Kun Sang said urgently, "Mr. Lu, could there be a mistake? He shouldn't be a mole."
"I understand. Be vigilant on your end, don't let your guard down." Before Kun Sang could say anything more, he had already hung up.
Could he have been wrong to suspect him? But how could he explain that inexplicable phone card?
All the people he could trust were speaking up for A Ban. Although this person was ugly, he was well-liked. For the sake of caution, should he eliminate A Ban along with A Nan?
He picked up his phone again and called A Cheng.
"Mr. Lu, you're looking for me?" Cheng Ge's heart tightened as soon as he received the call, realizing that a decision had been made regarding A Ban and A Nan.
Lu Yuanhong asked, "I had A Nan and the others watch A Ban these past two days. Did anything happen?"
Cheng Ge, without thinking, recounted in detail how A Nan had threatened A Ban with a revolver.
After listening, Lu Yuanhong asked, "Are you saying A Nan is more suspicious?"
"Mr. Lu, I wouldn't dare to make a judgment, but could that phone card have been placed under his pillow by A Nan when they searched his room?"
"I saw it with my own eyes."
"When A Nan threatened A Ban with the revolver, the people around also saw him leave one bullet in it. But in reality, his movements were very fast, and I don't know what trick he played, but there wasn't a single bullet inside."
Lu Yuanhong was aware of A Nan's past occupation and remained silent for a moment.
Cheng Ge added, "A Nan was caught by the police several times when he was a thief. Could he have been bought by the police then and become an informant?"
"It's possible." Lu Yuanhong had made up his mind and said, "It seems A Nan is the mole. How about this, you deal with A Nan directly today. As for A Ban, we'll have to wait and see. Take him to the staff dormitory of the city restaurant first, don't let him return to the old house. Tell him the arrival time and location of that batch of raw materials. I want to see if the police will show up at that time and place without A Nan around."
Cheng Ge asked, "Mr. Lu, what time and location should I tell him? I don't even know what that batch of raw materials is about."
Lu Yuanhong told him a time and a docking pier, instructing him to remember it and to let it slip to A Ban.
Cheng Ge memorized it. As instructed, he found several people outside the warehouse and told them to apprehend A Nan by surprise once they entered.
Qin Tianyi had been staying in a corner of the warehouse for the past two days. Contrary to his expectations, Lu Yuanhong did not interrogate him again the next day; he simply didn't show up.
He had also secretly observed the warehouse's structure and the guards watching him. Escaping would be difficult, mainly because A Nan's eyes were constantly on him.
Cheng Ge would come to the warehouse for a while each day, so A Nan didn't resort to further violence against him, but he kept a very close watch on him.
Besides, he had no reason to escape. Lu Yuanhong probably hadn't fully identified him as the mole yet and was likely still investigating and suspecting him and A Nan.
He spent most of his time resting with his eyes closed, ignoring these people and not speaking to them.
However, he couldn't contact the outside world from here and had no idea about the progress on Su Kangxi's end.
As he was closing his eyes, he suddenly heard a great commotion. He immediately opened his eyes and saw Cheng Ge enter with several people, who had A Nan firmly subdued.
"Brother Cheng, what are you doing? Why are you arresting me!" A Nan exclaimed in panic.
Cheng Ge said expressionlessly, "I'm just following orders."
"Orders? What orders? I want to see Mr. Lu, there must be a mistake!" A Nan said, struggling and pointing a hand at Qin Tianyi, "He's the mole, not me..."
Before he could finish, Cheng Ge had someone gag him and ordered, "Drag him out."
"Brother Cheng, how are you going to... how are you going to deal with him?" Qin Tianyi walked over and asked.
Cheng Ge patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you're fine. Mr. Lu wants me to handle it cleanly and without leaving any traces."
"Then how do you plan to deal with it cleanly?" Qin Tianyi didn't want A Nan to disappear like this, as he would become an indirect killer of A Nan.
Cheng Ge signaled for his men to drag A Nan away and pulled him aside, saying, "No bloodshed. I've thought of a clean way to deal with him. I've prepared a bag of cement and the iron barrel that was used for water. We'll stuff him inside, pour in the cement, and that'll be that. Then we'll take the iron barrel away and throw it into the river, and no one will ever find out."
Qin Tianyi thought with horror, would A Nan also vanish without a trace?
Seeing that he wasn't speaking, Cheng Ge knew he was still afraid of killing and said, "Isn't this simple? It won't be as bloody as Mr. Lu's previous methods. How about you do it this time? It'll help you build courage, otherwise, how will you get by in the future?"
"Me?" Qin Tianyi asked hesitantly.
"Yes."
Qin Tianyi gritted his teeth and made up his mind, saying, "Alright. Only if A Nan dies can I live. He treated me like that before, so it's better if I do it. But don't watch me when I do it, I'm afraid you'll, you'll laugh at me..."
Before he could finish, Cheng Ge expressed his understanding and said, "Alright, that's no problem. I understand you're a beginner and care about your reputation. You'll see the bag of cement outside, and they should have already put A Nan in the iron barrel. You just need to knock A Nan unconscious and pour the cement in to seal the barrel."
"Understood." Qin Tianyi walked out of the warehouse alone.
It was broad daylight outside, and the sun was dazzling, but there was nothing outside the warehouse except for two parked cars. It was completely desolate.
A Nan had indeed been thrown into the iron barrel by someone. Although he was bound and gagged, he was still making his final struggles.
The person guarding the iron barrel saw A Ban and asked, "Where's Brother Cheng?"
Qin Tianyi feigned a look of resentment as he stared at the struggling A Nan in the iron barrel and replied, "Brother Cheng is inside. He said he wanted me to do it and told you to go inside and find him, and not to hinder me from the side."
The men were a bit confused, but hearing him say that, they went inside to find Cheng Ge first.
Qin Tianyi immediately whispered to A Nan, "Idiot, can't you struggle harder and make the iron barrel roll from here to that big tree over there?"
A Nan was slightly taken aback, not understanding what he was saying.
Qin Tianyi added, "I'm different from them. I won't kill anyone. Do you want to live or not?"
A Nan, driven by the instinct for self-preservation, struggled to stand up in the iron barrel. Qin Tianyi pretended to reach out to hit him on the head, and he, seizing the opportunity, retracted into the barrel and fell backward. The iron barrel then toppled over and rolled away from the warehouse.
Cheng Ge saw what was happening through a crack in the window and genuinely worried for Qin Tianyi.
His subordinate asked, "Brother Cheng, should we go out and help?"
"No need. Let's see how he handles it himself first."