"Hmph, I don't believe that he misses me at all." Liu Meiqi immediately sat next to Lin Huai and held his arm without caring about the presence of other people there. Her beautiful round eyes blinked while she looked at him and asked, "Let me ask you this—do you miss me?"
"Of course I do." Lin Huai knew that she was never afraid of anything, so he didn't dare to antagonize her and quickly answered in the positive.
She snorted before adding, "That's more like it."
With that, she grabbed a skewer on the table and took a bite. Then, her eyes brightened almost instantaneously. "Wow, the restaurant is not big, but their skewers are really delicious."
With a smile on his face, Lin Huai added, "Most of the time, how tasty the food is has nothing to do with the restaurant's size. This barbeque restaurant does serve delicious skewers. If you fancy it, have more of it."
Liu Meiqi asked, "It's such a small restaurant, thou
Although Piao Chengji didn't know how useful it was, he had placed a chess piece in S City. There was a possibility that this chess piece would never be used, but sometimes those items that were only useful once could be a lifesaver.For the next few days, apart from meeting up with the Red Canes and handling a few business affairs that were a result of the unification, Lin Huai spent most of his time with Liu Meiqi.However, something had happened during this time. Stepless was well-acquainted with Lin Huai and even called to congratulate him after the unification of Chengbei District; he even proposed to use Lin Huai's connections to expand his drug business in Chengbei District. Previously, he only sold drugs to Thunder Gang. Although the gang was mighty, they occupied only less than half of Chengbei District whereas he now anticipated that his business would double in size.Stepless originally thought that he was doing Lin Huai an as
Upon hearing Stepless' words, Lin Huai realized that the Hou Family was reluctant to wage a complete war with him—at least not at the moment. It could be because they still held onto the glimmer of hope of winning him over and when it was finally decided that it would be impossible, they would naturally take action by then. He highly doubted that the reason why they had only targeted the King of Chengxi District and allowed him off the hook was because of his charisma.Of course, Lin Huai was not afraid to wage a war with them—what could the Hou Family do to him if he did? They could only stop Stepless from cooperating with him, at most, but it wouldn't matter to him since he had never wanted to collaborate with Stepless in the drug business in the first place.Stepless stared at Lin Huai and asked, "What do you think? Aren't you going to agree to it since I'm personally here?"Lin Huai smiled and shook his head as he replied, "Let's not
After drinking, Lin Huai brought Stepless to a brothel and had two beautiful ladies accompany Stepless that night. Then, he left on his own to return to the nightclub to rest.As he lay on the bed, what Stepless said earlier that day lingered in his mind. Once one stepped foot into the underworld, he wouldn't be able to retreat even if he wanted to. It might not be too late for Lin Huai to withdraw now, but if he continued ahead, would he be able to withdraw later as he wished?The thought kept echoing in Lin Huai's head before he let out a sigh. It might be too late to pull out anyway, he thought. He suddenly recalled what Wei Qimian said to him before this—if he were to withdraw and leave, Chengbei District would return to chaos. The entire place would be filled with violence and nobody could tell how many innocent people would be dragged into the mess.On top of that, there was no guarantee that drugs would not enter Chengbei District
Lin Huai hadn't yet made up his mind whether to go back to the security company or continue staying in Chengbei District. However, he was completely at ease. Right now, he was able to fully accept whatever decision he made and he wouldn't have any regrets, and this was sufficient for him.The next day, he assembled all of the gang leaders working for him—Piao Chengji, Dao Zi, Chu Wenxing, Wang Zhengyang, Wu Shanhe, Bei Jianlan, Zhang Xinyu, as well as others who were promoted at a later stage—Wei Wenjiang, Zhang Chu, and Huang Hongan.Everyone gathered and being the strategist of the group, Piao Chengji voiced out, "Big Boss has gathered all of us here today because he wants to change the name of Thunder Gang to something else. Everyone, please put on your thinking caps."Just then, Bei Jianlan expressed her confusion. "Brother Huai, Thunder Gang sounds dominant enough; why would you want to change it?"Everyone present kept
In the subsequent few days, the news of the Thunder Gang's name change spread across the entire gangster world of Tongcheng. Lin Huai also managed to give Uncle a call within the timeframe specified by the latter.As soon as the phone call was connected, Uncle said, "Let's talk about your decision."And so, Lin Huai took a deep breath before revealing a forceful laugh. "Uncle, I'm sorry…""Okay." Uncle's voice was somber as he replied, "Perhaps I should have anticipated the decision that you would make. After all, the blood coursing through your veins is tinged with restlessness. I thought you would be different but… Oh well, if this is your destiny, then there's nothing I can do to change it. I shouldn't have harbored high hopes."His voice was full of disappointment and Lin Huai felt quite upset to hear that.Lin Huai heaved a sigh and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry that I've disappointed you."Meanwhile
Lin Huai left the nightclub quite early and locked the doors. There were not that many people walking around, but the air was quite crisp and fresh which was unlike the smoggy provincial capital. In fact, Tongcheng was starting to get slightly polluted in the evening, but it was relatively fine in the morning and the air was exceptionally crisp as dawn broke.Based on Lin Huai's personality, at this time of the day, he would usually get breakfast at one of the shops nearby before finding a quiet location to practice his kung fu. Ever since he met that guy, who was well-reputed to be able to take on countless men by himself, at the Hou Residence, Lin Huai had realized that he needed to keep upgrading his skills. Otherwise, judging by the other man's aura, if they came up against each other someday, Lin Huai might not even be able to handle that man.It was quite early in the morning, so there were not that many people on the street. Lin Huai subsequen
After settling the matter at the breakfast stall, Lin Huai began to practice martial arts in the remote suburbs. The reason why Lin Huai did not do anything to Bro. Ghost and the other two people was that it was a band-aid solution. He happened to witness this by accident, but there were many things that he had not seen. The corrupted situation at the bottom of the faction must be worse than he had witnessed. Therefore, punishing those people now would probably upset them because they would think that the underworld people were entitled to bully others, and they would not feel that they had done anything wrong.In that case, he must first set the rules. Once the rules were out, the hooligans would know what kind of punishment they should receive if they crossed the line.After practicing for an entire morning, Lin Huai made a call and gathered all the higher-ups in the nightclub. Then, Lin Huai sat in the car and was ready to drive back to the nightc
Piao Chengji watched this scene from the side. Everyone was frightened by Lin Huai. In the past, Lin Huai had never been so strict with his own buddies. Now, he suddenly became stern and immediately displayed the majestic bearing of an overlord.As Lin Huai's strategist, Piao Chengji was the one who understood Lin Huai the most. In this matter, Lin Huai's intention might be more from a good point of view. Other than that, Piao Chengji also analyzed from the perspective of faction's development. He felt that he had to echo his faction head and use this opportunity to establish Lin Huai's absolute authority.Seeing that everyone was frightened to the point of silence, Piao Chengji coughed and affirmed, "I think what Brother Huai said is very reasonable. If there are no rules, we're nothing but savages. Whether it is necessary or not, this is the rule that Brother Huai set for Dragon Faction. Only by following Brother Huai's rules can we be considered t