Walking the Path of a Workaholic in Cliché Novels (QT) Chapter 129

Half an hour later, the scarred man came back, his face also covered in bruises.

His younger brothers gathered around him and asked, “Brother Bai, what did the boss say?”

“Fifty lashes each.” The scarred man took out a cigarette he hadn’t smoked before and put it in his mouth, which hurt his wound. “Hiss, it seems something happened outside. The boss doesn’t have time to take care of us.”

“So, everything is fine?”

“Um.”

Ignoring the brothers who were looking relieved, the scarred man called out the two who had just joined the team and said, “Tell me, what’s going on?”

“Hey, what’s going on?” The dark-skinned boy’s eyes wandered around.

“Stop playing dumb. Do you know the young master inside? One was kicking and the other was stepping on him. They worked together very well.” The scarred man smoked a cigarette, looked at the iron door, and muttered, “They are all fucking possessed.”

“Brother Bai, this was all planned by me.” The handsome young man gritted his teeth and admitted, “He saved my mother, I can’t repay kindness with hatred.”

Then he told the scarred man about the incident: “I know what I did was not right, but I have to keep some morals. If I don’t save him, what kind of person would I be? If a person gets infected with that stuff, he will turn into a ghost. It’s the end of him.”

“I have a share too. Brother Bai, if you want to find someone, just look for me.” The dark-skinned boy also said. Both of them looked at the silent scarred man with trepidation.

After a while, the scarred man threw the cigarette on the ground and crushed it with his foot: “This matter ends here. I just didn’t like that old bastard and we had a fight. As for the rest, keep it to yourself and don’t tell anyone.”

It was a dark, windy and eventful night. An Yinong hadn’t slept, even if he forced himself he couldn’t fall asleep. The previous incident was like a sword hanging over his head. At around three o’clock, the singing and dancing in the entertainment city stopped, and the ladies either went home with their customers or went home alone.

A black shadow silently passed through the gap of the iron door and came to the room. There was a table outside, where four people were playing cards and keeping watch, and three were sleeping. There were seven people in total, including the scarred man and the two younger brothers who helped him.

“I think I saw a shadow flash by.” A younger brother holding a card looked at it and said, “Did I see it wrongly?”

The black shadow slid along the wall all the way out of the house.

This was an independent small house, located in the backyard of the entertainment city. In front was the city with layers of deep courtyards, and in the back was a high wall. It looked like the high wall would be very convenient for escaping, but when one climbed over it they realized that it was a cliff leading into the sea, so it was hard to say. No wonder one can hear the sound of waves, it turned out there was the sea behind them.

The shadow searched carefully along the wall, and suddenly, he found a small boat on the high wall. The boat looked like it could still be used.

“Where will this passage lead us?” After thinking for a while, the shadow entered the dark passage. This seemed to be a stone passage that might have reached underground water. The stone walls felt damp and cold to the touch.

He walked along the stone wall and soon reached the exit, which turned out to be a public women’s restroom, in the utility room blocked by a mop. Behind the wooden board on the wall was a passage. The entertainment city was quiet at the moment, and there was no one in the toilet. He carefully walked around the place and figured out the approximate location.

A somewhat dangerous plan came to his mind, but it just required some luck.

“Is it okay to set fire to it?” The black shadow thought, and he walked around the entire entertainment city. He found that this was a vulnerable building. Many materials inside were flammable, and there were also a lot of high-alcohol foreign liquors.

He had an idea and went back to where he had been imprisoned. Those guys were still playing poker and yawning. An Yinong stared at their bags, which contained a bottle of ether and a usable handkerchief.

“Brother Bai!” Just as he was about to take action, a bald man suddenly ran in from outside and woke up the scarred man who was leaning on the recliner.

No matter what, An Yinong took advantage of their diversion and directly felt his way along the ground to where the bag was placed.

“People from the White Tiger Hall have arrived. There are several hundred of them. They said they are here to look for Master Xie Jiu. The boss is in front and he asked us to pass through.”

“Master Xie Jiu?” The scarred man frowned. “Xie Jiu? What happened to him?”

The younger brother who came to call for help lowered his voice and said, “It is said that the people around the boss were bribed and he was ambushed, but the two cars of people did not stop him. The one who attacked was from the White Tiger Hall. Now everyone outside is looking for him.”

“Humph, Xie Jiu was able to rise from an unknown boy in the stronghold to the current ‘Master Xie Jiu’, so his flesh is not easy to swallow. The White Tiger Hall has taken over several places, and it has become bolder and dares to touch anyone.” The scarred man sneered. He dared not say anything, as the affairs of these big shots are not for them to discuss.

“Xie Jiu, what are they doing in our entertainment city?”

“They said they suspected we were Tibetans and wanted to search…”

“What?” The card players also stood up and threw their cigarettes to the ground. “Those cowards from the White Tiger Hall actually came to our place to cause trouble? Brother Bai, grab your weapons!”

The White Tiger Hall and the Crocodile Gang had always been at odds with each other, and they suspected that the other side was deliberately causing trouble.

“Let’s go check it out.” One of the younger brothers walked to where the bag was and prepared to take out the weapon. “Huh?” He noticed that the zipper was open, but he didn’t take it seriously and took out his pistol from inside.

“Brother Bai, shall we go kill those bastards from the White Tiger Hall now?”

“Wait.” The scarred man walked to the iron gate. He looked inside and saw that He Tiantong was lying on the ground, still sleeping.

“Awei and Akuan, you two stay here to guard the gate. I’ll go check out the front.”

“Okay.”

“Listen to you.”

The footsteps faded away.

In the darkness, An Yinong opened his eyes, and the two-dimensional shadow puppet quickly inflated into a three-dimensional black shadow. He looked down at the glass bottle and handkerchief on the ground.

“God is helping me.”

“Bang!” A sound came from the back of the house. Awei and Akuan looked at each other and prepared to go over to take a look.

“What’s that noise?” At this time, the dazed voice of the “hostage” came from the iron gate, as if he was woken up. Awei signaled Akuan to go over and take a look, and he approached the iron gate.

Ah Wei walked over and saw An Yinong sitting up through the air vent. Because there was no light, he could only see a blurry shadow.

“Hey, young master, are you awake?” Awei shouted.

“I can’t sleep,” An Yinong’s vague voice came from inside, “This is the first time I’ve been kidnapped.”

“That’s true. This is my first time kidnapping someone.” Awei muttered, “Don’t worry, our Brother Bai is the most trustworthy. If you cooperate a little, you will definitely be able to return safely.”

“I don’t think you are bad people. Why do you do such a risky business?” An Yinong continued to ask.

Perhaps because they had interacted too much along the way, Awei forgot the scarred man’s warning and started chatting with him: “Who would come out to do this when everyone is like you, a young master with no worries about food and clothing? In this world, people will die if they don’t have money.”

“I have no worries about food and clothing, but I have a lot of troubles. When I was a child, I was almost sent to a special school. Not long ago, a man tried to trick me into being a homosexual. My parents are divorced…”

The voice inside was getting lower and lower. Awei felt embarrassed when he heard it: “It’s not that you don’t have worries, but you don’t have to worry about someone in your family getting sick and having no money to treat the disease, right?”

“What’s wrong? Maybe I can find a hospital and a doctor for you.”

This young master was really kind. Awei smiled, but then became puzzled: “Why is that boy Akuan silent?”

He was about to go and take a look when suddenly, his sixth sense developed from countless street fights told him that there was something behind him.

Awei turned his head, his eyes widened, and his mind went blank for a moment – how could there be such a thing in the world that is completely black without any reflection, with only white eyes?

Ah Wei couldn’t think anymore. At that moment, he was held down by the other party, his mouth and nose were covered with a handkerchief, and he smelled a familiar smell. With a ‘bang’, Awei fell heavily to the ground, and the black shadow took out a key from his pocket.

The door opened, and An Yinong walked out. He turned around and saw a pile of quilts on the ground. He didn’t know what he was thinking. The shadow puppet took out a lighter from Awei, and sparks flashed.

He picked up his bag that was placed aside, and the shadow puppet led the way in front. One person after another fell on the road, and one curtain after another caught fire.

These curtains were made of synthetic fibers and burned quickly and violently. In the blink of an eye, the fire spread to other places, with billowing black smoke. The high-end foreign liquors in the cupboards were smashed everywhere. An Yinong had already opened the door of the women’s restroom utility room, and a dark passage appeared in front of him.

At the gate of the Entertainment City, the members of the Crocodile Gang didn’t want to have too much conflict with the people from the White Tiger Hall. After all, they had just made a big deal today and it wasn’t appropriate to make a fuss. As for the people from the White Tiger Hall, they had just caused trouble for Xie Jiu today and did not want to confront the madman Crocodile again, so they also had some concerns.

The bosses of both sides sat down and talked for a while. When they were about to resolve the issue peacefully, a younger brother suddenly ran out and said, “Boss, there’s a fire outside.”

The crocodile looked at the leader of the White Tiger Hall, and the leader of the White Tiger Hall also looked at the crocodile. The atmosphere was tense.

A shadow in the dark aimed at the crocodile’s knees…

“boom!”

Crocodile fell down, holding his crotch, blood flowing out from between his legs. The leader of the White Tiger Hall was stunned. The shadow looked at the gun in his hand and lowered his head in shame: the gun might have its own ideas.

“It was the shot from the White Tiger Hall that smashed our boss’s eggs!” The younger brother was shocked and angry.

“No, no.” The leader of the White Tiger Hall could not admit such a thing no matter what.

This really smashed a hornet’s nest. The people from the Crocodile Gang immediately drew their knives and guns, and the White Tiger Gang did the same. The people who were watching the scene rushed out one after another, and the thugs from both sides started fighting each other.

Then another gunshot rang out, and the “Dr. Poison” of the Crocodile Gang slowly fell to the ground, his glasses fell and shattered, one hand covering the other hand that was pierced. That was the part that Dr. Poison cherishes the most, his hand.

He wailed, “Doctor, doctor!”

Then there was a third gunshot, and Dr. Poison’s other hand was not spared.

“Damn it! Which brainless idiot fired the shot?” The leader of the White Tiger Hall was furious and pulled out his gun.

The scarred man was also in the crowd, but he did not rush forward, but stepped back to check the situation. The sudden fire must have been man-made, and if the enemy outflanked them from both sides, it would be very disadvantageous to them.

When he led a group of people over, they found that the entertainment city was truly on fire. The expensive foreign wines were opened and scattered everywhere, and there was alcohol on the expensive curtains, sofas, and carpets. Now they were all burning and thick smoke was billowing.

“What’s going on? Where are all the people?” The scarred man covered his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief.

Everyone looked at each other.

Everyone went to the outside to fight with the people from the White Tiger Hall, so there were not many people to put out the fire. Moreover, the fire was so fierce that they didn’t have time to escape, and they didn’t have the ability to put out the fire.

“Wait.” He thought of something and his face changed slightly.

The scarred man ran towards the backyard, and before he got close to the small house, he saw a lot of black smoke coming out of it.

He walked in, holding his nose, and found that the black smoke was coming out of the small room where the young master was imprisoned. He could vaguely see the fire inside. There were several people lying side by side outside the room, including Awei and Akuan.

Several people’s eyes suddenly turned red, and they thought they were dead.

“A Sheng, A Rong, knock on the door!” The scarred man asked someone to knock on the iron door, and asked another person to check the people lying on the ground.

“Awei!” the younger brother ran over and shouted.

Ah Wei opened his eyes and saw the face that was completely blackened by smoke, with only the eyes white. He shouted, “Ghost!”

The other unconscious people also woke up and looked at the burning house in confusion: “What happened?”

“…Brother Bai, they are all alive.”

At this time, the iron gate was opened, and the scarred man rushed in immediately. As a result, there was only a quilt burning on the ground, but not the young master. His worry was frozen on his face.

The younger brother checked and said, “He’s gone, Brother Bai. Was the young master rescued by someone? What should we do now? Should we chase him?”

Judging from the time, the young master had only been gone for a while, so maybe they could catch up with him if they chased him now.

Wu Bai narrowed his eyes. At this time, he actually took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep puff. Then he smiled a little: “You fooled people around, but you left happily.”

He turned to look at the others and said, “No need to chase them. I suspect someone from the He family is secretly protecting him and they found an opportunity to rescue him. The White Tiger Hall might have come here on purpose and worked with others to rescue him.”

“I will explain this matter to the boss myself. It has nothing to do with you.”

“But Boss… I don’t know if it can get better.” The white-skinned boy touched his nose, which looked painful. With such an injury, even if Crocodile survived, he would be too ashamed to see anyone. The people in the White Tiger Hall were really vicious.

Everyone was silent for a while: After today, I don’t know whether the Crocodile Gang will still be the Crocodile Gang.

“No matter what, I’ll take over.” The scarred man took another puff of his cigarette.

In the darkness that they couldn’t see, a dark shadow slowly put down the gun in his hand.