Chapter 89: The Boss Shows Off

There was still about half an hour left before the battle was meant to end within the two-hour limit. Chen Erpao immediately ordered the battlefield cleared. All the wounded were sent to the Hengtang headquarters, all the bodies were hauled away, and the glaring blood on the road was washed clean by the water trucks that had been prepared long in advance. Only a faint scent of blood remained in the air, a lingering witness to the savage slaughter that had just taken place there.

The fighting on Liu Huagang’s side had ended more than ten minutes earlier. This first counterattack had been a resounding victory, won at a very small cost, and the venues on Jiuhua Street would, from now on, bring Yimen at least several tens of millions in revenue each year.

That night, Chen Erpao led all the brothers who had taken part in the battle to celebrate in the various establishments along Jiuhua Street, while secretly dispatching many informants to keep watch over every branch of Hengtang. Even if they wanted to strike back with a sudden attack, Yimen would be able to react in the shortest possible time.

The bars, nightclubs, and other entertainment spots on Jiuhua Street were, it had to be said, far superior to those in Lingnan. One was the heart of Tuen Mun, while the other was merely on the outskirts, almost bordering on the countryside. The difference was obvious enough.

This bar was the largest on all of Jiuhua Street. The great battle that had taken place in the daytime had only damaged some tables and chairs, and it had not affected normal business. At this hour, it was the liveliest time of night. The spacious dance floor was crowded with excited young men and women, along with office workers and others who had come to unwind.

A bar was a place where all kinds of people mingled, a crossroads of every trade and every class, and one of the modern age’s main forms of entertainment. At this moment, Chen Erpao and the higher-ups of Yimen were gathered in a corner, celebrating the fruits of today’s victory. Those reveling young men and women probably never imagined that on this very day, in this very place, such bloody scenes had unfolded, nor that the chairs they were sitting on, or the spots where they were standing, had only recently been stained with fresh blood. Even less likely was it that anyone would guess the few men in the corner were the underground emperors of Jiuhua Street, the true masters of the place.

Seated beside Chen Erpao was a tall young woman with fairly decent looks. She was the bar’s top girl, Huanhuan. Aside from drinking with guests, playing finger-guessing games, and even going to bed with them, she would do anything, as long as the price was right, or the stakes were high enough.

When Huanhuan came to work that night, the manager had specifically told her to attend to the man beside her properly. In her eyes, Chen Erpao wore only plain clothes. Though clean and neat, there was not a single recognizable brand on him from head to toe, and she could not help but look down on him a little. Still, in her line of work, no matter what sort of customer she faced, she could not show any displeasure.

The Black-and-White Duo each had a foreign girl in their arms, and they were here as well, their hands moving up and down as they enjoyed themselves to the fullest. Chen Erpao knew they liked foreign women, so he had specially arranged two first-rate Russian beauties for them as one of the rewards for their great service.

“Boss Pao, yours is pretty nice too,” the Black One said with a grin. “So big and round. Why don’t you give it a try?”

Liu Huagang laughed heartily, then said, “Boss Pao, take a look at mine. Nice and firm, isn’t it?” Even he, usually rather cold and not one to show emotion easily, was especially happy tonight. He had let himself relax. Though he was not as wild as the others, his strong hands kept stroking the young woman’s chest without pause.

“Damn it,” Chen Erpao snorted. “So you want to compare who’s bigger, huh? Fine, I’ll let you see for yourselves today.” As he spoke, his large hands clenched hard around Huanhuan’s chest. Even with the width of his palms, he could barely get a hold on it.

Chen Erpao looked at Wang Xing, who was laughing the brightest, with contempt. “See that? The girl beside you—one reach and she’d probably be squeezed flat.”

As he spoke, Chen Erpao also kneaded Huanhuan’s bosom with some interest. Just then, a cell phone rang. Huanhuan slipped free of his hands, stared at the phone, and simply went off to chat on her own.

Now the people at the table were unhappy. Chen Erpao was not the same man he had been before. He was a mighty figure now, a boss of a whole faction. This was outright disrespect. Chen Erpao, however, did not care at all. He had never had much interest in her to begin with. Neither Wang Xuemei nor Chen Liu could compare with her.

But the others were different. Huang Mao reacted the most fiercely and was the first to stand up. Among the current Yimen higher-ups, he alone had risen from the bottom as a true street thug, unlike the others, who had all come in later from different paths and had none of the usual swagger of gangsters.

“You damn bitch, believe me, I’ll smash your phone!” Huang Mao snapped. “You’re not taking good care of my boss and making him happy? You’re asking for death!”

The moment Huang Mao opened his mouth, he sounded like a professional. Though he was now considered an important man, his signature yellow hair still remained.

Huanhuan stood up at once and shot back without fear, “What, you think I’m scared of you? If you want to play, then pay more. I’ll make sure you play to your heart’s content. Don’t go around calling just anyone boss. A real boss isn’t found everywhere. We’ve got people backing us here. You know about Yimen, the one that’s making a huge name for itself on the streets these days?” As she spoke, she cast a disdainful glance at Chen Erpao.

Chen Erpao and the others all smiled faintly. When Huang Mao was about to react, Wang Xing suddenly grinned and stopped him. He walked over to Huanhuan, snatched her phone away, and slammed it hard onto the floor, shouting, “What’s the matter? You want to call Yimen people over to chop me up? I’ll stand right here and not move. If a Yimen man cuts me once, I’ll give you a hundred thousand. If he cuts me ten times, I’ll still give you a hundred thousand. How about that? Sounds like a good deal, doesn’t it?”

This made everyone laugh even harder. Even if the deputy leader of Yimen stood there and did not move, who would be so blind as to dare lay a hand on him?

Huanhuan was so enraged that she gnashed her teeth, her chest heaving with fury. She threw out a single line, “Just you wait,” and then actually went off to find someone.

Chen Erpao laughed loudly. “Xing, if some fool of a little brother really does come along and try to cut you later, don’t move, all right? Let him hack you a few times and see what happens.”

“Damn it,” Wang Xing said. “I’m not a slab of meat on a chopping board. What, do I have nothing better to do than let him cut me after I’ve eaten my fill?”

Everyone burst out laughing.

At that moment, several beautiful figures appeared at the entrance and stepped into the bar. If Chen Erpao had seen them, he would definitely have been stunned, because among the three pretty young women was someone who gave him a headache every time he met her.

After getting off work today, Zhang Sisi had been dragged by a few friends to a bar for some fun. She had been in a bad mood lately, so this was a perfect chance to relax. But just as she reached the entrance, she saw a familiar luxury car, and especially the license plate on it, something she could never forget, as though it had been carved deep into her heart.

The moment she entered the bar, she eagerly scanned the crowd, hoping to find the man who had annoyed her so many times. In her heart, she swore that once she found him, she would make him pay and teach him just how serious the consequences were for provoking this young lady.

But with the bar packed full of people, finding one person in a short time was clearly impossible. In the end, she had no choice but to let her friends drag her to a seat first.

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