CH 19

Lu Yong’s aura wasn’t obvious when he was sitting — with a restrained aura, it made him seem like a cultured person. However, as soon as he stood up, his momentum changed instantly, and one could find that he not only had broad shoulders and a thick back but also tall legs. The height alone put a lot of pressure on people, and even if he was wrapped in a gentle suit, one could feel the strong muscles all over his body.

To be honest, he wasn’t like a boss, but more like a bodyguard, the kind of retired armed police.

—Lu Yong’s expression was colder.

Shen Wenqiu noticed a very subtle difference instantly, and it unsheathed silently like a misty black knife. Almost no one could spot his blade that fused with the dark.

Lu Yong had always been obedient to him and gave him everything he wanted. He indisputably said, “Shen Wenqiu, I’ll go with you.”

He used the three characters: “Shen Wenqiu”. His full name, not “Xiao Baa”.

It was as if he was answering with his “not a friend” setting.

Shen Wenqiu didn’t say anything. He looked back at him anxious and annoyed. He angrily said, “Do you know where I’m going? You’re going? You fucking go, my ass! Do you dare to go?”

Lu Yong walked towards him as if he was cutting iron inch by inch. He looked at Shen Wenqiu from a height but thought that he was staring too much so he bent down with his back slightly bent like a curved bamboo, “Of course, I know.”

“Shen Wenqiu, you’ve underestimated me.”

“Have you forgotten my background? I am not an innocent young master who has not experienced life.”

Shen Wenqiu’s face turned red and white.

To him, Lu Yong was like the Gobi Desert, seemingly unobstructed, hiding nothing, incomprehensible, boring and rigid, frank and straightforward. Yet he would be easily affected by him — it would burn hot as soon as it was exposed to the sun, and it would be ice cold at night, bringing him to two extremes. 

But on the calm surface of the yellow sand, you couldn’t tell at all, whether you would step in the rapid quicksand and be swallowed next instantly.

The current Lu Yong was very strange, making Shen Wenqiu both fearful and at a loss. His heart beat wildly.

Shen Wenqiu held his breath in his chest and looked at Lu Yong who looked back at him. This was their first time looking directly at each other since they met again. They didn’t look away uncomfortably, but their gazes were extremely sharp and unfriendly.

Old Wu looked dumbfounded on the sidelines.

This big boss wasn’t the only one who magically appeared. He originally heard that he was a stupid guy. He thought it was true when he first saw him, but he changed his mind. He was not a big fool. He was clearly a gangster.

Even Shen Wenqiu, didn’t this guy’s spirit burn out early? He was like a handful of mud that couldn’t stick to the wall, had no temper, always all smiles, and never got angry after being scolded with a few words. Why did he become like this suddenly?

He had never seen it before.

He hesitated and wondered if he was thinking too much. What he learned from others was that Lu Yong was a local boss who used to study hard before. He luckily caught up at the right time, so he freed himself from the struggle and had made a lot of money.

He…he should be a big fat moneymaker, right?

Old Wu said, “Go, go if you want, Boss Lu. Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters1?”

“If Young Master Shen refuses to invite you, how about I invite you? How about being friends?”

Shen Wenqiu glared at him as if he had a lifelong grudge for eight lifetimes with Lu Yong, sharply interrupted him, “Lu Yong, do you dare to go?!!!”

Lu Yong always listened to what he said and followed his words, but it suddenly failed at this time. Lu Yong eased his breath, seemed to put away his edge, and softened a little, “En.”

Shen Wenqiu was trembling with anger.

Why did Lu Yong suddenly rebel? He was so angry that his liver hurt, but there was nothing he could do.

Shen Wenqiu said grimly, “If you want to go, go by yourself, I won’t go.”

Then Shen Wenqiu left them aside, rushed out the door aggressively, and left.

He didn’t hear the footsteps that followed. After walking for a few minutes, he looked back, and he didn’t find Lu Yong chasing after him. It made him look like a fool.

He realised that it seemed like everything was starting to get out of control.

Shen Wenqiu stood on the side of the road, raised his eyes, and saw two cars passing by. One in front of the other, both of which he recognized.

One belonged to Old Wu and one belonged to Lu Yong.

Lu Yong’s car galloped off the road in front of him with a “whoosh”, throwing car exhaust in his face.

Fuck!

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Lu Yong really went! ! !

Shen Wenqiu sat on the side of the road, took a deep breath, calmed down for a long time before suppressing the boiling anger, and stood up again——

Oh shit. He also had to hurry over.

But Shen Wenqiu hadn’t returned for more than a month. He ran to the wrong place once and it took two hours to find where Old Wu had taken Lu Yong.

It was a private house. From the outside, it didn’t look like a gambling den.

The walls and doors had excellent sound insulation. Shen Wenqiu could hardly hear the voices inside while standing outside. As soon as he opened the door, the ear-splitting noise and stinking pandemonium only came to his face. Shen Wenqiu wrinkled his eyebrow reflexively.

“Ah, Young Master Shen, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”

Shen Wenqiu just found himself so difficult to tolerate such an environment. How did he spend his time in this place every day for the past three years? Having lived at Lu Yong’s house for a long time, he thought he had made enough of a mess, but it was simply too clean compared to here.

The air was too muddy to breathe, trash was thrown on the ground in a mess, and a group of men yelled as their eyes were reddened, as if they were crazy, like beasts that had lost their rationality.

Shen Wenqiu walked over anxiously, struggling to push through the crowd. He finally found Lu Yong and anxiously blurted out, “Lu Yong!”

Lu Yong had already sat down with a few cards on the table in front of him. He didn’t look sideways. Even here, he seemed to be incompatible with others. Everyone else was immersed in the pleasure of gambling, and Lu Yong gave a feeling that it was none of his business.

He was serious and it seemed like he was completing work, barely interested in it.

Shen Wenqiu didn’t understand why he had to come! It wasn’t like he loved gambling!

Lu Yong heard someone call his name, so raised his head and glanced at him. He then passed, returned his attention to the table and said, “I want a card.”

The dealer gave him another card. He took a look and covered it along with the previous cards.

Many of Shen Wenqiu’s “acquaintances” present at the scene greeted him one after another. If it were in the past, Shen Wenqiu would’ve also replied with a smile on his face, but today he couldn’t laugh at all and didn’t say a word. He simply stared at Lu Yong with a hardened gaze.

Everyone already felt uncomfortable. Only the person involved, Lu Yong, seemed to be totally unaware and continued to play cards.

Lu Yong turned the card over, “I won.”

Everyone got out of the way as Shen Wenqiu walked up to him, really wanting to slap him. He gritted his teeth, and said, “Win, my ass! Get the hell out of here!”

“They are coaxing you, and when you think you are so good, they will start slaughtering you!”

Lu Yong stood up. The table in front of him was already piled up with a thick stack of banknotes. The banknotes looked a bit dirty — he didn’t know how many people had handled them.

If you stacked them up, it looked like a small one hundred thousand yuan.

Old Wu was still laughing, thinking that Lu Yong was going to leave, winked, several strong men quietly surrounded Lu Yong and Shen Wenqiu.

“You can’t say that Young Master Shen, what are you talking about? Everyone had a good time.”

“President Lu, you’re in your top form. Don’t you want to continue to play? Look, you were almost possessed by the God of Wealth today.”

“We really didn’t lose on purpose. Mr. Lu has won every round until now. I have seen that this card can be calculated like in the movie before, right? I heard that Boss Lu is very good at maths and he wins by skill! It’s my first time seeing it!”

“Xiao Shen, you’ve played here for a long time. Have you seen someone this great? No, right?”

“Let Boss Lu say it himself. Are you having a good time? Why do you care about others?”

Someone grabbed Shen Wenqiu’s right arm and wanted to drive him away. At this time, Lu Yong also stretched out his hand and grabbed Shen Wenqiu’s left hand.

Lu Yong waited for them to finish talking, then said unhurriedly, “It’s a bit far from what I had imagined.”

“Well, my company makes more money.”

Old Wu was choked and changed his words quickly, “Well, you are a big boss. If you don’t care about this small amount of money, that’s better. Continue playing, you can make money and be happy, can’t you?”

“I’m not interested anymore.” Lu Yong said, “I have tried it.”

Shen Wenqiu: “…”

There was no smile on Lu Yong’s face.

The laughter that had surrounded them gradually ceased.

Lu Yong lowered his head, looked at the money and pushed a little. The banknotes on the table collapsed, and he said, “How much does Shen Wenqiu owe you? Can these be used to offset the debt?”

Old Wu said with a black face, “You want to go when you just win the money, huh. I tell you, he owes us tens of millions, and this little money is only worth the interest. Pay your ass.”

“Sit down, you are playing here for one night today. No matter if you win or lose, I will let you go tomorrow morning, otherwise you are not allowed to leave.”

Old Wu repeated, “Throw Shen Wenqiu out.”

In the crowd of people, Lu Yong did not let go of Shen Wenqiu. He grabbed the other person’s hand that grabbed Shen Wenqiu, cleverly clenched it at the joint, and the other party suffered a lot of pain, letting go of his hand.

Shen Wenqiu was held by him and was protected quietly.

“Yeah? Still a person who practises martial arts huh?” Old Wu snickered.

Shen Wenqiu took a deep breath, and said abruptly, “I have already called the police. I called the police before I came. The police will be here later.”

The room was silent for a moment as if the mute button was pressed.

“Fuck!”

He didn’t know who cursed first, and a group of gamblers scattered like birds and beasts.

The fastest man that ran out was blocked again, cold sweat broke out, and his face was pale as he said, “Damn, there are people outside, and they seem to be carrying weapons!”

Old Wu asked, “Are they the police? I didn’t hear any police car sirens!!”

He got a confusing answer, “Looking at how they dress, they are not policemen. I don’t know them! Why don’t you go and see for yourself?”

Lu Yong took the conversation abruptly. He also had a headache now, frowning in thought, and confessing distractedly, “It’s the people I called.”

Shen Wenqiu was confused, “From where did you call them?”

Lu Yong said, “Have you forgotten how I started my business?”

At the beginning of his family’s job of picking up tatters, they had to speak with their fists. Otherwise, how could they snatch the place from others? Now he was at least a small leader in this field, and he was making a fortune here. Of course it was not difficult to call some people over to help support the scene.

On the way he drove over, he called his father.

He didn’t expect those people to come so slowly.

Lu Yong seemed to have put human skin on the beast and became docile again. He then said to Shen Wenqiu in a kind manner, “I didn’t plan to gamble with them at the beginning. If I won, I wasn’t going to take it. If I lost, I wasn’t going to give them money either.”

“Woo~wee~~woo~wee~~woo~wee~~”

As the words fell, the sirens sounded from a distance.

from the Analect of Confucius; “The amity of Guan and Bao”