"Judging by your expressions, am I right? You’re eager for me to leave because this is where you manufacture drugs?" Li Yan chuckled. "Looking at this small workshop, you’re probably dealing with lower-grade stuff, right?"

The faces of the few people turned grim. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

In a drug dealer’s hideout, when an unidentified man, possibly even a cop, suddenly appears to discuss the quality and grade of merchandise, and the level of manufacturing, no one’s expression would look good.

At this moment, the man who had just run downstairs quickly returned. Unaware of the developments above, he started yelling as soon as he arrived.

"Monkey’s been knocked out! Damn it! He’s a cop!"

This single sentence immediately caused the three people, whose expressions had already changed, to exchange glances. The one who seemed to be the leader no longer wore a smile. Sneering coldly, he said, "Since we’re laying our cards on the table, you’re not leaving today!"

His story-telling ability was superb, and his decisiveness was exceptional!

Skeptical that Li Yan might belong to an underworld gang and not wanting unnecessary trouble, and suspicious he might be a cop and unwilling to lose more than they could gain, he had hinted clearly just now: as long as Li Yan left now, he would let the others go. Now that the secret was out, he made a new decision immediately — he drew a gun!

"Damn it! Worthless Monkey, can’t do anything right! He even revealed the hideout to someone without any precautions." The man with the brazen attitude cursed and swore at the cohort knocked out by Li Yan below.

Their guns were limited, with only the leader armed, but they worked in synchrony. Since Li Yan could silently take down Monkey, he must have some skills, prompting them to quickly find weapons! Some carried small knives, others wielded a steel pipe, and one lifted a stool.

With knives, guns, steel pipes, and the ’most primal weapon’ — a folding stool, if four against one wasn’t enough, they’d be pigs.

They were cautious but not under much pressure, only the leader kept his eyes fixed on Li Yan.

Li Yan initially thought this might be an underground gambling den, hence hadn’t prepared much, thinking it would be easy to take someone away. Unexpectedly, it was an underground drug den, and they had a gun.

In terms of firearms skills, even if the four of them combined, they wouldn’t match him. But because he understood guns well, he didn’t show any recklessness before securing control.

"Calm down, calm down!" Li Yan spread his hands, indicating he meant no harm. "You only want someone to smuggle goods, right? Huang Feng refused, so you tried to use his sister to threaten him, correct? No problem, I know Huang Feng, I can talk to him for you! Let me meet him, I guarantee I can persuade him. I’m actually his sister’s boyfriend, not a cop. You can rest assured, and if you really can’t handle him, I can step up. Anyway, you just need someone to smuggle, it doesn’t have to be him, right?"

"Smuggle your ass!" the man with the brazen attitude, holding a stool, cursed at Li Yan: "Recently, several smugglers have been caught, inspections are tight. How much can you carry?"

"Can’t I just be more careful?" Li Yan said indifferently.

"Hmph! Our stuff is powder. You’d have to hide it in your ass to smuggle through. Can you do that? It’s easier for his sister!"

Li Yan instantly understood. Drug smuggling varied by situation; when risk was low, they could safely wrap it and tape it to the body to pass through unnoticed. But when the streets were hot, even that wasn’t safe, so people used condoms filled with drugs, hidden in women’s bodies, or through the rectum.

In this method, it’s completed in the border’s restroom, then quickly removed on the other side. The inspection risk is minimized since they can’t touch or strip you down. But for the smuggler, personal risk greatly increases!

"So that’s it, no wonder Huang Feng refused to smuggle for you. You even want his sister to do it?" Li Yan felt a chill. He didn’t know much about Huang Feng, his help was purely for Huang Ying’s sake. Yet for safety and convenience, they wanted to threaten Huang Feng to force Huang Ying to smuggle drugs for them!

Li Yan couldn’t stand it!

Never mind the discomfort of inserting drugs, if it broke, it could be deadly!

Huang Ying’s life was tough enough; now they wanted her to do something so dangerous and using her only brother to threaten her!

"Damn it! Isn’t it easier for a woman?"

"Stop talking!" The leader interrupted, coldly watching Li Yan, "Don’t stall. I don’t believe you’d do this willingly; now that you’ve discovered our secret, you should know the consequences!"

"Wait!"

Li Yan shouted, "Fine. Honestly, I didn’t expect these severe consequences. I thought he was just offending other gangsters or owed gambling or loan shark debts, something money could solve. But this is much more complicated; you even have guns. Since you have four people and a gun, there’s no point in me running. Can you at least let me die with some clarity?"

"What do you want to know?" The leader hesitated but still asked, signaling the knife-holder to check outside the window, wary Li Yan might’ve called the cops and was stalling, or even being a cop. If true, they couldn’t shoot casually and might have to take him hostage. And either way, they had to relocate this place.

"I want to know why Huang Feng got involved with you. I remember he’s a university student; is he dealing drugs with you? Has he smuggled before? If you kill me and keep your secret, will you leave the two of them alone?"

Li Yan asked several questions, wanting to understand Huang Feng’s situation. It seemed not only he was unaware, but Huang Ying, the sister, didn’t quite grasp her brother’s life, thinking he was just attending school. The last question was a distraction tactic; he wouldn’t let himself die. If he died there, at the hands of a regular guy’s ordinary gun, it would be shameful!

Seeing the window-checker shake his head, the leader relaxed a bit and said, "Since you’re asking, I’m not afraid to tell you. Huang Feng is a chemistry student; we hired him for chemical research. Only now does he realize we make drugs, so we can’t let him go until he smuggles a few times and participates in manufacturing, binding him to us.

He might be afraid of dying, refusing everything. We didn’t threaten him; his family contacts, including his sister, came from the recruitment info. If his sister helps him smuggle a few times until this alerts cool, we’d gladly release them. Satisfied?"

"You really mean it?" Li Yan sneered inwardly, satisfied? Just talk. If they killed me, wouldn’t Huang Feng and Huang Ying be even more under their control? People like this aren’t easily satisfied! They’d drag the two down the road of no return!

"Of course, now he’s an intern for small issues only. We have better smugglers; it’s just a special period now. You think I wanted him in? We have to share more!" the leader finished coldly, "Now you can die in peace!" (To be continued, for more, please visit www.qidian.com, support the author, and enjoy legal reading!)