Out in the open wilderness, several people huddled around a car, guarding on all sides, hoping to find some useful clues.
Suddenly confronted with a change of environment, this group was indeed well-trained enough to remain calm, and under Laoda’s command, they grabbed their weapons, got out of the car, and each found a place to hide and observe.
Yan Fei couldn’t help but remark again, they were indeed professional.
Too bad he couldn’t care less about those who had caused one of his employees to lose a rib, or have any appreciation for their talent.
No matter how professional they were, it didn’t matter to him at all.
Since they offended him, let them panic for a while!
Yan Fei left them behind without a second thought. He had to go back and take away the car that this group had left in the grove; he had forgotten earlier—regarding the place these people were, it was all wilderness, so for now, not afraid of lacking live mouths for questioning.
After retrieving the car, he returned directly to the ranch, snuggling into bed amidst Xu Xiaoyan’s mock reproach, and began to report the good news: "Finally got the people, they’re already captured. Let them be happy for a while thinking they’ve discovered a new continent, and later I’ll go ask who directed them."
Xu Xiaoyan’s face immediately broke into a smile: "Really? Well, that’s good. Otherwise, day after day, it’s so annoying!"
"Indeed!" Yan Fei also felt a bit relieved. "Really want to hang those people we caught earlier outside the ranch. Let them see the consequences of adventuring here."
"..." Xu Xiaoyan actually seriously considered it for a moment, then said. "That’s too ostentatious, even without evidence, it’s not good for our reputation. Better not, ask who instructed them, and tell them not to cause trouble for us again."
Although the girl was kind-hearted, with her husband needing to get up several times at night to patrol, her mood couldn’t be too good. During the dead of night, one moment the person beside her gets up, another moment crawls back, barely sleeping a while before getting up again, who’s not annoyed?
All because of that unknown mastermind.
If not driven to madness, how could the girl even consider Yan Fei’s impractical suggestion!
Yan Fei was absolutely sincere, he really wished to hang those people outside the ranch, then find the mastermind, hang them all in stacks, so others would think twice before targeting the ranch, pondering if they could bear the consequences?
However, ultimately, under his wife’s persuasion, he gave up on the idea.
The few people out in the wilderness were still persistently searching for clues!
Suddenly finding themselves in an unknown place, they feigned calm, scanning all around with their weapons. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽
"Laoda, didn’t find anything?" someone quietly reported.
"Keep waiting," Laoda replied in a deep voice.
By this time, Laoda was also at a loss.
"Hey, where’s my gun?" suddenly, someone exclaimed.
"Shut up!" Laoda growled softly. "What’s wrong with the gun?"
"Hey, my gun..." another person shouted.
A series of exclamations erupted, Laoda wanted to scold them, but suddenly realized, the gun in his hand and the pistol in his holster were all gone.
"Who?" Laoda couldn’t bother to stop the others, shouting fiercely. "Who’s playing tricks, come out?"
In a patch of woods in the distance, Xu Xiaoyan was wrapped in a thin blanket, looking through binoculars at the scene. She said viciously, "Yes, this is how you deal with them. What are they planning, bringing so many weapons?"
Yan Fei, seeing his wife angry earlier, brought her here, and even provided a military-grade night-vision binoculars to let her watch him deal with those people.
Now those people were huddled together, and from somewhere on their bodies pulled out various daggers. Someone kept waving them around, as if seriously defending against an unknown enemy.
"How will you interrogate them?" Xu Xiaoyan adjusted her blanket and whispered.
Actually they were quite far away, and there was wind in the wilderness, even shouting wouldn’t be heard from there. But the girl didn’t have much experience in doing such ’crafty things’, subconsciously worried someone might hear.
She forgot, with Yan Fei there, even if someone saw her, what could they do?
Yan Fei had already planned, "First mess with them for a bit, later send them to the laborers for slow interrogation. Hopefully results will come out tonight, then I’ll go deal with the mastermind. They’re targeting our ranch, bringing so many weapons. Is this to steal our secrets, or to destroy our ranch?"
Deliberately stating it severely, so later when the girl found the laborers’ interrogation methods too excessive, she wouldn’t be unhappy.
Sure enough, the girl was led by his rhythm, and fiercely said, "Yes, properly deal with them. We came here without knowing anyone. Is building a ranch easy? Just sold a few cows, and they’re eyeing us, can’t let them off easy!"
"Mm-hmm!" Yan Fei nodded. "Once I find the mastermind, what do you suggest?"
"... Anyway... make sure he doesn’t target us again!" The girl didn’t know what to do, pondering for a long time before coming up with such a weak answer.
To prevent them from targeting the ranch, Yan Fei had only two simple paths for them: one was to work for him, the other was to work for the king of the underworld.
The girl actually knew in her heart how Yan Fei would handle it, but still, she had some inner resistance to the idea.