Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

An Xiaohai followed Zhou Meng for quite a while, until they were far away from Apojiao Village, before he was pulled into a jeep.

"Hey, hello!" An Xiaohai greeted the jeep driver sitting in the driver's seat.

It was a little awkward; this driver was the same one from that night.

"Hello..." The driver looked at An Xiaohai, then at Zhou Meng, and finally nodded with an extremely strange expression.

"Team leader, why did you call me here?" An Xiaohai asked, gripping the car door handle. If anything seemed amiss, he would simply open the door, jump out of the car, and make a quick getaway!

"What? You little brat, you dare ask me that? Let go of my hand! If I wanted to grab you, would I have waited until today?"

"Alright..." An Xiaohai decisively let go. It seemed that the captain of the detachment was really in a bad mood this week, so it was best not to provoke him.

Zhou Meng stared intently at An Xiaohai for a long time, his chest heaving violently. Clearly, he was desperately trying to suppress his temper.

Have you seen these two people before?!

After a long while, Zhou Meng threw two photos at An Xiaohai. An Xiaohai picked up the photos and saw that both photos showed a person wearing an armed police uniform.

"Never seen him before," An Xiaohai shook his head. "What's wrong, Captain? Is someone impersonating an armed police officer to collect protection money again?"

"You're collecting protection money! I told you not to collect protection money!" Zhou Meng was furious and slapped An Xiaohai hard twice.

"These two were once our men, but they aren't anymore!" Zhou Meng glared at An Xiaohai again. "You brat! It's all thanks to your commotion that these two scoundrels have been brought to light."

Those angry truck drivers reported you three along with those two scoundrels. I checked, and lo and behold! Those two were actually secretly taking bribes. What audacity!

But luckily they had a keen sense of smell and managed to sniff out the danger beforehand; they actually dared to run away!

What the hell!

An Xiaohai lowered his head and touched his nose.

What the hell is going on? What do you mean by calling the three of you along with two scoundrels? That sounds weird, like I'm being targeted.

"So now... what does the squad leader mean?"

Seeing Zhou Meng's face turn red with anger, An Xiaohai asked cautiously, genuinely worried that Captain Zhou might have caused him to have a stroke.

"Wasn't my meaning clear enough? You little brat, you think you're so capable? I'll give you three days to dig out those two scoundrels!"

"No way, Captain, where am I supposed to find them? You think too highly of me!" An Xiaohai exclaimed in shock.

"Heh, can't find it? Try it if you can't find it!" Zhou Meng laughed through gritted teeth. "You bunch of ignorant fools, do you think those truck drivers you've got are all honest people? You're wrong, they're organized!"

The people you messed with that night were all from the Red Harbour Triad, especially one of them named Ma Guai, who is also the brother-in-law of the leader of the Tong Sheng Lian!

The Tong Sheng Lian (a secret alliance) has already sent a bribe to get rid of the three of you; they're searching the whole world for you! Don't you think it would be fun if I leaked your information to the Tong Sheng Lian?

"No way, Captain, you're that despicable?"

"Despicable? How dare you call me despicable?! You impersonated me to extort money, how despicable is that? You ambushed me with a stick, how despicable is that?! You even said I was cool when I ran, how despicable is that?!"

"You dare call me despicable? I'll kill you!"

Zhou Meng was furious; if he hadn't been sitting in the car, he probably would have jumped up already.

"Alright, alright, I'm scared of you, Captain, I'll give it a try!" An Xiaohai quickly gave in.

Give it a try, consider it making amends for what you did wrong.

"This isn't a 'try and see' situation; I'm determined to find them! If I can't put both of them in court, I'll drag you there myself, and then no one can plead for you!"

"So heartless?!"

"That's how heartless I am! Get lost! I'll come back for you in three days!"

"You don't need to go through all this trouble by coming to me. Why don't you give me your phone number, Captain? I'll call you once I find the person."

"Fine, give my phone to this little brat!"

Zhou Meng waved his hand, and the driver immediately handed one of Zhou Meng's business cards to An Xiaohai.

"Wow, it's a cell phone! I never expected that!" An Xiaohai said, looking at the business card.

"What's wrong with a cell phone? You can use a cell phone, but I, a dignified squad leader, can't? Don't even mention a cell phone, I have a satellite phone too. Get lost!"

"Okay, I'm leaving!"

An Xiaohai readily complied and immediately rolled off the car. After walking a long distance, he patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, Captain Zhou came to find someone, not to send someone away. I thought we were going back to the First Prison...

This week, the team leader assigned us work without even discussing salary, which is a bit unfair... But thinking about it carefully, it seems Wang Tiejun didn't discuss compensation either!

It seems like I lost out a bit...

An Xiaohai breathed a sigh of relief. Believe it or not, he might actually be able to find those two guys.

The things that happen at the border are nothing more than smuggling or drug trafficking.

An Xiaohai knew the people in Shenhai who did these two things. If the two armed police officers who took bribes ran away, they would most likely have gone to find these two groups of people.

It's unlikely they're smuggling drugs; that would cost them their lives. Armed police officers who take bribes probably wouldn't dare to do it, nor would they bother.

The rest is smuggling, which is Third Brother's old profession, and also one of Guo Xiangshui's main businesses.

"Looks like it's time to thank Fourth Brother..."

Just as An Xiaohai was wondering whether he should call his fourth brother, he suddenly saw Lin Xuan'er dragging a suitcase and walking towards the village entrance.

"Xuan'er, what are you doing?" An Xiaohai asked, a little stunned.

There were still two days until Lin Xuan'er started school, and we had agreed to take her there. Why did this girl leave early without saying a word?

"I just received a notice from the school that there will be an event when school starts, and all student council members need to arrive at school early, so I have to leave early," Lin Xuan'er said, pouting.

"Then you should have told me. Come on, I'll see you off!" An Xiaohai reached out to help Lin Xuan'er pull her suitcase, but Lin Xuan'er stopped him.

"Never mind, Xiaohai, I'll go myself," Lin Xuan'er said as she came up to help An Xiaohai straighten his clothes.

An Xiaohai's clothes were slightly askew after Zhou Meng tugged at them.

"I've seen you working day and night these past few days, so I'll go by myself. You need to take care of yourself. Now that you're out of school, you can come visit me at school whenever you have time."

My mom just came back and told me not to keep bothering you, saying you have your own things to do, which is weird!

An Xiaohai raised an eyebrow.

Chen Xiru suddenly went back and said those words to Lin Xuan'er, probably because she saw that Zhou Meng had come looking for her. An Xiaohai's doubts grew stronger: Why is Captain Zhou so familiar with Aunt Xiru?

"I'll take you there. I don't have anything important to do today anyway."

"Really, no need. My best friend from the dorm said she'd pick me up, she should be here soon. You go ahead with your work, but remember to come see me at school when you have time!"

Before Lin Xuan'er could finish speaking, a Santana had already stopped not far from the two of them.

The car window rolled down, and a girl with a round face and a huge bow in her hair stuck her head out and waved to Lin Xuan'er.

This must be Lin Xuan'er's best friend.

"Well... okay, then you go with your best friend. I'll come see you at school when I have time."

An Xiaohai escorted Lin Xuan'er to the car and helped her put her suitcase in the trunk. He glanced inside the car; the girl was alone, and the person in the driver's seat was wearing white gloves, so he was probably the driver.

Lin Xuan'er's family must be quite well-off.

"Xiao Hai, I'm leaving now. If you miss me, remember to come visit me!"

After Lin Xuan'er finished speaking, she hugged An Xiaohai tightly and gave him a long kiss. The round-faced girl had been watching the two of them curiously. When she saw them kissing, her face turned red. It was hard to tell whether she was shy or excited.

After watching the Santana disappear into the distance, An Xiaohai pondered for a while before taking a deep breath, taking out his mobile phone from his waist, and dialing Ah Huo's number.