Chapter 181

The meeting went smoothly, and after Jiang Tian Sheng announced its dismissal, it ended successfully.

Li Xin was about to walk out after the meeting when Jiang Tian Sheng called him from behind.

"A Xin, you'll accompany me tomorrow to the Ni family's funeral; Ni Kun had some friendship with my father, so I must go pay my respects no matter what."

Li Xin nodded and replied, "Okay, I'll pick you up tomorrow and we'll go together."

Jiang Tian Sheng whispered in his ear, "You have good connections with the Number Gang; pass a word to Lian Haolong, give Ji Ge a bit of a hard time, but don't go too far."

Li Xin whispered, "Did Ji Ge break a taboo?"

Jiang Tian Sheng said angrily, "That idiot and the Prosperity Smiling Tiger opened a bar together in Sai Wan; you know what they're up to without me saying."

Li Xin shook his head; Ji Ge is really like a mouse acting as a cat's third wheel, wanting money but not caring about his life!

He just wants to scoop up any money he can.

Li Xin glanced at Jiang Tian Sheng, said nothing, and just made an OK hand gesture.

To him, this is just a matter of making a phone call; he needs to give Ji Ge a lesson—if he keeps playing like this, he'll eventually get himself into trouble.

Lian Haolong of the Loyalty Pile in Sai Wan is absolutely a fierce dragon; he controls over half of the thirty streets in Sai Wan, has several thousand under him, and his strength is certainly not weak.

He's just like Prosperity, both dealing in number-four youths; for the Prosperity Smiling Tiger to dare provoke him in Sai Wan shows real guts.

Sai Wan is practically becoming the Loyalty Pile's private turf; others have to watch their faces to eat, and as long as they don't overstep, even Prosperity doesn't want to provoke them.

Li Xin got Lian Haolong's phone number from Brother Min and dialed it directly.

"Loyalty Pile Dragon Brother? This is Prosperity Li Xin; do you have time? I'd like to treat you to tea."

Upon receiving Li Xin's call, Lian Haolong knew why he was calling—aside from the matter of that bastard Ba Ji, there was nothing else.

"Immortal Trust's face must still be given," he said, "Brother Xin inviting me for tea means I must make time; tell me the place and I'll come right over."

Li Xin laughed and said, "Dragon Brother, you're too polite—let's go to the Walled City for hot pot; you don't have any taboo about that, do you?"

Lian Haolong laughed loudly on the phone and said boldly, "Who would have a taboo? Hot pot boiling three rounds, even an immortal couldn't stand firm."

"That's settled then; we'll meet at the gate of the Walled City, and we won't leave until we're drunk."

Li Xin hung up and told Jian Guo, "Let's go to the Walled City."

The car quickly passed through the Red Harbour Tunnel, and before long we arrived at Kowloon Walled City.

Li Xin had Jian Guo go inside to find Xin Yi, telling him to get the pot ready, while he waited in the car for Lian Haolong.

After a short wait, Lian Haolong's car arrived.

Li Xin got out of the car, shook his hand, and smiled, "Dragon Brother, you really gave me face by coming so quickly; let's not talk outside—I've already had the pot prepared, we can eat and chat."

Lian Haolong looked at Li Xin and said, "We can ignore others' face, but we must give Immortal Trust's face—let's go inside and talk."

Lian Haolong came with A Wu, which shows he still trusts me; otherwise he wouldn't have brought just one person.

Li Xin felt a little proud; it seems he still has some reputation in the jianghu.

Not everyone is cursing him!

He's a bit excited about this; perhaps after being called sinister and deceitful so often, it's rare to find someone who doesn't suspect him.

That makes him quite happy!

Several people arrived at Long Shu's former barber shop; Xin Yi had already prepared dog meat hot pot, some vegetables, and a few bottles of baijiu.

Seeing several people enter, Xin Yi smiled and said, "Brother Xin, everything's ready; you can eat here—it's spacious enough."

Li Xin pulled out a roll of cash from his pocket, threw it to Xin Yi, and said, "Take Jian Guo and that brother and go eat something good."

After Xin Yi and the three left, Li Xin poured liquor for Lian Haolong, raised his cup, and began to speak.

"Dragon Brother, cheers!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he downed a cup of two liang of baijiu, drinking it extremely heartily.

He wiped his mouth, picked up the bottle to fill two empty cups, picked up his cup, and downed it again.

The two of them downed three cups in a row; Lian Haolong could barely hold it—drinking beer like that would be fine, but treating baijiu as beer is excessive; he couldn't suppress it!

He quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother Xin, three cups is enough; let's eat some meat and drink slowly—I can't keep drinking like this!"

Li Xin refilled his cup, filled his own as well, and set the bottle down.

Then he said, "Alright, let's take it slow; today I sought you out, Dragon Brother, for just one thing: you may beat Ji Ge, but you cannot kill him."

"As for the Smiling Tiger, if you have an idea, we can team up to take him on—daring to cause trouble on both our territories, he's practically asking for death!"

Lian Haolong had no chance to speak; he hastily grabbed a few chopsticks of meat, shoved them into his mouth, ate several bites, and only then suppressed the alcohol.

Drinking baijiu like that gets to the head quickly; before long, Lian Haolong's emotions surged.

He shouted angrily, "That Smiling Tiger is a good-for-nothing; don't let me catch him, or I'll light him up as a sky lantern—damn it, daring to cause trouble in Sai Wan, he truly wants to die!"

Li Xin nodded in agreement and echoed, "Exactly—who in Gangdao doesn't know that Sai Wan is your turf, Dragon Brother?"

"Prosperity just doesn't put you in their eyes; otherwise they wouldn't dare act like this."

"They even dragged Ji Ge, that idiot, into the mess—not giving us any face at all! Truly utterly arrogant."

Lian Haolong also cursed, "Exactly, Prosperity's just like that—no rules at all, they don't even care about face, and still dare to snatch food from my bowl; they're truly asking for death."

Before he knew it, Li Xin had persuaded him to down another cup of baijiu, and Lian Haolong's face grew even redder.

After a few bites of vegetables and a sip of wine, Lian Haolong and Li Xin began to curse Prosperity.

The more they cursed, the more fired up they got; they agreed to jointly take on Prosperity, saying Prosperity had nothing good about it.

Even that old bastard Camel is no exception; he's the least human of all—without his nod, that little dwarf Smiling Tiger wouldn't dare cause trouble on this island.

By the end of the drinking, Lian Haolong insisted on dragging Li Xin into a sworn brotherhood, but Li Xin firmly pretended to be drunk.

This is absolutely out of the question; jianghu friends can associate, but sworn brotherhood is forbidden—otherwise, later, at the slightest hint of trouble, one would feel embarrassed to act.

When Jian Guo and the others returned, they saw two drunks with their arms around each other's necks, both cursing Prosperity, and their language was quite filthy!

They even called each other "Dragon Brother" and "Xin Brother," so affectionate that the scene rivaled the Peach Garden Oath—minus only sharing a bed.

A Wu hurried to Lian Haolong's side and said, "Big Brother, you've had too much; let's head back for today—we can talk about anything else tomorrow."

Lian Haolong's face red, glaring with blood-red eyes, he shouted at A Wu: "Get lost! When the fuck did I drink too much? I'm sober!"

"I haven't finished talking to A Xin yet! What the fuck are you coming back for?"

People who've drunk too much never admit they're drunk!