A life of success begins with being a landlord.

All eyes were on me, with half-smiles and expectant expressions.

"Alright, everyone, please don't laugh at me." I had no choice but to stand up.

Actually, I could have refused; I could have just said that my knife wounds hadn't healed yet.

But young people are vain and can't resist the urging of others.

I called Tiger over: "Tiger, hold this bottle of beer in your hand and stand in that corner over there."

Tiger also perked up, holding a bottle of beer, and stood in the corner of the private room diagonally opposite the door.

The private room was large and long, about ten meters from the entrance to the opposite corner.

I lit a cigarette, walked out of the private room, and suddenly turned around and flicked my wrist, the metal lighter slipping from my hand.

boom!

The beer bottle in the tiger's hand shattered with a crack, and the beer drenched the tiger.

"Impressive skills!"

"Truly a great hero!"

Dao Zai Xiong and everyone in the room cheered together.

Huang Mao Lei Zi and Lao San looked at me with a mixture of respect and fear.

To hit a beer bottle from ten meters away, honestly, that's quite a skill. Even with a handgun, you might not be able to hit a beer bottle.

This is the hidden weapon skill I developed by practicing the Seven Star Knife Technique.

The Seven Star Saber Technique is inherently a saber with a dart embedded within it; each of the seven killing moves is accompanied by a throwing dart.

That night, I saved Ah Wen thanks to my skill with concealed weapons; two billiard balls struck the two knife-wielding men. Otherwise, I would be ashes by now.

I walked back, shaking my head and grinning sheepishly: "I'm not a great hero, just someone who's been playing since I was little, and I liked to use small stones to hit chickens and dogs. I figured out this little skill on my own..."

As I spoke, I deliberately frowned, covered my right shoulder with my left hand, and pretended to aggravate the wound, showing a pained expression.

That way, they won't let me show off my skills anymore.

"Brother, did you aggravate your wound?"

Sure enough, Dao Zai Xiong felt very guilty and got up to press me down to sit: "It's all my fault, I didn't consider that you were still injured."

Captain Hong and Director Nie felt embarrassed and apologized with smiles.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just used too much force."

I decided to call it a day and raised my glass: "Let's drink! I'll toast everyone."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank with me.

Dao Zixiong patted my hand, raised his glass to Director Hong and the others, and said, "My brother is still taking anti-inflammatory drugs and can't drink too much. I'll keep you company."

Dao Zai Xiong knows I can't hold my liquor, so this is a way of taking care of me.

After a few more drinks, everyone was pretty much done.

Director Hong was shouting that a new KTV had opened somewhere, and he wanted to go out to enjoy the flowers and willows.

Dao Zai Xiong smiled, asked everyone present to exchange phone numbers with me, and then stood up and said, "Brother, my friends and I are leaving now. If you need anything in the future, just call me."

I stood up: "Thank you for your care, Brother Xiong. Goodbye, Director Tang, Captain Liu, Director Hong, and Director Nie."

Daozai Xiong waved his hand and left with a few friends.

Tiger and the others went along as well.

The owner of Changhong Restaurant, Mr. Hong, sat with me.

I suddenly remembered something and asked, "Boss Hong, I ate here last night, did Kuai Dafa pay the bill?"

"Why are you asking this, bro?"

The owner, Mr. Hong, was a bit drunk. He waved his hands and spitting as he spoke: "You're Brother Xiong's friend, you can eat here for free, not a single penny!"

I had no choice but to clarify: "No, Boss Hong, it was Kuai Dafa who treated us last night, not me. I want to ask this fatso if he used my name to try and cheat me out of the money for the food and drinks."

"Oh, so that fatso treated us last night?"

The red-haired boss rubbed his eyes: "He said it was your treat, so I paid for it, and he even took two packs of cigarettes from me..."

Damn it, that fatso is making a fool of me.

How ridiculous of me to invite the three tiger brothers and my fellow villager, a master, to feast on the rich, only to find out they were after me!

A surge of heat rushed to my head, and I wanted nothing more than to rush to 404 and bite Kuai Dafa to death!

Then I thought about it again and realized something was off. I frowned and asked, "How did Kuai Dafa know that Boss Hong would take care of me and give me a free meal?"

Boss Hong thought for a moment, then slammed his hand on the table: "Yesterday morning, Brother Xiong told me that from now on, all your meals will be on the house. That fatso happened to be here and overheard!"

The case is solved! So that's how it was!

I nodded, stood up to say goodbye, and said, "Boss Hong, thank you for the hospitality tonight. I'll definitely tell you myself next time I come to dine here. What others say doesn't count."

Actually, I don't come here to eat very often. They don't charge me, so every time I eat here, I feel indebted to them.

But not showing up even once isn't acceptable. Boss Hong would be in an awkward position in front of Dao Zai Xiong, and would blame me for not showing up.

This is also a piece of advice from my second uncle: if someone shows you a lot of enthusiasm, you have to accept three-tenths. If you don't accept any, you're pushing them away and offending them.

After leaving Changhong Restaurant, I headed straight for 404, mentally vowing to myself that if I saw Kuai Dafa, I would kick him in the gut and make him vomit his guts out!

When I got to the top of the stairs, I reached into my pocket and found that my cigarettes were gone.

I turned around and went to the tobacco shop to buy a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and then went to find Kuai Dafa again.

Just as I stepped out of the tobacco and liquor store, I saw a fat man with his arm around a woman as they walked into the second stairwell. It was none other than Kuai Dafa!

The woman was wearing a tank top and a black ruffled mini skirt; you could tell at a glance what she did for a living.

I opened my mouth to shout, but then held back, threw away the cigarette, and quietly followed.

I squeezed into the stairwell and heard the fat guy teasing me above my head, and the woman's coquettish voice saying, "Don't be like that, we're not even inside yet, what's the rush?"

The sound is coming from the second floor.

I slowed my pace and quietly went upstairs, keeping my distance.

When I arrived at the corner platform on the second floor, I leaned back against the wall and listened to the sounds coming from upstairs.

With a loud bang, the iron gate upstairs opened.

I immediately strode upstairs, darting up like a rabbit.

Kuai Dafa had just opened the front door and pushed the woman inside; he hadn't even seen me yet.

"You fatso!"

With a roar, I rushed forward and kicked Kuai Dafa into the house. Then I slipped inside and slammed the door shut behind me!

"Ah...who are you?" The woman screamed in fright, her face turning pale.

Kuai Dafa was also taken aback and turned around to shout, "Wang Yaozu, what are you trying to do? Are you robbing me? I'm calling the police..."

boom!

I raised my knee and gave Kuai Dafa a good kick in the lower abdomen.

"Awooo..."

Kuai let out a strange cry, clutched his stomach, and squatted down, his face deathly pale.

"Ah, ah, murder! Robbery!"

The woman in the lotus leaf skirt screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

"Shut up!" I glared at the woman, pointing at her. "I'm the landlord, what are you yelling about?!"

"Ah, you are...the landlord?" The woman dared not call out.

"I'm settling scores with Kuai Dafa, it's none of your business. You better stand there obediently!"

I warned the woman in the lotus leaf skirt, then turned to Kuai Dafa: "You fatso, do you know why I'm looking for you?"

Kuai Dafa squatted on the ground, snot and tears streaming down his face:

"Wang Yaozu, it's just... the bathroom incident, you hit me, you hit me... I'm calling the police, I'm going to make sure you rot in jail... My cousin is the president of the court here, I'm not afraid of you... You just wait, just wait..."

"Still being stubborn, huh?"

I raised my hand and slapped you hard: "Today I'm going to knock the earwax out of your face, so you'll behave from now on!"

"Don't hit me, don't hit me..." Kuai Dafa raised his hands: "The bathroom... I'll fix it!"

I lowered my hand and sneered, "And what about the bill for last night's meal at Changhong Restaurant? What are you going to do about it?"

Kuai Da was stunned for a moment, then retorted, "What meal money? I already paid the bill!"

I grabbed Kuai Dafa's hair: "Come on, come with me, let's go find Boss Hong to reconcile the accounts. If they don't match, I'll use the restaurant's cleaver to hack you to pieces fifteen times!"