The Hanoi City Police Department building: Wen Lai strode forward, his face grave, and instructed, "None of you need to follow. I'll go down myself."

The subordinates nodded and stopped after escorting Wen Lai to the main entrance of the building.

Wen Lai descended the steps alone, quickly approaching a black sedan. He yanked open the door and sat inside, saying with a smile, "Mr. Long, hello!"

"Hello, Chief Wen Lai." Xiao Qinglong's expression was relaxed as he interlocked his fingers and said, "I'm in Hanoi on business, and I suddenly remembered that we talked about having tea during our last gathering. Hehe, I hope I'm not disturbing you."

"Not at all," Wen Lai replied with a smile.

"Let's go to the sea trade area. There's a nice teahouse there that's still open."

"Okay," Wen Lai responded, looking at him.

As the car drove away, Xiao Qinglong sat in the spacious back seat, crossed his legs, and casually asked, "Chief Wen Lai is truly a role model for public servants, still working late at night."

"Yes, the Hanoi government just issued new regulations on seaport trade, keeping me very busy...!"

Although the two appeared to be chatting casually, every sentence was actually a probe and an insinuation.

Xiao Qinglong's mention of working late was actually saying, "You're not home so late, are you keeping an eye on the frequent shootings tonight?" Chief Wen Lai's answer was purely feigning ignorance.

...

Inside the dormitory building of the material factory, the sounds of gunfire and shouting were extremely intense.

Deng Pao guarded the corridor on the first floor, constantly yelling, "Hei Ge, Hei Ge, the back door is leaking, should I go over?"

Lao Hei ran through the dimly lit corridor, waving his hand and shouting, "Don't go, I'll go!"

With that, Lao Hei led three people and quickly rushed to the corridor at the rear of the dormitory building, where the gunfire was even more intense than at the front.

In a dark room, Xiao Xi, who had arrived later, crouched behind the wall and whispered to Lao Hei, "There are at least seven or eight people behind us, attacking my line, and some are climbing to the second floor from the outside. We can't hold on for long."

"Crack!"

Lao Hei replaced the magazine of his automatic rifle and hastily rushed into the room, replying, "Who are you going to complain to about difficulties in this line of work? We have to hold on no matter what. We have to get the money and keep our lives!"

Xiao Xi fired two shots outside: "Where's the old man?!"

"He and Gui Mengzheng are hiding in the first-floor bathroom, they're safe for now." Lao Hei wiped the sweat from his forehead with his wrist, panting, and quietly instructed, "Pay attention to reloading. If the gunfire outside thins out, they might rush in."

In the dimly lit corridor, Gui Menghong's seven or eight henchmen were all gathered near the back hall.

One of the leaders, holding a gun with both hands, waved and said, "Set up a steel plate, we'll charge in! Damn it, we can't let them waste any more time."

As soon as he finished speaking, three men set up iron shields modified from small riot shields and slowly approached the corridor.

After taking a couple of breaths, the leader immediately waved and shouted, "Go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the three men immediately got up, raised their shields, and rushed in, crouching low.

"Da da...!"

Xiao Xi, Lao Hei, and others began to fire wildly.

"Swish swish!"

The men hiding behind the cover in the back hall swiftly raised their arms and accurately threw several stun grenades down the corridor towards the room where Lao Hei and the others were.

"Charge, charge, charge!"

After throwing the stun grenades, three or four people behind the wall immediately swarmed up and went straight into the room where Lao Hei and the others were.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Inside the room, the stun grenades exploded, temporarily blinding Xiao Xi. He immediately retreated and shouted, "I can't see!"

"Don't panic, don't panic, they're going to charge!" Lao Hei's eyes were also affected, but he reacted quickly and shouted, "Get the smoke grenades, pull the pins after you hear the sound!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the five people in the room instantly stood in the blind spots, all lowering their heads, facing the door, taking out smoke grenades from their waists, and gripping the pins.

At the door, Xiao Xi fired outward while retreating, his vision blurred.

Soon, the shield-wielding men charged over, bullets hitting the steel plate, creating a crackling sound.

"Push in!" the leader shouted.

The three shield-wielding men immediately charged in!

In the blind spot in the room, Lao Hei heard the gunfire erupting just a few meters in front of him and immediately shouted, "Pull!"

"Tss tss...!"

Military smoke grenades quickly spread in a very short period of time.

Why wait for the enemy to enter before pulling the pins? Because if you pull them early, the smoke will dissipate, and the enemy will definitely block the door and attack, and Lao Hei and the others will have no way out.

Only by pulling the pins now can they engage in close-quarters combat in a confined space, creating a fifty-fifty situation.

In an instant, smoke filled the room, and the people who charged in could no longer see the positions of Lao Hei and the others.

Lao Hei's side had five people, and the other side had seven. Both sides engaged in close-range, blind-fire combat in a room of less than thirty square meters!

"Bang bang bang...!"

Rapid gunfire rang out in the room like firecrackers, with both sides firing randomly based on instinct!

Lao Hei, wielding a Nepalese military knife, got close to the bodies of the two shield-wielding veterans on the other side and began to stab them wildly.

Blind-fire chaos, bloody and brutal.

Half a minute later, the smoke slowly dissipated and became thinner, and the gunfire also stopped.

Lao Hei climbed out of the room, holding his knife, and yelled, "They're all down, whoever can stand, get out here quickly, we have to hold our positions!"

After a few more seconds, Xiao Xi and another Gui family youth also climbed up from the ground, but there was no response from inside the room.

Lao Hei supported himself on the ground as he stood up, constantly rubbing his eyes, and glanced at Xiao Xi.

He had been shot four times, his chest completely shattered, and blood gushed from his nostrils.

Lao Hei stood at the entrance of the hellish room, only slightly stunned as he looked at Xiao Xi.

Xiao Xi covered his wounds with his hands, staring blankly at Lao Hei, his voice weak and fragmented as he said, "...The money...the money...send it back to my family, my...my younger brother is about to take the college entrance exam."

After saying that, Xiao Xi vomited several mouthfuls of blood, his head tilted, and he died tragically at the door.

This old veteran, who just a few hours ago was trying to empty Su Tianyu's wallet, had died just like that.

In this line of work, one foot is on piles and piles of cash, and the other foot is on the road to the Yellow Springs.

This is the same for both the Xue family and Su Tianyu's people.

Lao Hei glanced at Xiao Xi, bent down and dragged his body back into the room, saying in a low voice, "Half of my commission, is yours...!"

A minute later, Lao Hei ran back to the corridor, covered in blood, and continued to shout, "Anyone still breathing?! Fill the positions in the back corridor, damn it, if I survive another round, I'll earn another 300,000!"

...

In the car.

Xiao Qinglong was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Hey, there's something I'm curious about."

"What is it?" Wen Lai asked.

Xiao Qinglong suddenly stared at him with a gloomy look: "How's the investigation into Gui Mengjun's case going?"

Wen Lai was stunned.

At the same time.

The guards from the Southwest Theater Command of the Hua District arrived in Hanoi by car.