Chapter 112: Discussing Countermeasures Against the Li Family

"One of the top families? That’s what you think. Although the Li family is currently at the peak of their influence, there is an old saying: 'A tall tree catches the wind.' Their unscrupulous suppression and seizure of territory will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction from many people. I estimate it’s not just us—the East Street, North Street, and others must have received the news. Even if they haven't, just from the news of the Li family suppressing and seizing Xijie, what do you think the other bosses will think? Will they just willingly give up the industries they’ve built over so many years? Do you think they’ll do that?"

Hearing my words, everyone fell into deep thought, offering no rebuttal.

"Continue!" Huang Laohu, seeing that what I said was quite good, encouraged me to go on.

I thought for a moment and continued: "I think we should unite now and use whatever power we can, such as East Street, North Street, or even Zhang Longtao from South Street. Zhang Longtao isn't a fool; he naturally knows that if the Li family becomes the sole power, his position will also be at risk!"

Huang Laohu nodded approvingly: "Good, that makes a lot of sense. But how to contact them, how to unite—that needs careful planning. There’s another problem: although we can unite these bosses to fight the Li family, I’ve heard that the Li family’s strength is terrifying, with many experts. What foundation do we have to negotiate with these bosses?"

"Tiger Brother, you don't need to worry about that. Honestly, if the Li family interferes in underworld affairs and integrates the entire underworld of S City, what will the authorities say? Their strength is so great that the authorities won't let them dominate everything like this. Besides, we aren't without experts. Each boss should have two or three under them, and with everyone’s connections, finding a few more shouldn't be hard. Plus, although Third Brother and I wouldn't dare say we’re on par with the Li family, at least if they really want to move against us, they’ll have to think twice!"

Hearing my words, the people around nodded, feeling that what I said made a lot of sense. However, Wu Feichong looked at Third Brother and me with suspicion: "You just said, counting you and your Third Brother, what are you two? You call yourselves experts? You two little brats who just came out of school are experts? Maybe your Third Brother has some skill, but compared to those real experts, I think you should wake up. You’re really just children who don't know the height of the sky!"

"Oh, so you want to try?" Third Brother, hearing someone call him a child and saying he wasn't qualified to be an expert, immediately became unhappy.

Wu Feichong looked at Third Brother with some fear, then pointed at the person next to Huang Laohu: "If you can fight him and win, I’ll admit you’re an expert!"

"Bastard, Wu Feichong, are you looking for trouble? Now is the time for everyone to unite, and you’re causing infighting? What do you mean?" Huang Laohu stood up abruptly, slammed the table, and roared.

Wu Feichong was so scared he hurriedly said: "Tiger Brother, please calm down, it’s my fault, I’m sorry, please calm down!"

Huang Laohu snorted coldly, then slowly sat down and looked at everyone present: "This is our most critical moment. I don't want to find anyone infighting in my team. Brother Yang was right before; if we want to keep our territory, we must unite. Next, we need to consider how to contact and cooperate with the bosses of the other three areas, otherwise, none of us will be able to eat!"

The people around hurriedly shouted respectfully: "Tiger Brother is wise!"

Huang Laohu nodded and continued: "Alright, you can all go. Go back and think about what to do. If anyone wants to quit or doesn't want to do this, you can come to me, and I’ll let you go. But if anyone acts as a traitor or a spy halfway through, then you better watch out for your own lives and the lives of your families. I hate traitors more than anything in my life. Do you all hear me clearly?"

The people around nodded hurriedly, stood up, and left one after another. Seeing this, Third Brother and I also stood up to leave, but were stopped by Huang Laohu: "Brother Yang, don't go yet!"

I turned to look at Huang Laohu and asked suspiciously: "Tiger Brother? Is there anything else?"

Huang Laohu saw that everyone else had basically left, leaving only Third Brother, me, Huang Laohu, and his subordinate. He patted the seat, signaling me to sit down, and said: "Brother Yang, honestly, what do you think the winning percentage is this time?"

"Ah? My winning percentage? Actually, I don't have any winning percentage, and I don't have any confidence in my heart. I can only say we’ll take it one step at a time. After all, the Li family is still too mysterious, it’s hard to say!"

"Brother Yang, you’re not being honest!"

Huang Laohu looked at me with dissatisfaction.

I looked at Huang Laohu suspiciously and asked: "Tiger Brother, what do you mean by that?"

"Brother Yang, are you still hiding things from me? Actually, you know a lot of inside information about the Li family, but you’re not being honest and haven't told your brother here!"

"Uh, Tiger Brother, what are you saying? What could I possibly hide from you? Whatever you’re referring to, maybe I didn't think of it for a moment. I hope you can remind me!"

"Hehe, Brother Yang really knows how to joke. There must be a reason why the Li family suddenly has so many experts, right? Brother Yang seems to have been involved in this matter before, and even the Su family from the provincial capital intervened. You haven't forgotten all that, have you?"

Hearing Huang Laohu’s words, I breathed a sigh of relief. I thought Huang Laohu knew about the confidentiality agreement I signed with the authorities. Fortunately, he didn't know about that.

"Tiger Brother, you’re talking about this matter. I did investigate it before, but I never reached a conclusion. And this matter is a bit outrageous; it feels unbelievable, so I didn't tell you!"

"What’s there not to believe? Just tell me, brother. I still trust your character!"

"After my investigation over these days, combined with the information I’ve gathered, I estimate that this matter with the Li family is likely related to the R-country people!"

"What? R-country people? R-country people are involved too?"

"Tiger Brother, I’m only telling you because I trust you. You must not leak this!"

"Don't worry, don't you trust Tiger Brother? Just tell me!"

I looked around vigilantly, found no one else, and then looked at the subordinate beside Huang Laohu, hesitating.

"Don't worry, brother, he’s my trusted aide, absolutely safe!"