Chapter 344

Chapter 344 The First Deputy Gang Leader!

Since the last time the Four Tigers of Beitang caused trouble at Caesar Palace, the entire club’s business had declined considerably. However, the 50 million in compensation from the Yuanwei Gang was more than enough, and this loss was not significant enough for Li Yang to take to heart.

As a member of the Azure Dragon Gang’s Council of Elders, Zhang Ziwei had an exclusive suite here. Although she rarely stayed here on ordinary days, this room had always been reserved for her.

Although Su Chiyan had told Zhang Ziwei to do everything in her power to help Su Rui, she still kept an extra eye out in this regard. If something inappropriate happened between a man and a woman alone together, it wouldn’t be good. Caesar Palace had many people and was complicated, but it was the Azure Dragon Gang’s territory, which provided security for her personal safety—otherwise, if Su Rui had lustful intentions, she would be completely unable to resist.

“I’ll have someone prepare a medical kit right away.” Zhang Ziwei said as they entered the room.

“No need, I have medicine with me. You just need to prepare alcohol.” Su Rui flatly refused.

“You have medicine with you?” Zhang Ziwei looked Su Rui over. He was only wearing simple summer clothes with just two pockets on his pants. Where could he possibly be carrying medicine?

Su Rui pulled out a small bottle containing blue liquid from his pants pocket and said, “This is it.”

“This is medicine too?” Zhang Ziwei thought Su Rui was joking, “It looks just like Dior’s blue perfume.”

Su Rui didn’t bother explaining much. He unbuttoned his shirt one button at a time, and soon an upper body full of masculine vigor was exposed before Zhang Ziwei’s eyes.

His skin was good, with some very faint traces of old injuries that looked like they were from years ago. His muscles weren’t particularly developed but were lean enough. Perhaps due to the attraction between opposite sexes, when Zhang Ziwei saw Su Rui’s upper body, she suddenly felt her breathing become slightly rapid.

Su Rui showed no hesitation. He turned around, and on his back were several long bloody gashes, all inflicted tonight by the Japanese warriors. The flesh was turned outward, crisscrossing in a shocking sight!

Su Rui sat on the edge of the bed with his back to Zhang Ziwei and said, “Use alcohol to disinfect the wounds, then apply this blue medicine to them.”

At this point, he paused and said with a bitter smile, “Use it sparingly, this is my last small bottle.”

Zhang Ziwei nodded very seriously. Although this was her first time cleaning wounds, since Su Rui had entrusted her with such an important task, she told herself she must be careful and cautious.

When using tweezers to hold alcohol-soaked cotton balls to clean the wounds, Zhang Ziwei couldn’t help but feel a chill. Although she had witnessed plenty of fighting and violence, this was her first time being in such close contact with wounds. She could fully imagine the pain when the alcohol made intimate contact with the injuries, yet the man before her didn’t even tremble once, steady as a rock.

There were several wounds, and just wiping them took half an hour. Even Zhang Ziwei felt sympathetic. She couldn’t help but ask, “Does it hurt?”

“It doesn’t hurt, continue.”

In fact, how could such a situation not hurt? It was just that Su Rui had been injured so many times that his tolerance was much stronger than ordinary people. Moreover, crying out in pain wouldn’t help in such situations—the pain that was meant to be couldn’t be avoided.

Zhang Ziwei gritted her teeth and finished treating the wounds. The trash bin was already filled with cotton balls soaked in blood. Then she began using cotton swabs dipped in the blue medicine to gently apply it to Su Rui’s wounds.

“What kind of medicine is this?” Zhang Ziwei asked as she applied it. The medicine was very refreshing, truly more pleasant than the scent of perfume.

“This was prepared by an old Chinese medicine doctor I once encountered by chance. It’s very effective for both healing injuries and removing scars.” Su Rui said with a smile, “After using it this time, I’ll have to find time to seek him out again. That old fellow travels everywhere, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to meet him again.”

Indeed, Su Rui had trained outside for many years and been injured countless times. Thanks to this medicine, otherwise his body would have been covered in shocking scars long ago.

“You should sleep here tonight. I don’t stay here often anyway.” Zhang Ziwei looked at Su Rui’s blood-stained clothes and said, “You can’t wear these clothes anymore. I’ll have someone send over a few pieces later.”

Su Rui didn’t respond, but suddenly said, “Ziwei, those Azure Dragon Gang brothers on the perimeter tonight were all your people, right?”

Zhang Ziwei didn’t deny it, “Except for some people from the Faith Hall who couldn’t show their faces, brothers from all four halls were here.”

This woman had indeed been thoughtful. She had foreseen that there was a high probability of action tonight, so she had made arrangements in advance. Brothers from the four halls were on high alert near the hotel where the Heroes Association was staying, ready to appear at the first sign of trouble.

Zhang Ziwei had once said that the Azure Dragon Gang’s combat power was about equal to the Heroes Association’s. Whether this was false modesty or not was unclear, but judging from the spirit and morale of the four halls she commanded, they were completely a notch above the Heroes Association!

Su Rui went to the bathroom to wash his hands and seemed to say casually, “Why do I feel like you’re more suited to be the gang leader of the Azure Dragon Gang than Li Yang?”

Zhang Ziwei’s expression became stern. She didn’t know why Su Rui had suddenly said such a thing, “What do you mean by that?”

In a situation where the Azure Dragon Gang’s overall combat power was inadequate, her possession of four elite halls couldn’t help but make people think.

As soon as Su Rui saw Zhang Ziwei’s expression, he knew she had misunderstood his meaning. He smiled and waved his hand, saying, “It’s not what you’re thinking. I don’t have any intention of doubting or mocking you.”

“What I’m thinking is that although Li Yang has whitewashed and transformed the Azure Dragon Gang, at certain times, some traditional things shouldn’t be abandoned. After all, that’s the Azure Dragon Gang’s accumulation over so many years. Overly aggressive methods aren’t necessarily good.”

Su Rui’s words made Zhang Ziwei’s eyes light up. These simple sentences really appealed to her.

“I understand what you mean, it’s just that the difficulty of a dual approach is relatively high.” Zhang Ziwei thought for a moment and said.

“You impressed me tonight.” Su Rui wiped his hands. “Have you ever thought about becoming the gang leader of the Azure Dragon Gang?”

Do you want to become the gang leader of the Azure Dragon Gang?

This question was undoubtedly quite probing!

Being in a gang, who wouldn’t want to be that imposing gang leader? Who wouldn’t want to hold great power and wield it freely?

Zhang Ziwei’s expression became stern again.

“Just answer me honestly.” Su Rui’s smile appeared to have no malicious intent.

“To be honest, I have thought about it.” Zhang Ziwei’s expression became slightly conflicted, “But it was just a simple thought, without any great ambition. I know that if the gang leader were replaced with me, I wouldn’t necessarily do better than Gang Leader Li, and I definitely couldn’t bring the Azure Dragon Gang such great profits as he does.”

Although Li Yang was somewhat hedonistic in his daily life, he really had a knack for management, allowing the Azure Dragon Gang to thrive in the business battlefield. He truly deserved credit.

Su Rui’s fingers tapped lightly on the table, “I’m not negating what he’s done. One red heart, two preparations. What I mean is that the Azure Dragon Gang doesn’t necessarily have to develop in a single direction. It could completely follow the path of ‘one gang, two systems.'”

“One gang, two systems?” Hearing this term, Zhang Ziwei found it very novel, but Su Rui’s idea had already greatly interested her.

Born in the Azure Dragon Gang and raised in the Azure Dragon Gang, Zhang Ziwei’s feelings for this gang were even deeper than Li Yang’s. This was also why she had never formed factions before, but only stood on the side that benefited the gang’s overall interests.

“The Azure Dragon Gang implements two systems. Li Yang remains the gang leader but mainly handles economics and transformation. As for the things a gang should do, you can be fully responsible. In this regard, you do better than him.” Su Rui’s words were shocking. If this statement were thrown into the Azure Dragon Gang’s Council of Elders, it could shock those people to death!

After pausing and looking at the somewhat stunned Zhang Ziwei, Su Rui smiled and said, “I think you should understand what I mean.”

Zhang Ziwei certainly understood, but she was temporarily having trouble accepting it.

“If you agree, you’ll be the First Vice Gang Leader of the Azure Dragon Gang. Leave the public matters to Li Yang, and other matters to you.” Su Rui deliberately emphasized the words “other matters,” the meaning of which was self-evident.

The several halls under Zhang Ziwei’s command had given Su Rui great confidence and made him look at this woman’s leadership abilities with new respect. During the period when the Azure Dragon Gang was gradually whitewashing itself, she could still use limited resources to achieve what she had now, which was truly admirable. It was precisely for this reason that Su Rui had the idea of “one gang, two systems.”

“Let me think about it.” Zhang Ziwei said with a bitter smile, “This idea is too bold and too sudden. Not just me, but certainly those high-level gang members will temporarily be unable to accept it.”

She knew that Li Yang had pledged allegiance to Su Rui. Legend had it that this man was the once-in-a-generation prodigy of that terrifying family, with incredibly powerful connections behind him. Since he had expressed such an intention, Li Yang would absolutely not and would not dare to have any objections. As long as she nodded, she would be second only to one person and above ten thousand in the Azure Dragon Gang.

No, perhaps at that time, although she would only be a vice gang leader on the surface, she would already have the qualification to stand on equal footing with Li Yang!

However, in the eyes of those mid and high-level gang members, she was just a woman who had only gotten to where she was today because of her father Zhang Fantian’s influence. Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to have such great power. Even now, at certain times, some elders were still secretly causing trouble for her, saying things like the Discipline Hall shouldn’t be managed by a woman.

If she really became the First Vice Gang Leader and completely took charge of the Azure Dragon Gang’s underworld forces, then the high-level members below would probably explode!

Zhang Ziwei could imagine with her toes what their expressions and reactions would be!

Looking at her expression, Su Rui smiled knowingly and said, “I know what you’re worried about, but don’t you want to build the strongest Azure Dragon Gang?”

“The strongest Azure Dragon Gang?” This sentence made Zhang Ziwei, who had infinite love for the Azure Dragon Gang, pause.

Su Rui smiled faintly and said, “You don’t need to worry about things that haven’t happened yet. Now, you only need to tell me, are you willing or not?”

Zhang Ziwei bit her lip and frowned in thought for a moment, finally making a decision that would bring earth-shattering changes to the Azure Dragon Gang in the future.

“I’m willing.”