Chapter 29: Prelude

In the end, I couldn’t remember how much wine we had drunk. The next day, when the bright sunlight shone into the room, I realized that a hangover really is a very uncomfortable feeling.

I got up a little dizzy and wanted to find a glass of water to drink, but I didn’t expect that Qiangzi was already in the living room, with a large pot of honey water on the table that looked very cold. I didn’t say a word, poured it down and drank a big glass, then grabbed my head and said, “Kid, you don’t look like you’re very virtuous.”

“I study witchcraft and have strict restrictions on drinking, so I didn’t drink much yesterday. Hui Gen was kicked a few times by you yesterday and was still upset before going to sleep.” Qiangzi remembered what happened last night quite clearly, unlike me, who was drunk and even had a vague memory.

I pinched my forehead. A cup of honey water made me feel better. I really couldn’t remember when I kicked Huigen.

“Brother, Hui Gen stole a glass of wine yesterday, and then you kicked him. Xiao Chengqian was so drunk that he had to drive himself, and you punched him… Well, someone picked him up. Also, I removed the ghost head on your shoulder last night. You can’t carry it with you today.” Sun Qiang said to me calmly but with some shyness.

I looked at the kid in a daze, it was hard to believe that the kid who couldn’t even speak Mandarin well had become so spirited, and it seemed that he had really learned a lot, even the ghost head, which was a difficult thing, could be removed silently.

In fact, most of the magic in Southeast Asia is inherited from the ancient Chinese magic of witchcraft. Witchcraft is more adept at dealing with these things than Taoism.

Patting Qiangzi on the shoulder, I said, “Kid, you’ve really grown up. I said I’d take care of you, but it turns out you’re taking care of me.”

“Brother, don’t say that. Really, at that time I admired you. When you and Master Jiang were leading the thunder and lightning in the sky, I was thinking, why can you be so powerful? You’re only a few years older than me. At that time, my grandfather passed away, and I was very sad. You said that from then on, you would be my brother… Brother, really, the reason I call you brother is because I feel that your back is the kind that I should never be able to catch up with in my whole life. So, regardless of age, you can only be my brother.” Qiangzi said to me very seriously.

“You little shit, do you think I have a proper form? You still worship it! In fact… in fact, I really can’t be weak, right?” Speaking of this, I couldn’t help but take out a cigarette on the coffee table in the living room and light it. Master, responsibility, life… oh, what the fuck!

At 10 o’clock in the morning, everyone woke up, except for Hui Gen and Sun Qiang. Everyone looked like they had a splitting headache. Thanks to Qiangzi’s powerful honey iced water, everyone quickly sobered up.

As the saying goes, alcohol is the best thing to bring men closer together. In fact, there were two strangers in our group this time, but they quickly became inseparable after drinking with us yesterday.

Our experience in the deserted village made them feel thrilling. They are not inexperienced people in this department. Under the influence of alcohol, they picked up a few things and made us exclaim.

Today, when we sit together, we are as free as brothers.

The older of the two, who is called Lao Hui, has a lot of weight in his words and is knowledgeable, but in private he is inevitably the image of a decadent uncle, with a beard and mustache, which is probably quite devastating to young girls nowadays.

The other one, younger, is called Xiao Bei. I guess he and Lao Hui are old partners. The two of them sing and dance together, which is interesting. Xiao Bei is an unusually young-looking kid, but no matter how hard he tries, he can’t hide the fact that he is occasionally deep and dark, and the essence of a rude man.

Everyone in this room, except for Hui Gen, is a heavy smoker. In the morning, they all smoke and exhale clouds and mists. Even Qiangzi is one of them. I remember that Yuan Yi, the eldest brother, doesn’t smoke, but I don’t know when he joined the army of smokers.

The kid, Hui Gen, coughed repeatedly from the smoke, and he didn’t forget to give me a dirty look. I guess he was kicked yesterday, so I didn’t bother with him. I pulled him over to sit next to me, put my hand on his bald head, and said to him, “Don’t dare to drink again, or I’ll kick you! I don’t want you to be a lawless disciple after Master Hui is gone, do you understand?”

Perhaps it was my serious expression that shocked the kid. He quickly nodded, then after a while, he touched his bald head and smiled foolishly.

I was so angry and so amused that I poured a glass of honey water for the kid and slipped it into his hand.

“Let’s talk about this operation.” The first to speak was Lao Hui. He came this time with some instructions and information from above. He should have said it yesterday, but he was dragged off to drink, so he was delayed.

But the situation is very serious. We have actually been targeted. Xiao Chengqian is here to explain everything. We can’t delay indefinitely, so we have to set a plan of action today, even though we are not feeling well after drinking.

“What does it mean? Let me gather in this city.” In fact, I can say that I know nothing about the arrangements for coming to this city, so I have this question.

“Let’s look at the information first. The main purpose of our operation is this.” Lao Hui threw out a piece of information. I took it and read it. Because the information was very brief, it only took a few minutes to read it, and then I gave it to the next person.

About twenty minutes later, everyone had finished reading the information.

To be honest, there wasn’t much in the information. It mainly talked about a local company, which was different from the company we were investigating. The information only detailed the location of the company, the number of employees, the person in charge, and the location of the warehouse, which was a bit confusing.

After we had all finished reading the information, Lao Hui casually scratched his head and said, “This company, let’s call it Company A for short, is apparently an independently registered company that does normal business, such as import and export trade. But in fact, it is a company that is like a subsidiary of the X company we are investigating. The so-called import and export trade is to cover up something. Recently, they have been very active, but of course, some of their activities are not the main purpose of our operation, because what they are doing involves a power struggle. It is only suspected that the little devil has secretly arrived in this city, this company A.

After the old man finished speaking, he stretched and looked very casual. In fact, the content was quite “horrifying.” I frowned and asked, “Why do you think they would bring the little ghost here?”

“The above is the analysis. Because this company has been very active recently, it is doing something very important. As for what it is, the above did not say, after all, it involves too much, but this matter is so important that all the forces are watching, and it is normal to send a ghost to shake the field. In fact, the above is just an analysis, and the analysis is not necessarily correct, but they analyzed it, and we have to do something, don’t we?” Lao Hui said helplessly.

In other words, the main investigation work is still up to us.

I took the information with some reluctance, and I frowned as I looked at it. In fact, this operation is really ridiculous. Before it even started, I was warned and threatened one after another. It seems like a simple matter of investigating a company, but in fact, who knows what dangers there are? So I have to be careful step by step.

I carefully looked over the information again and said to everyone, “Actually, the investigator is the most difficult step. I looked at the profiles of several people in charge and put them at the end of the investigation. The company headquarters should not have too many rebellious little devils there. After all, that stuff is not easy to control. We first investigated鈥攈ere.”

I pointed to a picture on the data sheet, which showed the warehouse!

No one had any objections. The warehouse was actually on the outskirts of the city, so it would be most convenient to start the investigation there.

Laohui asked me very simply, “When do we start?”

“No, not in broad daylight. It’s too conspicuous. Let’s do it tonight, but we need to work out a detailed plan.” I replied simply.