Chapter 257: Chapter 256: The 15th, Tianyun International’s Death Date"Brother Hou, do you... do you really believe that Ye Huan can... can take out the Gang Leader and make us his representatives in the Celestial Dragon Gang?"

    Just after getting on the return minibus, a gang member tentatively asked, this question was precisely what other members in car number fourteen were eager to know.

    Skinny Monkey frowned slightly and said, "I don’t believe it. Even if Ye Huan is a big shot from the Capital City, it’s impossible for him to take out the Gang Leader. Haven’t you seen the Gang Leader’s strength?"

    Recalling One-Eyed Dragon’s power, all members in car number fifteen shivered, their faces full of fear.

    Smashing through a two-meter-thick steel plate with one punch...

    Stopping a whole magazine of bullets barehanded...

    Leaping down from a hundred-meter-tall building without injury...

    One-Eyed Dragon’s abilities are not something that can be overcome just by coming from a powerful background, it requires matching strength!

    Even if Ye Huan can punch a Temupu to death, he probably doesn’t stand a chance against One-Eyed Dragon!

    The gang member wiped the cold sweat from his brow and asked again, "Then Brother Hou, why... why did you agree to Ye Huan? If the Gang Leader finds out we betrayed him, we are definitely done for!"

    "Not agree to him? If I didn’t agree, do you think I could have walked out so intact?" Skinny Monkey spat venomously out the minibus window and then said, "We pretend to comply but don’t help Ye Huan or betray the Gang Leader, let’s observe for a while, and see which side, Ye Huan or the big shot, gains the upper hand, then we’ll lean towards that side!"

    "Brother Hou, this is genius! This way, we don’t have to bear any responsibility at all..."

    "Not only don’t we have to bear responsibility, but we will also definitely gain some benefits!" Before the gang member could say more, Skinny Monkey interrupted him with a wicked grin: "If Ye Huan can’t win against the big shot and the Gang Leader, we’ll play double agents and tell them Ye Huan’s plans, thereby gaining the Gang Leader’s appreciation! If Ye Huan does win against the big shot and the Gang Leader, we’ll sincerely help Ye Huan, and then we can control the Celestial Dragon Gang, isn’t that great?"

    The moment these words were out, the whole minibus fell silent.

    The gang members looked at each other, and the next second...

    The atmosphere in the cabin suddenly became very jovial, all praising Skinny Monkey’s ’smart and clever move!’

    ...

    Celestial Sea City, Abyss Funeral Song Bar, top-floor private room.

    The only source of light in the private room is the dim candlelight on the round table, with White Impermanence and One-Eyed Dragon slowly sipping tea around it.

    Bai Youling was drenched in cold sweat, standing straight as a rod beside the round table, like a schoolchild caught making a mistake.

    The reason for the cold sweat was because, besides the bizarre atmosphere of the private room, he feared the matter of being ’recruited’ by Ye Huan would be found out.

    "How’s the situation?", asked White Impermanence nonchalantly, sipping his tea.

    Bai Youling wiped his forehead’s sweat and said awkwardly, "All... all done, rest assured cousin."

    "Done?" White Impermanence’s eyes suddenly narrowed, emitting a dangerous glow, and asked coldly, "Then why did I hear that people from Silver Bay burst in, beat you up, and also roughed up Skinny Monkey and the others? Also, Su Qingqing... was rescued by her assistant?"

    "Cousin, you have to stand up for me on this, I... I had drugged Su Qingqing and was about to take her down, then those brats from Silver Bay came rushing in, beat me up, and captured me and Skinny Monkey together, then gave us a sound beating!"

    Bai Youling seemed ’indignant,’ with much of his initial panic fading away because Ye Huan had taught him how to respond to this question.

    "Beat you? You have no enmity with Silver Bay, why would they beat you up?" White Impermanence questioned, growing increasingly colder.

    Beside him, One-Eyed Dragon, while sipping tea, discreetly took a black pistol from his waist and placed it on the table.

    The implication was clear: tell lies, and beware of the bullets in this gun.

    One-Eyed Dragon’s action nearly scared Bai Youling to death.

    Bai Youling swallowed with difficulty and said, visibly flustered, "Cousin, it’s not my fault! It’s all because of Skinny Monkey and the others!"

    "Skinny Monkey?"

    "Yes! Skinny Monkey!" Bai Youling hurriedly added:

    "I... I was also brought away by Zhou Sha, and during their interrogation of Skinny Monkey, I learned about this."

    "Ye Huan had a conflict with Skinny Monkey and the others at the long-distance bus station not long ago, but Ye Huan suddenly vanished into thin air, and Zhou Sha couldn’t contact him at all."

    "So... so Zhou Sha thought it was Skinny Monkey and them retaliating against Ye Huan, causing harm to him, which is why they came to the teahouse to retaliate against Skinny Monkey and the others, and I got dragged into two rounds of beatings as well."

    At this point, Bai Youling’s eyes were welling up with ’grievous’ tears, and he wailed, "Cousin, you have to stand up for me on this!"

    Bai Youling’s words made White Impermanence and One-Eyed Dragon’s expressions considerably softer.

    The conflict at the long-distance bus station between Ye Huan and Skinny Monkey was something they had heard from Skinny Monkey himself.

    It seemed Ye Bingning and Zhou Sha grew frantic after losing contact with Ye Huan and sought out Skinny Monkey, who had a conflict with Ye Huan "before his disappearance," to extract information from him.

    Bai Youling’s ’grievous’ wails grew louder.

    White Impermanence took another sip of hot tea and said casually, "Stop crying. I will compensate you later, and I plan to let you manage Tianyun International."

    "Ma... manage Tianyun International?" Bai Youling immediately stopped crying, feigning excitement, and tentatively asked, "Cousin, you had me drug Su Qingqing, could it be you..."

    "That’s right, I intend to seize Tianyun International from Liu Tianyun’s hands. In the future, I want you to represent the Bai Family to control Tianyun International. Furthermore, if you can control Su Qingqing, a former senior, the time it takes for you to genuinely manage Tianyun International will be significantly reduced. Speaking of which, I have a question to ask you..."

    White Impermanence’s eyes emitted a dangerous glow once again, and he asked coldly, "Do you have any videos that could be used to threaten Su Qingqing to work for us? Also, her assistant... why wasn’t he beaten by Zhou Sha but instead managed to take Su Qingqing away unharmed?"

    After watching the surveillance footage in front of the teahouse repeatedly, White Impermanence felt even more uneasy.

    The source of his unease was Su Qingqing’s so-called ’assistant!’

    This foreboding sensation was almost identical to the one he had when he met Ye Huan!

    He suddenly suspected: could Ye Huan have somehow been resurrected?

    What Bai Youling said next completely put his doubts at ease.

    "Cousin, rest assured, I was beaten while taking down Su Qingqing, and I have taken several videos sufficient to threaten Su Qingqing."

    "As for her assistant, well, he kept harping about needing to go to the bathroom, but since Skinny Monkey and the others had closed the teahouse door and were guarding the first floor, I didn’t let him go."

    "That fellow insisted, so after he went, I sent a text to Skinny Monkey to have them deal with him! But before they could act, Zhou Sha and his crew barged in, beating the lot of them!"

    "Zhou Sha didn’t beat that guy because, after witnessing Skinny Monkey and the others gang up on him, they determined he wasn’t part of our Celestial Dragon Gang..."

    "In the end, I was also beaten by Zhou Sha, and Su Qingqing was taken away by that guy. He likely hauled her off to some hotel, what a waste of such a strong drug. That guy got lucky; I had planned to have more rounds with Su Qingqing!"

    At this point, Bai Youling appeared indignant.

    At the same time, he took out his phone and showed the text he sent to Skinny Monkey after Ye Huan left the private room to White Impermanence.

    White Impermanence glanced at it and took a deep breath, finally believing Bai Youling’s words thoroughly.

    Because after investigating the street surveillance, Su Qingqing’s assistant had indeed hastily found a hotel. Sёarch* The N?vel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    There’s no need to even guess what happened later.

    "You may go."

    "Keep the videos safe; when they’re needed, I’ll contact you."

    "Moreover, you can learn something about Tianyun International online, so that when I crush Liu Tianyun on the 15th, you can take over completely."

    White Impermanence casually waved his hand as he spoke.

    It was as if he was stating: the 15th is the death date for Tianyun International and Liu Tianyun.