Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

It was late at night, but An Xiaohai was still standing in front of the living room's floor-to-ceiling window, staring motionlessly at the bright lights outside.

"Boss, are you hungry? I'll get you some food," Lai Donglin asked quietly from behind An Xiaohai.

"Kunji ran off with Number Four, didn't he? I told you to keep an eye on him, what did you do?"

An Xiaohai's voice was icy cold, and Lai Donglin knelt down on the ground with a thud: "Boss!"

"Get up. Didn't I tell you? A man's knees are worth gold. Don't kneel down to people so easily."

"Boss, I remember what you said: never kneel down to anyone except your elders. But you are my boss. Although you are younger than me, I feel that you are my elder. You gave me a second chance at life."

I did something wrong, and I should be punished.

An Xiaohai let out a long sigh of relief, walked to the sofa and sat down: "Get up, let's talk while sitting down."

Lai Donglin gritted his teeth, stood up, and sat down opposite An Xiaohai.

"Boss, I understand Kunji. We're doing things for the country, right? Master Xu and the others are also government officials, aren't they?"

"You know it in your heart, don't say it out loud," An Xiaohai said, making a cup of tea and handing it to Lai Donglin.

"Okay, I'm sorry!" Lai Donglin took the tea, took a sip, and let out a breath. "Although the boss has never told us explicitly, he hasn't kept it from us either. We're not stupid; we guessed it a long time ago."

Actually, we are very happy, especially Kwan Kee.

He always told me that he didn't want to be a thief for the rest of his life, and that he wanted to serve his country, but he never had the chance. He was hoping that you could give him something else to do.

"You've been in prison for so long, don't you hate yourselves?"

"I don't hate him," Lai Donglin shook his head. "Kunji and I are both very clear that what we did before was illegal, and since we broke the law, we should be punished."

We don't hate anyone, we only hate ourselves for taking the wrong path.

While inside, I would sometimes drift into memories of school sports meets when I was a child, where everyone would shout slogans together: "Strengthen our bodies to defend our motherland; strengthen our bodies to build our motherland."

Back then, we took it all seriously, but we never imagined that as we grew up, we would gradually forget about it and become the very thing we hated.

Now, we finally have this opportunity again, and we are really happy.

Kunji often says that he envies the boss for entrusting me with such an important task, and that he must fight with you for the most important task and complete it beautifully.

That way, he can be like him, no longer the loser he used to be, and his mother will be proud of him.

Do you all consider yourselves failures?

"Yes, that's what we all think. Our early lives were pretty unsuccessful until we met you, boss."

"Don't think like that. A person can make mistakes and fail many times. As long as he hasn't started to blame others or shift the responsibility onto others, he is not a real failure."

"Thank you, boss. We understand the logic, but we just can't convince ourselves."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Since he's already gone, let him go. I'll break his legs when he comes back."

"Haha, okay, I'll help the boss beat him up."

"You rascal, you've already sold Kun Kee?"

"Yeah, I sold him out. He'll come looking for revenge... But boss, you guys need to be careful too."

"Don't worry, everything will be fine. It's getting late, go and get some rest."

"Okay, I'll go rest right away."

Boss, the currency market was very volatile today. I think the T country government has started to do everything it can to protect the exchange rate, which is very dangerous. I think we've already made a lot of money, so maybe we should just stop and withdraw. That would be safer.

What is the current exchange rate?

"It's almost 39:1."

"No rush, let's wait a bit longer. The T country government is already at its last gasp. Same as before, wait until it's 45:1 before withdrawing."

Actually, the information I received indicated that the lowest point was 50:1, and I have already left a margin.

As I said before, don't take money too seriously. Winning is great, but losing is okay too. Just don't keep adding to your losses.

"I understand, then let's wait a little longer!" Lai Donglin nodded gently.

"By the way, has the money for the plane been transferred yet?"

"The money has been transferred; the total is $8999 million."

"Why is it so little? Wasn't it 1.5 million? I told the pimp not to haggle with the other party, to make sure they were satisfied in one go. What's wrong with him?"

"The pimp didn't negotiate the price with the other party; it was the other party who took the initiative to ask for a price reduction."

"Do you know the specifics of the situation?"

"Yes, I know. They said they let us remove the most valuable radar and avionics systems from the plane, and they can make a profit by reselling them. So they can give us a discount and hope there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future."

"I understand," An Xiaohai thought for a moment and then nodded gently. The other party couldn't have suddenly become so kind for no reason; they probably already knew they were drug lords and were afraid of retaliation later.

It doesn't matter, as long as I get the plane.

"Are all the aircraft in place? When will the modifications be completed?"

"The two medium-sized aircraft have arrived and have already begun modification. The intermediary said it would take a week if things went slowly, and four days if things went quickly."

Two helicopters are already on their way. They said they acquired attack helicopters originally, so they shouldn't need much modification, except they're not equipped with weapons.

"Understood. Notify me immediately when the helicopter arrives; our people need to familiarize themselves with it as soon as possible."

"Okay, is there anything else you need to tell me, boss?"

"Have the pimp inform the airport that we need their planes again tomorrow or the day after, and this time we need two."

"Okay, I'll notify the pimp first thing tomorrow morning."

"Okay, go ahead, it's late, get some rest."

"Then I'm going to rest. You should rest early too, boss."

Lai Donglin got up to leave. He had just opened the door to his room when the doorbell rang urgently. Lai Donglin hurriedly opened the door, and Xu Congzhou rushed in.

"Xiao Hai, something unexpected has happened."

"What's wrong?"

"The monkey went back and got into a conflict with Xiaotian and the others."

"What happened? Are Xiaotian and the others alright?"

"They're fine. They've brought the monkey and his men under control, but this time the monkey brought a lot of people. The others have surrounded the villa, and they're currently in a standoff."

"How did it get like this?"

"I don't know. They just called me on the 6th. Didn't Xiaotian tell you?"

"No," An Xiaohai shook his head: "It's a good thing that he doesn't say anything; it means he can still control the situation."

"That's good!"

"Mr. Xu, get the car ready, we're heading back right away."

"Alright..." Xu Congzhou thought for a moment and nodded, "But... won't this be too tiring for you?"

"It's okay, we can sleep on the way anyway."

"That's true, I'll go prepare right away."

Xu Congzhou hurriedly went to prepare the car, and An Xiaohai gave Lai Donglin a few more instructions before packing up and going downstairs.

Fifteen minutes later, the convoy drove onto the highway leading to Pattaya. Since it was the middle of the night, there was no traffic jam on the highway. More than two hours later, the group had returned to Pattaya and Monkey's villa.

As soon as An Xiaohai stepped out of the car, more than a dozen people rushed out of the darkness, their dark gun barrels pointed at An Xiaohai and Xu Congzhou.

An Xiaohai gave the group a cold look: "Put your guns away. If someone sees them, I'll be in trouble, but you'll be in even more trouble."

"Who exactly are you people?!" a person asked in the darkness, speaking in extremely broken Mandarin.

"This is not a question for you to ask. Put your gun away and come inside with me to resolve this, or I'll leave with my men right now. The choice is yours."

After An Xiaohai finished speaking, he sat back in the car, but did not close the door. Xu Congzhou also smiled coldly and sat back in the car.

There was a long silence at the scene.

"Okay, sorry, we'll go in with you to resolve this!" The man emerged from the shadows and ordered the others to lower their guns in Y language.

An Xiaohai glanced at the guy; he was dark-skinned, thin, and unremarkable, except for his exceptionally bright eyes.

An Xiaohai didn't say much. He got out of the car and slowly walked towards the villa. The Y country people swarmed around him and surrounded him in the middle.

An Xiaohai ignored these people and walked straight to the villa's main gate, where someone immediately opened the door for him.

After seeing the scene in the hall clearly, An Xiaohai was also slightly taken aback.