Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1268 - 636: Holy Mother’s Man, This Guy Deserves to Be Beaten to Death!

Chapter 1268: Chapter 636: Holy Mother’s Man, This Guy Deserves to Be Beaten to Death!

Captain Wang scolded his son and then said to his wife:

"Xiao Juan, I know you’ve had a hard time taking care of Tianlei and your father. But now, we need to reflect on how our son has turned out. We both share the blame.

You can see that if we let our son have his way today, not only could our family of three die, but we might also drag Elijah and the others down with us.

They kindly came to rescue us, only to be put in danger because of us. How do you feel about that? How do you think their families feel? When we get back, let’s have Tianlei take the civil service exam and find a steady job at home."

Although Captain Wang’s wife wanted to argue, given what had happened just now, she found herself unable to say anything.

"Tianlei, keep your schemes to yourself on the road! If you try anything crooked again, I won’t mind knocking you out for the journey back!"

Once Captain Wang exerted his authority, neither his wife nor his son said another word.

"Let’s go, we must travel through the night," Sean Knight said. "Those people are making too much noise, and the trouble they’re planning is probably big. This city isn’t safe anymore—once they get their hands on the scepters, they might go wild. The sooner we leave, the safer."

The two cars hit the highway and soon left the city behind, driving toward the city they had come from.

At night, there were still many cars shuttling back and forth on the highway, and gunshots rang out from time to time.

While they often heard gunfire in the city, it was never as conspicuous as it was now.

Because just now, they had passed another car, and within half a minute, a car suddenly sped from ahead. Someone leaned out the car window, wielding an automatic rifle, and sprayed bullets at the car in front.

The people in the front car returned fire, bullets danced chaotically through the air, and one hit the car Wang Tianlei was riding in, feeling...

Wang Tianlei, who had appeared quite brave earlier, now lost all his prior courage and fearlessness. His lips were sealed tight, and his body trembled slightly.

"These people, they’re really reckless..." Captain Wang sighed deeply.

Have you not heard?" Douglas Cooper said mockingly. "They ’attack and don’t sheath their swords for three days.’ And to think they still claim to be part of the civilized world... Heh."

"That’s why we should help Safa and the others!" Tianlei suddenly interjected.

"Who do you think you are?" The day’s events had also worn down Douglas’s regard for Captain Wang’s feelings, and with a cold laugh, he said, "International policeman? Superman? The Avengers? Or perhaps you fancy yourself a champion of justice? You can’t even save your own life, and you’re thinking of helping others? Foolish!"

After saying that, Douglas no longer paid him any attention.

Captain Wang kept his mouth tightly shut; he too was feeling frustrated.

He didn’t want to hit his disobedient son, but he couldn’t bear to actually do it.

Fortunately, the sound of gunfire started up again, quieting the inside of the car.

After traveling several hundred kilometers, the two cars stopped at a gas station midway to refuel.

For safety, Sean told them not to get out—he would negotiate with the gas station workers himself.

There was a long line for gas, and some people got out of their cars to wait.

Arguments would erupt occasionally, especially dangerous since some people were carrying guns.

However, the gas station staff were quite assertive, barring anyone with a gun from getting too close.

Sean wore a hoodie, and in the darkness, the people in the car couldn’t make him out.

He altered his appearance, paid the money, refueled, and then told them to quickly drive off.

"Keep an eye on Wang Tianlei. If you run off here, it’ll be hard for us to catch you. But most likely, you’ll end up shot by someone here with a gun!"

Sean had warned Wang Tianlei of this before refueling. Tianlei’s expression changed, and Sean knew he indeed had been entertaining such thoughts.

The cars drove a few more kilometers before reaching the edge of the city.

"Let’s find a place to rest outside the city," Sean suggested. "It’s inconvenient to travel during the day, and there are checkpoints that could easily expose us."

This time they bypassed the checkpoints by the river and crossed the river via a different bridge, where inspections were relatively loose.

But the city’s checks were still strict.

Entering was difficult, but getting out was easy.

Overall, however, it was much less stressful.

Two cars: Douglas and Sean were in the lead car; Elijah drove with Lincoln in the passenger seat, and Captain Wang with his family in tow followed in the second car.

It was Captain Wang’s idea to possibly move Lincoln to the first car, but Sean didn’t agree.

Having helped rescue Captain Wang’s family, in principle, Sean might have left them on their own, but he was actually worried that the three might cause more trouble in the car, which could endanger either Elijah or Lincoln if they had to intervene while driving.

It also wasn’t a good idea to separate the family, so they all just had to squeeze in together.

"Boss, should we go into the city?" Douglas slowed the car down and asked Sean.

Dawn was approaching, and after some thought, Sean said:

"Let’s go in. We need to resupply. We have items in our backpacks, but we can’t rely on that forever. Tell the others not to lower the car windows."

Douglas knew Sean didn’t want to talk to the Wang family, so he relayed the instructions to Elijah via headset.

Having heard the message, Elijah told the Wang family in the following car:

"The boss said, when we get to the checkpoint, don’t lower your car windows."

"If we don’t lower them, how will they check us?" Captain Wang asked doubtfully.