Siheyuan: I just came across and wanted to chase me away

Chapter 906 Monkey told everything

Xiao Bao was sitting on an upside-down wooden box, an unlit cigarette between his fingers, the tobacco slightly wrinkled from being squeezed. Seeing Monkey and Mazi push the door open, his brows knitted into knots, his tone filled with impatience and questioning: "Why are you back? Didn't I tell you to keep a close eye on Gu Nan? You've only been here a short while, and you've come running back? What happened?" His gaze, as if tempered by ice, swept back and forth between the two men, with a sharp scrutiny, clearly dissatisfied with their sudden return - at this critical juncture, there was no room for error.

Monkey shrank his neck, stepped forward quickly, and told him everything: "Boss Xiao, we didn't dare to lie. What we said yesterday was really right! Someone was indeed following us, and the other party is very powerful. They are definitely not fighting alone. Judging from the posture, it should be an organized gang." As he spoke, he thought of the invisible feeling of oppression yesterday, and his back still felt cold.

The people that day were definitely much more capable than the people today, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to detect my tracks. But they must have been afraid of being discovered by me, so they left. That must be the case.

Xiao Bao clenched the cigarette tighter between his fingers. He looked up at Monkey and said thoughtfully, "Oh? No wonder Lu Jia's plan failed last time. It turns out that Gu Nan is not as simple as he looks. On the surface, he looks like a worker in a steel mill, but I didn't expect that there is someone behind him who is quite powerful." Only then did he realize that he had underestimated Gu Nan before.

Monkey looked at Xiao Bao's uncertain expression, his heart beating fast. He asked tentatively, "Boss Xiao, what do you think we should do about this? Should we...should we continue to follow him?"

Xiao Bao was silent for a moment, clearly trying to determine the strength of the power behind Gu Nan. He flicked his cigarette, looked up, and said, "Don't follow him for now, or we'll alert the enemy. Leave it to me. I'll investigate and I'll eventually find out who's behind him."

Monkey and Ma Zi responded as if they had been pardoned, turned around and went to rest - since the boss said they didn't have to worry about what happened next, they were happy to have some free time, because what happened next had nothing to do with them anyway.

Xiao Bao threw the cigarette on the ground, crushed it with his foot, and stood up to walk out. Although he hadn't been out much recently, he still knew quite a few people from his past relationships. He planned to ask his well-informed friends if anyone knew who was behind Gu Nan.

He knew in his heart that this mission was difficult, and the implications were probably deeper than he had imagined. But this was something his former eldest brother had personally entrusted him with, so no matter how difficult it was, he had to grit his teeth and complete it.

However, Xiao Bao scoured the city, seeking information from several well-informed old acquaintances, only to receive a remarkably consistent response: no one knew of Gu Nan's background. This realization weighed heavily on his heart: This wasn't a good sign. The faction behind Gu Nan's covert protection, while leaving him with no trace, must be more formidable and deeply hidden than he'd anticipated.

But after searching endlessly, he hadn't found a single useful clue. Xiao Bao saw only two possibilities: either Gu Nan truly had no deep-rooted influence behind him, and he was simply an ordinary deputy factory director, with the rumors being mere speculation; or, the forces behind him were simply too powerful, capable of erasing every trace of his actions, and Xiao Bao couldn't do anything to them with his limited abilities.

Xiao Bao pinched his chin, pacing the base. After pondering the connection for a long time, he felt that the first possibility was more likely. After all, Gu Nan looked elegant and dressed in ordinary clothes. He didn't seem to have any strong background. Although he had sent several groups of people to investigate him and dug up his background, he didn't find anything special except that he was the deputy director of the steel rolling mill and the number of people in his family. It seemed that the previous plan of keeping an eye on him would not work. He had to think of another way.

Besides, Gu Nan is now the deputy director of the steel rolling mill and a well-known figure. He stays in the factory on weekdays. Even if he has a few familiar colleagues and subordinates who are willing to lend him a hand, it is understandable. You can't say that there is some unfathomable force behind him based on this.

Xiao Bao made up his mind and without hesitation, he turned around and went to find Monkey: "Monkey, come with me. There is something we need to deal with personally."

Just as Monkey nodded in agreement, "Okay," Ma Zi came over in a muffled voice, his face looking anxious. "Boss, if you need anything, just tell me. It's a mess out there. We've offended a lot of people recently, and there might be someone watching us from the shadows. Don't go there yourself. It's too risky."

Monkey also nodded in agreement: "Yes, boss, Ma Zi is right, you just take charge and we will do the errands." They were all brothers who were pulled back from the sword and the dead by Xiao Bao. After so many years of wind and rain, they were no longer just in a simple relationship between superiors and subordinates, but a friendship of life and death. Naturally, they could not bear to see Xiao Bao put himself in danger.

Xiao Bao looked at Ma Zi, who looked earnest, and waved his hand. His tone was gentle and unquestionable. "Alright, you should go to bed early. You were watching near Gu Nan's house all night without closing your eyes. If you keep going on like this, your body won't be able to take it. This matter is not complicated. Monkey and I can go, don't worry."

Ma Zi looks honest and simple, doesn't talk much, and his brain works a little slower than others. But when it comes to fighting skills, he is the real pillar of the team, especially his marksmanship, which is so accurate that he can hit a wine bottle from 50 meters away without touching the bottle body. This is his most powerful skill.

After hearing Xiao Bao's words, Ma Zi knew that the boss really cared about him, so he stopped insisting, scratched his head, obediently replied "Okay", and turned to walk to the bunk in the corner. He was really tired - he had a quirk, always muttering "If you get too tired, you will lose weight, which is not a good thing, because you will have no energy to fight." At this moment, he was probably going to fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

Xiao Bao looked at Ma Zi's broad back and shook his head helplessly, but a hint of warmth flickered in his eyes. Ma Zi was also his lifelong brother. Last time, when he was trapped in an alley by his enemies, it was Ma Zi who, with a steel pipe, took four or five blows for him, his back slashed to a bloody mess, yet he dragged him back from the brink of death. He always remembered this kindness in his heart and never forgot it.