One side.
The two younger brothers witnessed Ma Li's expression change drastically as he made the phone call.
He advised:
"Brother Li! This Qin Jiang seems to have more power than we thought. He has connections in both the legal and illegal worlds here."
"Yeah, Brother Li! This isn't some baseless gang that's only been around for two or three years... They're clearly local bigwigs with real power and connections. We're new here... We can't handle them..."
"Let's go quickly... otherwise, just like Hu Laoliu said, if Qin Jiang really loses his temper and sends people to continue hunting us down, or even issues a kill order, we really won't be able to escape..."
"He wouldn't dare…" Ma Li pointed at his own nose, "Who am I… the young master of Huanyu Group? Even if he had a few guts, he wouldn't dare to touch me. If he did, even if he had connections all over the North Province, he'd fall from grace…" Although his words were very tough, his body unconsciously began to walk out: "This isn't over!"
"Xiao Jiu! Go back to the Cloud Top Hotel! Get the CCTV footage of us getting beaten up! I'll have someone from Shanghai come down and investigate; I'll have him arrested..."
Xiao Jiu: "I...Brother Li...There might still be Black Dragon's men there. Should I go back now...?"
Ma Li: "What is it? Look at you, acting like a coward! I never saw you this timid in Shanghai..."
Are you going or not?
"If I don't go... I'll never have to go again in this lifetime..."
His words were icy.
As the saying goes:
If I can't handle Qin Jiang, then I can handle you?
Little brother: (=ﾟДﾟ=)
I certainly wouldn't be that cowardly in Shanghai!
After all, not many people in Shanghai would dare to do something like this to us. In Shanghai, we always have an easy time, unlike just now when we actually got beaten up. Besides, I wasn't a coward. If I were a coward, would I have risked my life to save you? I value my life, okay?
Do you want to listen to what you're saying?
Go to Genting Hotel to check the surveillance footage?
Putting aside whether they'll transfer me, there are probably still Black Dragon personnel there.
Oh my god...
Wouldn't that be like walking into a trap?
But seeing Ma Li's angry expression, what could he say? He could only nod and say, "Okay! I'll take care of it!"
...
night.
Genting Hotel.
Security room.
A young man in a security guard uniform swaggered in and said to the security guard who was watching the surveillance camera, "Busy..."
Security guard: "Hmm! Busy, huh?... "
Young security guard: "Have you heard? There was a fight upstairs today..."
Security guard: "Of course I've heard about it. I don't know which hothead dared to mess with Master Jiang. He's really asking for trouble..."
Young security guard: "Absolutely! By the way! Today, Boss Jiang is in a good mood and everyone at the Yunding Hotel is getting a 1,000 yuan bonus. The manager wants you to go and collect it."
Security guard: "Really..."
Young security guard: "Really, I just got it. You go ahead! I'm free anyway... I'll watch it for you for a bit!"
Security guard: "Okay..."
He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly remembered something and looked at the young security guard: "Hey buddy? Which department are you from? I've never seen you before..."
The young security guard said, "The person in the logistics department has only been working here for a few days..."
Security guard: "Logistics? My brother is the logistics supervisor, but I haven't heard anything about them hiring recently... Wait..."
Bang!
Clang!
The security guard lay stiffly on the ground.
The young security guard across from them, holding a wooden stick, muttered under his breath, "Why are you trying to be clever at a time like this? It's a waste of time!"
He was none other than Ma Li's underling: Xiao Jiu!
It's something I should say but can't:
Given the Ma family's status in Shanghai and Ma Li's position in the Huanyu Group, the underlings beside him were no pushovers. After Xiao Jiu returned, he first staked out the Yunding Hotel for a few hours. After learning that Hei Long had completely left, he asked a cleaning lady if he could spend some money to get the surveillance footage. Unfortunately, the cleaning lady not only refused but also threatened to report him. Helpless, he tied her up and used the cleaning lady's key to open the accommodation and get the security uniform.
Then he swaggered into the Genting Hotel looking for the surveillance room. Because the hotel was large and had many security personnel, and because he kept his hat pulled low the whole way, he didn't give himself away.
even:
I almost tricked the security guard out...
call...
Xiao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief: "Although there were some twists and turns, at least we're finally in and can get it done right away." He quickly locked the surveillance door from the inside, then tied up the security guard and gagged him.
They then went to the surveillance camera and began to check...
Then he was dumbfounded...
The surveillance footage is completely empty: there's no footage of Qin Jiang ordering them to be beaten, not even any footage from the entire day...
Empty!
No...
Smack! Smack!
Xiao Jiu woke the security guard up and pointed at the surveillance camera: "What's going on? Where's today's footage...?"
Security guard: "Is the surveillance camera broken?"
Xiao Jiu: "Are you kidding me? How could the security cameras in such a big hotel be broken?"
Security guard: "This is really bad..."
Xiao Jiu: "Brother! Don't be stubborn and ask for trouble. The surveillance cameras are the hotel's lifeline, but you're your own." He pulled out a dagger from his waist: "If you don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being impolite."
Security guard: "I said...I said...it was the manager! He came over and snapped the surveillance memory card right there..."
Xiao Jiu: "Where's the backup?"
Security guard: "They broke it too..."
What?
Xiao Jiu: (☉_☉)
It broke!
They're all broken!
He could tell the security guard wasn't lying!
Wait, is Black Dragon really that thorough? He didn't leave himself any chance at all. Although he felt that even if there was surveillance, it wouldn't be of much use. After all, it wasn't Qin Jiang himself who did the beating, or even a high-ranking member of Black Dragon. He could easily deny everything later. But this behavior of deleting the surveillance footage after beating someone was still a bit outrageous.
"Damn it..." Xiao Jiu cursed under her breath, "What a waste of a trip! Who knows what Brother Li will say when we get back? Damn it! Who told him to be born into such a lucky family?"
He shook his head.
He told the security guard, "Don't talk, okay..."
After saying that.
He jumped out of the window and left...
Just landed.
Then I heard a heart-wrenching scream from behind:
"Help! There's a thief! Help!"
"grass..."
Little Jiu took off running...
.....
Outside Songjiang.
Ma Lizheng addressed the few underlings who had run back to the bar: "Let me tell you: I have absolutely no fear of Qin Jiang. Why would I, the young master of the prestigious Huanyu Group, fear his arrogance? Even if he's arrogant, what can he do to me? Look at you, you weren't beaten to death, were you? He wouldn't dare... Just watch, as long as Xiao Jiu gets the surveillance footage, see if I don't investigate him thoroughly... I'll make sure he can't get out of here..."
Little brother: ∑(O_O;)
Are you really good at bragging?
Do you want to listen to what you're saying?
Did they not kill us?
You should at least have beaten us half to death, okay? You didn't even bother with us before running away, and you were incredibly fast...
Hmm! But to be beaten up like that and still be able to say it so arrogantly? You're a boss too...