Peng Tong

The last day of the FengShong market was finally here. Peng Tong and his underlings had worked hard the whole week to ensure that no one made trouble at the market. He knew how important the festival is for the market, as it not only brings a huge revenue but also many people to the market. A small boss like Peng Tong would usually never get an important task like this. But his big brother Peng Zhong, one of the two generals of the Wang gang, had assigned him this task.

As usual, Peng Tong and his underlings roamed around the market to throw out all the troublemakers. There usually weren't many that tried anything stupid in this market, but since the festival was going on, there were many people that didn't know the rules. So Peng Tong wouldn't do anything too drastic either, he would just throw them out and blacklist them from the market.

Peng Tong had finally finished with his shift. The festival would only be for a few more hours before it's done, when he saw trouble right in front of the market gates. He saw the man that he had bought food from every single day the last week. Wang Ming's food stand had become very popular after the past six days, and many people came to the market to just eat his food.

Peng Tong witnessed everything that happened from Wang Ming beating up the people that were going to rob Lang Lin, and till the reinforcements arrived. At first Wang Ming had full control, so Peng Tong didn't bother to help, but then he saw the reinforcements coming. That's also when he realized who these guys were they were from the HouZi gang. No wonder they were so brazen, Peng Tong had seen Brother He a few times, that's why he knew.

Feeling sorry for Wang Ming, Peng Tong became happy to see that they ran towards the market. He couldn't really go against HouZi gang for someone he doesn't know unless he has a good reason. But if the HouZi gang were to make trouble at the market, then he would have no problems getting support by his brother.

When they came closer to the market gate, Peng Tong realized that the girl Wang Ming rescued was none other than Lang Lin. These guys are crazy. If something happens to the Young Miss of Lang Gang. Old man Lang would probably launch a suicide attack on the HouZi gang.

But If HouZi Gang and Lang Gang went to war, then it could be very beneficial for the Wang gang, them hurting each other could give a golden chance for the Wang gang to conquer this city. Thinking about this, Peng Tong waited to see how the situation played out.

Though if Wang Ming got in danger, then he would step in to help him. He admired that Wang Ming, as a single person, saved Lang Lin against so many people. He would have understood if Wang Ming were a gangster himself or had a great backing. Not only this, but Wang Ming's food had given him a lot of enjoyment over the past few days and also brought many people to the market.

Looking at Brother He and Old man Ma, arguing with each other, Peng Tong got excited, fight, fight, fight! He thought. But soon after felt disappointed when they resolved everything peacefully. Though what made him angry was that Lang Gang abandoned Wang Ming, even after he rescued their Young Miss, a bunch of cowards.

The one thing Peng Tong hated the most was disloyal people, how could they not help their benefactor. He felt Lang gang had an obligation to back up Wang Ming since he got into trouble saving one of their people. But since Lang gang didn't want to save Wang Ming, then he would. Since they were now on his territory, he would have the final say.

So he walked towards the group and laughed loudly to get his presence known, then put his hand on Wang Ming's shoulder to stop him from fighting an impossible fight. Wang Ming could fight five without weapons, but 20 with metal bats? That would be suicide.

Wang Ming's body was pumped with adrenaline and ready to fight, so when he felt an arm placed on his shoulder, he struck Peng Tong behind him with his fist. But when he heard Peng Tong's words, Wang Ming barely stopped before it hit his nose. The person who came was not here looking for trouble, but to help him. Turning around, it shocked him to see that it was Peng Tong, one of his regulars.

"Peng Tong, don't bother with this. You are just a small boss. Your Wang gang is the strongest, but not by much. Don't create problems for your big brother that wouldn't be good, right?"

Said Brother He, he didn't want Peng Tong to intervene. He didn't care too much about Peng Tong, but his brother Peng Zhong's a dangerous man. He wanted to intimidate Peng Tong since he knew that if Peng Tong was going to cover for Wang Ming, then there's no way for him to get Wang Ming and not offending Peng Zhong and give Wang gang a reason to find trouble with him.

"Peng Tong, right? Just go. I don't want to trouble you. This is my fight" Wang Ming knew he couldn't always run away from his problems. Even if Peng Tong intervened this time, Wang Ming's sure that HouZi gang's never going to let this slide. So it's not worth it for Peng Tong to help him and offend HouZi's gang. Since Peng Tong's also just a small boss in the Wang gang, he can't compare to Brother He or Uncle Ma.

"Don't worry, friend. My brother is Wang gang's general, they won't be able to do anything to me. Especially not here." Peng Tong had a cocky smile when he said those words. In his territory, he wasn't afraid of anyone except for his brother and Wang Zi. The boss of the Wang gang. Pulling out a whistle, Peng Tong blew as loud as he could on it. Then snarled at Brother He and screamed.

"Now GET OUT of here and forget about Wang Ming."

As soon as Peng Tong blew on the whistle, there was only one thing people around could hear, and that was footsteps. It sounded like someone was beating on a war drum and preparing for war. 50 men turned up behind Peng Tong in under a minute, waiting for his call. He blew the whistle one more time, and his underlings organized themselves into five rows 10 in each row.

All of them held a knife in their hands, then a man stepped up from the line and gave Peng Tong a pistol, then walked back to his position. Aiming it at Brother He, Peng Tong had a cocky smile and said.

"Are you ready to go? You wouldn't want to any casualties, right?"

Feeling shocked, Brother He immediately called for a retreat. Brother He had only heard rumors about Peng Tong before that he's a useless waste and the only reason he has a high standing in Wang gang is because of his brother. He cursed the ones that spread such false rumors, Peng Tong's obviously a madman, he even has a pistol. China's weapon laws is really strict which makes it almost impossible to get pistols and rifles but yet Peng Tong had one.

But to not lose face in front of his underlings, Brother He laughed haughtily and shouted.

"Peng Tong, you can't protect him forever I will get him someday!"

When Lang Ma saw Brother He had retreated, he didn't see any reason for him to stay either. So he bowed casually at Wang Ming, apologizing, and walked away with his underlings.

"If you ever need me young man, I, Lang Ma will help you, I owe you one."

Bidding Lang Ma farewell, Wang Ming then turned around to thank Peng Tong, but before he could say anything. Peng Tong and his underlings all bursted out laughing. Some couldn't even stand up straight.

"See what did I tell you guys, a fake pistol works just like a real pistol. It's all about the intimidation, you won't ever need to use it, no one can distinguish between a real and fake one. Now disperse and resume your jobs. Remember to hide all of your knives. We don't want to scare everybody!"

Wang Ming rolled his eyes, hearing Peng Tong's words. What did he mean to don't scare people? His pistol had scared away hundreds of people going to this side of the market.

"Now let's go for a drink brother, you owe me one for saving your ass." Peng Tong told Wang Ming while laughing.

Wang Ming felt amused by how Peng Tong was acting. But he liked it, Wang Ming didn't have many friends, maybe Peng Tong could be one of them. He felt like they had already become good friends. He also felt very thankful for Peng Tong, so there was no reason for him to decline.

"Ok, but I will pay for everything, I think there is a great bar close to here and don't leave until your drunk."