Tomb raiding: Those who achieve immortality all have tattoos.

Zhang Qiling narrowed his eyes, looked at Chen Yan, and after a long while said, "I'll stay."

Wu Xie was taken aback. Wang Yueban asked, "Brother, what are you doing staying here?"

Wu Xie grabbed Wang Yueban's arm and said, "Patriarch Chen, can Fatty stay?"

"You're so naive..."

"Fatty!"

Wu Xie glanced at him, then looked at Chen Yan, who laughed: "You've finally grown up. Okay, stay, I'm fine with it."

Wu Xie breathed a sigh of relief, because when Xiao Ge said he wanted to stay, he suddenly realized what would happen if Fatty and Xiao Ge went with him.

In Beijing, even Xiao Hua needs Chen Yan's protection to return to the Xie family. So, on their way back to Hangzhou, the three of them...

Everywhere could become the burial place for the three of them.

Even if the guy is powerful, he has to protect them and fight back at the same time. What can he do then?

There's nothing we can do.

They can only hold us back.

So Wu Xie simply left Fatty here as well; at least Chen Yan didn't seem to want them to die.

Everything he did was for the Wang family.

So at least for now, their goals are aligned.

That way, he won't get into trouble while trying to save him, as he'll be alone.

Wang Yueban grabbed Wu Xie's arm and said, "Tianzhen, Fatty, I'll go back with you."

"Don't make things worse."

Xie Yuchen glanced at Wang Yueban and said, "Wu Xie is a member of the Wu family. At least the Wu family still has Wu Erbai, the second master, who can protect Wu Xie. What about you?"

"If something happens to you, Wu Xie will have to help you."

"If my Xie family weren't in such a mess right now, you could go to the Xie family if you didn't want to stay in the Chen family."

"But right now, in the entire underworld, only Chen Yan can protect you."

Xie Yuchen's words silenced Wang Yueban. He looked at Wu Xie and finally said, "Alright, I'll stay. Tianzhen, don't worry about me. With Patriarch Chen here, I'll be fine. You just need to be careful."

Wu Xie nodded, glanced at Wang Yueban and Zhang Qiling, and said, "You two too, be careful."

Xie Yuchen and Wu Xie left.

After settling Wang Yueban and Zhang Qiling in, Chen Yan stretched and said, "I'm hungry. I haven't had any food at the Crescent Moon Hotel today. Let's go eat."

Zhang Qiling and Wang Yueban lived next door to Hei Xiazi, in a corner of the backyard.

After watching the Chen family's servants leave, Wang Yueban began searching the room. Zhang Qiling asked in surprise, "What are you looking for?"

Wang Yueban said without looking up, "Find surveillance footage, listening devices, I think, given the way the Chen family head operates, he definitely has these things."

No. Don't bother looking for him, Fatty.

Hei Xiazi sat lazily to the side and said, "Chen Yan thinks it's a waste to use surveillance and bugging devices against you."

"Hey!"

Wang Yueban turned back defiantly: "Brother Hei, I don't like what you're saying, Fatty. I'm a big shot, aren't I?"

"In the Chen family, you really don't count."

Hei Xiazi glanced at Zhang Qiling and said, "Mute, I've figured something out. Do you want to know?"

Zhang Qiling looked at Hei Xiazi, and Wang Yueban also came over and sat down to look at him.

"Hey Blackie, what did you find? Tell me about it."

Hei Xiazi poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Chen Yan's group of men are not just ordinary men, nor are they merely well-trained."

"What do you mean? What else is there?"

"rule."

"what?"

Wang Yueban didn't understand. Wasn't that just being well-trained?

Hei Xiazi took a sip of tea and said, "You can't get any information out of any of these people, which means they absolutely adhere to the rule of silence."

Hei Xiazi glanced at Zhang Qiling and lowered his voice, saying, "As far as I know, the only foreign organization that uses silence as its core rule is the Italian Mafia."

"And if these people really are the Mafia, then Chen Yan is the godfather."

"Under these circumstances, we won't get any information out of them."

Wang Yueban looked at Hei Xiazi and Zhang Qiling and asked, "Um, what kind of people are the Mafia? I've only heard of them, but I don't know anything about them."

Hei Xiazi explained: "As a long-established criminal organization, the Italian Mafia's internal operations and survival depend heavily on a strict, complex, and enforceable set of codes of conduct and organizational discipline."

Simply put, it's the law of silence: absolute silence and secrecy.

"Whether they are members or family members, they must strictly adhere to the rule of silence when facing the authorities."

"If a member dies while working, their family is not allowed to call the police."

"If there is a traitor, the gang will almost never implicate others; they will only deal with the person directly involved."

"Members must not disclose the organization's secrets, structure, operating methods, or member identities to any outsider."

"and."

Hei Xiazi took a sip of tea and continued, "The Mafia is not a loose gang, but a 'family' organization with a strict pyramid-like hierarchical structure."

"The basic unit is the 'family,' bound by blood ties and marriage, possessing extremely strong cohesion and difficult for outsiders to penetrate."

"In a way, it does resemble intermarriage within the Zhang family."

"Members will intermarry with each other."

"Joining the Mafia isn't something that can be done casually; it requires a secret initiation ceremony. This ceremony is inherited from oral traditions, and internally, a code of conduct known as the 'Ten Commandments' is passed down, with the Law of Silence being its core."

Hei Xiazi smiled and looked at Wang Yueban: "Fatty, do you know what the first rule is?"

"What?"

Wang Yueban looked at Hei Xiazi with a face full of curiosity. Hei Xiazi said, "Absolute loyalty to the organization."

"No action may be taken without the approval of the Godfather, including the use of violence."

"Therefore, Chen Yan's group of men, placed within the Nine Gates' circle, is like a regular army encountering scattered soldiers; no one in the Nine Gates has the power to resist them."

Zhang Qiling suddenly asked, "How did you know?"

Wang Yueban was taken aback, then realized, "Right, Boss Hei, you yourself said they're all very loyal and keep their mouths shut. How did you know that?"

"Hi."

Black Bear waved his hand and said, "I've met too many people over the years. I met one who was about to die. I was curious, so I asked him about it. Since he was about to die anyway, he told me."

"real?"

Wang Yueban was a little suspicious, but Hei Xiazi said with amusement, "Otherwise what? It couldn't be that Little Fourth Master told me, deliberately having me tell you so you could spread the word, could it?"

"Young Master Si has no shortage of manpower."

"Have you seen Fourth Master?"

yes........

Wang Yueban suddenly realized, "That's right! Fourth Grandpa isn't here! Where did Fourth Grandpa go?"