Su Tianyu sat in the car, looking at Gu Baisun, "You don't need to test me. It's unnecessary."

"This isn't a test, it's concern, haha." Gu Baisun casually put a hand in his pocket. "In fact, I'm even less willing than you to make things explicit."

Su Tianyu paused, a touch of sympathy arising in his heart, but it was quickly suppressed by reason. He then said comfortingly, "You were brought in by the leader's express request. If you do well, he will naturally protect you. We're all eating from the same team, and although we each have our own ideas, we have one thing in common: we all have to listen to the leader."

Gu Baisun nodded slowly upon hearing this. "Thank you!"

"No need to thank me. You don't have to be loyal to anyone, as long as you're loyal to the leader." After Su Tianyu finished speaking, he shifted into gear. "Close the door, I'm leaving first!"

"Okay!" Gu Baisun didn't say anything more, reaching out to close the car door.

Su Tianyu drove away, heading straight towards his unit.

On the way, Su Tianyu's emotions were also complex, because he actually felt a little sympathy for Gu Baisun.

In fact, from Xiao Gu's perspective, he hadn't done anything completely immoral. In recent years, he hadn't caused any trouble for the Tongji Society, and in some matters, the Tongji Society had even received some help from him.

For example, during the previous miner incident, Gu Baisun led people from the Longkou district to participate in the protest march, and even joined the people from Changqing and the Tongji Society in surrounding the police department that was shielding Baolong Group.

Also, when attacking Seventh Island, Gu Baisun also brought people to help a lot, and lost several brothers in the process, although that was his pledge of allegiance that he主动向老黎递交的投名状 had proactively given to Lao Li.

In addition to these contributions, Gu Baisun's personal experiences were also truly miserable. His father was gone, and he didn't dare to say anything, enduring humiliation and struggling to survive in the cracks. His mother was arrested, and he still didn't dare to offend Lao Li to the death, only symbolically kidnapping Wei Xiangzuo to delay time.

He was originally just a scholar with no strength to truss a chicken, but now he had become a war criminal who had to constantly fight with others!

Thinking about it, he was actually quite pitiful!

The sympathy in Su Tianyu's heart wasn't without reason, because the Gu family's current situation was directly related to him.

Back then, Gu Tongshan, that old bastard, had been plotting everywhere, obstructing everything, for the sake of some powder business and to seize the Yu family's business. Su Tianyu had no choice but to suggest to Yu Jinrong that they use the "顺风车 (shun feng che)" method (make it look like an accident) to get rid of Lao Gu.

Su Tianyu had done the planning and execution, but Yu Jinrong had made the decision.

But no matter what, Su Tianyu was also a direct participant. Although he had never regretted this matter, and had never felt guilty for killing Gu Tongshan, that old bastard...

Standpoint is standpoint, there's nothing to talk about, especially since the business that Gu Tongshan was engaged in was the kind that would make a baby be born without an anus.

However, Su Tianyu did indeed feel a little sympathy in his heart, especially after witnessing the death of Gu Baisun's mother, and the scene of him taking revenge on Jing Yan.

With both hands on the steering wheel, and his eyes on the street, Su Tianyu did have a moment of恍惚 (huǎng hū) (absent-mindedness), but it was quickly replaced by reason.

Two reasons: First, Gu Baisun would never be as important as his elder brother Mingyuan in Su Tianyu's heart, and pity and friendship could never be equated.

Second, no matter what, Gu Tongshan was eliminated by Su Tianyu, and from this point of view, the two of them could never be friends!

Thinking of this, Su Tianyu felt much more at ease. He could only lament that the world is impermanent.

Driving quickly, Su Tianyu returned to his unit.

...

In the evening, the funeral ended, and Gu Baisun personally saw off the guests.

In the empty restaurant, Gu Baisun personally collected his mother's portrait, carefully sealing it with a绒布 (róng bù) (velvet cloth).

Guo Zhengdao walked over and softly reminded, "He's asked to meet you. Do you want to go now?"

Gu Baisun glanced back at him, "Let's go. Go home and put things away first. Just the two of us will go."

"Alright!"

After the two finished speaking, Niu Feng stayed at the scene to take care of the bill, while Gu Baisun and Guo Zhengdao left together, first returning home to put away the portrait and other items, and then driving to the Daokou district.

It was after 9:00 PM.

Gu Baisun arrived near an abandoned factory in the Daokou district, got out of the car, and asked into the phone, "Uncle, I'm here! Where are you?"

"Where are you?"

"I'm at the Oriental Chemical Plant, right at the main entrance."

"Do you see the big blue sign on the left?"

"I see it!" Gu Baisun turned his head.

"Walk in the direction of the big blue sign, enter the second alley, walk one kilometer forward, and you'll see a dirt slope. Call me when you get there!" The other party replied very cautiously.

Gu Baisun asked speechlessly, "Is this really necessary, Uncle?"

"It's absolutely necessary. There are so many people watching us now, we have to be careful!"

"Okay!"

The two ended the call, and Gu Baisun, with Guo Zhengdao, walked towards the side with the big blue sign, one foot deep, one foot shallow.

Fifteen minutes later, the two went down the dirt slope. Guo Zhengdao cursed as he stepped in a muddy pothole, "This idiot's intelligence is all focused on being cautious! He's ruined a perfectly good pair of sneakers!"

"Yeah, the older he gets, the more afraid he is of death!" Gu Baisun was also speechless. He rested for a while with his hands on his hips, and continued to walk forward.

After walking for nearly ten more minutes, the two finally arrived at a bridge opening, where they saw a figure wearing a dogskin hat and a thick windbreaker.

Guo Zhengdao greeted him, "I said... it's over thirty degrees out here (Celsius), and you're wearing a dogskin hat? Aren't you afraid of getting prickly heat?"

The figure took off the dogskin hat, the scarf, and then pulled off the three layers of masks, finally revealing his face.

It was none other than Yu Zheng, the seasoned veteran.

"It's not that I'm too cautious, it's just that people are dying as easily as drinking cold water these days." Yu Zheng was covered in sweat. "We have to be careful."

Gu Baisun looked at him with his hands behind his back. "Uncle, tell me, what conditions do you want?"

"I'll be your mole, secretly investigating the number of votes Zhang Ming is pulling in! I'll also secretly pull people to your side. As long as I'm willing to help Wei Xiangzuo, he can occupy at least one-sixth of the votes within the stevedore association." Yu Zheng paused for a moment and said, "I don't want much, fifteen million in cash, plus the title of vice president!"

"That's not much? Haha!" Gu Baisun laughed.

"Is that a lot? The garrison, the Qingyi Bureau, the mayor, they're all in the game. Now, whoever can win people over is valuable." Yu Zheng replied very realistically.

"No problem, come on, let's talk about the details!" Gu Baisun took out a cigarette case.

...

Old Triangle, inside a high-end Western restaurant.

Gui Mengjun ate his steak and said softly, "I'll take you home tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay," Third Sister replied generously.

As the two were talking, a beautiful woman walked in from outside and said with a smile, "Oh! Mengjun, you're here too!"