Chapter 288: Kill Long Er, suppress Miss Kong (7K long chapter)

"Surround them!"

Lu Qiaoshan waved his hand.

Bang, bang!

The sound of doors being rudely kicked open in the shops and residential houses along the street rose one after another, and densely packed soldiers leaped out.

The street, which had been quite spacious, instantly became congested.

"Brother Bo, this, what's the situation?"

"It, it seems to be people from the Garrison Headquarters."

Lin Bo's subordinates began to panic.

"Brother Lin, what a coincidence." The crowd parted, and Peng Chengtao walked out.

"Old Peng, we're all our own people; what do you mean by this?" Lin Bo said, trying to remain calm.

"It doesn't mean anything."

"Section Chief Lu has instructions; someone is suspected of murdering the person in charge of the US Military Aid Preparatory Committee, so for the sake of the friendship between our country and the US, I can only bring people over to take a look."

"Don't panic, there aren't many, just a reinforced battalion."

Peng Chengtao said with a smile.

Damn it, this kid is too slick; he always reports my name in everything, really not getting stained at all... Lu Qiaoshan stood by the window, cursing Peng Chengtao's mother in his heart.

"Old Lu, you guys know quite a lot." Hong Zhiyou laughed.

"Brother, you're not being kind; you hid it too deep."

"The document from the Ministry of National Defense's Military Supplies Section has already come down; once Welsh officially takes office, the Military Aid Preparatory Committee will be established, with the Station Master as Director and you as Secretary of the China-US Liaison Office."

"The Station Master is getting on in years, and he doesn't want to manage the little things at the station, so this Director is just hanging a general's rank; isn't it just your job?"

"If you had told Brother earlier that you were the liaison secretary, could my 80,000 US dollars have been cheated away by Lin Sufang?"

"You, younger brother, are too ghostly, too ghostly."

Lu Qiaoshan pointed at him and laughed with a hint of complaint.

"So, to deal with a few ax-wielding men, you brought a reinforced battalion?" Hong Zhiyou tilted his head and lit a cigarette.

"Is it too many?"

Lu Qiaoshan's face turned serious, and he said solemnly:

"In February, at the internal symposium of the Ministry of National Defense, the Generalissimo personally instructed all armies and institutions to ensure the safety and needs of the Americans in the National Government, and to treat all matters concerning the US as the top priority."

"You are the Secretary of the China-US Liaison Office; in other words, that's an American official."

"I'm protecting you, that's acting in accordance with the Generalissimo's respectful instructions, so naturally I have to be cautious."

"Brother, don't worry about it; just leave this bunch of thieves to me."

Old Lu was truly convinced now, only seeking to work hard and show loyalty, hoping to cling to this big thigh.

"With Brother Shan, there are no accidents."

"It's left to you!"

Hong Zhiyou nodded and laughed.

"Section Chief Lu, what does this mean?" Lin Bo shouted, looking up.

"Are you here to assassinate Major Hong Zhiyou of the Secrecy Bureau?" Lu Qiaoshan asked.

"Yes, yes I am."

"Lu Qiaoshan, you damn traitor, are you going to betray us?"

Lin Bo immediately realized something was wrong.

"Betray?"

"I call this luring the snake out of its hole."

"If it's true, then that's right."

"Assassinating the US Liaison Commissioner, execute on the spot..."

Lu Qiaoshan looked at Peng Chengtao and suddenly didn't want to speak, changing to hand signals.

Peng Chengtao immediately understood and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"You all heard it, Section Chief Lu has ordered: execute on the spot!"

"Fire!"

He waved his hand.

Damn it, Lu Qiaoshan pursed his lips.

Bang, bang!

Machine gun fire erupted.

Amidst waves of shrill screams.

The Cao Gang disciples fell into a pool of blood.

"Reporters enter." Lu Qiaoshan rested his hands on the window and ordered.

Reporters immediately entered to film.

"The content of the draft will be received by each newspaper office via telegram shortly; after finalizing, send it back to the Inspection Division, and I will personally review it before publishing."

"Whoever dares to write or publish randomly, I'll kill their whole family."

Lu Qiaoshan pointed at the reporters present and ordered coldly.

"Yes!"

The reporters accepted the order, trembling.

"Eat, eat." Having killed so many people, Lu Qiaoshan acted as if nothing had happened and invited them to sit down.

"Old Lu."

"You're famous for killing now."

"How will the draft be published?"

Hong Zhiyou smelled the blood drifting in and had completely lost his appetite.

"The Cao Gang colluded with Captain Sto and others of the US Marine Corps to traffic opium and munitions; when the group refused to cooperate with the Inspection Team's investigation, the law enforcement officers decisively wiped out the criminal group."

"How's that?"

Lu Qiaoshan asked with a smile.

"Very good."

"Worthy of Brother Shan, thunderous wrist, flawless; no wonder the Station Master has always praised your ability to shoulder the heavy burden." Hong Zhiyou raised his glass to him.

The opium trafficking matter, in order to cooperate with Ke Ke in replacing Philson, the National Government had nominally lodged a protest with the US side.

Philson couldn't be dealt with openly, so he could only be executed secretly.

But Captain Sto, the person in charge of the water barracks storage, wasn't so lucky.

He was the one who was truly caught and took the fall.

Lu Qiaoshan killed so many people, and dealing with it for this reason was considered most appropriate.

"Sigh."

"Shouldering the heavy burden is not something I dare to claim; it's all thanks to you, younger brother." Lu Qiaoshan said.

"Hmm."

"It's time to cut off the water."

Hong Zhiyou put down his wine glass and stood up.

"Cut off the water?"

"What... what do you mean?" Lu Qiaoshan didn't quite understand.

"Let's go."

"See you at the station tomorrow."

Hong Zhiyou said.

The next morning.

Hong Zhiyou woke up to the melodious violin music of Wanqiu.

"So early." He washed up and came downstairs to the flower garden.

"You fell asleep as soon as your head hit the pillow last night, and I followed suit and went to bed early, so I woke up early." Wanqiu smiled.

"Are you complaining that I usually let you sleep too late?" Hong Zhiyou asked with a smile.

"No, I... I still like sleeping late."

Wanqiu put down the violin, her face full of shyness as she joked with him.

"Do you want to take a nap?" Hong Zhiyou blinked and gave her a pinch on her perky buttocks.

"It's almost time for work."

"Tonight."

"I'll let you make up for it properly."

Wanqiu smiled charmingly and led him into the living room.

Breakfast was already prepared.

And newspapers.

Hong Zhiyou ate breakfast while reading the newspaper.

Two major events.

One: Lu Qiaoshan dealt with the Cao Gang thieves who colluded with US military officers to traffic opium.

Leaving out the munitions matter, this was very Old Lu.

Two: Welsh officially took office as the new commander of the US Marine Corps.

The first thing he did upon taking office was to investigate opium and deal with a batch of officers like Sto.

Truly, a new official applies three fires; he didn't even wait overnight to do things.

Hmm, it's about time to close the net.

Garrison Headquarters Inspection Division office.

Lu Qiaoshan changed into a suit.

After pawning his house and throwing the money into the Cherry brand, he moved into the Garrison Headquarters' reception room under the pretext of convenience for work, while his wife Li Guifen rented a house outside.

Just as he was about to go to the Secrecy Bureau, the phone rang.

Lu Qiaoshan reached out and answered:

"It's me."

"Yes, Chief Zheng."

"Good, good."

"I know, thank you for your kind words."

"This subordinate will definitely do his best; there's already a clue about the munitions, and we'll definitely get our capital back in these few days."

"Good, goodbye."

Hanging up the phone, he shouted outside the door:

"Call Lu Yuxi over."

Soon, Lu Yuxi walked in: "Brother Shan, you looking for me?"

Lu Qiaoshan's face fell; he wanted to have him use his title, but then thought it wasn't necessary.

"How's your wife?" He raised his hand and asked.

"She, she's at home watching the kids." Lu Yuxi was a bit confused.

"How should I put it."

"Since your sister-in-law came to Jinmen, it's been so long, and your wife hasn't visited my house yet." Lu Qiaoshan asked with a smile.

"Brother Shan, my wife doesn't understand things."

"Before, she was pregnant and it wasn't convenient; I'll have her bring the kids to pay respects to sister-in-law tonight."

Lu Yuxi felt it was a bit inexplicable, but he hurriedly responded.

"Last time I was in trouble and came to Jinmen, your wife would make you kneel on the washboard at every turn, and even complained about you staying at my place for a while; is that true?" Lu Qiaoshan asked again.

"Brother Shan, you, why are you digging up old accounts?"

"Don't worry, I'll definitely teach her a lesson when I get back."

Lu Yuxi said with a confused look.

"No need."

"Xizi, go ahead. Your wife and children, I will take care of them." Lu Qiaoshan smiled coldly.

"Politics is like this."

"Die, friend, don't die, poor friend."

Furthermore, there was no friendship to speak of between them, only interests.

There was no sadness.

Rejoicing was a must.

"Brother Shan, you must help me, they, they will execute me."

"Brother Shan!"

Lu Yuxi roared.

Lu Qiaoshan waved his hand coldly, and the people from the Military Law Division dragged him out.

Driving to Jinmen Station.

Lu Qiaoshan brewed some coffee and adjusted his mood.

The Military Law Division taking Lu Yuxi to appease the public anger showed that the Generalissimo recognized his butcher knife.

Armed suppression was correct.

Since he had reached this step, he could only continue to kill.

The more he killed.

The more ruthless he killed.

The more the old man would value him.

"Ring-a-ding."

The phone rang.

Lu Qiaoshan sipped his coffee, gave a look, and secretary Zhang Li sensibly stepped forward to answer:

"Yes."

She covered the receiver and whispered: "Section Chief Lu, it's Miss Lin from the Cao Gang."

"A person about to die!" Lu Qiaoshan sneered, stood up, and took the receiver: "It's me."

"Good, I know."

Hanging up the phone, he ordered: "Go call Secretary Hong over."

Zhang Li accepted the order and left.

"Secretary Hong, Section Chief Lu is calling... please go over." Arriving at the General Affairs Section office, Zhang Li said respectfully.

"I know."

Hong Zhiyou closed his fountain pen, stood up, and came to the Intelligence Section office.

"Zhiyou, Lin Sufang called, saying Kong Lingwei wants to see you, and the location is at the Cao Gang headquarters." Lu Qiaoshan closed the door and said in a low voice.

"I feel this matter is quite dangerous."

"Why don't you consider it?"

He poured tea for Hong Zhiyou.

"See her."

"However, let's set the time for 3 PM; I have two friends who will be there."

"I heard Miss Kong plays mahjong quite well."

"Just right to make up a table."

Hong Zhiyou looked at his watch and said with a smile.

"Do you want me to arrange people?" Lu Qiaoshan asked.

"No need."

"Don't forget, the Cao Gang is also my territory." Hong Zhiyou said.

"Good." Lu Qiaoshan didn't talk nonsense, stood up, dialed the phone, and set the time.

2:45 PM.

Cao Gang headquarters.

Kong Lingwei sat by the rosewood table and chairs, crossing her legs and drinking tea.

Long Er and Lin Sufang accompanied her on the side, not daring to breathe loudly.

"How did the talks with the shipyard in Xiangdao go?" After taking a sip, Kong Lingwei frowned, put down the teacup, and asked.

"No, didn't talk it down."

"I don't know what kind of ecstasy Hong Zhiyou gave the Rong family; no matter what conditions I offered, they kept playing tai chi and weren't willing to cooperate."

"Furthermore, Second Brother... Long Er isn't on the contract."

"Even if we go to court, there's no chance of winning." Lin Sufang answered.

"Calling him Second Brother quite affectionately, roll over here." Kong Lingwei's face sank.

Lin Sufang hurriedly squatted at her feet obediently, like a little kitten, hammering her legs.

"I heard you're pregnant?" Kong Lingwei lifted her chin and asked with a smile.

"Miss Kong, Sufang she..."

Long Er was just about to speak when two bodyguards on the side directly pulled their guns and aimed at him.

"I brought you to Jinmen, and you've been playing for half a day; besides playing with men, you haven't accomplished anything else."

"Fangfang, tell me how I should deal with you."

Kong Lingwei patted her pretty face lightly and asked with a sinister smile.

"Second Young Lady, the winery brand was bought, and the winery is also operating positively; in time, we'll see money."

"I beg you to... give me and Long Er a little more time."

Lin Sufang looked up and pleaded in panic.

"By the way, I've already met Welsh; he took 30,000 US dollars from me and said he was willing to endorse the Cherry brand..." She added.

"Endorse?"

"Early this morning, he reported to the public to ban the sale of opium, and also dealt with several US military officers I had developed."

"Opium was already hard to handle; do you know how much I lost?"

"Not only that."

"I have over 100,000 US dollars worth of goods staked with the Marine Corps, and now they've all been destroyed."

"Are you going to compensate for this money?"

Kong Lingwei said with anger.

"It's all Hong Zhiyou."

"He bribed Ke Ke; Second Young Lady, if we eliminate this person, everything will be easy to handle." Long Er raised his hands, his head full of cold sweat.

"That's right."

"Americans have always recognized money and not people; as long as we eliminate Hong Zhiyou, we can annex Hong's winery and all his businesses." Lin Sufang also followed up.

"Cheap goods, I'll settle your matter later."

"I heard you're pregnant?" Kong Lingwei hooked her chin and asked with a smile.

She wasn't afraid of killing.

With her aunt there, let alone killing a small major, even if it were a major general, she would kill if she wanted to.

What if her uncle valued Hong Zhiyou?

People can't be resurrected after death; could he really pull her to be a cushion for the seed of a poor rural guy?

At most, she'd go out and hide for a few days while the wind blew over.

Once her uncle's anger subsided, she'd just return to the country.

As for the Americans, Miss Kong cared even less.

After all, these guys were greedy by nature; once the money was in place, they would naturally shut up.

Originally, she wanted to use Lin Sufang to test Hong Zhiyou.

Now it seemed Hong's energy was much greater than imagined.

Right now, it seemed that besides killing this person, there were no other tricks.

Last night, she called home.

Her father and mother's intention was also to eliminate Hong Zhiyou and completely swallow this piece of fat meat in Jinmen.

Back in Shanghai, she shot and killed a traffic policeman, letting the world know she was very "crazy."

Being crazy was her label.

It was her amulet for being lawless.

Today was the time to be "crazy" again.

"Miss Lin, Secretary Hong has arrived." Mr. Ji walked in to report.

"How many people came?" Kong Lingwei asked.

"Just one." Mr. Ji answered.

"One?"

"Interesting; tell him to come in." Kong Lingwei's brows relaxed, and she laughed.

"Yes." Mr. Ji retreated respectfully.

Soon.

Hong Zhiyou walked in.

Behind him, one on the left and one on the right, were two Cao Gang disciples dressed in black.

On the left was Zhou Yan.

On the right was Sun Cheng.

Among them, Sun Cheng had rushed back from Xiangdao overnight.

"Hong Zhiyou meets the second young lady of the Kong family." Hong Zhiyou stepped forward and bowed like a gentleman, neither humble nor arrogant, while secretly sizing up this chaotic demon king.

The eldest young lady of the Kong family combed her hair back, wore a black long gown, black sunglasses, and her features were even but couldn't be called beautiful, but her eyes were piercing when she looked around.

She wasn't tall and looked a bit thin, which made her look a bit more cunning and less heroic.

Kong Lingwei was also sizing him up.

She knew this person.

He had protected two aunts in Jinmen, and the movie scripts and piano music he wrote were all the rage.

Not only talented, but his official career and business were also smooth sailing.

Among the young talents of the current National Government, there was a saying of "South Yu, North Hong," and North Hong referred to this person.

Rich, talented, smart, and not bad-looking.

He was indeed a talented person who was easy to like.

"You have a lot of nerve to challenge me." Kong Lingwei said.

"Don't dare."

"To tell you the truth, I only found out last night that the second young lady had come to Jinmen; if I had known earlier that it was the second young lady playing with me, this subordinate would have long ago raised his hands and surrendered." Hong Zhiyou laughed with humor.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling face.

With this laugh, Kong Lingwei's belly full of fire really couldn't be released for a moment.

"Since you know it's me, let's talk now."

"First, I want to do the munitions business."

"Second, have Ke Ke's people get lost; the opium imported from A cannot be cut off."

"Third, I won't talk about the liquor in other places where my uncle is involved, but in Jinmen, only the Cherry brand can be sold."

"Can you agree?"

She always spoke directly and laid out the conditions.

"Easy to talk about."

"Everything within my ability, I will follow the second young lady's instructions."

"As for munitions, it's not up to me to decide."

"However, it can be discussed; I heard Miss Kong plays mahjong quite well, how about playing a round?"

Hong Zhiyou took out a cigarette and lit one gracefully, taking two puffs.

"You two go up." Kong Lingwei agreed readily.

She felt this person was different from anyone she had met in the past.

She had always loved to play.

Naturally, she didn't mind seeing what medicine Hong Zhiyou was selling in his gourd.

Lin Sufang and Long Er were just about to go to the table when Hong Zhiyou leaned back, sneering with the cigarette dangling from his mouth:

"What kind of things are they, are they worthy of sitting at my table?"

"You!" Long Er was almost furious to death.

Hong Zhiyou didn't even give him a straight look.

"So, you still have people?" Kong Lingwei asked curiously.

"I have two friends."

"To accompany Miss Kong to play mahjong, naturally not any cat or dog can accompany her."

"They should be here too."

Hong Zhiyou looked at his watch and said.

Soon, Mr. Ji led in a burly foreigner biting on a cigar.

"Commander Ke Ke!" Kong Lingwei stood up in surprise.

This was an honored guest of her uncle, so she didn't dare to be negligent and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him in English:

"Respected Commander Ke Ke, why are you here?"

Hong Zhiyou smiled and nodded, considering it a greeting.

"I came to Jinmen on business; I heard from Hong that there was a mahjong game, and you know I've been learning your mahjong recently, so I came to make up the numbers." Ke Ke laughed loudly.

"Why, Miss Kong doesn't welcome me?" He shrugged and asked.

"Don't dare, it's an honor; please take the seat of honor." Kong Lingwei said hurriedly.

"This is still missing one person?" Ke Ke asked curiously after sitting down.

"Commander, wait a moment; there is one more friend who will be here soon." Hong Zhiyou said.

Waited for a few minutes.

Another middle-aged man wearing a Zhongshan suit and black-rimmed round glasses walked in.

Seeing this person.

Kong Lingwei felt a bad omen in her heart.

Why did he come?

This Hong Zhiyou really has eyes and ears everywhere.

I'm afraid it will be hard to win this mahjong game today.

Ke Ke and Kong Lingwei, who had just sat down, stood up at the same time again, greeting him with full smiles.

"Mr. Yu, why are you here?" Kong Lingwei said respectfully.

"There are two friends."

As the person in charge of the Generalissimo's closest confidential matters.

Yu Jishi, Qian Dajun, and others had once had more prestige than Dai Li, Kang Ze, and the two Chens, and even Dai Li had to be respectful to them, not daring to offend them in the slightest.

Seeing Yu was like seeing Jiang; this was no empty talk.

His personal arrival here undoubtedly represented Jiang and Madam.

No matter how crazy Kong Lingwei was, she had to be respectful.

"Commander Ke Ke, Secretary Hong, Second Young Lady." Yu Jishi nodded with a bland smile.

Kong Lingwei's brows furrowed slightly.

Yu Jishi actually ranked Hong Zhiyou before her, which made her very unhappy.

"People are here, let's start the game."

Without too much polite talk, Yu Jishi clearly had the Generalissimo's style, speaking little and going straight to the point.

The four sat down.

Long Er and Lin Sufang stood on the side like stakes.

At this moment.

Long Er finally knew how terrifying Hong Zhiyou's network of connections was.

It wasn't that he and the Cao Gang had achieved him.

It was that he had achieved the Cao Gang and himself.

Yu Jishi shuffled the tiles and said: "If you two have anything, just lay it out and talk; treat it as if Commander Ke Ke and I don't exist."

"Commander Ke Ke, I just learned not long ago; you must let me win." Ke Ke joked, taking the lead to look at the tiles, and it just happened to be his turn first.

"Commander Ke Ke, your people often smuggle munitions, circulating them to various war zones and even the Red Ticket's territory."

"To ensure the strategic security of the National Army."

"I suggest that future munitions transactions be handled by my Jialing Company, how about that?"

Kong Lingwei wasn't afraid either, casually throwing out a tile and saying.

"Commander Ke Ke, what is called smuggling?"

"I've been in Jinmen for so long, but I haven't heard of it."

"Do you have any smuggled munitions?"

"Kong!"

While Hong Zhiyou was taking a tile, he flicked the ash off his cigarette and looked at Ke Ke.

"Our US military is the most powerful army in the world."

"Munitions are only aided, not sold."

"Smuggling? Is Miss Kong saying that I am lax in governing the army and am a muddled general?"

Ke Ke frowned and sneered.

"General, don't misunderstand; I don't mean that." Kong Lingwei was choked and didn't know how to continue.

"The opium within A's territory cannot be cut off."

"Philson just cooperated with our Jialing, and he still owes me nearly 100,000 US dollars in goods; do you have an explanation for this?" Kong Lingwei didn't care about this "taboo" issue at all.

"Cough, cough." Yu Jishi began to cough.

As expected of the second young lady of the Kong family.

The Generalissimo was just condemning opium, and mentioning this now wasn't just looking for trouble for herself?

Kong Lingwei had a crazy look, just pretending not to understand the hint.

"So, Philson is dead."

"Miss Kong, if you are interested, you might as well go find him and ask for it."

"I don't mind."

"When I came, I spoke with your father on the phone; in front of him, I had the same attitude."

Ke Ke leaned forward and stared at her, an arrogant and disdainful smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Finally, the Axe brand must give way to the Cherry brand red wine in Jinmen; there is no room for negotiation on this point." Kong Lingwei's mouth trembled, she withdrew her gaze unwillingly, and threw out another tile fiercely.

"I can agree to this."

"But you can only occupy 20% at most, and you must not interfere with the operation." Hong Zhiyou tapped the table with his finger and said.

"No, when did it become your turn to point fingers at my people doing business?" Kong Lingwei was very dissatisfied with his attitude.

"There are no people of yours."

"There is only my people in Jinmen." Hong Zhiyou said very firmly.

This sentence instantly ignited Kong Lingwei's anger; she directly snatched the gun from her bodyguard's hand and pressed it against Hong Zhiyou's forehead.

Since they couldn't talk it out, then she would play crazy and shoot him.

Leave everything else to her aunt and uncle to handle.

What if her uncle valued Hong Zhiyou again?

People can't be resurrected after death; could he really pull her to be a cushion for the seed of a poor rural guy?

At most, she'd go out and hide for a few days while the wind blew over.

"Oh, NO, NO." Ke Ke spread his hands, making a "tsk, tsk" sound with his mouth.

Yu Jishi continued to look down and shuffle the tiles, as if he hadn't seen anything at all.

Coming this time, there were two instructions.

The Generalissimo's was: speak less, watch more.

Jianfeng's was: must protect Hong Zhiyou, Jinmen must not be allowed to be tainted by the Kong family.

Jianfeng knew very clearly that if the money was earned by the Kong family, it would inevitably be swept overseas.

If Hong Zhiyou held it in his hands, and from time to time sent over 100,000 US dollars like last time, he could also secretly buy munitions for people like Fu Zuoyi to do some real work.

"Miss Kong, you can try whether your bullet is faster or my axe is faster." Zhou Yan's shiny short axe appeared in his palm.

"And my knife." Sun Cheng also pulled out a sharp, one-foot-long knife.

"He is a gold-medal hitter under Wang Yaqiao."

"That one is a master of the knife."

"They have a life-and-death friendship with me; if I die, they won't live alone."

"Perhaps the second young lady's bullet will be faster than his axe."

"But if you shoot me dead."

"They will also cut off your head."

Hong Zhiyou puffed on his cigarette faintly and casually threw out another tile.

"Bold, dare to threaten the eldest young lady."

A bodyguard beside Kong Lingwei was furious and was about to pull his gun.

Swish!

Zhou Yan's hand shook.

A cold light flashed.

The bodyguard's palm was severed at the wrist.

However, this person was a tough guy; his cheeks twitched, and he stifled a groan without shouting.

"Useless waste, get out." Kong Lingwei scolded.

The man picked up his hand from the ground, glared at Zhou Yan with hatred, and ran out quickly.

"I'm going to win."

Hong Zhiyou simply stopped pretending and pushed the tiles out directly, revealing them openly.

Four, five, ten thousand.

Missing three, six.

Three ten thousand.

Ke Ke directly threw out a three ten thousand, throwing it to Hong Zhiyou.

Yu Jishi smiled, his hand shook, and he also threw out a tile.

Six ten thousand.

Both of them pointed the cannon to help him win, which went without saying.

"Miss Kong, what about you?" Hong Zhiyou extended his index finger, placed it on the muzzle of the gun against his forehead, and pressed down little by little.

After a second of stalemate, Kong Lingwei slowly turned away and threw the gun onto the table.

"You want to operate the Cherry brand, take their labels, and sit back and enjoy the fruits?" She asked.

"Isn't Miss Kong doing the same?"

"If you hadn't come, the Cao Gang and I would have been a perfect match, and I could have earned more."

"Moreover, I don't count as taking the label."

"More than half of the Cao Gang's companies have my shares, and I am one of the directors myself."

"So, if..."

Hong Zhiyou said this, pulled out his service pistol from his waist, didn't even look, and reached out from above his shoulder.

Bang, bang!

Several shots in a row.

The magazine was completely emptied.

Long Er, who had been shivering in the back, trembled all over and looked at his chest in disbelief.

"Woo... woo, you, you!"

He pointed at Hong Zhiyou's back, his eyes wide open.

He never dreamed that the old brother who called him Second Brother every other word would be so ruthless and heartless, not even saying a greeting—no, not even looking at him before pulling the trigger.

As if he were just a stray dog not worth dying for.

Why?

I am Long Er.

I am the Cao Gang leader, the big brother of 6,000 brothers.

How could he look down on himself so much?

His mind kept flashing back to the brotherhood with Hong Zhiyou, killing Zhang Si, trafficking munitions, dominating one side, and wealth rolling in.

Why did it turn out like this?

My brother!

Thump.

Long Er's eyes rolled wide in unwillingness, and he fell to the ground headfirst.

"OH, Hong, your marksmanship is better than I imagined." Ke Ke gave a thumbs up.

"Thank you, Commander."

Hong Zhiyou laughed, inserted the gun back into the holster unhurriedly, straightened his belt, shook the hem of his suit, leaned against the chair, and sneered at Kong Lingwei with an evil air while biting on his cigarette:

"Now the Cherry brand is decided by me; Miss Kong, do you have any questions?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 289 =====

Long Er, who had been trembling behind him, shuddered all over and looked at his chest in disbelief.

"Ugh... ugh, you, you!"

He pointed at Hong Zhiyou's back, his eyes wide open.

He never dreamed that the old brother who kept calling him 'Second Brother' would be so ruthless and heartless, striking him down without even a greeting—no, without even a glance.

It was as if he were just a stray dog whose death was not worth mourning.

Why?

I am Long Er.

I am the leader of the Cao Gang, the big brother to six thousand brothers.

How could he look down on me so much?

In his mind, memories flashed by: being of one heart with Hong Zhiyou, killing Zhang Si, smuggling arms, dominating the region, and rolling in wealth.

Why did it turn out like this?

My brother!

Thud.

Long Er's eyes were wide with resentment as he collapsed to the ground.

"OH, Hong, your marksmanship is better than I imagined." Ke Ke gave a thumbs up.

"Thank you, Commandant."

Hong Zhiyou smiled, unhurriedly holstered his gun, straightened his belt, flicked his suit jacket, and leaned back in his chair, puffing on a cigarette while sneering wickedly at Kong Lingwei:

"Now that I call the shots for the Cherry brand, does Miss Kong still have any questions?"

……

(End of chapter)