Chapter 527: Hit a wall and got stuck

Wu An shouted at him: "Wait a moment, finish speaking then leave, what's the rush?"

Lin Hu stopped, saying: "How?"

"I'm not in a hurry."

"I didn't do anything, and I have nothing to feel guilty about, so what's there to rush about?"

Wu An saw his anxious explanation and asked: "Why are you telling me all this?"

Lin Hu hesitated a moment, then said: "I... I don't want to be against you."

"I think you're not someone to provoke."

Wu An smiled and continued asking: "You told me this, aren't you afraid Shen Nan will be unhappy?"

Lin Hu pursed his lips: "If he's unhappy, he's unhappy; anyway, this matter can't be publicized everywhere."

"At worst, I'll just stop hanging out with him in the future."

"I've already been in once; I don't want to go in a second time."

Wu An kept pressing: "You could have clarified this over a phone call; why wait so long?"

Lin Hu gave a wry laugh twice, saying: "I was worried you wouldn't believe me."

"After all, I've done that before."

"I thought telling you in person would be more convincing."

Wu An nodded: "Lin Hu, thanks."

"I'll remember this favor."

"If Shen Nan asks you later, just say there are surveillance cameras all around my fishing boat, so I wouldn't dare act."

Lin Hu nodded, saying: "What if Shen Nan doesn't believe it?"

Wu An said: "You think I'm telling you to lie? If you listened to him, you'd probably already be caught."

He had long guarded against this; when the fishing boat was delivered, those cameras were already installed and have been monitoring 24/7.

Lin Hu realized, saying: "Then my coming specially to remind you was unnecessary."

Wu An took out a pack of cigarettes, handed it to him: "Not unnecessary."

"Look at all these cigarette butts around; this pack of cigarettes is compensation for you."

"I won't say more; I'm about to go out to sea right now."

Lin Hu glanced to see if it was Hua Zi or soft, then said: "Oh, then I've made a gain."

"Wishing you smooth sailing and great wealth."

Wu An nodded, returned to the car; Mei Yueqin asked something, and Wu An casually replied: "Just a small matter."

Shen Nan had people deal with his affairs; he didn't intend to tell his family, to avoid adding trouble.

Mei Yueqin said: "Then just make a phone call; can I wait for you at the doorstep?"

Wu An laughed: "You just want to boost your favor with me."

"Nobody's a fool."

Lin Hu looked at the big, rough guy, actually quite thoughtful, still a deep-feeling type; if he didn't follow Shen Nan's orders, he'd surely offend Shen Nan.

"Offending that side, he'd definitely need to get on good terms with this side."

"It's obvious that between him and Shen Nan, Lin Hu favors him more."

"There's nothing to be proud about."

"Frankly, he'd rather make money harmoniously than fight Shen Nan to the death."

"The future prospects on this village side are not small, with many money-making opportunities; actually they don't need to lock horns, they can fully cooperate to get rich together."

"Previously Shen Nan and Chen Gui teamed up against him; out of respect for the village elder's face, he didn't shout for a fight."

"Now looking at it, it won't work."

"I can't tolerate it any longer."

"There's the saying you can be a thief for a thousand days but can't guard against a thief for a thousand days; he needs to find a way to deal with Shen Nan."

"He needs to let Shen Nan know who really is the top dog in the village now."

"After a delay, when they arrived at the dock, everyone was already on board."

"Li Juan also came."

Mei Yueqin went aboard, saw the rest area was a mess; while everyone ate breakfast, she hurried to tidy up, told Wu An to eat early, reminded him to eat more fruit, and chattered for a while before disembarking.

Wu An waved at his sister-in-law.

Lao Fu Tou started the fishing boat; with a roar, the boat slowly pulled away from the dock.

At the same time, firecrackers sounded again.

Amid the smoke of the firecrackers, Mei Yueqin and Li Juan waved their arms vigorously; the two stood on the dock, not leaving for a long time.

……

On the boat.

Everyone dispersed, each finding something to do.

Fu Yongning, as an old shipworker, saw the Fan brothers didn't know what to do, so he took them to tidy the rope tools.

Wu An looked left and right, feeling something was missing; after a while he realized and asked: "Where's A Qing?"

"I haven't seen him since we boarded."

"Is he on the boat?"

Mei Wu coughed twice, quietly walked aside; after just a couple steps, Wu An called out to stop him.

Mei Wu said: "He's on the boat."

"But……"

I'll take you to have a look.

They came to the resting room.

He pulled open the compartment door; inside was the sleeping area, and A Qing sat cross-legged playing on his phone.

Seeing Wu An, he quickly lowered his head.

Wu An glared and shouted, "What's wrong with your face?"

"Ah?"

"What are you hiding for? I've already seen it."

A Qing raised his head, resentfully saying, "Brother, I'm fine, just superficial injuries."

Wu An: "I'm asking you what happened."

A Qing hurriedly spoke.

Wu An reached out and poked him, scolding, "Even you're hiding it from me? Once you're healed, I'll make sure you get a beating."

Having said that, he turned and left.

They arrived at the control room.

Lao Fu Tou saw Wu An walking over angrily and naturally knew what it was about.

Wu An said, "A Qing can't explain it clearly; you tell me exactly what happened."

Lao Fu Tou nodded and explained in detail.

A Qing followed over.

Wu An said, "A Qing, you fought those two for my sake, so I'll take care of this."

"Break one of their hands."

"What do you think?"

A Qing nodded.

Wu An patted his shoulder; since those two had A Qing pinned to the ground and beaten, there's no need to recognize that older cousin.

"You say A Qing threw the first punch."

Wu An isn't a police officer; he doesn't care about right or wrong.

He only knows that his best underling was beaten; this grudge must be avenged.

He walked out of the resting room.

Standing at the ship's side, blowing in the sea breeze, after thinking a moment, he took out his phone and called Lao Jiang.

"Lao Jiang, go ask if Luo You and Luo Liang are in the village."

"As soon as possible."

"Those two bastards gave A Qing a beating."

He hung up the phone.

After waiting a few minutes, Lao Jiang called back: "A An, they're not home."

"I'll keep an eye out; as soon as they return to the village, I'll notify you right away."

Wu An said, "Okay."

"I'm out at sea now; if you can't reach me, keep an eye on things and tell me when I return."

Lao Jiang acknowledged.

Wu An returned, had A Qing look up Luo You and Luo Liang's QQ space, and quickly found those brothers' kamikaze-style photos.

One face was half-covered by its front bangs; the shooting environment was still an internet cafe.

The resolution is naturally not high, but it should still be recognizable.

Wu An downloaded it and sent it to A Jin.

Then he made a phone call.

A Jin asked what was up.

Wu An said directly, "Help me find your older cousin."

"Then send the photo to your older cousin."

"As for those two in the photo, I… either you give me your older cousin's contact info, and I'll contact him directly."

A Jin said solemnly, "Older brother An, if you trust me, let me handle this."