Chapter 346

Chapter 346 Zhou Xianwei’s Ex-Girlfriend

After hanging up the phone, the obsequious expression on Yao Zhenshan’s face vanished completely, replaced by a vengeful pleasure: “Qinglong Gang, oh Qinglong Gang, now that the Yamamoto Group is coming, I don’t believe you can still come out on top! You dared to make me lose both my legs, I’ll make you lose everything!”

As if seeing once again the hope of unifying China’s underworld with the help of the Yamamoto Group’s power, Yao Zhenshan seemed to no longer feel the pain in his legs, saying sinisterly: “Qinglong Gang, everything I’ve lost, I’ll take it all back from you! Just you wait!”

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On this day’s competition, Su Rui continued to leisurely face his opponents’ forfeitures. His reputation had already spread far and wide, and people of average skill would absolutely not choose to fight him head-on. What kind of international joke would that be? This was someone who could take on ten Eastern masters. If they provoked him into action, would they still want to live?

Su Rui’s seat had been moved to the VIP box. For some reason, he had not chosen to sit in the Qinglong Gang’s area.

Li Yang sat on his left, Zhang Ziwei on his right, while Ye Binglan was wearing sunglasses with a wash-cut-blow hairstyle, disguised as a little delinquent girl patrolling the venue, which looked rather amusing.

“Li Yang, what do you think of my suggestion?” Su Rui turned his face and asked the Qinglong Gang leader beside him.

In front of him, Li Yang, the gang leader, looked more like a follower. To avoid being recognized, Gang Leader Li had deliberately put on a large pair of sunglasses.

Hearing Su Rui’s words, Zhang Ziwei’s body trembled slightly. She realized that Su Rui had already told Li Yang about the “first deputy gang leader” matter!

Upon hearing this, Li Yang immediately removed his sunglasses and said very seriously: “From the gang’s perspective, I believe this is the only way for the Qinglong Gang to continue rising, so I have no objections whatsoever and completely accept Young Master Su’s proposal.”

Zhang Ziwei’s gaze was complex. She knew this was dividing Li Yang’s power, and anyone would feel uncomfortable about it, let alone Li Yang, an underworld tycoon who had grown up from the bottom.

Therefore, she wasn’t sure whether Li Yang’s statement was genuine or false, and her heart was somewhat nervous at this moment.

Zhang Ziwei still clearly remembered that when she conveyed Su Rui’s idea to her old father Zhang Fantian, the old man, whose health wasn’t very good, disregarded medical advice and, for the first time in ages, opened a bottle of strong baijiu and drank by himself.

Zhang Ziwei couldn’t remember how many years it had been since she’d seen her father so excited. The Qinglong Gang had reached its peak during Zhang Fantian’s leadership, and there were few people in the entire gang who had deeper feelings for it than this old man.

“This young man has very keen insight. With him here, the Qinglong Gang won’t collapse!” Zhang Fantian drank a full half jin of liquor by himself and kept grinning all evening long.

Su Rui looked at Li Yang and said with a smile: “To be honest, I’m weakening your power. Don’t you have even a little objection in your heart?”

Li Yang smiled bitterly: “Young Master Su, please rest assured. From the day I went to Bikang to find you, I had already made up my mind that I would never have any disloyalty toward you again.”

This was almost a public declaration of allegiance.

Li Yang continued: “Moreover, I understand that Young Master Su is doing this for the Qinglong Gang’s sake. In terms of gang management and training, I’m far inferior to Ziwei. Having her help me from behind will give me more energy to do things I’m better at.”

“I’m quite satisfied that you can think this way.” Su Rui patted Li Yang’s shoulder: “Next time the gang holds an elders’ meeting, bring this matter up.”

“There will be considerable resistance to implementing this, but I will do my best to overcome it. Please rest assured, Young Master Su.” Li Yang’s eyes flashed as he spoke.

Thinking of those stubborn so-called elders, he felt somewhat displeased. Every time they gathered together, they either found fault or caused trouble. Li Yang had long had the idea of getting rid of them, but it had never been convenient to act. When Su Rui openly drew his gun and killed two people at the last elders’ meeting, it gave him a feeling of vindication.

Having Zhang Ziwei manage the Qinglong Gang’s underground forces was equivalent to dividing away more than half of Li Yang’s power. For him as the Qinglong Gang leader, it was impossible not to feel depressed, impossible not to have some thoughts about it.

However, Li Yang was a rational person. He had long recognized Zhang Ziwei’s abilities and knew that Su Rui’s proposal was currently the most beneficial method for the Qinglong Gang. Even if he felt a little depressed inside, he let go straightforwardly. This way, he could also save a lot of energy to do bigger things.

He even had some vague expectations that perhaps under this structure, the Qinglong Gang could really reach unprecedented heights.

Su Rui glanced at Li Yang, seeming to know his mood, smiled slightly, and didn’t continue saying anything more.

According to convention, as the actual owner of the Qinglong Gang, he should give Li Yang some task targets and the like, but Su Rui knew that promoting Zhang Ziwei was the best stimulus for Li Yang. The latter would definitely fully display his talent in business and bring the Qinglong Gang to a new height.

“Ziwei, I hope we can cooperate happily and live up to Young Master Su’s trust.”

Li Yang reached across Su Rui and extended his hand to Zhang Ziwei.

The two hands clasped together. Unfortunately, this scene of great commemorative significance for the Qinglong Gang was not recorded by any camera lens.

On the arena, a man with a somewhat slender build stood proudly, waiting for the match to begin.

Looking at that figure, Li Yang couldn’t help but get excited again. He didn’t know where Su Rui had found this helper, but his martial prowess was terrifyingly strong. He had fought his way through to this point without even getting a single injury. With Su Rui and this man joining, the Qinglong Gang’s combat power had practically doubled.

“His name is Zhou Xianwei, he’s my friend.” Su Rui introduced. It seemed that to add a double insurance for the Qinglong Gang’s victory, he had even brought Zhou Xianwei along… However, this wasn’t ruthless enough. If all twelve Divine Guards were dispatched, that would really be something to see.

At this moment, a young woman sitting in the same box as Su Rui stared at the figure on the arena, her gaze freezing, her eyes full of disbelief.

After only a brief hesitation, she had already confirmed his identity, and her eyes began to show a bitter smile.

Past scenes began to flash before her eyes one by one. The young woman shook her head, her bitter smile carrying a hint of mockery.

Sitting beside her was a man who looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. His summer outfit was entirely luxury brands, clearly worth a fortune. His right hand was around the young woman’s waist, while his left hand roamed back and forth on her thigh, quite dishonestly.

“What’s wrong? Do you know that person?” The man noticed his girlfriend’s expression. He squeezed the woman’s buttocks with his hand, then looked toward the arena.

“Is that guy your ex-boyfriend?” the man asked thoughtfully.

“It should be him.” The woman shook her head and sighed: “I didn’t expect that after so many years, he’s still hanging around in this kind of place. It seems my decision to leave him back then was completely correct.”

“Just a small-time gangster, at most a decent thug. What kind of future could he have?” The man’s face was full of disdain: “Who knows, one day he might lose his head, so following me was a wise choice.”

The woman nodded, letting the man’s hand squeeze her body here and there, a smile appearing on her face: “Of course, choosing you is something I’ve never regretted.”

“That’s right.” The man smoothed his slicked-back hair with his hand and said proudly: “Following me, you can sit comfortably in this VIP box and watch the excitement. Following him, you could only watch helplessly as he fought for his life, hanging around the streets for a lifetime. What kind of future would that be?”

The woman nodded silently. She had never doubted this point.

Perhaps once she could have thrown caution to the wind for love, ignoring differences in age, work, status, and social class, but now it seemed that love without a material foundation was like clouds on the horizon—beautiful to look at but without any practical meaning.

She had loved passionately once, but after being together, she discovered too many differences between them, even their values were quite different. For the sake of her future life, the woman had to take the initiative to break up—even though the man who deeply loved her had already given up fighting and killing for her sake and left the brothers with whom he had shared life and death. But under the pursuit of another tall, rich, and handsome man, she still resolutely left him.

Meeting again now, with him on stage and herself below, she couldn’t help but feel some melancholy.

Watching Zhou Xianwei “fighting” with others on the arena… yes, in her eyes, this wasn’t martial arts competition at all, just a bunch of crude people brawling. He was fighting, while people below were shouting and watching the excitement. In this young woman’s eyes, she felt this behavior was very low-class, very… vulgar.

“This is a gang boxing match, it’s not open to the public. We can get in thanks to a friend of mine.” The man gently patted the woman’s face and said somewhat teasingly: “How about this—after the match ends, I’ll host and treat your boyfriend to dinner. How’s that?”

“This… isn’t that inappropriate?” The woman’s expression showed some hesitation.

“What’s inappropriate about it? Isn’t this a very simple matter? It’s just a meal, don’t overthink it.” The man patted the woman’s shoulder with a chuckle and said: “We’re guests of Qinglong Gang elder Wu Shikuan. Your ex-boyfriend is just a small-time Qinglong Gang lackey. At dinner, I’ll call Old Wu too, and we’ll have a good reunion, let your ex-boyfriend take a good look at how much better off you are with me than you would have been with him.”

“I’ll listen to you.” The woman rested her head on the man’s shoulder. She looked at the diamond ring worth tens of thousands on her hand, her eyes revealing a satisfied expression.

After experiencing so much, she had finally achieved the life she wanted. As for her ex-boyfriend, let him see tonight how correct her choice back then was.

But this couple didn’t realize that Li Yang, sitting on the other side of the box, already had an ashen face, while Su Rui squinted his eyes, releasing a dangerous gleam.