My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 63 - 62: Go Arrest Them Now

Chapter 63: Chapter 62: Go Arrest Them Now

Somebody once posed this question: If a person won $5 million in the lottery every day, how long would it take for them to catch up to the personal wealth of Alibaba’s Jack Ma?

The answer is 141 years!

This data tells us that even if you win the lottery every day, it is still better to invest in a super potential stock.

Meng Lang saw this, so he came.

Apart from the legendary rise of Gao Yuan, "Her Second Half Life" extensively describes Gao Yuan’s character and traits, even down to her preferences and actions.

"Self" has already given a pretty clear hint.

The other party hasn’t yet unleashed all energies, and they’re also about to face the darkest moment of their life.

If not now, then when?

The top-grade investment has always been people, like the most successful venture capitalist in ancient times, "Lv Buwei."

A chance possession that established the Great Qin Empire and secured his own fortune.

He had also summarized the biggest mistake he made in the last episode... that was discussing money with her!

Gao Yuan is a woman unlike any other.

As someone who stands closest to money in the world, she has seen the most flourishing and glorious scenes as well as witnessed the most complex and darkest nature of humanity.

With eyes that span the past and the present, understanding all, this woman sees through human nature very thoroughly.

Using intelligence as a bargaining chip to seek cooperation was an outright transaction.

And a transaction can either be a win-win or a gamble.

Gao Yuan chose the latter, and he was utterly powerless to retaliate...

He was wrong from the start!

A once in a lifetime opportunity presented itself, and I didn’t cherish it, even foolishly thinking about plucking leg hairs from it, and well, she felt tickled and kicked me away, resulting in broken bones!

If I could do it all over again, I would definitely use a gentler approach, comb the leg hairs straight first... before plucking!

Today’s Lang is truly a prodigal returning.

...

While Meng Lang was contemplating how to pluck leg hairs, elsewhere—

Xiping Village.

An intertwining pauperized and desolate small village.

In recent years, the young people of the village either went to the city to work or relocated with their families, leaving this place even more desolate.

And at this moment, in a small, abandoned dockside hut in the southeast corner of the village,

a man with a full beard was holding a chicken leg, munching it greasily.

"Damn it, in this godforsaken place, there isn’t even a chicken, I’m having Elder San come and take over tomorrow, I really can’t stand it anymore."

Grumbling, the man carelessly tossed the leftover chicken bone into an iron cage at his feet.

The iron cage was fixed to the ground, seemingly covering a dark hole underneath.

After the chicken bone was thrown in, immediate rustling sounds came from below, and a pair of distinctly black and white eyes looked up.

"Don’t fight, give it to Little Jack, his wounds haven’t healed yet."

"But brother, I’m hungry."

"Be patient, there will be mantou soon,"

"Shut up! What’s all this noise!" the bearded man smacked the iron cage with a stick, producing a "clang clang clang" sound.

It became instantly quiet inside the hole.

"A bunch of pitiful wretches, such nuisances! If you don’t behave, see if I don’t sort you out!"

"Elder brother, these kids are still small, maybe make some extra mantou today,"

a middle-aged woman washing vegetables nearby, seeing this scene, couldn’t bear it and carefully spoke up.

"What have you got to eat? Do you think rice and flour are free? If they’re full, won’t these wretched kids just think about how to escape?

Do your cooking, just don’t starve them; besides, I’ll sort you out too!"

The woman shuddered under the bearded man’s fierce glare and immediately fell silent.

"Damn it!" having shaken some authority, he spat and then sat back down pulling apart another chicken wing.

While eating, he glanced at the woman washing vegetables, pondering whether to find some amusement to relieve his boredom when...

"Bang, bang bang!" the metal door was knocked.

The bearded man immediately dropped the chicken wing, setting down a wooden board at his feet to cover the iron cage.

"Silence, anyone who makes a sound, I’ll break their leg!"

"Bang, bang bang!" the door was knocked with the same frequency again, causing the bearded man to slightly relax.

He walked to the rusty metal door, "Who is it?"

"It’s me, Elder brother, open up quickly!"

Hearing the familiar voice, the bearded man hurried to open the door, and seeing the two men and a woman at the door, he froze for a moment.

"Elder brother, Elder Wu, why are you all here? Isn’t it not yet time for a shift change?"

"Get inside and we’ll talk!" the bald elder brother walked into the hut, and after the others followed in, immediately closed the metal door.

"We’ve been exposed, the cops are nearby looking for us!"

The bald man’s first words made the bearded man shiver.

"The... the cops?"

For a criminal with a guilty conscience, these words felt like the deadliest heralds of doom.

Baldy did not answer but instead pulled out his phone and dialed Elder San’s number.

"Elder San, how are things over there?"

"I’m watching at home, and no one has come knocking, but Heizi was probably caught."

"Heizi got caught? Hmm! That guy was indeed being watched; I guess that’s how Elder Wu was tracked down too," Baldy scoffed.

"But it looks like they haven’t found our hideout yet, let alone found this place. We’re still safe for the time being."

Hearing this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

"Big brother, what do we do now?" Elder Wu asked.

"Elder Wu, you two have been exposed, and the van is a dead giveaway; Heizi is also a pushover... With the cop’s tactics, just because they haven’t found it now doesn’t mean they never will, we can’t stay in Su Province anymore.

So we must get rid of this hot merchandise the moment the boat arrives, and as soon as we load up, we’re moving, heading to Hujian to unload!"

"How much longer till Elder Yu arrives?"

"Should be soon," Elder Yu replied.

"Hmm! Pack up, grab the gear, we’re getting ready to move out! Elder Two, hand me the gun."

The bearded man immediately took out a long cloth bag from the cabinet beside him.

"Brother, I’m scared!"

"Whimper~ I don’t want to be sold..."

Faint cries came from under the floorboards, the children seemingly aware of their grim fate ahead.

"Stop crying! Keep it up and I’ll sink you all into the lake!"

"Bang, bang!" The bearded man viciously stomped twice, sending dust from the floorboards flying, followed by a fit of coughing and then low sobbing from below.

Clearly, these children were terrified of the bearded man.

...

"Boss, the boat’s here!"

Soon after, Elder Wu, who was keeping watch by the window, shouted.

"I’ll go over with Elder Wu first. The rest of you, get the kids out and tie them up, let’s go!"

Baldy, carrying the long cloth bag, went out the steel door first and walked toward the slowly approaching fishing boat.

Not even waiting for the fishing boat to fully stop, Elder Wu took a big step and jumped aboard, heading straight into the cabin.

"Elder Yu! Same old rules, count to three and take us to the lake..."

Elder Wu couldn’t finish his sentence because a black pistol barrel was already pointed at his head.

His face stiffened as he looked at Elder Yu’s bitter expression inside the cabin and then at the two police officers aiming their guns at him, sweat beading on Elder Wu’s forehead as he slowly raised his hands...

"Elder Wu, what’s wrong?"

Standing at the edge of the boat, Baldy sensed something was amiss and cautiously called out, reaching toward the cloth bag on his back simultaneously.

"Don’t move!" "Don’t move!"

Just then, two plainclothes police officers burst from the thick underbrush, their gun barrels aimed directly at the dramatically changing complexion of Baldy.

"Take your hand off the weapon, or we shoot on sight!"

Baldy’s hand suddenly froze mid-air.

His face ashen, he put down the shotgun. When he was pushed to the ground, he saw several armed plainclothes officers charging into the small cabin.

After a burst of shouts and curses inside, it quickly went quiet.

The bearded man and two women were led out, and immediately, the children’s cries filled the air...

Baldy, utterly dejected, his face drained of all color.

He closed his eyes.

It’s over! Everything is over!

"Hey! You’re the leader, aren’t you?" Wang Zhao Ping, after handcuffing the people, sheathed his pistol and asked.

Baldy was stunned.

You haven’t even interrogated me, and you know I’m the leader?

Then recalling how the other party first took control of Elder Yu and then set a meticulous trap for him and his men to walk into willingly.

This elaborate plan to capture us clearly showed they knew the ins and outs of our operations...

Heizi?

Impossible, he’s just an outsider; he wouldn’t know about the small dock or Elder Yu’s situation.

And now that we’re all caught, they wouldn’t have sabotaged themselves, so the only option left is...

"Elder San! You dare betray us!"

Hearing Baldy’s furious roar, Wang Zhao Ping and the others were stunned.

Wang Zhao Ping counted the people present, three men and two women...

Great! There’s still one who slipped through the net.

Wang Zhao Ping and several police officers exchanged glances and asked calmly.

"Tell us, where is this Elder San?"

"He’s at Ma’s Field, by the reservoir, house number 775. Officer, you have to catch him fast, or he’ll get away!

This damn traitor! And I thought he was my brother..."

Baldy broke down in tears.

Wang Zhao Ping and the others were speechless.