"What's going on?" A man in his thirties hurried over; this guy was Li Hongwei.
"Mr. Li, right? Take a look and see if this is your brother-in-law?" Ye Xingchen pointed to Zhang Jianming on the ground.
“Brother-in-law…you have to avenge me, brother-in-law.” Zhang Jianming struggled to his feet, his face contorted with grief. “I just went to play around across the street, and their people grabbed me and beat me up. They didn’t give me any face at all, brother-in-law.”
Li Hongwei's face immediately darkened, and he said coldly, "Who are you?"
"Ye Cheng, you're one of Kun Ge's people." Ye Xingchen smiled: "It's normal that you don't recognize me, I'm new here."
"When did Liu Kun start hiring new people?" Li Hongwei raised an eyebrow. "Is there something you can't say? Why resort to violence? Don't you know the rules?"
"I understand the rules, but it depends on who it is." Ye Xingchen sneered: "Your brother-in-law has caused trouble at our place time and time again. Brother Kun is magnanimous and doesn't stoop to your level, but you've gone a bit too far."
"As for rules? This kid brought us medicine and made the girls from our area take it, does that mean he knows the rules?"
"Is that so?" Li Hongwei glared at Zhang Jianming.
“No way, brother-in-law, I swear on my integrity, there’s absolutely no such thing.” Zhang Jianming started shouting, “I don’t even touch that stuff.”
"See? He said no." Li Hongwei looked coldly at Ye Xingchen.
"Looks like I didn't beat him hard enough just now." Ye Xingchen grinned. "If I had used a little more force, he might have admitted it."
"Ye Cheng, shut the hell up! This is our territory!" With someone backing him up, Zhang Jianming immediately started trembling again.
He pointed to his face, gritting his teeth, and said, "I've never been beaten like this before in my life. You fucking want to die."
Ye Xingchen stared at Zhang Jianming, and then suddenly punched him hard on the bridge of his nose.
Boom... The guy's body flew backward as if he had been hit by a car, and he crashed heavily into the water system behind him. He lay there with a thud, motionless.
Blood oozed from beneath his body, instantly staining the entire surface of the water crimson.
"Jianming..." Li Hongwei cried out in disbelief. He quickly led his men over and pulled Zhang Jianming out of the water.
Seeing that the man still had a faint breath, he quickly ordered someone to take Zhang Jianming to the hospital.
"Someone, close the door." After seeing his brother-in-law off, Li Hongwei turned his head and looked at Ye Xingchen with a gloomy expression.
With a whoosh, the door was slammed shut, and layers of people surrounded us.
Li Hongwei was a local native, a true local strongman, and quite influential in the area. This was why Liu Kun was unwilling to offend him to the point of no return.
After all, the opponent has the strength and resources to back it up in this small territory.
But Ye Xingchen didn't care about all that. Since Liu Kun had put him in this position, he had to do something to show everyone.
"I'll call for help right away." Zhou Bao drew his weapon from behind and looked at the other side as if facing a formidable enemy.
The other side has about a hundred men, while he and Ye Xingchen only brought a few underlings. If a fight really breaks out, they will suffer a great loss.
"No need, it's just a small matter," Ye Xingchen smiled slightly.
Unless a Celestial Realm expert is overwhelmed by a massive army, with waves of attacks exhausting his true energy, he cannot be harmed in any way.
These people posed no threat to him. They were fierce and courageous, but their actual strength was quite average, so Ye Xingchen didn't take them seriously.
"Your name is Ye Cheng?" Li Hongwei sat down in the chair his subordinates had brought over, a large knife already in his hand, his face extremely gloomy.
In Xuancheng, his status was not low. Although he was not as powerful as Liu Kun, he was definitely a local bigwig.
He did indeed cause trouble for Liu Kun's club time and time again, but Liu Kun's main business was not there, so he wouldn't risk offending Liu Kun to the point of death unless absolutely necessary.
But this kid in front of me is different; it seems he's determined to fight me to the bitter end.
"Yes, my name is Ye Cheng." Ye Xingchen nodded and smiled slightly, "President Li didn't discipline his own brother-in-law properly, so I'll discipline him for you."
“My family members are my own people, it’s none of your business to discipline them,” Li Hongwei said viciously. “You beat up my brother-in-law, and you even beat him half to death in front of me? Do you think I, Li Hongwei, am made of clay?”
"Of course you're not made of clay. I've already beaten up the guy, and I'm planning to smash up your place today. What, you have a problem with that? If so, let's settle this according to the rules of the underworld." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly.
"Fine, since that's the case, let's settle this according to the rules of the underworld." Li Hongwei sneered, throwing off his shirt: "I'll fight you one-on-one today."
Li Hongwei slammed his broadsword on the ground: "Today, we'll settle this in one round between the two of us."
“Winning or losing is meaningless. How about this, let’s decide the outcome in one round?” Ye Xingchen stared at Li Hongwei.
"Are you sure?" Li Hongwei laughed. "Young man, my knife is very fast. If you want to die, just give me a few seconds."
"Are you afraid to say that?" Ye Xingchen laughed. "You're getting old, aren't you? You're too scared to gamble with your life."
"Heh, I may be a bit old, but not really." Li Hongwei sneered, "I can tell you're stronger than me, and I really can't beat you."
"Hmm, you have a good eye. How about we talk?" Ye Xingchen said. "From now on, we'll each do our own business and not interfere with each other."
"If anyone should be talking, it should be Liu Kun and me. You? You're not qualified." Li Hongwei glanced at Ye Xingchen, his face full of disdain.
This guy considered himself to be of high standing in the underworld, and he felt that talking to a young man like Ye Xingchen would lower his status, so he disdained to talk to Ye Xingchen.
“Our boss Kun has important things to do. Even if we’re going to talk, I’ll be the one to do it,” Ye Xingchen said. “If you’re not going to gamble or talk, then you should quit and go back to your hometown as soon as possible.”
“I may not be able to beat you, but my knife is sharp enough. How about we have a contest of courage?” Li Hongwei took out a revolver and placed it on the table.
"Russian Roulette?" Ye Xingchen smiled slightly. "It's a pretty old-fashioned game, but it's the quickest way to determine the winner and the fairest of all."
"Alright, let's have a contest with this gun." Li Hongwei took out a bullet, put it into the pistol, then turned the cylinder, and finally, with a flick of his wrist, the revolver was chambered with a click.
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