Chapter Twenty-Two: A New Beginning

  Yumeng's illness has not yet recovered, and I'm forcing myself to update for everyone. The updates might be slower than usual, but there will be at least three chapters!

  In the hotel restaurant, several people were eating their free dinner desperately, this was all about money, in order to vent their anger and spend so much without getting anything back, it was not pleasant for them. After dinner, Xu Qiang and others said they wanted to go out and have a stroll, experience the nightlife of the big city, Tang Feng reminded them to take care of Yin Fei before taking a taxi to the agreed location alone.

  20 minutes later, in front of the reception desk of Tianyuan Hotel lobby.

  "Hello sir, are you staying at our hotel?" The front desk lady was a very delicate woman, which was the first impression she gave people, and even her voice was so gentle.

  "Oh no, I'm here to find someone. Would you mind helping me see if Mr. Xu in room 303 is in?" Tang Feng said very politely. He was the kind of person who would treat others well if they treated him well. Compared to the front desk staff at his own hotel, this receptionist was much better."

  "Excuse me, sir. Please wait for a moment while I check." A moment later, the receptionist smiled politely and said: "May I ask if you are Mr. Tang?"

  "Yes."

  "Mr. Xu said if Mr. Tang comes, you can go directly upstairs to find him, he is waiting for you in the room."

  "Thank you." After finishing speaking, Tang Feng didn't waste any words and directly walked into the elevator to go up to the 3rd floor. The environment of this hotel was not bad, the decoration was also very distinctive, although it wasn't as luxurious as the hotel he usually stayed at, but it had a different kind of feeling, just like the warmth of home.

  "Ding dong, ding dong." The doorbell of 303 rang out, and Tang Feng felt a little nervous.

  Footsteps came, Xu Tian opened the door and smiled at Tang Feng, nodding his head and leading him in.

  Arriving at the sofa, Tang Feng stood up straight and saluted Permitian with a standard military salute, saying: "General Xu"

  "No need to be so serious, this isn't an army." Xǔ Tiān waved his hand and interrupted Táng Fēng's words.

  Before Tang Feng could speak, Xu Tian continued: "No need to call me Mr. Xu, it's too formal. In the future, we will be in contact often, if you don't mind, just call me Big Brother Xu. By the way, how are your preparations going?"

  Tang Feng let out a wry smile and said, "Ha, what's there to prepare for? Since the day we accepted this mission, we've been ready, prepared to face any problem that comes our way."

  Xu Tian didn't say a word, and from the side of the sofa, he took out a black suitcase and put it on the table before saying: "Inside here are your new identities and documents, take a look."

  Tang Feng nodded, slowly opening the box. Inside were 4 file bags, each with a person's name written on it. The top bag had his own name on it. Opening the bag with his name, he found only a thin piece of paper and an ID card inside.

  Tang Feng didn't take a closer look at what was written on it either. After putting the things away and closing the trunk, he said, "Thanks, Brother Xu."

  "Hehe, no need to thank me, these weren't done by me either, I'm just an intermediary. Your previous files have been classified as SSS-level confidential by the state, and nobody has the right to view them except for the current head of state. It was announced publicly a while ago that you few were sentenced, and the prison warden who knew about your escape was also transferred elsewhere. The new warden announced yesterday that he found you all and put you in another prison, where you'll be executed by firing squad in a few days."

  Tang Feng thought for a moment and indeed didn't find any omissions, so he opened his mouth and said: "En, this arrangement is not bad. I was originally worried that our escape would be noticed by someone with ulterior motives, but now it seems unnecessary to worry."

  "Anyway, that's the situation. In other words, from yesterday on, Tang Feng, Xu Qiang, Guan Zhiyong and Wang Sheng, these four people have completely disappeared from this earth. Including you three, there are only seven people who truly know what happened." After finishing speaking, Xu Tian seemed to remember something, patted his forehead, took out a check from his pocket and handed it to Tang Feng: "Look at my memory, this check is for you guys."

  "A check?" Tang Feng took the check with some confusion, but thought to himself: Could it be that we're being given start-up funds after getting mixed up in a black society country? After looking at the number on the check, Tang Feng raised his head and looked at Xu Tian, expecting him to provide an explanation.

  Xu Tian took a sip of tea and said, "Hehe, surprised? I can guess what you're thinking now, but you're wrong. This money wasn't given to you by the country. Among them, 8 million yuan was the salary on your three previous salary cards. We just returned your money to you. And 2 million yuan was Zhang Lao's personal donation to you. Ah, Zhang Lao has a son who is a big boss, but I don't have rich relatives. Otherwise, I would also donate some to you."

  Looking at Xu Tian's sighing appearance, Tang Feng despised him in his heart and thought: Damn it, are you still pretending? If you say you're not greedy, I believe it, but if you say you're not a little greedy, then you might as well kill me. Nowadays, officials who don't take advantage of their position are rare; as long as they don't make any big mistakes, they can be considered good officials.

  Xu Tian saw that Tang Feng didn't say anything, so he continued: "I've already contacted a plastic surgeon for you, he's an old doctor and his skills are absolutely unquestionable. Tomorrow, go to this address and find him, just tell him that I introduced you." After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of paper with the address written on it from his pocket.

  After sitting for a while, the two of them chatted about some uninteresting topics before Tang Feng returned to the hotel. At this time, the four people had not yet returned, so Tang Feng could only watch boring soap operas in his hotel room.

  Just as Tang Feng was about to fall asleep out of boredom, Xu Qiang and the others returned. Several people walked into the room with big laughs, and Wang Sheng said with a lingering tone: "Damn, that accompanying lady just now was really seductive, if it wasn't for the boss saying not to mess around for the time being, I would have..." Before he finished speaking, Wang Sheng saw Tang Feng sitting on the sofa, smiling at him, and scratched his bald head awkwardly, saying: "Heh heh, Boss is back so early?"

  "It's early? It's already 2 o'clock now. I thought you guys were all killed outside." Tang Feng said in a bad tone.

  Yin Fei ran over and intimately held Tang Feng's hand, saying: "Brother, don't blame Right Hand Brother and the others. It was someone else who asked them to take me out to play. I've never gone out at night before, and I accidentally lost track of time. If you want to blame someone, just blame me."

  Originally, Tang Feng didn't plan to blame anyone, and now after hearing Yin Fei's words, he didn't have any temper left. He affectionately stroked Yin Fei's hair and said: "Silly girl, how could I blame you? Hehe, okay, you're also tired, go rest early, we still have things to do tomorrow, I have some more words to say with your older brother and the others."

  Yinfei was very clever, she knew that some things were not for her to know, and obediently nodded and returned to her own room.

  "You all sit down and take a look at this first. Remember everything clearly and then burn it." Tang Feng said, throwing several file bags to the people around him.

  "What's this?" Xǔ Qiáng said as he opened the bag and took out an ID card, staring at it for a while before exclaiming, "Damn, who is this? He's ugly enough to scare people."

  Tang Feng was amused by Xu Qiang's words and laughed, saying: "Ugly? Hehe, that will be your future appearance."

  "Really?" Xu Qiang looked at Tang Feng with a hint of resentment.

  Wang Sheng snatched the ID card from Xu Qiang, took a look and also burst out laughing. Finally, under Xu Qiang's murderous gaze, he said: "Eh, it's ugly, but I think it's pretty good, we're in the underworld, not monks, too good-looking is easy to be bullied, yeah, I think it's great."

  Tang Feng saw Xu Qiang was about to say something, but he didn't have time to listen to Xu Qiang's complaints. He hastily preempted: "Alright, tomorrow we'll go for plastic surgery, and our appearance will be similar to what's on our ID cards. Now let's each recite our new identities so everyone can memorize them and avoid mistakes in the future."

  "Good, not only do we need to remember it ourselves, but others also need to know each other." He paused and then said: "I think we should let Feifei know some things too. After all, we will be living together in the future. If she doesn't know anything and accidentally says something wrong, it won't be good. We are 'repeat offenders' after all. It's not good if people become suspicious."

  Guan Zhiyong, this repeat offender refers to the three people's previous identities. It was just that Wang Sheng couldn't explain it clearly and didn't want to hide it from him, but there were some things that they still didn't let him know about now. If possible, they would rather not tell him for their whole lives. After all, this matter was of great importance, and knowing about it was also very dangerous.