Chapter 143: Xiaoqiang

Chapter 143: The Cockroach

"I am planning to change your living quarters."

Hearing Bai Zeshao's words, A-Hai was momentarily stunned and couldn't help asking, "Brother, why do you want to move me? I'm living quite well right now, there's really no need."

"Listen to me first. When I was being monitored before, if you hadn't spotted that small building at the mouth of the alley, I wouldn't have known at all. Therefore, I've decided to move you into that small building so you can be responsible for checking whether there is anyone tailing me," Bai Zeshao explained.

"That's not a problem at all. Let alone keeping watch for you, even sacrificing my life would be fine. But Brother, that small building costs a lot of money. Besides, for a rickshaw puller like me to live in a small building simply doesn't fit my status," A-Hai raised his doubts.

"Stop talking so lightly about life and death. You're still so young, take good care of your little life. As for the problems you mentioned, I've already thought them through for you. You don't need to worry about the money; because of the homicide case, the Special Service Directorate has already repossessed that small building, and I will find someone to step forward and buy it," Bai Zeshao explained.

"I've also thought about your identity issue. Hehe, I'm planning to find you a new job."

After saying this, Bai Zeshao looked at A-Hai with a mischievous smile.

"Brother, what on earth are you trying to say?" A-Hai shrank his neck and muttered in a low voice.

"Look at that unpromising look of yours. Would I possibly try to harm you?" Bai Zeshao scolded with a smile.

"That's really hard to say," A-Hai maintained his cautious expression, clearly getting his revenge for Bai Zeshao's earlier teasing.

"You brat, you've even learned to exchange banter now." Bai Zeshao shook his head, feeling both amused and exasperated, and continued, "You should like the job I've found for you. You're going to be a waiter at the Rose Cabaret."

However, contrary to Bai Zeshao's expectations, A-Hai did not agree immediately, instead falling silent.

"What? Unwilling? Although I don't know your relationship with A-Chen, if you become a waiter there, it should be very convenient, right?" Bai Zeshao looked at A-Hai with some confusion.

"Brother, I'll listen to your arrangements," A-Hai finally agreed in the end.

"That's good. It's settled then, I'll be heading back first. As for the house and the job, I'll let you know once I've arranged everything."

"Okay, Brother, watch your step."

"I'm off."

Having tossed and turned all day, Bai Zeshao fell asleep quickly upon returning home. When he woke up the next day, it was already past ten o'clock. Just as he had taken a few bites of food, the phone rang.

"Team Leader, Tian Yaopeng's whereabouts have been discovered. Our brothers are already exchanging gunfire with him right now." As soon as the call connected, Monkey's voice came through.

"Really? Where?" Bai Zeshao had not expected Tian Yaopeng's whereabouts to be uncovered so quickly. Putting aside his meal, he asked directly.

"At a small inn on Happiness Street. He was discovered by patrolling police, and they are currently exchanging gunfire. I don't know the latest situation," Monkey spoke rapidly.

"Alright, I get it. That's all for now, I'm hanging up." After saying this, Bai Zeshao grabbed his jacket, rushed out of the door, and hurried toward Happiness Street.

Happiness Street.

Inside the small inn, Tian Yaopeng used the cover of the room to fire back while pondering ways to escape. Unfortunately, this inn had been completely surrounded, leaving him with no way out to spread wings and fly.

Actually, given his cautious personality, he would not have been discovered so easily. Regrettably, just as he was about to leave the inn, he encountered a petty thief who actually tried to pick his pocket.

Ordinarily, he wouldn't have wanted to cause trouble and would have just scared the fellow away. Who could have imagined that this thief would actually shout out and summon his accomplices?

As it happened, a squad of patrolling police walked past the front of the inn and spotted him. Just like that, the two sides exchanged fire, and he became trapped inside the small inn.

Soon, people from the Special Service Directorate, the Party Affairs Directorate, and the police all rushed over. These people were not in a hurry; anyway, Tian Yaopeng was now a turtle in a jar, and capturing him could be done at any time.

Instead, the men from the Special Service Directorate and the Party Affairs Directorate viewed each other with hostility, glaring with puffed-out beards and widened eyes.

The people who came from the Special Service Directorate were Ye Mao, along with Liu Xiaobing and some members of the action team. Although the things Tian Yaopeng did to the Special Service Directorate were kept very confidential, Liu Peiru's rank was high enough for him to know about it, which was why he had sent Liu Xiaobing over.

This trip was not for any rescue operation, but rather to eliminate Tian Yaopeng.

Not long after, the gunfire inside the inn ceased. Tian Yaopeng had run out of bullets, and everyone at the inn revealed a trace of a sneer. This fellow finally stopped bouncing around.

Inside the inn.

Tian Yaopeng tossed the gun in his hand onto the ground, let out a breath, leaned against the wall, and smiled bitterly. This time, there really was no way to escape.

To put it bluntly, he was currently no different from a stray dog. The vast city of Shanning no longer had any space for him to survive, and Tian Yaopeng knew very well in his heart that it was simply impossible for him to get away.

Even if he hadn't been discovered today, trapped as he was in Shanning, there would eventually come a day when he was found out; it was merely a matter of time.

Glancing through the window at the gunmen slowly swarming into the inn, Tian Yaopeng's inner ferocity was ignited. He would rather commit suicide than fall into the hands of these people. Checking the last grenade inside his coat, he revealed a cold smile.

On the street.

Liu Xiaobing and the others walked toward the inn with victory in their grasp when suddenly, the urgent sound of a motor vehicle approached from near to far.

Subconsciously, everyone looked toward the source of the sound and saw a military truck speeding rapidly toward them, showing no intention of slowing down whatsoever.

Before anyone could react, grenades rained down upon them like raindrops, and immediately afterward, three heavy machine guns mounted on the roof of the truck began to chatter and fire.

"Hit the dirt!"

Someone shouted, and the crowd scrambled to take cover, searching for shelter. In an instant, the previously tight perimeter was torn open, and because the surprise attack came too suddenly, casualties were extremely heavy for both the Special Service Directorate and the Party Affairs Directorate.

Upstairs.

Tian Yaopeng looked at the unfolding scene before him with astonishment, a wave of shock washing over him, which was instantly replaced by a surge of joy. He never imagined that at such a juncture, someone would actually come to rescue him.

Without a second thought, he shouted out, leaped directly from the upper floor, and landed squarely in the bed of the military truck.

The military truck, having successfully rescued the man, quickly broke through the encirclement and sped away toward the outside. Liu Xiaobing and the others, having recovered their wits, also quickly boarded vehicles to give chase.

The scene could only be described as utterly chaotic. By the time Bai Zeshao rushed to the scene, he only saw the police clearing up the aftermath.