City of Sin (Second Section Happy Work)

  The armored vehicle patrolled the city streets, and Wu Junwen drove the car to take a look at the local scenery. The high-rise buildings stood tall here, which was different from what he was used to. He had previously fought in the sweltering jungle with guns and various armed groups, and later went to mountainous Afghanistan and Pakistan. After years of entrepreneurship, he became a boss, making more money, cruising with his good brother, and even having the business of protecting the president's daughter. It seemed that the more they did, the better the business got.

  "What time do we assemble every day?" Ya Yun asked Wen Yong.

  Wen Yong sat in the car, his eyes scanning outside the window. Unlike Yu Fei, who relied on intelligence to catch thieves, Wen Yong only trusted his own eyes and instincts. Yu Fei's raids on gambling dens were always pre-planned, but Wen Yong preferred random arrests, especially during patrols. He could usually tell which cars had suspicious people in them, even when Ya Yun spoke to him, he didn't look at her as he replied, "We'll head to the gambling den when it's almost closing or empty, nighttime operations will end then. Daytime is just patrolling like this, we can decide our own meal times, and without a superior officer around, we have more freedom."

  "Do you have to be busy until midnight every day?" Yayun asked again.

  "It's not necessarily so, if there are no casinos or illegal entertainment venues locally, maybe we can wrap up early and follow me on patrol, you'll feel much more comfortable. We'll go for lunch soon, then rest in the car for a while, and visit various checkpoints. If there are no unexpected situations on the road, we'll have afternoon tea at 4 pm, dinner before 7 pm, and arrange for a midnight snack after 9 pm. When inspecting public places, we need to wait until there are more people, they open at 8 but there aren't many customers yet. So doing this job requires skill, it needs to be done often to get a feel for it, he's treating us to lunch today." Wen Yong is still looking out the car window.

  "What? I'm treating? Old Nine, why don't you treat instead? Haven't you seen that I also have to come out and work to earn money? As a bodyguard, how much can I make? Don't you see the price on the contract?" Wu Junwen felt very unfair. He had earned his money through hard work, sometimes even risking his life for just a little bit of it.

  "Seventh brother, you should be more open-minded. You're not just a working-class person. Look at me, since I became a soldier, it's all been dead salary. In the past, there were no bonuses to earn. It wasn't until I followed Yu Fei that I started making big money, but I haven't heard about any bonuses being issued yet. As a low-ranking soldier, how much money do I have? Look at who's sitting next to you - it's the president's daughter! With such a young and beautiful lady accompanying you for dinner, why don't you find a luxurious hotel to treat us? You're acting like it's your first day as a bodyguard. You should be more generous. There are still many days ahead of us working together. Don't pretend to be poor. You're not relying on being a bodyguard to make money. Yu Fei has given you all the projects he can give you, and you've earned so much money that your safe is bursting. Yet, you're reluctant to take out some cash to treat us? Look at us, we're all just working-class people. You're different from us - you're a big boss." Wen Yong was determined to tease Wu Junwen every day, and today he had put in extra effort.

  "Miss Ya Yun hasn't even spoken yet, and you're already asking me to treat you? That's not fair. Why don't we take turns treating each other? You're not poor students who can't afford it. Today I'll treat, and each of you will treat for a day. After all, Yu Fei will reimburse your food expenses. What's with the stinginess? If you order one more dish, my share will be covered. I think this is a good arrangement - each person takes care of one day's meal expenses. Even if it exceeds the reimbursement range, you won't spend that much. I'm just starting out and don't have much money to splurge." Wu Junwen started being evasive, and Ya Yun listened with amusement. "Alright, stop arguing. Today I'll treat, and I'll cover any excess over the standard myself."

  "Alright, according to the rules, the bodyguard's meal expenses are the responsibility of the employer. Whoever is being protected pays for their meals, that's just how it is. Wen Yong, you're not allowed to be stingy." Wu Junwen finally escaped his nightmare of burning money, and Wen Yong said happily: "Look at Seventh Brother, so cunning! Others make a living by working hard and earning money, but he makes a living by exploiting others. He's already a big boss with so many employees, and yet he's still so calculating. I'll just use the compressed biscuits and canned goods I've been saving to treat everyone on my birthday."

  "No way." Yayun and Wu Junwen opposed together, the three of them chatted happily in the car. Yayun didn't think that her military service life was so easy-going, she felt great not having to participate in battles for the time being. Wen Yong picked up the radio handset, "Attention all squad leaders, this is Wen Yong, I'm still on patrol. Have you guys thought about what you want to eat for lunch? Immediately write down everything your soldiers want to eat on a piece of paper, clearly mark each squad's number, and I'll buy it for you on my way back. I'll deliver the lunch menu to the checkpoint soon, you still have time to think about it, I'll come by to pick up the menu soon, over."

  "Received." A voice came back over the wireless radio.

  "There's a good officer, it's not bad. If I could be a soldier under him, I'd rather not start this company." Wu Junwen felt that Yu Fei was quite good to his subordinates. In other battalions, they had hot and nutritious buffet meals every day. His troops could order freely and he would reimburse them. He really had the guts, not afraid of being blamed by his superiors.

  Wen Yong's armored vehicle arrived at the first checkpoint, and the squad leader was still holding a paper to record what to eat for lunch. As soon as Wen Yong got off the car, he said: "Hurry up, if you guys didn't eat too much of the good stuff, you'll definitely think about what to eat quickly, don't waste time, or lunch will be delayed."

  "Alright, it's all set." The class monitor handed the menu to Wen Yong, who took the menus for the entire squad and went to a high-end fast food restaurant to buy everything. He came out of the restaurant carrying two large plastic bags, and because there was so much stuff, Wu Junwen and Ya Yun also helped carry it. The armored vehicle's cabin was soon filled with all sorts of food: sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, and other lunch items. The soldiers' orders were varied, some wanted spaghetti, others wanted beef noodles, and the drinks were also diverse, with few duplicates.

  "These guys can really eat, won't all this food go to waste?" Ya Yun looked at the huge pile of food, but there was nothing she wanted here. She planned to find a restaurant and order something for lunch. As an officer, it was more comfortable than being a soldier. The car was soon filled with the aroma of various foods, mixed together like in a hotel kitchen.

  "If they had a morning of physical training, they would be able to eat more. If they went to the cafeteria, the boss would lose money." Wen Yong sorted out the things in the car and when they arrived at the checkpoint, the soldiers immediately gathered around to receive their share of things. The things in the car were soon distributed. "It's our turn to eat, where should we go?" Wu Junwen drove the car looking for a restaurant, Ya Yun pointed to a roadside steakhouse, "Let's just have something simple today, I'll treat you to steak."

  The armored vehicle stopped outside the restaurant, Wu Junwen chose a seat by the wall according to his habit as a bodyguard. He could see the entrance and the serving passageway without moving from here. He opened the safety of the automatic pistol in the holster, generally eating in restaurants can be dangerous. He asked the waiter to turn up the air conditioner, so he didn't have to take off the heavy bulletproof vest. Yayun ordered three steaks and some fruit and vegetable salad, also a bottle of champagne. "Still on duty today, can't drink too much wine, lest there's trouble."

  "Thank you, the champagne is great. To being able to enjoy a big meal together every day, cheers!" Wu Junwen poured champagne for everyone and took a sip with them first. Wen Yong, who had been busy for a while, was also hungry, picked up his knife and fork and ate quickly. He was used to eating like this in the barracks, especially when there were many training tasks. The other customers in the restaurant also found them very special, all wearing uniforms and carrying weapons, and everyone quickly recognized that they were military police.

  After the rescue operation failed, Song Huan found that many of his subordinates were missing. Almost all those who directly participated in the armed rescue did not return. He didn't know if they were dead or alive, but he knew they would be killed to avoid being discovered by the constabulary. The constabulary was very formidable and would definitely catch him with no place to hide. To protect himself and continue rescuing his father, he continued to make phone calls to gather his subordinates, but despite his best efforts, he could only muster over a hundred people. He knew that this was not enough, so he invited Ruan Yingxiu again.

  Ruan Yingxiu knew that Song Huan's father had also been caught, and she also knew that the extremely foolish Song Huan had gone to provoke the constabulary with someone, resulting in them being shot dead by the professional security company. She knew this would be the outcome of such actions, so she directly bribed Yu Fei, but it was unsuccessful. When she heard Song Huan say he wanted to discuss bail, she came to his house to see if he had any other good ideas. At that time, she also didn't know that her father had become a key witness, and the constabulary had kept it secret so well that she wasn't aware of it either.

  Song Huan and Ruan Yingxiu have known each other since childhood, but they didn't interact much. Ruan Yingxiu knew that Song Huan was a typical rich kid who only knew how to eat, drink, and gamble, and she thought he would eventually go bankrupt if the environment became harsher. She also knew that following in her father's footsteps would bring bad luck, so she tried to change herself and her father's company structure, making it more legitimate. She studied hard, helped manage the family business, and read a lot of books to broaden her horizons and prepare for the future.

  "I failed to find someone to save my father, if I succeeded, your father would have come out too. Things have reached this point, I think it's not possible to do it alone, we must cooperate to have a future. Just our two families working together is not enough, we need to gather all the societies that have offended the constabulary and let everyone work together to solve this problem. They are just one platoon of constables and a dozen armed security guards, if 100 people can't solve them, then with 1,000 people it's absolutely no problem. The police are our old friends, they won't intervene, and the small constabulary platoon is even less likely to be able to stop us." Song Huan directly stated his purpose after inviting Ruan Yingxiu over, but Ruan just smiled disdainfully.