Chapter 417 Old Thief's Experience

In Liang Feng's home, a lackey from the Code gang turned to Xu Er and said, "I also feel like something's off. We just finished the phone call, and he's here in less than ten hours. Second Brother, do you think this kid saw something in the photos? Some of them have injuries on their faces."

"See what? Do you think this is a photo studio? Taking a family portrait and having to line up, sitting up straight one by one?!" Xu Er waved his hand. "It's staged. He can't see anything."

Liang Feng thought for a moment, interjecting, "I... I don't think he should know my home, because we don't have any mutual acquaintances. It would be difficult for him to inquire."

"He knows you're in this village. Is it hard to find out about you?" Xu Er was definitely a seasoned veteran. After pondering for a while, he immediately instructed, "Have Xia Gou drive over alone and pick up Liang Feng to go to the meeting place. The others lie low in the surrounding area. I'll go out the back door in a while and follow you."

"Okay!" the lackey nodded.

...

Five minutes later.

An ordinary SUV stopped in front of Liang Feng's house. The driver turned the car around and honked the horn towards the courtyard entrance.

After a while, Liang Feng walked out alone and bent down to get into the car.

The driver glanced at Liang Feng. "Next to you. There are people in your house. Don't try anything funny, or you know the consequences."

"Yes!" Liang Feng nodded obediently.

The driver drove off expressionlessly towards the meeting place.

Upstairs, Xu Er lifted a corner of the curtain, squinted at the departing car, and said, "Leave two people here in a while to prevent that kid from playing tricks on us."

"Okay!"

The residential village where Liang Feng's home was located wasn't very large, so the meeting place Lao Hei arranged was also very close, only about three kilometers away.

After driving for five or six minutes, Liang Feng arrived at the meeting place. He took out his cell phone and made a call to Lao Hei, but the other party didn't answer.

Liang Feng thought for a moment and asked the driver considerately, "Should I send him a message?"

"Just send it saying you've arrived," the driver replied.

Liang Feng did as he was told.

...

Inside the residential village, Lao Hei looked down at his cell phone, his eyes full of cunning. His current behavior wasn't so much a display of intelligence as it was a reflection of an old thief's experience.

In Lao Hei's line of work, one careless move could cost you your head. Moreover, Lao Hei's team wasn't a highly professional and fixed gang. Its personnel structure was very complex, basically relying on people finding people, people introducing people. The members involved in each job were very scattered and not fixed. Some who had earned enough money would quit completely; as for the newcomers, you didn't know what kind of character they were.

Normally speaking, Lao Hei would never take a job from his own subordinates, because the upstream contact didn't know him, which would increase the risk, especially since Liang Feng hadn't been with him for very long.

However, Lao Hei was currently short of money, so he had no choice but to try it out.

In the dim light, Lao Hei looked down at his phone and didn't reply to Liang Feng's message.

After another five minutes or so, Liang Feng, who was waiting anxiously, called Lao Hei again, but the other party still didn't answer.

At the same time, Xu Er, who was waiting in Liang Feng's house, felt that enough time had passed. He jumped out of the back window on the second floor alone, glanced around, and seeing nothing unusual, climbed over the wall and left, quickly walking towards the meeting place.

Time passed by, and Liang Feng, sitting in the car, was sweating from waiting. He frowned and looked at the driver, asking, "I... I didn't act strangely, did I?"

The driver gave him an expressionless look. "Send Lao Hei another message, directly asking him if he's coming or not. If he's not coming, we'll leave."

"Okay!" Liang Feng took out his phone and began editing another message.

"Di Ling Ling!"

Before the message could be sent, Liang Feng's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and immediately pressed the answer button. "Hello? Big Brother!"

"Are you there?" Liang Feng asked.

"Yeah, I just called you, but you didn't answer!"

"Are there a few illuminated plaques at the intersection?" Lao Hei asked in a low voice.

Liang Feng glanced around and saw that several storefronts were still lit up, so he replied, "Five plaques are still lit. Big Brother, don't you trust me?"

Lao Hei paused slightly. "In this line of work, you have to be careful, or you'll lose your head. Doing this is good for both you and me."

"Yes," Liang Feng echoed.

"Alright, go back. I'll find you in the next few days." Lao Hei spoke slowly and deliberately.

Liang Feng was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"I didn't go over today. Something came up at home, couldn't get away." Lao Hei said softly, "One of my Sinaloa friends went, and he saw your car and sent me a message."

"You...!" Liang Feng was speechless.

"Still the same saying, better safe than sorry. I'll bring people over in the next two days. If it's doable, we'll leave immediately." Lao Hei frowned and said, "Don't turn off your phone. I'll contact you when I get there. That's it."

With that, the two ended the call.

"What did he say?" the driver asked.

"He said he didn't come, but a friend of his already saw our car," Liang Feng replied.

"Damn, this old fox is hard to hook!" the driver cursed, picked up the phone and dialed Xu Er's number. "Big Brother, the person didn't come."

"Ah?"

"The other party said that he sent a friend over, who saw our car and left, but he didn't come himself, said he would contact Liang Feng in a few days," the driver explained.

"Fuck!" Xu Er cursed when he heard this. "Then I already came out!"

"What do you think we should do?"

"..." Xu Er thought for a moment. "This kid is quite cunning. Like this, you return the way you came, drop Liang Feng off at his house, and then drive the car a little further away, don't go back to the ambush position."

"Okay, understood."

The two ended the call, and the car returned to Liang Feng's house again, while the Code gang brothers who were ambushing around also withdrew.

In a dark alley in the residential village, Lao Hei quickly left the area around Liang Feng's house and immediately called a friend. "Hello!"

"What's up?"

"... One of my subordinates seems to be trying to set me up," Lao Hei said as he walked.

"Set you up? What do you mean?"

"This subordinate has worked with me a few times before, but they were all small-time deals, nothing big." Lao Hei replied in a low voice, "If something happened to him, it would probably be the thing at sea last time."

The other party was stunned when he heard this.

"Are you sure?!"

"I'm not sure." Lao Hei said in a hoarse voice, "I was originally at home for the New Year, but this kid said he had a big job to introduce to me. I thought it was a bit sudden, because he hasn't been with me for very long, but I came because I needed money. I received the call that day, and arrived that day. When I entered the village, I called him, and as soon as he answered, the lights in all three rooms of his house turned on. And it's the New Year, but there aren't even any firecrackers or fireworks boxes in his yard. I thought it was a little strange, so I didn't meet him..."

...

Five more minutes, the Bai family.

Su Tianyu waved his hand, signaling everyone to stop talking, and answered the phone. "Hello, Brother Yuan!"

"Damn it, something urgent came up. It seems like someone found out about the job on the sea last time," Yu Mingyuan's voice rang out.