Wei Changqing was quite hospitable to Hu Haidong, the guest brought by Old Zhang and Zhang Damao's "colleague".
He attentively poured water and offered cigarettes while showing concern for Hu Haidong's health.
When I heard that there were six of them in total, and that they would be staying in the mountains for a while, and that they didn't have a place to stay yet.
Wei Changqing immediately patted his chest and guaranteed that he would clean out a large room in his house for the few of them to stay in temporarily.
So, poor Wei Meng, the fourth son of the Wei family, who was still single and a young man in his twenties, was forced to move into his father's room with his bedding and return to his mother's embrace.
For the villagers in the mountains, this is nothing unusual. Many families with poor conditions still have to sleep on the same kang (a heated brick bed) with their parents even after their children and wives have given birth, with only a cloth curtain between them.
Having figured out the connections, Hu Haidong greatly admired the generosity of Wei Changqing, the village chief.
After they agreed on the terms, Hu Haidong took out five hundred yuan from his pocket and insisted on giving it to Wei Changqing.
"Uncle, we might be staying a few more days, and there are a lot of us. We can't just eat and stay at your house for free. Please consider this money as our food expenses."
Although Wei Changqing's family is considered relatively well-off in the village, they are not so well-off that they can feed several more people without being affected.
We're all from the mountains, and our income comes from physical labor. No one is much better off than the other.
Wei Changqing repeatedly declined, claiming that he didn't need to feed just a few people. However, Hu Haidong said that the money was given to him by Zhang Damao before he came, just in case there were too many people and his family wouldn't have enough money to entertain them. He added that as a big director, he didn't need three or five hundred yuan.
Wei Changqing reluctantly accepted the gift, praising his son-in-law for being capable, caring, and for not letting their family worry about him for nothing.
Then, Hu Haidong returned to the cave where Jiao Bai and several police officers were temporarily staying, and summoned them all to the village, where they stayed at Wei Changqing's house.
The police officers, unaware of the situation, settled in without worry.
Zhang Damao's wife and children are all here. If Yaji wants to harm his family, Wei Yulan is undoubtedly the best target.
This is how most ordinary people think: if you want to threaten someone, their wife and children are the best targets.
But one of them knew the truth about Zhang Damao's marriage.
This person is Jiao Bai, who stays with Xiao Weiguo almost 24 hours a day. Xiao Weiguo never treats him like an outsider, always regarding him as his own younger brother.
Therefore, he basically knew everything that Xiao Weiguo knew.
Zhang Damao revealed everything to Xiao Weiguo, and indirectly, Jiao Bai also learned everything.
Therefore, he harbored suspicions about Wei Changqing's family and did not want to admit that Wei Yulan was Zhang Damao's wife.
Therefore, his main focus was on Zhang Damao's parents.
He personally believed that if Yaji were to make a move, he would definitely target Zhang Damao's parents.
But Zhang Damao's family affairs are family affairs. What exactly happened between him and Wei Yulan is, to be precise, Zhang Damao's privacy. He may know it, but he won't tell anyone else.
Therefore, he and Hu Haidong disagreed on which aspect to prioritize in their protection efforts.
Hu Haidong believes that the main focus should be on protecting Wei Yulan.
Jiao Bai disagreed, saying that Zhang Damao's parents were more important and that they should focus their forces there.
In the end, Fang still couldn't convince anyone, so Jiao Bai moved in with Zhang Damao's parents. Anyway, the old couple lived on the same kang (heated brick bed), so having Jiao Bai there would be enough room for them to sleep.
The conditions were a bit harsh, but that was no problem for Jiao Bai, who had endured countless hardships since childhood.
He was highly skilled and daring, and unafraid of a sudden attack from Yaji. With him there, it was impossible for Yaji to kidnap Zhang Damao's parents.
On Hu Haidong's side, he and several police officers, having taken on such a case, were certainly armed, so they naturally didn't need to be afraid of Yaji alone.
What good is being good at kung fu?
How capable is Yagi of dodging five guns?
What happened to Zheng Qiang back then? That incredibly skilled master thief, didn't he also meet his end by gunfire?
With the staff allocated in this way for now, there's no need to worry about any mishaps.
In the town just outside the mountains, Yaji was still waiting for news from Bai Huaqing.
However, as someone who had been tempered on the battlefield, his thoughts were far more complex than Bai Huaqing imagined.
From the moment he received Bai Huaqing's order to sneak out alone and find a way to kidnap Zhang Damao's family, he knew that this matter was not so simple.
He had followed Mr. Jiang for many years, living a life of constant danger. If he had encountered someone as simple and brutal as Bai Huaqing, he would have died countless times over.
He knew how formidable the police were on the mainland, and he wasn't so confident that he could single-handedly infiltrate the enemy's lair just because he was good at martial arts.
Even if he could capture Zhang Damao's family, how could he take them out by himself? They wanted hostages, not murderers; they could commit the crime and escape on their own.
Therefore, the moment he was about to leave the casino, he contacted his boss, Mr. Jiang, who was overseas, and asked him to quickly send another group of people from Hong Kong to assist him.
There's nothing we can do; those people inside the Panlong Guesthouse can't get out now.
Mr. Jiang valued Yaji highly. Among his henchmen, Yaji was undoubtedly the strongest. If it weren't for repaying Bai Huaqiang's life-saving grace, he would never have been willing to send Yaji out.
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