Night gradually deepened. Most of the shops on the street outside had already closed for the day, but the warehouse of the Everywhere Express Company was still brightly lit and bustling with activity.
Aside from sorting and dispatching packages, they were busy with other things too—like the enormous gold ingot in Xu San's break room.
That massive lump had now been cut up, weighed, and tested. At that moment, a number of bank employees were working with the staff of Everywhere Express to pack up the more than ten tons of gold and haul it into the nearly twenty armored transport vehicles lined up outside the company.
Outside the warehouse, besides the express company employees and bank staff hard at work, at least dozens of fully armed guards stood ready.
After all, this was nearly twenty tons of gold, worth several hundred million. They usually needed several guards to escort even tens of millions, so it wasn't strange to send extra people to protect such a vast amount.
"Phew!"
"It's so late already."
"Xu San, want one?"
Watching the busy scene outside, Xu Si stood by the entrance with a cigarette between his lips. He blew out a smoke ring, then offered the pack in his hand to Xu San, who stood beside him with bandages wrapped around him.
"No, thanks!"
"I'm injured. If I choke on the smoke, it'll hurt like hell!"
"Once they're done, I should head back and get some rest."
Looking at the bandages on his body and the other arm in a sling around his neck, Xu San sensibly and calmly declined. He simply stood there with Xu Si, silently keeping an eye on the workers as they went about their business.
"Damn!"
"That's incredible!"
"All it took was one beating, and you got at