follow up a clue

He couldn't let go of what happened to Ye Fei at the detention center; the inexplicable conflict had been a thorn in his heart. But recently, he had immersed himself in the nourishment of love and chosen to forget about it because he believed that maybe it wasn't such a bad thing. Without that conflict, he wouldn't have gained his current insight, experienced renting a house, or met Wang Yue and tasted such sweet love.

However, now that Wang Yue had left, not only was their time together a deception, but she had also left behind a deceitful letter that filled Ye Fei with anger and nowhere to vent.

He stubbed out his cigarette fiercely and drove to the hot pot restaurant where the conflict had occurred.

It was still early, and the restaurant hadn't opened yet. Ye Fei sat in his car, carefully observing his surroundings. He smiled, as if unable to find the answer during the day and could only await the arrival of night. In this situation, he decided to go to his former workplace first.

Little Sheep Hot Pot was located near the Science and Technology Park, not far from Ye Fei's original workplace. It was because they had gathered here for a meal when they received their last paycheck that he got involved in that conflict. Thinking about it, Ye Fei couldn't help but clench his fist, suppressing his anger. But it didn't matter, tonight he would settle the score.

He sneered a few times, driving the car to the entrance of Wantong Logistics. When he got out of the car, he saw his former colleagues busy receiving goods, shuttling back and forth on electric tricycles.

Seeing the car parked at the logistics entrance, the staff assumed Ye Fei was there to send a package, and Sun Qia came forward to welcome him. He was also one of the people who had drunk with Ye Fei that day.

Sun Qia asked, "Hello, is there anything you need to mail?"

Ye Fei took off his sunglasses and said expressionlessly, "Sun Qia, do you remember me?"

Sun Qia recognized Ye Fei's face and asked somewhat incredulously, "Are you Ye Fei?"

After saying that, he still seemed a bit disbelieving. He looked at the car Ye Fei was driving, then at Ye Fei's face, confirming that it was indeed Ye Fei. They used to shout Ye Fei's name behind Sun Qia.

After recognizing Ye Fei, Sun Qia reached out to pat Ye Fei's shoulder in a friendly gesture. However, just as he stretched his hand out, Ye Fei stopped him.

"Sun Qia, I have something to discuss with you!" Ye Fei said.

Seeing Ye Fei's expression, Sun Qia's face turned ugly. He had intended to say a few polite words, but when he saw Ye Fei's indifferent expression and the conflict that had happened that night, he was suddenly at a loss for words. He lowered his head in shame.

"I know what you want to ask! That matter is in the past; those people were gangsters, and we couldn't afford to provoke them," Sun Qia said.

Ye Fei sneered and said, "Couldn't afford to provoke them, so you handed me over to them. Let them distort the truth, lock me up in a detention center, and not even visit me. When I was fired, you didn't even say a word to help me. Sun Qia, you can ask your own conscience if I ever did anything wrong to you during work. Didn't you entrust all the temporary deliveries to me? Did I promise you I wouldn't slack off? The brothers kept calling each other brothers, but when it mattered, this is how you treated me."

Sun Qia's expression turned ugly. "You're not a child anymore. Do you still take those words seriously? As for work, it's your hobby, and you still have a long way to go, to earn more money. You haven't suffered any losses."

Ye Fei chuckled. Indeed, just as Wang Yue had said, people are selfish creatures. They were too naive, foolishly taking their own deceits seriously. In their eyes, perhaps they were the fools.

Ye Fei impatiently interrupted, "Enough of the nonsense. Just tell me, who was there that day?"

Sun Qia shrugged, "I don't know. If you want to ask, go ask someone else!"

Seeing Sun Qia's attitude, Ye Fei became even more displeased. Sun Qia actually treated him like an ignorant kid, which made him very angry.

Lowering his head and adjusting his sunglasses, Ye Fei put them in his pocket and then turned to leave. Sun Qia sneered, "It seems that foolish guy doesn't even know where he borrowed the car from, pretending to ask and answer himself."

Just as Sun Qia hesitated to speak again, Ye Fei suddenly turned back and punched Sun Qia in the face, producing a crisp slap.

Sun Qia held his face, struggling to sit up, incredulously looking at Ye Fei. How could he have laid hands on him?

Ye Fei squatted down, grabbing Sun Qia's collar tightly, and said coldly, "Sun Qia, I'm not in a good mood right now. Don't challenge my limits. Tell me, who was it?"

Looking at Ye Fei's fierce eyes, Sun Qia didn't dare to be tough. He was not a strong-willed person, otherwise, he wouldn't have watched Ye Fei being humiliated without doing anything.

"I really don't know, believe me, I really don't know," Sun Qia hastily said.

Facing Ye Fei's swinging fist, he quickly shouted, "It was the security guard who said it. The captain of the Little Fat Lamb's security team said they were all from the underworld, with very strong influence and showed no mercy. Please don't hit me. Have you forgotten? When I first started working, I took you there!"

Ye Fei sneered a few times, let go of Sun Qia and threw down two hundred yuan from his pocket, saying, "Go see a doctor." Then he glanced at the sign of Wantong Logistics and sneered a few times. It wasn't the time to expose this company yet, but he would come back sooner or later.

After Ye Fei left, the onlookers came forward to help Sun Qia and asked what had happened. Sun Qia just smiled bitterly; no one would believe what he said. Who could have thought that the shy boy would become so wealthy and ruthless? Sun Qia wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, pondering whether to continue staying at this company or leave early.

As night fell, Ye Fei walked into the bustling Little Fat Lamb and found a corner by the window to sit.

A waitress approached, holding the menu, and asked, "Sir, how many people?"

Ye Fei said, "Just one person. Give me a spicy hot pot, two servings of fatty beef, a sausage, fish balls, enoki mushrooms, wide noodles, hurry up!"

The waitress ticked several items on the menu and then asked, "Sir, would you like some alcohol?"

Ye Fei shook his head and said, "I'm driving, can't drink. Give me a bottle of juice."

After a few drinking experiences, Ye Fei had developed a fear of alcohol.

Shortly after the waitress left, she brought a pot of hot pot and arranged the vegetables and beef on the table, saying, "Sir, your dishes are ready. Do you need anything else?"

Looking around and making sure no one was paying attention, Ye Fei asked in a low voice, "Waitress, I want to ask something."

The waitress looked at Ye Fei warily and said, "Sir, please rest assured, I already have a boyfriend and won't give you my phone number."

Ye Fei silently sweated, thinking, even if he was interested, no one would believe it with her pancake face!

"No, I heard there was a fight here some time ago and a few people were arrested. Is that true?" Ye Fei asked.

The waitress, upon hearing this, smiled and said, "I thought you were interested in me!"

Ye Fei resisted his revulsion; he wasn't so hungry as to pick food.

The waitress looked around, there weren't many customers in the hall, and then said in a low voice, "I'll tell you, but you can't spread it. Our boss doesn't want this matter to be known. When I first started working, I saw it with my own eyes. Four or five gangsters beat up a young man. That kid was really ruthless, he grabbed one and beat him savagely, almost biting off a gangster's ear."

Ye Fei knew nothing about the subsequent events and didn't remember any of that. Just thinking about biting an ear made him feel a bit queasy.

"Did that kid fight alone? Did no one help him?" Ye Fei asked.

The waitress snorted, "Help? He came with some young people, and when they found out the other side was from the underworld, they were scared and hid. Finally, when the police arrived, we all thought the gangsters would be arrested. But in the end, that kid made a phone call and ended up getting arrested."

Ye Fei realized that the situation was definitely not simple, but he wondered why he had a conflict with himself.

"Do you know why they beat that boy?" Ye Fei asked.

The waitress looked at him warily and said, "This has nothing to do with you."

Ye Fei smiled and said, "The boy who was beaten is my relative, and he has already returned to his hometown. He has no idea why he was beaten and asked me to find out for him, otherwise he wouldn't dare to stay in Tianjin. You know, it's not easy to work outside!"

The waitress hesitated.

Ye Fei took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and pushed it onto the table.

The waitress smiled, took the money and put it in her pocket, and said softly, "I don't know the specific reason. You can go to the entrance and ask the security guard Wu Tian. Maybe you can ask him."

After that, the waitress quietly left.

Ye Fei looked at the security guard directing the parking outside and understood that the answers might be in the hands of the head of the security team. After eating a few bites, he paid and left the shop.