Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Third Brother was clearly very hesitant, but he had no choice but to emerge from the bushes.

An Xiaohai was startled again. His third brother was only wearing a single shirt, and his whole body was soaked. His clothes and pants were also torn in many places, obviously from being scratched by the rocks on the beach.

The sea breeze in December was already quite cold. Third Brother was shivering violently, so An Xiaohai quickly took off his coat and wrapped it around him.

"Xiao Hai..."

"Don't say anything more, let's go to my house first, you'll get sick if you keep going like this," Third Brother wanted to say something more, but An Xiaohai interrupted him and pulled him towards his own house.

"Xiao Hai, no, I can't go to your house. If someone sees us, they'll get you in trouble!" Third Brother said in a panic.

"It's okay, my home is in a remote area, don't worry, come with me," An Xiaohai said without turning around, but he increased the pressure on his hands.

Third Brother didn't object anymore and stumbled back home with An Xiaohai's help.

"Xiao Hai..."

When Chen Shuifen saw An Xiaohai leading her third brother into the house, she was startled.

"Mom, this is my friend, Er Mao's older brother. He accidentally fell into the sea. Is there enough hot water? We need to make sure he takes a hot bath right away, or he'll get sick."

"Oh, there's still some, but it might not be enough. I'll burn it right away. You can have him change out of his wet clothes first."

Chen Shuifen went to prepare hot water for her third brother. An Xiaohai took her third brother to the bathroom, gave him a dry towel and his old clothes, and told him to dry himself off first.

After a lot of work, the third brother finally got to take a hot bath.

In the kitchen, Chen Shuifen and An Xiaohai were preparing food for their third brother.

"Xiao Hai, Er Mao's older brother..." Chen Shuifen hesitated for a long time before finally asking.

An Xiaohai originally wanted to make up a reason to get away with it, but remembering what Chen Xiru had told him not long ago, he gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, Third Brother might be in trouble. He might be being chased by the police."

But my third and second brothers have both helped us, so I can't just abandon them. I'll handle this; you don't need to worry about it, and don't ask about it later, okay?

Chen Shuifen was slightly taken aback, then laughed: "Okay, Mom doesn't care. You're all grown up now, so you know what you're doing. But you can't do anything immoral."

"Okay, thank you, Mom."

"Silly child..."

An Xiaohai and Chen Shuifen continued their work. The third brother, who had been hiding by the kitchen door with a towel wrapped around his neck and eavesdropping, burst into tears. He bit his hand to stop himself from crying out loud and tiptoed back to the bathroom to continue taking a bath.

Seafood is quite easy to cook; you can just steam it or blanch it in boiling water. We already had some leftovers from entertaining Yang Yuanbing, and with the addition of the freshly made dishes, the table was full.

After taking a hot bath, the third brother, dressed in An Xiaohai's clothes, wolfed down his food, and no one knew how long he had been starving.

"Mom, go and rest. You have to go to work tomorrow. I'll take care of Third Brother. I'll wash the dishes in a bit."

"Then I'm going to rest. You don't need to wash the dishes; just leave them there, and I'll wash them tomorrow morning."

Chen Shuifen returned to her room, and a little while later came out again, stuffing a wad of money into An Xiaohai's hand: "Mom has enough money. You don't need to give me your salary anymore. You're all alone out there, you need to have money on you."

After Chen Shuifen finished speaking, she returned to her room. The door closed, and Third Brother covered his face and began to sob.

"Third Brother, what exactly happened?" An Xiaohai asked after his third brother had been crying for a while.

"Sigh..." Third Brother sighed deeply, "We're finished this time! Xiao Hai, A Lu... Sigh, that bastard! Sigh..."

"What's wrong with Brother Lu?"

"Don't call him Brother Lu! He's a traitorous bastard!" Third Brother gritted his teeth in hatred. "I'm going to tell you all about him. You have to be careful of this bastard and don't fall for his tricks!"

Xiao Hai, you know that although we brothers don't do anything exactly respectable, we would never touch drugs. That stuff is too immoral!

The fourth brother got involved with this stuff, and now he's stuck with it for life.

Although we never touch drugs, we know in our hearts that something will happen to us brothers sooner or later.

We prepared some cars, put some money in them, thinking that if we really couldn't hold on any longer, we would drive away.

A few days ago, some damned person set a trap and destroyed all the escape vehicles we had prepared.

Several hundred million in total! Just like that, it's gone!

Afterwards, I thought, oh well, it's gone. Anyway, our money wasn't cleanly acquired, so consider it as paying off karma and averting disaster by losing money.

But little did they know, among those smashed cars, two stolen cars were left on the roadside, and they were full of drugs!

Fuck you!

It's estimated that the people who set up the car smuggling operation were also scared off. They didn't dare to touch drugs, so they simply abandoned the cars on the roadside, and then the police found them.

The police investigated and found me. I had no idea what was going on! Luckily I ran fast, or I would be in jail by now.

Later I finally figured it out, it was Ah Lu, that treacherous bastard! After he got out, he kept using our smuggling routes to transport drugs!

Smuggling drugs is one thing, but after the drugs came in from outside, this bastard actually hid them in our vehicles.

"Holy shit! Our life-saving vehicle has become this bastard's drug transit point!"

Third Brother was pounding his thigh in pain, his teeth almost grinding to powder.

"Can't you explain this to the police?"

"I can't explain it!" Third Brother shook his head painfully: "After I came out, I was in charge of the entire water supply line. How could I possibly explain it clearly?"

I can't tell you!

If I were to explain this to the police, it would be like betraying all the brothers on the line. They're all on my behalf, and I can't do that!

I had no choice but to run away.

I don't know if it was just bad luck or if someone leaked the news, but we had just sailed to the outer sea, only about ten miles away from the ship that was supposed to pick me up, when we were spotted by the armed police.

There was no other way but to keep running in the boat, with the armed police chasing after us. After more than an hour, the boat returned to the shore.

I originally planned to come up first, hide for a while, and run away after the storm passed, but our boat must have hit something and capsized.

Fortunately, it was already getting dark, so I grabbed a plank of wood and swam as hard as I could until I finally made it out.

The armed police didn't intend to let us go either. They kept searching along the coast, and one by one, the brothers who ran away with me were captured by them.

I didn't dare go ashore, so I kept swimming along the coastline towards the edge of their encirclement. Eventually, I couldn't swim anymore, so I had to run back up.

Thank goodness, thank goodness I met you, thank goodness...

As Third Brother spoke, he kept wiping away tears, and An Xiaohai felt quite distressed as well.

That night's operation was carried out by people from the security department in charge of Third Brother's car. Presumably, they were afraid that An Xiaohai would be distracted, so they didn't tell him after discovering the drugs in the car. In the end, after discussing it with Zhou Zhengguo and the others, they disposed of it themselves.

No wonder Zhou Meng showed up tonight. After all this time, he probably didn't come here specifically to see me; he just happened to be passing by and kicked me a couple of times.

However, it's also possible that he came specifically to find him.

An Xiaohai let out a breath: "Third Brother, what about Third Sister-in-law and the others..."

"They don't need to worry," the third brother waved his hand. "We've been preparing for this day for a long time. Your third sister-in-law and I have actually been divorced for a long time. All the children live with her. They won't be implicated by me, so don't worry."

"Xiao Hai, I need to make a phone call."

"Okay!" An Xiaohai handed his phone to his third brother without saying a word.

Third Brother dialed a phone number in front of An Xiaohai. The other party did not answer the first time, so Third Brother dialed a second time. After ringing for a long time, the other party finally answered and Third Brother immediately started communicating with the other party in Chaozhou dialect.

Chaotou dialect is probably one of the most difficult languages ​​in the world to understand. Third Brother thought An Xiaohai wouldn't understand it, but An Xiaohai could.

The third brother contacted one of his fellow villagers, who was probably not involved in the underworld. At that moment, the fellow villager's ship was anchored not far away, and they would have to return at the latest by dawn.

After hanging up the phone, the third brother let out another long sigh, and his whole body slumped down.

"What's wrong, Third Brother?"

"This is bad. I can't leave anymore. They can't wait for me. They have to return to port first thing tomorrow morning. There are armed police everywhere on the sea. I can't leave."

"Third Brother, if you trust me, I might be able to get you out of here."

"Really!" Third Brother's eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again: "No, no, I can't. I'm already very grateful that you're willing to let me stay for one night. I can't drag you into this, I can't..."

Third Brother kept waving his hand.

"Third Brother, don't say that. You and I are practically brothers who've been through thick and thin together, right? So why is anyone dragging anyone else down with them?"

To be honest, the connections I made were with the armed police. There are risks involved, but if you trust me, I can get him to send you out immediately.

With things so tense right now, it'll be very dangerous for you to stay in the deep sea. The longer you stay, the more things could go wrong. Getting sold to the police is a minor issue; what if Ah Lu... two truckloads of drugs, Third Brother!

Third Brother's eyes flickered intensely, clearly indicating that he was engaged in a fierce internal struggle.

"Xiao Hai, can you tell me who you're looking for?"

"Yan Hong, the captain of the Xiadong Detachment of the Armed Police."

I've done some business with him, and I have something on him that I can't touch. I believe that even if he refuses to help me with this, he wouldn't dare tell anyone that I asked him for help.

"This... alright!" After hesitating for a long time, the third brother finally gritted his teeth and nodded.

An Xiaohai immediately dialed Yan Hong's number and put it on speakerphone.

"Brother Hai, what's up? Hurry up and say it, I'm busy!" Yan Hong's voice was a bit arrogant, and An Xiaohai felt much more at ease upon hearing it.

"Captain Yan, there's something I'd like to ask you for help with."

"Can't we talk about it tomorrow? I'm busy catching people right now."

"No, it's urgent."

"Then you tell me."

"I need to send a friend out to sea, and I need a boat."

"Damn, Hai-ge, this friend you're talking about isn't surnamed Chen, is he?! Do you know that hundreds of us have been working at sea all day just to catch this guy?!"

An Xiaohai didn't speak, and both sides fell silent. In an instant, beads of sweat appeared on Third Brother's forehead.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you with this, it's too dangerous!"

One million.

"Damn! Just because you have money doesn't mean you can be so great!"

Two million.

"Damn it!...Brother Hai, this is dangerous! If this gets discovered, it won't just be losing your job; it'll be court-martial!"

"Four million."

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"Wait here, I'll be there in 20 minutes. Get ready, don't dawdle. I'll leave as soon as I get there, okay?"

"OK!"