A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1536 Growing Bigger and Stronger, Creating Brilliance! (Please Subscribe!)
Fu Guosheng, despite being rejected by Hua Shier, showed no anger on his face. Instead, he smiled with interest and said:

"Alright, then I'll be waiting to see your big deal, brother."

As he spoke, he reached out to Shen Jiawen beside him, who smiled and took out a delicate box from her handbag and handed it to him.

Fu Guosheng gently placed the box in front of Hua Shier:
"Brother, this is a gift from your older brother. I wish you great success after you get out."

When Hua Shier opened it, there was a Rolex watch inside. The dial was a deep, dark green, and it was the entry-level Rolex Submariner, the "Green Submariner"!

“Oh ho, a green water ghost.” Hua Twelve raised an eyebrow.

He understood that, based on the market conditions in 2015, the price in domestic department stores would be at most a little over 70,000 yuan, while it would be even cheaper if brought in from overseas, costing around 40,000 yuan.

Even if the price of this watch increases ten years later, it will only cost around 80,000 or 90,000, or a little over 100,000.

He chuckled and looked up at Fu Guosheng:
"Old Fu, you're not thinking of using this watch to pay off the debt of saving my life, are you? And then we're even?"

If that's really how it works, then Hua Twelve needs to have a serious talk with them—are you trying to fob me off?

Fu Guosheng quickly smiled and waved his hand:

"Brother, what are you thinking? How could our friendship be worth so little? This is just for good luck and to bring good fortune."

Hua Shier nodded in satisfaction and slipped the watch onto his wrist:
"Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony. Thanks, Lao Fu."

After the meal, Hua Shier politely declined Fu Guosheng's offer to send him off in a car, and waved goodbye to everyone with Haozi.

After the Mercedes drove away, Mouse came over and asked, "Big Brother, where are we going now?"

"Of course I'll stay in a hotel. Book me a five-star one. I just got out of there, shouldn't I enjoy myself?"

The mouse patted its chest and said no problem.

An hour later, the two got out of the taxi. Hua Shier looked around and saw that the surrounding area was full of old residential buildings and many shantytowns that looked like illegal constructions.

His forehead immediately creased with exasperation: "Where the hell am I? Did you send me to an urban village?"

Mouse chuckled sheepishly: "Brother, didn't you want a star-rated hotel? Look behind you."

Hua Shier turned around and saw a three-story building not far behind him. The exterior walls were in the style of the 19th century, and in some places, large patches of plaster had peeled off.

A sign stands on the roof: Xingxing Grand Hotel.

The mouse said with a fawning expression, "Look at this name, two stars, it exceeds your requirements!"

Hua Shier kicked him:

"I made sure you met the requirements! I gave you 100,000 yuan, and this is the kind of place you put me in?"

The mouse scurried away, its head in its hands.

"Big brother, please stop hitting me! Big brother, please stop hitting me! The 100,000 yuan I had was confiscated by Uncle Hat as soon as I came out, where am I going to get any more money!"

Hua Shier stopped and frowned: "Confiscated? What happened? Explain yourself from the beginning."

With a pained expression, the mouse recounted the whole story.

It turned out that on the day he was released from the detention center, he was taken away by the police before he even stepped out of the gate. Once at the station, they took his statement, mainly asking about his relationship with Hua Shier, why he opened an account at HSBC, and what the overseas transfer was all about.

Hua Shier narrowed his eyes, and he roughly knew what was going on. It was probably Xu Pingqiu's doing.

It seems that Xu Pingqiu didn't completely believe what he said and kept subtly verifying it.

He asked the mouse, "So what did you say?"

When the mouse saw him squinting at him, a chill ran down his spine, and the hairs on his back stood on end. He quickly said:
“How could I betray the boss! I said I didn’t know anything, I just borrowed your ID to open a card for you. Later they asked me if I had received any bribes, and I admitted that I took 100,000 yuan, and then they confiscated that 100,000 yuan.”

Hua Shier thought to himself that this guy was really honest to the core. If that money rat insisted on not taking it, Xu Pingqiu wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

He said irritably, "Fine, take me to a decent hotel. I'll pay for it myself."

Mouse looked surprised: "Brother, where did you get the money?"

In Haozi's mind, since all twelve of Hua's men had been arrested and detained, their illegal gains must have been confiscated as well.

Hua Shier raised his hand and slapped him: "Who's the older brother, you or me? Do I have to report everything to you?"

Mouse nodded sheepishly, "I understand, brother. I'll take you to a hotel right away."

Just as the two were about to hail a taxi, they heard someone shout at the top of their lungs: "Rat!"

As soon as the mouse turned its head, it saw seven or eight young men dressed in flashy clothes and wearing big gold chains around their necks strutting towards it.

Hua Shier glanced at it: "Who's that?"

The mouse lowered its voice: "Brother, this is the leader of our gopher digging team. Please don't say anything, I'll handle it."

After saying that, he quickly put on a smile and went to greet her.

"Brother Kun, you were looking for me?"

Without saying a word, the leader slapped him across the face: "Where the hell have you been? Why didn't you answer my calls?"

The mouse, having been slapped, didn't dare utter a sound, instead forcing a smile and saying:
"I forgot my phone, I promise I won't do it again!"

Seeing his cowardly appearance, Brother Kun nodded with barely satisfied approval.

“You didn’t submit your accounts last month, so I asked you to make up for it, but you haven’t done anything for over half a month. You’re not answering your phone either. I thought you were playing hide-and-seek with me.”

Mouse quickly shook his head: "How could that be, Brother Kun? You know, I went to jail last month, didn't do any work, so where would I get the money to pay the debts?"

Kun shook his head and said, "I don't care. If none of you pay up, how the hell am I supposed to starve?"

His gaze shifted, and he suddenly noticed the green water ghost on Hua Twelve's wrist; his eyes immediately lit up.
"Who's that? Your friend?"

Hua Shier smiled slightly; the interesting part was about to begin.

Sure enough, after Haozi nodded in confirmation and said that this was a good brother he had met in the cell, Kun Ge grinned:
"Good brother, even better. I'd go to great lengths for my brother."

He raised his chin at Hua Twelve:
"Hey kid, nice watch. Now's your chance to go to great lengths for your brother. Take it off and lend it to me for a few days. I'll return it to you once Mouse pays the bill."

If it were an ordinary person, Brother Kun might not dare to do this, but in his opinion, what kind of good person would play with a rat? Even if such a person took his things, he wouldn't dare to call the police!
As soon as he finished speaking, the men who came with him surrounded Hua Shier and Haozi.

He said he'd only borrow it for a few days, but judging from his posture, it was clearly robbery; he had no intention of returning it.

The mouse panicked: "Boss, this has nothing to do with my friend."

Kun raised his hand to slap him again, but this time Hua Shier grabbed his wrist.

"Brother Kun, right? Let's talk this out. I'll pay for Haozi's money."

Kun frowned: "You'll give it to me? Fine. Our rule is 30,000 a month. But since Haozi has dragged his feet for so long, nine out of 13 have come back, you can just give me 50,000."

Good heavens, they're treating their own people like loan sharks.

Hua Twelve didn't even try to negotiate the price:

"Sure, I'll pay for him. It's fine to give you the watch. But there are security cameras all around here; if I pull out my money, they'll think I'm being robbed. How about we go to the alley next door to talk?"

Kun glanced around and, sure enough, many passersby were looking in their direction. He nodded: "Okay, let's talk in the alley then."

There were seven or eight of them, and they never expected anything to happen.

But an unexpected event soon followed. As soon as they entered the alley, Hua Shier made his move.

One by one, in the blink of an eye, seven or eight people were all lying on the ground.

Then Hua Shier grabbed Kun Ge's hair and slammed his head against the wall repeatedly.
"You're the Gopher Digging Team, right? Brother Kun, right? You want my watch, huh?"

The mouse watched from the side, its legs trembling. It was too cruel.

When Hua Shier let go, Kun Ge's face was covered in blood, and he was somewhat delirious.

"It's all flattened out." Kun Ge's mouth trembled as he spoke, and two of his front teeth had been knocked out.

Hua Shier patted his face: "From now on, I'm the boss, you hear me?"

Seeing that Kun Ge didn't react, Hua Shier grabbed his hair again and pretended to slam him against the wall again.

Kun burst into tears on the spot: "You're the boss, you're the boss, you should all call me 'Big Brother'!"

These guys were just petty thieves who smashed car windows and stole things; they'd never seen such a ruthless character before. They were all trembling with fear, bowing deeply to Hua Twelve and calling him "Big Brother" in unison.

An hour later, Hua Shier arrived at Kun Ge's house with his group. Kun Ge's wife, seeing his bruised and battered face, cried out and ran over, clutching their child.
"Honey, what's wrong?"

Brother Kun waved his hand repeatedly: "Go inside first, don't come out unless I tell you to."

Hua Shier greeted her with a smile, "Is this your sister-in-law? Brother Kun, why are you inviting her in? Sister-in-law, do you know how to make dumplings?"

Kun's face turned green: "Big brother, don't mess with me!"

Hua Shier patted him on the shoulder, then turned to his wife and said:
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, Kun is fine. It's just that I bought a motorcycle, and he insisted on test driving it, and ended up crashing into a wall. Luckily, he's not seriously injured."

When Kun's wife heard this, she treated his wounds with heartache while constantly blaming him for showing off.

Kun barely uttered a word the whole time, and only breathed a sigh of relief after his wife took the child back to the room.

Hua Shier smiled at him: "Little Kun, your wife and children are all good, so don't make a mistake."

Kun nodded vigorously: "No, no. I'll do whatever you say from now on."

From the moment Hua Shier suggested coming to his house, Kun Ge understood that this was a way of manipulating him by using his family.

He had originally planned to seek revenge later, but now he doesn't even dare to entertain that thought anymore.

Hua Shier asked him, "Is your burrowing team of groundhogs just a few people?"

Kun quickly explained, "We're just doing a small-scale operation, with only about a dozen people in total, and most of them are here."

Hua Shier nodded: "Let's find a place and gather everyone together. I need to hold a meeting for you all."

A warehouse on the outskirts of the city was rented by the digging team to store stolen goods they couldn't sell in time. It was filled with expensive cigarettes, liquors, designer bags, and luxury items.

Hua Shier glanced at them and lost interest. These things looked valuable, but their origins were unclear. When it came time to sell them, he could only get a maximum of 30% of the original price.

A dozen or so people stood in a row, and Kun, whose head was wrapped up like an Indian, began to give a speech.

"Brothers, let's all welcome Boss Yu Tianlong! From today onwards, Boss Yu officially joins our team and will lead us to create new glories and make us bigger and stronger! Come on, let's all give him a round of applause!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sparse round of applause rang out from below.

Hua Shier smiled and pulled a pistol from his back waist:
"You guys haven't eaten yet? Come on, slap your hands until they're swollen, or this isn't over."

Mouse was stunned. "Boss, it's true that you sell weapons, but you just got out of the detention center today. Where did this gun come from?"

One of the younger men, who arrived later, didn't believe it and scoffed:

"Brother Kun, where did you find this guy? He thinks he can scare people with a toy gun? Do you think we're easy to frighten?"

Hua Shier calmly pulled out another silencer from his pocket, screwed it on, and fired a shot at the man's thigh.

Chirp!

The man suddenly had a hole through his leg, and he fell to the ground clutching his leg, howling like a banshee.

When the others saw that it was the real thing, their legs trembled with fear.

Kun finally realized he had messed with a ruthless thug. Now that his home had been discovered, he dared not have any other thoughts.

Hua Shier pointed his gun at the remaining men: "Go and gag this idiot."

The mouse quickly called to its two companions, who went up and tied the man up, then took off their socks and stuffed them into the man's mouth.

After they were all tied up, Hua Twelve glanced at everyone:
"Didn't I make myself clear before? Everyone, give me a round of applause. Don't stop until your hands are swollen."

Half an hour later, everyone's palms were swollen like steamed buns, and their faces were turning blue. Only then did Hua Shier tell them to stop.

"Come on, everyone except Haozi and Akun, kneel down. I'm about to start speaking."

Once the group had knelt in a row, Hua Twelve slowly began to speak:
“From now on, you’ll all be with me. All those petty theft and shady dealings are off the table starting tomorrow. Go and apply for new QQ accounts and WeChat accounts. I’ll help you make big money. Let’s grow bigger and stronger, and create new glories.”

He had barely finished speaking when one of his underlings raised his hand: "Boss, Kitty's about to die."

Cat is the one who was shot earlier.

Hua Shier turned his head and saw that the boy's eyes had indeed started to roll back and he was foaming at the mouth.

"No way."

Hua Shier was puzzled. What kind of marksmanship did he have? He said that if you hit the groin, you'd never hit the testicles. That shot just now was a penetrating wound; it didn't even touch the major blood vessels. What danger could it possibly pose?

But the facts were undeniable. He walked over to take a look, but as soon as he got close, he immediately turned back:
"Whose stinky socks are these? They're so damn smelly! If you stuff them in his mouth, do you think he won't foam at the mouth? I bet he's been poisoned."

Mouse blushed and raised his hand: "Big brother, they're my socks. Um... I have a bit of athlete's foot."

"Is that just a little bit? Hurry up and take it out, or it'll suffocate people."

The mouse quickly took its socks out of his mouth and put them back on. The kitten, finally able to breathe fresh air again, slowly woke up.

Kun cautiously suggested, "Brother, I know a shady clinic. Why don't we go there and get the kitten treated? Let's just make sure it doesn't end up killing someone."

"I can also treat patients."

Hua Shier sent Haozi out to buy sewing needles and thread, and a bottle of strong liquor. Then he had someone hold Maozai down while he unscrewed the bottle cap and poured the liquor directly into the wound.

While pouring the water, he kept saying, "Don't move, this is to disinfect you."

The kitten let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered, its body twisting as if the T-virus had flared up, its veins bulging like a Saiyan transforming.

After disinfecting the wound, Hua Shier didn't use anesthesia; he simply threaded a sewing needle through the stitches and stitched up the wound.

His technique was so skilled it sent chills down my spine!

These people would never guess that he used to be a doctor; they would only wonder if he did this often, otherwise how could he be so skilled?

From that night on, these people were completely subservient to Hua Twelve, obeying his every word and not daring to utter a sound in his presence.

The next day, Hua Shier assigned the tasks.

He had all his underlings infiltrate the "groups" Xu Pingqiu had given them, and they started advertising and selling imported rock sugar and coffee.

　Thank you to 08a and Little Tiger of the Demon Realm for the donations, and thank you to all the brothers who voted with monthly tickets and recommendation tickets. Thank you so much!

　　(End of this chapter)