This was Su Chen's first major client, a ten-thousand-yuan mission order. There could not be the slightest mistake.
After all, once it reached his hands, it would mean a million-yuan return.
When it came to missions, Su Chen was fairly dedicated.
At the funeral.
Though the discussions were hushed, they still reached quite a few ears.
Old Wang's flushed face was slightly drunk as he turned to glance at those gossiping behind his back, his eyes cold.
Noticing Old Wang's gaze, those people found it awkward to continue speaking.
They avoided his eyes.
Nie Xing knelt before the gravestone, remaining there for a long time without getting up.
None of the Nie family elders beside him stepped forward to help him. His solitary figure looked somewhat desolate and tragic.
There was a flicker in Old Wang's eyes, but he ultimately said nothing.
The expressions of the Nie family relatives around them did not change at all. Some of them even treated Nie Xing like an outsider.
During the three years he had been gone, Old Nie had suffered so much. They felt it was not worth it for Old Nie.
Still, the dead deserved respect.
They did not want to fall out with him here, but once they left, they definitely would not consider Nie Xing family anymore!
Young Wang looked helplessly at Nie Xing kneeling on the ground, then at the unmoved crowd around them.
Normally, when a family member knelt and refused to rise, relatives and friends would go over and pull them up. Whether it was to comfort the deceased or offer support to the surviving family, it carried great meaning.
But clearly, no one wanted to help him up!
Young Wang wanted to help, but he still had to support his own old man and did not have a free hand.
Just then,
a dark black Maybach slowly drove into the cemetery.
A single Maybach would not have been enough to draw attention, but what caught everyone's eye was the hundred men in black following behind it!
They had a distinctive bearing and were dressed like secret agents: black suits, black sunglasses, and sharp gazes that seemed able to pierce through those lenses, making ordinary people feel intimidated!
Even from a distance, their presence on the road gave off a faint sense of pressure!
The vehicle slowly moved closer toward Old Nie's funeral.
At the funeral, the commotion over there reached them.
Some people's eyes were inadvertently drawn to the vehicle entering the cemetery grounds.
"What's that over there?"
"Why are so many people coming?"
"Damn, a black Maybach leading the way, with a hundred agents escorting it! This is the kind of scene a big shot gets!"
"I've seen it now. It's my first time seeing men in black like the ones on TV. Their presence is pretty damn impressive!"
"It feels like... they're heading this way?"
Hearing the voices around them, Old Wang and the others curiously looked over as well.
They saw a black Maybach slowly approaching, followed by a group of tall, sturdy men in black dressed in a distinctive manner.
A lineup like this was obviously no ordinary matter.
Yet at this moment, they were slowly approaching Old Nie's side.
"Are they here for Old Nie's funeral?"
Old Wang rubbed his eyes, thinking his drunkenness had made him muddled. When he opened them again and saw those people, he could not help murmuring in shock.
The Nie family relatives and friends around them all noticed the group.
Their faces were filled with astonishment and suspicion.
Could they really be here to pay their respects?
It did not look like it.
Could someone as ordinary as Old Nie really have friends like these?
The atmosphere throughout the funeral grew somewhat silent with the appearance of the men in black and the Maybach.
One of the Nie family elders cleared his throat.
"These people should be here to pay respects to someone else. How could Old Nie have friends like that?"
"Yeah, Old Nie kept a low profile his whole life. All his thoughts were on raising—"
Someone chimed in, but midway through speaking, he realized he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly changed his words.
"They were all on Xingzi. How would he have had the chance to get acquainted with people like these?"
Quite a few people around them nodded. Such a grand scene—
these were clearly no ordinary people!
Only when major figures appeared in television dramas and movies would there be such a grand display!
That was what everyone thought.
Yet the Maybach seemed to have an even clearer destination as it slowly drove toward Old Nie.
In the end, it came to a steady stop not far in front of them!
The hundred men in black slowly passed along both sides of the Maybach.
Like secret agents, they stood guard on either side of the Maybach!
The two men in black nearest the vehicle walked to its side and respectfully opened the door!
Before the person inside had even appeared, this display had already drawn nervous gazes from everyone.
They were all extremely curious about the person about to emerge from the car.
With such an extravagant display, could it be some important figure?
The Nie family relatives were extremely nervous. Why had a group like this suddenly appeared at an otherwise ordinary funeral?
They looked extremely difficult to deal with. Could they be here to cause trouble?
Could these people have been brought here by Nie Xing?
One of the Nie family elders glanced suspiciously at Nie Xing, unease rising in his heart.
He suspected that Nie Xing had offended someone he should not have offended outside. If that was the case, then did it not make sense that he had not dared return home for three years?
The others also looked thoughtful.
They had seen scenes like this before, but the people capable of such pomp were all figures of immense power and influence.
Why would they specifically attend Nie Yugang's funeral?
Everyone curiously looked toward the back seat of the black Maybach.
They wanted to see which major figure would emerge amid such a display.
The car door opened, and the men in black waited outside.
"So I finally made it in time?"
Before the person appeared, his voice arrived first.
That aged, hoarse voice made everyone instinctively anticipate his appearance.
Then, an elderly man in a Zhongshan suit slowly stepped out of the car!
He looked at Old Nie's gravestone with an extremely complicated expression. His aura was restrained yet imposing, and his black Zhongshan suit made him appear incomparably solemn!
At the sight,
everyone felt their breathing grow tense. This aura and pressure were far too powerful!
Who exactly was this man?
Was he really Nie Yugang's friend?
Amid their shock and suspicion, the group walked toward the gravestone.
More than a hundred men in black followed the elderly man forward.
Startled by the elder's powerful presence, the surrounding relatives and friends unconsciously pushed one another aside and repeatedly backed away to make room for him!
When the elder reached the gravestone,
the hundred-plus men in black behind him also stopped.
They spread out in a trapezoidal formation from front to back. Their faces were solemn, completely expressionless.
Watching everything unfold before him, Old Wang was too shocked to speak. Supported by Young Wang at the side, he wore an expression that said he had known it all along.
The elder's face was weathered by age, and his powerful presence was not something ordinary people could withstand.
He glanced at Nie Xing, who had remained kneeling before the grave for a long time without rising. Then he slowly stepped forward and, under everyone's astonished gazes, helped him up!
Nie Xing's legs had already gone numb. His legs had also suffered some injuries during experiments in the Gobi Desert earlier, so it was difficult for him to stand at this moment.
Just as he prepared to use the elder's hand to rise, his legs suddenly gave way. He instinctively grabbed the elder's arm and was about to fall!
Everyone was startled. This elder could not be casually knocked over!
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