Zhang Yunhe politely declined Huafu's invitation. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and the wind was howling outside. It was freezing cold. It would be more comfortable to go home and sleep with his wife than to attend the dance.

Seeing that Zhang Yunhe was unwilling to go, Huafu did not force him and said that he would treat him to a drink another day. The two agreed that once Huafu had more medicines shipped over, Zhang Yunhe would take them all at the same price.

In this way, a stable trading channel was established between Zhang Yunhe and Huafu.

For Huafu, he likes to cooperate with big buyers like Zhang Yunhe. He can get all the goods in one transaction, and the price is not low. It is very comfortable and there is no risk at all.

Citibank.

Inside the third-floor dormitory, six security guards playing Texas Hold'em finally realized something was amiss. A burly man named Mane said, "It seems the boss and Kant have been out on patrol for a long time. Why haven't they returned for their shift yet?"

After hearing this, the other five people looked at each other in confusion. They were so engrossed in playing poker and gambling that they had forgotten the time.

"Look at what time it is now?"

"Five ten!"

"What? I remember the boss and Kant went on patrol at 7:45. They have been gone for almost two hours? Oh my God, could something bad have happened?" One of the security guards said nervously.

Mane immediately said, "Don't talk nonsense, it shouldn't be like that. Let's stop playing and go out to find the boss and Kante!"

Everyone stood up when they heard this, and one of them said, "Everyone, bring your weapons with you, so we can deal with anything if anything happens!"

At the strong man's reminder, all the security guards went downstairs with guns.

Everyone soon arrived at the hall and found Walton and Kant still sleeping on the bench in the hall.

"Oh my God, they actually fell asleep here. It's so cold, aren't they afraid of freezing to death?" a security guard shouted after seeing the two people.

Security guard Mane realized that something was wrong. The temperature in the room was only a few degrees. How could a normal person sleep in such a temperature?

He immediately walked over and pushed Wharton, who was lying on the bench: "Boss, wake up, wake up!"

Walton was pushed several times without any reaction. The other security guards realized that something was wrong. Mane touched Walton's forehead and felt it was very cold. He then stretched out his finger to test under his nostrils and only felt a faint breath.

"Oh my God, he's almost dead. Come on, some people, carry him upstairs to warm him by the fire!"

Under Mane's arrangement, three security guards came and carried the unconscious Walton upstairs, leaving Kante who was still unconscious.

Kante woke up in a daze after being pushed a few times. He was just unconscious due to a heavy blow on the neck, and was not drugged. He was woken up quickly.

"Kante, what's going on between you and the boss? Why are you sleeping in the hall?" Mane asked.

Kanre felt a sharp pain in his neck. He touched his neck, thought for a moment, and said, "The chief and I were patrolling when someone threw stones at the door. The chief was very angry and opened the door to check. Then I felt a sharp pain in my neck, and then I lost consciousness!"

After hearing this, Mane said with a serious face: "Are you saying that you were attacked?"

"This... I don't know if it's an attack, but my neck hurts!"

Mane immediately walked to the iron gate leading to the staff's work area to check. The iron gate was still locked and there was nothing unusual, but he felt very sad. The security guard was attacked in the bank lobby. What does this mean?

"Let's go upstairs and try to wake the boss up!"

When they returned to the dormitory on the third floor, the unconscious Wharton finally regained some temperature. They wiped his body with hot towels, shouted in his ears, and slapped him in the face. Finally, after great effort, they woke him up.

Wharton, who had just woken up, was still feeling dizzy. "What happened to me? Oh God, I remember now. I seem to have been attacked. Someone covered my mouth and nose with a scented gauze from behind. I struggled hard but it was no use. Soon I couldn't move!"

At this time, even the two security guards who had been sleeping heard the noise and walked into the room. Everyone realized that something might have gone wrong.

"Boss, are your keys still there?" someone asked.

Hearing this, Walton lowered his head, took out the keys from his waist and counted them. He looked up and said, "The keys are all here!"

Mane asked in confusion, "Why is this happening? After get off work, all the cash at the counter is put into the safe. There isn't much money there, so ordinary thieves wouldn't take such a big risk. If someone really wants to rob the bank, their target must be the underground vault!"

"But I just checked the iron door leading to the work area, it's locked and hasn't been opened!"

Wharton also raised his doubts: "But the keys to the underground vault and the keys to the front doors are still with me. Even if the thieves got my keys, they wouldn't be able to open the vault door without the bank manager's key and the combination!"

No one knew what was going on!

Walton was worried. After all, he was the bank's security chief. If the bank was robbed, he would be held accountable. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll call Mr. Lester to report the situation!"

Everyone followed him to a dormitory with a telephone and watched as Wharton dialed the home number of bank president Lester.

What all the security guards didn't expect was that the call at Lester's house was answered by a servant, who told him that Lester and his wife had gone to the Ritz Hotel to attend a dance and would be back later.

Wharton had to ask the servant to tell Lester to call him when he came back and then hung up.

Next, Wharton led the security guards to conduct a detailed inspection of the bank lobby, work area, the elevator leading to the underground vault, and the door to the underground vault, but found nothing abnormal.

The phone rang at 11:30 in the evening.

"Hello, is this Mr. Lester?" Wharton asked immediately.

Lester's voice came from the phone: "It's me! Wharton, what's the matter with you calling?"

Walton immediately recounted what happened to him and Kanter.

Lester on the other end of the phone immediately took it seriously and asked, "Have you checked all areas? Has the alarm in the area leading to the underground vault been triggered?"

"We've checked everything and found nothing abnormal. We've also checked the alarm devices and found none of them have been triggered! Sir, I'd like to request to open the vault door and go in to check. Could you come over?" Wharton asked.

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