Chapter 37: Is It You? (Up)

"Take down Ningshang County?" Jiang Ming frowned.

The slum area of ​​Hanyang County was very underdeveloped, but Ningshang County sat between H City and Shanghai Municipality. Because of its proximity, trading with the cities was frequent. It was also a trade route between H City and Shanghai, making Ningshang County the wealthiest county around H City. If the underground influence of this county was taken down, the profit that could be reaped would be overwhelming.

If Ningshang County was really taken down, then the one million dollars that Shao Long brought would be insignificant, so much that it could not be considered as money.

"There are three forces in Ningshang County. They are all well-equipped and difficult to fight against. But I am not planning to fight with them head-on. I only need Brother Jiang Ming to help me settle a few people." Shao Long went on. "I just moved here, so I don't have much money in my hands. This one million is just a greeting gift for you. If you can help me take down Ningshang County, I'll offer you 10% of the profits reaped in Ningshang County in the future. What do you think?"

"10%?" Jiang Ming was moved. After all, the daily account current in Ningshang County was over 1 billion. After taking down the entire Ningshang County, they could collect as much as tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of protection fees every day. Every month, profits would be millions or even tens of millions, and 10% of that would be millions per month. This did not include the costs of running the gang. It would be odd if he was not moved.

However, he calmed down when he thought of what his grandfather had told him before he died.

He and his sister were raised by his grandfather since they were young, and he obeyed his grandfather very much. Before his grandfather died, he told them, "Ming, if I'm not here anymore, you must remember that there are three things that you are not allowed to touch. Gambling, drugs, and underground activities. These three things are difficult to get rid of once you touch them. You will sink deeper and deeper, and even lose your life because of them. And Xiao Wen will definitely be implicated."

Before his grandfather died, he promised his grandfather that he would never touch these three things.

But once he agreed to Shao Long, it would be equivalent to touching underground activities and violating the oath to his grandfather.

"If Brother Jiang Ming is not satisfied, how about 20%..."

Shao Long saw that Jiang Ming was pondering and frowning from time to time. He thought that Jiang Ming was not satisfied with his offer, so he started to increase the offer.

"This has nothing to do with the percentage. I'm sorry, I can't help you with your request, please find someone else."

Without waiting for Shao Long to complete his sentence, Jiang Ming suddenly got up and said to Shao Long, then he headed towards the door.

"F*ck you, we gave you a smile and you don't give a sh*t..."

Seeing that Jiang Ming declined Shao Long even when he offered such a good price, the subordinate who had previously laughed at the driver could no longer stand it. As an upper-level member of the White Dragon Gang, he stood up and cursed at Jiang Ming.

"Boom~"

But before he finished cursing, Jiang Ming suddenly turned around and sent him flying with a single kick. With a loud bang, the subordinate knocked over the table, vomited blood and fell into a coma.

Jiang Ming glanced coldly at the subordinate who just passed out and said to Shao Long, "In the future, let your underling's mouth be clean. Otherwise, it will be more than just a serious injury next time."

After saying that, Jiang Ming opened the door and walked out.

The reason why he struck out was because he wanted to awe Shao Long, deterring Shao Long from putting his mind on him again.

But he didn't notice that as he left the room, Chikage in his arms slowly opened its eyes.

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"That's way too fast!"

When Jiang Ming left, Shao Long, who was still sitting there, displayed a look of shock on his face.

Although he could fight and was a martial arts expert, the scene just now where Jiang Ming turned around, gave a flying kick and retracted his leg occurred in the blink of an eye that even he did not see it clearly.

He was even pondering whether he would be able dodge the kick if it was aimed at him.

"Huh~" Shao Long's heart tightened at the thought of Jiang Ming's kick, as cold sweat emerged on his forehead. His body slumped on the chair as he breathed out a long breath of relief.

As for the driver, he was so frightened that he couldn't regain himself for a long time. At the beginning, he had doubted Jiang Ming's abilities, but now he didn't dare to doubt at all. He even rejoiced secretly that Shao Long punched him to shut him up in the car previously. Otherwise, it might be him who spoke up to Jiang Ming just now, and he would be the one lying on the ground now.

Shao Long leaned back in his chair and lit a cigarette. Breathing the smoke, his eyes kept turning as he sank into deep thought. Watching the blood on the ground and Jiang Ming's expression when he left, Shao Long suddenly let out a bitter laugh. He then muttered under his breath, "Jiang Ming, you will definitely join the underground forces..."

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"Sh*t, I thought that guy would just randomly find somewhere near my house to chat, why had he brought me so far away? If I take a taxi back, it will cost lots of money. If I knew, I would have asked him to pay for my travel expenses before I left." Jiang Ming, who was standing in the elevator and holding Chikage, said with some chagrin.

Maybe it was because of the vexation he was feeling, he didn't see the '-' sign in front of the negative first floor and pressed it instead of the first floor. Therefore, he directly went to the underground parking lot.

After getting out of the lift, he glanced at the somewhat dim environment outside and blinked in confusion. Seeming to realise something, he glanced at the floors displayed. Only then did he find that he had pressed the wrong floor and instead came to the underground parking lot.

When he was about to turn around and enter the elevator, the elevator had automatically closed its door and slowly rose up. Feeling a little helpless, he lit a cigarette and stood waiting by the elevator.

But just after he lit a cigarette, he heard sounds of quarrelling in the parking lot.

"Yan Hong, give me a little respect. If you dare to do anything to me, believe it or not, I will call the police!"

'Yan Hong?'

'Is this Yan Hong the playboy son of Yan Luo from the previous esports team? Why is he here, and why does the voice just now sound so familiar? Could it be...'

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming's body trembled and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground. Holding Chikage, he walked towards the source of the sound quickly.

With every step he took, his heart trembled and his legs were heavy as if they were filled with lead.

"Hmph~ Lan Xin, you are my fiancée now. Even if I f*ck you now, the police won't do anything to me!"

"You bastard, if it wasn't that you found someone to persecute my parents, I would rather die than to be engaged to you. Don't touch me..."

 "Pah!"

"You are now my fiancée, shouldn't I touch you? You only know to look at that damn picture all day. If you don't do as I want, believe it or not, I'll find someone to kill that rubbish Jiang Ming!"

"Huhu~ Don't, don't hurt him. As long as you don't hurt him, I will do anything you want me to do, huhu..."

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Hearing this conversation, Jiang Ming's heart tightened. Especially the last sentence, which made a drop of tear trickle down Jiang Ming's eyes. The original heavy footsteps suddenly turned light as he ran speedily towards the place where the sound came from.

"Tsss~"

When he came to the source of the sound, he saw that in the open passenger seat of a BMW X7, a pale man was forcing a very beautiful woman, with tears streaming down her cheeks, against the passenger seat. The woman's top had already been torn off by the pale man, revealing her underclothes. And the woman was covering her chest in despair while she kept sobbing. "Ming, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."