In Hurricane Harbor of Tianhai City, the winds were gusting and the waves were surging.
A huge cruise ship docked at the shore with a sharp whistle, and the waves crashed against the embankment, creating white foam.
It was a passenger ship. Passengers disembarked one after another, their faces weary from the long voyage, and they huddled together toward the exit.
There was an inconspicuous man in the crowd. He had a fat face and a somewhat overweight body. He was squeezed together with others with a briefcase in his hand, and there was a hint of hidden eagerness and anxiety in his expression.
When he walked out of the customs, he found some people waiting for him on the street. They were wearing suits and sunglasses, and the one leading them was Ding Nan.
"Brother Zhou."
Zhou Cheng nodded. Ding Nan opened the car door for him, and they sat down and drove slowly towards the dark street.
The younger brother was driving, and Ding Nan sat in the passenger seat. After getting in the car, Zhou Cheng didn't say a word. The atmosphere was a bit tense, and Ding Nan was a little hesitant to speak.
He was still a little afraid of this elder brother.
Most people who are familiar with the Fish Head Gang describe Zhou Cheng as ruthless and moody, and this evaluation is even more extreme within the gang.
He was ruthless to his enemies and even more ruthless to his own people, often torturing and maiming them. Because of this, the gang members felt more fear than respect for him.
"Ding Nan," Zhou Cheng suddenly spoke, and Ding Nan in the front seat shuddered.
"How many years have you been with me?"
"It's been ten years since the day we went into the dark street together." Ding Nan felt that there was something behind Brother Zhou's words.
"Ten years, it took us ten years to build this piece of land." Zhou Cheng's voice was very low, like the brewing of a storm.
"And you, you idiot, threw away a whole lot of land in just two months! I was gone for two months, and you've ruined the Fish Head Gang like this, you s---"
Hearing Zhou Cheng's angry scolding, Ding Nan felt relieved and just lowered his head to listen to the lecture like a good child. He was not afraid of Brother Zhou losing his temper and scolding others, but he was afraid of him not saying a word, because that was when he was really angry.
The driver was in a bad mood, and his hands were shaking slightly as he gripped the steering wheel.
Zhou Cheng cursed for a long time, until sweat broke out on his forehead, and finally ended with a long sigh.
"Give me that, what's that little girl's name? Chu Xiaoye's information."
"I've sent you a FeiXin message, Brother Zhou."
"Yeah." Zhou Cheng opened his phone and saw the file sent by Ding Nan. He flipped through it for a while and was a little dazed.
"No more? So short?"
"That's all, Brother Zhou. We've checked everything we can, including her background and family history, but there's nothing to show for it. It's as if Chu Xiaoye appeared out of nowhere."
I only know that she has a Feiyu account and has worked odd jobs in a small shop before..."
"Nothing at all?"
“Nothing.”
"...It's better not to act rashly. Send more steady people to find the source of her weapons first."
Zhou Cheng looked at the photo of Chu Yao in the file, and his eyes gradually turned cold.
"You have to pay your debts after you've done something stupid."
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Dark Street, Ten Rings, Shanquan Manor.
The presence of such a large and luxurious manor in a dark street seemed a bit strange, as it seemed like a building only found in the wealthy inner-ring areas. But it did exist, and it was the territory of the Fish Head Gang.
This is one of Zhou Cheng’s several properties in Tianhai City.
This is also the core stronghold of the Fish Head Gang, gathering the gang's elites and backbones. The patrolling guards are three layers inside and three layers outside, which are completely different from the gangsters at the bottom.
Even though it was late at night, there were people guarding the perimeter of the manor 24 hours a day, and any movement would be discovered.
Chu Yao stood on the roof of a tall building in the distance, his eyes flashing as he watched the guards' movements from afar.
She had changed into a black night suit and was ready to go at any time.
In the afternoon, Chu Yao saw that Ding Nan had brought Zhou Cheng back here. The lights in Zhou Cheng's room in the villa were off and he had obviously fallen asleep.
She glanced at her phone—it was two in the morning.
On a dark and windy night, it's the time for murder and arson! Hey, why does it seem like I said this line not long ago?
She wasn't here to kill or burn anything. She had already been targeted by the Dictatorship Bureau, so it was better for her not to make too much noise.
Taking advantage of the cover of night, she left all the burdens behind and moved towards the manor like a venomous snake in the shadows of the street.
With a pinch of the magic formula and the transformation technique, he silently turned into an inconspicuous mosquito, buzzing straight towards the door.
The chatter of two guards at the door reached her ears:
"I'm so sleepy. I don't know what's wrong with Brother Zhou now that he's back."
"Hush—are you crazy? How dare you say bad things about Brother Zhou? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
"It's just... isn't it just a cattail gang? I think it's just a bunch of little girls, the kind that fall down if pushed, and are afraid of hammers."
"You can't say that. Didn't you read what was said online? That Chu Xiaoye said he was the heir of an ancient family..."
"You believe what they say on the internet? What kind of parents would let their children go to this godforsaken place like Konghai for training? They have so much free time."
Things like that weren't very informative. Chu Yao circled around a few times, but when she couldn't find any useful information, she left and flew in through a half-open window outside the villa.
She temporarily returned to her original form and thought about her next route.
The map of the villa she had memorized before flashed through her mind. The villa had three floors, and she was currently in the kitchen on the first floor, aiming for the rooms on the third floor.
She carefully avoided the camera on the ceiling, opened the kitchen door a little, and then turned into a small flying insect again and continued to move forward.
The journey was smooth and unexpectedly easy. The villa was dark, and the only sound in the quiet corridor was the faint hum of her wings.
If Chu Yao were the protagonist of an online novel, then her golden finger would not be the world-destroying system, nor the old man in the ring, but her own mysterious and unpredictable magic.
Even in a technology-based society, her cultivation is still her greatest reliance.
She went to the third floor and flew through the crack in the door to a huge conference room - the oval conference table was three or four meters long, and the entire room was several times larger than Princess Ye's conference room.
The cameras here were unavoidable, but Chu Yao had a way. She transformed back into her original form in the corner, cast an invisibility spell, and then swaggered to open the cabinets in the corner - her goal was the records of the underground arms channel in the hands of the Fish Head Gang.
After searching for a while, she found only some unimportant documents. Chu Yao was not discouraged. She still had a few key places to search, and now that the conference room was ruled out, she found some unimportant documents.
As usual, she came to Zhou Cheng's office in the form of a flying insect, and her next target was the various documents in the office and his computer.
She has learned how to use a computer. Although she is not proficient enough to write code, she can still find a file or check historical records.
Chu Yao searched through the boxes and cabinets for a long time but didn't find anything particularly valuable.
Just as she was about to start the computer on her desk, heavy footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
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