Chapter 18

He slightly narrowed his eyes, as if making a decision.

The bar counter.

The thick stench of blood lingered, impossible to shake off.

Smoke curled thickly.

Lin Yu gazed quietly ahead; his eyes now looked even calmer and colder, the baptism of blood gradually changing his mindset.

Previously.

No matter how ruthless he was, he had only operated within the School Realm, where students still ruled the day; though thugs were bold, many were underage, and bloodshed was rare.

His wounds came from being ambushed, from fighting underground boxing matches for cash, and from being slashed by knives wielded by ruthless thugs—but no matter who it was.

The wounds Lin Yu left on them were always harsher.

And this scene before him.

Made him truly understand the difference between gangs and school thugs: those thugs were fierce, but few had blood on their hands, while these gangsters…

Almost all had blood on their hands; several deaths each were normal.

What made Lin Yu truly feel the difference most…

Was the gang before him.

They operated outside the law, in criminal zones.

How many men did the Tulong Gang just lose?

Yet from start to finish,

Not a single law enforcer appeared.

Even now,

It was the same.

As if in gang warfare, death was the most ordinary thing—and Lin Yu's earlier ambush had been so shocking largely because it happened within the "view" of ordinary people, while most thugs were, in fact, "ordinary people."

Darkness can only survive in darkness; where light does not reach, you may kill and die as you please—unless you cross a certain threshold, no one will care. In this gang territory, once you join, your life is worthless.

This is the jungle law of gangs.

Walking the edge between law and crime.

Beep.

Beep.

Lin Yu's phone rang.

The phone was a Xiao Ling Tong, given to him by Wang Tulong.

Wang Tulong.

Wanted to meet him.

"Starting today."

"Tian'an Street is under your control."

"You…"

"Are the boss of Tian'an Street. All of Sunny's assets are now yours to manage. Your salary remains unchanged; just pay a fixed share of Tian'an Street's monthly profits to the gang—the rest is yours."

Walking out of the estate.

Before Lin Yu stood a black sedan.

"Brother Yanwang."

"I'm Ming Xiao. From now on, I'll be your personal driver. Give me any order."

Ming Xiao was a middle-aged man in a suit, opening the car door for Lin Yu.

His gaze at Lin Yu

Was full of reverence.

Brother Yanwang.

That title—almost no one in the underworld dared to use—had become the nickname of the young man before him, and he had just heard of the young man's exploits.

Living…

A living Yanwang!

Getting into the car.

Ming Xiao looked at Lin Yu, as if wanting to say something, but seeing Lin Yu silent, he held back and drove quietly.

"If you want to say something, say it."

Lin Yu sat in the back seat.

Watching the brilliantly lit city, its colorful lights faintly reflecting on his cheeks, beneath his calm eyes lay a trace of daze.

Hearing Lin Yu speak, Ming Xiao hurriedly said: "What I want to say is…"

"I've never seen a boss as young as you."

"Your appearance…"

"Will surely shake the entire underworld."

Ming Xiao glanced back at Lin Yu, his eyes filled with awe.

"But you must be careful—your territory, since Brother Sunny's death, now has only a dozen or so Tulong Gang members left. After the Heigou Gang's attack, every district needs men, so…"

Ming Xiao reminded him: the situation on Tian'an Street was not good.

In the battle for Tian'an Street, Lin Yu held the street alone—but at great cost, with countless dead and wounded, and Sunny himself killed; the gang's other districts were also under Heigou attack and could not spare manpower.

So,

The Tian'an Street Lin Yu now took over was, in truth, a mess.

But.

Even so, it could not mask the shock rippling through the underworld.

Because.

Throughout the entire history of the underworld!

There had never appeared…

Such a young head of the society!

"Head of the society…"

Lin Yu stared out the car window, his cold face somewhat dazed.

Who could have imagined.

Having just left prison, in the span of a mere two days, his fate had undergone an earth-shaking change.

A sixteen-year-old student, after two years in prison.

Had turned his life around.

And become…

The youngest head of the society in the entire history of the underworld.

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The underworld.

Gao Zhongsheng.

Two utterly different states of society.

Yet both truly happened to him; that Gao Zhongsheng life seemed to gradually drift away from him—this was destined to be a completely different life.

The gears of fate.

Perhaps from the moment he was born into this world, they had already begun to turn.

Swaying lights.

Dim night.