"Brother Ran—" Hao Ran called after his underlings, but he didn't even glance at them.
As Hao Ran drove away, several cars followed him discreetly.
Everything went very smoothly after that. Hao Ran went to the God of Wealth to get the money, told him that Xu Mao might have been kidnapped, and left with 200,000 yuan in cash. He returned to his original house to wait for further instructions.
Meanwhile, Xu Ziqi's men successfully located the God of Wealth's hideout.
Instead of acting immediately, they secretly monitored the hideout, waiting for Liao Chengye's final instructions before wiping it out in one fell swoop.
Su Cheng was extremely excited when he learned of this news.
"Brother Cheng, what are you laughing at?" Haozi looked at Zheng Chong with a puzzled expression, then looked at him with some displeasure. "What are you two whispering about again? Aren't you going to tell me? Are you discriminating against me?!"
Zheng Chong rolled his eyes at Haozi and scolded, "Didn't you take your medicine this morning?"
"You're the one who didn't take your medicine!" Haozi cursed.
Su Cheng pretended to joke around with the two of them and said a few words along with them, but immediately composed himself.
He really couldn't help himself just now.
Xu Ziqi had many spies planted. After learning about the location of the God of Wealth's hideout, he had one of his spies give Su Cheng a hand signal, indicating that the mission was progressing smoothly.
The thought that once the location of the hideout was figured out, all that was needed was the army commander's approval to forcefully enter, take control of everyone, and then seize the evidence, making it a piece of cake to catch Xu Mao.
How could Su Cheng possibly hold back?
He can finally go home!
For nearly a thousand days and nights, this was the moment he had been looking forward to the most, so when he saw the signal, he almost couldn't help but jump up.
On the other side, Hao Ran took the money and paced back and forth in the room, waiting for the next blood letter.
However, a second letter was not received for a long time.
"Where are the people we've placed in the shadows?" Hao Ran asked.
The underling quickly reported that everyone outside was there, but they hadn't seen any suspicious individuals, not even a single unfamiliar face.
After finding the God of Wealth's hideout, Xu Ziqi quickly withdrew all the spies who had been guarding Hao Ran's side, so that Hao Ran would believe that the so-called kidnapping was just a prank.
"Wait a little longer," Hao Ran said, staring intently at his watch; there wasn't much time left in an hour.
An hour passed, and still no further instructions were given.
"Could it really just be a prank?"
Hao Ran began to have doubts, so he dialed Xu Mao's cell phone again, and this time the call was answered!
Upon learning that Xu Mao was safe and that no kidnapping had occurred, Hao Ran was so angry that he cursed and personally returned the 200,000 yuan in cash to the God of Wealth.
But doubts still arose in his mind.
mischief?
Who would be so bold as to play such a prank?
But the truth was that they hadn't suffered any losses, so he still reported the matter to Xu Mao. Xu Mao asked Hao Ran to check again if there were any abnormalities in the gang. The result was that there were no abnormalities, and everything pointed to nothing happening.
After Xu Mao returned, he personally confirmed it again.
"Alright, have Su Cheng come over here," Xu Mao said to Hao Ran, adding at the end, "What was Su Cheng doing when you found out I was kidnapped?"
"Zheng Chong said they went to collect debts and there was nothing unusual," Hao Ran said.
Xu Mao nodded, his thoughts unreadable.
"Brother Mao wants to see me?" Su Cheng was quite surprised when his underling came to deliver the message.
Why would Xu Mao want to see him at this time?
Could it be that the fake kidnapping incident aroused Xu Mao's suspicion?
Even so, he was with Zheng Chong and Haozi at the time, and no matter how they investigated, they couldn't find any problems. Could it be that he overlooked something?
Su Cheng couldn't understand it, but he still went to see Xu Mao and decided to stand guard until the very end.
But when Su Cheng actually met Xu Mao, he was stunned by Xu Mao's words and stood there speechless for a long time.
"Are you stupid?" Xu Mao looked at Su Cheng with amusement, his tone teasing.
It's no exaggeration to say that Su Cheng was truly dumbfounded.
Upon hearing Xu Mao's words clearly, his mind felt as if it had exploded, filled with the sound of explosions and collapses that shattered him into pieces.
Xu Mao just said that he plans to take Su Cheng to meet someone tonight, and this person is Xu Mao's boss.
"Brother Mao, you, you're kidding me." Su Cheng didn't even have time to manage his expression. He forced a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes, and his voice sounded so tense that it was very dry.
"Aren't you our boss?"
Su Cheng's words were true. Everyone in the gang, and even in the underworld, knew that Xu Mao was the boss, the number one. How could another boss suddenly appear behind him?
Before this, he had never received any news, and even during the two years he had been undercover, he had not noticed anything amiss.
If Xu Mao really has such a powerful backer, wouldn't that mean the other party is hiding something very well?
Su Cheng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body was ice cold.
Just when Su Cheng thought he was about to finish his mission and return to his family, he experienced a hellish ordeal, falling from heaven to hell in just half a day.
The most terrifying thing is never despair, but giving someone a glimmer of hope and then extinguishing that hope with your own hands.
Just like Su Cheng at this moment.
"You little rascal..." Xu Mao laughed, not finding anything unusual about Su Cheng's reaction.
Indeed, in everyone's eyes, Xu Mao was the top leader. Behind him, there were others. Very few people knew about this. Su Cheng was only qualified to know this news and even had the opportunity to meet the real boss because he had gained Xu Mao's trust and was very capable.
"Do you remember that time in the Jade Kingdom?" Xu Mao asked, perhaps amused by Su Cheng's reaction, his tone now sounding like he was teasing a child.
“I remember, the time when the negotiations with Chaka failed.” Su Cheng nodded.
Of course he remembered. That was a crucial opportunity for him to gain Xu Mao's trust. He even got shot for it, paying a heavy price. How could he not remember?
"Do you think we could have established new businesses so quickly after falling out with Chaka?" Xu Mao retorted.
Su Cheng: "..."
Indeed, he had doubts at the time.
Logically speaking, if the cooperation with Chaka was not important, Xu Mao would not have personally gone to negotiate. After the negotiations failed and they were even seriously injured, they quickly established a new cooperation. If that's the case, why did they risk going to negotiate in the first place? Why not just change the partner?
Looking back now, the new collaboration wasn't established by Xu Mao, but rather through someone with more influence behind him.
This explains everything.
Su Cheng felt ashamed; he hadn't even considered this aspect at the time.
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