Fang Yu didnāt get a call from Yang Lei the next day. He waited patiently for another two days. When he went again, he still didnāt get a call from Yang Lei, and Fang Yu knew that something must have happened to Yang Lei.
Fang Yu was dreadfully anxious.
When Fang Yu decided to come back to Jianghai and see Yang Lei, he had already made preparations in his mind. At this point, he didnāt regret it. Even if he had to do it again, he would still choose to avenge Jiu Geās death. His only worry was implicating Yang Lei. Yang Lei was running around for him and thinking of solutions, but that was drawing the fire to himself! If the police found that Yang Lei had hidden him, Yang Lei would be guilty of harboring a criminal. Even if Yang Lei had that kind of background, with the current circumstances and situation, nothing was certain!
Fang Yu didnāt know how he passed these days when there was no news at all from Yang Lei.
He was anxious, tormented, and regretful!
āā¦Helloā¦ā
Fang Yu finally couldnāt bear it. He took the risk and called the number that Yang Lei had left.
Once the person who answered the phone heard the voice, he guessed who he was.
This person was Yang Leiās childhood friend, a classmate from elementary school to middle school. A nerd, model student, and excellent student, he was a top student all the way to college. He didnāt fight, and he hadnāt even clenched a fist. So people were just this weird. They looked like two people who had nothing to do with each other, but real friends would appear when something had happened, and they could be trusted at any time.
He was the person Yang Lei thought of who would be suspected the least.
āDonāt worry. I havenāt heard that anything happened to him. Iāll ask for you now. Call me again at night,ā the classmate said. The classmate was very calm.
The classmate heard that Yang Lei was locked up at home. The classmate went into the Yang house. Yang Dahai knew him. Among all of Yang Leiās friends, he was the only one Yang Dahai welcomed.
āUncle Yang, Iāve brought Yang-zi a computer magazine to relieve his boredom.ā
Since he was a scholar, Yang Dahai didnāt guard against him.
āHeās crazy with anxiety. Heās afraid of implicating you and wants to turn himself in.ā
The two of them spoke in a low voice inside the room.
āWhat??ā
Yang Lei was also like an ant on a hot pot at home. He regretted that he had overlooked things. He didnāt think that Yang Dahai would lock him up. If Fang Yu didnāt receive his phone call, how anxious would he be?? He was just waiting for his classmate to come. He was very anxious from waiting. With no news from him, Fang Yu would definitely contact the number he left behind.
Yang Dahai cut off all of his contacts with the outside world, including the phone. Even if there were a phone, Yang Lei couldnāt use the phone in the house to call. That would only expose Fang Yu.
But this was a battle, and whoever couldnāt persist would lose. Yang Lei couldnāt leave. He had to drag this out.
āHeās crazy! Did you stop him?!ā
Since he hadnāt paved the road smoothly yet, Fang Yu couldnāt go right now! If he popped up and were caught, what kind of āturning inā could be discussed? Nothing could be explained clearly!
āI stopped him. Donāt worry!ā
āTell him that he must not act rashly! Nothing has happened to me! ā¦He should take care of himself! ā¦ā
Yang Lei was also incoherentā¦
The days when Fang Yu was dreadfully anxious, those in Guangzhou were already worried.
The two Vietnamese War veterans already knew about Fang Yuās crime. At that time, when Jianghaiās gangsters committed a crime and ran away, they ran to Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangdong the most often. Those who were lucky could even run to Hong Kong or Macao. That really was beyond their reach. It was the ideal place to run away for those in the gangdom.
These two veterans had already made some achievements in Guangdong. Fang Yu called them once using the public phone. Fang Yu didnāt make this call for himself. His men, especially Lao Liang, were still wanted criminals right now. During this crackdown, it wasnāt known whether or not they could hide from it. Right now, he was already like this. He wouldnāt be able to take care of his brothers. He entrusted these brothers to his two brothers, hoping that if something happened to them, they would have a place to go, and they could accept and take care of them.
Yet these two veterans, could they watch Fang Yu and ignore him??
āAre you stupid?? Youāre still not running away? Wait. We have a way to pick you up. Weāll arrive tomorrow or the day after!ā
āNo, I canāt go yet.ā
āWhy?ā
āā¦I have to wait for someone!ā
āFuck! Who? A girl? What time is it now?!ā
Fang Yu didnāt replyā¦
When Fang Yu heard the news from the classmate, the classmate revealed everything to Fang Yu. He said all the things that Yang Lei let and didnāt let him say.
āā¦Heās begging his dadā¦ Heās also in contact with the other side. Heās already asked people to find a way.ā
Yang Lei couldnāt put all of his eggs into one basket. He had to try all of the possibilities.
āThis amount.ā
The classmate said an amount to Fang Yu.
āā¦Where did he get so much money?ā
āHe sold his car. It was an imported car, worth hundreds of thousands.ā
āā¦ā
Fang Yu didnāt say anythingā¦
At night three days later, Fang Yu returned to the farmhouse in the continuous drizzle.
That day, he still didnāt receive a phone call from Yang Lei.
Fang Yu, who was sitting in the deep darkness and pondering, suddenly stood up.
He vigilantly reached toward the courtyard wall, listening to the movement outside. Every nerve was tense. His hand reached behind his waist.
The gate of the courtyard was tapped lightly.
Once, twice.
āā¦Fang Yuā¦!ā
A low, urgent, and familiar voice sounded hurriedlyā¦