Chen Jinshui's car moved forward along a remote path, leaving the small town.

After driving for nearly ten more minutes, he stopped in front of an old-fashioned hotel.

This used to be a long-distance bus service area, but later, due to road reconstruction, business here declined sharply and gradually fell into disrepair. Other supporting stores, such as gas stations and restaurants, had been removed, leaving only a hotel for temporary accommodation.

The bandits that Chen Jinshui had once tracked down were staying in this hotel.

The location was excellent, with only one direct path in front and a wide mountainous area in the back, making it easy to attack or defend.

For several kilometers around, there was no sign of habitation, only the hotel building standing like a demon's castle. In the backyard of the hotel, several high-powered off-road vehicles were parked, the same vehicles Chen Jinshui had seen the bandits using.

They were still here!

Chen Jinshui swallowed hard, his body trembling with intense fear.

He glanced at the "wristband" on his arm, then at the hotel door, and finally gritted his teeth and got out of the car.

As soon as he stepped out, he felt a chill rush over him.

Just then, a gunshot suddenly rang out!

Bang!

A flash of fire, and a puff of dust erupted on the ground less than half a meter in front of Chen Jinshui!

"Ah!" Chen Jinshui cried out in terror.

If that shot had been off by a little more, it would have hit him directly!

The bandits had discovered him!

"Stay where you are!"

Along with the gunshot, a very gloomy voice rang out.

Chen Jinshui hurriedly raised his hands, his legs trembling, and stood motionless.

Two burly men, wearing woolen coats and dark sunglasses, each holding a hunting rifle nearly one and a half meters long, emerged from behind the walls on either side of the hotel building.

They were the bandits on lookout duty.

At this moment, the dark muzzles of the two hunting rifles were pointed at Chen Jinshui's head, one of them still smoking.

The two burly men moved quickly, taking several large steps to reach Chen Jinshui. The one on the left was missing his left ear and had a hideous scar on his face, making him look extremely fierce.

He reached out and grabbed Chen Jinshui's hair, violently and savagely shoving the muzzle of the hunting rifle into Chen Jinshui's mouth, asking fiercely, "How did you find this place? Are you military police? Or a detective?"

Chen Jinshui waved his hands repeatedly, saying in a muffled voice, "I... I'm not military police, I have something... I want to see your leader!"

The one-eared man frowned, then sneered, "We chose such a hidden place, how could you find it? You must have been watching us for a long time, right? You say you're not military police, who the hell would believe that?"

"Don't waste time with him, kill him!" Another burly man said with a gloomy face in a deep voice.

The one-eared man sneered, about to pull the trigger.

Hearing this, Chen Jinshui's pupils shrank sharply, and he shouted almost screaming, "I know where there's grain! I can take you to get grain!"

Snap!

The other burly man reached out and stopped the one-eared man, then pulled the gun out of Chen Jinshui's mouth, looking at Chen Jinshui with some surprise, and said coldly, "Do you know what the consequences are for lying to us?"

"Huff, huff..." Chen Jinshui gasped heavily, then looked up at the two burly men: "I do have some information, but I must see your leader, otherwise, I absolutely won't say anything!"

The burly man and the one-eared man exchanged glances, thought for a moment, and then put the hunting rifle back on their backs, warning grimly, "If we find out you have ulterior motives, we'll make you regret being born into this world!"

Chen Jinshui breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew he wouldn't die for the time being.

...

Chen Jinshui was dragged by the two burly men and escorted into the hotel.

Pushing open the door, Chen Jinshui saw seven or eight ferocious-looking bandits sitting in the hotel lobby, oiling their hunting rifles. When they saw Chen Jinshui being brought in, their expressions immediately changed.

"Damn it, who is this guy?"

"Wang Meng, why did you bring an outsider in here?"

"Has our location been leaked? Kill him, we'll move immediately!"

Extremely noisy voices, filled with intense malice, came from all around, causing Chen Jinshui's already small courage to once again approach the brink of collapse.

"Shut up!" The one-eared man roared impatiently, then frowned and looked at everyone, saying, "He says he has a way to get grain, and wants to see the leader!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Him? A good-for-nothing, even his legs are scared weak, and you actually believe him?"

"Maybe this is just a tactic to delay for time..."

"I say, the towns around here have almost been looted clean by us, even we can't find any grain, how could he find any?"

The one-eared man looked at everyone expressionlessly, then said in a deep voice, "Have you said enough? If you have, then get out of the way, I'm taking him upstairs."

It seemed that the one-eared man's status among these bandits was not low. Under his reprimand, those malicious gazes fixed on Chen Jinshui slowly shifted. The one-eared man dragged Chen Jinshui up to the second floor, then locked him in a room, saying, "I'll go notify the leader, you wait here."

Click!

The door closed.

Soon, as footsteps echoed in the corridor, the door was opened again.

The one-eared man and a blonde, blue-eyed foreigner with deep-set eyes walked in, and judging by their positions, it was clear that the foreigner was in charge!

The leader of this gang of grain robbers, who had been rampaging around the southern suburbs, was actually a foreigner?

"This is our boss, Mr. Wells," the one-eared man said to Chen Jinshui in a deep voice.

"You have a channel to get grain?" Wells spoke surprisingly fluent Yan Huang language (Chinese). He sat across from Chen Jinshui, propping his legs casually on the table, and said softly, "Tell me, and I'll spare your life. And after we get the grain, I'll give you a share."

Chen Jinshui licked his lips, then suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the notebook and pen placed next to Wells, while saying, "Thank you, Mr. Wells! I will definitely tell you everything I know!"

Seeing this, Wells frowned, then seemed to realize something, and gently placed the notebook and pen in front of Chen Jinshui.

"What kind of place is it?" Wells continued, but seemed to deliberately slow down his speech.

Chen Jinshui opened the notebook and quickly wrote something on the paper with the pen, while still answering Wells' question: "It's a farm, the warehouse has at least ten tons of grain stored! If you don't believe me, you can send someone to scout it out..."

At this point, Chen Jinshui suddenly picked up the notebook and placed what he had just written in front of Wells.

Wells looked down, his face immediately turning ashen.

On the notebook, it was written:

Someone is going to ambush you, they sent me to spread false information! There is no grain, only a group of people who want to kill you!

Chen Jinshui held the notebook in one hand, and desperately pointed to the "wristband" on his other wrist, indicating that he was now under control!

Wells' face was twisted, but he suddenly laughed loudly, "Good! Good! Your information is very useful! I will reward you handsomely!"