Chapter 19

The little car passed through the bustling streets, and the sight of all kinds of people outside seemed to truly slow Lin Yu's calm eyes, the feeling of being constantly crushed by life gradually fading away.

He vaguely remembered, at sixteen, without the system, enduring the cold glares of the thugs, he had always believed that getting into college would make everything better. Who could have imagined, fate being fickle, his grandmother suddenly falling gravely ill and urgently needing money. After awakening the system, he fought in illegal boxing matches just to earn money for her treatment.

Life and death in the boxing gyms; on those rings, he had seen far too many brutal endings, so from that moment on, his character gradually began to change.

If his grandmother could see him earn so much money, she would surely be very happy. Although he was the head of a mess, he was still the head.

"Grandma…"

Thinking of his grandmother, Lin Yu's fleeting daze vanished, and he became once again that eternally calm Lin Yu.

Heigou Gang.

Tulong Gang.

The Heigou Gang attacked, and the Tulong Gang suffered heavy losses. The two major underworld forces of this city erupted into a bloody struggle. That very night, it alarmed quite a number of police officers. On every street, police cars came one after another, the patrolling officers increased in number, maintaining the security along the streets.

The smell of blood.

Drifted out from many streets.

Some people realized.

This great battle.

Between the Heigou Gang and the Tulong Gang, only one of the two could survive!

And right in the midst of this fierce, bloody fight, a shocking piece of news spread through the underworld!

Tulong Gang!

A brand-new head had just risen — Brother Yanwang!

The emergence of this head instantly drew the attention of countless people. The important reason was that this newly appointed head had made his name in a single battle at the bar on Tai'an Street!

One man!

Slaughtered every single Heigou Gang member who stormed into the bar. Even the Heigou Gang's red-pole boss Long, after unleashing a combat power index of 6,000, was cut down by him in a single slash!

It is said.

That night at the bar, blood flowed like a river, and corpses piled up into mountains.

That figure, gripping a cleaver, was like a demon. Even the surviving Heigou Gang members were, many of them, scared half out of their minds by the scene.

And that figure.

Was also called —

Brother Yanwang!

At the same time, he was appointed by the Tulong Gang's gang leader Wang Tulong as the head of Tai'an Street, to manage Tai'an Street. And what drew the most attention was that this 'Brother Yanwang' seemed to be a newly recruited member of the Tulong Gang, and was very young, also known as…

The youngest head!

"Head…"

"Heh heh…"

"This Tulong Gang, with the Heigou Gang attacking, probably can't even protect itself. This Brother Yanwang making such a big splash now is likely going to get killed off by Heigou."

A thug sneered coldly. The current situation, for the Tulong Gang, was not looking bright.

It is said the Tulong Gang's gang leader nearly got killed by Heigou, and his son almost got captured by Heigou — extremely perilous. With Heigou's sudden attack, the Tulong Gang lost countless territories, gang members died, suffered heavy losses. And becoming a head at this point in time, this 'Brother Yanwang' with such a big splash…

Was probably in extreme danger!

Most importantly.

Everyone knew that after the battle on Tai'an Street, the Tulong Gang suffered heavy losses, with only a dozen or so gang members remaining. If they couldn't recruit more soldiers and buy horses in the short term, there would inevitably be a major problem!

"Brother Yanwang!"

Lin Yu had just walked back into the bar.

The bar.

Had been cleaned up.

But the smell of blood still lingered.

After Lin Yu returned, on both sides stood the surviving Tulong Gang members. Seeing Lin Yu, they all bent at the waist, calling out with a mix of awe and fear.

Their eyes, looking at Lin Yu, held awe — and curiosity as well.

Who could have imagined.

The newly arrived nobody, the newcomer no one had any hopes for, had in a single turn become the head of this street, their boss.

Yu Deng was the same, but looking at Lin Yu, he no longer seemed as simple and honest as before, but rather somewhat anxious and uneasy.

"…"

Lin Yu walked straight ahead without looking sideways, but when he reached Yu Deng, his steps paused slightly. He patted Yu Deng on the shoulder, then followed Mingxiao up to the second-floor office.

Mingxiao had been sent by Wang Tulong to assist him — a driver, and also a sort of butler, helping Lin Yu with many matters.

"These are the businesses on Tai'an Street."

"They're also what Sangni left behind."

Mingxiao handed a stack of documents to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu opened them.

Inside were the businesses on Tai'an Street, including a bar, a massage parlor, and a gambling den.

"Bars, gambling, sex — we're involved in all of it."

"And then there's these…"

Mingxiao listed out the businesses one by one.

"These are all profitable, but some have already started running at a loss."

"That includes loan-sharking."

Lin Yu flipped through the documents: "Loan-sharking?"

Mingxiao nodded and said, "Right, the loan sharking was profitable before, but in this area there are several competitors in the trade, and our Tai'an Street doesn't have enough people, so we've been crushed by the other outfits."

"Those outfits all have conflicts with us, but that's only because we don't bother with them — otherwise those guys wouldn't dare show their faces in front of our Tulong Gang."

"The one doing the fiercest lending right now is this place…"

Mingxiao pointed at the information on a document as he spoke.

"It's called Black Cat Hotel. The lending there is connected to ours, but recently because we didn't have enough hands to manage it, it ended up drifting over to Black Cat Hotel."

"Still, the size of Black Cat Hotel…"

Mingxiao smiled.

"Compared to the businesses on our Tai'an Street, it's small-time stuff."

Obviously.

Black Cat Hotel.

In front of the Tulong Gang, it simply didn't measure up.

"However…"

"Because of the Heigou Gang problem, our bar, gambling, and adult entertainment businesses have all been thrown into chaos by the Heigou Gang. In the short term we probably can't reopen them or turn a profit."

"If this keeps up, expenses won't be covered, and being short on funds will be a real headache. We need to pick some of our previous businesses and get them earning again."

Mingxiao continued.

The businesses on Tai'an Street, because of the Heigou Gang problem, had gone from profitable to losing money, and with not enough hands, there was no way to reopen them in the short term — they could only look to some of their earlier businesses first to flip the losses back into profit.

"Do you have any suggestions?"

Lin Yu asked casually.

"I've gone through the files. Loan sharking is making a lot of profit right now and can be turned into the main business — we can start with loan sharking."

Lin Yu's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Good."

"Then…"

"Let's start with Black Cat Hotel."

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