Chapter 1 The Dragon Mouth District

In the room of the courtyard where Gu Tongshan's body lay in state, in the Longkou District.

Gu Tongshan's wife and eldest son sat on the sofa in the room, wearing mourning clothes, without saying a word.

Beside them, six or seven low-level gang leaders of the dockworkers all looked at them coldly. These people were not from the Zha Nan dockworkers gang, but the heads of the Longkou District branches, Lu Xing, who had more or less had some relationship with the Gu family in the past, and had received Gu Tongshan's care. But at this moment, they were the first to force a decision.

After a long standoff, Gu Tongshan's son suddenly raised his head and said, "Doing business with the Mexicans is an old rule of our dockworkers gang. If you want to change to a new channel, you don't need to discuss it with us, you should discuss it with the elders in the association."

"Of course we have to discuss it with the elders of the association, but before that, you must clearly express your support for us." A lean man replied in an extremely tough tone, "In the past, Zha Nan ate all the Mexicans' goods, and dragged our Longkou along to share a piece of the pie. In just a few short years, how much money has your Gu family siphoned off from these two lines?! Although Old Gu is gone, the money he left behind is still there. You have a responsibility to speak up for the brothers below."

"My father just passed away, is it a bit too much to cross the river and tear down the bridge?!" Gu Tongshan's eldest son was very unconvinced, "Selling whose goods is not something we can decide! What's more, the Mexicans have always been in contact with the Gu family. If we jump out and say that we won't take their goods anymore, what about the Mexicans' revenge? Who will bear this responsibility?!"

"Now you're afraid of their revenge? What were you thinking when the Gu family was raking in money? Now you don't want to take responsibility, how come you're so calculating?!"

"Yes, you must take the lead and talk to the higher-ups!"

"It's definitely not okay if you don't talk!"

"…!" Everyone echoed.

Gu Tongshan's wife had a somewhat soft personality, and she had rarely participated in the dockworkers' association affairs before, so at this moment, facing so many people questioning her, she felt a little flustered, and tears fell down her face.

"Give us an attitude, don't keep silent!" The lean man roared again.

"You guys discuss it with Hu Zi and Xiang Zuo, Old Gu is gone, they are the ones in charge of Zha Nan…" Gu Tongshan's wife replied, her voice trembling.

"What are we going to discuss with them? We're just asking you…!" The lean man was still pressing her with a loud voice.

"Bang!"

Just then, the door was rudely pushed open, and Xu Hu, wearing mourning clothes and with a livid face, barged in and shouted, "What are you doing?!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at Xu Hu, and no one said anything.

"The funeral hasn't even been held yet, and you can't wait?!" Xu Hu glared and roared, "Damn it, I'm not dead yet, when is it your turn to interfere in the affairs of Zha Nan?!"

"Xu Hu, we are also…"

"I don't want to fight with you in this kind of occasion." Xu Hu pointed to the outside and shouted, "Get out, all of you get out!"

"Brother Hu, it's inherently unfair to always take goods from the Mexicans. The higher-ups are making a fortune, but the brothers below are risking their lives, but getting the least amount of money." The lean man stood up and said to Xu Hu in a low voice, "Public opinion is hard to resist, you can't protect them like this."

After speaking, everyone stood up and walked out, their faces extremely ugly.

Xu Hu frowned and looked at them, "Listen carefully, as long as I'm here, if you enter this room, you have to speak politely. If you want to cause trouble, you're not capable enough!"

Everyone looked at Xu Hu, but didn't say anything, and left together.

Xu Hu put his hands on his hips and looked at Gu Tongshan's wife and children. After calming down a bit, he reached out and closed the door.

"Auntie, don't pay attention to them. After Master's funeral is over, you should all move to Zha Nan to live. No one will dare to cause trouble there." Xu Hu bent down and sat down.

"Old Gu just passed away, and we, a widow and orphans… are being bullied." Old Gu's wife grabbed Xu Hu's wrist and cried, "You have to help us, Hu Zi!"

"Auntie, don't worry, as long as I'm here, no one will dare to mess around."

Gu Tongshan's son gritted his teeth and cursed, "When my dad was here, what were they?! They were all dogs, usually they wouldn't even dare to fart!"

Hearing this, Xu Hu's expression was slightly strange. He only lowered his head and looked at Gu Tongshan's wife and said, "Auntie, if Master hadn't taken me in back then, I would have definitely died. I, Xu Hu, will always remember this kindness. Although he is gone, our relationship will not change. If anything happens to the Gu family, I will definitely stand at the forefront."

Old Gu's wife raised her head, her eyes red, and nodded, "You are more righteous than Wei Xiang Zuo! If Old Gu hadn't protected him back then, he would have been gone long ago. Now that Old Gu is gone, he doesn't even show his face."

"You can't say that, Auntie, Xiang Zuo also has his difficulties."

"Don't say anything, a friend in need is a friend indeed." Old Gu's wife asked nervously, "They want to change to a new channel, I don't understand this stuff, what do you think we should do?"

Xu Hu paused for a moment, and immediately replied, "Auntie, to be honest, the matter of changing suppliers is causing quite a stir right now. There are people supporting these guys behind the scenes… If you don't change, they won't let it go."

"But the Mexican side has always been in contact with our Gu family, and when my dad was alive, he also took… took some benefits from them." Gu Tongshan's son said with some difficulty, "Now that we say we're not doing it anymore, if they come to make trouble, we won't be able to deal with it…!"

"I'll take care of them if they come." Xu Hu replied after "thinking for a long time," "But honestly speaking… we are all in the dockworkers gang, it's still better not to completely fall out with other branches."

Gu Tongshan's wife looked at Xu Hu, clenched her right hand, and said after a long silence, "Hu Zi, we'll listen to you…."

Xu Hu looked at her and replied with a smile, "Okay, okay, Auntie!"

After Gu Tongshan's death, Xu Hu, who had been suppressed in Zha Nan, began to rise with the wind. He took every step very steadily, with a clear purpose, and with decisive and clean methods.

…

The next day.

Su Tianyu, Yu Mingyuan and others drove to Yu Jinrong's hospital and explained the details of the cooperation with the Zhou family's company to the latter.

Yu Jinrong felt that there were no major problems in the overall direction. After chatting with everyone for a while, he rested.

After finishing work, Yu Mingyuan and his party left the hospital and came to the rear parking lot, preparing to return to their residence under the escort of the Zhou family's "security personnel."

Inside the brightly lit hospital parking lot, Da Bai turned his head to look at Su Tianyu and asked, "Hey, let's find a place to have a drink tonight?"

"Stop being so cocky, aren't you afraid that another group of Mexicans will come and beat you up?!" Su Tianyu curled his lips and replied.

"I can die, but I can't go without sex for months and months!" Da Bai roared in a low voice, "I'm horny!"

"Listen, I'll give you a handjob when we get back." Su Tianyu comforted him, turned around and walked towards the second car.

"Damn, are you serious?" Da Bai shouted and asked.

Just then, a man standing next to a car, with a cigarette in his mouth, suddenly shouted at Da Bai, "Hey, you're not wearing a helmet today!"

Da Bai turned around, looked at the other person, and suddenly exclaimed, "Damn! Xiao Yu, get the gun!"