CHAPTER 653: CHAPTER 652: AFTER DRINKING (1/5)

Yang Chen set out that day, without a hint of hesitation.

Sun Yue finally understood that in Yang Chen’s heart, the most important person is always Ye Xin!

On the road, the rain continued.

Yang Chen suddenly asked, "Over at Nietai Mountain, are they all your people?"

Sun Yue said solemnly, "Yes, they’re all our people. All the information and actions are strictly confidential!"

Yang Chen thought for a moment and said to Sun Yue, "Turn off your phone, cut off contact with them, and don’t inform them of our destination."

"Why?" Sun Yue frowned and looked at Yang Chen in confusion.

Yang Chen said solemnly, "Just do it!"

Sun Yue gave Yang Chen a deep look, and according to Yang Chen’s request, turned off her phone.

"Take out the SIM card and throw it away with the phone!" Yang Chen said coldly.

"You!" Sun Yue was furious, staring at Yang Chen, "My people are absolutely secure; there’s no chance of an inside job!"

Yang Chen’s eagle-like eyes swept over Sun Yue and said coldly, "Can you afford the consequences?"

"I..." Sun Yue was at a loss for words.

Any accident would be unbearable for Sun Yue, so she could only keep a straight face, restart the phone, erase the system and all the data inside, then shut it down and toss the SIM card out of the window.

"Are you satisfied now?" Sun Yue glared at Yang Chen, expressing her displeasure.

Although she firmly believed that there was no traitor among her people, and it was impossible for anyone to betray her. But in face of Ye Xin’s safety, she had no choice and couldn’t afford any mistakes.

Yang Chen ignored Sun Yue and continued driving forward.

Suddenly, Yang Chen slammed the car into the guardrail.

Sun Yue exclaimed, "What are you doing!"

There was a loud bang.

The car broke through the guardrail and rushed off the highway, heading straight down the highway slope.

Fortunately, the car was Sun Yue’s Jeep; if it had been the Bentley Bentayga, this extreme terrain would probably have been impossible to handle.

After landing steadily on the ground, Yang Chen floored the accelerator and drove towards a muddy path.

"What are you doing?" Sun Yue was still in shock.

Yang Chen replied coldly, "For safety’s sake!"

"You..." Sun Yue felt she simply couldn’t grasp Yang Chen’s thoughts, let alone understand whom Yang Chen was guarding against!

"Do you know that this will waste a lot of time?" Sun Yue couldn’t help but say.

Yang Chen said coldly, "This will also save us a lot of unnecessary trouble and save more time!"

Sun Yue: "..."

...

Night fell.

Gao Hong invited some brothers out for dinner.

This time, everyone showed up, none of them disappointed.

Hu Zi’an sat down with a weary look and said, "What are we here for, Brother Hong? We have work early tomorrow morning."

They felt just like Yang Chen described, like normal people, going to and from work, blending into the gigantic crowd... like ant tribes, living like ants.

Gao Hong looked at them, frowning.

He could see that these people seemed soulless, like living zombies.

He also understood why they had become like this.

After thinking for a while, Gao Hong said, "We couldn’t meet properly last night, so let’s make up for it today. Let’s have a good chat as brothers."

"What’s there to talk about?" Bai Lei sighed, "Life is just like this, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea; earn money every day just to think about what to eat tonight, where to sleep, pass the day thinking about tomorrow, it’s all about the grind for daily necessities. Do you think our days outside are that good? Don’t envy us until you’ve truly experienced it. What kind of life is this? It’s all about turning people into machines!"

Gao Hong fell into silence.

Guan Xiaoke sighed, "Brothers, don’t say anymore, let’s drink! Tonight we won’t leave until we’re drunk!"

Wei Peng started moving bottles of alcohol onto the table, "Let’s drink! Once drunk, we won’t think about anything."

"Drink!" Gan Wei said solemnly.

These brothers all wanted to numb themselves with drinking.

Gao Hong gripped the wolf head badge in his pocket, hesitated for a moment, then let go and took a bottle of alcohol, saying, "Come on! Tonight, we won’t leave until we’re drunk!"

As they drank, they seemed to return to the time in the Guard, challenging each other with drinks, eating skewers, laughing heartily.

Soon, the ground around them was littered with bottles, and everyone was slightly drunk.

Hu Zi’an wrapped his arms around Gao Hong’s neck and said, "Iron Brother, I tell you, Iron Brother."

Gao Hong smiled bitterly, "What Iron Brother? I’m Old Gao, Gao Hong!"

"No! You’re Iron Brother, you’re my Iron Brother!" Hu Zi’an said with drunken eyes.

After Gao Hong returned, he hadn’t touched the internet, so he didn’t understand internet slang.

Beside them, Guan Xiaoke explained, "Iron Brother means good brother."

"Oh!" Gao Hong realized and laughed, "Yes, I am Iron Brother!"

"Iron Brother!" Hu Zi’an shouted, "Now that I think about it, the thing I regret the most is joining the Guard and leaving the Guard."

"That’s two things!" Gao Hong knew Hu Zi’an was drunk.

Hu Zi’an’s drinking ability hadn’t been that bad before; maybe it was the emotion that was intoxicating him.

Hu Zi’an didn’t care about these details, muttering, "If I hadn’t joined the Guard, I wouldn’t have gone to Wolf Fang, and there wouldn’t have been so many later things. Not joining the Guard might leave me with regrets for life, but these are just small regrets. But now I’ve joined the military and left the Guard, I regret it for the rest of my life! I regret this whole life!"

Gao Hong fell into silence.

"I tell you, Iron Brother!" Hu Zi’an said, holding Gao Hong’s shoulder, "I tell you, Iron Brother!"

"I’m listening," Gao Hong said solemnly.

Hu Zi’an said, "Do you know what kind of days we live after leaving the Guard? After leaving the Guard, I took the placement card to look for work, they asked me to wait, and that wait wasted two years of mine, asked me to go to the street office! Damn it! Go to the street office? Hell no! I despise it! If I’d known, I would have exchanged the placement card directly for the Guard fee, what’s the need for a placement card? Look at us brothers, how many of us have been placed? Yes! Just Xiaoke, Guan Xiaoke was placed, but he spent a lot of money. Tell me why we retired? Aren’t we OK in the Guard, why come back? Is this the life we want? How does it feel like we’re living worse than dogs!"

The others couldn’t help but lower their heads.

Hu Zi’an, with drunken eyes, looked at a few people, "Isn’t that right? How does it feel like we’re living worse than dogs! How come we’re even worse than a dog now?"

Gan Wei, Hu Mingxuan, Wei Peng, the three of them lowered their heads and wiped their eyes.

"We were Wolf Fang, damn it, iron-boned Wolf Fang, damn it, when I was at my most badass, at my most badass, I went to the local Guard, they sent twenty elites, damn it, none of them could beat me! Those kids were beaten by me until they rolled and crawled! At that time, the leaders held on to my hand, insisting I stay as an instructor, and I didn’t agree! Damn it, I am Wolf Fang, how could I care about being an instructor!"

When saying these, Hu Zi’an was especially proud.

Suddenly, Hu Zi’an pursed his lips, crying, "But now, damn it, I’m worse than a dog..."