Xu Keke didn't ask Sun Cheng to stop the car. Instead, she drove around and came back. Only when she was some distance behind the man did she ask him to stop.
Sun Cheng didn't understand at first. He stopped the car on the side of the road as Xu Keke asked, thinking that she was afraid that the other party would see her going home.
When Sun Cheng saw Xu Keke quietly approaching the man, his heart leaped into his throat. He quickly got out of the car and followed her. Xu Keke walked to within half a step of the man, grabbed his arm with one hand, and slammed him against a tree.
The man struggled desperately, then turned around and saw her. He hurriedly called out, "Miss Zhou...it's me, Li Shirong!"
His hat fell to the ground, and Xu Keke recognized him. However, he had shaved his head, grown a beard, and was wearing a long robe, somewhat resembling the photos in later history books. But compared to a few days ago, the contrast was quite striking.
Xu Keke let go of her hand, puzzled. "What are you doing sneaking around here?"
Li Shirong grinned and tried to shake his shoulders. This Miss Zhou seemed to know acupoints. She didn't have much strength in her hands, but the places she pinched were always numb and painful, and he couldn't exert any force afterward.
Li Shirong didn't dare say anything else, and rubbed his hands, saying, "Miss Zhou, please don't misunderstand, I'm here to give you a message."
"Report a message?"
"Yes, the family that asked us to kidnap the grandfather and grandson last time contacted us yesterday and asked us to kidnap Mr. Feng Shaozhe. It was agreed that he was a dead man. They also said that if we couldn't take him down on the spot, we would just kill him and double the money. They would even find us a boat afterwards and send us out to hide for a while until things cleared up and we could come back."
“Feng Shaozhe, you’re a dead vote!” Xu Keke repeated his words.
"Yes, a dead ticket means that after kidnapping someone, they take the money and then kill them. In the underworld, the principle is to take money and solve problems, so generally no one does it. Unless the price is high. Or only low-level people do this kind of thing."
Xu Keke broke out in a cold sweat. In her past life, Feng Shaozhe and Zhou Xiangnan were traveling by car when Zhou Xiangnan was shot and killed on the spot. Feng Shaozhe was kidnapped and then murdered. But this shouldn't happen now; it should happen a year later.
She was careless; she forgot she was there, and the butterfly effect had already begun. Everything had changed; how could she still rely on Zhou Shaoqiu's memories and wait for an opportunity?
Li Shirong had no idea what she was thinking, and continued to go along with her words.
“I didn’t know about Mr. Feng’s relationship with your family. The host said that we would receive two payments. One was for Mr. Feng. The other was for a woman named Zhou Xiangnan in the car. He told us not to tie her up, but to kill her. When I heard that surname, I somehow thought of you. Last night, the more I thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed. I asked around and found out about your relationship, so I came to inform you.”
Sun Cheng listened in the back, his heart pounding. The news didn't sound fake. But who was this person?
The young master only said that things had been turbulent these days and that I should keep a close eye on the young lady. The man before me was wearing a cotton blue robe from the Dragon Gang, and on the exposed part of his arm, there was a dragon tail tattooed. This man was definitely a member of the Dragon Gang. The dragon tail was red, indicating that he was also an inner disciple of the Dragon Gang.
But his attitude towards the young lady left Sun Cheng completely baffled. When did his young lady get involved with people in the gang?
"Why didn't you take this job?" Xu Keke asked Li Shirong.
Xu Keke knows martial arts, and her skills are quite extraordinary. She also knows some things about me and the gang. Li Shirong guessed that Xu Keke must be a member of the Dao. But when she asked this question, Li Shirong became a little confused and blinked, "I, I'm following Master He now."
"Burning opium?"
Li Shirong was stunned. "You, how did you know? I'm serving opium to Master He right now."
Xu Keke said this to see if it was true. She remembered a passage from a Shanghai anecdote she had read before,
After taking Li Shirong under his wing, He Qingfeng said, "If you're by my side, it'll be a fight to the death. There won't be many fights for you to fight. What else can you do besides fight?"
Li Shirong thought for a long time and replied that he used to serve opium addicts. He Qingfeng then said, "Then you can light my opium." It is said that He Qingfeng wanted to observe whether Li Shirong was capable. So, after Li Shirong followed He Qingfeng, the first job he did was to light opium for him.
Hearing their conversation, Sun Cheng's expression changed. Who was He Qingfeng? He was the big boss of the Dragon Gang. Anyone in Shanghai with even a little knowledge knew that He Qingfeng had many enemies, and his daily routine was kept secret. Someone once joked that even the women who slept with him didn't know where he slept at night. They didn't even know who was with him.
But their young lady even knows who burns opium in front of He Qingfeng. What kind of people does she know?
"If you don't do it, why would they tell you all this?"
Now, in Li Shirong's eyes, Xu Keke wasn't just a member of the underworld, but a god. Li Shirong bowed respectfully and stated the truth.
"In response to your question, the original call was for me, but Master He has rules that once you join the Dragon Gang, you can no longer take on this kind of business. So the master contacted my former brothers. Some of them were mentioned by the master when he contacted me, and others were specifically asked by me after I learned of the connection with your household."
"They don't know you'll tell me, right?" The sun was shining brightly, and their spot was conveniently out of the shade of the trees. Xu Keke looked up at the sky; Wang Shujin would probably sing for a while longer. She needed to get Sun Cheng over there soon, otherwise Wang Shujin would be waiting outside the church with Chen Le.
"No, how could I tell them about this? Don't worry, I just pretended to be concerned and asked a few more questions casually."
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