The main thing is to make money, and the rest is just a matter of convenience.

I asked my counselor for a month's leave, called the Men family, and asked Grandma Men to help take care of Hua Rong. I called Deng Zhi and asked her to take good care of the Boy Scouts. I called Men Sheng and Ye Zhuang and said that I had some family matters to attend to and needed to leave for a while, asking them to take good care of Taiji.

Hua Yan called Taeji to tell him she had something to take care of and asked him to take care of himself. Taeji wanted to go with her, but Hua Yan refused.

After making a round of phone calls, Hua Yan tidied herself up. Kong Wen had already arrived after receiving the call and was waiting downstairs at the dormitory.

"Jiu'er, shall I go with you?"

Kong Wen knew that Hua Yan was going to Country A and wanted to go with her.

"Uncle Wen, don't worry, Uncle Liang is over there! I'll go and take care of things and come back right away. Please take good care of things at home, especially Sister Zhiyi's TCM clinic. She's just opened, so there will be a lot of things to do. I'm worried she won't be able to handle it."

Hua Yan didn't mention Liu Liang's matter, afraid that Kong Wen would worry.

Upon arriving at the airport, Hua Yan bought a ticket for the earliest flight, which took off two hours later. Kong Wen stayed with her until the plane took off.

Before takeoff, Hua Yan called Liu Liang and was relieved to hear his voice.

A dozen hours later, Hua Yan once again set foot on New York City soil. She took out her phone and called Liu Liang. After hearing Liu Liang's voice, she asked him to come and pick her up.

Hehe! In no time, someone walked up to Hua Yan, politely inquired about her identity, and after confirming her identity, Hua Yan got into their car.

These people had been waiting here for a long time, worried that Hua Yan wouldn't come.

On the plane, Hua Yan told An Xin about Liu Liang's situation and they agreed to split up. She would contact these people alone, while An Xin and the others would react to the situation from the outside to avoid being wiped out.

Once inside the car, Hua Yan's eyes were blindfolded, but no violence was used; instead, the reason was explained.

Hua Yan didn't care about these trivial matters, because nothing could obstruct her vision.

An Xin and the others split up to follow these people. Because they didn't have a car, their tracking was a bit slow, but it didn't matter, he had the spirit bird that Hua Yan had given him.

After driving around the streets and alleys of New York City twice, I parked the car in a villa area, where there were heavy guards both inside and outside the gates.

The blindfold over Hua Yan's eyes was removed, and she stepped out of the car. What came into view was a luxurious villa. The iron gate outside the villa was at least five meters high, and the surrounding walls were also five meters high. If you knew it was a villa, you would think it was a prison.

Hua Yan had no time to look around; her biggest worry was Liu Liang's safety. As she entered the hall, a well-dressed man strode over.

"Hello, Ninth Master. I am Justin, the butler. The boss is waiting for you."

Justin was very polite and did not look down on Hua Yan just because she was a young girl.

Hua Yan didn't speak, but nodded and followed Justin to a room on the first floor, which was guarded by people outside.

Justin knocked on the door, and after hearing "Come in," he led Hua Yan inside.

"Boss, Ninth Master has arrived."

The man sitting on the armchair looked up, his hawk-like eyes fixed on Hua Yan. He exuded an air of nobility, with fair skin, a straight nose, an arrogant gaze, thin lips, and a cigar dangling from his mouth.

"Oh! Ninth Master, hello! I'm Victor."

Upon hearing that it was Ninth Master, the man stood up, greeted Hua Yan, and extended his hand.

Hua Yan shook hands with the man named Victor.

"Hello, Mr. Victor. I'd like to see Liu Liang."

Hua Yan didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

"Mr. Liu is very well. I will have someone invite him over right away. Please have a seat, Ninth Master."

Victor ordered someone to summon Liu Liang.

"Ninth Master, would you like something to drink?"

"Have a glass of water."

In truth, Hua Yan didn't want to drink anything, but out of politeness, she still made her request. If Hua Yan didn't have the antidote pill, she wouldn't drink anything from a stranger.

Justin poured Hua Yan a glass of water.

Liu Liang was quickly brought over, and he became very emotional upon seeing Hua Yan.

"Jiu'er, are you okay?"

Liu Liang's primary concern was Hua Yan's safety; he believed it was his mistake that had implicated her.

"Uncle Wen, I'm fine. Are you alright?"

"They arrested me, but they didn't hurt me."

Hua Yan saw that Liu Liang was indeed not injured.

"What about the rest?"

"They're all here, and they're fine."

When Liu Liang said this, he felt somewhat ashamed, as they had all been wiped out.

Hua Yan nodded.

“Mr. Victor, tell me your requirements.”

Hua Yan knew that this person wouldn't want to see her for no reason; he must have discovered what Liu Liang and his group were up to.

"Ah! Haha! Ninth Master, I'm very interested in the weapons Mr. Liu and his men are using. I wonder if you could provide us with a batch?"

Victor had no intention of beating around the bush with Hua Yan.

Hehe! Only then did Hua Yan realize why Liu Liang and the others had been arrested.

"Are you planning to use it yourselves, or sell it?"

"Oh! What's the difference?"

"of course."

In which situation can you provide this information?

"If it's for my own use and the quantity isn't large, I might consider it."

"How much can Ninth Master provide?"

How many do you need?

"Yes, of course the more the better."

“If Mr. Victor doesn’t have accurate data, I can’t consider it.”

"Can you provide five hundred?"

After thinking for a moment, Victor provided what he considered to be reliable data.

“That’s too many. I can only provide ten at most, and each one costs a million dollars. If Mr. Victor can accept that, I can consider it.”

"Oh! Haha! Ninth Master isn't joking, is he?"

"I don't like to joke."

"That means there's no need to discuss it?"

Although Victor was smiling, his tone was clearly unfriendly.

Hua Yan nodded calmly. She didn't want to provide a single one, because this AK12 was only introduced around 2016 in her previous life, and it simply couldn't be manufactured now.

"Ninth Master, I'm speaking to you with sincerity. I hope you'll reconsider."

Victor's smile had vanished, and his tone had turned icy.

"No need to consider it anymore. I said this in good faith. If Mr. Victor can't accept it, then forget it. We won't bother you any longer, we're leaving."

Hua Yan stood up as if to leave.

"Haha! Ninth Master may not understand our Backstreet. There's never anything we can't do if we set our minds to it."

"Is that so! Then Mr. Victor is trying to force a sale!"

Hua Yan's calm demeanor made Victor think that they were not taken seriously at all.

“Ninth Master is right. The Chinese way of doing things is to first try diplomacy and then resort to force, so I tried it, but it didn’t work. It seems we still have to use the way of doing things in our country A.”

As soon as Victor finished speaking, Hua Yan was already in front of him. With a flick of her finger, a pill was placed in his mouth.

Instinctively, Victor spat out a pill, but only a silent one came out. The pill melted instantly in his mouth, giving him no time to react.

At that moment, Justin inside the room quickly pulled out his gun and aimed it at Hua Yan. Hua Yan sat down next to Victor, took out a juice from her bag, and began to drink it contentedly.

"What did you feed me?"

Victor vomited for a long time, but nothing came out; his eyes were filled with tears from the forced retching.

"Poison. Without my antidote, you'll suffer a fate worse than death when the poison takes effect."

Hua Yan swallowed the juice, put the cap back on, and said calmly.

"You idiot, hurry up and take out the antidote."

Justin lost his initial civility and politeness, revealing a vicious side.

"You can have the antidote, but release my men first."

Give me the antidote, and I'll release your men.

"Really? Then there's no way to talk about it. No problem, I can wait a bit until you beg me."

Hua Yan's confident demeanor made people uneasy.

"Justin, take this man out and shoot him."

Victor, as the head of the backstreet gang, wasn't easily intimidated. He believed he had been careless today, allowing Hua Yan to take advantage of the situation.

Hehe! You're not being careless. No matter how carefully you guard up, it's still easy for Ninth Master to control you if he wants to.

Just as Justin took a step, Hua Yan disarmed him and kicked him hard. Before he could even utter a sound, a pill was shoved into his mouth.

Hua Yan sat back down next to Victor, fiddling with the gun.

Everyone in the room was stunned, including Liu Liang, because they hadn't seen how Hua Yan made her move at all.