"You're driving a military truck, and your buddies are all carrying heavy weapons. Who would be so foolish as to stop you?"
"It's true, why would I lie to you?" The third brother's hands and feet were still cold. "You're smart, hurry up and think of a way to see if you can get it back."
Curly felt like he was still drunk; the news was too explosive, like a bolt from the blue, leaving him unable to think straight.
The two hurriedly searched for Lao Ba.
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Lao Ba pursed his lips and led them downstairs, away from the crowd.
"What?" Upon hearing this news, Lao Ba, who was usually indifferent to everything yet had everything under control, turned pale. "This is impossible. We have scrutinized every step dozens or even hundreds of times. There is no way there could be any oversight."
"Third brother, did you conspire with others to trick the brothers?"
"Disappeared into thin air? Ha, do you think there really are ghosts and monsters in this world?"
"You'd better come up with a reliable reason, so as not to cause a rift between the brothers. This is a big deal. If we cooperate well, there will be many more opportunities like this in the future. You don't need to focus on this small profit."
The third brother's face turned ashen: "Pang Junfeng, who the hell are you trying to disgust? Do you think I don't know the stakes involved?"
“We’ve known each other for so many years, we probably know each other’s character better than we do ourselves. I’m a soldier, would I risk my future? Would I do something as stupid as embezzling from my post?”
Curly also advised, "Third Brother, Eighth Brother, now is not the time to quarrel. We need to find that batch of goods as soon as possible."
"I don't believe there are really ghosts in this world. At most, someone has played a trick on us. Let's find them as soon as possible while we still have time."
The three of them tried to calm their inner panic and anger.
Because of Ying Yan's arrival, they felt the urgency of time. Having finally gained the upper hand over Ying Yan, they wanted a more prosperous life and couldn't help but take risks, only to suffer a terrible setback.
Curly invested all of his family's working capital and also allocated some funds from projects he was co-founding with the organization, thinking that this business would have a quick return on investment and he should be able to get his principal and interest back soon to plug the hole.
Fearing he wouldn't be able to cover his tracks, the third son spoke with his boss's wife and invested the money she had given him. Besides this, there were also the family's savings accumulated over the years, his parents' funeral money, and his sisters' dowries…
As for Lao Ba, since the information was leaked by his superior, he naturally wanted to bring others in as well. Not only that, he also leaked the information to several other people, leading them to become accomplices in the same boat, paving the way for himself.
Now that the goods are gone, if they don't find them soon, they will face utter disaster!
Suddenly, all their previous excitement and exhilaration vanished, replaced by endless anger and regret.
However, they now have to suppress their anxiety and patiently analyze the situation.
"Ten truckloads of goods is no small amount. Even if they can steal it, there aren't many places to hide it."
"Their skillful methods indicate that they have also planned meticulously. They are someone close to us, trying to double-cross us. The goods probably aren't too far away, as it would be easy to expose them. But Third Brother, you still need to make a call and find a reason to inform all the checkpoints."
"We'll focus on the suburbs. If there's any trouble in the city, we won't need to do anything; someone else will take care of it."
“There aren’t many places in the outskirts of Kyoto where this batch of goods could be hidden, and the traces of the goods being moved are very obvious. Even if someone erased them, there would still be some traces left…”
After discussing it, they split up and took action.
But several days passed and they still had no clue. They searched almost the entire city and its outskirts but found nothing suspicious.
Ying Yan and Ke Meiyu have acquired so many goods for nothing, and they do not plan to take any action in the short term, continuing to focus their efforts on Hanks.
It wasn't easy to arrange for two or three hundred people, but Ying Yan managed to clear out the shop!
Ke Meiyu was surprised and delighted to see the area where the wooden partition boards had been removed. She couldn't help but take out her blueprints and gesture to Ying Yan to explain the general decoration style.
The hotel needed to be repainted and the doors and windows replaced. The old shops were all open-plan, so now all of them have floor-to-ceiling windows installed.
The interior doesn't need to be too fancy. The walls are painted with contrasting red, yellow, and white blocks. The cashier and work area are separated. There will definitely be a lot of kitchen utensils inside. The tables and chairs outside are made of solid wood, and the row of upholstered soft chairs is against the wall.
One corner serves as a children's play area, with swings, slides, climbing ladders, and a puzzle area. The second floor has the same layout, but one wall is covered with various magazines and publications. Ke Meiyu plans to set up a foreign language corner here, where she will play various classic foreign language songs, classic excerpts from works, and foreign language short stories that she will record herself.
The rear courtyard can actually be considered a second courtyard, as the reception hall was converted into two separate courtyards. There are four small rooms connected to the shops, which can be used as warehouses and staff dormitories.
The partitioned area could accommodate ten households, but Ying Yan also built a brick house in the courtyard, which could accommodate sixty beds.
Ke Meiyu smiled, pursing her lips, "Ying Yan, you're amazing. You always manage to break through conventional thinking. I only thought about arranging for all these people to leave, but I didn't expect that the shop and the backyard together would have a considerable area, enough to be divided in two."
"There were indeed quite a few people who moved in before, but some of them could definitely be accommodated elsewhere. The rest of them who couldn't be accommodated can continue to live here, and we can still collect rent from them!"
Ying Yan smiled and hugged her from behind. "Yes, some people have other houses that they've given to relatives to live in, so their employers aren't happy to take on extra rent. Besides, I told their employers that this isn't a residential area, so the rent should be calculated as a shop."
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