A life of success begins with being a landlord.

The plump woman pouted and looked at Building 26 across the street:

"It's that landlord of Building 26. He's no human being. I don't know how many girls he's ruined. Women who want to rent apartments from him, as long as they're pretty, he'll bring them inside, close the door, and rape them..."

I was surprised: "Those women, didn't they call the police to arrest him?"

"These kinds of petty things happen every day, how can we possibly catch them all? Women suffer losses and just cry and suffer in silence..."

The plump woman shook her head: "Last night, someone across the street was killed. They were dragged out, and we don't even know where they were dumped."

I remember now, I witnessed what happened last night from across the street.

The plump woman paused, then sighed:

"Gold Tooth is Zhan Lao Er's brother-in-law, and Zhan Lao Er is Dao Zai Xiong's second brother, you know?" So, Gold Tooth isn't afraid of Little Fox.

Upon hearing this, Chunyan became even more frightened: "Yaozu, let's go back quickly."

"What's there to be afraid of? If Gold Tooth is looking for me, I can't escape him even if I go back. He'll find 302."

I forced myself to remain calm and tried to sound tough: "So what if he has gold teeth? He can't eat me, can he?"

The plump woman shook her head and brought us two servings of fried noodles.

Chunyan ate quickly, keeping an eye on Building 26 across the street.

I said I wasn't afraid, but I was uneasy inside and kept glancing at the person across from me.

But I can't show any cowardice in front of Chunyan.

After eating the fried noodles, I patted my stomach and asked, "Chunyan, are you full? If not, have another serving."

Chunyan stood up: "I'm full, you should go back now, Yaozu."

"What's the rush? Don't you like singing? I'll take you to Old Zhou's place to sing."

"Stop singing. Why don't we go to your place and sing? Don't you have a karaoke machine at home?"

"Okay, let's go home."

Having played the hero long enough, I finally stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, put this in the books."

The plump woman waved her hand: "I know, you don't need to say it anymore, I'll remember it and add it to the rent."

I was about to leave with Chunyan when suddenly, Kuai Dafa, accompanied by a skinny monkey, blocked our way.

The skinny monkey was about forty years old, with gold teeth in his mouth, a gold chain around his neck, a gold watch on his wrist, and several gold rings on his hands—he was dragged to the crematorium and burned, and it was estimated that two pounds of gold could be extracted from the ashes.

Needless to say, this is the guy with the gold teeth.

Seeing the skinny monkey's face, I breathed a sigh of relief.

I could take on ten of those skinny monkeys!

Chunyan was terrified and hid behind me.

The plump woman was also nervous, and she smiled apologetically at the man with the gold teeth: "Brother Jin, this is Little Fox's younger brother. Young people don't know any better, and he had a little argument with Boss Kuai, but it's nothing."

"Get out of here, you old hag!"

Gold Tooth glared at Fat Sister-in-law.

The fat woman immediately shut up, took two steps back, and shook her head and winked at me.

The man with the gold teeth turned his head and looked me up and down.

I couldn't be a coward either, so I met his gaze and sized up the gold-toothed man.

"Hey, you're Little Fox's buddy, right?"

The man with the gold teeth spoke up, pointing at me: "Boss Kuai is my friend. Did you bully him?"

Kuai Dafa, relying on his master's power, stood behind Jin Ya Lao with a smug look on his face.

"Big Gold Tooth, watch your mouth. I'm a jerk, and so are you."

I was going all out, pointing my finger at Kuai Dafa: "What I have to do with this fat bastard is none of your business, you'd better not interfere!"

Chunyan tugged at me, her voice trembling with tears, "Forget it, Yaozu, let's go, let's go..."

I waved my hand behind my back, signaling Chunyan to be quiet.

"You brat, how dare you insult me?"

The man with the gold teeth flew into a rage, rolled up his sleeves, and stepped forward, ready to attack.

"You're no match for me in a fight, I advise you to save your breath!"

I pointed my finger at the gold-toothed man's face: "If you dare to lay a hand on me, don't blame me for being impolite."

The gold-toothed man was indeed intimidated by me and dared not step forward, cursing viciously:

"You want to die, you bastard? Daring to point at me? Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll send you back to the countryside to shovel manure! Daring to cause trouble on my turf, you don't want to live anymore!"

I sneered, "It's not up to you."

Whether I go back or not is up to Hu Xiaoli.

Even if I were to go back, I might not have to shovel manure. I could learn to be a carpenter, bricklayer, plumber, electrician, chef, barber, or excavator!

"Azu!"

Just when tensions were running high and both sides were in a difficult position, Ah Wen came over with Ah Mei.

I nodded and smiled at Awen: "What a coincidence, taking a walk?"

"yes."

Ah Wen walked over, frowning at the man with the gold teeth: "Uncle Gold Teeth, what are you doing?"

"Hey Wen," the gold-toothed man grinned, "I'm fine, just came out for a stroll."

Ah Wen looked around, pointed at me, and introduced me to the man with the gold teeth: "This is Ah Zu, my friend. Uncle Gold Teeth, you two aren't misunderstanding anything, are you?"

"No, we were just chatting."

The guy with the gold teeth glared at me, then turned and left: "I'll let you off the hook today for A-Wen's sake, but watch out next time!"

Not wanting to offend the gold-toothed man, I glared at Kuai Dafa and said, "Aren't you going to get lost?"

Kuai Dafa stomped his foot, sighed, and chased after the gold-toothed man.

Ah-Wen adjusted his glasses and asked me, "What happened, Ah-Zu? Did that gold-toothed guy bully you?"

"It's okay, I cursed that fat bastard, and Gold Tooth came over to back him up."

"Don't talk to the gold-toothed guy, he's not a good person."

Awen shook his head and said, "Don't be afraid of him. Gold Tooth only knows how to scare outsiders; he's actually a coward."

I nodded: "Thank you, Wen. Have you eaten? I'll treat you and Mei to a late-night snack."

"We've eaten, let's play ball!"

Awen smiled and dragged me to play ball in front of Lao Zhou's store.

Chunyan and Amei also came over to watch us play ball.

As luck would have it, a few guys from room 505 were singing at Lao Zhou's house, howling and wailing into the microphone.

Upon seeing me, the blond-haired guy tried to ingratiate himself again.

"I'm playing ball with my friend, I don't have time, you go do your thing."

I still ignored the blond guy.

The blond-haired guy rubbed his nose and sullenly rolled back to sing.

In the second set, Awen used too much force, and a ball bounced past me and rolled into Lao Zhou's store.

I turned around and went into the store to retrieve the ball.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, three motorcycles roared in, carrying five people, and stopped in front of the door.

Two men jumped out of the car, brandished gleaming watermelon knives, and charged at Awen!

"Awen, watch out—!"

Amei screamed in horror.

Ah Wen was so terrified that he forgot to run. He was immediately stabbed in the shoulder and then kicked to the ground!

Chunyan was also terrified and rushed to Lao Zhou's store to find me, shouting, "Yaozu, Awen has been stabbed!"

I had just found a billiard ball in the store, and upon hearing this, I was surprised and immediately jumped out.

Awen fell to the ground, howling and rolling around.

Two knife-wielding men brandished watermelon knives and slashed wildly at Awen.

Ah Mei screamed and grabbed a billiards stick, hitting the two knife-wielding men wildly.

The third knife-wielder stepped forward and slashed Ah Mei's left arm with a knife, followed by a kick.

Amei was kicked more than ten feet away and fell to the corner of the wall.

"stop!"

Without thinking, I flicked my wrist, and the billiard ball flew out.

boom!

The third knife-wielder was hit in the face by a billiard ball, cried out in pain, dropped his watermelon knife, and squatted down, covering his face.

I ran to the pool table, grabbed a billiards stick, and charged at Awen: "Awen, I'm here to save you!"