Special District 9 Chapter 130: The Frantic Yuan Family

Three days later.

Yuan Hua’s corpse was shipped back to Songjiang, and news of his death had also reached back to his company. While the top echelons of the company expressed their fury toward his death, at the same time, various thoughts were starting to pop into their heads.

Inside the conference room of Majestic Palace Entertainment City, a middle-aged man shook his leg leisurely as he spoke with a frown, “Just capturing an Old Ma isn’t enough for vengeance. We should settle those two police officers under Old Li and Ma Lao-er too.”

There was a slight moment of silence before a young lad spoke up in agreement, “Brother Tian, we have to avenge Boss Yuan and clean up the mess, but so far, we haven’t been able to make full sense of the matter yet.”

The middle-aged man was Zhang Tian, and he was a veteran with a lot of say within Yuan Hua’s company. It was just that he was unhappy with a lot of the decisions made by the company recently, and not too long ago, Yuan Hua showed signs of grooming Yong Dong, who was on bad terms with him. As a result of that, he had steered clear of the company’s affairs recently, rarely showing up even.

Zhang Tian listened to the young lad’s words without saying a word. He simply lowered his head and lit up a smoke.

“Yeah. I believe that none of us are feeling too good after learning that Boss Yuan is gone,” another middle-aged man sighed deeply. “However, the company still needs to go on. Now that Boss Yuan isn’t here anymore, we have no choice but to put a lot of matters aside temporarily.”

Zhang Tian continued smoking on his cigarette, but he still didn’t speak a word at all.

The young lad nodded in agreement, “This is quite a problem. We didn’t manage to settle the problem in Fengbei properly, and something happened to Fatty Xing’s little son… Even though the culprit is the Ma Family, there’s no doubt that we’ll be implicated by it as well.

“It was already a huge problem that our sales fell a while ago, and there’s this matter now on top of that. This really casts a shadow over our partnership with Prosperous Dragon. Who knows whether we can continue working with them at this rate? If they refuse to continue this partnership, what will happen to our company? How will those working under us make a living? And given that Boss Yuan left so abruptly, who will take over him for the time being? If our supply were to break, and Old Li tries to quell us during this period of time, will we be able to stand against him?”

“Yes, those are problems that we need to think of carefully.” The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang Tian before continuing on, “Besides, I don’t get it why we weren’t informed about the mishap that happened to Boss Yuan right away. It’s only after the corpse was sent back that Xiao Jiu finally informs us about it. What are we supposed to make out of this?”

Zhang Tian flicked the ashes of his cigarette away before he lifted his cup and took a sip. Then, he replied calmly, “Old Yuan might be gone, but there’s still Little Yuan. You don’t need to worry about the succession of the company.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment before falling silent.

A moment later, the doors of the conference room opened, and a frail-looking Yuan Ke entered.

Zhang Tian immediately put out his smoke, stood up, and asked, “Yuan Ke, about Old Yuan…”

“Brother Tian, my older brother has died. He died wrongfully!” Yuan Ke couldn’t hold himself back anymore, and he stumbled to the ground and cried out.

Behind him, Ol’ Three quickly stepped forward to support him as he said, “Come, stand up.”

Zhang Tian walked over and offered a hand to Yuan Ke as well as he said, “Old Yuan might be gone, but you still have us, your other brothers, with you. After settling Old Yuan’s funeral, we’ll make sure that none of them gets off the hook easily!”

“Brother Tian…!” Hearing those words, Yuan Ke cried even harder.

…

Fengbei, at the entrance of the subsidiary hospital of the Police Headquarters.

Superintendent Li turned to a friend and said, “I’ll be counting on you for this matter.”

“This is all I can do for now,” his friend replied with a wave of his hand. “Aren’t you going to head in to take a look?”

“Nah, I won’t be entering,” Superintendent Li shook his head and replied.

“Are you heading to our mentor’s place tonight?” the friend asked.

“Yeah, sure,” Superintendent Li replied.

“Alright then,” the friend opened his car door as he replied. “Get your men up to the third floor ten minutes later, I’ll handle the rest.”

“Thank you.”

The two of them chatted for a moment longer before the friend finally took his leave. After that, Superintendent Li turned to Zhu Wei and instructed, “I want you to meet Old Ma first before meeting Guan Qi.”

“I understand,” Zhu Wei replied with a nod.

…

Half an hour later.

An employee working in the subsidiary hospital turned off the CCTV before leading Zhu Wei into Old Ma’s room.

“You only have five minutes,” the employee said before he closed the door and left the room.

Lying on the bed, Old Ma glanced at Zhu Wei and asked, “What happened to Qin Yu and the others?”

“They managed to get away, but they haven’t returned yet,” Zhu Wei replied deeply. “Also, I heard that Squad Leader Qin isn’t in a good condition at the moment.”

“It’s good that they got away,” Old Ma nodded quietly. Then, he asked softly, “How much time… do I have left?”

Zhu Wei looked at the old man silently for a moment before he asked, “Uncle Ma, do you have any other wish? As long as it’s within our means, I’ll ask my higher-up to see if it can be done.”

“I don’t really have anything much,” Old Ma replied with a smile. “If possible, after Yong Dong makes his testimony, I hope that you can arrange for those two families whose lives were ruined by the fake medicine incident to come over to Fengbei.”

“What do you want to talk to them about?” Zhu Wei asked in incomprehension. “That’ll be a great deal of trouble.”

“… I owe too much to those two families. Those are two lives over there!” Old Ma replied hoarsely. “If I don’t meet them, I won’t be able to rest in peace.”

Zhu Wei was stunned for a moment before he said, “Alright, I’ll ask my higher-up about it.”

“Child, give me a smoke,” Old Ma said.

Zhu Wei took out an e-cigarette from his pocket and placed it into Old Ma’s mouth.

Old Ma took two puffs before chuckling to himself, “… I’ve been wanting to kick this habit for a while, but it looks like I don’t have to worry about that anymore.”

Hearing those words, Zhu Wei couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh. He couldn’t bear to bring himself to look at this obstinate old man anymore.

…

In the conference room of Majestic Palace Entertainment City.

Zhang Tian consoled Yuan Ke as he brought the latter to the chair beside him and settled him down. With a deep sigh, he said, “Yuan Ke, I know that you aren’t feeling too good on the inside, but the company is currently facing a lot of problems and we need someone to make decisions. You need to remain strong.”

Yuan Ke stared at the ground blankly before nodding his head dully.

“… However, there’s one matter that I simply don't get. It wasn’t too long ago that Baldie called me and informed me that Old Yuan was severely injured, but his condition has stabilized, and he was going to be transferred to a hospital Fengbei soon, so we don’t need to head over or worry too much,” Zhang Tian said. “But… how did things end up in such a manner then?”

Yuan Ke took a while to calm himself down before he shook his head and said, “I don’t know either… I was stunned when I received the call. The only thought I had on my mind was to rush to the hospital, and my mind simply couldn’t think of anything else.”

Zhang Tian was stunned. “When did Old Yuan breathe his last?”

“He already wasn’t in a good condition when I arrived. On that night he was transferred over to Fengbei’s hospital, my older brother… he couldn’t make it anymore…” Speaking up to this point, Yuan Ke lowered his head and began sobbing once more.

Zhang Tian looked at Yuan Ke and patted his shoulder, consoling, “Hai! I’ll help you settle matters for the time being then. Let’s deal with Old Yuan’s funeral and send him off gloriously first.”

Yuan Ke nodded amidst sobs, “Baldie is already arranging it. He has headed over to look for my sisters-in-law.”

Hearing those words, an inconspicuous frown formed on Zhang Tian’s forehead as he asked, “Shouldn’t he at least inform the company about Old Yuan’s departure and hold a meeting together to discuss this matter? You should have been the one heading this matter…!”

“Bro, I can’t think about that much right now,” Yuan Ke shook his head sorrowfully. “Since Baldie said that he’s going to settle it, let’s leave it to him then. I… I still need some time to cope with this...

“Alright then.”

Zhang Tian looked at Yuan Ke’s face for a while longer before nonchalantly picking up his cigarette box.

…

Fengbei.

Superintendent Li received Old Cat’s call and asked, “Has Yong Dong given the lead to the fake medicine incident? Good. Send the details to the commander of Platoon 3 and have him settle the case.”