Things known by No. 7

  "Never mind, I won't say anything else. What I want to know now is what you plan to do. You should know that if we use this relationship, we can complete this task very well. If you don't want to use these two women, I absolutely won't force you, and I won't let others use them either."

  I looked at No. 7 and, to be honest, I was also in a dilemma. "Are the two of them really connected to this drug trafficking gang?"

  "It shouldn't be a problem, Zhang Xuan's father Zhang Zheng and Li Tianxiang have always been unwilling to let Zhang Xuan get involved in business, the money she uses is all from normal commercial operations, she probably doesn't know anything about her family's affairs."

  "What kind of status does that person have in this group?"

  "Zhang Zheng is in charge of money laundering, and he has many businesses under his name, with huge amounts of funds flowing through them every day. All the funds generated by underground industries will go through Zhang Zheng's company. Zhang Zheng is Li Tianxiang's top trump card, a business genius, and has a high reputation in Huaxian County. It's not easy to touch him, let alone we only have limited funding for this operation to take down Li Tianxiang."

  "Since Zhang Xuan and they have nothing to do with this group, I don't want to move them, not because of you, the two of them are good girls!"

  "Zhang Xuan almost ran you over and killed you, but you still think she's a pretty good girl. I really don't know what you're thinking."

  "This doesn't seem to have much to do with anything, sometimes things are just like that, a woman's good or bad can't be simply decided by one or two things."

  "Seven looked at me and smiled, 'Alright! Tell me your thoughts, how are you going to complete this mission.'"

  I looked at No. 7 and had a lot of questions in my mind, "This thing shouldn't be asked to me, should it? You are the decision-makers, I'm just an employee, you say what to do, that's what I'll do!"

  "I just want to know your thoughts, we can't take care of you all our lives, one day you'll have to face everything alone, who will teach you how to do things then? Everything needs to be tempered. Look at the four of you, except for you, no one else has any sense, who is useful? Zhao Kaiqing, whose mind is always on women and movies, doesn't care about anything; Fang Wei, who doesn't take care of anything; Zhang Guang, a crazy sniper, none of them think things through. One day you'll have to be the backbone of these people, your responsibility is heavy. You all came out together as brothers, except for you, I don't believe anyone else can take good care of them. You are all children, one day you will grow up, you need to help them."

  Listening to Qi's words, I feel like I've always been part of their plan, as if everything was arranged by them. "I think we can just let Zhang Guang go alone, a sniper rifle will do the trick, the terrain there is familiar to me, one shot and it's done, after a successful assassination, we can make a perfect escape."

  "Listen, kid, you don't know what you're thinking. You have to understand that a sniper is an existence that defies the heavens. The appearance of a single sniper rifle will cause a huge stir. And that guy is now using a Barrett, which means the entire border region will be turned upside down. Do you know the current county head? His first act after taking office was to issue an absolute order: organized crime can exist, but they cannot use firearms. No matter who it is, once someone uses a gun, he will control the entire area within ten minutes. He has the ability to mobilize the border defense troops. Once something happens, it will be like a chain reaction, and you think you can escape? Even our current location is under his control. Don't underestimate this person. Our every move is under his control. If there's even a slight mistake, he can take care of us immediately. Our existence isn't unknown to others, it's just that they don't want to bother with us. Any existence cannot oppose the state. Besides, organized crime is something that can't be eradicated. You take down one, and another will appear. It's better to keep someone under your control at all times rather than having an unknown entity pop up. Let them fight among themselves. This is a tacit understanding."

  After listening to Qi's words, I suddenly felt that the knowledge contained in this was too great. My experience compared to his is simply like a small witch seeing a great witch. "Is it not out of line to control so many poisonous goods south of the Yangtze River? The country can completely clean up, how many people will be killed by this!"

  "Alright! I'll give you another lesson. China's law enforcement agencies are what they are, they take down one part, the largest part is always black eating black, it's a cycle. For example, when we cross borders to fight, as long as we control the situation, no one will bother us. Now, the border issues are endless, with open and secret struggles too numerous to count. If something happens, what can you do? Besides, we've already proposed retirement. People like us living on the border, no one manages us, but if you dare to fire a gun in such an obvious place, use a sniper rifle, someone will immediately take care of you. So, we must clean up with rules, and now the county head would love for us to use firearms, that way he has reason to take us all down, and it'll be a national sensation. Making money is fine, but I don't want to have money without a life to spend it."

  Number Seven stood up, patted my shoulder and said, "Alright, since you don't want to get them involved, you'd better be careful. Those two girls are not bad, but that woman named Mao Mao is much better than Chen Xue. Believe me, you and Chen Xue are not a match made in heaven, you won't have a good ending, believe me!"

  I stared at Number Seven, "How did you know? How could you possibly know about this woman?"

  Number Seven looked at me and burst out laughing, "Do you think it's difficult for us to investigate the four of you with so many instructors? We know a lot more than that, what I know you know, what you don't know I also know, you will never know how much I have grasped about you, hahaha..." Number Seven finished speaking and opened the door to leave, I was plunged into darkness in an instant.

  Now that they know about Chen Xue's situation, they must also know all the experiences I've had from childhood to adulthood, including many people close to me. Now I realize that our situations are probably similar. Since he told me, it means he's not afraid of me spreading it out, he has the capital to control us. It feels like I've fallen into a huge net from the very beginning, and this net is full of unspeakable dangers and possibilities.

  I patted my cheek, shook my head, and walked into my room. I dove straight into bed, who cares about that now? Whatever, just sleep first and talk later. At worst, I'll work hard during the task. Anyway, I won't let a woman who loves me so much get involved in this, especially when my current job is still unstable.