Chapter 23 Under the Hillside

Down the hillside.

General Fu didn't argue with Su Tianyu in a fit of anger. He simply said in a normal tone, "Kid, you definitely won't be able to see my superiors, but it's not going to work if you don't provide data or evidence. This was a joint operation. You can't just think about taking all the benefits for yourself. Isn't that a bit too greedy?"

Su Tianyu looked at him suspiciously, not replying.

"This is a big deal, and you might not be able to make the decision. I won't make it difficult for you." General Fu pointed at Su Tianyu and said, "I'll give you three days to report the situation to your superiors. If you come to an agreement, I'll release the people on the ship back to you."

"What you're doing is a little shameless," Su Tianyu said coldly. "If it weren't for my people going back to help, you wouldn't even have the island…!"

General Fu patted Su Tianyu on the shoulder and said with a light smile, "It's hard to restrain regional actions with moral codes. Look at your District One, constantly shouting about democracy, freedom, and world peace, but secretly creating a place like this. When it comes to shamelessness, you're the worst in the world."

"We're not from District One. We're from The Dragon City Rises," Su Tianyu retorted, "Just a bunch of kids without a home."

General Fu sensed the emotion in Su Tianyu's words and sighed with mature consideration, "From the perspective of the common people, these kids without a home, as you said, have indeed contributed a lot to the overall situation and really had no choice. This is the pain of history, and it's hard to put the responsibility on one person or one party."

Su Tianyu didn't respond to this.

"It's my duty to get the data and evidence." General Fu patted Su Tianyu on the shoulder. "Convey our attitude to your superiors. That's all."

With that, General Fu waved his hand and called out, "Let's go!"

Su Tianyu watched them walk away and suddenly shouted, "Don't make things difficult for my friends. Not everyone dares to follow along and fight for Island No. 7. Also, there's a woman on the ship named Zhang Taotao. You have to release her first. My brother was arrested, and she's in the know."

General Fu waved his hand, not saying anything more, and stepped into the car.

After the two groups separated, Su Tianyu suppressed his concern for his brother and immediately asked Da Bai, "What's the situation at the life village?"

"Wang Zhen was arrested, and the conflict on the island is over. They definitely all ran away, even the helicopter squadron scattered," Da Bai replied.

"Forget everything else, return to The Dragon City Rises overnight, quickly!"

"Okay!"

The group nodded and quickly got into the car and left.

…

Along the way, Su Tianyu was thinking about how to deal with General Fu. Although the data terminal had already been stolen, it wasn't realistic for The Dragon City Rises to simply say a few words and send them away.

In the attack on Island No. 7, General Fu's side contributed the most. Whether it was landing on the island, providing cover, or the final evacuation, they were the main force. And the reason why Hou Guoyu succeeded was actually because he took advantage of the time difference and played a trick, using the information that Su Tiannan, his brother, had created to get the job done in the chaos.

As a result, General Fu's side would definitely not be content to just be a supporting role. Moreover, when things involve district-level departments, the situation becomes much more complicated. This may also affect cooperation in the arms business, after all, the Gui family in the old triangle area is also a family with connections.

Considering the above reasons, it was definitely not going to work for Su Tianyu to pretend not to recognize the situation. It would be like a mouse trying to bite a cat's eye, courting death.

How to solve this problem?

Su Tianyu sat in the car, his head aching from thinking, and his thoughts would occasionally fall on his brother. He was very concerned about him, but it was definitely not realistic to get Su Tiannan out in a short period of time.

There are priorities, and when you encounter difficulties, you need to understand what to do first and what to do next. So Su Tianyu planned to quickly wrap things up and then consider his brother's problem. And his demand for Zhang Taotao was also for this reason.

…

The next day at noon, inside a lodging and dining establishment in the planning district.

To prevent being pursued, Su Tianyu and the others had already broken up into smaller groups to retreat. Wei Xiangzuo, the Chi Army, and Lu Feng were all leaving with their men separately, which could effectively shake off the pursuers and make it difficult for them to track their retreat route.

At the entrance of the lodging and dining establishment, Su Tianyu touched the blisters that had formed on his lips and dialed Li Mingsheng's number again.

"Hello?"

"Leader, I've been thinking, and I have a plan. Can you listen to it and see if it works?"

"Speak!" Li Mingsheng replied.

"It's definitely not going to work if we don't give an explanation to Sanfeng Capital." Su Tianyu said with a clear mind, "Letting them return Hou Guoyu and the others is only one aspect. On the other hand, once we fall out with them, they might block our arms business or even create some media coverage and cause problems for our joint cooperation… then the trouble on our side will be relatively big."

"Yes, the higher-ups have already called me. They require us to cut ties with Sanfeng Capital completely and not allow any opposing parties to find any evidence. This is very important, it concerns the district's position," Li Mingsheng reminded.

"I have a way."

"What way?" Li Mingsheng asked.

"Find someone to vouch for us, and give the other side some real substance…" Su Tianyu quickly spoke about his idea.

After listening, Li Mingsheng felt that although this proposal had a hint of compromise, considering the potential for the subsequent impact of this matter to escalate at any time, and that he currently had no better option, he slowly replied, "Okay, not handing over the core content is the bottom line."

"Okay, then I'll handle this."

"Good, what about the terminal?"

"It's in my hands. Fang Zheng sent it over overnight," Su Tianyu replied.

"Good, good, good!" Li Mingsheng was very satisfied with the answer sheet that the Tongji Society had turned in.

Ten minutes later, Su Tianyu dialed Third Sister's number, "Hello?"

"Are you back?" Third Sister asked.

"Not yet, we won't be able to get there until tonight." Su Tianyu said quickly, "It's like this, Third Sister, there's something I need your help with."

"Tell me!"

"You've always been in charge of the detailed negotiations for the arms business, and you're relatively familiar with the people from the Gui family." Su Tianyu paused for a moment and said, "Now I need you to contact them and have them vouch for us and Sanfeng Capital."

"Vouch for what?" Third Sister asked.

"It's like this, now there's a question of the ownership of a terminal. Sanfeng Capital also wants the content inside, but we can't give it to them…" Su Tianyu explained as concisely as possible, "So, we need to find someone to vouch for us in the middle. We can provide some of the core data from the experiment, but we can't hand over the real evidence about Island No. 7. Because once we hand it over, it's equivalent to admitting to the outside world that we have cooperation with red capital, which concerns the district's position, and Lao Li can't handle it either. But we can gradually hand over the core data of Island No. 7 to the other party in batches over the next five years. This way, Lao Li and his upper-level party can get tangible benefits, and we don't have to bear the fire from the opposing parties for now…"

"I roughly understand," Third Sister replied immediately. "I'll call Gui Mengjun directly."

"Have you been in contact with him all along?"

"Yes, we… often send text messages."

"That's great. I'm afraid he doesn't want to get involved in this matter, so you must explain it to him clearly and make the stakes clear. This matter can also be considered as Lao Li owing him a favor."

"Don't worry, I can definitely 'sleep-persuade' him!" Third Sister replied very confidently.

"…Okay, then you go handle it."

"Is everyone safe?" Third Sister asked with a smile.

"…Yeah, all good!" Su Tianyu replied after a slight silence.

…

Island No. 6.

Miao Ziwei looked at Su Tiannan, who was locked in the dungeon, and muttered to himself with his hands behind his back, "It's really a case of getting exactly what I needed! My luck has finally turned around. If I make good use of him, I can get out of my predicament in the group…!"

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This volume is coming to an end, and the new volume is about to begin. I spent the whole day today conceiving the plot, but I'm still not satisfied with the handling of the details, so there will only be a single update today. Old readers who know me well understand that if the plot hasn't been thoroughly thought out and perfected, I would rather take a day off than force an update. However, taking a day off is not in vain, I still owe one and return two. Today's single update requires four chapters to be repaid. The owed chapters will be made up before next Monday. Please give me some time to conceive, thank you.