Chapter 2815

After Zhou Andong returned home, he went to the rear annex building to see his daughter, but the little girl was asleep, and he couldn't even sneak a kiss, as Jian Qiu chased him out, fearing the child would be woken up and cause a commotion.

Zhou Andong sighed, returned to the study, and began writing Ghost Blows Out the Light. Seeing that it was already nine o'clock, he prepared to sleep, when Jian Qiu entered the study.

"Your elder daughter is awake and drinking milk; go take a look."

"Oh my!" Zhou Andong stood up and walked out: "Finally awake."

Jian Qiu followed behind, and soon the two arrived at the rear annex building. At this moment, Xiao Yu Mao had already finished her milk, her little feet kicking randomly, her small hands occasionally raised and swiped twice. Especially her pair of big eyes, with jet-black pupils rolling around, looking here and there.

As soon as Zhou Andong entered, he lay with a shameless grin beside the baby's crib, while Xiao Yu Mao stared with her big eyes at the man who had suddenly entered her field of vision. The father and daughter locked eyes, staring for two or three minutes, then Xiao Yu Mao yawned, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

"Little rascal!" Zhou Andong grinned proudly at his daughter: "You still want to compete with me in stamina? You're far behind."

Jian Qiu chuckled: "Not a shred of propriety."

Zhou Andong lowered his head, kissed Xiao Yu Mao once, then left the room satisfied: "Wife, will you sleep here tonight or go with me to the guest room?"

"I'll go with you to the guest room." Jian Qiu told the nanny a sentence, then linked arms with Zhou Andong as they walked out.

The two walked hand in hand toward the three-courtyard residence: "Wife, is everything arranged?"

"Everything is arranged." Jian Qiu said softly: "The flight is tomorrow afternoon around two o'clock."

"Mm!" As they walked and talked, upon reaching the four-courtyard compound, they saw Zhao Jie, responsible for the sanitation of the three-courtyard, hurrying over. Seeing them, she quickly said: "Chairman, Yue Ju Zhang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau is calling you."

Zhou Andong was startled: calling this late must be a major matter: "Is it the study phone or the guest room phone?"

Zhao Jie immediately said: "The study phone."

"Good!" Zhou Andong quickened his pace forward: "Has the phone been hung up?"

"No!" Zhao Jie trotted along behind him.

Arriving at the study, Zhou Andong picked up the phone: "Leader, it's so late and you haven't slept yet?"

From the receiver came Yue Guojiang's voice: "I wanted to sleep early, but since someone has hired assassins to kill you, how could I sleep?"

Zhou Andong let out a hey laugh: "Leader, I'm just a small-time businessman; you saying this makes it hard for me to sleep and eat."

"Enough!" Yue Guojiang didn't want to waste time arguing with Zhou Andong: "The arrest of Li Honghai isn't going smoothly; we need to borrow some personnel from your wool factory's security department."

Zhou Andong was startled: "Just arresting Li Honghai—what problems could arise?"

Yue Guojiang briefly explained: "The municipal bureau and criminal police detachment lack manpower; if we request personnel from the sub-bureau, it might leak information. So, borrowing personnel from your wool factory's security department is perfect."

"Alright!" After all, it's for my own affairs, Zhou Andong readily agreed: "Should I send people to the municipal bureau or the criminal police detachment?"

"Come to the municipal bureau!" Yue Guojiang said: "Take the municipal bureau's vehicle for law enforcement; no one will notice anything amiss."

"Then it's settled!" Zhou Andong hung up, then dialed the security department's duty room.

"Beep—beep—"

After just two rings, it connected: "Hello, this is the Wool Factory Security Department."

"I am Zhou Andong!" Zhou Andong said solemnly: "Which company is on duty at the security department today?"

"Factory Director!" The voice on the receiver immediately rose: "Today, the First Company of the Second Battalion is on duty; I am Company Commander Li Qi!"

Zhou Andong ordered: "Immediately notify the battalion commander of the Second Battalion and all personnel of the Second Battalion to assemble at the factory within half an hour."

Li Qi asked: "Factory Director, what is the task?"

Zhou Andong said: "The municipal bureau has an operation; we need the security department to cooperate."

"Understood!" Li Qi immediately responded: Cooperating with the public security bureau's operations is not the first or second time; Li Qi had no major doubts: "After we assemble, should we go directly to the municipal bureau?"

"Yes!" Zhou Andong said: "I'll go to the factory immediately; we'll discuss anything else when we get there."

Zhou Andong hung up the phone, and Jian Qiu hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Andong briefly explained: "I'm going to the factory to check things out; don't cause any trouble."

"I'll go with you." Jian Qiu followed him out the door.

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In a private room on the third floor of the Dream Lotus Bath Center, a man with a big head and thick neck, sporting a crew cut, lay on the massage table, while a completely naked woman straddled him, giving him a massage.

This man was Li Honghai, who had drunk all night the previous evening, arrived at the bath center at dawn to sleep, slept until evening, then ate, and then went to soak in the bath, just having come out of the pool.

Next to Li Honghai was another massage table, on which lay a balding old man, clearly over fifty. Similarly, a completely naked woman was giving him a massage.

"Zheng Si!" Li Honghai reached over, took the cigarette, lit it, and said with a smile: "You haven't gone home these two days; won't your sister-in-law be angry?"

Zheng Mingyu grunted, as if he had been pressed into comfort: "I'm so busy with work; working a few extra days overtime is perfectly normal."

"That's right!" Li Honghai slapped the woman's elastic buttocks with a loud smack, lewdly laughing: "Working overtime like this every day, I can barely stand it."

Zheng Mingyu also burst into laughter, his laughter sounding extremely lewd, as he grabbed the woman's body with both hands: "To die beneath a peony flower, even as a ghost, is romantic; damn it, what does a man seek in this life? Isn't it just this?"

"Exactly!" Li Honghai echoed: "The meaning of a man's life is power, money, and women; if a man lacks all three, then living has no meaning at all."

Zheng Mingyu also lit a cigarette: "Honghai, how is the matter with the Yuxi Real Estate going?"

Li Haihong said boldly: "Zheng Si, rest assured; the plan is proceeding smoothly; after the topping-out next year, I will send all participants away, leaving no loose ends."

"I trust you in handling affairs." Zheng Mingyu took a hard drag on his cigarette, smiling: "After success, the leadership will certainly not mistreat you."

Li Honghai's smile grew even more radiant: "Zheng Si, when will my request for five thousand tons of steel be approved?"

Zheng Mingyu, lacking any decorum, flicked ash onto the ground: "Approval procedures are strict now, but next month should be about the same."

As the two chatted, over twenty police cars stopped at the entrance of the bath center, followed by a number of fully armed officers disembarking, led by Zhao Hong and Wu Jun, several criminal detectives, entering the bath center.

At this moment, a Mercedes-Benz stopped beside the road opposite the bath center, and Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu, this couple, stepped out of the car.

"Not going home to sleep in the middle of the night, but running over to watch the fun." Jian Qiu yawned, lazily leaning against the car body, gazing opposite.

Zhou Andong lit a cigarette: "I want to see how many heads Li Honghai has grown; I, Zhou Andong, dare to scheme against him."