Chapter 229: The Arrogant Wang Bao

"Officer, working overtime in the middle of the night, that's tough, huh?" Chen Mo looked at Chen Guozhong with a hint of amusement.

Chen Guozhong and the squad he leads aren't like other police.

For these Triad Society shootouts, other officers just watch from the side and only move in to arrest after the fight ends.

Whether they arrest many or few, it's still catching them in the act, which counts as performance.

Who would, like Chen Guozhong, step forward to call a halt before the battle even starts?

If the two sides can't fight, the police can't arrest anyone.

Without arrests, the precinct gets no bail money, and he gets no credit.

In the end, both the Triad and his superiors are unhappy; Chen Guozhong ends up with nowhere to turn.

Reaching the rank of Senior Inspector shows he is capable.

But being almost retired yet still a Senior Inspector clearly means his superiors are sidelining him.

It's not just him; even the officers in his squad have ranks and ages that don't quite match.

Chen Guozhong ignored Chen Mo, staring straight at Wang Bao: "So many of you gathered here, what do you want? Being a police officer is a death sentence?"

Wang Bao saw Chen Guozhong, his face turning iron‑blue, his mouth twitching slightly, and shouted angrily, "What, trying to scare me? Want to give me a warning shot?"

A few years ago, Chen Guozhong deliberately ran his car into Wang Bao's, causing Wang Bao's wife to miscarry.

Since then, Wang Bao can't contain his anger whenever he sees Chen Guozhong.

If not for respecting Chen Guozhong's police identity, he would have had A Ji kill him long ago.

Chen Guozhong stepped in front of Wang Bao, looking him in the eyes, and said evenly, "Do you know that a large gathering on Gangdao requires prior government registration? Do you have the approval documents?"

"Do you know I could arrest you right now?"

"Fine, then arrest me! Come on!"

Wang Bao thrust both hands forward, trying to cuff Chen Guozhong.

Behind Wang Bao, hundreds of his underlings simultaneously tossed their weapons to the ground, creating a clatter of metal.

Then, the hundreds extended their hands forward, gesturing for the police to seize them as well.

This made Chen Guozhong's expression change.

He hadn't expected Wang Bao to be so aggressive, not yielding at all.

He originally only wanted to embarrass Wang Bao, but now he's stuck on a tiger.

With only the few he brought, he can't capture so many people.

While the two sides faced off, Chen Mo was smoking a cigarette behind them, watching the spectacle.

Seeing the standoff, Chen Mo walked over.

"Officer, the weather's nice tonight; we just came out to admire the moon, not hold a gathering, so it's not illegal, right?"

Although Chen Mo finds Chen Guozhong more pleasant to look at than Wang Bao.

However, one is a police officer and the other a Triad.

Chen Mo couldn't possibly speak up for Chen Guozhong.

Hearing Chen Mo's voice, Chen Guozhong turned his head.

"Chen Mo, huh? Hundreds of us moon‑gazing in the middle of the night, what joke are you playing on me?"

Facing Chen Mo, Chen Guozhong's attitude improved considerably.

After all, Chen Mo's obvious sarcasm was actually offering him a way out.

Only the gesture was so half‑hearted; moon‑gazing, isn't that nonsense?

"How are there hundreds? It's only a few dozen," Chen Mo shrugged, "Besides, we've already finished moon‑gazing, we're all about to go home and sleep."

Chen Guozhong glanced at the remaining dozens behind Chen Mo, expression speechless.

The moment Chen Guozhong appeared, Chen Mo knew the fight wouldn't break out tonight.

Earlier, while Chen Guozhong and Wang Bao were confronting each other, Chen Mo signaled his underlings to retreat.

Now the only ones left are the few dozen who stayed out of concern for Chen Mo's safety.

Chen Mo looked at Wang Bao again, teasing, "Wang Bao, it's windy tonight; aren't you taking your men back?"

Wang Bao also realized the fight wouldn't happen tonight; keeping people here was useless, so he waved his hand back, signaling his men to disperse.

"Chen Mo, I'll let you off the hook today; we'll see how things go in the future!"

Seeing both sides' forces disperse, Chen Guozhong's expression brightened a bit.

"You all be careful; I'll keep an eye on you!"

Now only a few dozen remained behind Wang Bao and Chen Mo, and the fight couldn't start.

Given Chen Mo's and Wang Bao's reputations in the underworld, starting a fight with only dozens would be downright shameful.

But Chen Guozhong knew there was still a grievance between Wang Bao and Chen Mo that needed settling, so staying here was actually inappropriate.

After saying that, he left with a few officers.

When Chen Guozhong and his men were far away, Chen Mo and Wang Bao raised an eyebrow and said, "Now the police have left, should we keep fighting?"

Wang Bao, whose anger had just subsided, suddenly flared up again.

He felt Chen Mo was deliberately provoking him.

Now there's no point in fighting!

Calling his men back now would probably make Chen Guozhong's group return even faster.

"You killed my men, robbed my warehouse; I won't let this go that easily!"

Chen Mo sneered, "Your guys first were selling goods on my turf, then came to my venue to do drugs; you broke the rules first."

"Don't say I only stole a small warehouse from you; I even took down your flag, and anyone who says otherwise would be wrong!"

"We all hustle out here to make money. You hold such a huge territory yet don't sell, isn't it normal for others to sell?"

I'm telling you, if you're sensible, just clear the venue and let my people distribute the goods; I can still leave you some benefits.

Otherwise, I'll make it impossible for you to survive on Gangdao! Even Great Prosperity won't be able to protect you!

Wang Bao's words were extremely arrogant.

After all, before any foreigner backed him, he was already arrogant.

Now that a foreigner supports him, he doesn't even regard Great Prosperity.

"Then let's wait and see—let's see who between you and me will be finished first!"

Faced with Wang Bao's threat, Chen Mo only found it laughable.

Even if a foreigner supports him, so what? Jingkun had foreigner backing before, yet he was still taken out and ended up with his whole family dead.

He, Wang Bao, how much stronger can he be than Jingkun?

Arrogance invites heavenly retribution!

In the following days, A Hu continued to follow Chen Mo's orders, killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, dealing with those customers who took drugs in Chen Mo's venue.

At first, the effect wasn't noticeable.

After just a few days, perhaps the number of injured and missing people increased, or perhaps the news spread.

The number of people taking drugs in Chen Mo's venue suddenly dropped, to at most one or two a day.

This basically no longer affects Chen Mo's venue.

During this period, Chen Guozhong often wandered around Jianshazui and You Ma Di at night.

Wang Bao several times tried to gather his lackeys to attack Chen Mo's turf, but Chen Guozhong thwarted each attempt.

However, Wang Bao couldn't make big moves, but small actions kept occurring.

Every day, many of Wang Bao's lackeys came in twos and threes to smash up Chen Mo's venue.

Those people didn't stay long; they rushed into bars and nightclubs, caused a ruckus, then fled immediately.

Sometimes, a momentary lapse by the venue's lackeys let them escape before reacting.

Each time the loss was minor, but they accumulated.

Such losses from human-caused damage are charged to the head of the venue's Triad Society.

Therefore, Chen Mo's losses are not small.

Wang Bao's method is shameless but effective.

A Hu was thrown into chaos by this, yet had no good countermeasure.

In the end, the only option was to fight fire with fire, sending his own lackeys to smash up Wang Bao's venue.

Just mutual harm!

In just a week's time, both sides suffered considerable losses.