Chapter 68

Content Advisory: Violence, blood, and gore.

Qiao Xin came to a decision and invested all of his manpower into this transaction. Liang Gua was just a small role they had paid for. An acquaintance could get close to Er Hei and quickly act while he was unprepared.

For a high enough price, there would definitely be brave men. What did loyalty matter? How much was friendship worth?

It was just that Liang Gua himself also paid a heavy price. But no one cared about whether he died or lived.

The main leader Qiao Xin sent to smash the sites in Jianghai was his right-hand man, nicknamed Liu Pao. This person was also a well-known fighter in the provincial capital. He became famous for his ability to fight, and had committed homicide and gone to prison. He was an amazing figure. That night, he brought people and rushed into Zheng Da Nightclub to fight with Yang Lei and Fang Yu. Furthermore, on the second night, he smashed Luo Jiu’s properties. After wrecking them, he didn’t stop for a second and returned to the provincial capital overnight. Even a strong dragon can’t win over a local snake. Liu Pao was fierce but not stupid. He knew that no matter how many people he brought to Jianghai, he was fighting on unfamiliar ground. No matter how amazingly an outsider fought, it couldn’t compare to the advantage of being on home territory. In the encounter battle with Hua Mao, Liu Pao’s assistant was nearly mutilated by Hua Mao. Liu Pao didn’t continue fighting. He returned to the provincial capital and waited for Qiao Xin’s next instructions.

Qiao Xin was also waiting for Luo Jiu’s movement, but Luo Jiu didn’t make any movements at all.

After the silence, there was a storm.

When Er Hei woke up, he didn’t see Xiao Qin. His first words were a question: “…Xiao Qin… how is she?”

“Xiao Qin is fine. She’s waiting for you,” Lao Liang said, smiling at Er Hei. The several people nearby stood there silently.

“…Is my son… fine? …” Er Hei was still thinking about the child in Xiao Qin’s belly.

“…”

Everyone was silent.

“…If you’re thinking of your child, then you should get better soon. What would it look like if a father keeps lying down?”

Lao Liang purposefully used a relaxed tone.

Er Hei visibly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled weakly at everyone. His smile was reassured and satisfied.

Behind the crowd, Fang Yu turned around and walked out of the hospital room.

Yang Lei followed him out. On the bench outside, Fang Yu sat alone. Yang Lei sat next to him, holding his shoulder.

That day, Yang Lei received a phone call from Yan Ziyi.

“What?” Yang Lei was anxious. “Da Ge! You…”

Yan Ziyi’s phone call was to tell Yang Lei not to meddle in this matter.

Yan Ziyi and Qiao Xin had business dealings. Qiao Xin feared that Yan Ziyi and Luo Jiu would partner up. After the incident, he had already called Yan Ziyi and let him know. Although there was no friendship between Yan Ziyi and Qiao Xin, and it couldn’t compare to his relationship with Luo Jiu, Luo Jiu definitely wouldn’t let others meddle in this matter. Including the matter of property destruction, Luo Jiu had been humiliated too much. If Luo Jiu didn’t settle it himself, in the future, he wouldn’t be able to go on in the gangdom. Yan Ziyi stood in the neutral position. It wasn’t good for him to openly take either side. He was an old Jianghu and understood this principle.

“Come back right now. Don’t get involved,” Yan Ziyi said.

“Too late! I’m already here. I won’t bring people and I won’t represent you. I’ll go myself,” Yang Lei said.

“Who doesn’t know that you’re one of my people? Yan Ziyi knew that Yang Lei’s stubbornness had flared again.

“Da Ge! Can I leave Fang Yu without caring after this happened? Should I cover my face?”

Yang Lei’s voice rose.

“…Fang Yu’s business is my business! I’m sorry, Da Ge! If you have to stop me, you can get rid of me now!”

“You… sigh…” Yan Ziyi wasn’t surprised. Could he not know how close Yang Lei and Fang Yu were? If Yang Lei could idly stand by right now, he wouldn’t have liked this boy initially and took him under his command.

“…Take more people. Don’t say that I know. Do you hear me?”

Yan Ziyi hung up the phone.

Yang Lei turned around. He didn’t realize that Fang Yu was standing behind him.

“It’s none of your business. Go back. Don’t hamper Yan Ge,” Fang Yu said.

“What do you mean it’s none of my business?”

“This time is different.”

Yang Lei truly felt like Fang Yu’s eyes were different. Ever since he knew Fang Yu, even if Fang Yu were fighting, he was mostly lazy. He had never seen Fang Yu so serious.

Right now, Fang Yu’s eyes were heavy. Very heavy.

“What do you mean by different? Wherever you are, I’ll be there,” Yang Lei said.

Fang Yu didn’t speak. There were many brothers behind him, making a lot of noise. In that clamor, Fang Yu looked at Yang Lei.

After Liu Pao and the others returned to the provincial capital, they were still thrilled by this night’s feat. These people liked trashing sites the most, as it gave them power and aura. Who was Luo Jiu? However amazing he was, that place was Jianghai. Could it compare with the provincial capital? Liu Pao thought that he was invincible in the provincial capital. Although Qiao Xin had already reminded him, telling them to lie low for these two days, Liu Pao was used to thinking that he was the shit in the provincial capital. He didn’t believe at all that Luo Jiu would dare to come to the provincial capital and act wildly. Even if he came, he wasn’t afraid.

So Liu Pao, who was still arrogant, held a large feast at the Yuehai Restaurant for the heroes in the provincial capital that night. He invited all those who participated in the fight to eat at the celebration banquet. Before the meal, he sent money. These people did not fight for loyalty. They had to receive appearance fees when they went to smash a site, and they wanted the cash immediately. Qiao Xin’s gangs were truly advanced. They took the lead in marching into the ranks of the market economy.

That night, Yuehai Restaurant was brightly lit and filled with guests. Looking into the huge, floor-to-ceiling, transparent glass from the outside, it was a prosperous scene. Just as Liu Pao and the others were getting merrily drunk, a motorcade stopped at the entrance of Yuehai Restaurant.

Starting from the moment the people in the car stepped out onto the ground, the most shocking serial fighting of the 1990s in the region broke out.

Blood flowed like a river.

Fang Yu entered Yuehai Restaurant empty-handed.

The only thing on his body was a chain tied around his waist. It was a very common iron chain used to tie dogs.

When passing the bar, Fang Yu pulled off a strip of cloth along the way, picked up several cans of beer from the bar, and carried them in his hand.

The people sitting at Liu Pao’s table were still eating and drinking. Liu Pao had his back to the door. He was talking with spit flying everywhere.

Someone at the table raised his head and saw Fang Yu, who was calmly walking over. He didn’t know Fang Yu, but human instinct has the most subconscious response to danger.

“Pao Ge!” that person shouted hurriedly.

Once Liu Pao turned around, an iron chain suddenly tied around his neck. Liu Pao’s entire huge body was dragged up and out for two or three meters. Before Liu Pao could take out the weapon in his arms with a face purple from suffocation, a heavy bag full of Shu Ting canned beer, no less powerful than a controlled steel pipe, with the fierce sound of the wind, suddenly rammed into his face.

Liu Pao dropped with the sound. He and the table toppled over on the ground with several loud noises.

Liu Pao, who had fallen to the ground, had blood smeared all over his face. His entire nose bridge and cheekbones were smashed to pieces, looking extremely horrifying.

Liu Pao’s accomplices were all stunned. No one had seen Liu Pao being taken down within a few seconds. Before they could react, Lao Liang, Hua Mao, and fifty or sixty behind them rushed over with broad, gleaming machetes. Just as these people dug out their weapons, they were cut by snow-like blades on the face and body. There were even people who didn’t have time to pull out their weapons before they were cut down to the ground…

Liu Pao struggled and wanted to crawl up. Fang Yu raised his foot and cracked his ankle with a kick. He pulled the chain at Liu Pao’s throat. A flow of blood gushed out. Liu Pao screamed hoarsely…

Someone raised his knife and rushed at Fang Yu from behind. He was smashed in the temple by angular steel. He fell to the ground without even a groan. Yang Lei kicked his body out of the way. The two steel pipes hit him at the same time. Yang Lei’s arms caught and dragged the person to the front. One kick in the kneecap with each foot made him limp. Clamping the steel pipe, he beat them horizontally on the head. The two people’s heads burst open…

Fang Yu’s left arm was still tied with gauze. He glanced at Yang Lei beside him. In the distance of a few meters from the entrance to Fang Yu’s side, Yang Lei’s upper body was already covered in blood.

“Someone else’s!”

Yang Lei just gave Fang Yu one sentence. He suddenly snatched a knife that was stabbing towards Fang Yu and stabbed it back into the other party’s shoulder blades, so deep that there was no handle…

Fang Yu grabbed someone who was pouncing towards them. He offhandedly threw him back, throwing him into the crowd of Lao Liang behind them. The crowd surged up at once, machetes flying up and down…

That night, all the people on the streets outside of Yuehai Restaurant who saw this fight through the brightly-lit, transparent glass were stunned. According to the brave onlookers, a row of people inside were pressed to the window and beaten mercilessly. Behind them, large knives were raised unceasingly. Stream after stream of blood splashed onto the floor-to-ceiling glass window. Even through the glass, they could hear the screams. This horrifying and bloody scene had also not been seen in the provincial capital, which was rampant with gangdom power, not to mention that those being cut were the subordinates of Qiao Xin, who dominated the provincial capital!

If this scene happened one or two years later, the onlookers would definitely think of a song. Not long after that, in “Young and Dangerous,” which was popular throughout the entire nation, there was the theme song “Invincible.”

What is called justice? Who is invincible?

Yet right and wrong, good and evil, are difficult to determine

Who has the right to determine the heavens and earth can naturally testify

No matter what background they have…

Perhaps once they make a move, they can control the world

Even if just opening their mouths, the air trembles

Even if righteousness is too old, it must exist in the heavens and earth

No matter what excuse there is…

Yang Lei and Fang Yu were different. Fang Yu didn’t bring a knife. He used the objects available. Everything in his hand was a weapon. The advantage this way was that he didn’t use controlled instruments. If he were caught by the police, it wouldn’t even reach the level of assault. Yang Lei didn’t care about this. He was a cold steel weapons expert. He used large blades, army daggers, and scrapers. These cold steel weapons would definitely draw blood when used. When he made a move, he would definitely hurt people.

Some people said, that day when they looked inside, they saw a young man holding a large blade fighting people. Just watching made them shiver all over. His body was soaked in blood, but none of the blood was his own. Some people said that inside, there was someone without a knife and only carrying an iron chain. It was even more horrifying than the other people who were attacking with knives. The chain left a trail of blood splashing outwards. Later, the chain was no longer black, but bright red…

The places where these two people passed was a total path of blood. People who had gotten close to the two of them had either fallen to the ground screaming or had their blood splatter five steps away.