Escape, Countermeasures, Come to My Place

While Sabine City Police Station officers and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were conducting checks on all vehicles entering and leaving Sabine City, Gepu had already left the Sabine City.

He was placed in a specially processed oil drum and sent out along with other oil drums. The drum had two layers: the Upper Class contained the same liquid chemicals as the other oil drums, while the lower layer could fit an adult.

These industrial assembly drums are at least two meters high and more than half a meter in diameter, easily large enough to fit a person inside.

The police and detectives did intercept the vehicle, but firstly, the vehicle had valid chemical transport permits and relevant cargo manifests, and secondly, the driver cooperated fully with the inspection, which made them negligent.

Police officers and detectives searched many oil drums but found nothing unusual, so they had to let them pass.

After the transport truck left Sabine City and entered the intercity highway, it quickly disappeared from sight. Gepu successfully evaded the police pursuit, but he did not feel relieved. He felt that the situation was much worse than he had imagined.

Listoan's conflicts with the governor and mayor have caused their base in Sabine City to collapse completely, making him a critical figure.

He possesses the key secrets to Listoan's alterations to the ledgers, and if he falls into the hands of the Bureau of Investigation, he could easily point out the secrets hidden in those ledgers he altered.

Would President Neo let such an important figure go? Or, does he really have a chance to "escape" abroad? The long journey, coupled with the risks of crossing the Border Line, means that any mistake could have irreparable consequences.

Not to mention that even if he were to actually leave the country, as an illegal immigrant, he could die on the street in another country and no one would notice him.

At this point, Gepu began to regret his actions. This is a common regret among highly educated and cultured people, because they tend to overthink things.

Some say that thinking is the biggest obstacle to action. This statement may not be entirely true, but it is not necessarily wrong either. The more you think, the more you will make things difficult for yourself. However, sometimes reality does not follow these scripts.

As difficulties increase, people become more and more desperate, and regret is a perfectly normal thing.

The truck carrying the oil drums stopped at a motel on the highway, where several workers who were already waiting unloaded some of the drums from the truck, including the one that Gepu had hidden.

After the workers finished doing all this, they left with the truck. It was all just like a normal job, and no one knew that one of the oil drums was different from the others.

Shortly afterward, in Gepu, Gap felt the oil drum roll around and then be tipped over. The bottom of the drum began to make some metallic scraping sounds; they were opening the drum!

He was temporarily confined to a room on the second floor of a motel, with people watching him from the outside. These people were ostensibly escorting him out of the Federal to escape abroad, but from Gepu's perspective at this moment, they seemed to be controlling him.

The increasingly uneasy atmosphere made Gepu restless in the room. He rummaged through all the drawers, but there wasn't a single handy tool, not even a screw. They had cleaned the room beforehand.

Gepu was sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze, suddenly took off his glasses silently. He easily removed a lens from the frame with his fingers, then placed the lens on the floor, convex side up, and gently stepped on it! A few minutes later, Neo, who was suffering from insomnia, was trying to force himself to sleep with alcohol when the sudden ringing of the telephone made all his efforts go to waste.

He walked to the telephone with great enthusiasm, and after it rang twice more in his hand, he steadily picked it up.

"It's me..."

His voice remained deep and firm as always, unaffected by the recent situation. He hoped that everyone could remain calm like him, without panicking or revealing any weaknesses.

But he was destined to be disappointed, because just a few seconds later, his emotions exploded, along with everything he had been suppressing for the past few days.

"Waste!"

"You sons of bitches are all useless trash, understand?"

"You're all useless!"

"Even a dog is more useful than you; at least it can bite, but you can't do anything right!"

He kicked over the exquisite telephone stand, which was about a foot square and four feet high (1.2 meters) with four legs.

With its solid wood structure and luxurious decorations, this item is worth about five to six hundred yuan. Its purpose is specifically to hold a telephone.

The telephone also fell to the ground due to the collapse of the telephone stand, and suddenly lost sound, possibly due to some problem.

Neo picked up the phone and continued to vent his anger. He was as violent and foolish as a gorilla who wanted to destroy the world. He slammed the receiver down, seemingly trying to hang it up, but he just slammed it down, it fell down, he picked it up and slammed it down again...

Finally, he used all his strength to slam the phone to the ground, and the phone, worth thousands of dollars and made of special materials, finally came to the end of its short life.

Perhaps because the phone was completely broken, the phone on the other side of the hall rang again. He glared at the phone and quickly walked over.

Just as he answered the phone, a woman's figure appeared in the second-floor hallway, and a questioning voice came from behind her, "What happened, darling? I heard some noises."

The fierce glint in Neo's eyes gradually faded. He calmed himself down, and his voice remained largely unchanged. "It's nothing. Something fell down. The maid will take care of everything."

Only after the shadow upstairs disappeared did he put the receiver to his ear and listen to the person inside apologizing for their foolishness.

Yes, Gepu actually escaped despite being under tight guard. The guards said he somehow got hold of some sharp objects and escaped while the guards were dozing off.

A guard spotted him, but he slashed his face, allowing Gepu to escape.

All of this was because the guards were too careless. They didn't believe that a bookish guy could escape from under their noses, and they didn't believe that the bookish guy had such courage.

After a moment of silence, Neo glanced down at his bleeding left hand, his voice growing colder, "I don't want to see him again, and I don't want to hear anything about him. Do you understand what I mean?"

After hanging up the phone, Neo called his maid to bandage his wounds. A little later, he called a friend.

It's time for those of you who owe him favors to repay what you owe him!

The next morning, Lin Qi received a call from Vera, Vera hoped that Lin Qi could come over.

Lin Qi naturally wouldn't refuse such a request. It has to be said that Vera had kept his accounts very clear and was very responsible during the time she worked for him. He could entrust his work to this woman with peace of mind, rather than to other men with ideas or ambitions.

When Lynch arrived at Vera's house, Lin Qi noticed that someone was watching them, but these people were not police officers or detectives; they were not government officials.

As for how he knew... everyone in the Federal can clearly distinguish who is a police officer, who is an agent, and who is a bad guy!

Upon entering the house, Lin Qi immediately noticed something amiss. Logically, with Gepu missing, the police should have treated this place as an important location, not just monitoring it 24/7, but at least keeping a few officers here.

If Gepu were to suddenly return, they could immediately subdue Gepu, but judging from the current situation, there are no police officers here.

Taking into account the people outside, some things have changed.

After he sat down, Vera expressed her concerns. "There were police officers here until this morning, but they suddenly left a short while ago, and there are now more people outside. I'm a little worried."

"Where is Madam?" Lin Qi asked, looking around. He remembered that Vera's mother had recently stayed here to take care of Vera.

Vera explained, "She went back to take care of the children..."

It's common for both spouses to have jobs. Sometimes they'll entrust their children to full-time daycare or kindergarten, but more often they'll leave them in the care of their parents. Hiring someone can never provide the same level of care as having family members.

The Old Woman stayed there for several days in a row, Vera's father was almost going crazy, so he had no choice but to send Old Woman back first.

Vera was alone in the house at the moment, and it was normal for her to feel uneasy; anyone would feel uneasy in this situation.

Lin Qi thought for a moment and then stood up. He extended his hand and said, "If you don't mind, you can stay at my place for a few days."

The invitation came as abrupt, but Vera had no other choice.

Should we go to her parents' place? What if it hurts the child? Should we go to her older siblings' place? They have their own families too, and they have nothing to do with this.

In the Bayer Federation, the relationships between relatives are sometimes not as close as those between friends. At least friends often interact with each other, while relatives rarely get together, except for a few rare holidays each year.

Should I go to Gepu's parents' or siblings' house?

Gepu is not a local; he is an outsider who settled in Sabine City after being employed by the Listoan Group.

Not long ago, she was a semi-housewife with little social life and a small social circle, so Lin Qi became one of her few options.

Vera readily agreed, perhaps feeling All-in-One with Lin Qi. After packing her things, she left in Lin Qi's car. Jack, who was driving for Lin Qi, soon noticed that someone was following them and told Lin Qi about it.

Sitting in the back seat, Lin Qi could clearly feel Vera getting nervous. She kept looking back and gripping Lin Qi's hand tightly.

Please do not apply the content of this book to reality. Everything is based on a virtual time and space, a virtual world background, and a virtual legal and social environment and culture.