Qi Zhen and Qi Yang continued walking. After a few dozen meters, Qi Zhen turned his head again.
The man with the cigarette had disappeared from the entrance of the residential area.
"Go back!" Qi Zhen said coldly, taking out his mobile phone.
Qi Yang looked at his brother's expression and knew something was wrong.
"Brother, what's wrong? Did you find something?"
Qi Yang turned his head to look at the sidewalk next to the community gate. The people coming and going were normal.
Qi Zhen had already dialed Qin He: "Boss, I found the man. He just entered Sunshine Residential Area in the West City District!"
At the Qin family residence, Qin He stood up directly: "Okay, I'll contact Mo now. You two stay silent and wait for us to arrive!"
After hanging up the phone, she immediately contacted Qian Zimo.
In front of the Sunshine Residential Area, Qi Yang stood beside Qi Zhen. He had also heard the content of Qi Zhen's phone call.
"Brother, what did Boss say? Should we arrest the person now!"
As he spoke, Qi Yang looked eager to try.
Qi Zhen looked around: "Let's go to the steamed bun shop over there and watch the community entrance. We'll wait for Boss! Boss said we should remain silent."
"Remain silent?!" Qi Yang frowned unhappily, "What's the use of us just watching the main gate? What if that person escapes from somewhere else? This community is so big, and there are several other gates!"
Qi Zhen said coldly, "Just listen to Boss."
Qi Yang unhappily followed Qi Zhen to the steamed bun shop. He had just finished eating wontons and couldn't eat any more steamed buns.
Qi Zhen's gaze was fixed on the community's main entrance.
Qi Yang thought for a moment and looked up at Qi Zhen: "Brother, Boss asked us to remain silent, probably because he's afraid of alerting that person. But we didn't bring any equipment when we came out today. Even if Boss arrives later, we won't be of much help."
"That's true." Qi Zhen pondered for a moment, "Aren't there some equipment in the car we drove? Go and get them now, but don't let anyone find out."
"Don't worry!" Qi Yang patted his chest, got up, and left the steamed bun shop.
Time ticked by.
To prevent spies from the other side from infiltrating the Qingyan Mansion, Qin He and Qian Zimo decided to travel light. They only contacted Shen Ruiyi and a few other trustworthy members of the Qingyan Mansion and drove to the Sunshine Residential Area in the West City District.
Inside Sunshine Residential Area, Villa Number Nine.
A man sat in the living room, smoking. Two other men stood beside him, frowning.
"Monkey, stop smoking. Was your return unobserved?"
"Don't you know my abilities? I conducted counter-surveillance all the way. Absolutely no one followed me. After the job was done, I hid outside for a week. Don't worry, even an immortal couldn't find us here."
If Qin He were present, she would definitely recognize the "Monkey" sitting on the sofa as the one who took Fang Ruonan's gun from the flower bed in front of the Qin family's gate.
After Monkey finished speaking proudly, he looked at the other two: "Why hasn't the strategist come down yet?"
"Mind your own business, Monkey. Be careful of your own life!"
After waiting for nearly twenty minutes, there was movement from the spiral staircase on the second floor.
A man wearing a silver mask slowly walked down. Although his face was covered by a mask, his long trench coat outlined his lean and tough physique.
He had an inverted triangle body shape and an elegant, noble aura.
Monkey felt a bit curious. The strategist had recently come to Qingcheng and was now directly in charge of all Lev members in Qingcheng.
"You're back," the strategist's voice was low.
Monkey immediately stood up with a fawning smile: "Strategist, the mission is complete. Are there any other tasks you need me to do?"
As Monkey spoke, he slightly bent his body.
The strategist pondered for a moment and saw the pack of cigarettes on the sofa.
"Where did you get the cigarettes?"
"Ah, I bought them at the small store at the entrance just now."
The strategist was silent for a few seconds, and the atmosphere in the living room suddenly became tense.
"I recall I instructed you to return immediately after completing the mission, right?"
In the icy atmosphere, no one dared to speak.
Monkey was stunned. He bought these cigarettes to show respect to the strategist, but it seemed to have angered him. Was this too cautious?
"Don't worry, sir. I chose a small supermarket. The owners are an elderly couple, and they don't have any surveillance cameras. They definitely won't be able to trace it."
The strategist pondered for a few seconds: "Remember next time, when facing the other party's people, no amount of caution is too much. The Qin and Gu families are already the two giants of Qingcheng, plus the people from Qingyan Mansion. We are currently like trying to snatch food from a spiderweb, understand?"
The last three words were spoken with great emphasis. Monkey met the eyes behind the silver mask, and that seemingly inorganic gaze instantly sent a chill down his spine.
He lowered his head, no longer daring to look up.
"Y-yes, I understand! I will never make such a mistake again!"
The strategist nodded: "There is another mission—"
He paused halfway through his sentence, his gaze sweeping lightly across the floor-to-ceiling window on one side of the living room.
The morning light was already abundant, and the glint hidden within the light was not very obvious.
The corners of the lips behind the silver mask curved slightly.
"Sir," Monkey did not understand why the man in front of him had stopped speaking.
"The sun is quite strong. Please draw the curtains."
On the west side of Villa Nine, there was a row of high-rise buildings.
Qi Yang gritted his teeth, watching the curtains being drawn over the window in the scope.
Now he couldn't see those people clearly!
However, judging by their lack of vigilance, and the masked leader, it was clear they were important.
Qi Yang thought for a moment, put away his equipment, and went downstairs.
When he reached the first floor, his phone rang. It was Qi Zhen.
"It's taken you half an hour to get the equipment from the car, what's going on!"
Qi Yang felt guilty. He did go to get the equipment, but he still thought his brother was too rigid and cautious.
"Brother, I've already located their position. They're in Villa Nine."
On the other end of the phone, Qi Zhen's voice rose: "You went in? Who told you to go in! Get out immediately!"
"Brother, those people are like ghosts, impossible to catch. Now that we've finally found them, how can we not pursue them! Those people dare to provoke our Qingyan Mansion, do they really think we're pushovers!"
Qi Zhen's voice became angry with urgency: "I told you to get out now!"
"I won't get out! But I can't see the situation clearly from here. I plan to get closer to Villa Nine and see if there's an opportunity to shoot them directly in the legs!"
Fearing that Qi Zhen would scold him further, Qi Yang hung up the phone directly.
After he left the stairwell, he pretended to be a resident of the area and prepared to walk past the entrance of Villa Nine.
As he walked past the entrance, the two bodyguards guarding the door were talking in low voices, their conversation reaching Qi Yang's ears.
"Why does the boss suddenly want to retreat?"
"I don't know. They're even retreating quietly from the backyard. It's clearly very safe here."