"Freeze."
They called Jin Fu to stop, but the man did not listen, he sped up his feet.
The gang men ran after the dude. They passed several blocks; however, they did not quit, they kept chasing him.
Meanwhile, there was a car horn. Jin Fu glanced at his right side; a van was driving on the street and its whistle was to him.
'Oh Buddha helps.'
Jin Fu thought the hit-men were divided, some ran after him and some rode on the car. In this situation, he did not think much, he increased his feet-speed.
Inside the van, Black Centipede sat in the front seat. He was with the men of Sunflower Gang who were sitting in the back seat.
The driver pressed the car's horn many times, but Jin Fu did not turn his face; he was focusing on running.
"Is he Olympic runner medalist?" The driver spoke. "He runs so fast."
It was true. All men in the van witnessed the young gent running at speed like a runner in the competition. Really fast. The hit-men that ran after him stayed half-way from him and they became further and further from him.
"Stop the car and all of you deal with them," Black Centipede said.
"Yes, Bro," the followers in back-seats stated.
The driver stopped the car on the pavement. Then Black Centipede opened the door and ran after Jin Fu, while his men got off the van, held sticks in hands, and ran towards the hit-men that were chasing Jin Fu.
The guy did not know what was happening behind his back. He concentrated on running because he was afraid about his life. When he was racing, he heard footsteps beside him.
'They get me?'
Jin Fu was scared, for he expected the hit-men were reaching, so he wanted to speed up, but then a hand catched his shoulder.
"Stop running," a voice appeared.
'This voice is familiar.'
Jin Fu turned his face to his right. He found Black Centipede was running beside him and he was the one who touched his shoulder.
"Bro Black Centipede," Jin Fu terminated his feet and spoke contently, "it's you."
Black Centipede did not utter anything. He looked at Jin Fu with a hard face. He was angry with him, for he ran too fast, and made him almost lose breath to run after him. The confidant tried to hide his pants. He pulled Jin Fu's collar and dragged him to the van.
"Oh, it's your van," Jin Fu recognized the car. "I thought it was their van."
Black Centipede did not say anything. He opened the door and pushed Jin Fu to sit in the back seat then he went up to sit with him.
"Go," he told the driver.
"You leave them?" Jin Fu looked through the window at the men of the gang that were beating with other gang-men.
"There will be another van to receive them," Black Centipedes responded.
When he finished his speech, the van left.
Jin Fu's mind was not at rest. He spun his head to watch through the car's back window. Then he saw a van arrive and many men came out of the van and joined the beating.
"Are they from our gang?" Jin Fu rotated to ask Black Centipede.
"Um," Black Centipede said.
The young man felt at ease a little bit when he knew those men were not left behind.
The van was driving on the road.
Jin Fu's face was sometimes lighted up, sometimes darken with presence and absence of street lights on the vehicle.
While riding, no one spoke anything. Only Jin Fu, he asked Black Centipede along the way.
"You should leave with your boss, why do you come back?"
Black Centipede moved eyes to glance at the guy, then he muttered, "It's boss who commands us to come back to you."
"He?" Jin Fu narrowed his eyes.
*****
After abandoning Jin Fu on the street, He Hua had left towards the club in order to see the problem that his man, Wolf, had had with the guest.
Along the way, the boss had sat quietly. He had quit scrolling the tablet, and looked through the window. His eyes were full of confusion and worry. He had sighed several times.
Through reflection from the rear-view mirror, Black Centipede had stared at his boss. He had marked an unhappy expression on the face of the master. As a comrade for years, Black Centipede has understood his male patrol. He had made out that He Hua was strange since Jin Fu had popped-up. He had also identified that He Hua had cared and worried about that young guy so much. When Jin Fu was around, He Hua seemed released, when he was away, the boss was upset.
Before, if someone had refused or said something big to him, that person would not stay in peace. But for Jin Fu, He Hua had excluded. The guy could deny, also he could request, and he could yell. Moreover, he could talk about work conditions with him. It was a thing that never happened in the past.
Like the last moment situation, when Jin Fu had asked to stop the van, He Hua had agreed - if it was another man, he would be kicked out while the car was driving - and furthermore, He Hua was not angry and turned to worry about him.
With all these things, Black Centipede could feel what Jin Fu meant to He Hua. He had bet that he would return to that young guy.
The confidant was right. When the car had almost approached the club, He Hua had called, "Go back."
"Yes," Black Centipede said. Then he had told the driver because he had known he had no clue about where to return to, "Go to the spot at the last moment."
The driver had nodded his head. With a guide from Black Centipede, he had realized it was where he stopped for Jin Fu to leave.
When the boss's car had turned, all follower-cars had turned too. Only one did not; it was told by Black Centipede to check on the dispute in the club.
As the car had arrived, He Hua had got off. He had glanced his eyes and saw a jacket that Jin Fu had thrown on the ground. The boss of gang had bent his knees and picked it up. He had sighed, then he had stood up and said to his confidant, "Take him back."
"Yes," Black Centipede uttered. Afterwards, he had gone into a van with gang-men to find Jin Fu.
They had trailed and got information that he was attacked, hence, they had come to him and arrived on time that he had been running like an Olympic competitor.
*****
At the waterfront park promenade, He Hua stood with his hands inserted into pant's pockets. His men were around - to protect boss safety.
The gang boss viewed Hong Kong lights before his eyes. His hair was moving according to the slightly wind blowing. His mind was not happy at all and felt heavy. He sighed. His facial expression looked normal, but in his mind, it was waving.
His head kept thinking about when he and Jin Fu had argued after returning from Yin Fang's event. At the time Jin Fu had asked to stop the car, he was angry with him, so he had agreed to let him leave. He had not thought anything because he was not pleased with Jin Fu's attitude. But when he had left, he had felt about his words. What Jin Fu had said, especially his upset expression when he was telling him that he was not his friend, had stuck in his eyes. He felt sorry about what he said to him. When he had returned to the spot and found the jacket of Jin Fu on the ground, he then remembered his words.
'You don't even think about my safety.. if they come to me.. I'm fine.. but I don't want people around me to get hurt. Wen Yi, grandma. Why do you do that?'
Because of that, He Hua was so frustrated and his heart had bounced immediately. He had felt scared that Yin Fang would hurt Jin Fu. Therefore, he had called Black Centipede to take him back.
When he received information from a man who had gone with Black Centipede that they saw Jin Fu was chased by stick-holding-men, He Hua knew exactly that they were from Bear Gang. They were ordered by Yin Fang, surely, to attack Jin Fu because of the animation.
It was time that He Hua felt wrong about his actions. He never felt like this before to any man. Only to Jin Fu. He regretted that he had used him, he felt sorry that he had angered him and allowed him to get out of the car.
The boss was worried until he was informed that Jin Fu was saved and was on the way to meet him, then he was released.
The van arrived and stopped at the pavement of the park.
A man quickly opened the door and Black Centipede and Jin Fu came out.
"Bro," all men greeted Black Centipede.
Later on, two vans arrived. Followers of Sunflower Gang got off and greeted the confidant, "Bro."
"No one hurt?" Black Centipede glanced at all of them.
"Few, but just minor," a follower reported.
"Take them to treat."
"Yes, Bro."
Afterwards, Black Centipede walked towards He Hua with Jin Fu strolling behind. When they approached the boss who was showing his back, Jin Fu stood a little far, then he took his phone out and pretended he was checking it - while Black Centipede went to the patron.
"Boss, we come back," he said. "He is well."
He Hua said "Um" in his throat. His mind was at ease when Jin Fu was taken back to him. However, his face was still facing the view before his eyes.
"What's about the club?" He Hua asked.
"It is fine now," Black Centipede said.
"Go to talk with Wolf to avoid having an argument with the guest again."
"Yes."
"Where is he?"
It was a question looking for Jin Fu. Black Centipede knew, so he called the dude, "Come here."
The young man put phone into his cotton shirt pocket then wandered in displeased-face to stand next to the boss of the gang. He looked at the view before him, not at He Hua. The boss did not turn face to him either, but his lips opened to talk to him, "You're fine?"
"My body parts are still full," Jin Fu stated, and his face still did not look at his boss. His voice was so hard that He Hua could feel he was still unhappy with him. However, he did not mind because he knew it was his fault. Even though he couldn't admit mistakes because he was the boss.
"Let's go," He Hua called.
"You go. I don't," Jin Fu claimed.
The denial made He Hua turn face to watch the young man that was standing next to him, but his face and eyes looked at the river's view.
"If you don't go to the hotel, where do you sleep tonight?" He asked.
"It's my business," Jin Fu stated. Then he turned over and walked away.
Seeing that attitude, rage began to boil inside the mind of the gang-boss. He tried to cool down but Jin Fu burned him. He was afraid that he would meet another attack, but that guy didn't know anything and looked so stubborn. To prevent danger, he needed to keep him by his side, and in order to make it, he needed to use his power as boss.
"You are my staff, you have to respect my word. Go back to the hotel," He Hua said.
"I already clarified. Now, my working time is over. I don't have to follow you," Jin Fu exclaimed, then he stepped on his feet.
His action made the gang-boss feel anxious. He was afraid that this young guy would be hurt when he left him. He didn't want to use that method, but he had no choice.
"You owe me," He Hua turned over and uttered.
"I paid already," Jin Fu rotated.
"Still remain."
"You play tricks again," Jin Fu yelled. His voice made Black Centipede and his men turn their faces too. There is a follower who was about to step out towards Jin Fu because he was angry that he dared to yell at his boss, but Black Centipede stopped him and threw a signal through eyes to warn him to not do anything to Jin Fu. Then all of the gang-men rotated their faces away from the scene.
Now, Jin Fu was confronting the gang-boss. He showed his angry face towards him. He was angered and upset as well.
He Hua knew. He knew that Jin Fu was angry with him and he was upset with him, but he really had no option. It was the only way to make him stay by his side.
"Are you not yet playing enough?" Jin Fu said. This time his voice was lower. "You almost made me die. Now, what do you want? You gave me 10,000, and you asked me to make an animation and upload to my channel, I did already. I don't owe anything to you."
"I saved you, so you have to pay me," He Hua said.
Jin Fu wagged and chuckled after hearing the boss raise up - he wanted to state that he had saved his life from the attack.
Well, this time, Jin Fu didn't stay quiet. Fire in the heart of the young man blew. He swore he had to find justice for himself. He really hated that kind of person.
"Don't use that to press on me. I don't allow you to trick me anymore," Jin Fu said, looking straight at his boss. "Even though you saved me, you were the one who caused that trouble to me, so it is fair. I don't owe anything to you. If you force me, I will stop working."
He Hua looked straight at Jin Fu's eyes while his mind was rising fire inside.
"I think I should visit your friend and his grandma," he stated.
Jin Fu stood silently before the gang-boss. His face was so red. He stared at He Hua. He bit teeth in his mouth.
The patron grinned, then he added, "And your girlfriend, should I visit her too?"
"Come to me," Jin Fu clenched teeth. "If you touch them, I will not let you escape."
"You?" He Hua mocked. "Do you have the competence to beat me?"
"I will.. even if I use my life."
He Hua's face became stiff as he heard his worker speaking to him. He held his breath and stared at the younger man with fire inside his eye-pupils.
For Jin Fu, he showed a glance back at the gang-boss. He did this to confirm that he was not scared of him; and if he really did badly to those around him, he would not stay still, he would take action like he had mentioned at the last moment.
The two men stood confront with each other. The situation was so tense that everyone that stayed around could feel; however, they did not plug into the business of their boss.
After looking eyes without blinking for several seconds, Jin Fu released his expression then walked two steps backwards before he spun his body. Before he took leave, he took a glance back at the boss. Coincidentally, his eyes spotted a red light dot on the left-shoulder-area of the patron. The young man opened his eyes...
"Be careful," he shouted and like a flash he ran to stand before He Hua.
SHOOT.
At once, A bullet came from somewhere flying into the left chest of the hacker.
"Jin Fu," He Hua yelled and embraced the young guy from behind.