Chapter 265: Opening Eyes

The Causeway Bay at night was bustling with lights and colors.

It was time for paper-drunk and gold-obsessed again, as if everyone's rhythm had slowed down, no longer the rush and urgency of the day.

The businesses in the nightclubs in Hong Hing's territory were all flourishing.

From time to time, luxury cars stopped at the nightclub entrance, and guests in bright clothes kept pouring in.

The parking boys guarding the door were all busy flying, their faces full of fawning smiles.

The mid-range bar opened by Chen Haonan and his brothers was also bustling with noise and excitement.

The explosive music was deafening, and men and women in the dance floor were showing their enchanting dance postures.

In the lobby on the first floor, only Chaopi sat in

If any peers knew what they were up to, they would surely be shocked and then curse, "Something is wrong with their brains!"

*Cough, cough*, at this moment, Chen Haonan, Shanjie, and Datian Er were all working out at Dalao B's boxing gym.

Chen Haonan and Datian Er were panting, drenched in sweat, and had expended a great deal of energy.

As for Shanjie, he had a reluctant and lazy posture, clearly not putting any effort into his training.

"I'm telling you, Shanjie, if you don't train normally, you're going to suffer a huge loss when the critical moment really comes!"

Chen Haonan was somewhat dissatisfied and said irritably, "Besides, if your stamina can't keep up, even running away will be a problem!"

"Exactly!"

Datian Er chimed in, "Back in Macau, the brothers were almost killed because of you!"

"Didn't we turn out fine?"

Shanjie said dismissively, "It's late at night; instead of picking up girls, you come here to box and train. I don't know if there's something wrong with your brains."

"Something wrong with our asses!"

Chen Haonan said gloomily, "With your attitude, if there are any dangerous missions in the future, we won't bring you along. We really don't want to experience that kind of risk again!"

"Do you have to be so harsh?"

Shanjie said exaggeratedly, "We are brothers, so we have to talk about loyalty!"

"I also put in effort regarding the Macau business, and the society recorded my merits too!"

"It's just unclear when the society will actually reward those merits!"

As he spoke, he went off-topic, and incidentally led Chen Haonan and Datian Er's train of thought astray as well.

In fact, the Shanjie in the movie is more like the protagonist.

This guy always seems to have some inexplicable luck.

At the beginning of the movie, Shanjie, who was responsible for providing the knives, arrived late; as a result, he didn't experience the thrilling fight at the bathhouse and instead stabbed Babi to death right on the street.

If one were to truly reward merits, Chen Haonan's contributions wouldn't even compare to Shanjie's.

In Macau, he also avoided the danger of being surrounded and killed by hundreds of blade-wielders because he was out picking up girls.

Once he reached Taiwan, he encountered the Sanlian Gang leader Lei Gong announcing a bounty, and Shanjie directly rose to become the Hall Master of the Poison Snake Hall based on the merit of his decisive killing—one could say he ascended to the heavens in a single step.

Later, after being framed by Ding Yao, he was still able to come out unscathed and continue being the Hall Master of the Poison Snake Hall.

Later, when the Yamaguchi-gumi wanted to marry into the Sanlian Gang, Shanjie became the specific target for the marriage alliance.

It can be said that this guy's luck is not just ordinarily good.

Compared to him, Chen Haonan's life is simply a disaster!

In fact, when he previously followed Chen Haonan to Macau to do business, there was also a bit of luck involved.

He basically spent the whole time slacking off, singing and drinking every night; when it came time for real action, Chen Haonan and Datian Er helped cover for him, and he only needed to run away in time.

As a result, after returning to Hong Kong, the society even recorded merits for him, the kind that was almost enough to get him promoted to a high-ranking member.

Chen Haonan and Datian Er were not idiots, and they quickly realized this.

Although they were depressed, they weren't so annoyed that they would do anything to Shanjie.

They just felt that Shanjie couldn't go on like this; if they encountered the same thing again in the future, they were afraid he wouldn't have such good luck next time.

Thus, they forcibly brought Shanjie to the boxing gym to train every night whenever they had free time.

Shanjie didn't feel he was in the wrong at all!

If there's a chance to freeload, why not take it?

Besides, as a society member, why train on time every day?

With this spare time, it would be much better to pick up a few more girls!

As for the future, once he gets promoted to a high-ranking member, he won't need to continue doing such dangerous work.

In previous operations, he hadn't seen many high-ranking society members actively participating anyway.

Thinking this way, he was lazy and lacked any initiative in his actions.

Fortunately, he didn't say it out loud, otherwise Chen Haonan and Datian Er would probably have exploded!

This was different from their inherent way of thinking, and if things went wrong, they might even have a falling out.

Just then, Dalao B walked over leisurely with a few underlings.

"Haonan, Datian Er, and Shanjie!"

From far away, Dalao B called out, his face full of happy smiles.

It was just very obvious that when he greeted Shanjie, there was a clear pause and hesitation in his tone.

"B Ge, how come you have free time to come to the boxing gym at night?"

Chen Haonan, along with Datian Er and Shanjie, went up to meet him and asked curiously.

Usually at this time, Dalao B would be holding down the fort at the nightclub where their branch was located.

Either handling urgent matters or entertaining beauties with wine and song.

Under such circumstances, one could only compare the amount of wealth and the number of underlings.

Dalao B said happily, "Tomorrow, Big Brother will take you to see a big scene!"

Speaking of this, his tone slowed down before he said, "Dress neatly, otherwise you'll lose face!"

"B Ge, what is it, being so solemn?"

Chen Haonan asked suspiciously, "There hasn't been any big news in the underworld recently!"

"Hehe, you'll know when the time comes!"

Dalao B kept them in suspense and didn't stay long, turning around and leaving; he came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Chen Haonan, Datian Er, and Shanjie looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

"Forget what it's about, we'll just honestly follow him tomorrow!"

Datian Er said indifferently, "Tonight's training plan isn't finished yet, shall we continue?"

"Continue, we definitely have to continue!"

Chen Haonan laughed, "I've been getting more and more energetic the more I train lately; if I participate in the 'Unlimited Fighting Tournament' next year, I'll definitely be able to strive for a higher ranking!"

"Damn, do you two have to be so exaggerated?"

Shanjie was startled and said irritably, "Once the society rewards come down, we'll all be high-ranking society members, do we still need to push ourselves so hard?"

This guy, after all, was not a deep-thinking person, and in his anxiety, he blurted out his inner thoughts.

Chen Haonan was stunned for a moment, but instead of getting angry and blowing up, he said slowly, "If we were in other branches, we really wouldn't need to push ourselves this hard!"

"But Causeway Bay is different; the surrounding societies are eyeing us like tigers, the competitive pressure is just too great!"

"Even if we are promoted to high-ranking society members, I reckon there will be no shortage of various conflicts!"

In fact, he had something else he couldn't easily say: that Dalao B might not necessarily allocate many entertainment venues and nightclubs for them to manage, so wouldn't they have to fight for it themselves in the end?

However, he really couldn't say such things; it didn't fit his philosophy.

"Exactly, don't you remember the pressure brought by Dongxing's Ben Shu before, Shanjie?"

Datian Er chimed in, "It's a good thing that old guy has been quiet lately, otherwise we brothers wouldn't even have the free time to train and box in peace at night!"

Shanjie was speechless; the shadow cast by Dongxing's Ben Shu was not small.

Because he liked picking up girls, he had frequented and enjoyed himself at most of the nightclubs in Causeway Bay.

Plus, he had a big mouth and liked to brag, blowing their little circle of brothers up to be something out of this world.

Originally, this was nothing; there were very few people in the society with tight lips.

Usually, peers from other societies would just listen to it as a bit of fun and leave it at that.

But unfortunately, Dongxing's Ben Shu was different; he actually took it to heart.

Another point was that Dalao B was also vigorously promoting Chen Haonan and his brothers!

And so, Dongxing's Ben Shu set his sights on them, naturally wanting to give them a proper "reception."

Then, Shanjie quickly experienced firsthand what the risks of being in the society were.

Whenever he wasn't on Hongxing's own turf, regardless of whether he was having fun, there was a possibility that fierce-looking Dongxing thugs would appear, holding watermelon knives to crack his skull.

If he hadn't been clever enough, he would have been cornered several times, and the outcome definitely wouldn't have been too good.

Because of this, he didn't have much heart for picking up girls during that period.

Fortunately, his heart was strong enough, otherwise, after experiencing it a few more times, he was afraid his little brother would have been ruined.

He really didn't want to try that kind of life, where he was exhausted and walking on eggshells, ever again.

The next day, Shanjie was carried out of his hotel room by Chen Haonan and Datian Er together.

As for the temporary female companion on the bed, none of the brothers cared.

"Damn it, Shanjie, is your brain filled with water?"

Chen Haonan said unhappily, "B Ge is taking us to see the big world, and you're still not up!"

"Didn't they say we wouldn't set off until noon?"

Shanjie muttered dissatisfiedly, "It's only about ten in the morning now!"

"You guy, one day you'll die on a woman's belly!"

Chen Haonan scolded irritably, "B Ge has already called, saying we need to set off early with him!"

"Oh, I'll pack up, I'll pack up right now!"

Shanjie was also startled, hurriedly rushing into the hotel suite's bathroom, finishing his personal hygiene in a flash, and then following Chen Haonan and Datian Er into the van.

When they arrived at the branch, Dalao B's modified van had been waiting for a long time.

Come to think of it, Dalao B was doing quite averagely!

Even though he occupied the three most prosperous streets in Causeway Bay, he really didn't have much money in his hands.

In the movie, he complained quite a bit about his children's tuition and various extracurricular fees.

He really didn't have the money to buy a luxury car, so he just followed the crowd and used a modified van as transport.

"Why so late?"

He scanned the three Chen Haonan brothers with some dissatisfaction and said directly, "Behave yourselves when we get there, listen more and talk less, and don't cause me any trouble!"

After speaking, he waved his hand to signal the van to start.

Not long after, Dalao B brought Chen Haonan and the others to a three-star hotel near Hongxing's main hall; the parking lot here was already filled with all sorts of cars and vans.

(End of chapter)