readsfreenovel Chapter 204 Guessing Xiyan's Identity
Chapter 204 Guessing Xiyan's Identity
After Wuliang finished speaking, Dafei's face looked a little ugly, and he looked at Wuliang with some anger, while the others looked at Wuliang with some amusement, but everyone quickly retracted their gazes and nodded to show that they would support Wuliang.
As for Dafei, everyone tacitly ignored him. Even Han Bin and others who had just suggested that Dafei take over Causeway Bay didn't say much.
Since the ownership of Causeway Bay has been settled, the meeting is considered over. After not much chatting, Wuliang left first, and then Ma Wangjian also found an excuse to get up and leave.
After Ma Wangjian left, Dafei left soon after, and then Xiyan also got up and left.
After Xiyan left, Lu Yongqiang sat for a while. Seeing that Han Bin had nothing to talk to him, he got up and left.
As he reached the door, Lu Yongqiang sighed, feeling somewhat unhappy. He had originally agreed with Han Bin to form an alliance, but now it seemed that Han Bin didn't consider him an ally.
Lu Yongqiang got in the car. Just as the car drove to a corner on the street, he received a call from Xiyan, who asked him to go to Kowloon City for a visit.
Lu Yongqiang thought about it and agreed, then asked Dadong to drive to Kowloon City.
At a roadside stall, Lu Yongqiang met Xiyan. At that time, Xiyan was eating and chatting with a woman wearing an apron. There was only one of his subordinates, Wang Ying, beside him.
This situation made Lu Yongqiang stunned for a moment. Lu Yongqiang knew Xiyan quite well. Because of the special business he ran, Xiyan usually paid great attention to his own safety.
In addition to Wang Ying, his personal bodyguard, Xiyan usually has seven or eight subordinates around him, and all of them are well-trained gunmen.
Besides having bodyguards around him, Xiyan was also very particular about what he put in his mouth. He usually only smoked cigars he brought with him, and would not even take one if Lu Yongqiang offered him one. He also brought his own drinks. If he was invited to dinner, he would either arrange the place and time for the meal, or he would not touch it.
Such an extremely cautious person is now eating at a roadside stall, and Wang Ying is the only one by his side.
Lu Yongqiang brought Dadong over to Xiyan's table and said, "Brother Xiyan, Sister Ying."
Xiyan pointed to the stool beside him and said, "Qiangzi is here! Come and sit down and try this roasted lamb leg. This is the boss lady's specialty. Most people who come here don't have the chance to taste such a delicacy."
As Xiyan finished speaking, the woman wearing an apron next to him said, "Brother Xiyan, let me introduce this handsome guy. He is really handsome."
As she spoke, the woman turned to look at Lu Yongqiang and continued, "Handsome boy, do you have a girlfriend? If not, would you like me to introduce you to one?"
It was unknown whether this woman was a show-off or simply had a straightforward personality. While she was talking, she actually walked over to Lu Yongqiang and tapped his arms and chest with her fingers, muttering, "Not bad... Not bad... You should be in good health..."
Lu Yongqiang didn't know what the relationship between this woman and Xiyan was, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.
Just when Lu Yongqiang was at a loss, Xiyan rescued him.
Xiyan grabbed the woman and said, "Qiangzi, this is the owner of the store. You can just call her Sister Xiaoxia. She is used to speaking freely and likes to introduce people to potential partners. She has no ill intentions."
After introducing them, he turned to the woman and said, "Xiaoxia, this is Lu Yongqiang—Qiangzi, one of my juniors. He already has a girlfriend, so you don't have to worry about him."
As he spoke, Xiyan pushed the woman away from Lu Yongqiang, and then continued, "Go get me a bottle of good wine. I want to have a couple of drinks with Qiangzi today."
The woman did not touch Lu Yongqiang anymore, but turned around to get some wine. Soon, the woman came back with a bottle of white wine, which turned out to be a bottle of Maotai.
Xiyan took the wine and said to the woman, "Xiaoxia, give me a few more of your specialties. I want to have a few drinks with Qiangzi today."
Hearing the sound, the woman turned around and left, and with a narrow eye, she took the bottle and poured a glass of white wine for Lu Yongqiang.
“I’m not used to drinking foreign stuff like whiskey, I always think the wine brewed by our ancestors is the best.
Qiangzi, I heard you like this wine too, how about trying my wine?
Lu Yongqiang picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Xiyan's, then took a small sip. Then, Lu Yongqiang's face changed slightly.
Lu Yongqiang's face changed, not because there was something wrong with the wine, or that it was fake, but because the wine was a little too good.
Just like Xiyan said, Lu Yongqiang doesn't like drinking red wine or foreign liquor. When he drinks, he either drinks white wine or beer.
Lu Yongqiang is not short of money and he likes to drink liquor, so naturally he wants to drink good ones. He has countless good wines at home, but compared with Xiyan's wine, his wine is not even one level lower.
He had been watching Lu Yongqiang with his narrow eyes, and obviously noticed the change in Lu Yongqiang's expression. He said, "Qiangzi, my wine is good, isn't it? This is a good thing that you may not be able to buy even if you have money. If I hadn't..."
Having said this, Xiyan felt that he seemed to have said too much and unconsciously stopped talking.
Lu Yongqiang looked at Xiyan with a strange look in his eyes, but he felt mixed emotions.
Lu Yongqiang is actually a suspicious person in nature. Before he rose to prominence, Xiyan helped him. Although Lu Yongqiang was grateful to Xiyan in his heart, he also became more suspicious of Xiyan.
Although he paid Xiyan a salary of 500,000 yuan at that time, 500,000 yuan was all Lu Yongqiang's wealth at the time, but for Xiyan, it was just a small amount of money.
For such a small amount of money, Xiyan offended Han Bin, Chen Yao and Dong Quan in order to help Lu Yongqiang.
Afterwards, although Xiyan showed his admiration for Lu Yongqiang and said that he wanted Lu Yongqiang to join his school, since he admired Lu Yongqiang so much, Xiyan could have directly found Dong Quan and forced Lu Yongqiang to join his school regardless of whether Lu Yongqiang was willing or not. At that time, Lu Yongqiang was just wearing straw sandals, so could he refuse?
At that time, Dong Quan was already very suspicious of Lu Yongqiang. He thought that as long as Xiyan asked, Dong Quan would not refuse.
Lu Yongqiang had always thought that Xiyan's help to him was very strange. So over the years, Lu Yongqiang asked Shouhou to collect a lot of information about Xiyan.
Xiyan's experience is quite legendary. When he first rose to prominence, it was the end of the era of the Four Great Inspectors. At that time, Xiyan was not a member of the Hongxing clan, but a member of the Yiqun clan among the four major families at the time. He was considered a red stick of the Yiqun clan.
After the four chief inspectors ran away, the four major families suffered misfortune one after another. The core figures of the middle and high levels of the Yi Qun society were either arrested or ran away. Xiyan was a red stick of the society, and was considered a core figure of the middle level of the society, so naturally he was also arrested.
Although Xiyan was arrested, he did not stay in prison for long. After staying in Stanley for half a year, Xiyan was released.
After being released, Xiyan joined Hung Hing and quickly rose to prominence in Hung Hing, becoming the leader of the Kowloon City branch, with his main sphere of influence being in Kowloon Walled City.
Kowloon Walled City is a lawless area. In terms of chaos, it is the most chaotic in Hong Kong. Xiyan has been in this kind of place for more than ten years. The managers of the walled city have changed several times, but Xiyan managed to escape unscathed.
After the Hong Kong government decided to demolish the walled city, Xiyan decided to retreat at the right time and gave up his power and status in the walled city. He led his men to conquer a large piece of land near the walled city, and established the current foundation of the Kowloon City Gang.
Logically speaking, a big boss who has been in the walled city for a long time would have been on the police's radar long ago, and it would not be easy for him to get out of the walled city.
Like Hong Si in the Walled City, this guy basically doesn't dare to show up in the Walled City. As soon as he shows up, he will be arrested by the police immediately.
According to Shouhou's investigation, the big guys in the walled city are either still hiding in the walled city and dare not come out, or they have changed their identities after coming out, or simply left the port city directly. There is really no one like Xiyan.
Many times, Lu Yongqiang suspected that Xiyan was an undercover agent planted by the police in Hongxing, but after careful analysis, he felt that it was not the case. Although Xiyan did not sell drugs, the business he did was not a regular business. If he was an undercover, the police would not allow Xiyan to run such an obviously criminal business.
But Xiyan's last half sentence made Lu Yongqiang make a bold guess that Xiyan might have some connection with the north.
But Lu Yongqiang didn't intend to delve into whether he guessed correctly or not. He made up his mind to keep a certain distance from Xiyan in the future. There were some things that Xiyan must not know. Otherwise, if he guessed correctly, he would be betrayed by Xiyan.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Xiyan said, "Qiangzi, when I was in the Netherlands, I had an in-depth conversation with Jiang Tiansheng.
He said that the crackdown on gangs in the north was very strong and that such evil forces would never be allowed to exist. If the gangs did not make changes, they would definitely be in a difficult situation in a few years. So he wanted to clean up the gang and lead everyone to do legitimate business.
Qiangzi, you have a sharp mind, do you think the society can really be cleansed?"
As soon as Xiyan finished speaking, Lu Yongqiang's heart skipped a beat, and he became even more convinced that there was something wrong with Xiyan's identity.
Lu Yongqiang pondered for a moment and said, "Waste clean? That's not impossible. We only need to do one thing, and that will be enough to cleanse the entire society.
Find a legal but lucrative way to make money, as long as it can allow the bosses to have a sufficiently generous income and allow their brothers to earn enough money to support their families.
I believe that if everyone can make a lot of money without breaking the law, at least 70% of the people in the community will not be willing to do anything illegal.
As long as 70% of the people are unwilling to break the law, then the remaining 30% who are unwilling to abide by the law can just sell it. After all, the minority obeys the majority, which is the democratic principle that our community has always adhered to.
At this point, Lu Yongqiang couldn't help but chuckle. The democracy that societies emphasize is that the interests of the minority must be subordinated to the interests of the majority. If you don't obey, you'll be beaten until you obey. If beatings don't work, then just shut up.