Chapter 1313: Chapter 684: Dissolving into Nothingness

Bald Qiang, as a man of the streets, is quite experienced in this area. He started mingling in society at a young age, and in the beginning, due to lack of experience, he was detained and arrested several times.

The longest sentence was five years, during which he improved himself in prison. He’s humble, has excellent speaking skills, and is particularly good at flattering. Furthermore, he happened to be from the same hometown as a big shot inside, which connected him with people willing to give him some face. Hence, he learned a lot from many seniors, including many lessons.

After being released a year early, he initially wanted to find a legitimate job. However, society was filled with discrimination against ex-convicts like him, making it nearly impossible to find a decent job. Even if he tried to start a legitimate business, those who knew his background were unwilling to cooperate with him.

Additionally, he only graduated from middle school and had no special skills. Even if he found a legitimate job, it would be at the bottom of society, with poor treatment, low pay, and discrimination.

So, in the end, like many seniors, he took up his current job, dancing on the edge of the law.

Of course, the prerequisite was to follow a good brother. This "good" means not only providing sufficient reward and respect but also possessing enough background and influence.

Bian Xiangrong is just such a good brother in his eyes. Although only five or six years older than him, Bian’s conduct and abilities exceed his own by far.

Bian Xiangrong also committed crimes in his youth, served time, and had a criminal record. Later he turned over a new leaf, formed a construction team in his hometown, became a contractor, and earned his first pot of gold.

Afterward, he did various businesses, with both profits and losses. But overall, he made more profits than losses, thus accumulating a certain fortune.

Until five years ago, his cousin-in-law who was in the finance industry inspired and assisted him, leading to the creation of a loan company by this junior high school dropout businessman.

Bald Qiang joined when Bian just established the loan company, making him one of the first batch of employees and having witnessed the rapid rise of their financial loan company from inception.

Simply put, their boss Bian Xiangrong initially drove a fifty to sixty thousand Range Rover, with a mortgaged house just in the city center.

However, one year after founding the loan company, Bian Xiangrong bought a house in Shanghai for over five million in full payment, and upgraded his car to a Mercedes over a million.

And Bald Qiang, as one of the company’s first batch of veterans, also reaped the benefits. In the first year, he made over 200,000 in salary and bonuses, over 300,000 in the second year, directly over 500,000 in the third year, over 600,000 last year, and in the first half of this year, he already earned over 400,000.

Now with two or three months until the end of the year, he could still take home two months’ wages and various allowances, totaling around 100,000.

And year-end company bonuses and dividends for supervisors like him are at least a hundred thousand.

So conservatively estimated for this year, he will earn at least over 700,000.

It’s really achieving new records year after year.

Such annual salary increases are something countless workers envy and long for, which Bald Qiang is enjoying.

The main thing is, despite being questioned several times in the past five years, he emerged unscathed, held for at most 24 hours.

This indirectly reflects the connections and influence of his boss, Bian Xiangrong.

So, he loves this job and is extremely loyal and respectful to his boss, Bian Xiangrong.

He is also well-versed in legal affairs and dealing with the police.

This has led to his somewhat blind confidence now.

Under normal circumstances, his words just now made some sense, including tying the seventeen or eighteen-year-old violent girl directly and leaving her in the car, claiming it was heroic to catch her intending to hand her over to the police, only temporarily left alone in the car due to everyone worrying about the seriously injured colleague going to the hospital, hence not counting as illegal detention.

As for beating those young ones before, it was even more an act of heroism, rescuing his endangered colleague.

Everything makes sense.

However, Zhang Yuesheng, being cautious, suggested, "We’d better not leave her tied alone in the car; get someone to watch her, and don’t tie her up."

"Haha, since when did you become so timid?" Bald Qiang laughed heartily, patting him hard on the shoulder again, "Don’t worry. Nothing will happen. I haven’t done this just once or twice."

Zhang Yuesheng thought it over and realized it seemed right. Bald Qiang and his kind mainly handled debt collection, dealing with hardened defaulters who wouldn’t settle debts unless unconventional methods were used.

It’s just that Bald Qiang and his kind previously targeted adult men and women, not tonight’s young girl.

"That’s true, perhaps I’m overthinking."

Zhang Yuesheng could only say that.

"Alright, since Dalong is safe now, the three of us won’t linger here. You stay to accompany Dalong while I handle the rest of this matter."

Bald Qiang said, standing up.

Zhang Yuesheng quickly stood up, saying, "Sorry to trouble you, Brother Qiang."

"We’re family, no need for thanks. This time I will seek justice for Dalong. If the girl’s family is wealthy, we’ll ask for more, no less than 500,000. Tell Dalong when he wakes up."

"Okay, Brother Qiang."

Zhang Yuesheng immediately agreed. He knew well that Bald Qiang was keen to help, naturally gaining the most benefit for himself.

"I’ll be going then."

With these words, Bald Qiang headed towards the stairs.

They were either sitting or standing at the doorway of the ward when Bald Qiang was about to leave, a group of people with stern expressions quickly approached, all eyes fixed on them.

Instinctually sensing danger and unease, Bald Qiang turned to walk the other way.

Yet, upon lifting his eyes, oh boy, several officers and auxiliary police also approached, their gaze fixed on them.

This was a clear case of being surrounded and blocked from two sides.

Several plainclothes people on the other side—Bald Qiang was unsure of their exact identities before, but seeing these several officers now left him no doubt they were undercover.

At this moment, not only did Bald Qiang sense something wrong, but even his simple-minded, muscle-bound subordinates felt danger and unease.

Just as Bald Qiang hesitated about whether to hide in the ward, a black-faced plainclothes officer quickly approached within two to three meters, raising a printout stamped with a large red seal, shouting to them, "Qiao Daqiang, Li, Wang, Zhang Yuesheng, Chen Dalong, we are the criminal police force, and you are under arrest by law..."