Chapter 530: Stealing Is Not As Good As Robbing

Hearing this, and looking at Wang Yan's nonchalant appearance as he puffed on his cigarette, A-Watching Ajie was a bit frightened. Wang Yan's words were light, but the tone was very heavy and unquestionable. He didn't doubt for a second that if anyone in that room dared to touch Wang Yan's money, someone would really die tonight.

"Let's go, it's not like I'm going to kill you." Tie Tou pulled the stunned A-Watching Ajie forward.

"Brother Tie Tou, he..."

Tie Tou pushed him to the front. "Lead the way. How would we know where the place is?"

He hadn't figured out what kind of ruthless person this big brother was, so naturally, he couldn't answer A-Watching Ajie's questions.

The bathhouse wasn't very far, and the three arrived there quickly. A-Watching Ajie paid the old woman at the front desk, and the three went to the changing room to be "frank and open" with each other, stripping down to nothing.

Once they stripped, it was no small matter. Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie's eyes almost popped out.

They only saw Wang Yan's muscular body, full of explosive power, as if carved by a knife and axe. Moreover, from his neck down to his ankles—except for the "little king" that made them feel ashamed—the rest of his body was covered in flashy tattoos. They were truly flashy, colorful, and dense. They recognized several dragons of different sizes, but they didn't recognize the rest, only knowing they were animals. Being tattooed so densely on his body, they looked surprisingly harmonious, giving them a feeling of being ancient, mysterious, and even a bit desolate.

Seeing the two surprised and curious, Wang Yan turned around generously. "Not bad, right?"

This thing was manifested by the "Living Ancestor" himself. He discovered it during the day when buying clothes in Fukuoka. Ever since he was given this tattoo, it manifested very appropriately every time he became a gangster. He didn't care and just let it manifest, watching it himself as a curiosity. He felt annoyed after watching it for a long time. It was just that he hadn't been out for a long time, so he watched it himself and had fun.

Moreover, Japanese gangsters had the habit of getting tattoos, and they relied on tattoo patterns to divide factions and distinguish status. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, so he didn't break his subordinates' fingers and would just get them tattooed later to give them a sense of collective belonging and honor, so he didn't take it back.

Tie Tou asked, "Brother Yan, what exactly did you do in your hometown?"

"Just a small gangster living his days. I'm twenty-nine and don't even have a wife; it's not as exaggerated as you think. If I were really that powerful, I wouldn't have had to leave my hometown and run to Japan." Wang Yan waved his hand with a smile and walked toward the pool. "This tattoo, I saw someone else get it in my hometown and liked it, so I went to Shencheng to find someone to tattoo it. It was all needled one by one, and it took a year. I heard before that all gangsters here have tattoos, so this is nothing strange. No need to be so surprised."

Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie looked at each other. Anyone who believed that was a fool, but what could they do? Of course, they believed whatever he said. Moreover, Tie Tou still trusted Wang Yan quite a bit. Although they had only known each other for a day, this big brother really hadn't treated him badly. It was also because if it weren't for his big brother, he didn't know how miserable he would be, so he had a grateful heart.

Although it was very late, there were still four tattooed men in the pool.

Saying that the Japanese are civilized and polite, don't make loud noises in public places, and care about other people's emotions, and then comparing them to Chinese people who have no quality—this is very unreasonable. Because regardless of the ethnic group, in terms of individual quality, there are always highs and lows. What we see is what others want us to see; the truth is never seen.

Just like these four Japanese gangsters, they were shouting loudly, laughing wantonly, and splashing water like children.

Japan's economic boom in the past had benefited all walks of life, and it was booming. The gangster circle was naturally included. Since World War II, Japanese gangsters had been making progress. From the five traditional pillar industries of usury, protection fees, and yellow, gambling, and drugs, they had caught the fast train of economic development and technological progress, involving real estate, construction, film and television media, international trade, etc. Under such development, the income of low-level gangsters was also very considerable. Moreover, they were gangsters, so being arrogant and domineering became a matter of course.

In the original plot, there were three small gangsters, and Tie Tou would have arrived much later, taking another day or two. Now that they had arrived early, they encountered more small gangsters, which was a very normal thing.

Japanese gangsters were officially registered organizations. Previously, the economy had developed so well, and this was the capital, Tokyo. Since ancient times, no matter which country, what was hidden under prosperity was boundless evil. As a concrete manifestation of evil, gangsters were naturally indispensable, after all, they had to compete for the wealth here. Less than two miles away was the prosperous Kabukicho.

And the place they were in now was Shinjuku, and it was still a dilapidated old area of Shinjuku. Such a geographical location, compared to China, was roughly the same attribute as an urban village in a big city. This kind of place was the hottest bed for breeding evil, and it was very chaotic...

As Wang Yan walked in first, the voices of the four gangsters stopped abruptly. They sized up Wang Yan's tattoos and looked at Wang Yan's hands, trying to find out which organization Wang Yan belonged to and what his rank was. But they were disappointed. Except for the fact that there were many and they looked a bit better, they were useless. Especially since there were two people following behind—one was clearly afraid, and the other, although looking okay, was clearly unwilling to cause trouble.

Seeing this situation, they knew what was going on. The big brother among the four, who had a full-body tattoo on his upper body, put his hands on the edge of the pool, revealing his missing little finger, and glared at Wang Yan arrogantly. "Hey, what are you looking at?"

He was just a bit stronger, right? There were four of them, what were they afraid of?

A-Watching Ajie stepped forward and pulled Wang Yan. "Don't pay attention to them, Brother Yan. Look at his missing little finger. They are all gangsters; they are not easy to provoke and can easily kill you."

"The kind are bullied, the horses are ridden. This principle is something you understand. Remember, when walking the world, if others are ruthless, you have to be more ruthless than them. If others are not easy to provoke, then you have to be even harder to provoke than them."

After simply teaching the two some gangster experience, Wang Yan suddenly shouted "Baka!" "Who are you talking to?"

Before Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie could react, and before that little gangster boss could react, he walked two steps closer and slapped the little boss's face with a big mouth. "Pa!" Water splashed everywhere, and the little boss was directly slapped into the pool.

"Bastard, you're looking for death!" The remaining three reacted, shouting and standing up to kill Wang Yan. Then, under the ghostly eyes of A-Watching Ajie and Tie Tou, he lightly sent one to each of them with three big slaps, slapping them back. One got stuck on the hard edge of the pool, one hit his forehead against the wall, and another was slapped into the pool, smashing the little boss who was just about to lift his head back in. The little boss stretched out his arms and struggled desperately, splashing for a long time before he could lift his head out of the water, rolling his eyes and coughing desperately.

This change happened too fast. Four big slaps slapped down four gangsters, and in fact, these four were not thin, and one of them was a fat man.

Tie Tou sighed, his big brother was really decisive and really strong. He slapped the fat man away; wouldn't his eardrums be punctured? A-Watching Ajie was trembling; he was scared.

Looking at the four little gangsters who were baring their teeth and screaming, he trembled and said, "Brother... Brother Yan, you've caused trouble. Let's run quickly. Otherwise, whether the police come or their accomplices come, we won't have a good end."

"I originally wanted to take a good bath, but now it seems it's not possible." Wang Yan sighed lightly and patted A-Watching Ajie on the shoulder. "Don't be afraid, I won't cause you any trouble. Tie Tou, you go back with A-Watching Ajie first. I'll solve the trouble here. Also, A-Watching Ajie, don't tell Lao Gui and the others about what happened here, otherwise, if they sell you out, that would be terrible. It's a matter of life and death, so don't trust others easily. Go, I just saw that old woman come over to take a look and then run away. I guess she has already called the police."

"Brother Yan, you..."

A-Watching Ajie tried to persuade him again, but Wang Yan waved his hand. "Tie Tou!"

Tie Tou was very decisive, turned around, pulled A-Watching Ajie, and ran, quickly going to put on their clothes.

Wang Yan ignored the two, went to the shower area to rinse for a few minutes, then walked to the edge of the pool, grabbed the hair of the little gangster who provoked him, and said, "Go out, put on your clothes. I'll go with you to see your boss."

The four little gangsters looked at each other and scrambled out of the pool. This time they didn't make any more threats, wishing they had eight legs to get away quickly.

The Japanese police's response speed was still very fast. Wang Yan took a bath, put on his clothes, and followed them out—it had only been ten minutes or so. As a result, they had just left the bathhouse when they saw a police car with flashing lights driving over from not far behind.

Wang Yan wasn't deliberately looking for trouble. If he hadn't made a move, those four little gangsters would have come over to beat him up. There was no other reason; they just didn't like the look of him and wanted to beat him up for entertainment. It was that simple. All of this was because the tattoos on his body that were meant to bluff people didn't work. So in this situation, he naturally had to strike first.

He wasn't afraid of being retaliated against, but there was still A-Watching Ajie, who was timid and had low combat power, so the impact would be too great. So since he had already chosen to make a move, in order to avoid the gangster's traditional skill of "hitting one and pulling out a bunch," leading to endless retaliation, he naturally had to go to their door and clean them all up.

Wang Yan, with a cigarette in his mouth, glanced at the corner not far away with a smile and walked away following the four little gangsters...

Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie didn't leave. They were secretly watching from behind the corner not far away. Seeing Wang Yan follow the gangsters away and seeing the police car driving from a distance, the two hurriedly hid back.

"Brother Tie Tou, what should we do? We'll really lose our lives. And we're all black-listed; the police won't investigate too deeply, and dying would be dying in vain."

Tie Tou was silent for a moment and said, "Go back."

"But..."

"Since Brother Yan has already let us go, it means he has a certain amount of confidence. You saw his strength just now; those people didn't even have the ability to resist. One slap each and they were slapped down. And what help can we be? What's the use of you worrying here? Brother Yan wants to thoroughly solve the trouble and leave no future worries, otherwise, what if they come to find us for revenge later? Go back. If you want to help, dare to risk your life, and aren't afraid of trouble, then it's not too late to chase after him now. Otherwise, don't be wishy-washy."

A-Watching Ajie opened his mouth, sighed dejectedly, turned around, led the way, and returned to the house they rented.

Everyone else had already gone upstairs to sleep, and the hall had been tidied up. The house was quiet.

"I'll go get Brother Yan's bag."

Watching A-Watching Ajie tiptoe upstairs, Tie Tou let out a long sigh, sat against the wall, and lit a cigarette. In the darkness, the light of the cigarette butt flickered, illuminating his twisted face. He was regretting his lack of loyalty and worrying about Wang Yan's safety...

Soon, A-Watching Ajie came downstairs holding the bedding. The first thing he did was give the bag to Tie Tou. "You check if anything is missing?" He said, and also took out a flashlight to illuminate it.

Tie Tou opened the briefcase and poured all the money inside. Because the currency in Japan had a large face value, the rest were mostly 5,000 and 1,000, and there were some scattered coins. So although 600,000 wasn't much, it formed a small pile when poured out like this.

After counting the money one by one, it didn't take long. Tie Tou stuffed all the money back into the briefcase. "I don't know the exact amount, but this is over 670,000. It shouldn't be missing."

A-Watching Ajie nodded, turned off the flashlight, and also lit a cigarette, leaning against the wall to smoke. "You say, what should we do with this money if Brother Yan doesn't come back?"

"What can we do if the person is dead?" Tie Tou sighed and turned to ask about what he cared about most, which was also the purpose of his trip. "Still no news about Xiu Xiu?"

"Didn't I tell you before? She moved away after her aunt died, and I've been looking for a long time but couldn't find her. Brother Tie Tou, I think let's just forget it, really. Dead or alive, she hasn't contacted you again, which means she doesn't want to contact you anymore. You've seen it here—what kind of place is this? And how rich are those Japanese? How could they look at us?"

"Whether they look at us or not, there must be news so I can know what exactly happened to her."

"What if you know? Why bother with this trip? Listen to me, Brother Tie Tou, just stay here for a while and go back. There are many snakeheads here, it's very convenient."

"I can't go back..." Tie Tou took a puff of his cigarette. Without waiting for his younger brother to ask, he told him about the policeman who was smashed in the back of the head and how his things were left behind.

After hearing this, A-Watching Ajie was silent. He patted Tie Tou on the shoulder, hoping to give him some strength.

Tie Tou didn't care. "Alright, I just feel sorry for that policeman. As for myself, it doesn't matter if I can go back or not. You know, my parents have been gone for several years too. A single man with no family to worry about, it's quite good here. What about you? You've been out for so many years, why haven't you thought about going back?"

"I'm not reconciled. You've seen the life we live; it's not much better than when we were farming back home, and it's even worse. When I was in my hometown, I didn't know what it meant to be rich, what it meant to be prosperous, and I hadn't seen many beautiful women, but now I've seen it all. How can I go back? I can't go back..."

For a moment, the room was quiet. Tie Tou extinguished the cigarette butt and lit another one. A-Watching Ajie was the same, and the two smoked in the dark without saying a word...

"Are you not going to work tomorrow?" Tie Tou felt he should say something. In fact, until now, the estrangement of not seeing each other for a long time hadn't passed. Originally, they should have had a good chat when taking a bath. But his big brother was so fierce that he went up and slapped people in the face. It seemed he had been holding back all the way...

A-Watching Ajie shook his head. "There are very few long-term jobs. Most are settled by the day. Every night, I go to a street not far away to find work with those intermediaries. If you go late and the good jobs that pay more are taken, it doesn't matter; there are still some restaurants and taverns that need hourly workers to wash dishes. Actually, it's not as exaggerated as Xiao Dai said. The work is indeed not very good, but it's okay. You won't starve to death."

The two chatted, Tie Tou asked about the situation here, and A-Watching Ajie asked about the changes in their hometown. They exchanged information with each other, and it was quite lively.

Although they were very exhausted, neither of them had any sleepiness. They just chatted like this, smoking one cigarette after another...

Finally, not long after A-Watching Ajie checked the time for the umpteenth time, the knock on the door they had been looking forward to sounded.

A-Watching Ajie stood up with a jolt, but the caution he had developed over the years made him cautious, and he slowly opened the door.

"Brother Yan! It's really you! Are you okay?" A-Watching Ajie still had some sense, and although he was very happy, he didn't forget to lower his voice.

Wang Yan smiled. "Of course I'm fine. It's quite cold, come in and talk."

A-Watching Ajie hurriedly made room, let Wang Yan in, and closed the door and turned on the lights in one go.

Wang Yan put down the two bags he was carrying, took off his shoes, and raised his hand to fan the air. "It's so smoky and foul here. Are you two smoking in here? Go, open the window and let it out."

A-Watching Ajie said "oh" again, ran over, and opened a crack in the window.

Tie Tou walked to Wang Yan's side, patting him here and touching him there, until Wang Yan slapped him on the forehead, and only then did he stop, full of apologies. "I'm sorry, Brother Yan, it's my lack of loyalty for not being with you."

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, patting his shoulder. "What's this? I'm not unreasonable. You came here to find your girlfriend, not to get into trouble and risk your life for others. Although we've only known each other for a day, I know you. If you had already found your girlfriend and seen what she was like now, then I believe you would definitely have been with me today. So you don't have to feel sorry for me; I understand."

These words were naturally very sophisticated and gave him a lot of face, and they went straight to Tie Tou's heart. He looked at Wang Yan with gratitude—this was a soulmate...

A-Watching Ajie also leaned over to speak, but Wang Yan waved his hand to interrupt. "You don't need to say anything. I know you're a decent person. It wasn't easy for you to make up your mind to cross the ocean to come here, and I couldn't let you risk your life with me. Alright, don't be so womanly. I haven't said anything yet; look at you all. That's enough. If you say any more, it'll be fake, and it'll be meaningless."

Since Wang Yan had said this, Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie naturally couldn't say anything more. They immediately pulled Wang Yan to sit down and poured him a glass of water.

Tie Tou asked, "Brother Yan, I saw you go with those four Japanese? It would have been great if you had just run away then... What happened later? They can even cut off their own fingers; now that they've been bullied, I guess they can't let it go, right? How come you're completely fine?"

"You're right, but it's not as exaggerated as they say. There aren't that many ruthless people who really grit their teeth and cut them off." Wang Yan mentioned it simply without explaining in detail. In fact, those Japanese gangsters cutting off their fingers were either drunk or high; those who were sober were mostly forced to cut them off by others.

He continued, "I went with them to avoid future trouble. As the saying goes, 'if you don't kill the snake, you'll suffer from it.' If I didn't beat them into submission this time, there would always be trouble. It's better to deal with it cleanly once and for all. I won't explain the details to you. You just need to know that there will be no more trouble in the future. If there is trouble, they'll come to me, and they definitely won't come to you. Don't worry."

"Brother Yan, I didn't mean that, I just..."

"I know, Tie Tou. We came together, so we're a reliance after all. I have it all figured out, you don't have to worry for me."

Seeing that Wang Yan didn't want to talk more, the two didn't ask any more questions. A-Watching Ajie turned and took out the previous briefcase. "Here, Brother Yan, Brother Tie Tou already checked it earlier; no one touched it."

"You keep it. You're more familiar with this place. Tomorrow, find a more spacious house, and we'll move there. It's too crowded here." Wang Yan shook his head. "Don't be polite with me. It's fate that I met Tie Tou, and you're his brother, so calling me Brother Yan is fine. It's no big deal for me to help you. The rent money really doesn't count for anything. Don't feel guilty; even if you weren't living with me, I'd have to find a big house myself. Tie Tou knows that I earn money very easily. And look, what are these?"

As he spoke, Wang Yan pulled over one of the bags he had been carrying, placed it between the three, and pulled the zipper open.

As the zipper slowly opened, Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie's breathing stopped for a moment, and then it became rapid. Wang Yan casually picked up a million made of 10,000-yen banknotes, held it in his left hand, and swiped from left to right with his right hand, making a crisp "swish" sound, looking at the shocked crowd with a smile.

After adapting for a moment, A-Watching Ajie couldn't help but swallow his saliva. "It's all money? Is the one over there too?"

Tie Tou took a deep breath and asked more directly, "Brother Yan, did you rob their money?"

"You, don't always be so direct. Doesn't that hurt your brother's heart? They saw that I was poor and took pity on me, so they donated it to me." Wang Yan teased with great interest. It had been a long time since he had fought and acted tough with others. He had exercised a bit today, and his body and mind were happy.

Ignoring his big brother's joke, Tie Tou asked, "How much money is this?"

"About 8 million."

Such a number, spoken so lightly by Wang Yan, was a huge shock to the two.

A-Watching Ajie had been working hard here for several years, and he didn't even earn 100,000 a month, averaging only 5,000 or 6,000 a day. This money was the wealth he could only save in more than four years if he didn't eat, drink, or spend anything. And this big brother in front of him had only been here for one day...

Tie Tou wasn't as knowledgeable as A-Watching Ajie. He had already been shocked enough when he spent 100,000 on two sets of clothes earlier. Now hearing the number 8 million, he was already stunned, but at the same time, he was habitually converting how much this money was in Chinese yuan, muttering in his mouth, "8 million divided by 12..."

Wang Yan shook his head with a smile. "No need to calculate. It's over 600,000, less than 700,000. At the current level of our hometown, you wouldn't be able to earn that much even if you worked yourself to death."

It was 1991, and the average monthly income of Chinese workers was just over 200 yuan. Now, these two bags of money were enough to earn for over 200 years—wasn't that a lifetime? Of course, China's development speed was something many people couldn't imagine, but even by that time, this money would be enough for ordinary working people to save for ten or eight years without eating or drinking. Clearly, this was a very considerable wealth.

"700,000!" Tie Tou's eyes widened, and he was so shocked he almost couldn't catch his breath. He tried his best to calm his mood and lit another cigarette. "Is it really okay to take so much of their money?"

"If there's trouble, it's my trouble. You two don't have to think too much. A-Watching Ajie is timid, and you are bold but your ambition doesn't lie here, so I won't force you." Wang Yan also lit a "Hua Zi" cigarette, felt the cigarette box, and found only one left, which he threw to A-Watching Ajie, who was stunned on the side. "Now you know, right? I don't care about letting you live for free, but I can't take care of you any more than this. Just consider it keeping me company in this foreign land; don't have any psychological burden."

The two nodded in unison without speaking, just smoking their cigarettes in large gulps, digesting the shock of the wealth in front of them.

Wang Yan didn't disturb them, smoking and drinking water. He let the two live with him, of course, not because he was kind; A-Watching Ajie was the protagonist, and Tie Tou was the tag-along. It was just to keep them in his sight, which was convenient for guidance and care. This place was so dangerous; if he didn't watch them well and A-Watching Ajie was killed, he wouldn't even have a place to cry.

After a while, after smoking, and waiting for the smell of smoke to dissipate, it was past two in the morning. The three took off their clothes, turned off the lights, and lay down in the bedding.

In the darkness, Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie, who should have been exhausted and asleep, were one more spirited than the other, with no sleepiness at all, staring at the ceiling.

A-Watching Ajie's voice sounded. "Brother Yan, are you asleep?"

"Speak."

"How do you plan to spend so much money?"

"Is it a lot?" Wang Yan smiled lightly. "We don't have status, so no matter how much money we have, we can't spend it comfortably. I think this money should be enough to buy a long-term residence permit, right?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard anyone mention it. But I feel it's hard to handle. This has to be handled by the police, at least at the level of a captain—equivalent to a captain in our place. People at this level can handle it. But for a group of black-listed people like us, how can we get in touch with that kind of person? We run away when we see them. If they catch us, they'll deport us back. It's hard to handle..."

"Well, I'll research it. Without status, it's not good to mix in. With status, it'll be easy to handle. We can properly open a company and do business. Maybe we can return to our hometown in glory in the future..."

Tie Tou, who was sleeping in the middle, let out a breath and turned to face A-Watching Ajie, not facing his big brother.

"Hey, Tie Tou, I didn't mean it." Wang Yan smiled. "Actually, you don't have to worry. In fact, when I get status in the future, I'll find a way to get you one too, directly get Japanese nationality, change your identity, and you can go back."

"Actually, it doesn't matter if I go back or not..." Tie Tou slowly told the story of his family. This was the beginning of opening his heart...

Without realizing it, the excitement passed, exhaustion took over, and they gradually fell asleep...

Wang Yan was naturally spirited. Although he had been chatting until three o'clock yesterday, under his powerful biological clock, he still got up before six. Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie beside him were snoring one after another, sleeping soundly.

He didn't disturb them, quietly put on his clothes, went to the kitchen on the side, washed his face with the faucet, and then swayed out the door.

He didn't run, and he didn't practice martial arts; it was to familiarize himself with the environment.

In the early morning of Shinjuku, without the reflection of the neon lights at night, compared to the high-rise buildings in the distance and other fresh buildings, it looked extremely dilapidated. The streets couldn't be called clean; after all, the people here were quite chaotic, so throwing trash casually wasn't a big problem. However, there were shops that opened early, and they had already started cleaning the hygiene in front of their doors. This didn't rise to the level of quality; after all, they were doing business, and having trash all over the door would affect the impression, which probably wouldn't earn much money. So each family swept the snow from their own door, and the street hygiene became clean.

Besides trash, there were some drunks sleeping on the street. The personnel composition here was complex, and not far away was the famous Kabukicho. The entertainment industry of eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling was very developed, which also made people addicted to it. If they drank too much, no one cared; sleeping on the road was very normal, and no one paid attention to them.

Thinking this way, Wang Yan's feet walked uncontrollably to Kabukicho, but it was clearly not worth watching in the early morning, and he had come at the wrong time. His goal wasn't here either; he had seen enough of places that played wildly, and there wasn't much more here. He wandered around the periphery of Kabukicho for more than an hour, turned through several streets, and finally stopped in front of a shop with the sign "You Yi Cun," which also had the words "Chinese Restaurant" written on it. However, because it was morning, the shop door was closed tightly.

After checking left and right to confirm there was no mistake, Wang Yan put his hands in his pockets and walked back swaying. This place wasn't very far from where A-Watching Ajie and the others lived, only 600 or 700 meters away.

Just as he reached the door, he heard the noise inside. Lao Gui and the others were already up and were about to start another day of busy work.

He raised his wrist and glanced at the time on his new big gold Rolex. It was only 7:30. This was something Tie Tou and A-Watching Ajie hadn't noticed when they were shocked by the 8 million yesterday...

If you want to make a fortune, you still have to rob... ===== CHAPTER 531 =====