Chapter 12: Two Similar People (Part 2) (First Update)

  Sorry, I'm back late~

  First update, seeking recommendations!

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  "How come you're calling now."

  An Junhe walked into the balcony and pulled up the glass door behind him, not letting his voice go out. He said in a low voice to the person on the other end of the phone: "Something's happened?"

  "Brother, someone is looking for you!" The voice from the receiver was low and solemn.

  An Junhe's expression was taken aback for a moment, but when he saw the number, he had such preparation in his heart, and it was not unexpected. He just revealed a hint of cold smile.

  The person on the other end of the phone was named Che Yuen-sing, one of the hoodlums who had been present at the scene that night when Dik Yan-chi was beaten up.

  During his high school days, although he was forced by his mother's request to disband the gang, in reality, he did not kick out all members of the gang. Instead, he kept a portion of them who had been close friends since childhood and were quite obedient to him. They occupied a street fish stall, collecting protection fees daily, supplemented by occasional handouts from him, maintaining a scale of over ten people. However, they no longer participated in underground affairs like before, existing in a semi-hidden state.

  Those people, all of whom he had known since childhood, were the children of fishermen who lived in a narrow circle, with simple thoughts and no culture. Children from such backgrounds would grow up to follow in their parents' footsteps as fishermen, earning a living by risking their lives at sea, and under the current economic conditions, they could barely make ends meet.

  At first, they left them behind, not only to gather some manpower for future use, but also thinking that once they had the ability, they could take them out of that poor and hopeless place.

  After avenging Kang Jae-won, Ahn Jun-ho came to Hancheng alone without bringing them together. On the one hand, it was because of financial constraints and couldn't arrange for them, on the other hand, it was also to let them pay attention to their own homes nearby, preventing someone from investigating themselves - avenging Kang Jae-won's affairs. Due to time constraints, Ahn Jun-ho couldn't completely eliminate his suspicions, so he did this as a precautionary measure, in case he got caught off guard and didn't know what was happening.

  He fell into thought, and there was silence on the other end of the line as well, with only faint breathing sounds coming through.

  Because he grew up under the shadow of Ahn Jun-hee from a young age, Cha Won-seung and others have always been quite respectful to him. Especially after Ahn Jun-hee returned from military service this time, his whole person has become more profound and majestic than before. Cha Won-seung remembered that night in the alley, he and several others faced him who was wearing black clothes, they didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

  Although separated by phone and knowing that Ahn Jun-he couldn't see him, Cha Won-seong still maintained a respectful attitude and patiently waited for his orders.

  "After a long silence, An Junhe finally spoke up: 'When did it start?'"

  "This afternoon!" Che Yuan Cheng replied briefly, "A person with a Han City accent was investigating your situation near your home. I pretended to be your neighbor and chatted with him. At first, he said he was your relative, but later when we threatened to call the police, he said he was entrusted by your company to verify your identity, nothing else."

  "Company?"

  An Junhe furrowed his brow, originally thinking that the Jiang family had finally gone mad from not being able to find the person who beat up Jiang Yuan for so long and was randomly releasing their anger, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be someone from the company.

  "Are you sure?"

  "It's still uncertain, I had Yongche bring people to follow him, but there's no news back yet."

  As he spoke, Che Yuan Cheng's voice paused on the phone and said in a low tone: "Brother, what to do? It's okay if we're watching over here, but if he investigates your household registration file, everything will be exposed. Do you want us..."

  An Junhe interrupted before he could finish speaking: "No need, if there's a first time, there'll be a second. Can't stop him from investigating!"

  As he spoke, An Junhe's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. Investigate the household registration? He had long been prepared for that, it was a gift prepared for the Jiang family, whoever dared to investigate would end up with their heads broken and bleeding!

  However, if he was really sent by the company, there should be no need to go to such an extent formally, and for him, this matter might still be a good thing.

  An Junhe's mind suddenly flashed back to the encounter in Li Xiuman's office not long ago. Although he had appeared nonchalant at the time, Li Xiuman's indifference had still raised his suspicions. However, since he himself didn't want the song "Lie" to receive too much attention, he hadn't thought much of it. Now, it seemed that the truth had been revealed - was Li Xiuman's silence back then actually him waiting for the results of that person's investigation?

  As someone who has been a big company boss, An Junhe knew what kind of employees would make the company go to their household registration location for investigation - that was proof of heavy cultivation, to investigate whether the employee had any negative information such as a criminal record in the past. Otherwise, no matter how much trouble the employee caused in the company, they could just be kicked out with one foot, there was no need to make a big fuss.

  Moreover, An Junhe himself believed that he had not made any mistakes in the company. During this period, he never used his relationship with Quan Baogen to interact with high-level executives in the company, but instead left all interpersonal relationships to Quan Baogen to handle, and he himself did not participate. It was not that he didn't understand worldly affairs, but rather that he deliberately kept a low profile to avoid getting entangled in disputes.

  He is still too weak and small now, and some aspects are not what he can handle.

  However, although he let the other party investigate by default, it didn't mean that An Junhe didn't make any moves at all. Li Xiuman bypassed him and went to investigate his identity directly. If he didn't show a bit of his presence, it would be somewhat looked down upon. Moreover, if that person kept lingering around without leaving, the longer they stayed, the more likely they were to make mistakes. He had to get rid of them after all. He coldly smiled and instructed on the phone: "Yuancheng, ask Yongchen if he knows where that person lives, and give me his address."

  "Got it, bro!"

  After hanging up the phone, a text message came over with an address of a hotel.

  An Junhe copied it down, opened the phone book on his mobile phone, and after a few keystrokes, the scrolling screen finally stopped at a number marked with the three words "Li Shouzhang".

  He smiled slightly and sent the copied address in a text message, then turned off his phone and ignored it.

  Back inside the house, in the bedroom, although her eyes were fixed on the TV, she was actually paying attention to every move Jishu made. Seeing that he had finished his phone call, she casually asked, "Brother, is there something going on?"

  "Huh?" His sister's proactive inquiry left An Junhe stunned for a moment, then he understood something and couldn't help but burst out laughing, shaking his head: "Heh heh, nothing to do with that. I said today is a rest day, no one can call me out!"

  A faint blush flashed across Zhi Xiu's pale face, and then she pretended not to have heard, continuing to focus on the TV screen. However, her strained expression couldn't hide the joyful undertone that seeped out from beneath...

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  A spacious and bright office, Li Xiufull stared blankly at the screen of the computer on the desk in front of him, which was a video recorded by a simple recording device. The person focused on by the camera was An Junhe, and the time was when he sang in this office not long ago.

  The simple equipment has poor sound quality, making An Junhe's voice severely distorted, but the beautiful and sad melody has not lost its due color, still able to make people who hear it feel that quietness and sadness.

  Next to him, a middle-aged man stood by the window, his manner very casual, seemingly very familiar with Li Xiufang, not paying much attention to etiquette in front of him.

  The image on the screen played over and over again, at a certain moment, Li Xiufull paused it, turned her head to ask the middle-aged man: "Yongzhen, how is this song?"

  "It's not a complete song yet, it can only be considered half-finished." The middle-aged man, who was called Yongzhen, corrected seriously, but then nodded repeatedly, "Although it's not finished, in fact, the essence of the whole song has already been expressed. As long as we continue with this tone, it will be completed soon..."

  Just as he was saying that, Li Xiufull suddenly raised his hand and interrupted him, "I'm asking you, how is this song? Not asking you to analyze how to complete it."

  "Oh? You're not going to give me this song?" The middle-aged man looked at Li Xiuman in surprise.

  Li Xiūmǎn nodded, "I want him to finish it himself."

  As soon as the words fell, it seemed to have heard something very ridiculous, and the middle-aged man burst out laughing. Li Xiuzhen's face was wooden and expressionless, waiting for him to laugh enough before asking indifferently: "Very funny?"

  The middle-aged man let out a snort, his mouth curling up in mockery. "How old is he? He's only just started composing for a few days? He doesn't have the ability to complete an entire piece yet."

  "It's not up to us to decide whether he has the ability or not."

  Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man seemed to be taken aback, staring at Li Xiuzhen's expressionless face for a long time before shaking his head: "I didn't know you'd place such importance on someone."

  He said with a wave of his hand, "The song is great and very infectious, but I don't guarantee that the little guy's subsequent composition won't ruin it."

  "He didn't do a good job, so you'll take over." Li Xiufull said calmly.

  "Ah——Xi, you think I'm a spare tire or something?"

  "It's about time..." As he said that, Li Xiuzhen also rarely showed a smile, perhaps because it had been a long time since he had joked around with friends like this.

  But the next moment, when he received a text message on his phone, after opening it to take a look, that faint smile instantly dissipated, and a chill filled his expressionless face.

  The middle-aged man didn't know what he saw, but his expression suddenly turned ugly. He didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, so he bid farewell and said: "I'll leave first."

  Li Xiuzhen nodded silently, her eyes not leaving the small screen of her phone. The office was shrouded in a dull silence, and it wasn't until the middle-aged man had left for a while that she finally lifted her head and dialed a string of numbers:

  "Where are you staying now... what hotel?"

  The person's answer on the phone made his eyes even colder. The other person didn't know what had happened either, and could only wait anxiously.

  After a long time, he finally got a cold hum full of anger:

  "Get back here! You good-for-nothing!"

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