Chapter 12 Tooth Marks He, being a shrewd person, immediately understood, "The boss likes..."
And that was indeed the case. Chen Diao and Yu Chaoxian were about the same age, and he had known Yu Chaoxian since they were training at the base. At that time, no one at the base knew that Yu Chaoxian was the son of the big boss, Yu Yanting.
Before Yu Chaoxian came to the base, Chen Diao always held the top spot. After Yu Chaoxian arrived, Chen Diao was always overshadowed and became the perennial runner-up.
Not only that, he also had a crush on a female nurse at the base, who in turn had a crush on Yu Chaoxian.
This is intolerable! It's even more intolerable to have your woman stolen from you! Chen Diao was furious and planned to secretly teach this reckless brat a lesson. Not only did he steal his woman, but he also dared to compete with him for first place!
So Chen Diao tricked Yu Chaoxian into going to the basement, saying that Brother Guan, also known as Guan Zhongpeng, wanted to talk to him about something.
The basement level is a prison, and there's also a cage specifically for dogs. These aren't ordinary dogs; carcasses that are difficult to dispose of are given to them.
Outside the iron fence were long trails of blood, and whenever a corpse was dragged past, the cages next door where vicious dogs were kept would make a deafening noise, as if the dogs were about to tear through the fence and rush out to tear apart the still warm flesh of the dead!
Yu Chaoxian didn't ask a single question and followed Chen Diao to the basement. Chen Diao chuckled sinisterly, opened the dog cage, and then ran out to close the iron door to that floor.
These dogs aren't Hakimi; they eat meat from people who are imprisoned.
As the chains on the iron bars came undone and slid to the ground with a screeching sound, four vicious dogs, almost as tall as Yu Chaoxian, emerged from the cage.
The vicious dog bared its teeth, drool dripping from its mouth, and growled in its throat before lunging at Yu Chaoxian without the slightest hesitation.
Chen Diao checked the time and, calculating that it was about time, went back to open the large iron door on the first floor. A strong stench of blood filled the dark room. Chen Diao guessed that Yu Chaoxian had probably been gnawed to death by dogs, leaving not even bones. The moment he turned on the light, the entire basement level was filled with light, and Chen Diao thought he saw some kind of monster.
The four cannibalistic dogs were on the verge of death and kept their distance.
Fifteen-year-old Yu Chaoxian lay in a pool of blood, clutching a blood-stained chain, his back straight.
Chen Diao roared to bolster his courage and swung his fist at Yu Chaoxian. Yu Chaoxian threw away his chains and fought Chen Diao with his bare hands. In the end, Yu Chaoxian pinned Chen Diao to the ground and asked him if he submitted. Chen Diao gritted his teeth and refused to speak.
Later, Guan Zhongpeng came looking for someone and called out "Young Master Yu," which is how Chen Diao learned that Yu Chaoxian was Uncle Yu's son. However, Yu Chaoxian didn't mention a word about Chen Diao framing him, nor did he deliberately make things difficult for him afterwards.
During a later group training session, Chen Diao fell into a trap. At the entrance of the hole, he first saw a hand reaching out, and then he saw that grumpy face that all the girls at the base liked.
Yu Chaoxian can ignore him and finish the task first. Chen Diao looked at the outstretched hand and heard a voice above him asking if he was convinced. If not, he could come up and continue fighting.
Chen Diao gritted his teeth and refused to back down, but he got another beating after going up.
Then Yu Chaoxian led his team to first place, and they were the only team to complete the mission. The members of the other teams abandoned their injured teammates, but Yu Chaoxian chose to save his teammates first.
Chen Diao was completely subdued by Yu Chaoxian from then on. Or you could say he was subdued by being beaten.
The club was dimly lit, and restless young men and women danced intimately on the dance floor. The smoke they exhaled further blurred the ambiguous distance and boundaries. No one could help but lose themselves in this dazzling and intoxicating atmosphere.
Chen Diao waved for the girls who were serving drinks to leave, then personally brought over the drinks and ice.
Once the door was closed, all outside noise was shut out.
Mickey and Chen Diao were meeting for the first time. Chen Diao was very outgoing and pinched Mickey's arm. "Wow, this big guy, you must be the one who's been following the boss all this time. My name is Chen Diao."
"Mickey".
Yu Chao poured wine into the glass first. Chen Diao and Mickey immediately picked up the glass, and the three glasses clinked together. At this moment, Mickey and Chen Diao were already acquainted, and after this drink, they would all be on the same side.
Yu Chaoxian, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, took a puff before saying, "Could you get a list of Guan Zhongpeng's order customers?"
When asked about serious matters, Chen Diao immediately changed his flamboyant demeanor and sat up straight: "Boss, do you mean to bypass Guan Zhongpeng and contact the other party? They have big orders over there, it wouldn't be good if Uncle Yu found out, would it?"
Yu Bo is Yu Yanting.
After all, Yu Yanting didn't allow Yu Chaoxian to get involved in the weapons business, so Yu Chaoxian had always only been able to get scraps of meat and only handled small orders.
Hearing Chen Diao's words, Yu Chaoxian smiled faintly: "That's why we have to keep a backup plan. Mickey will be with you on this mission. You guys keep an eye on things for now, and then take action after I give you my instructions in half a month."
Chen Diao asked in confusion, "Then we should have acted earlier. Why wait until half a month later?"
Mickey was equally confused, wondering why it wasn't a day or two, but rather half a month.
Yu Chaoxian stubbed out his cigarette, then remembered his promise to the old man, and felt a headache coming on: "I'm busy these next few days."
Chen Tiao winked at Mickey. Mickey had always followed the boss and must know something. He started being sarcastic again: "What, does the boss have a woman? Have you been busy being affectionate these past few days? What kind of woman? The one who ended the boss's virginity?"
Even if Mickey knew, let alone not, he wouldn't tell anyone about Yu Chaoxian. Chen Diao looked at Mickey's serious face and thought, "Oh well, another boring one."
Yu Chaoxian glanced over coolly, while Chen Diao took a sip of wine and swallowed his words.
Chen Diao never expected that one day he would hear the words "watching the children" from Yu Chaoxian's mouth.
"No, boss," Chen Diao spat out the wine in his mouth. "How fast is this? You already have a child? To make Uncle Yu happy, you're going all out, boss? Why didn't you bring your wife and child? I, as your uncle, will have to prepare a big red envelope."
Despite the abundance of beautiful women at the base, none of them could catch Yu Chaoxian's eye. Uncle Yu repeatedly expressed his desire to see Yu Chaoxian settle down, but Yu Chaoxian never paid any attention.
Yu Chaoxian lit a cigarette in frustration: "Look at Yu Tang."
Upon hearing the surname Yu, Chen Diao quickly realized who it was. The only person with the surname Yu who could be personally seen by Yu Chaoxian was that little girl.
"Oh, so it's the eldest brother's... little aunt."
Chen Diao paused for a moment to reflect on whether he had said the correct generational order.
Yu Tang is the child of the second wife of the founder of the Yu family, Mr. Yu. After Mr. Yu passed away, it was Uncle Yu who took care of the mother and daughter.
Chen Diao knew a little about Yu Chaoxian's family affairs, after all, he had followed Yu Chaoxian for a long time, and he also knew that Yu Chaoxian didn't have a good attitude towards Uncle Yu and that little aunt because of his mother's death.
Taking care of Yu Tang was a huge sacrifice for Yu Chaoxian. Chen Diao hadn't seen Yu Tang many times either; the few times he had met her were when he was with Yu Chaoxian. In his memory, the pale and thin little girl was always crying. Whenever the boss glared at her, it was as if a switch had been flipped, and tears would immediately start streaming down her face, showing her instinctive fear of the boss.
If he remembered correctly, there were still teeth marks on his old thigh from Yu Tang's bite.
That day, Yu Chaoxian and Yu Yanting got into a fight over Zhou Ningxuan. Yu Tang, who was only as tall as the old man's thigh, stood up in front of Yu Yanting, glaring fiercely at him like a fearless calf warning his boss, saying, "Don't bully my brother." Then he opened his mouth and bit the old man's leg hard, drawing blood.
I reckon there'll be a small tooth mark on his thigh from now on; this grudge is really deep.
Scars on a man's body can be considered a badge of honor to some extent, whether they are knife scars or gunshot wounds.
But the teeth marks left by a little girl...
It goes without saying that Yu Chaoxian would find such a scar extremely annoying.
Mickey, standing to the side, looked slightly confused, not understanding why the two of them changed their expressions when "Yu Tang" was mentioned. Even the usually composed boss frowned.
Chen Diao gave Mickey a friendly reminder: "Remember, the boss really hates his little aunt. You should stop him when the time comes, don't let him kill her. Angry Uncle Yu won't do the boss any good. We can deal with her after we've settled our business matters."
Although Mickey didn't know who this "little aunt" was, the fact that she could make the boss frown and feel troubled made him extremely wary.
Yu Chao casually placed his hand on his lap, right where Yu Tang had bitten him before. That crybaby was clearly so afraid of him, yet she bit him to protect Yu Yanting. From a family perspective, Yu Tang was indeed very protective of her own.
He didn't think the teeth marks on his leg were worth a trip to the hospital; it was just a bite, he assumed it was from a dog and deliberately ignored the wound. Who would have thought that while the scars from his knife and gunshot wounds had completely disappeared, the teeth marks from Yu Tang's sharp teeth were still visible on his leg.
Adults' grudges shouldn't involve children, and Yu Chaoxian was too lazy to bother with her.
Yu Chaoxian didn't come here to talk about Yu Tang; he tapped the table with his fingertip.
Chen Diao quickly reported to Yu Chaoxian on the current manpower situation at the base, so that Yu Chaoxian could make adjustments later. "The people at the base are already dissatisfied with the shortage of manpower and resources. The weapons business is not doing well and earning little, so everyone is struggling to make ends meet. There are more and more voices of dissatisfaction with Uncle Yu and Guan Zhongpeng in private, but everyone is afraid to bring it up in public because of Guan Zhongpeng's influence. After all, the armed forces at the base are all under Guan Zhongpeng's command."
Yu Chaoxian was not surprised by this.
People are like mothers to those who provide the benefits; those who follow Yu Yanting and Guan Zhongpeng are naturally unhappy because they can't make money. They can't really go and sell candy with Yu Yanting, can they?
What they lack now is a leader to guide them in expanding their business empire and monopolize the weapons trade across the four interstellar continents.
Furthermore, major powers are currently at peace. Peace is a good thing for nations, but a disaster for arms companies.
Yu Chaoxian understood that a weapons company producing more firearms than its soldiers or the government could afford would have to expand into foreign markets. However, Yu Yanting, under the guise of patriotism, only did business with the government, hoping to leave behind a good reputation as a patriot like his grandfather after his death, and wholeheartedly wishing for a state funeral. He was in no position to expand into foreign markets.
Chen Diao continued, "Now Yu Bo's business is only with the interstellar government. They also want us to buy up the defective weapons left over from the war. This business is losing more and more money. Won't that bloodsucking government drain us dry? So, boss, we can't just sit here and wait to die. We have to think of a new way to find business."
“There are only three types of business transactions,” Yu Chaoxian said slowly, exhaling a puff of smoke. “The legal ones, the illegal ones, and the gray areas in between. He doesn’t dare to touch the latter two, so he’s leaving them for me to handle.”
Chen Diao had always known that Yu Chaoxian was ambitious, but he didn't expect Yu Chaoxian's business to be so big. Chen Diao immediately became excited.
Chen Diao's eyes gleamed: "What does the boss need me to do?"
Yu Chaoxian raised an eyebrow: "Make a list of those who have sided with Guan Zhongpeng, prepare the gifts for each family first, and then listen to my instructions."
Mickey, who had been silent all along, asked, "What gift are you preparing?"
Yu Chaoxian smiled again, even more beautifully than before. Chen Diao suddenly remembered that Yu Chaoxian had smiled at him in the same way that day, lying in a pool of blood, before he was pinned down and nearly buried with those cannibalistic beasts.
Chen Diao shuddered at the laughter.
Suddenly, a commotion broke out outside the door. Someone was banging on the door, uttering vulgarities, and there was also the sound of a girl sobbing.
Who dares to be so bold as to cause trouble on this floor? The top floor is Chen Diao's reception room, and only employees are allowed to go up there.
Yu Chaoxian drank his wine expressionlessly. Mickey instinctively wanted to go and deal with it, but after thinking about it, he decided not to make a move since this was Chen Diao's place.
Chen Diao stood up, and as soon as the door opened, the support behind him disappeared. A thin, small girl unexpectedly fell into Chen Diao's arms. Seeing that the men were about to grab her again, the girl, seemingly out of nowhere, quickly hid inside, as if she could escape this ordeal by avoiding the hands that were trying to tear off her clothes.
It's normal for the girl who was supposed to be drinking with him to disagree at first; she'll be fine after a few days of training. But before Chen could even touch her, the girl screamed like she'd seen a ghost, almost rupturing his eardrums. In the struggle, she scratched his face.
This girl is as slippery as an eel; no wonder the men below couldn't catch her and she ran here.
Yu Chaoxian frowned, annoyed, and slammed his wine glass down on the table. Mickey went over to clear the room.
Mickey was actually quite surprised that Yu Chaoxian would meddle in such trivial matters. Yu Chaoxian wasn't exactly a good person, much less someone who would save someone from dire straits; he wouldn't do anything without personal gain.
When Chen Diao saw Mickey approaching, the shrewd man immediately understood, "Does the boss like it?"
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