The Dragon City Rises

Inside the military compound.

An Ze Cheng, holding a watering can in his left hand and a phone in his right, asked in a stern voice, "Commander Tan, I heard there was a conflict between our troops and the city's police department?"

"Yes," Tan Hengqiang replied.

"What happened? How dare they bare their teeth at our soldiers here?" An Ze Cheng immediately retorted, "Do you need my support? I can send the guard regiment into the city at any time."

"Hehe." Tan Hengqiang chuckled, "Old An, your call is perfectly timed. Ouyang Zhen brought in an army from outside, and Li Mingsheng is playing tricks with me inside the city, both pressing down on me, not letting me breathe!"

"That won't do," An Ze Cheng replied immediately, "I'll send troops into the city now to defend it with you!"

"That would be great." Tan Hengqiang didn't refuse, replying immediately, "Come in from the south, I'll have someone clear a space for you."

An Ze Cheng blinked, replying immediately, "Is one regiment enough?"

"The attitude is the main thing."

"Okay, I'll mobilize the men now."

"Thanks, Old An!"

"Don't mention it, that's all!" An Ze Cheng hung up the phone.

Beside him, the chief of staff looked at An Ze Cheng speechlessly, "Weren't you a little too eager? This phone call seems like a bit of a loss! He actually let you into the city! Aren't you stuck now?"

"Damn it, this guy is really...even after everything is over, he still has to disgust me." An Ze Cheng didn't expect Tan Hengqiang would actually ask for his help.

"What do we do then? Do we go in or not?"

"We already said we would, how can we not go?" An Ze Cheng immediately waved his hand, "Mobilize the guard regiment, fully armed."

"Old An, do you understand what Tan Hengqiang means?" The chief of staff immediately reminded him, "He's not just trying to disgust you by doing this, he really wants to use your attitude to increase his leverage."

"I'm not an idiot." An Ze Cheng watered the flowers with the watering can, replying faintly, "He still wants me to go in after everything is over, it's obvious he wants to use me and let Old Li know that we're on the same side. But it's nothing, since we want to protect Tan Hengqiang, we have to do something for him!"

"What about the association and Old Li's relationship?"

"What's there to consider about that kind of relationship?" An Ze Cheng replied without hesitation, "An association of ten or twenty thousand people, what can they decide?! Insignificant!"

"Understood!" The chief of staff nodded.

An Ze Cheng put down the watering can, looked at the flowers and plants in his small garden with his hands behind his back, and turned to ask the chief of staff, "When do you think my little flower garden can develop to be about the same as Tan Hengqiang's garden?!"

"Aren't you dreaming?! The land is only so big, how can you compare with his garden?"

"Hehe." An Ze Cheng smiled, "Mobilize the guard regiment, I'm going inside to study botany."

...

Inside the Tongji Association.

Su Tianyu walked into the office and said to Yu Mingyuan, "Let's go find a place to chat."

"Can't you let me be quiet for a while?" Yu Mingyuan frowned.

"Quiet, quiet!" Su Tianyu grabbed Yu Mingyuan's arm and dragged him, "Hurry up."

Yu Mingyuan was pulled up with a helpless expression, and could only compromise, "Okay, I'll go with you, stop pulling."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two walked out of the office together. They didn't call anyone else, they just went to the parking lot together and drove to the dock.

An hour later.

Yu Mingyuan stood at the Tianhong Port dock, frowning as he looked at the surrounding scenery, feeling heavy-hearted.

Su Tianyu bought two boat tickets and some camping food and wine next to him, and walked back.

"What exactly are you trying to do?"

"Don't ask, get on the boat!" Su Tianyu handed him a bag of food, "You carry some too."

"I'm not in the mood," Yu Mingyuan replied.

"Let's go, let's go!" Su Tianyu dragged him towards a passenger ship.

...

Around six o'clock in the evening, at the Guangji Island campsite, two grown men sat in front of a rented tent, looking at the familiar scenery around them, both silent.

Back then, when Yu Mingyuan first formed his team, the first time he took everyone out for team building, he chose this place.

That time there was Yu Mingyuan's younger brother, Wa Wa, Da Bai, Kong Zhenghui, Su Tianbei and others.

During the day, they had barbecue and climbed mountains here. In the evening, Su Tianyu took the old Hei team invited by Yu Mingyuan and took a speedboat back to Tianhong Port to secretly deal with Xu Hu's dirty goods.

That year, Yu Jinrong had not yet been killed. That year was also the stage when Su Tianyu had just arrived in The Dragon City and was feeling confused. Fortunately, he met Yu Mingyuan, Da Bai, Kong Zhenghui and others, and found the direction of his future.

On the spread, Su Tianyu sat cross-legged, opened the beer, and neatly arranged the snacks and marinated dishes.

The sky gradually darkened, a bright moon rose in the sky, and the stars faintly emitted light.

Yu Mingyuan lay on the spread, no longer saying that he was not in the mood, just looked at the sky and murmured, "Time flies so fast, it's been several years in a flash."

Su Tianyu handed the other party a bottle of beer and said softly, "We need a place to calm ourselves down."

Yu Mingyuan didn't reply.

"If it were before, I wouldn't say too much to you, because I understand everything you can think of, and you tacitly understand what I want to do." Su Tianyu took a sip of beer, "But you've been a little sensitive recently, so I have to tell you that Jin Maohui wasn't called by me in the corridor. After the meeting, the result of Gu Baisun's election had already reached Old Li, and he should have been watching here all the time."

"You're thinking too much, I'm not blaming you, and it's impossible for me to suspect you." Yu Mingyuan replied faintly, "What I said to Old Li today has nothing to do with you either."

"It does," Su Tianyu emphasized, "It was I who suggested to Uncle Yu to deal with Gu Tongshan, so I have a responsibility in this matter."

"The problem isn't your position, it's Old Li!" Yu Mingyuan sat up, "He should support me!"

Su Tianyu was silent for a while, "That's what I want to talk to you about. From my personal standpoint, no matter what you do, I support you. But from the team's standpoint, now is not the time to move Gu Baisun! If you mess with him, Brother Wei will definitely leave the team, the stevedore association will be out of control, and all the previous investment will be in vain."

Yu Mingyuan drank beer, staring blankly at the sky, "Hey, Xiaoyu, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you!"

"Go ahead!"

"If one day, Old Li and I have different paths and cannot work together! Who would you side with?" After Yu Mingyuan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Su Tianyu, staring at him, "You can't give me an ambiguous answer."