Chapter 58

Yang Lei didn’t return home and lived with a friend. Yang Dahai knew, but Yang Dahai didn’t really interfere. He couldn’t manage Yang Lei’s affairs like an ordinary father. He could only manage issues of principle and general guidance. The more he managed the details of his life, the more Yang Lei opposed him. Yang Dahai knew this. Right now, Yang Dahai just wanted to make Yang Lei go to “Lu Zhi.” As long as Yang Lei would agree to go, he would let him decide everything else himself.

So, Yang Lei lived at Fang Yu’s place very peacefully. In the morning, when they left the house, they were each busy with their own matters. In the afternoon after getting off work, Yang Lei would drive the car to pick up Fang Yu. They would go out to eat together, ride around, and then go back home together. Sometimes, they would bring along brothers from both sides to hang out. Sometimes, when Fang Yu’s group of best friends came to play cards, play mahjong, and watch videos, Yang Lei would help Fang Yu receive them. It really was like a family of two.

Fang Yu’s life had been irregular for a long time. His stomach wasn’t very good, and during that time, he kept having stomach problems. Yang Lei heard a folk recipe that making soup with pork tripe was very good for the stomach. Yang Lei didn’t know how to make it, so he asked the aunt in the restaurant downstairs to help him make it. He paid money. Later, he watched on the side and thought that it was quite simple. He got his own pot and bought the freshest pork tripe and ingredients to make soup himself. Every night Fang Yu came back, he would watch him drink it. It was most effective to drink the pork tripe soup at a fixed time, but often at dinnertime, it was Fang Yu’s busiest time at the Grand Century Restaurant. By the time he got back, it was already late. Yang Lei got an insulating pot and brought it to the company canteen’s kitchen, borrowing a burner to boil it. At night, when he picked up Fang Yu, he used the insulating pot to take the soup and brought it to his office, insisting on watching him drink it on time.

“Don’t bother with this. Can’t we make it in our restaurant? You don’t find it troublesome!”

Fang Yu couldn’t bear for Yang Lei to be busy like this.

“Can your restaurant make it taste like this?” Actually, pork tripe soup didn’t have any taste at all. It was just medicine. Yang Lei was just worried. What good ingredients could others use if they made it, and could they boil it so carefully? Furthermore, he really didn’t think it was troublesome. It was actually quite simple to just start the fire and boil it.

This pork tripe soup truly was effective. Right now, Fang Yu didn’t really get sick, so Yang Lei insisted on him continuing to drink the treatment.

“…I just don’t want you to be troubled!”

Fang Yu spoke the truth. His heart was comfortably warm inside.

“It’s fine if you appreciate it!”

Yang Lei smiled. Watching Fang Yu finish drinking the soup made him feel very accomplished.

Every day, Yang Lei came to pick Fang Yu up and gave him soup to nourish the stomach. The people in the Grand Century Restaurant all said, Manager Fang is very lucky. In the past, a pretty young mistress came to deliver food. Now, there’s even a brother here to deliver soup!

Yang Lei sat in Fang Yu’s general manager office watching him drink soup and made fun of him.

“Hey, that Lin Shanshan used to deliver food. Did it taste better than this?”

“That’s right! Your soup doesn’t have any flavor at all! Can it taste good?”

Fang Yu was straightforward.

“If it tastes good, then you should go eat hers! Wait, I’ll go get her to deliver you some.”

Yang Lei jokingly got up to leave. Fang Yu really didn’t stop him and continued to drink.

“I’m really going?”

Yang Lei put his hand on the doorknob.

“…”

Fang Yu drank the soup.

“…Fuck, I’m really going!”

Yang Lei fiercely opened the door in feigned anger. Fang Yu, who had finished drinking the soup, suddenly got up and pushed the door closed. He pulled Yang Lei over and pushed him onto the sofa. The two of them laughingly messed around into a unit…

In the car at night, Yang Lei brought Fang Yu and opened all of the car windows. Beyond’s exciting music played the whole way…

Today, there is only a remaining body

Welcoming the glorious years

Hold tight to freedom in the wind and rain

After a life of wandering struggles

Confidence can change the future…

Yan Ziyi had encountered some trouble. He hadn’t been developing very successfully on Lu City grounds. A local developer boss in Lu City wasn’t satisfied that Yan Ziyi had stretched his hand out so far. During the initial competitive bidding for the land, he had competed with Yan Ziyi. Yan Ziyi was truly a little overbearing and had offended the other party. He knew that Yan Ziyi was a gangdom boss and could not be pushed around. The other party had also found Lu City’s local gangdom powers to negotiate with Yan Ziyi.

Yan Ziyi seemed to be kind and very agreeable, but to be able to reach the position of Jianghai boss today, how could he be he a pushover? Other people respected him one chi; he could return them one zhang. But if someone were pointing right at his head, how could he give in? If he gave in this time, and the streets said that Jianghai’s gangdom was frightened by some of Lu City’s hooligan leaders, how could Yan Ziyi continue in the future?

To see if one should encounter strength with strength, one had to see if it was worth it or not. Yan Ziyi thought that it was worth it for the sake of profit and moral justice.

Thus, on the issue of land, Yan Ziyi didn’t give in at all, and he even declared to the other party that he couldn’t possibly give up the land. If they were to take the Jianghai procedure, or whatever procedure, they shouldn’t hesitate to do it. He would accept it.

Yang Lei also thought that his Da Ge did the right thing.

“Is that the place you went to last time?”

When Yang Lei spoke to Fang Yu about this matter, Fang Yu asked. When Fang Yu had chased Yang Lei, he also went to that place.

“Yes! I’ve even met that Boss Wu!”

“What did you say?”

“Didn’t say anything. He knows that I’m my Da Ge’s subordinate. Nothing else.”

“Be careful.”

From this Boss Wu finding the gangdom to negotiate with Yan Ziyi, it could be seen that this person had a lot of connections with the local gangdom power. This would not be so easy to settle.

“It’s okay! If we really have to go against Lu City, I also have to go up.”

“Tell Yan Ge to call me if necessary.”

“Okay! What can there be…”

Yang Lei smiled. He knew that Fang Yu wanted to help him…

Yang Lei felt that between him and Fang Yu, sometimes they were brothers and sometimes they were lovers. He was very addicted to this feeling. He liked Fang Yu, loved Fang Yu, but this kind of love was also different from the love between men and women. He thought of what Hua Mao had said before, The love between men and men was the purest. Yang Lei thought that this was probably true. The feelings between men could surpass love and desire for belongings. They could risk their lives for each other without any hesitation. That was not merely because of love. It was more because of the brotherhood between Fang Yu and Yang Lei of being able to give up their lives. That was completely different from the infatuation between men and women. That was a feeling that could make his blood boil, act without hesitation, and even give up his life.

On a rare free evening, Yang Lei and Fang Yu were lying on the eighth-floor balcony and chatting, watching the golden red sunset on the horizon. Half the sky was stained with the magnificent sunset glow. There was a girl in the window across the balcony, sitting before the window and slowly combing her hair. She combed very slowly, like she was intentionally combing for them to see. Both of them noticed this. Yang Lei nudged Fang Yu with his elbow. The two of them looked at the girl across from them smilingly, like two hooligans.

Yang Lei roguishly whistled.

“Sweetheart!” Yang Lei shouted loudly.

In Jianghai, “sweetheart” could refer to not only a girlfriend, but was also a standard phrase that ruffians used to chat up beautiful women.

The girl’s whole face turned red.

Fang Yu smiled and frivolously whistled at the girl.

The girl glanced at them, then shyly stood up and went in.

“Who do you think she fancied among the two of us?”

Yang Lei smiled as he asked Fang Yu.

“She fancied both of us!”

Fang Yu crinkled his eyes.

“Bull! She lives right across from you. She must have long fancied you!”

“So what if she fancies me? Can I go and do her?”

Fang Yu was a real gangster, and his words were coarse.

“Go ahead. You don’t dare?”

Yang Lei challenged him.

Fang Yu lay on the balcony. He tilted his head and glanced at Yang Lei, smiling faintly.

“Do her? –I’ll do you!”

Fang Yu suddenly raised his voice and dragged Yang Lei into the room…

That night on the bed, they kept “doing it.”

They kissed each other with tacit understanding. Their soft tongues played and intertwined dexterously. The tips of their tongues teased and rubbed each other, fluttering up and down in each other’s mouths… Fang Yu kissed Yang Lei tenderly. Yang Lei was used to Fang Yu’s fierceness and roughness in bed. He didn’t know that Fang Yu could also be this gentle…

As Fang Yu kissed him tenderly, he entered him slowly. The two of them were already much more skilled than in the beginning. Yang Lei’s pain had also lightened a lot… Fang Yu slowly moved his waist. Yang Lei hugged Fang Yu’s neck, panting in his arms…

Fang Yu let his size swell inside of Yang Lei. He stopped, carefully and patiently explored, rubbing over inch by inch.

“…Is it there…”

“…No…”

“…Here? …”

“…Wait… wait, wait…”

When Fang Yu rubbed over one part, Yang Lei’s breathing suddenly became irregular. Fang Yu didn’t hesitate at all. He started to repeatedly ram towards that place, faster and faster, more and more intense…

Yang Lei’s entire body trembled convulsively…

The two people in passion talked nonsense about obscene words as they made love. As Fang Yu fucked Yang Lei, he growled: “Will you let me fuck you? …Will you? …”

Yang Lei’s voice shook as he shouted, “…I’ll let you fuck me! …I’ll just let you…!”

The madness of two men made love with vulgarity, barbarism, and force, no matter if it was their physical movements or their words… It was all vulgar madness that women couldn’t compare to and couldn’t accept…

After finishing, Fang Yu carried Yang Lei, whose body was covered with sweat. Fang Yu said, “Yang Lei, I’m really fucking crazy…”

Yang Lei could never forget Fang Yu’s gaze…

After a few days, Yang Lei went to the company in the morning. Fang Yu drove him there. That day, Yang Lei said that Fang Yu should also be the driver once, and he could also experience the feeling of being the “leader.”

When they arrived, Fang Yu looked at Yang Lei who was getting out of the car.

“Tonight, Er Hei and his wife are treating. Come early.”

“I can’t leave early today. I’ll arrive a little later in the evening. You use the car. I’ll go over myself.”

“Okay.”

Yang Lei was about to enter the building. Fang Yu had just pushed the gear and was about to leave, when Yang Lei turned back again.

“Why, forgot something?” Fang Yu asked.

Yang Lei took a look around. There was no one. He opened the car door and leaned in, quickly kissing Fang Yu on the lips. He proudly drew back and closed the door with a “pa.”

“…Fuck!”

Fang Yu reacted and smiled as he cursed helplessly. He subconsciously looked around.

Yang Lei was like a thieving cat, smiling proudly. He waved at Fang Yu, turned around, and went into the building.

“Come early in the evening!”

Fang Yu shouted from the car.

“I know!”

Yang Lei’s back went in.

Fang Yu left.

But that night, Yang Lei didn’t come.

Yang Lei was ambushed by someone.

The nickname of the Lu City gangdom boss that Boss Wu found was called Huang Gou-zi. This Huang Gou-zi liked fighting dirty and ambushing people, acting unreasonably. He was a despot in Lu City. Yan Ziyi challenged him face on, without giving him any face. Huang Gou-zi hated it so much that his teeth itched. He thought of some tricks to force Yan Ziyi to lower his head.

If he followed the procedure of Jianghu, the two bosses should sit down and discuss this matter first. If they couldn’t reach an agreement, then they should see whether they should gather people to negotiate or use money to solve it. If both sides didn’t agree to use money to solve it, then it would be a Jianghu fight. It would go to whoever won. Fighting was forever the main way that the gangdom solved disputes.

But this had a condition of putting it in the open and making everything clear. They agreed to the time, place, and how many people each should bring. All of this was specified very clearly. On that day, the two sides would face each other gong to gong and drum to drum, fighting openly.

But Huang Gou-zi didn’t do this. He ambushed people.

He heard that Yang Lei was Yan Ziyi’s capable subordinate, and he was the main person in charge of Lu City’s land plot project. Huang Gou-zi sent people to ambush Yang Lei.

That night, Yang Lei left the company. At the corner of the alley, someone surprise attacked him and knocked him out. He was stuffed into a van and brought to Lu City that night.

Yang Lei truly was careless. He noticed that something was wrong and blocked the sudden attack from the person behind him, but he didn’t think that over ten people would rush out from all around and use knockout drugs. Yang Lei consciousness also stopped there.

Attacking from behind, ambushing someone, and using the lowest methods of knockout drugs that even the gangdom disdained, all of these were major Jianghu taboos. It could be seen what kind of person Huang Gou-zi was.

The reason why Yang Lei was the one captured, and not Yan Ziyi’s family or something, was because Huang Gou-zi still wanted to continue being in the gangdom. On the streets, if they touched family members when settling disputes, that was a deathly taboo. That would make it impossible for one to continue messing around anywhere.

So, capturing a subordinate, a general, wanting to coerce Yan Ziyi, who was reputed for his chivalry and value of loyalty, was the simplest method.

That night, Fang Yu searched all over the city of Jianghai.