Chapter 139: Guo Liang is a Good Comrade!

In the cramped and confined room, the light was dim and murky.

Guo Liang had a cigarette dangling between his lips, the swirling smoke blurring his features.

With a "slap," he slammed the playing cards in his hand heavily onto the table and said loudly, "Alright, I won again!"

Chu Kun, his face full of unwillingness, suddenly threw the cards in his hand down fiercely.

Lost again!

To be precise, from the very beginning, the only winner had been Guo Liang.

"Town Mayor Guo's luck is simply divine!" someone exclaimed from the side.

"Indeed, after these few rounds, Town Mayor Guo must have won tens of thousands, right?" another person chimed in.

The corners of Guo Liang's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a faint smile, and he said nonchalantly, "This bit of money, in your eyes, is nothing but a drop in the ocean."

Chu Kun grinned, his face full of smiles, and said, "With Town Mayor Guo joining our team as our strategist, things will surely be twice as effective with half the effort in the future; we won't let you earn any less."

Guo Liang let out a long sigh, his tone full of helplessness: "Being a Town Mayor, only taking that two or three thousand yuan salary every month, what's the point if there's no money in my pocket? It's better to follow you all, eating well and drinking well, and earning more cash—that is the sensible path."

Chu Kun narrowed his eyes, a flash of cunning in them, and deliberately probed, "Don't you miss your wife?"

Guo Liang waved his hand casually, looking completely indifferent: "As long as there is money, why worry about not having women around?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Kun slapped his thigh hard and burst into loud laughter: "Town Mayor Guo, you truly are a like-minded person!"

Chu Kun had been dealing with Guo Liang for several months and had gained some understanding of Guo Liang's character.

This gang had committed crimes in several cities, among which the fraud implemented in Pinghu was the most successful.

As for inviting Guo Liang to join the group, they had gone through careful deliberation.

If a team wants to develop for the long term, it must have someone who is familiar with the Government's administrative procedures.

As a Deputy Town Mayor, Guo Liang knew the Government's operating mechanisms like the back of his hand; having him join was undoubtedly like adding wings to a tiger.

Of course, Chu Kun always remained vigilant toward Guo Liang and had never returned his mobile phone to him.

And the reason Guo Liang was willing to join them was the result of Chu Kun's long-term, deliberate corruption and solicitation.

Although Guo Liang was a Deputy Town Mayor, that meager salary was truly difficult to satisfy his increasingly expanding desires.

Chu Kun took him in and out of various high-end entertainment venues to experience a life of squandering money; under such temptation, how could Guo Liang not be moved?

"Boss Chu, I have a request," Guo Liang said with a fawning smile on his face.

"Speak your mind!" Chu Kun responded with a calm expression.

Guo Liang smiled slightly awkwardly and said, "I want to call my wife. She has been with me for so many years; if she hasn't had any news of me, I'm afraid she'll think I'm dead and remarry with the child. A wife can be remarried, but I can't ignore the child."

Chu Kun looked Guo Liang up and down, then laughed readily: "Isn't it just making a call to your wife? What's the big deal about that!" As he spoke, he gave his subordinate a wink.

The subordinate understood and handed over Guo Liang's mobile phone.

Guo Liang stood up, just about to find a quiet and secluded corner to make the call. At this moment, Chu Kun reached out, pressed down on Guo Liang, and said, "Is there anything you can't say in front of the brothers?"

Guo Liang was slightly stunned, then burst into laughter: "Fine, I'll make it right here!"

Guo Liang dialed the number and said, "Wife, I'm fine, I'm handling some business outside, I'll be back in a while."

On the other end of the line, there was silence; there was not the slightest response.

Guo Liang asked "Eh?" in confusion, then asked again, "Are you listening?"

Seeing that there was still no sound on the other side, Guo Liang hung up the phone helplessly, then returned the phone to Chu Kun, explaining: "She must be angry with me and doesn't want to talk to me."

Chu Kun's eyes, however, suddenly became grave. He took Guo Liang's phone, flipped to the call logs, and took out his own phone to carefully verify the number.

Seeing this, Guo Liang's face turned deathly pale, thinking: Could it be that Chu Kun found out?

Chu Kun stood up abruptly, kicked Guo Liang to the ground, then stepped on his face and cursed viciously: "You dog! How dare you play me! You really have a lot of guts, damn it! You actually saved Tang Ye as 'Wife'."

Seeing that his intentions were exposed, Guo Liang simply gave up and said loudly, "Chu Kun, I advise you to surrender immediately! You have embezzled hundreds of millions in funds this time, and with such a huge commotion, the relevant departments will definitely not let you off!"

"Brother Chu, I told you this guy isn't simple and isn't easy to deal with. We must relocate immediately; this place might have already been exposed!" a henchman on the side reminded him anxiously.

Chu Kun then realized the henchman's reminder was very reasonable. He kicked Guo Liang two more times and then ordered: "Drag him behind the house and bury him!"

Guo Liang was dragged behind the house by a few people. Before long, they had dug a large pit, and Guo Liang was roughly thrown into it. Immediately after, soil fell upon him in succession, making a rustling sound.

Guo Liang slowly closed his eyes; he never expected that Chu Kun and his gang would be so ruthless.

So much for entering the game in person!

Wouldn't it have been better to hold onto the iron rice bowl and be a stable civil servant?

The soil gradually covered his face completely, blocking his nostrils and mouth, and an intense feeling of suffocation surged like a tide.

Was he really going to die like this? He was full of unwillingness. If he died, what would happen to the child? Would Xu Miao remarry? And his sister-in-law Xu Qiao...

Just at this moment, a noisy and fragmented sound suddenly came to his ears.

"Don't move!"

"Everyone get down!"

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!" Several gunshots pierced the silent air.

Immediately after, a series of wailing screams followed.

"Director Wan, we found Town Mayor Guo! He's in the pit!"

Hearing the shout, Wan Ming rushed to the edge of the pit, used his hands to directly scrape away the soil, and dragged Guo Liang out of the pit.

Guo Liang gasped for air, the relief of surviving a disaster evident on his face.

Wan Ming let out a long breath and said, "Guo, you're fine, that's truly great!"

Guo Liang almost cried out, saying, "If you had come a moment later, my life would have been gone."

While helping Guo Liang pat the dirt off his body, Wan Ming said admiringly, "You must be well, otherwise Town Mayor Tang won't spare me."

At the same time, Tang Ye was pacing back and forth anxiously in his office.

Guo Liang had called him, and Tang Ye concluded that Guo Liang must be with Chu Kun's criminal gang at this moment.

Tang Ye pondered to himself that Guo Liang truly had a lot of nerve. That group of people could defraud such a massive sum of money; they must be a bunch of desperate criminals.

Just then, his cell phone rang suddenly, and Tang Ye quickly answered the call.

"We found Guo, he is fine! We also caught Chu Kun; if we had been one step later, we would have let him get away," came the good news from the other end of the line.

"That's good!" Tang Ye's hanging heart finally settled, and he said, "Let Guo Liang take the phone."

Guo Liang took the phone from Wan Ming's hand, unable to suppress his inner emotions any longer, and broke down crying: "Town Mayor Tang, I was almost buried alive by that bunch. It is all thanks to your brilliant foresight that you saved my life at the critical moment."

Listening to Guo Liang's words, Tang Ye felt both annoyed and amused. Even at a time like this, this guy Guo Liang still didn't forget to butter him up.

"Guo, you have performed a great service this time; I will report your deeds truthfully."

"Whether it's a service or not is secondary; the key is being able to help the common people recover their losses."

Tang Ye thought to himself that Guo Liang really had a way with words, spouting high-sounding rhetoric at the drop of a hat.

Wan Ming took the phone back from Guo Liang's hand and walked to a place where Guo Liang could not see him.

"I really hadn't noticed before, but this guy Guo has too many schemes! He just asked to retake photos to recreate the scene of when he was being buried alive."

After hearing this, Tang Ye was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Considering he went deep into the tiger's den, let's satisfy this request of his!"

After hanging up the phone, Tang Ye felt his spirits lift.

He had not expected that the turning point of the matter would actually lie with Guo Liang.

Even more unexpectedly, when he had originally just casually asked Guo Liang to keep a close eye on Hong Zhen, his execution was actually this strong!

Tang Ye picked up his phone and dialed Du Chengfeng's number: "Secretary, Wan Ming just rounded up the Hong Zhen fraud gang in another area, and we also found Guo Liang. Facing the cunning criminal gang, he maneuvered cleverly, won their trust, and very wittily passed location information to the police at the highway exit, providing key clues for solving this major fraud case and playing a vital role."

Upon hearing this news, Du Chengfeng could not help but clench his fists, stand up excitedly, and his eyes flashed with a gleam of excitement.

"Guo Liang has worked hard. Your judgment of people is very accurate; he is a good comrade!"