Chapter Eight Under Surveillance

  Heizi was overjoyed when he received the big tortoise, and the next day, he followed Zhu Xiaofei back home to deliver the gifts they had bought for the two elderly people. Zhu Xiaofei's parents were very kind to Heizi, who also treated them like his own family members, which moved the two old people deeply.

  In the afternoon, Heizi and Zhu Xiaofei went to the house rented by Da Kui in the village again, had a chat, and gained a deeper understanding of Da Kui.

  Da Gui is a bit of an oddball among the hoodlums, he has principles when hanging out on the streets, he absolutely won't fight with others unless they bully him first, even if it means getting beaten up every time. Take those two younger brothers of Yin Le for example, if they don't provoke Da Gui, he won't hit them. Yesterday, when he went to their house with Hei Zi, he was already unhappy in his heart, but he didn't make a move just because of Hei Zi's face.

  Heizi and Zhu Xiaofei gave Da Kui a lecture, telling him that the purpose of hanging out together was to make something of themselves, not to fight or show off how tough they were. They said that being tough wasn't useful in this day and age, and that one person could only take on so many others. They also told him that as long as he had money and power, people would naturally follow him, and when the time came, would he still need to fight himself?

  The two of them said a lot, but I don't know if Da Gui understood or not. Anyway, while they were talking, Da Gui kept nodding his head.

  Hei Zi finally said: "Da Gui, come to my place every day when you have nothing to do, and hang out with us brothers. We won't treat you unfairly."

  See off Da Kui, the sky is almost dark. Xiao Fei and Hei Zi discuss whether they should start tomorrow or not. Hei Zi thinks for a moment and shakes his head: "Let's see how things go, we've inquired about Dong Zi's character over the past two days, I'm worried he'll harm us."

  "What's wrong with us? How come?" asked Zhuo Xiaofei.

  "Now it's easy for us to get in trouble, the police like to come and arrest gamblers, as long as someone reports them, they'll be here right away." Hei Zi analyzed.

  After listening to Heizi's words, Xiao Fei nodded and said: "If Dongzi is going to make a move against us, we really can't guard against it. Who knows when he'll strike."

  The two of them discussed it for a while but couldn't come to a conclusion. Hei Zi said, "Why don't we go out and take a walk? Let's go to the village and take a look around, get a better understanding of the situation."

  At night, the only lively place is the central square of the village. The village committee is here, and several small shops are also here. The village's idle people like to come here to play when they have nothing to do at night.

  Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei arrived at the small square to see a few loafers playing cards, they went over to take a look and saw that it was a game of "Catch the Black Ace", after watching for a few rounds they found it uninteresting and turned around to enter a small shop, the village's small shops all doubled as small wine taverns, the two ordered a bottle of wine and some cooked food, drinking and chatting.

  Two men were drinking, a young punk walked in, saw them laughing and said: "Hei Ge, drink with us?"

  Heizi knew this little rascal, pulled over a chair and said: "Come on, let's have a drink together."

  The little rascal liked drinking, he hesitated for a moment and didn't sit down: "Hei Ge, forget it, I'll just buy a pack of cigarettes and leave."

  Seeing Xiao Hunzi not sitting down, Hei Zi felt strange and asked: "What's wrong, brother? What are you busy with? You can't even sit down to have a drink with us two brothers?"

  The little rascal took a sneak peek outside the door and said: "It's not that I don't have time, I'm afraid of being seen by Big Brother Dong."

  "Dongzi, with us two brothers here, what are we afraid of him for?" Heizi said discontentedly.

  "Hei Ge, you misunderstood me. I'm not afraid of him. We're from the same village and I don't want to provoke him. He said it won't take a few days to get rid of all of you, so be careful." The young punk whispered while taking out money.

  "Hei Zi waved his hand and said: 'Thanks brother, I'll pay for the cigarettes later, you go ahead.'"

  The little rascal didn't stand on ceremony and said, "Then thank Black Brother."

  The little rascal turned around and was about to leave. As he passed by them, he whispered: "Hei Ge, be careful of Dong Zi setting you up behind your back, he knows people from the criminal police team."

  The little rascal left, and Hei Zi fell into deep thought. He knew that the opening move was illegal, but he himself was penniless and had no other choice. The money came easily and quickly, and now that they had just started, it absolutely couldn't end like this. He must think of a way to avoid the police; otherwise, things would really be impossible to carry on in the future.

  Two men finished drinking and wandered along the dark streets, swaying back and forth. Hei Zi had been a scout for over a year and had grown fond of the darkness. For both sides, the darkness was relative; it depended on who could make use of it better. If utilized well, it became one's friend, helping oneself; if not, it became one's enemy, pushing oneself into an abyss.

  In the darkness, the two men were silent. Hei Zi walked and thought, thinking of a way to solve this problem. Now there are two ways to solve the problem. One is not to let the police come, that is, to bribe the police and make them friends with themselves. Hei Zi considered it again and again, but gave up on this idea. Not many police officers can be bribed, most of them are very honest, even if some people are bribed, the rest will still come.

  The second way is to play a game of cat and mouse with the police, this is Hei's specialty, in his more than a year as a scout, he learned how to play this kind of game, now playing this kind of game should be no problem.

  As they approached the entrance of their home, Hei Zi suddenly felt a sense that someone was staring at him. This feeling had proven to be reliable time and again in Southern Xinjiang, where he had used it to help himself and several brothers evade capture and complete their missions successfully.

  "Xiao Fei, it seems like someone is staring at us," Heizi whispered in Xiao Fei's ear.

  Xiao Fei looked around, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

  Hei Zi pushed and whispered to Zhuo Xiao Fei: "Don't look anymore, don't attract their attention, let's go back first."

  The two of them opened the door and entered the courtyard. With a clang, they closed the door behind them. Hei Zi pointed to the house, indicating that Zhu Xiao Fei should go in first.

  Wishing Xiaofei understands Heizi's meaning, he walked alone into the house, stepping on the fallen leaves in the yard and turning on the light with a wave of his hand.

  Hei Zi stood still in the courtyard. Before long, a head appeared from above the wall, looking around cautiously into the courtyard.

  Hei Zi saw that someone had indeed appeared. One person was secretly laughing. He quietly opened the courtyard door and slowly walked out.

  On the street, a person was peeking over the wall to look inside, about 7 or 8 meters away from Heizi. Heizi took two steps forward, and the person on the wall heard the noise and jumped down with a thud. Heizi quickly pounced over and pinned the other person to the ground.

  Kuroko's capture technique was first-rate, and his opponent didn't even make a sound as Kuroko dragged him into the house with his mouth covered.

  Hei Zi threw the person to the ground and took a look, it was a fifteen or sixteen year old half grown kid, with a sturdy build, his two eyes staring at Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei in terror.

  "What the heck are you doing?" Xiao Fei kicked at the little kid sitting on the ground and asked.

  "I, I am......" The little guy didn't know what to say anymore.

  "Hei Zi smiled and said: 'Let me say it, is Dong Zi who let you come, to see if today's opening is good or not?'"

  "How did you know?" the little guy asked.

  Xiao Fei and Hei Zi laughed after hearing his question. Hei Zi said, "Little brother, I won't make things difficult for you, let you go now, but if Dong Zi finds out that you ruined his business, he won't forgive you."

  Dongzi's eyes widened slightly, and Heizi continued: "It's easy not to get beaten up, anyway. You don't say it, we won't say that Dongzi doesn't know we've met before."

  The half-sized child saw Hei Zǐ's smiling face and stood up saying: "Hei Gē, you really won't talk about this matter?"

  "Of course, it's not easy for us brothers to make a living outside. Let's just say we won't mention it again. We'll start fresh tomorrow, you go back and tell Dongzi that you overheard our conversation."

  "Hei Ge, I won't say anything, just go back and don't mention a word, you can rest assured." The half-sized son said solemnly.

  "It doesn't matter if you say it, but if Dongzi finds out and you don't tell him the truth, you'll be in trouble. Just go back and tell the truth, what's the big deal about Dongzi? I can handle him, no need to make a fuss."

  "Hei Ge, I'll go back and tell Dong Zi that you guys should be careful, Dong Zi is not someone to be trifled with." the half-grown boy reminded.

  Send this kid out, walk to the door and Hei Zi asks: "Young man, what's your name?"

  "My name is Xue Ercheng." Xue Ercheng honestly said his own name.

  Song Zou Er Cheng Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei discussed it, thinking that in order to open a business in this village, they must teach Dong Zi a lesson, so he doesn't dare to cause trouble again. Also, in the future, they can't always start at one place, here will only be a cover, and they need to find several other safe places.