Chapter 1162: Calm Seas
by xennovel“Yes Boss I’m going out to handle things now.”
Long Yi replied then turned and left.
Wang Zhanhang and his group carried firearms so flying wasn’t possible. Most likely they’d go overseas by sea route.
This gave Long Yi an opportunity to act.
On the vast sea with a locator for precise tracking he had absolute confidence in making them vanish silently beneath the sea.
Exiting the laboratory Xu Shaochen instructed someone to guard the entrance and found Chen Dongqiu.
“You’ve suffered.”
Xu Shaochen gently patted Chen Dongqiu’s shoulder with a serious expression.
“It’s what I should do. Serving you is a lifelong blessing. Besides it’s just minor injuries.”
Although severely injured Chen Dongqiu didn’t forget to show loyalty.
After all his body bore scars as a testament to working for Xu Shaochen.
“Go to the hospital for treatment or it’ll get infected. I’ll personally join you for drinks tonight.”
After speaking Xu Shaochen had a bodyguard take Chen Dongqiu to the hospital.
Watching Chen Dongqiu leave Xu Shaochen stood still deep in thought.
He still needed to meet Barron.
Considering Barron’s relationship with his grandfather he likely knew about the past between his grandfather and Tianqing.
Even without that reason he’d have to see Barron.
After all the jade stone Barron held was a counterfeit. It was time to tell him otherwise problems might arise.
Nighttime.
Leaving a group of bodyguards to protect the laboratory at Lower River Bay Village Xu Shaochen returned to Yunzhou City with Long Yi and Long Er.
He hosted a dinner at Yunzhou Grand Hotel to thank Chen Dongqiu.
Yet Xu Shaochen was like a bright moon. Even if he tried to stay low-key he attracted attention.
Though he only invited Chen Dongqiu local bigshots in Yunzhou came to greet him.
Xu Shaochen’s first visit to Yunzhou left an indelible impression on them.
They respected and feared Xu Shaochen from the bottom of their hearts.
Originally it was a private dinner with Chen Dongqiu but the private room filled up quickly.
“Mr. Xu I toast to you. Why didn’t you notify us of your visit? We would’ve welcomed you.”
“Yeah Mr. Xu if not for old Chen spotting you we’d have no idea.”
The crowd chatted with Xu Shaochen enthusiastically.
Chen Dongqiu sat next to Xu Shaochen smiling outwardly but cursing inwardly.
He wanted to bash this crowd’s heads in.
This was a chance to deepen his relationship with Xu Shaochen but the crowd stole his thunder making him feel sidelined.
On the surface Chen Dongqiu was a snubbed second young master of the Chen Family. His identity as an underworld tycoon was a secret.
“Creak—”
At that moment the private room’s door opened again.
“I’m sorry I’m sorry really sorry traffic was bad and I arrived late.”
A middle-aged man in a gray suit entered full of apologies.
“Dad?”
Seeing him Chen Dongqiu exclaimed standing up.
“Dongqiu? What are you doing here? This is nonsense get back home immediately.”
Seeing Chen Dongqiu Chen Runzhong was stunned then scolded harshly.
After scolding Chen Runzhong nervously addressed Xu Shaochen, “Mr. Xu my ungrateful son doesn’t know any better. Please don’t mind him. He doesn’t belong here. I’ll have him leave right away.”
“Director Chen you seem to misunderstand your son.” Xu Shaochen glanced at Chen Dongqiu then said to Chen Runzhong.
Chen Dongqiu felt awkward then explained to Chen Runzhong “Dad Mr. Xu invited me.”
“This…” Chen Runzhong was taken aback. He wasn’t qualified to be invited by Xu Shaochen but his son was.
Xu Shaochen stood up patting Chen Dongqiu’s shoulder “Director Chen Dongqiu is a good friend of mine. Tonight I’m treating him.”
Chen Dongqiu felt grateful knowing Xu Shaochen was giving him face.
Sure enough, everyone in the room was stunned.
“Old Chen you’ve been hiding this.”
“Yeah old Chen that’s not quite fair.”
Everyone looked at Chen Runzhong playfully while harboring envy and resentment.
“This… truthfully I just found out.”
Chen Runzhong said with a wry smile.
“Old Chen are you kidding still pretending not knowing your own son.”
No one believed it. How could a father not know his own son?
Chen Runzhong felt both ashamed and embarrassed. He had always favored his older son Chen Dongqing neglecting his younger son Chen Dongqiu.
He really didn’t know what Chen Dongqiu was doing nor when he got involved with Xu Shaochen.
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In the dead of night.
On the sea.
A passenger ship sailed through the darkness towards America.
Onboard were Wang Zhanhang and his crew.
As Long Yi anticipated because of their firearms they bought a ship spending a fortune to leave by sea.
It was impossible for Wang Zhanhang to abandon the firearms. It would be like leaving a tiger without teeth.
“How long until we arrive?”
Wang Zhanhang asked unable to sleep.
“We’re in international waters. Within an hour we’ll enter American waters and dock in New York by dawn.”
The captain replied respectfully suddenly frowning.
“What is it?”
Wang Zhanhang noticed the captain’s expression.
“Several ships are ahead but they aren’t moving.”
The captain pointed to the radar.
Wang Zhanhang dismissed it casually saying “Probably fishing boats. This area has fishermen from various countries.”
“Perhaps.” The captain nodded.
Half an hour later.
After several loud explosions the ship burst into flames and sank slowly into the sea.
Survivors who jumped ship thought they’d escaped only to be shot by patrol speedboats around them ending up as fish food.
With ten speedboats disappearing into the night the sea returned to calm as though nothing had happened.