CH 11.1

When someone constantly walks by the river, how would it be possible for their shoes to not become wet, after embarking on the road of no return, Old Liao never thought about being able to extricate himself completely.

They, outlaws who made a living by the edge of the blade, if they got unlucky one day, being caught was very normal.

In Old Liao’s worldview, being unskilled, not having the capability, or falling into other people’s trap, it meant they deserved it!

Give up, you’re not suitable to mingle in the underworld.

But he… some things were supperessed in Old Liao’s heart, feeling hateful, sullen, and unwilling to accept defeat.

They uncomfortably took hold in his heart, the frustration burned in clumps and remained stuck in his throat, neither moving up or down, wanting to vent, but having nowhere to do so.

So suffocating that he wanted to explode!

If at that moment he had happened to be caught by the big group of soldiers that were searching in the mountains, many hundreds of people catching them three, then that would have meant that they were unlucky, and they just had to be resigned.

If we spoke about it, it wouldn’t be something humiliating. Hundreds of people just to catch a few people, with the scene being so big and decent, who ever got such an ostentatious and extravagant scenario?

But we… hehe.

We had obviously found Qin Xiao in advance, and we were on the verge of getting a rampant and proudful comeback, but in the middle, a meddlesome cat and tiger appeared.

After Old Liao woke up, his state of mind had not calmed down.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to explode.

Old Liao: You, a cat, what do you think you are[1]!

With his face darker than the bottom of a pot, he just wished that he could find that cat, which was even more wretched than someone who put on a sheep’s clothing, and that prostrated tiger to perish together.

Bai Xia Xia: ??? Don’t cue Cat, Cat needs to sing a song, take a bath, clean up, I’m very busy.

At that time, Old Liao and the others were not even clear about their specific situation, yet in the middle of everything, a cat had come out and abruptly messed up the situation that was moving for the better.

Completely off-guard, very suddenly, they had been made to kneel to the cat this bafflingly: Unacceptable[2]!

Just, their three faces were stupefied.

“Dong, dong, dong!”

The young soldier that oversaw guarding Old Liao and the others responded, four men and a woman pushed open the door and entered, the man that was walking at the front had a square face, plain appearance, and his features were the type of common that would make him unrecognizable in a crowd, only his Roman nose left a deep impression.

He looked like he was around his forties, had an imposing aura despite being in casual clothes, and had a stern look in his eyes.

Li Ai Guo heard that the criminals had woken up, and without even finishing eating dinner, he picked up his briefcase and hurried over with some people.

His eyes were bloodshot, and below them, there were dark circles. Despite that, his complexion was very good, and he first glanced at Old Liao and them.

And let out a big breath.

Randomly putting down his black briefcase, Li Ai Guo pulled out a chair and sat beside Old Liao’s hospital bed, “Xiao Wang, match them.”

The youngster at the back flipped through his notes, “Liao Cheng, male, 37 years old, from Lan County, Sanhe City, Tanglin Province…”

“Bai Jiang He…”

“Wang Peng…”

In the quiet ward, there was no hurry, a calm and powerful voice, it was composedly narrating the information about the identities of the three people and their past criminal history.

“You know who I am, right?” Li Ai Guo had contended many times with this gigantic smuggling gang.

Enough to cause his hair to fall in large quantities from stress, this group of people worked meticulously, had many ways of communicating legally and underground, and had their own means to dispose of stolen goods.

Not only that, but they also altered their communication methods from time to time; many times, he received information from the henchmen, but the other party would have already escaped one step ahead like a monkey.

Even if they managed to catch some people, they were all those that did errands and were at the bottom of the chain.

Not only that, but this group of people was intelligent enough to mix with the group of scoundrels in the south area.

Monitoring their movements in turn, Li Ai Guo did not have a way to solve things, adding on that the big and small cases in his hands were too numerous, he did not have the time to solve everything, and he could not place all his energy there.

The smuggling gang’s scale grew like a rolling snowball, and the amount of money involved increased by folds. They used all means to obtain their targets and to gain huge profits in short periods of time illegally.

Li Ai Guo was almost bald, so he transferred the case to the army that helped maintain the law and order. Ehm, they’re training all day anyways.

Not even one month after transferring it away, Hei, let’s have a happy meeting with my old friend.

Looking at their faces and bodies that were full of wounds and at how battered and exhausted they were, Li Ai Guo felt extremely light and cheerful, like drinking an iced drink in summer, a straight line from the throat to the stomach, extremely refreshing.

“Whatever you did, whatever will be your ending. I believe all of you are crystal clear.” Li Ai Guo took out a recording tape from his suitcase, waving it in front Old Liao and the others, who each had a different expression, and who initially had not paid any attention to him at all.

Old Second Bai pupils shrunk.

Translator’s comments:

None for this chapter.

Translator’s notes:

[1] Here, ‘充什么大头蒜’ was used, it’s used by people when they’re telling others with disdain that they shouldn’t act like they’re something big.

[2] Chinese slang ‘叔叔能忍，婶婶不能忍！/Paternal uncle can bear it, but paternal aunt can’t!’ is used to say that something is so preposterous that the person can’t bear or accept it anymore.