New base of operations

  Amanda's driving skills were very skilled, and even on the seemingly crowded road, she could still move freely. The sound of the police siren in her left ear slowly disappeared into the traffic noise, and they were temporarily safe. Amanda occasionally glanced at Left East with a hint of anger, secretly smiling to herself.

  Although he had escaped the pursuit, the smell of fruit all over his body still made Zuo Dong uncomfortable. He was already embarrassed enough in front of Amanda and wanted to find a topic to shift her attention. "Have you all escaped?" he asked, "Where are they now?"

  Amanda grasped the steering wheel lightly, and the car sped along smoothly like flowing water. She said bluntly, "Hey, we're not running away with our tails between our legs. This is called a strategic retreat. Unlike you, who's still in a head-on confrontation with them, being chased around like a drowning dog."

  Zuo Dong got annoyed when he heard Amanda say that, and thought to himself: "If I wasn't worried about you guys, I could have just snuck into the hotel alone. If I get caught, it's all because of you." Although he was thinking this, Zuo Dong still calmly said: "Sister, I'm also worried about you guys, that's why I took the risk to come here alone. If I knew where you had gone, I wouldn't be acting like a lone hero."

  Amanda couldn't help but laugh at the sight of Dong's current state, his back was covered in dust and it had stuck to him, the front wasn't much better, looking like a half-eaten cookie.

  "After you got off the car, we drove towards Nafi Hotel. My sister was feeling bored in the car, so she turned on the radio. Coincidentally, they were talking about the Jin Gang Bang murder case inside. It's said that the police also found three computers. I felt something was wrong, so I told the boss about it. The boss made a quick decision and didn't let us go to Nafi Hotel anymore." Amanda finished speaking with a hint of pride, as if saying that if she hadn't turned on the radio at the right time, they would all be in police custody now.

  Zuo Dong only took a glance at Amanda's expression and knew what she was thinking. He had intended to say a few words to strike her down, but if it weren't for Amanda, the three computers would have fallen by now, and they wouldn't be in this predicament. However, he thought better of it, realizing that saying so would be too excessive. Zuo Dong was really uncomfortable at the moment. The dried-up fruit juice had densely covered his skin, seemingly blocking all the pores on his body. When he pinched his arm unnaturally, his skin felt like it had been glued together and lost its elasticity.

  "So where are we going now?" Zuo Dong asked, he really wanted to find a place to take a hot bath.

  "We've already been spotted by the police, so we can't stay in a good place anymore. So we moved to a slum in the suburbs." Amanda replied calmly, it's clear that she didn't have much of a good impression of the slum.

  The downtown area of Sanrina City is economically developed, where people live, at least in the middle class. And those below the middle class can only live on the outskirts of the main city, where the standard of living is much lower than that of the main city, with no neat houses, no clean streets, and even a basic safe living environment. It can be said that it is a paradise for crime, with different crimes being committed every day.

  Zuo Dong heard that it was a slum area and immediately became interested, saying: "Sister, that's not a good place, there are many ugly and lustful men, you're wearing so little, be careful. Yesterday night's incident wasn't because you were dressed too revealingly, so..."

  Amanda, who was driving carefully, didn't want to recall last night's events anymore, but that unlucky Left Dong brought it up again. Amanda slammed on the brakes, and Left Dong, who was unprepared, fell forward, hitting his head heavily on the windshield. Amanda sat up straight, unaffected, and started the car.

  Zuo Dong rubbed his head, feeling a large bulge, and thought: "This girl is really not good." But Zuo Dong was not angry, Amanda's small temper, he still understood. She was just a thunderstorm, after which the sun would shine again.

  Land Rover has left the downtown area, and the road is getting narrower and bumpier. Zuo Dong looked at the desolate and dilapidated scene, wondering if taking a bath would become a luxury.

  Amanda fastened her seatbelt and reminded, "Brother Dong, the road ahead is not easy to drive." Zuo Dong didn't like wearing a seatbelt, instead he grasped the handle on the upper part of the window with one hand.

  The road was getting increasingly bumpy and uneven, but Amanda held the steering wheel with ease, lightly pressing the accelerator, completely mastering this Range Rover. The Range Rover's off-road capabilities were absolutely true to its name, although it was a bit slow, but unimpeded all the way.

  Although Zuo Dong was tired, he couldn't sleep well in the car due to the ups and downs. In a daze, a dilapidated wooden building appeared before his eyes.

  Amanda floored it, and the Land Rover almost took off on the uneven road. Left Dong was suddenly wide awake and said, "The boss is very angry, first because so many people died, and second because he couldn't find you after you got out of the car. When you see the boss later, be honest with him, just listen to what he says."

  Zuo Dong smiled and said: "I understand, I understand, this is not the first time, I have experience."

  Amanda stopped the car in front of a wooden building and told Zuo Dong and herself to get off.

  After getting off the bus on the left, looking at this building in front of me, I felt a sense of discomfort. This place can't even be called a slum, it's far from being a slum, with only seven or eight wooden buildings, each two buildings in a row, and there are four rows in total. Under the invasion of the humid sea breeze, they appear not so solid. These wooden buildings are all two-story small buildings, the stairs should be inside the building, and the second floor has a corridor where you can hang clothes or stand. At this moment, a robust man with well-developed muscles was standing on the second-floor corridor holding a machine gun, seemingly patrolling.

  Amanda simply waved a greeting to the people upstairs and let Zuo Dong follow her. Amanda walked backwards along the middle of the two two-story buildings.

  Zuo Dong followed behind Amanda, saying in a low voice: "This doesn't look like a slum, it looks more like a den of thieves." He took a glance at the two-story buildings they passed by, and on the second-floor corridor of each building, there were people holding guns, pacing back and forth, without paying much attention to Amanda and Zuo Dong.

  "Big Brother Dong, just make do with it, you think you're not a thief now? Even if you're not a thief now, you're not far from being one."

  Hurrying along beside Amanda, he said: "What is this place after all? Whose idea was it to come here? Do we know the people here? It won't be a trap, will it?"

  "Amanda replied as she walked: 'Ah Qiang brought us here. Although the environment is bad, it's very safe and the police can't find this place.'"

  Two people stopped in front of the last row on the right side of a two-story building. The building looked no different from the ones in front of it, but there were several more guards, with two muscular men wearing sunglasses and camouflage uniforms, carrying submachine guns and looking serious at the entrance on the first floor.

  Amanda pointed to the entrance of the first floor and said, "The boss is inside, go in and take a baptism by yourself." Then she pointed to the small wooden building on the left and said, "This is where we live, after you've suffered enough, you can come here to take a bath."

  As soon as Zuo Dong heard that he could take a bath, his spirits lifted and he didn't plan to go see Fu Anbang first. He rushed straight towards the small building on the left. Amanda grasped Zuo Dong's dirty collar with two fingers and said with an evil smile: "Brother Dong, the boss wants you to see him first, then you can take a bath."

  "Hey, little sister, take a look at me like this. Do I have the face to go in? Even if it's to be executed, one should still wash up and change into new clothes, right?" In Zuo Dong's heart, taking a bath was now more important than anything else.

  Just as Zuo Dong and Amanda were talking, a low voice came from the right side of the building: "Zuo Dong, come in here, don't dawdle outside."

  Zuo Dong heard that Fu Anbang was suppressing his anger, glanced at Amanda who looked like she didn't care about the matter, curled her lips, meaning to say, go if you want to go, who's afraid of whom. Then he walked towards the wooden small building on the right side.

  Amanda walked towards the small building on the left and said: "Brother Dong, I'm going to make you some hot water!"

  He turned his head back to Amanda with a smile on one side and secretly cursed: "Looking at my brother jumping into the fire pit, he's actually gloating."

  Zuo Dong strode in with an air of a dead pig not fearing boiling water, into the wooden building.

  Although the wooden building looks old from the outside, it is a different scene when entering the house. The interior is illuminated by four daylight lamps at the top of the wall corners, with no dead ends. Opposite the door is a sofa that can seat three people, behind which is a large rectangular aquarium with ** tropical fish swimming freely inside. In front of the sofa is a glass coffee table, with a single-person sofa on either side.

  Fu Anbang was sitting in the middle of the sofa with a gloomy face, Jian Gang sat on the left side of the coffee table, his face also looked terrible. Zuo Dong glanced at Jian Gang's feet and did not find the suitcase that he always carried with him. Suddenly, Zuo remembered that yesterday, because they were going to rescue Amanda, Jian Gang had deliberately placed the suitcase in room 1013. It seemed that the suitcase, which was extremely important to Jian Gang, had already fallen into the hands of the police.

  Zuo Dong forced a smile to hide the anxiety in his heart. He consciously walked to the right side of the coffee table and sat down on the single sofa, while Fu Anbang did not stop him.

  "Boss, I..." Zuo Dong had quickly thought of an excuse for himself before entering the house, preparing to use it at this moment.

  Fu Anbang waved his hand, stopping Zuo Dong, and turned to look at him. "You just need to come back," he said. "If anything unexpected happens to you, I'll have the company prepare a considerable sum of money for your parents, and we can find an opportunity to return home!"

  Zuo Dong didn't receive a scolding from Fu Anbang, and he secretly felt happy inside. He said, "I'm back now, I absolutely can't just drop it like this without completing the task." Zuo Dong thought to himself that since his boss hadn't scolded him, then it wasn't because he couldn't find him that made him so down in the dumps. Zuo Dong took a look at Jian Gang who was extremely depressed and guessed that it must have something to do with him.

  "Amanda is really scary, saying that because I killed so many people, I'm gone, and they've already opened fire. How can she say I killed so many people? And also said the boss couldn't find me, he's furious." Zuo Dong didn't pay much attention to Jian Gang anymore, but was thinking about how to deal with Amanda.