“Sorry, the number you dialed is switched off. Sorry…”

“What’s Lao Huang up to?” Su Tianyu sat in the conference room, having made two calls, both showing the phone was switched off.

“I didn’t see him at all last night,” Hou Guoyu said from the side.

Su Tianyu was silent for a moment, walking around the conference room with his hands behind his back, then looked at Hou Guoyu: “Okay, Monkey, go and find Lao Huang.”

“Okay.”

Hou Guoyu immediately left the conference room and went straight to the room where Huang Peishan was staying.

Five minutes later, he stood in front of Huang Peishan’s room and knocked on the door.

“Knock, knock, knock!”

There was no response from the room.

“Knock, knock, knock!”

Hou Guoyu knocked again, then waited a minute, still no response. He immediately waved his hand and called over the guard standing watch in the corridor: “Brother, come here.”

“Chief Hou!”

The guard walked closer and saluted Hou Guoyu.

“Have you seen Chairman Huang? He’s not in his room.”

The guard thought for a moment, then replied: “Chairman Huang… seemed to have packed up his things and left last night.”

“Left last night? What about the people with him?”

“They seem to have left together too.”

“Okay, I got it, carry on.”

Hou Guoyu didn't dare delay. He quickly returned to the conference room and told Su Tianyu about Huang Peishan and his entourage leaving.

“He’s gone?!” Su Tianyu frowned when he heard this: “I’ll give my大哥 (dà gē, big brother) a call.”

Su Tianyu picked up his phone.

“Hello?” Su Tiannan’s voice came from the phone: “What’s up, Sixth Brother?”

“大哥 (dà gē, big brother), what’s the situation with that Lao Huang of yours?” Su Tianyu asked bluntly: “He left Panama City without a word, and his phone is turned off. What’s that all about?”

Su Tiannan immediately said: “Don’t worry, I’ll help you contact the people around him.”

“Okay, I’ll wait for your call.”

Su Tianyu put down his phone, took out a cigarette, and waited quietly for the call.

Five minutes later.

“Ring, ring, ring!”

Su Tianyu glanced at the caller ID, it was an unfamiliar number. He immediately pressed the answer button, and Huang Peishan’s voice came from the phone: “Bureau Chief Su, it’s me, Huang Peishan!”

“Chairman Huang, why did you leave so suddenly? And Wu Boxin hasn’t called me after waiting for two days?” Su Tianyu’s tone of voice had no emotional fluctuations.

“It’s my fault, Bureau Chief Su, I left in too much of a hurry.” Huang Peishan’s voice was full of apology: “There was a temporary matter in the association that required me to go back, and I didn’t dare delay, so I hurriedly went out to sea overnight. Later, at sea, my phone ran out of power. Oh yeah, what about Wu Boxin, hasn’t he contacted you yet?”

“No.”

“What’s going on?” Lao Huang’s voice also sounded a bit puzzled: “I’ll urge him again for you! But don’t worry, Wu Boxin should be arriving in Panama City soon, and you can talk to him directly then.”

“Okay, please urge him for me, I’m waiting for Wu Boxin.”

“That’s it then, we’ll contact each other if anything comes up.”

“Okay.”

The two hung up the phone, and Su Tianyu leaned back in his chair, lost in thought. Lao Huang had been acting strange lately, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was strange.

“This Lao Huang is a bit off, I always feel like something’s not right,” Hou Guoyu raised his head and reminded him.

“Go and get Qi Qi for me, I want to chat about something.” Su Tianyu picked up another cigarette, then instructed Hou Guoyu.

“Okay!”

…

On the high seas, at an unknown dock.

A fishing boat slowly sailed into the harbor.

“Clang!”

The gangplank was lowered, resting on the dock.

Wu Taiyong, carrying a simple cloth bag, walked off the boat. The handsome young man followed him, but was stopped by Wang An.

Wu Taiyong frowned: “What’s the meaning of this?”

Wang An explained: “Didn’t I tell you already, you’re going to be traveling alone next.”

Wu Taiyong was a little puzzled. He pointed at the handsome young man behind him: “Can’t I bring my friend?”

“Your dad has some things he wants to talk to you about privately, so he wants to see you alone.” Wang An said, while taking out his phone: “Forget it, let your dad tell you.”

Wang An dialed a number, then handed the phone to Wu Taiyong.

Wu Taiyong picked up the phone: “Hello?”

“Taiyong, just go with Wang An, understand? He’ll take you to see me first. There’s something going on at home, and I want to talk to you about it alone. Tomorrow, we’ll go to Panama City together.”

“Can’t I bring my friend?”

“Friend? Which friend?”

“The one you met last time.”

“…Would you die without him? I’m a decent, passionate man, how did I give birth to a freak like you?” Hearing Wu Taiyong’s words, Wu Boxin also got angry: “If you want me to live a few more days, don’t let him appear in front of me again, got it?! Come over here quickly, it’s urgent.”

Wu Boxin hung up the phone directly.

Wang An took back the phone: “Understood everything, right?”

Although Wu Taiyong was puzzled, his old man wouldn’t possibly set him up, so he could only nod and reply: “Okay, then I’ll go with you.”

He hung up the phone, returned the phone to Wang An, and turned to look at the handsome young man, saying: “Lao Gong, something urgent came up at my house, so I have to go see my dad with them first. I’ll see you in Panama City later.”

“Okay.” The handsome young man nodded.

“I’m off.”

Wang An waved his hand, and two black SUVs drove over from the side. Wang An got into the passenger seat, and Wu Taiyong sat in the back. Just as his butt landed on the seat, two Huagong Hui (Chinese Workers Association) warriors followed him into the car, sitting on either side of Wu Taiyong.

Wu Taiyong was stunned: “Brothers, isn’t it hot? Can you sit in the car behind?!”

Wang An nodded: “It’s not completely safe here yet, you need someone by your side, bear with it for a while.”

Wu Taiyong glanced at the two people next to him and didn’t say anything else.

The car started and gradually drove away from the harbor.

About an hour later.

Wu Taiyong looked at the scenery outside the window and found that the road was becoming more and more desolate, and a small airport appeared in the distance.

“What’s going on, is there even an airport here?” Wu Taiyong looked at Wang An in the passenger seat.

“Don’t ask,” Wang An replied casually: “You’ll know when we get there.”

Wu Taiyong felt strange in his heart looking at the other party, but he didn’t say anything, after all, he had just spoken to his father on the phone.

Another ten minutes passed.

The two cars drove into the passageway on the left side of the airport and stopped next to a small transport plane. Everyone got out of the car, and Wu Taiyong looked at the plane and asked casually: “Where are we flying to?”

Wang An looked at him, this time not hiding anything: “Hua District.”

“I f*** your mother, you…!”

Before he could finish speaking, four strong men stepped forward, covering his mouth at the first opportunity and carrying Wu Taiyong onto the plane.

Another half hour passed, the plane quickly rushed out of the runway, then soared into the sky, heading straight for Hua District.

At this time, in Panama City, An Qi Qi was walking towards the conference room.

“Ring, ring, ring!”

She answered the phone, and the handsome young man’s voice came from the phone: “Deputy Director, the more I think about it, the more I feel like something’s not right, Wu Taiyong was suddenly taken away alone by Wang An…”