[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-warlord":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-warlord-rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-216":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Warlord",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1895697,2527,"Chapter 216: Meeting Old Friends","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-216",216,"\u003Cp>\"Is this whole place yours?\" I asked Third Brother in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Brother smiled and patted my shoulder, saying, \"How is it? Awesome, right? Let me tell you, I paid quite a price to get this place back then. Now this whole building is mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, I was shocked, \"What? The whole building is yours?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Brother nodded smugly. It could be seen that Third Brother wasn't lying. I didn't expect Third Brother to be so awesome now. A whole building was his. This couldn't be obtained just by status. This required financial resources, power, connections, and status. Lacking one might not be able to get this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, powerful, awesome, this must have cost a lot of money, right?\" I exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not much, just tens of millions. After all, our city is a fourth or fifth-tier city, and housing prices are cheap. If it were a big city, it definitely wouldn't be enough!\" Third Brother said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't help but exclaim in my heart. Tens of millions said so easily. What exactly did Third Brother get in these few months? Why did it feel like he got a cheat, got the protagonist's halo, and was simply awesome to the point of no return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly happened to you in these few months? Why did you suddenly become so awesome!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me tell you, this is all fought for by my efforts. I'll tell you slowly, let's go in first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Brother took Xiao Huan and me into his villa. The inside was quite normal, not too luxurious, which might have something to do with the fact that I lived in the Zheng family for a period of time. But it was indeed much better than where we lived before, and it was exceptionally large inside. The bottom floor was a private club, specifically left for people to eat, drink, and have fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Huan lived upstairs, while Third Brother and I drank and chatted downstairs. Through understanding with Third Brother, I only then knew that ever since I fell into the moat, they had looked for me for a long time, but there was no news. Finally, they felt that I was mostly dead. After that, Sister Shuang and Sister Ling started to support Third Brother to take the top position, becoming the boss of Yellow Tiger and Chen Ling. As for the Li family, because the Li family had always been very careful and hadn't caught any handles, plus the Li family's relationship network was particularly hard, the Li family had developed in its prime these few months. If it weren't for Sister Ling and Sister Shuang covering, Third Brother probably wouldn't have had it easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, the form of the whole S City is divided into three families. The first is headed by the Li family, and the second is the Third Brother faction headed by Sister Shuang and Sister Ling. The rest are some ordinary families that haven't taken sides. These families basically choose neutrality to protect themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Brother said that after I had the incident, Sister Shuang and Sister Ling went crazy for a long time, took many people to find trouble with the Li family, and basically almost beat the Li family to waste. If it weren't for something happening, the Li family might not have the current glory. But as for what happened, Third Brother didn't know either, only knowing that someone specially helped the Li family, and the other party's strength made Sister Shuang and Sister Ling very fearful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that Third Brother was contending with the Li family, I was even more puzzled in my heart. I believed that Third Brother couldn't know nothing about what Yellow Tiger did. After all, many of this guy's experts were medicine experts. Third Brother must have known, but he didn't manage it and let Yellow Tiger do it. What exactly was his purpose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't ask Third Brother these questions directly, because Third Brother had already changed now. His eyes were full of power, money, and other factors. I felt that it was better for me to investigate these things secretly. And not all things were the situation they said. Only what I truly saw was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Brother and I chatted for a while, and then I returned to the room. In this place, I found that there were many people monitoring Xiao Huan's and my room. These people were mostly Third Brother's people. Third Brother actually sent people to monitor us. Was he worried about something? I suddenly felt that the reason Third Brother kept us here might be for the convenience of monitoring. And the person who betrayed me back then might be Third Brother. I couldn't be careless here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that Xiao Huan and I had to find another place to live in two days. Although this place was Third Brother's place, I still didn't feel at ease. If it were just me, it wouldn't matter, but I couldn't let Xiao Huan have the slightest danger, even a one percent possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I also told Third Brother that I would find everyone to gather tomorrow. After all, I hadn't seen everyone for a long time, and I really missed them in my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the situation outside, and suddenly I found an incredible figure. This person was Zhang Yinuo. But at this time, she was talking to Third Brother. Third Brother's mood seemed very irritable, and he kept telling Zhang Yinuo something. I even saw Third Brother wanting to hug Zhang Yinuo, but he was pushed away by Zhang Yinuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, I was in disbelief. When did Third Brother and Zhang Yinuo become so close? Could it be that they wanted to fall in love?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered that before I had the incident, Third Brother's expression and address towards Zhang Yinuo seemed to have changed. Could it be that Third Brother fell in love with Zhang Yinuo at that time? The two of them seemed to have a dispute, and Zhang Yinuo angrily threw something on the ground and then left angrily. It looked like Third Brother's confession failed, but it wasn't certain. After all, everything was my guess, and I didn't hear what they actually said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day at noon, I took Xiao Huan to a hotel near our school before. When I took Xiao Huan there, I found that Third Brother had already arrived. Third Brother came to welcome me and said to me, \"Fourth Brother, you're finally here. Let me tell you, the girls have been waiting for you anxiously!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Third Brother's words, I asked suspiciously, \"Who? Didn't I just tell you to find a few people we were close to before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking in, I found that Zhang Yinuo and Chen Ling were both there. When they saw me arrive, they both ran over excitedly. If there weren't other people around, they might have hugged me. Zhang Yinuo was still cold and didn't say anything, but from her eyes, it could also be seen that she was very excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Chen Ling, this guy Chen Ling rushed over directly, two lines of tears flowing, hugged me and cried, \"Brother Yang Yun, you scared me to death, I thought I would never see you again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Huan saw Chen Ling rush over to hug me, and her face was puffed up with anger. She ran over and hurriedly pushed Chen Ling away, shouting, \"What are you doing? Why are you so shameless, hugging people when you see them? You are really shameless!\" ===== CHAPTER 217 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1275,"2026-06-11T15:09:04.688Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a25456909ce2c769398be9c083241d2cd0cbf3c3bebb82a9a43607cdff58d2bc","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-217","rise-of-the-warlord-chapter-215",227,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-warlord-cover.jpg"]