Chapter 13: Did I just pick up a life?

  The next morning, Jin Hu and Wang Jun packed up, found a burlap sack, put on their respective bags, and found two paper boxes tied to the back seat of the motorcycle. With the two women sitting on the back seat, they looked like two migrant workers taking their wives to work in the city. Both of their mobile phones had already been replaced with new cards. The phone Xu Mao gave was much better than Jin Hu's old 3210. Since taking this job, this phone was what made Jin Hu most satisfied.

  The two of them put on their helmets and rode out of town on their motorcycles, trying to follow others along the way. However, they didn't have much luck and didn't meet anyone going to Luchai until they reached the provincial border near the river, where they finally met a group heading there and joined in.

  Everything went smoothly, mixed in with a dozen or twenty motorcycles, let alone the underworld, even traffic police didn't come over to ask a question.

  "You two can go back now, and we've settled our accounts." Wang Jun said as he handed the remaining money to the two women.

  Two women happily accepted the money, and Jin Hu and Wang Jun were not saints either. They had been familiar with each other for several days. Wang Jun and Jin Hu had both gone through a few rounds with their so-called wives. The young woman laughed: "Next time you guys want to come out and play like this, just give us a call directly, we'll give you a 50% discount!"

  "Is there a next time? One thousand per day?" Jin Hu smiled and said: "It's just this once, you think fools have it every day, hurry back now".

  "Then let's go?" The two women said as they turned their heads.

  Jin Hu and Wang Jun rode their bikes directly to Wang Jun's comrade's home.

  A coastal city, with a salty sea flavor in the wind. Two people rode their bikes to the outskirts of the city, to a small town, and stood in front of a row of houses. Wang Jun was stunned, took off his helmet, scratched his hair: "It's been years since I came here, it has changed so much!"

  "After finishing speaking, he took out his mobile phone and dialed: 'Which one is your house, I couldn't find it.' Then he hummed twice and stepped on the motorcycle: 'Let's go!'"

  After turning a corner through the wide alley, I saw a three-story building with a small courtyard. At the entrance stood a man in his thirties, slightly stout, who was smiling and waving at Wang Jun: "Pan Zi! Over here!" The joy on his face was beyond words.

  Wang Jun had just arrived at the entrance on his motorcycle and hadn't even gotten off when he was hugged by that person: "What wind blew you here!"

  "Hey, old chap! I'll introduce you to him later. This is the little brother I met this time. Without him, my hundred or so pounds would have been thrown away. He's the comrade-in-arms I was telling you about, Sun Gang." Wang Jun patted the man on the back and said.

  Sun Gang said to Dao Jinhu, "Thanks, brother!" Then he said to the two of them, "Don't leave the car outside, push it inside. How can you think of leaving so easily after arriving here?"

  Jin Hu followed Wang Jun to push the car into the yard, the whole yard was a cement floor, swept clean and tidy. In the yard, a little kid was curiously sizing up Jin Hu and Wang Jun.

  "This is Chen Long, right! Good guy! You've grown so big!" Wang Jun asked, parking the car and looking at the little kid.

  Sun Gang joked: "If you wait a few more years, you can come and drink Chen Long's wedding wine."

  "Here you are, consider it an uncle's gift for meeting." Wang Jun pulled out 200 yuan from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Chen Long.

  Jin Hu took a look and since it was his first visit, he didn't bring any gifts. He also pulled out 200 yuan from his pocket.

  Xiao Chenlong looked at Sun Gang, and Sun Gang said: "The two uncles are not outsiders, give it to you and take it."

  "Thank you, Uncle!" Little Chen Long took the money from the two men and ran towards the house.

  In the living room on the first floor, Sun Gang let the two people sit down and helped them pour water: "Your sister-in-law has gone to work, there are only the two of us at home. You said something unclear over the phone, what exactly happened?"

  Wang Jun said this and then asked: "Isn't there any news about us two on this road?"

  Sun Gang furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Really no news, according to what you just said, it should be big enough to have some news! Then he looked at Wang Jun and said: "I told you to come with us earlier, but you followed others and messed around. Which of those individuals is reliable?"

  Wang Jun nodded: "This time I'm not just coming to you, am I?" He patted Jin Hu's shoulder with his hand: "My little brother Jin Hu wants to take a look at the central Pacific! Want to find you a boat!"

  Sun Gang listened with a dazed expression and looked at Jin Hu, saying: "What's so good to see there? If you want to see the sea, just follow the fishermen or us when we transport goods next time. No need to run so far, the ocean isn't as romantic as it is in movies!"

  Jin Hu smiled and explained: "I just want to go take a look, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I won't be at peace, sorry to trouble you, Sun Ge!"

  "What's the trouble! You and Panzi have a deep friendship, just because of this, you speak up, I can do it without hesitation! The key is that even if you go there, it's still in vain, isn't it?" Sun Gang said.

  Wang Jun smiled and said: "Let him go take a look! After seeing it, he will also give up. I have advised many times along the way."

  "Wait a minute!" Sun Gang said, getting up and walking into the house. A moment later, he brought out a map and spread it on the tea table in front of them: "Where are you going?"

  Looking at the map, Jin Hu pointed with his hand: "It's right here!"

  "That's more convenient, you can follow the snot and walk together, it's also good to have someone to take care of along the way!" Sun Gang said, looking at the place where Jin Hu pointed.

  "Has your runny nose come back?" Wang Jun happily asked Sun Gang.

  "Alright! I've already called him, and if everything goes smoothly, he'll be here in an hour. I told him to pick up some hairy crabs on the way, and we'll drink till we drop!"

  Sun Gang asked Jin Hu: "Your bow is well used, where are you from?"

  Jin Hu reported the place at home, and Sun Gang said: "No, I also knew someone who used a bow before, saying that he had been playing since childhood. Let me take a look at the bow to see if it's okay?"

  "What's wrong?" Jin Hu said, getting up from the sofa and walking into the yard. He took down a package from the back seat of his motorcycle, brought it inside, and began to string it: "I bought it from a friend." Quickly finishing the stringing, he handed the bow to Sun Gang.

  Watching Sungang holding the bow, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhang Yifan's number. After two rings, someone answered, and the voice of the fat man came over: "Who is it? Want to buy something?"

  "It's me!" Jin Hu said into the phone: "Is it convenient for you to talk on your end?"

  "What's with the 'dry and wet nine sisters'?" Zhang Yifan asked back.

  "Hmm! Nothing's wrong on your end, is there?" Jin Hu asked.

  Zhang Yifan smiled and said, "What's wrong?" Then he spoke into the phone: "You don't have to worry about anything for a while now. I heard that Xu Mao is too busy to deal with you guys, and has taken his trusted men back to America."

  "Are you sure?" Jin Hu asked.

  "Nonsense!" Zhang Yifan said, "I've been watching the wind direction for a long time, and I think something big is happening on the American side, so they can't take care of you temporarily! Even if that's the case, don't come back, you're doing well. The news says you and another person cheated Xu Maosan out of over 30 million, is it true or false?"

  "It's almost certain, but we can't say for sure it was him, he framed us first," said Jin Hu.

  Zhang Yifan continued to ask, "What's going on with the project?" The client replied, "The construction team is still working on it." Zhang asked again, "How long will it take to complete?" The client responded, "It should be done by the end of the month."

  "Alright, you damned miser!" Jin Hu smiled and cursed: "That's it then. I'm going to a friend's place now, might have to take a long trip, help me apologize to Li Lin!"

  "Okay! Be careful outside." Zhang Yifan said and hung up the phone.

  Jin Hu put down the phone and said to Wang Jun, "Something seems to have happened at Xu Mao's place. He can't take care of us now. What a pity! We've been digging in this forest for over a month!"

  "Is the news reliable?" Wang Jun asked.

  Jin Hu nodded: "Should be reliable! And Sun Ge's place didn't get any news that would harm us."

  "That's great!" Wang Jun said with a slap on his thigh.

  "Mind your own business!" Sun Gang glanced at Wang Jun: "This is Lu Hai, don't even mention a small banana speaking out of turn".

  "One less thing is better than one more! Besides, after sending off Jin Hu, I still need to go back to my hometown for a trip, now the road is safer."

  Next, Sun Gang took the two to a room on the second floor and let them put down their luggage. While tidying up on the second floor, they heard a loud voice coming from downstairs: "Gang Ge! I'm here!"

  Wang Jun's face lit up with joy, and upon hearing the sound, he quickly walked downstairs. Jin Hu followed behind Wang Jun and Sun Gang as they went down together.

  A sturdy man, nearly 1.9 meters tall, stood like an iron tower in the yard, hugging Wang Jun, with a large basket of crabs at his feet, estimated to be over 20 kilograms.

  Following Wang Jun, Jin Hu was introduced to Zhuang Han again. Sun Gang took out a large wooden basin from the kitchen and the four men squatted in the yard washing crabs while chatting.

  Zhuang Han's name is Hu Fei, when he heard that Wang Jun was framed by Xu Mao, he suddenly became furious: "I'll find Sixzi, Pockmark, and Leopard together to deal with this son of a bitch! I don't believe one banana can be so formidable!"

  Wang Jun shook his head and said, "This matter needs to be carefully considered. Xu Mao is not great, but among the people under him that I've seen, there are two good ones! That Ding Shi is on par with Leopard! Who knows how many other good hands are hidden in secret?"

  "A gangster and a leopard, what's the difference?" Hu Fei glanced at Wang Jun: "Are you overestimating him? Leopards are all top-notch tough guys in the army."

  "No!" Wang Jun shook his head and said, "This time we were lucky to be alive! Jin Hu was the first to sense danger, and the other two followed too closely. They clashed with them first, drawing their fire. When I had the chance to get behind them, I took advantage of it and shot that skilled opponent. If not, the consequences would have been dire." Then he began to analyze the situation using his crab-like movements.

  Jin Hu was taken aback, he didn't think as much of it as Wang Jun did, and instead felt that the last battle was quite simple, ending with just two arrows.

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