CHAPTER 654: CHAPTER 653 SOMETHING’S OFF (2/5)

When Langya was established, they were selected as top talents from various Guard Districts.

In the later training, the quality was further refined, with an extremely high elimination rate.

The ones who remained were the elite of the elite!

Pulling out anyone from Langya, they were capable of taking on a hundred.

It can be said that, with their kind of fifth-category Guard troop, they’re nearly invincible on land.

Like when Gao Hong escaped, everyone was at a loss, and Li Muyang strictly ordered that no one confront Gao Hong directly. Even investigations had to be conducted cautiously—why?

Because people like them can turn anything into a deadly weapon! Even a small stick, even a needle! In even the simplest conditions, they can set up lethal traps!

In a formal confrontation scenario, picking one from Langya to fight against a squadron or even a team isn’t an issue.

Anyone of them who claims they’re from Langya is extraordinarily proud.

Entering Langya is an honor.

In front of other guards, they can always feel a sense of superiority.

But after leaving, everything changed.

All those formidable combat skills, combat thinking, and the ability to create various traps and weapons have nowhere to be applied.

Brother An dragged Gao Hong and pointed at Bai Lei, saying, "Bai Lei worked as a security guard, and when a tycoon’s car wanted to enter the community without registration, Bai Lei disagreed and was beaten on the spot. We brothers aren’t cowards, you know, we retaliated on the spot, beating them up. At night, the tycoon brought over a dozen people to hack Bai Lei, and Bai Lei made them crawl. The tycoon kneeled on the ground calling him grandpa, saying he was afraid. But the next day? The tycoon reported Bai Lei, and Bai Lei was fired immediately."

"And Wei Peng!" Brother An said in a serious tone, "After coming out, he started doing sales, now among us, he’s the richest. But do you know how he earned that money, buddy?"

Brother An forcefully tugged at Gao Hong, smacked his own face loudly, "His money was earned by selling his face. Ask Wei Peng, does he even have face left?"

Wei Peng lowered his head.

Brother An said, "I remember one time most clearly, it was when Wei Peng had just started sales, he was tongue-tied, had no clients, could only chase after people to talk about products. At that time, he annoyed a boss, who took a sip of coffee and spat it back in the cup, told Wei Peng to drink it. I was right there, I went up to stop him..."

"Stop it!" Wei Peng said in a low voice, head down.

Brother An continued insistently: "But Wei Peng stared at that boss, drank the coffee in one gulp, smiled and said to the boss, are we signing the contract now?"

Wei Peng grabbed a bottle of alcohol, gulped it down in one go.

Brother An looked at him, saying: "Since then, Wei Peng has been madly making money, just to not be looked down upon."

"Buddy!" Brother An looked at Gao Hong, saying, "We were Langya, yes, we were formidable in battle, yes, but out in society, we might just be someone’s lackey."

They never thought about doing anything against the law, because they were Langya, they had their pride!

Guan Xiaoke cried out, "Brother An, stop talking! We are no longer Langya, the leader doesn’t recognize us anymore!"

Brother An was stunned, chuckled, picked up the bottle and drank the rest.

Gao Hong couldn’t hold back anymore, said in a deep voice, "Brothers, I’ll be honest, the reason I called you here today is because there is something I need to tell you."

"Whatever it is, just say it, among us brothers, there’s nothing that we can’t help with." Brother An smiled drunkenly, head down.

Gao Hong looked at them, said in a deep voice, "Brothers, the leader asked me to return this to you."

As he spoke, Gao Hong took the badge out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

Bang!

A glass bottle from someone’s hand dropped to the ground, producing a screeching sound.

Everyone present stared fixedly at the Langya badge on the table.

They were stunned, looking at the scene incredulously.

Originally a bit inebriated, they all suddenly returned to their senses, became sober.

"What... what’s going on here?" Brother An asked in a daze.

Gao Hong smiled and said, "The leader said, once Langya, always Langya! You are still Langya people, live well and don’t cause trouble for the organization."

Hearing these words, everyone went completely insane.

"Howl!"

Several people, like wolves, shouted with their heads raised.

Ppeople all around looked over.

However, they soon lost interest after a glance.

On such a night market stall, it is not uncommon for men to cry their hearts out after drinking, yelling recklessly.

After venting their intense emotions, everyone took their own badge.

Each badge had its own exclusive imprint that no one could fake.

With the badges in hand, their hearts were completely at ease.

Brother An held the badge in his hands, guarded it against his chest, and looked at Gao Hong excitedly saying, "Buddy! Where’s the leader? Why didn’t he come?"

Gao Hong frowned slightly, said in a deep voice, "He handed me the badge and left, it was at noon when it rained, he seemed quite rushed, told me to give you the badge, said not to worry, he just wanted you to live a normal life, after all, he has also left."

Everyone fell into silence upon hearing this.

After a while, Guan Xiaoke suddenly raised his head, "No! Something’s off!"

Everyone turned to Guan Xiaoke, looking at him in confusion.

Guan Xiaoke said in a serious tone, "Something’s off, the leader’s behavior is suspicious!"

"What’s off? Say it!" Gao Hong asked urgently, he had felt something was off too, but couldn’t pinpoint what, hearing Guan Xiaoke say that made him tense instantly.

"There’s definitely something wrong!" Guan Xiaoke’s eyes gleamed with determination, his brows knitted tightly, analyzing in a serious tone, "You all know the leader’s personality, he is definitely not a petty person, at that time we all got fooled by him, he would never take our badges, and the leader isn’t such a person. He took our badges to make us give up! But why did he do this?"

Gao Hong replied: "Certainly it’s to make you live peacefully?"

"No!" Guan Xiaoke shook his head, "That’s definitely not it, even if we report to the leader, we can’t possibly rejoin the team, even if we do, we certainly wouldn’t compare to our original team. So going there is just to apologize to the leader, to express our longing. But why did the leader do this? He must have something going on. Brother Hong, you said the leader left in a hurry, do you know why?"

Gao Hong shook his head vigorously.

"Ask!" Guan Xiaoke urged.

Immediately, Gao Hong took out his phone and called Yang Chen.

However, the phone was already turned off.

Hearing the shutdown tone, Gao Hong’s heart instantly skipped a beat.

He quickly stood up, said to everyone, "Go home and wait for my news, I’m going to look for him!"

He knew for sure, something must have happened to Yang Chen!