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Wind Rises in Dragon City Chapter 142
🕑 Added 2024-11-30 02:57:52 +0000 UTCChapter 142: Dragon City's First Old Actor
In Longkou District, in a room of the courtyard where Gu Tongshan's body lay.
Gu Tongshan's wife and eldest son sat on the sofa inside, wearing mourning clothes, saying nothing.
Beside them, six or seven dock gang minor leaders were all looking at the two with cold faces. These people weren't from the Zha'nan dock gang, but team leaders from the Longkou District hall. Lu Xing had some relationship with the Gu family before and had received care from Gu Tongshan, but now they were the first to force the issue.
After both sides remained in deadlock for quite a while, Gu Tongshan's son suddenly looked up and said: "Doing business with Old Mo has been our dock gang's old rule. If you want to switch to new channels, you don't need to discuss it with us, you should discuss it with the association elders."
"Of course we'll discuss with the association elders, but before that, you must clearly express support for us," a lean man replied very firmly. "Zha'nan used to take all Old Mo's goods, forcing our Longkou to also share Old Mo's goods. In just these few short years, how much money has your Gu family taken from these two lines?! Though Old Gu is gone, the money he left is still there - you have a responsibility to speak fairly for the brothers below."
"My father just died, isn't what you're doing a bit like burning bridges after crossing the river?!" Gu Tongshan's eldest son was very unwilling. "We can't decide whose goods to sell! Moreover, Old Mo has always dealt with the Gu family - if we jump out and say we won't take their goods anymore, what about Old Mo's revenge? Who will take that responsibility?!"
"Now you're afraid of their revenge? What were you thinking when your Gu family was stuffing money back in sacks? Now you don't want to take responsibility - how calculating you are?!"
"Right, you must take the lead in talking with those above!"
"Not talking is definitely not acceptable!!"
"...!" Everyone chimed in.
Gu Tongshan's wife had a somewhat soft personality and had rarely participated in Dock Workers Association matters before, so now facing questioning from so many people, she became somewhat panicked, tears falling drop by drop.
"Give us your stance, don't stay silent!" the lean man shouted again.
"You discuss with Tiger and Xiangzuo. Old Gu is gone, they're in charge of Zha'nan now..." Gu Tongshan's wife replied with a trembling voice.
"What do we discuss with them? We're asking you...!" The lean man was still pressing with an extremely loud voice.
"Bang!"
Just then, the door was roughly pushed open as Xu Hu, wearing mourning clothes, burst in with an iron-blue face and demanded: "What are you doing?!"
Everyone turned to look at Xu Hu, saying nothing.
"The funeral isn't even finished and you can't wait?!" Xu Hu glared and shouted. "Mother fucking bastards, I'm not dead yet - when did Zha'nan's matters become your business?!"
"Xu Hu, we're just..."
"I don't want to fight with you in this setting," Xu Hu pointed outside and shouted. "Get out, all of you get out!"
"Brother Hu, always taking Old Mo's goods has never been fair. Those above skim until their bowls overflow, while brothers below risk their lives for the least money," the lean man stood up and said softly to Xu Hu. "You can't go against public opinion - protecting like this, you can't protect them."
With that, everyone stood up and walked out with extremely ugly expressions.
Xu Hu frowned at them: "Listen well - as long as I'm here, when you enter this room, you speak peacefully. You're not capable of making trouble yet!"
Everyone looked at Xu Hu without saying anything more, just leaving together.
Xu Hu stood with his hands on his hips looking at Gu Tongshan's wife and child. After calming his emotions somewhat, he pushed the door closed.
"Master's Wife, don't mind them. After Master's funeral is over, you all move to Zha'nan to live - no one will dare cause trouble there," Xu Hu bent down to sit.
"Old Gu just died, and we widowed mother and orphaned child... are already being bullied," Old Gu's wife cried, grabbing Xu Hu's wrist. "You must help us, Tiger!"
"Master's Wife, don't worry - as long as I'm here, no one will dare act recklessly."
Gu Tongshan's son cursed through gritted teeth: "When my father was alive, what were they? All dogs who didn't dare fart!"
Hearing this, Xu Hu's expression became slightly strange, but he just looked down at Gu Tongshan's wife and said: "Master's Wife, if Master hadn't taken me in back then, I definitely would have died. I, Xu Hu, have always remembered this debt of gratitude. Though he's gone, our relationship doesn't change - for any Gu family matter, I'll definitely stand at the very front."
Old Gu's wife looked up, nodding with red eyes: "You're more righteous than Wei Xiangzuo! If Old Gu hadn't protected him back then, he would have been gone long ago. Now Old Gu is gone and he doesn't even show his face."
"Can't say that, Master's Wife, Xiangzuo has his difficulties too."
"Don't say anything else, adversity reveals true friendship," Old Gu's wife asked very anxiously. "They want to switch to new channels - I don't understand these things, what do you think we should do?"
Xu Hu paused before immediately replying: "Master's Wife, to be honest, this matter of changing suppliers has become quite serious. These people all have support behind them... if you don't change, they won't let it go."
"But Old Mo has always dealt with our Gu family, and when my father was alive, he also took... took some benefits from them," Gu Tongshan's son said with some difficulty. "Now if we say we won't do it anymore and they come to make trouble, we can't handle it...!"
"If they come, I'll take it," Xu Hu replied after "long consideration." "But honestly... we're all in the dock gang, it's better not to completely fall out with other halls."
Gu Tongshan's wife looked at Xu Hu, her right hand clenched in a fist, and after a long silence replied: "Tiger, we'll listen to you..."
Xu Hu looked at her and replied with a smile: "Good, good, Master's Wife!"
After Gu Tongshan's death, Xu Hu, who had been suppressed in Zha'nan, began to rise with the wind. Each of his steps was very steady, his purpose clear, his methods clean and decisive.
......
The next day.
Su Tianyu, Yu Mingyuan and others drove to Yu Jinrong's hospital to truthfully explain the cooperation details with the Zhou family company.
Yu Jinrong felt there were no problems with the general direction and rested after chatting with everyone for a while.
After finishing work, Yu Mingyuan's group left the hospital and came to the rear parking lot, preparing to return to their residence under the escort of Zhou family "security personnel."
In the brightly lit hospital parking lot, Big Bai turned to look at Su Tianyu and asked: "Hey, want to go find a place to drink tonight?"
"Stop fucking showing off, aren't you afraid Old Mo will send another batch of people to beat you up?!" Su Tianyu sneered in reply.
"I can die, but I can't go month after month without a sex life!" Big Bai shouted softly. "I'm suffocating!"
"Be good, I'll jerk you off when we get back," Su Tianyu comforted him before turning to walk toward the second car.
"Hey, are you serious?" Big Bai called out asking.
Just then, a man standing beside a car with a cigarette in his mouth suddenly called out to Big Bai: "Hey, not wearing a helmet today!"
Big Bai turned around, and after looking at the person suddenly exclaimed: "Fuck! Little Yu, get the gun!"
