Chapter 52

"Hahaha! No more talking, let's drink!"

Hearing the lively drinking sounds from over there, Xiao Cao felt somewhat reassured inside.

Fortunately, he hadn't been discovered.

"I wish I could be bolder sometime."

In just this short while, Xiao Cao had broken out in a cold sweat from fear.

He knew well that his cowardice had always been a problem; he'd thought about training his courage before, but he just couldn't improve it—if only he were bolder, he could do more for Ye Tian.

Thinking this, Xiao Cao felt a pang of self-reproach.

He was still so useless, only able to do such a tiny little thing. This novel is originally published on TianTian Kan XiaoShuo, accompanying you in leisure, www. tkks. tw, providing you with error-free, properly ordered chapters.

But he still shook his head, dispelling these thoughts—there was still important business to attend to now, not the time to dwell on such things.

Let's deal with this after completing Ye Tian's task.

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After waiting a while, Xiao Cao quietly slipped his body into the shadow beneath the corner of the wall, circled around, and slowly crept toward the inn.

This thin, small body somehow drew no attention at all, and his footsteps made not a single sound.

Added to that, all the gang members had been drinking.

Even on the final stretch, Xiao Cao walked right past them from behind, and not one of them noticed.

If Ye Tian saw this scene, he'd probably start sighing again.

Born to be an assassin, truly.

His assassin talent was maxed out completely.

Finding Wang Han's room wasn't hard.

After all, he was the Bāngzhǔ of the Wang Family Gang; no matter how down the gang had fallen, it still had to maintain its dignity, and his room was among the most expensive ones.

Compared to face, money was nothing.

When Xiao Cao quietly slipped inside, he saw Wang Tai lying there, snoring sound asleep.

Feels a bit too easy.

Xiao Cao couldn't help scratching his head—he'd expected it to be hard, but never imagined it would be this easy to find.

He pulled out the dagger pinned at his waist.

He moved to act immediately.

Xiao Cao didn't care about being bullied—he'd grown used to it long ago.

What truly troubled Xiao Cao was what Ye Tian had said that day.

If you make Ye Tian unhappy, then you're a bad person.

Xiao Cao's worldview was this simple.

"You!"

Eyes wide with fury, he stared in disbelief at Xiao Cao, so close before him.

He probably never imagined his life would end so abruptly.

Not fair—why?

I did want to kill Ye Tian, but I hadn't acted yet; it couldn't possibly be because of the threat I'd thrown out before leaving—that was even less plausible.

Isn't that just the rule? Isn't throwing threats standard practice?

Too bad—no matter how many questions he had, none could be answered now; in the end, he could only die with full confusion and resentment.

After finishing this, Xiao Cao sheathed the dagger and wiped it on the blanket.

This was a gift from Ye Tian; Xiao Cao treasured it dearly and couldn't let it get dirty.

He double-checked that Wang Tai was truly dead, then quietly slipped away again.

Throughout it all.

No one had noticed a thing.

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Until the next day.

"Bāngzhǔ? Bāngzhǔ?"

Wang Tai's subordinates came to knock on the door; when there was no response, they realized something was wrong. When they pushed the door open, they saw Wang Tai, completely lifeless.

"Bāngzhǔ!"

First a cry of shock, then immediate realization—the Wang Family Gang was finished.

Wang Tai was the core of the Wang Family Gang; the other Wang family members might have been useful once, but now they were long since corroded by wine and lust, not one capable of stepping forward to shoulder responsibility.

It was foreseeable.

Without Wang Tai, the Wang Family Gang, in its current state, was surely finished.

"W-what do we do now?"

They glanced at each other, hands trembling—not from anger, but pure fear.

Forget what would happen to the Wang Family Gang later—once Wang Tai's death spread, they'd be the first to die. As his personal attendants, their boss was dead, yet they'd noticed nothing, still alive and well.

Didn't that just prove how worthless they were?

If they caught the killer, maybe it'd be different—but right now, they didn't even know who the killer was. They were definitely dead.

"Run… run!"

Did anyone really think they had much loyalty to the Wang Family Gang?

"Where could we even run to?"

"Who cares where—we're not staying here to wait for death. And the Wang Family Gang is done anyway; we can always come back after it's gone."

Even if I had to start from scratch, it would be better than going back to the Wang Family Gang to die.

Of course.

Hearing this, several people nearby were swayed.

With the Wang Family Gang gone, no one would come after them for past grievances; after a brief discussion, they all decided to leave Linshui City first and hide away—worst case, they could always return later.

Compared to life, everything else is meaningless.

Fearing delays might bring trouble, they left without stopping.

As for Wang Tai's corpse? Nobody cared—it was the inn staff who discovered it and notified the Wang Family Gang, who then sent someone to retrieve it. Only because Wang Tai had some status did they bother; otherwise, the inn would've just dumped him somewhere anonymously.

It was clear such things happened too often for anyone to be startled by a dead body.

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"Boss, the Wang Family Gang is finished."

That afternoon.

Ye Tian received the news from Mei Yongning.

"So fast?"

Looking at Xiao Cao sweeping fallen leaves in the courtyard, Ye Tian paused.

It was a small gang after all—how could it collapse so quickly? He'd expected it to hold out for a few days.

Mei Yongning found nothing strange about it.

"The entire Wang Family Gang's core was Wang Tai himself; everyone else was useless. Without Wang Tai, those who once supported the Bāngzhǔ naturally wouldn't lift a finger."

That support had always been Wang Tai's personal network.

They only acted out of respect for Wang Tai. Now he was gone, why would they care about the Wang Family Gang? They'd probably be plotting to tear off a piece of its flesh instead.

"Within half an hour of Wang Tai's death spreading, the Wang Family Gang was wiped out, its territory carved up by several gangs."

"Tsk!"

He didn't regret losing the Wang Family Gang's territory.

His own territory was in City West; the Wang Family Gang's was in City North—too far to reach, and even if he seized it, he couldn't hold it.

Better to focus steadily on developing the territory in City West.

But some mockery was still necessary.

"This Wang Family Gang has this little grit? Where did Wang Tai get the nerve to come after me, even dare to threaten me? Did he really think I wouldn't act?"

"..."

Mei Yongning didn't know how to respond.

He hadn't expected Ye Tian to act outright just because he disliked the man's gaze.

Come on, how many gangsters in this world are gentle souls? Isn't that just the usual look everyone gives?

Of course, now he was aligned with Ye Tian, so he couldn't say such things outright.

"Enough. Forget about the Wang Family Gang—our focus is still on City West."

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