"What are you doing? Trying to rebel?" Chen Qing was stunned for a moment. He looked incredulously at the group of subordinates behind him, whom he considered to be loyal.
"Brother Qing, Brother Hu already knows about this. He told us not to make any rash moves and that he'll be here soon," a henchman whispered.
"Who the hell told my brother?" Chen Qing's face was ashen.
His seemingly loyal subordinates were not as loyal as he appeared; at least, his every move was under Chen Hu's surveillance.
This gave him a cold sweat. Did this mean that Chen Hu also knew about his ice-selling business?
The subordinates lowered their heads and let Chen Qing yell and scold them, but no one responded to him.
After hurling his insults, he had no choice but to stop, because nobody was listening to him.
"You look down on your older brother?" Ye Xingchen sneered. "Now you should understand, right? Without your older brother, you're nothing."
"Don't be so arrogant, you surnamed Ye. Chen Hu may be afraid of you, but I'm not." Chen Qing said coldly, "I'll remember what happened today. We'll see."
"Didn't I let you go?" Ye Xingchen said calmly, watching Chen Qing take a step to leave.
"I can leave whenever I want, what can you do to stop me?" Chen Qing said with a sneer.
To his surprise, two of his subordinates stretched out their hands and blocked his way.
"What do you two mean?" Chen Qing's face changed instantly.
"Brother Qing, Brother Hu said he'll be here soon, so just wait a bit," a subordinate said.
"What else did my brother say?" Chen Qing's face turned grim.
"This..." The two looked at each other but dared not speak.
"I've been good to both of you, haven't I?" Chen Qing said coldly. "Tell me what else my brother said."
"Tiger said, if you dare to leave, he'll break both your legs." One of the henchmen lowered his head and didn't dare to breathe.
"If Mr. Ye gets angry, he'll break both your legs first."
"Good, good, you really are my big brother." Chen Qing looked miserable. He had lost all face in front of his group of underlings today.
A short while later, Chen Hu rushed over, his face so somber it was almost dripping with water.
He walked up to Ye Xingchen with his head bowed and body hunched over: "Mr. Ye."
"You're here?" Ye Xingchen glanced at Chen Hu with a playful expression. "Since you're here, I'll leave things here to you."
"Thank you, Mr. Chen." Chen Hu quickly bowed and expressed his gratitude.
“Brother…” Chen Qing looked up.
Snap...
Chen Qing was met with a resounding slap. Chen Hu had used all his strength in that slap, and Chen Qing spat out a mouthful of blood. Half of his face quickly swelled up.
"Men, chop off his right hand!" Chen Hu shouted.
"Brother Tiger..." Everyone was shocked. Chen Qing was Chen Hu's younger brother. Was he serious?
"Didn't you hear what I said? Chop off his right hand." Chen Hu waved his hand: "Anyone who dares to plead for mercy will have their right hand chopped off as well. Begin, now."
Seeing that Chen Hu was truly enraged, his subordinates dared not speak further and immediately grabbed Chen Qing and led him outside.
"Wait." Chen Qing looked up, his gaze towards Chen Hu icy cold. "Are you serious?"
“I warned you before, don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you’re my brother. I can tolerate everything else, but you can’t be disrespectful to Mr. Chen.” Chen Hu said coldly, “I’m only cutting off your hand today because of our brotherhood. If it were anyone else, I would have taken your life.”
"Heh, is someone like him worth you getting so angry that you chopped off your own brother's hand?" Chen Qing laughed angrily. "He only saved your son, didn't he? He..."
"Shut up!" Chen Hu roared, slapping Chen Qing across the face again, silencing him.
"Drag him out and chop off his hands."
Chen Qing was dragged out, and a moment later a suppressed scream came from outside.
This guy was ruthless. Even with his wrist chopped off at the root, he didn't scream out loud, but just let out a suppressed groan.
"Grandma, you can live here from now on, as long as you want. No one will dare to bother you. If you get tired of it, I'll find you a villa," Chen Hu said shamelessly to his grandmother.
“Never mind, I’m used to living here.” The old man hesitated for a moment. “I should have stopped you from cutting off his hand, but if I had stopped him, I would have harmed him instead.”
"Why?" Chen Hu was slightly taken aback.
"The most difficult thing to understand in this world is the human heart. Beneath a handsome appearance, there may be a wicked heart."
The old lady slowly shook her head: "Your younger brother is too ambitious. If you don't let him experience the harsh realities of life and know the dangers of the world, his ambition will ruin him."
“This…” Chen Hu’s expression stiffened slightly.
"Hopefully, by paying the price of losing an arm today, he can come to some understanding." The old lady shook her head: "To avoid future bloodshed for him."
"Old man, could you... explain it more clearly?" Chen Hu was deeply shocked.
"I can't explain it. It's just the timing, fate." The old lady sighed softly and went back into the house, her steps unsteady.
"Let's go." Ye Xingchen waved his hand.
"Yes, Mr. Ye." Chen Hu bowed quickly and withdrew.
Once outside, they saw Chen Qing kneeling on the ground, one of his hands bandaged, with blood seeping through the bandage.
His other hand was picked up and bandaged by one of his underlings. When the underling saw Chen Hu come out, he rushed up to him and said, "Brother Hu, quickly take Brother Qing to the hospital. He can still be reattached."
Unexpectedly, Chen Qing glanced at the package wrapped around his arm, suddenly grabbed the package and slammed it to the ground, then pulled out a knife and slashed wildly at the severed hand.
This severed hand was chopped to pieces and there was no possibility of it being restored.
The subordinates were dumbfounded. They didn't know that Chen Hu and Chen Qing were not biological brothers, but in their eyes, they were brothers.
But what could possibly have caused Chen Hu to be so enraged?
"Fine, fine, you truly are my brother." Chen Qing gave a bitter laugh: "You didn't give me a single chance."
"You're alive today because Mr. Ye gave you this opportunity. Do you know who Mr. Ye is?" Chen Hu said sternly.
“Who he is doesn’t matter…” Chen Qing endured the pain in his wrist, raised his head and hissed at Chen Hu: “What matters is that you disregarded brotherhood and cut off my arm.”
“Remember Chen Qing, I cut off your arm today to save you,” Chen Hu said sternly. “There are many people in this world that you can never catch up with in your entire life. If you don’t understand this, I will send you back to your hometown tomorrow and you will never be allowed to set foot in Yanjing again.”
Chen Qing's face was ashen. He hadn't expected his brother's attitude to be so resolute, but he was still unwilling to give up: "Brother, when we have nothing, we can risk our lives."
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