Once the call was connected, Mark asked, "Where are you now?"

"What's up?"

Kendrick wound down the window and lit a cigarette in his mouth.

"I'm just curious. You always disappear for a period of time every year, and no one can find you. This year, you seem to have been gone for longer.

"How much longer are you planning to hide?" Mark asked with a dark look.

"I'm an old man now. I like my peace."

Kendrick exhaled a mouthful of smoke, which blurred his face. "I'm not under Emerald Group. J