing with beautiful women outdoors, hahaha, hiss!" Huang Rong couldn't help but rejoice at the thought of a two-pronged approach, with both black and white forces involved. Wouldn't Zhang Guodong be helpless if he were alone?

But when he was so happy that he danced around and his whole body trembled, he was in excruciating pain and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

"That's great! Young Master Huang has very good taste. I admire you for being able to find a place like this!" Xi Wendong said with a half-flattery, his eyes shining, almost drooling.

When it comes to women, men can't help but smile knowingly.

"But the police presence at the hospital has been increased. Isn't it too risky for us to do this?" Xiang Cheng said worriedly.

At the People's Hospital, Ding Xiaoyu, a real "troublemaker," died so mysteriously, and the money already sponsored was enough. But being half-dead still had an impact on the club.

These people even hired gunmen, so naturally they wouldn't care about having another life.

Xi Wendong's smile vanished as he looked at Huang Rong. To be honest, Huang Rong was the mastermind. He and Xiang Cheng had merely gone along with it, giving it a push—at most, accomplices. Bah! Accomplices? They'd helped without even knowing it. This had nothing to do with him.

This time, he and Xiang Cheng also chose to mobilize the power of the "legitimate path" through their own identities, rather than touching the power of the underworld.

If it were only the former, even if the matter were exposed, the impact on his father wouldn't be significant. But the latter is different. If things go wrong and the matter comes to light, it won't just be one person's problem. Even his father, who is behind him, will be implicated. The higher-ups deeply abhor organized crime.

Huang Rong, having spent a long time mingling in the elite circles of Beijing, had developed a fearless attitude. Xi Wendong and Xiang Cheng, however, were several years older than Huang Rong, and their thoughts were far more complex. Working at the grassroots level, in local areas, required considering many things. Most importantly, they had to consider how those above viewed the situation.

"Hehe!" Huang Rong gave a sinister laugh, but did not reveal his specific plan.

Xi Wendong and Xiang Cheng exchanged a glance, a hint of something unusual in their eyes, though they concealed it well. This Young Master Huang has truly gone mad! To save face, he's willing to kill; this man is indeed very dangerous.

Recalling what their fathers had said, that the Imperial City Club was now a powder keg, it seemed to make some sense.

Caution is a natural trait among these types of people. Huang Rong's madness heightened their wariness. It wasn't that they were afraid, but rather that they wouldn't easily get involved without the benefits of the foot masseuses; it seemed to be an instinct.

After the luxury van left, a person got out from behind it, and with a wave of his hand, several nuts and wires fell to the ground with a clattering sound.

In the intensive care unit of the Municipal People's Hospital, Ding Xiaoyu was still unconscious. She was frail and pale, a result of excessive blood loss and insufficient nutrition.

Beside her, Bai Jiawei, dressed in a white shirt and denim outfit, sat on the edge of the bed, gazing blankly out the window. The tight-fitting clothes accentuated her slightly petite figure in a very alluring way. At 1.6 meters tall, she wasn't particularly tall, but her figure was also slender, with only her feminine features remaining perfectly proportioned, giving her an overall impression of delicate beauty.

Just then, Bai Jiawei's phone rang and vibrated. In the ward, they were careful not to let the ringing disturb the patient's rest.

"Ah? Okay!" Bai Jiawei answered the phone quickly, but after saying only a few words, she hung up and stood up to walk outside.

In the corridor outside and in an office across the street, there were five police officers, led by Xiao Li. This was a task personally assigned by Deputy Director Li Ping. They dared not relax in the slightest. They even carried firearms, but to prevent ordinary people from panicking at the sight of them, they concealed them under their clothes, and were dressed in plainclothes.

As soon as Bai Jiawei pushed open the office door, she said to Xiao Li and another plainclothes police officer, "I just received a call from Zhang Guodong. He said that the other party might be harmful to Xiaoyu, and we need to keep an eye on the people entering the ward, in case they are switched out!"

Xiao Li and his colleagues immediately said, "Ms. Bai, don't worry, we'll keep an eye on it!"

The nurse being switched was indeed a dangerous situation. However, Bai Jiawei had warned them, so they were mentally prepared. They still found it unbelievable; where did Mr. Zhang get this information?

Everything seemed normal. Bai Jiawei left the office and went into Xiaoyu's hospital room as if nothing had happened.

At the other end, a team of police officers rushed in and entered a hotel. This was where Zhang Guodong was staying, and they had already discovered it.

The receptionist was startled when she saw someone burst in, thinking it was a robbery or something. But when she saw that they were all police officers, she was stunned.

The police split into two groups. One group kept watch over the front desk lobby to prevent anyone from leaking information, while the other group split into two groups and went to the stairwell and stairs.

"This is a surprise inspection. Someone reported that someone is hiding drugs in your hotel!"

"Drugs?!" The hotel's front desk manager exclaimed in surprise. "Officer, could there be a mistake? This is a three-star hotel, and we've always operated legally."

A policeman snorted and said, "Can you guarantee that all the guests staying here are law-abiding citizens?"

The hotel's front desk manager immediately fell silent. Who would dare say that? The hotel only registers people's identities and names; how could they possibly detect drugs?

"Don't panic, everyone. This is just a routine surprise inspection, it will be over soon!" In the lobby, there were other guests present. Seeing these uniformed law enforcement officers gave them a different feeling; they felt unsafe. Hotel staff immediately reassured them.

On the sixth floor, in front of Koi's room, the group of police officers who took the stairs arrived first. The elevator's speed was significantly delayed by the constant flow of guests from other floors.

Of course, these people's main task also included monitoring people entering and exiting the elevator, so preventing them from "sneaking out after hearing the commotion" did not delay their mission.

"Break down the gate!"

Once the men were in place, they gave the order and practically broke down the door, launching a surprise attack.

As soon as the door opened, the surveillance cameras below were immediately exposed.

"Officer," the service staff member said.

"What's up?""

"What? Why didn't you say so sooner!"

I checked the room—yes, it was the same room I'd scouted before. They checked out an hour ago? Did the information leak out?

The police chief below felt a pang of bitterness and quickly picked up his walkie-talkie, saying, "Chief Sun, the guest in the carp room checked out half an hour ago."

At this moment, Deputy Director Sun and his men had entered the room. According to the pre-arranged plan, a bag of heroin weighing a pound would be placed under the bed until it was discovered.

The speech that followed came at just the right time; the hand holding the heroin trembled and almost dropped it, but he didn't dare to take it out again.

"What happened?"

At this moment, a subordinate came over to report: "Director Sun, it seems that the guests here have left long ago. All the rooms have been checked and are neatly arranged, as if the waiters just cleaned them!" Combining this with the report from below, Director Sun immediately realized that they had made a wasted trip.

Sun snorted and said, "Fall back!"

So many people went to all this trouble, only to find nothing. Zhang Guodong had already checked out half an hour ago. How are we supposed to find him now? Does anyone even know if he's left Kunming?

Deputy Director Sun came under orders from the director. He said they received a tip that someone was hiding a significant amount of drugs in a hotel's guesthouse. Then, in front of Deputy Director Sun, the director actually said, "This is something the higher-ups ordered. You can't escape it, and neither can I. This time, Old Sun, you're going to make the trip. There are still things we found that haven't been reported yet, right? You should know what to do."

Deputy Director Sun was still feeling resentful and unwilling. But the director, in front of him, said on the phone, "Deputy Director Sun is here too; he's a reliable person!"

Now look what's happened; they've been dragged into this charade of framing someone.

This outcome was completely unexpected, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It wasn't that he was stalling for time; the other party had already left. After all, falsely accusing someone of using one kilogram of heroin could lead to serious charges if the evidence were uncovered.

Ultimately, the call reached Xi Jinping.

"What the hell? What's he good for? He can't even catch a guy from out of town. What's the point of being a police chief?!" Xi Wendong cursed as soon as he received a call from his confidant.

What was going smoothly was ruined by a difference of just half an hour!

"What happened? Did you fail?" Upon hearing this, Huang Rong's smile froze, his hands trembled, and the trembling made the pain worse, with sweat pouring down his forehead.

Xiang Cheng also looked at Xi Wendong.

With a slam, Xi Wendong threw the phone aside and cursed, "Young Master Xiang, our mission failed. We were planning to catch them red-handed and charge them with hiding a kilogram of heroin, since it's in the Southwest Province. This is the most active crime scene in Southeast Asia. But that bastard checked out half an hour ago, and by the time those people got there, it was too late!"

"What? They left in just half an hour? Could someone have leaked the information?" Huang Rong said with a gloomy face.

“That’s impossible! Very few people know about this, and the people there handled it personally,” Xiang Cheng said, shaking his head. “Reliable!”

"Young Master Huang, the decision now rests with you. It's easiest to get rid of that woman. As for that Zhang Guodong guy, you'll have plenty of time and opportunities later, unless he leaves the country!" Xi Wendong said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Huang Rong realized that Xi Wendong was trying to distance himself from the situation, and his expression darkened further. Just then, his phone rang, and he simply grunted and hung up.

After hanging up the phone, my complexion improved.

"So, shall we still go to Qingzhou?" Xiang Cheng broke the silence. His calm expression betrayed nothing, but it eased the tension in the car.

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"Haha, go! Why wouldn't you go? Wen Dong. Drive faster!" Huang Rong's gloomy smile vanished as he spoke. But the laughter sent chills down one's spine. Huang Rong was seething with anger, desperately needing to vent it.

Huang Rong, however, was secretly sneering: "Hmph, you can run away, but you can't hide. You, Li Yun, called to protect this Zhang guy. I don't believe we can't find out who he is. Then you'll be dead!"

But he couldn't share these thoughts with the two men in front of him. Among the纨绔 (playboys), relationships are basically maintained by self-interest or hypocrisy. However, it was clear that Xi Wendong and Xiang Cheng hadn't gotten deeply involved in this incident. They had missed an opportunity to deepen their relationship. But it wasn't a problem; the money they'd collected in the past had been split equally among the three of them, so they were all in the same boat anyway.

"Boom!" Suddenly, the car bounced up and landed heavily on the ground, shaking the three of them violently, as if something had malfunctioned.

"Drive carefully!" Huang Rong bumped into him. He cried out in pain. "Gao Shang, you drive like this! Your skills are terrible, I'm never riding in your car again!"

"Oh no!" Huang Rong trembled in pain. Before he could finish speaking, Xi Wendong and Xiang Cheng both cried out in alarm.

The luxury van, like a wild horse, veered and crashed into the high road railing.

With a loud "bang!", the van, traveling at excessive speed, crashed head-on into the guardrail, and the entire rear of the vehicle flipped over and flew off the road.

Outside, there is a worship

Throughout the entire section of the highway, there was constant screeching of brakes and chaos. Fortunately, the luxury van only collided with the roadside barrier and did not hit the vehicle. Otherwise, the highway accident would have been much more serious.

"No way? They actually climbed over?"

"What a wonderful car!"

"Damn it, this car has fallen into the river. It's going to be tough for them to survive."

"At least the driver is finished. The impact was so powerful; I saw it was completely deformed when it flipped over."

"Quickly dismantle the old" force

Almost simultaneously, outside the ICU of the Municipal People's Hospital, several plainclothes officers rushed over and apprehended a female nurse.

"Quick, go check on what's wrong with Xiao Huang!" Xiao Li said to another policeman immediately after taking down the female nurse.

The nurse in charge of the ward was named Xiao Huang, but this person was actually impersonating her to change Ding Xiaoyu's IV drip. Only then did Xiao Li and the others realize how accurate Zhang Guodong's advance warning had been. They hadn't really considered that someone would impersonate a nurse. If they let this person in, the person being protected would be in danger.

Seeing that the assailant had been subdued, Bai Jiawei finally managed to calm her wildly beating heart and quickly tried to call Zhang Guodong. But she couldn't get through no matter how many times she dialed.

What is Zhang Guodong doing right now?

"Guodong, are you hiding something from me? And Li Yun, you've both kept me in the dark?" Qin Bing said with dissatisfaction on the phone.

Just now, he received a phone call that left everyone speechless. It was someone from the Huang family calling, not to cause him trouble, but urgently to plead for him to intercede on their behalf. The Huang family intended to resolve the matter amicably.

Alright.

This left the Qin soldiers bewildered and uncertain.

What's going on? The Huang family has backed down this time? They actually asked me, the one who beat up a member of the Huang family, to plead for them? It's an illusion, it must be an illusion!

But what followed was a call from Li Yun, confirming that it wasn't a hallucination.

"Brother, someone asked me to plead for Guodong to let Huang Rong go, and that he'll come back to apologize after this is over. What should I do?" Li Yun asked Qin Bing on the phone.

Zhang Guodong was taken aback when he received the call, but once the matter was resolved, he was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "Why do you say that, Brother Qin?"

"Why did the Huang family ask Li Yun and me to plead for you, saying they planned to settle this matter amicably? Tell me the truth!" Qin Bing said.

"A settlement? Sure, with my small arms and legs, how could I possibly fight them? Hmph, no need for an apology. I'll be grateful if Huang Rong lets me go!" Zhang Guodong said casually.

He sneered inwardly. So now they want to settle things peacefully? Too late! It's no use asking anyone now. But... what does this have to do with him?