Hong Kong Tycoon: Starting from Delivering Dongfeng Express

Chapter 148 Should we intervene or not?
Upon hearing the ringtone, Wang Zhicheng pulled out a mobile phone from Ding Xiaoxie's body.

Give me the phone! Give me the phone!

Ding Xiaoxie struggled violently, only then remembering the phone call he had hung up downstairs. He had thought it was a scam call, but it turned out to be a call from the robbers!
However, Wang Zhicheng ignored him and instead looked at Ye Dongsheng with his mobile phone in hand.

Ye Dongsheng raised his hand: "Give it to him!"

Wang Zhicheng then returned the mobile phone to Ding Xiaoxie.

Ding Xiaoxie pressed the answer button, and immediately heard his younger brother's cry for help:
"Big brother! Big brother, save me! I don't want to die! Ah! Don't hit me!"

"Cry harder!"

Hearing his younger brother crying and the strangers' shouts and abuse on the other end of the phone, Ding Xiaoxie's anger flared up: "Don't hit my brother! Who are you? If you have a problem, come at me!"

"Hmph! Ding Xiaoxie, you dare hang up on me? Your brother's in for a beating!"

"From now on, don't touch my brother! Otherwise, I won't give you a single penny!"

"Oh? So you already know. Well then, I won't waste any more words. Prepare 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, not consecutive numbers. I'll give you 24 hours. That'll be the time to exchange for your brother's life!"

"24 hours? How is that possible?!"

"Don't try to bargain with me! If I don't see the money in one day, you can start preparing to collect your brother's corpse!"

"Hey! Hey!"

Looking at the phone that had already been disconnected, Ding Xiaoxie gripped his mobile phone so tightly it cracked, then looked up at everyone in the room, pointed at them, and shouted:

"Was it you? Was it you who did this?!"

Ding Yixie kidnapped Fang Zhanbo and Fang Ting, and Tongyitang stood up for them. Just then, a robber kidnapped his own brother and demanded a ransom of 1000 million. This was too much of a coincidence!
Ding Xiaoxie is now paranoid, wondering if this is a trap set by Tongyitang in conjunction with the Fang family to frame them!
"Ding Xiaoxie, what the hell are you doing?"

"If anything happens to my brother, I'll fight you to the death!"

The Ding family had inherited Ding Xie's eccentric temper. However, Ding Xiao Xie usually managed his emotions very well, but now, faced with this situation, he could no longer suppress his emotions and completely lost control.

Without Ye Dongsheng having to give any signal, Wang Zhicheng and his men rushed forward again, punching and kicking Ding Xiaoxie.

Moments later, Tony splashed cold water on Ding Xiaoxie's head:

"Are you awake yet? If you are, go back to your villa and collect your underlings' bodies. I don't care if you try to cover it up or call the police. This has nothing to do with Tongyitang! Don't try to pin it on us!"

Now you can go, but remember what you said earlier!

Ding Xiaoxie got up, wiped the water off his face, glanced at the composed Ye Dongsheng, and then looked at Fang Zhanbo and Fang Ting.

Fang Zhanbo directly cursed at him:
"That scumbag Ding Yixie deserved to be kidnapped! He's got what he deserved! If it were me, I'd want to tear him to pieces! Hurry up and use the dirty money you've made to save your brother!"

Ding Xiaoxie had calmed down by now. This couldn't be the kind of thing that Fang Zhanbo, that good-for-nothing, would do. A triad like Tong Yi Tang wouldn't shoot and kill eight people, otherwise they would become a target of the police. And given Ye Dongsheng's status, there was no need for him to get involved to make money and cause trouble.

Based on this, it seems highly likely that Ding Yixie was indeed kidnapped by the robbers!

He didn't say anything more, he wanted to hurry back to his villa to check on things and then raise the money!

After Ding Xiaoxie left, Ye Dongsheng suddenly asked, "What did those four masked robbers look like?"

Fang Zhanbo and Fang Ting exchanged a glance: "They're wearing four cartoon masks!"

What mask?

"Bear, tiger, sheep, deer."

"Tell me the details again!"

Fang Ting and Fang Zhanbo assumed Ye Dongsheng was just curious about such things, so they described their encounter again, especially after the masked robbers appeared...

After listening to their stories for a moment, Ye Dongsheng stood up and said, "Alright, let's leave it at that. Be careful in the future!"

"Mr. Ye, I'm so sorry to have troubled you today!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ye!"

The group quickly offered their thanks as they saw them off.

After reaching the door, Ye Dongsheng paused for a moment, then said to everyone, "You'd better not spread the news about the Ding family villa, otherwise..."

Everyone readily agreed, "Mr. Ye, don't worry, we don't want to cause any more trouble!"

Ye Dongsheng nodded, and after going downstairs, he instructed Tony and Wang Zhicheng again: "Tell those guys to keep their mouths shut too."

"Yes, Mr. Ye!"

Both of them understood that it was best to avoid getting involved in something like shooting eight people to death, otherwise it would cause trouble if it got to the police!

The Mercedes slowly started and drove along the neon-lit avenues of Hong Kong Island.

Inside the car, Ye Dongsheng's brow remained furrowed.

Masked robbers, the Ding family's four crabs, a tiger...

With a vivid sense of déjà vu, after listening to Fang Zhanbo's account, how could he not know who the real culprit behind this kidnapping case was?

This is clearly one of the kidnapping plans he devised when he first arrived in Hong Kong!
I never expected that the tiger would go back to its old ways!
He was given 500 million back then, and he's already spent it all?
Ye Dongsheng sighed. Even if he didn't spend it all, most people would find it too tempting to make money so quickly once they tried it.

If he hadn't stopped him, wouldn't Wang Jianjun have wanted to continue doing this and expand the kidnapping business?
Ye Dongsheng was making a decision: should he deal with Tiger or not?

He wasn't afraid that Tiger would reveal his secrets. Based on his understanding of Tiger, he was very loyal and wouldn't reveal a single word about him even if he fell into the hands of the police.

Moreover, even if he did say it, it would be of no use now, because few people would believe that a successful businessman like Ye Dongsheng would be a kidnapper.

Hey, it's like a criminal who's been caught and says that his accomplice in the crime was Li Huanggua. How many people would believe him?
Besides, the case has already been closed, and there is no evidence at all. There is no way to do anything to him based on one side's story.

It makes sense if you think about it. Everyone knew in their past lives that the king of thieves, Zhang Shih-hao, robbed an armored truck, but the court still released him, didn't it?
In Hong Kong Island, you can't get convicted without a good lawyer and a complete set of evidence!
Of course, that's the logic, and Ye Dongsheng certainly didn't want the tiger to actually fall into the hands of the police, and didn't want that worst-case scenario to happen.

However, after listening to Fang Zhanbo and Fang Ting's description, he had a very bad feeling about the other three people: the bear, the goat, and the deer. Could these three be the undercover trio from the original story?

When he first landed on Hong Kong Island, he casually asked Tiger if he had been in contact with any other comrades. Tiger replied that there were no such three.

Unexpectedly, they've reconnected now, and even brought these three along to kidnap Ding Yixie!
If it really is these three people, then Tiger, a criminal, is leading three undercover agents to commit crimes. Isn't that just asking for death?
Just imagining that scene left Ye Dongsheng speechless!

If he hadn't intervened, the tiger would most likely have fallen into the hands of the police... Ye Dongsheng rubbed his temples and sighed. After all, they were comrades-in-arms, so he should still give him a heads-up!

Ye Dongsheng pulled out his mobile phone: "Hey, Jianguo, it's me! Yes, it's urgent, come see me right away!"

If he were a police officer, he would definitely choose the scene where the money was handed over to catch the perpetrator red-handed!

Therefore, there are only 24 hours left, and we cannot delay. Moreover, this matter must be handled as discreetly as possible, and it is best not to let other unrelated people get involved. People from Tongyitang cannot be used.

Xiao Fu and Wang Jianjun are both helping to expand the market in mainland China, so the only one we can use is Wang Jianguo!

Ye Dongsheng didn't have Tiger's contact information, nor could he find Tiger's location directly, but that didn't matter, because Tiger had a beloved younger sister!
……

Night falls in a remote courtyard in the New Territories. Tiger is dreaming of a bright future, confident that he'll finally get the Ding family's 1000 million.

He divided the money among the other three people, giving each of them 200 million. He would then receive 400 million himself. He would put half of it with his sister and keep the other half for himself to enjoy. He planned to go to Macau again and was confident he could win it all back!
Just then, his mobile phone suddenly rang.

Tiger frowned. Only his closest friends should know this number. Since Qi Jingsheng and the other two were with him, it could only be his sister!
But didn't he specifically tell his sister not to contact him for the next few days? Why is he calling now?!
Could it be that someone bullied you?
Thinking of this, the tiger quickly pressed the answer button: "Hello?"

"elder brother!"

"What's wrong? Did someone bully you?"

"No! Bro, someone's looking for you!"

Tiger frowned even more: "Looking for me?"

"Yes, he said he's your old comrade-in-arms, Monkey, and it's extremely urgent, a matter of life and death, and he wants you to come see him right away!"

The tiger's expression changed drastically. A monkey?!

There was no "Monkey" among his comrades, but during the last kidnapping of Han Chen's wife, Ye Dongsheng's code name was "Monkey"!

Why would Ye Dongsheng contact him at this time? And with such an urgent tone? A matter of life and death?

Tiger quickly asked, "Is he with you now? Let him answer the phone!"

A moment later, a young man's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Brother Tiger!"

"Who are you?!" Tiger immediately gripped the phone tightly; this wasn't Ye Dongsheng's voice!

"Hehe, it's been so long, I didn't even recognize your voice! You used to always praise my cooking!"

"You are..." Tiger's face lit up with joy. It was Wang Jianguo!

"Shh! Don't shout my name! Come here now, Monkey King wants to see you!"

The tiger mumbled, "I... I'm busy with something important! It's at a crucial moment! Can we wait a couple of days?"

"If you don't want to die, come over here right now! Alone!"

After saying that, Wang Jianguo hung up the phone.

The tiger stared at the mobile phone in its hand, filled with suspicion and uncertainty. What did this mean? It made it seem like it was in a dangerous situation!
Then he looked at Ding Yixie, wondering if this guy had some hidden identity or some friends he couldn't afford to offend.
That doesn't make sense either. If that were the case, Ye Dongsheng wouldn't have chosen the four crabs from the Ding family in the first place!
Tiger hesitated for a moment, then stood up and went to the next room: "Bear, deer, you two keep an eye on that guy here. I have to go out urgently!"

Qi Jingsheng and Li Xiangdong exchanged a glance: "Brother Tiger, what happened? Why do you have to go now? Do you need our help?"

The tiger waved his hand: "It's a personal matter of mine, and it's inconvenient to involve you all! Alright, no need to say more, I'll be back soon!"

Watching the tiger's departing figure, Li Xiangdong frowned: "It suddenly ran out at a time like this..."

Qi Jingsheng patted Li Xiangdong on the shoulder: "Brother Hu said it's his private matter, it's probably his woman!"

Li Xiangdong shook his head: "He doesn't seem like the type to get carried away by a woman!"

"Brother Dong, uh, Bear, don't think too much about it. Brother Tiger won't hurt us~"

……

An hour later, Tiger drove up to his sister's apartment building. Just as he was about to go inside, a figure emerged from the darkness: "Brother Tiger!"

The tiger looked over and saw a man wearing a baseball cap. After recognizing his face, he immediately exclaimed with delight, "Jianguo, it's been a long time!"

Wang Jianguo smiled and said, "Brother Tiger, you're still the same as ever!"

“You’re working for Dong Sheng now, aren’t you? Good, unlike me…” Tiger sighed.

Wang Jianguo patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Hu, now is not the time to chat, Brother Sheng wants to see you!"

Tiger nodded and followed Wang Jianguo into his car. They then made several turns and arrived at a relatively secluded street. After getting out of the car, they made several more turns in the alley, passing through the residential area and arriving at another street, where a car was parked on the side of the road.

Wang Jianguo gestured for the tiger to go up, and then he stood guard on the side of the street.

After getting into the car, Tiger saw Ye Dongsheng in the driver's seat. He had mixed feelings and didn't say anything for a moment.

Ye Dongsheng glanced at Tiger and patted him on the shoulder: "Still doing the same old thing?"

The tiger took out a cigarette, lit it, and then said to himself with a self-deprecating smile:

"I served in the army for so many years, and after I came out, I didn't know anything. I can't compare to you, so this is all I can do! Congratulations on becoming a big boss!"

Ye Dongsheng said calmly, "Tiger, stop now! Don't do it again!"

Tiger frowned, looked at Ye Dongsheng, exhaled a smoke ring, and then said, "What? Are you afraid I'll drag you down with me?"

Then his expression turned cold: "Don't worry, even if I, Tiger, am caught by the police, I will never utter a single word about you, Xiao Fu, or Jian Jun!"

Ye Dongsheng shook his head: "You! I admit I'm worried about myself, but I'm even more worried about you! What are the names of those people working for you now?"

Tiger sneered: "Becoming a big boss really changes things! Now he's even interfering with my affairs!"

Don't worry, they're all from the mainland, including some of our old comrades! Although we weren't from the same company, I saved his life, so he's absolutely trustworthy!

Ye Dongsheng sighed, now completely certain: "Is his name Qi Jingsheng?"

The tiger's expression changed drastically: "How did you know?!"

"Qi Jingsheng, a graduate of Tsinghua University, served as a communications soldier in the army. He fled to Hong Kong in 84 and was captured by the border police!"

(End of this chapter)