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"Go get him! Kill him!"

After realizing what had happened, Ba Ba was furious. He couldn't believe that he had been slapped in the face in public by a scoundrel he looked down on!

The two henchmen, having recovered from their shock, immediately obeyed the loudspeaker's orders without hesitation.

But Yu Li calmly pointed around and said, "Making trouble on Number Gang's turf? Brother Lou, I advise you to think carefully about what you're doing."

These words brought some rationality back to the furious speaker.

He looked around and saw that the henchmen of the gang who were guarding the place were indeed drawn by the slap Yu Li had given him earlier, and were all looking in his direction. La Ba had no doubt that if things escalated here, those men would rush over without hesitation.

They're all in this business, and Laba knows very well the consequences of his actions. These people don't care about the cause and effect; they'll only assume that Laba is causing trouble here. He's just a nobody from the Sun Yee On triad, and he'll be lucky if he doesn't get ripped off.

The two henchmen were clearly aware of this, and they immediately looked at the loudspeaker with hesitation.

The loudspeaker's face flushed red and then paled, his venomous eyes fixed on Yu Li as if he wanted to devour him alive: "You bastard, you've got guts! I wonder if your mother and little sister are as guts as you! Let's go!"

A violent emotion arose in Yu Li's heart.

Threatening family members again?

This loudspeaker looks like it's doomed!

Yu Li has never been a kind soul. In his previous life during the peaceful era, he was able to bankrupt two unruly business rivals and send them to jail. Now, in Hong Kong, where gangsters run rampant, there are just too many ways to make someone disappear.

But Yu Li remained calm; he knew he couldn't act impulsively for the time being.

Killing is easy, but cleaning up the mess is difficult. No matter what, Laba is a registered member of the Sun Yee On triad, not some low-level underling. If something happens to him, the triad will definitely investigate.

Gangs aren't like the police; they don't care about evidence, they only care about enemies. If they find out that Ba La and Yu Li have a feud, they'll definitely come looking for trouble.

Why do Hong Kong Island residents despise gangsters? It's because getting involved with these guys is like getting infected with a plague. Even if you deal with the younger ones, the older ones will come; you can't get rid of them at all.

If Yu Li were all alone, he naturally wouldn't have anything to fear. But in this world, he has family, and he can't disregard their lives to provoke a gang.

So for now, he can only keep the situation quiet and settle accounts later.

He stepped forward, put his arm around the speaker's shoulder, and pressed him down to sit down again.

"Hey, don't be so angry. You were the one who picked a fight with me, and now that you've been humiliated, you're turning on me. Can't you handle this?" He said with a half-smile as he poured two glasses of wine.

The loudspeaker struggled a few times but failed to break free from Yu Li's iron-like arms. He was immediately taken aback. How could this bastard be so strong?

But he wasn't afraid. He wanted to see what tricks this bastard was up to. Regardless, he'd remember this grudge!

Seeing that no trouble had broken out, the onlookers all turned their attention away.

"Tch, I thought there was going to be a good show," a scantily clad woman selling alcohol scoffed. "These people are ridiculous. They can fight while drinking, and then they can keep drinking after they're done. I really don't know what they're thinking."

"Aren't all gangsters like that?" Qiu Di pursed her lips, but in her heart, she became even more curious about Li.

"Qiu Di, the beef offal is here again, and they specifically asked for you." At this moment, the bar manager, dressed in a suit, squeezed through the crowd and came to Qiu Di.

"Huh? Dong-ge, can I not go?" Qiu-di's face immediately showed disgust upon hearing this. "This guy always touches me inappropriately, and it gets worse every time."

"Didn't Brother Hua Niu already warn him last time?" the manager said with a forced smile. "Qiu Di, this guy is annoying, but he's still very generous. For the sake of the money, just bear with him. He won't dare to do anything reckless!"

"Sigh, I'll go!" Qiu Di finally gave in helplessly, but felt a little uneasy.

Just as the lama had predicted, Qiu Di's ability to sell alcohol safely here without incident was naturally due to her connections. The bouncer, Hua Niu, was her cousin, so basically no one dared to mess with her.

But this beef offal is from the Chaozhou gang, and they've been making waves lately. Last time, when Hua Niu stood up for her, the beef offal only reluctantly backed down, but the look of confidence in his eyes before he left is something Qiu Di still can't forget.

I hope... everything will be alright.

On the other hand, Yu Li is winning people over with virtue.

"Damn it, I have nothing to say to you." The loudspeaker sneered, looking at Yu Li as if he were a dead man. "Dare to mess with me, and you'll be in deep trouble!"

"I have family, don't you? Did you pop out of a rock?" Yu Li raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "We're all from Daxing Village, who doesn't know who? I remember your younger brother is only eight years old, your mother's mahjong parlor business is pretty good, and there's your second uncle, third aunt... Speaking of which, you have more family than me."

"Threatening me?" Trumpet sneered. "Do you think I'm easily scared? Let's see who dies first!"

"Was it necessary?" Yu Li took a sip of his drink, ignoring the menacing look on the loudspeaker's face. "So what if I got slapped? But you smashed up my shop at the dessert shop before and even hit me. I only refrained from fighting back then because I was giving you face. If your henchmen hadn't been so foul-mouthed, I wouldn't have even laid a hand on you."

"It's all your fault. I told you I would pay you back, and I even kindly opened a bottle of Royal Salute for you, giving you plenty of face. You're the one who didn't appreciate my kindness."

The loudspeaker throbbed with anger, and he glared at Yu Li through gritted teeth: "Who do you think you are? You think you deserve my respect?"

"You're so stupid!" Yu Li sighed, pointing to his temple. "I've been standing up to you like this, and you still think I'm some nobody? You idiot! If I didn't have some connections, would I be this arrogant?"

The loudspeaker froze, as if only then realizing that the Yu Li in front of him was completely different from the scoundrels he had known before.

"You've joined too?" He stared at Yu Li suspiciously. "How come I didn't know?"

"Are we that close? Why would I let you know?" Yu Li chuckled. "Anyway, you take the money, I pay off my debt. It's such a simple thing, why make such a fuss?"

He paused, then turned his head and pressed down hard on the back of the speaker, making it face to face with him, their noses almost touching.

"You've threatened me with my family twice already, Brother Lou!" Yu Li said coldly, enunciating each word clearly. "Don't let it happen a third time. If I wasn't worried about my family, I would have bled you dry at the dessert shop this morning!"

The prestige he had cultivated in his previous life as a businessman was not in vain. Stimulated by the coldness in Yu Li's icy eyes, Ba La felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his whole body stiffened and he couldn't utter a single word.

Yu Li lightly patted his face twice with a very contemptuous attitude, then shoved the cup into his hand, forced a clinking of glasses with him, and downed it in one gulp.

"Drink? Why aren't you drinking?" He asked with a half-smile. "Are you being disrespectful?"

The speaker's expression shifted between light and dark. After a long while, he finally picked up his wine glass and downed it in one gulp.

Yu Li chuckled softly and then raised his wrist to check the time.

Most gangsters are cowards who only respond to the weak and fear the strong. He acted confidently, not afraid that Baba wouldn't be intimidated. But Yu Li knew very well that once Baba found out his background, the guy would be furious and would definitely retaliate even more viciously.

Therefore, we still need to find an opportunity to deal with this bastard as soon as possible, and make sure he doesn't get involved with us.

"Let go! Let go!"

Just then, a familiar exclamation suddenly came from the booth next to us.

It's the autumn embankment!

She saw that a man wearing a floral shirt and with a burly face was grabbing her wrist, and she couldn't break free no matter what she did.

Yu Li narrowed his eyes, tightened his grip on the cup, and quickly looked around.

Seeing that the henchmen and the bar manager were rushing over, he felt a little relieved.

Although he had developed feelings for Qiu Di, he wouldn't rush in like a fool to save the damsel in distress without even understanding the situation.

Putting aside the fact that this is the territory of the Number Gang, and if someone causes trouble, the Number Gang will naturally handle it; let's just say that we shouldn't make any rash moves before we figure out who that burly guy is.

"Holy crap, someone actually dares to cause trouble?" one of the henchmen exclaimed in surprise. "Hey, didn't you say that girl has connections? How come someone still dares to mess with her?"

"Of course, they can afford to offend us." The speaker's face was still very ugly, clearly not yet recovered from the blow he had just suffered.

"That guy's from the Chaozhou gang, he's with Brother Shan. Brother Shan recently took over a whole street in Tsuen Wan, he's really something. I heard he's been getting close to those ruthless Vietnamese gangsters lately, even Baldy and Big Brother have to give Brother Shan face..."

Brother Shan?

Isn't that the big shot from the original story who was treated like dirt by the three Vietnamese brothers?