Chapter 1 Hua Du in District One, Mank Avenue

Hua Du in District One, Mank Avenue.

This was once one of the most brutal battlefields of the Independence War. It's located on the edge of Hua Du, with the slums on the north side of the street—rows upon rows of low bungalows and pigeon lofts. Most of the residents inside are gang-affiliated Latinos, impoverished black people, and the basic public facilities are extremely inadequate, especially after the war, this place has become a forgotten corner of District One.

On the right side of Mank Avenue is the Puel New District, where most of the elite of District One live. Every time night falls, the skyscrapers in the Puel New District are colorful and dazzling, and the dazzling light will shine on the corners of the slums. Perhaps this is the only way the two regions communicate.

When the Independence War broke out, fierce fighting lasted here for three days and nights, with more than 20,000 casualties, and the ground was red with blood. Therefore, every corner of this street is filled with the taste of history.

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"Squeak!"

A business car stopped on the north side of Mank Avenue. Su Tianyu pushed open the car door, waved his hand and shouted, "Come on, brothers, let's start a passionate night!"

Wawa was the first to get out of the car: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just want to get us Qiqi drunk and sleep with her."

"Why not sleep with you?" Su Tianyu asked sideways.

"I haven't developed well yet. I suggest you wait two more years, bro!" Wawa is cheerful and loves to joke, otherwise Da Bai wouldn't tease her for no reason.

"Okay, then." Su Tianyu nodded convincingly, pointing to a bar not far away and said, "Let's go there."

"Looks rundown!" Wawa was a little dissatisfied and turned to look at the slums across the street: "I heard it's pretty chaotic here."

"It's okay, hehe." Su Tianyu led the three people and walked into the bar with a small storefront.

This bar is called "veteranBar". An Qiqi was very resistant before entering, because she had lived in Hua Du for a while and knew it was chaotic here, and she instinctively thought that the customers of this bar would definitely be mainly black brothers. But she didn't expect that as soon as she entered the door, she found that all the people playing in the bar were Chinese, and there were no other races.

The bar was dimly lit and the music was melodious. Most of the customers were dressed poorly and had obvious disabilities, mostly men.

An Qiqi curiously looked at the bar, feeling a little weird.

Su Tianyu walked to the bar familiarly and said to a Chinese woman in her thirties, "Long time no see, Sister Hong!"

The woman who was chatting with someone at the bar turned her head to look at Su Tianyu, with a slightly startled expression: "Oh, Su the Conman is back."

"Haha, did you miss me?" Su Tianyu grinned.

The woman had fair skin, wearing a tight cheongsam, not stunning, but very attractive, and her danfeng eyes were very energetic: "Hehe, I miss you so much, thinking about how you still owe me more than a thousand drinks before you left!"

As soon as Su Tianyu heard the other party mention money, he immediately pointed to An Qiqi, Wawa and others and said, "These are all my friends, here to drink, you arrange it."

The woman glanced at An Qiqi and others, and replied with a smile: "Okay, what do you want to drink?"

"The usual rules, simple and rough, you arrange it!" Su Tianyu ordered, pointing to the dark corridor inside the house and said, "I'll go find those guys."

"Okay." The woman nodded.

"You guys have fun first, I'm going to see some friends." After Su Tianyu greeted An Qiqi and others, he walked towards the inside of the room.

An Qiqi and Wawa had never been to this kind of place before. They looked at the drunken customers around them, feeling a little nervous and empty, and seemed very uncomfortable.

Sister Hong stood at the bar, didn't talk to An Qiqi and others, just skillfully took various bartending equipment and made them drinks.

On the high stool, Bai Hongbo lit a cigarette, staring blankly at Sister Hong, without saying a word.

After a while, Sister Hong made three sets of wine, each set divided into large, medium, and small cups. The color of the wine looked very dazzling and beautiful.

"Roll the dice!" Sister Hong pushed the wine glasses to the three of them and said with a light smile, "If I lose, I'll waive you a glass of wine. If you lose, drink a glass of wine, okay?"

Bai Hongbo glanced at the other party, picked up the largest cup and replied: "No need to waive it, I'll drink it first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Hongbo, who was in a very bad mood, drank two glasses of spirits in a row, and immediately felt his head buzzing and his eyes seeing stars.

Sister Hong was stunned: "This will kill people, brother!"

"If I die, so be it!" Bai Hongbo took a deep breath of smoke, feeling dizzy, and the whole scene in the room seemed to be floating.

"Come on, I'll play with you." An Qiqi shouted at Sister Hong.

The two rolled the dice. An Qiqi, who had no nightclub experience, lost two games in a row at the beginning. She gritted her teeth and drank the medium and small cups of wine clean.

"If you can't drink, you can sing a song for everyone." Sister Hong said to An Qiqi.

"I... I can drink!" An Qiqi was also a little dizzy, but she was still stubbornly insisting.

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At the end of the corridor, Su Tianyu reached out and pushed open a door and walked into the room.

The room was dimly lit, and a person was lying on a row of wine boxes, covered with a dirty thin quilt, with his back to the door, seemingly sleeping.

Su Tianyu walked forward lightly, bent over, and reached out to pinch the other person's nose.

"Pa!"

As soon as Su Tianyu reached out, the other person grabbed his wrist.

"Not bad, Veteran, you're so drunk, but you can still hear someone coming in?" Su Tianyu joked with a smile.

The person lying down sat up dazedly, squinting his eyes and glanced at Su Tianyu: "Damn, I was just about to fall asleep. Son of a bitch, I was beaten down in Dragon City, and you're back again?"

"Yeah, I was beaten down, and I'm back to find someone." Su Tianyu bent over and sat down.

Under the light, the person lying down sat up straight, revealing his true face. His face was square, and his features were angular, but he looked very sloppy, with long hair and unshaven beard, plus the clothes he was wearing seemed to have not been washed for a long time. In short, he looked like a beggar.

This person used to be Su Tianyu's company commander, named Zheng Han, thirty-five years old this year.

Zheng Han yawned, picked up the quilt on his body, reached out and asked, "Do you have a cigarette?"

Su Tianyu reached out and took out a cigarette case and threw it to the other party.

"Damn, were you really beaten down in Dragon City?" Zheng Han's hands were shaking, and it took him a long time to find a lighter from the cardboard box.

"Yeah," Su Tianyu nodded: "I almost died!"

Zheng Han lit a cigarette and asked in a calm tone, "I don't know what Douzi and the others went to do. Should I go back with you?"

"Are you sober?" Su Tianyu asked with a smile.

"Whether I'm sober or not, it won't delay the fight!" Zheng Han sucked on his cigarette: "You treat everyone tonight, and I'll go back with you tomorrow."

Su Tianyu tilted his head and looked at the other party, grinning very brightly.

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Inside the Yu family's apartment.

Yu Jinrong walked out of the study and looked up at Yu Mingyuan, who had just returned: "Go see someone else tomorrow."