Chapter 158: Ship Boss [Third Watch, Requesting Subscription and Monthly Tickets]

"Aowu——"

As the lights of Hai Linglong went out, a howl, like that of a wolf or a dog, echoed through the floors and corridors of Hai Linglong; after roaring, Bai Bai ran toward the parking lot as planned.

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On the seventh floor of Hai Linglong, a young man in a dark red shirt sat behind the boss's chair.

The wolf's howl outside and the flickering lights reflected in his gold-rimmed glasses; after a brief silence, Lin Hao unfastened his cufflinks and slowly rolled up his sleeves, rising from the chair, saying:

"Gentlemen. Before we set sail, we may need to deal with one thing first."

"That stupid dog has come knocking again."

Lin Hao, whose face showed only twenty-six or twenty-seven years, heard the commotion inside the club; his eyes revealed a dark, ferocious intensity that even his glasses could not hide.

In this opulent office, where dark red carpets covered most of the floor, dim yellow light glowed upon the heavy dark wood desk and bookshelves, casting a hue like dried, congealed blood.

Across from Lin Hao sat six men.

Every time we set sail, beyond the basic large-boat transport, we need trusted confidants to coordinate and inspect the cargo, ensuring our pilots don't slip in any prohibited items banned by the authorities.

Facing Bai Bai's renewed provocation, Lin Hao felt a rage he could barely contain.

"A Xiang! Immediately notify Tu Fang."

"Squeak——"

Before Lin Hao could finish speaking, a white albino hedgehog, nearly five meters long, lying on its back in a velvet nest on the old redwood desk, let out a rat-like "squeak."

The hedgehog's entire body was snow-white, with only a golden trim along the boundary between its spines and belly fur.

The golden-trimmed hedgehog lounged lazily, its long legs casually dangling outside the nest, slowly picking up fruit from beside it and shoving it into its mouth.

Lin Hao froze, quickly grabbing the speaker beside him and placing it next to the golden-trimmed hedgehog: "Grandma, you speak."

"Squeak squeak squeak."

The golden-trimmed hedgehog glanced at Lin Hao, turned toward the speaker, and "squeaked" out a phrase; after a brief translation, the speaker emitted a lazy, steady, mature woman's voice:

"Ah Hao, you must be calm in all you do and say. Don't leave any openings. Didn't you just visit your uncle who got six years last month?"

"But! Grandma, that stupid dog—" Lin Hao immediately grew furious and tried to retort.

But amid a flurry of "squeak squeak," Lin Hao could only swallow his anger.

"It's just some property loss. Don't make a scene everyone will hear about, especially now, during this sensitive period. The authorities aren't blind—they just don't think it's worth it, and because we can black-kill on the other side, taking out those who truly transport contraband."

"This is a favor, not an entitlement." The lazy, mature voice scolded, then added:

"Take me over there. Oh, and bring out the fireworks from the warehouse and set them off—consider it compensation for the sudden power outage, hehehe."

Through the speaker, the golden-trimmed hedgehog, as if thinking of something amusing, let out a sultry, seductive laugh of a mature woman.

Lin Hao took a deep breath and reverently lifted the one-meter-long wooden board, placing the fifteen-kilogram golden-trimmed hedgehog, its nest, and snacks all upon it.

Lin Hao carried the board with both arms, gave a glance to the six men before him; two immediately rushed to open the door and took the chairman's private elevator downstairs, while the other four followed Grandma's orders without hesitation.

They had long grown accustomed to their boss obeying the golden-trimmed hedgehog in everything.

Or rather, the true 【Ship Boss】 of the Shuangxi County Hao Village gang was the golden-trimmed hedgehog.

The boss changes like flowing water; the chairman is ironclad.

If Lin Hao's father hadn't been starving as a youth and gone to the creek to catch fish, he never would've met Grandma the hedgehog—and the entertainment empire led by Hao Village's villagers would never have been born.

Legend says Lin Hao's penniless father, upon seeing Grandma the hedgehog, starved into madness and tried to bite her.

She didn't kill him; instead, impressed by his strength, she took him as her mount.

Of course, whether these rumors were true or not, Mao Mao and Ah Du dared not ask Lin Hao or the village elders.

In short.

Even if Grandma wanted to wear a bikini and none existed on the market, she'd tie up the tailor, press a gun to his head, and force him to make one.

…………

"Ding——"

Under the protection of Mao Mao and Ah Du, Lin Hao, carrying the board and Grandma on his arms, arrived at the rear parking lot—the usual exit Grandma used.

As the elevator doors opened, Lin Hao stepped out, turned, and saw a majestic white wolf standing outside the glass wall; in the midnight wind blowing across the river, its white fur streamed behind it, its gaze sharp as it stared at Hai Linglong.

Besides the white wolf, the entire parking lot was filled with dogs of all kinds, some even blocking the entrance and exit.

"Wretched beast!"

Lin Hao quickly scanned the scene and muttered a curse under his breath.

Today, this matter won't end peacefully.

Previously, it was mere coincidence; now, that white wolf knew Grandma's residence.

If we don't deal with it, Hai Linglong Entertainment City will never know peace—and worse, it might draw the attention of the Anquan Bureau.

"Squeak squeak squeak."

The golden-trimmed hedgehog sat slumped in its velvet nest tilted at a forty-five-degree angle, smiling faintly, its two pale little feet crossed at the ankle; it raised a hand, and Ah Du hurried forward to light a specially custom-made cigarette for Grandma.

The golden-trimmed hedgehog, smiling, teased the dog that had once encountered her, lost, and fled in disgrace.

At that moment, the speaker began to speak:

"Oh hehe~ Isn't this the dog that last time fled with its tail between its legs? What, missing Grandma's loving injections? Wanting Grandma to give you another dose of needle-thorn love?"

"Wang——"

Bai Bai sneered, emitting a low, mocking sound: "Wang wang wang——"

Old witch, don't get too cocky—I'm not here alone today!

"Dang dang dang——"

As Grandma the golden-trimmed hedgehog pondered Bai Bai's words, four sharp, clear echoes rang out in the parking lot.

"Grandma, there's an ambush! Hai Linglong's got an ambush! There's another fox holding a trash can and smashing people!" In the third- and sixth-floor surveillance rooms, a man with one cheek red as if crushed under a wheel screamed in terror, barely holding himself up as he staggered to the window and yelled toward the parking lot.

But before he could finish—even before he could say the fox was deleting the footage—

The three people below, the two spirit beasts, and the dogs all saw a slender white paw reach out from the window, gripping the man's hair and dragging him back into the surveillance room.

"Dang——"

The crisp, low sound of a skull striking a metal trash can echoed through the parking lot.

"Ying!"

The little fox stood upright on the trash can, leaning against the windowsill, gazing out at the parking lot, and nodded to Bai Bai, saying:

"All the footage we could delete is gone. Now, let's give these kids a lesson—we can clock out."

"Little one, don't talk too big." Grandma the hedgehog glanced back, smiled, and her back muscles rippled; a spine as hard as alloy shot toward the sixth-floor surveillance room.

An Sheng startled—he saw a white streak flash toward him and immediately crouched behind the windowsill cover.

"Zi——"

The white spine pierced straight through the wall, cutting through the dry-hung marble and surface concrete; An Sheng watched the spine vanish into the concrete and sucked in a sharp breath.

Then, curious, he extended a paw and poked the spine embedded in the windowsill; it trembled slightly, emitting a metallic hum like a sword's resonance.

"Holy shit!"

An Sheng stared at the spine, then instinctively glanced at Grandma's back—thousands upon thousands of golden-trimmed spines:

You're Xing Jia, Ming Telin, full name: Animal Kingdom Gattling, right?!

An Sheng knew hedgehogs had spines.

So, knowing it'd be hard to land a blow on one, he'd prepared a metal trash can, planning to smash it over the hedgehog's head on sight.

But no one told him the hedgehog could fire its spines like bullets!

(End of Chapter)