Chapter 59

That night, Yan Ziyi received Huang Gou-zi’s message. Huang Gou-zi’s message was very simple: Your brother is fine. I won’t touch him. Ask someone to come talk.

Yan Ziyi was furious. He had touched one of his own people. Yan Ziyi had never been provoked like this.

Huang Gou-zi also left a lifeline when he did things. He knew that this would infuriate Yan Ziyi, so he called a middleman to talk with Yan Ziyi. It was just to make Yan Ziyi pass over that plot of land. The price was negotiable.

This middleman was an experienced person. He had friendly ties with both Lu City and Jianghai’s gangdom. His name was Dong Ge. Because both sides would give him face, he was invited by Huang Gou-zi to be the middleman. What Huang Gou-zi was doing was called beating them once, then giving them a treat, leaving a way out. He was also afraid of completely provoking Yan Ziyi.

Just when Yan Ziyi was angry, Fang Yu arrived.

Fang Yu had received the news and came to see Yan Ziyi.

At that time, Fang Yu had already brought people and turned Jianghai upside down. Nearly all of the gangs that currently hated Yang Lei or had once hated him were “turned over” immediately.

Fang Yu heard Yan Ziyi speak about the situation and didn’t say anything.

“Da Bing, take men there tomorrow. Tell them to first let him go. If they don’t, there’s nothing to talk about!”

Although Yan Ziyi was furious, Dong Ge had once been kind to Yan Ziyi. Yan Ziyi truly had to give Dong Ge face.

“Yan Ge, I’ll go.” Fang Yu raised his head and spoke.

Fang Yu hadn’t slept all night. His complexion was ashen.

“Xiao Fang, it’s not that I’m not letting you go. Dong Ge would hate it. He doesn’t acknowledge strangers.”

Dong Ge only acknowledged the people he knew. He was famous for being difficult to talk to.

“Dong Ge and I have history. I’ll go talk to him,” Fang Yu said.

Fang Yu went to Lu City that night. On the second day, he sat at Dong Ge’s table. Dong Ge’s people filled the room. Fang Yu took the risk of going alone.

Seeing that Fang Yu was the one to come, Dong Ge was very surprised.

“Fang Yu, why is it you?”

Seeing that Fang Yu was the one to come, Dong Ge was in a difficult situation.

Because Fang Yu had once saved his life, he owed Fang Yu a favor.

Fang Yu ran the Grand Century Restaurant. He had interacted with all kinds of people inside and outside of the gangdom. When Dong Ge went to Jianghai, he often ate at the Grand Century Restaurant, and he had some friendly relations with Fang Yu. Once, Dong Ge was hanging out while Fang Yu was also there. At that time, Dong Ge was approached by his enemies, trapped before a gambling machine and cut. He was alone and suffered greatly. Fang Yu didn’t idly stand by. He acted and helped him. After Dong Ge got away, he was grateful towards Fang Yu. Otherwise, with the situation that day, he may have really died there. Dong Ge said to Fang Yu, if there was any need in the future, he would definitely return this favor to Fang Yu.

So when Dong Ge saw that the person who came was Fang Yu, he silently cursed Yan Ziyi for being experienced. He even used the most suitable people.

“Aren’t you with Luo Jiu?”

Dong Ge was puzzled that Fang Yu would get involved in this matter.

“The one who was taken is my brother. For life,” Fang Yu said calmly.

“Oh…”

Dong Ge knew that this “Hongmen banquet” today would be difficult to carry out.

“Dong Ge, I want to first look at him.”

Fang Yu was still very calm.

“He’s fine. Don’t worry. Since I was asked to be the middleman, I’ll help reasonably. I won’t let Huang Gou-zi touch a hair on your brother’s head.”

Yang Lei was truly fine.

Huang Gou-zi’s people brought Yang Lei to Lu City and only locked Yang Lei up. They were just afraid of him fighting, so he was still tied up. When Yang Lei woke up, he explained the situation to Yang Lei. Huang Gou-zi was quite polite to Yang Lei, saying, “Brother, I’m sorry. You’ll have to suffer for a moment. I know that this matter is unrelated to you. When it’s settled over there, I’ll immediately let you go. We have no enmity with you. As long as you don’t run, no one here will dare to do anything to you. I, Huang Gou-zi, am also not a savage and unreasonable person. I was wrong in this matter. After this is over, I’ll buy you a drink and make amends with you.”

Huang Gou-zi also didn’t want to do things to the extreme. He didn’t need to do anything to Yang Lei.

Yang Lei was also very calm. He understood.

“Brother, do me a favor,” Yang Lei said.

“I have a friend. He must be very worried that I’m gone. Let me call him. I won’t say anything else. I’ll just tell him that I’m fine.”

“Fang Yu, I’ll also disclose something to you.”

At the table, Dong Ge pondered for a moment, and disclosed this to Fang Yu.

“According to reason, you saved my life, and you did me a favor. Today, no matter what, I should comply with the things you ask. But to tell the truth, I also owe Huang Gou-zi a big favor. Otherwise, today, I also wouldn’t be pulled into this. Both sides have done me a favor. If I comply with you, then I can’t comply with him. Tell me, what should I do?”

Dong Ge was really in a difficult situation. If Huang Gou-zi didn’t take this favor, Dong Ge also wouldn’t be involved in this matter. Was it easy to be a middleman? If you didn’t do well, you would offend both sides and only cause trouble for yourself.

“Dong Ge, I won’t make it difficult for you. I’ll find whoever did this. Just please don’t intervene. I’ll talk with Huang Gou-zi about the rest.”

“No. If I stop in the middle of something I promised, how can I still be a boss in the future?”

“Then write off that incident last time. Pretend that I wasn’t there that day, and you don’t owe me. Today, I’ll follow the rules here and draw the path.”

Drawing the path was to negotiate with a bargaining chip, eliminating all feelings and relationships. It was mostly without any feeling and very harsh conditions. One party brought it up and saw if the other party would accept it.

Dong Ge’s expression darkened.

“Fang Yu, what kind of person do you take me as? You saved my life, and that’s final. What does it mean to pretend you weren’t there that day? Am I someone to go back on my word? If I draw the path for someone I owe a favor to, aren’t you slapping me in the face?”

“I don’t mean it that way. Dong Ge, I’ll also disclose with you. I must have the person. Today, even if I die, I have to bring him away,” Fang Yu said, still calm.

Dong Ge looked at Fang Yu’s gaze and knew that there was no leeway to save this matter. Today, he definitely had to give Fang Yu an account. Otherwise, this Hongmen banquet would definitely cause endless troubles.

Dong Ge knew what kind of person Fang Yu was. He was tough. If you were tough, he would only be tougher than you. If you really violated his bottom line, he would fight to the end without any hesitation. His personality was exactly the same as Luo Jiu’s. He truly was a gold class fighter who Luo Jiu had taught with his own hand.

“Huang Gou-zi was wrong in this matter. How about this? I’ll bring your brother to my place and guarantee that no one touches him. If you can’t trust Huang Gou-zi, you should trust me. Yan Ziyi and Huang Gou-zi will discuss what they should discuss. After they finish discussing it, I’ll let him go. How about that?”

Dong Ge also wasn’t dumb. He didn’t want to offend either side.

“Dong Ge, it’s not that I don’t trust you. I said just now. Today, I must take him away.”

A delay could cause many troubles. Fang Yu wouldn’t leave the slightest chance.

“I’ve already spoken to this extent. Are you not going to give me face?”

Dong Ge’s expression darkened. Before so many people, his self-respect couldn’t stand it.

“Dong Ge, I’ll toast to you.”

Fang Yu raised his glass.

Dong Ge clinked glasses with him suspiciously. Fang Yu tossed his head and downed the wine. Dong Ge also downed the wine.

“Everyone is here to witness. I, Fang Yu, have thrown down my words. Today, Dong Ge downed this cup of mine and returned the favor from last time!”

“Fuck! Fang Yu, you…”

“Dong Ge, in the future, whoever dares to say that you were immoral today, I’ll cut them. Draw the path!”

Fang Yu tossed the glass.

“…”

Dong Ge looked at Fang Yu and was shocked.

He really hadn’t thought that Fang Yu could do this much for his brother. Not seizing a favor and not counting on others was easy to say, but how many people could really do it?

He was impressed by this kind of man!

“Good! You’re a man!!”

Dong Ge slapped the table and also stood up.

“I respect that you’re a man! But I’m entrusted by others, and I have to do it well. I have to give people an account! This matter today, I’ll draw a path!”

Dong Ge took off his coat and took off his shirt, baring his upper body. He pulled out a knife from his waist and plunged it fiercely into the table.

“I can’t deny that you didn’t ask for a favor. Today, I, Dong Ge, will speak here. I’ll draw a path and you accept it. As long as you accept, I’ll ask Huang Gou-zi to let go of the person in the back right now! If he doesn’t let him go, I’ll take this knife and put it to his throat. Everyone heard me. I will do as I say. If I can’t do it, from today on, Dong Ge will not exist!”

“Okay! Dong Ge, this sentence of yours is enough!”

What Fang Yu wanted was this sentence!

Dong Ge pulled out that sharp knife, looked at it, and suddenly stabbed the knife into his bare left arm. It was a full ten centimeters deep.

“…!”

Everyone at the table was shocked. No one knew what he was doing.

Dong Ge suddenly pulled out the knife. Disregarding the blood flowing down, he threw the bloody knife onto the table.

“Fang Yu, is this knife worth discussing with you? Is it worth you asking Yan Ziyi to give in, and then I’ll release him?”

That knife soaked in blood was horrifyingly placed on the table. The gurgling blood flowing out of the wound flowed over Dong Ge’s bare upper body. If someone walked into the wrong room at this time and saw this bloody scene, they would be stunned.

Dong Ge didn’t even glance at the blood on his body. He stared Fang Yu in the eye.

On the streets, this was called “incredible.” The meaning was, I’ve done this. Do you dare? If not, you have to accept my terms!

For the most part, if the demands made during negotiations on the streets weren’t too outrageous, the party being discussed would accept. It was because it took courage to stab oneself like that, and not everyone dared to play that way.

Everyone at the table looked at Fang Yu. Everyone thought that Fang Yu should give in.

Fang Yu stood, still calm.

“Dong Ge, I’ll ask a question. Those words just now, do they count?”

“They count!”

“Okay.”

Once Fang Yu spoke that word, he had already picked up that bloody knife. Without waiting for Dong Ge to react, Fang Yu stabbed the knife into his own arm in the same place and the same depth as Dong Ge.

“…”

Everyone looked at him. Dong Ge also looked at him.

Fang Yu pulled out the knife. Blood dyed Fang Yu’s white shirt red.

But Fang Yu didn’t put down the knife. He looked at the placement of the wound, aimed at it, and stabbed it again.

Someone at the table couldn’t hold back and let out a shout.

Everyone saw that Fang Yu’s stab suddenly pierced through his arm, straight through!

The knife went through the bottom of his arm’s bone. If someone saw that bloody hole closely, they would wish that they had never seen it.

Blood gushed like a spring.

Fang Yu didn’t pull out the knife. He put down his right hand and let that knife stay in his arm. The handle was exposed on one end and the knife’s tip was exposed on the other.

Half of his body was blood red, contrasting with Fang Yu’s unmoving face.

“Dong Ge, tell me what to do next. I’ll listen,” Fang Yu said.

“…”

Dong Ge was shocked. Everyone at the table was shocked.

No one spoke. Everyone looked at him…

According to the recollections of someone at the scene, he had seen many scenes of gangdom negotiations. There were gang fights, guns, fighting until they were bloody all over, and using knives to stab each other, but there had never been a scene that shocked him as much as the quiet bloody scene that day.

“Has everyone seen this? Today, it’s not my Dong Ge who didn’t carry out Huang Gou-zi’s matter. The path was drawn and it was accepted! Does anyone still fucking have crap to say?!”

No one said a word.

“Lu-zi, call Huang Gou-zi! Let him go!! …” Dong Ge roared…