"By the way, how's the progress with Li Bin and Li Wang?"
As if remembering something, Scarface asked again.
"They haven't come back yet."
Zuo Xianglong glanced outside and said indifferently, "As long as we take down Wang Qian, there's no need to waste our energy on his brother-in-law, Lin Chao."
"That's true!"
Scarface nodded in deep agreement, "Alright, let's wait and see how the show begins!"
...
Second Alley of Southwest Street.
Inside the vast transportation department, apart from a few lights on outside, it was pitch black everywhere, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
This is the suburbs, unlike the city center where the lights are on all night.
Inside the office, Qin Nan sat behind his desk, rubbing his temples, his expression one of utter frustration.
"Brother Nan, we're not really cut out for this line of work!"
A nearby employee complained, "Although I only graduated from high school, having to sit here all day organizing documents feels like being in prison. I'd rather be delivering goods around the country."
He paused, then added, "If we could go back to the old neighborhood, even if we didn't make a lot of money, at least we'd live a carefree life. Brother Nan, do you think I'm right?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Nan, who had been feeling extremely depressed, immediately forced himself to cheer up.
He took a deep breath and scolded, "Since you've decided to change careers, then do your job properly and stop talking about these trivial things. Those things are in the past. If you want a different way of life, you have to adapt."
"But……"
Before the man could say anything more, Qin Nan interrupted him, "Hurry up and finish your work, then go home."
Seeing that the man still looked distressed, Qin Nan patiently comforted him, "I know the brothers are having some trouble adjusting right now, but if you want to live a peaceful life and don't want to live in constant fear like before, then stop complaining about these things."
At this point, he sighed and added, "Staying cooped up in the old neighborhood isn't a solution. Given the current trends in societal development, problems are bound to arise sooner or later."
“My brother Wang Qian has provided us with such a stable job, so we should be grateful and seize the opportunity.”
Upon hearing this, the younger brother who had just complained looked ashamed. "Brother Nan, don't be angry. I was just saying it casually. I always remember how good Brother Qian has been to us."
His words were quite sincere.
He was a high school graduate whose original dream was to get into a good university and become a useful person for the country and society.
But before the college entrance examination, he was bullied by a group of thugs who burned his textbooks to ashes and beat him up, leaving him without even money for hospitalization.
His family was poor, and they couldn't afford to treat his broken rib.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, one of his cousins took him to the hospital, paid for his medical bills, and helped set his broken ribs.
After being discharged from the hospital, his cousin brought a group of people to help him find the thugs who had bullied him. They beat the thugs so badly that they cried for their parents and even had to pay him a lot of money in compensation.
From that moment on, his worldview completely changed.
The idea of studying hard and making progress every day is just nonsense to fool little kids.
In this era rife with thugs, academic studies were nothing but a joke. Only by joining the underworld and attaching oneself to gangs could one guarantee one's safety and dignity.
So he resolutely gave up his promising studies and followed his cousin to work under Qin Nan.
It wasn't until two years later that he began to regret his decision.
In his original imagination, gangsters were free, carefree, and could do whatever they wanted.
But after experiencing it firsthand, he realized that it wasn't like that at all.
Even after becoming a complete hoodlum, there are still many helpless situations, and you also need to abide by various rules.
What he found most unbearable was that he often had to fight.
It's no use regretting it now; he's already given up his studies, and there's no way he can go back to school.
He didn't say it out loud, but it has always been his deepest regret.
The more he regretted it, the more he wanted to change his ways, become a normal, ordinary person, and have a decent job.
Just then, Wang Qian appeared and set up various rules for Qin Nan to make him feel better.
Especially recently, Wang Qian even forced Qin Nan to break up the group and switch to a proper job.
At that moment, he felt as if he had seen a glimmer of hope in the depths of despair.
Although he never had the chance to thank Wang Qian in person, deep down he always regarded Wang Qian as a benefactor who had given him a second chance at life.
My complaints just now were really just a casual remark because I couldn't adapt to this kind of work for the time being.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten something..."
Qin Nan suddenly seemed to remember something and slapped his thigh, "The tea that my brother Wang Qian gave me is still in the old neighborhood."
"Uh... just a box of tea?"
The underling said dejectedly, "Brother Nan, let's forget about it. The old district has been taken over by Scarface Cannon. It's full of their people now. If we go back, it'll be like lambs to the slaughter!"
"It's alright, I'll go back through the secret passage, they won't be able to find me!"
With that, Qin Nan stood up and walked out of the office.
"Brother Nan, you'd better not go!"
The underling caught up with him. "That secret passage is well-hidden, but if Scarface finds it, you won't be able to come back."
Scarface and Qin Nan are mortal enemies; everyone in West Street and the old neighborhood knows this.
The old neighborhood has now been taken over by Scarface Cannon. If Qin Nan goes back now, it will truly be like a lamb entering a tiger's den.
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