The riverside.

Yu Mingyuan listened to Bai Dabiao's questioning, clearly somewhat bewildered. After a good while, he replied, "Uncle Bai, how could people...?"

Before he could finish, the emotionally unstable Dabai rushed out of the car and roared, "What the fuck, robbing the Ma Gang and Customs' goods in the inner harbor, how important is that? You're the boss, what kind of people are you finding? No guts, no morals. The moment they get caught, they sell us all out. Did you consider those of us below? You said to come to Kar to clean up the mess, and we took our knives and got in the car on the first day of the New Year. Now my brother is dead, what do you say we do?!"

Yu Mingyuan didn't know anyone had died before he came. The incident was sudden, and he didn't react for a moment.

On the shore, Su Tianyu and Kong ZhengHui returned from the woods and witnessed Dabai's attitude. But neither of them interrupted, standing at the edge of the crowd, quietly observing.

Yu Mingyuan came back to his senses, his face grim, and walked to the side of the car. He looked inside and saw Bai Hongtao's already stiff body.

Around him, the people from the Kong family, the Su family, and the Bai family all looked at Yu Mingyuan expressionlessly, without moving.

"I'm asking you, what do we do? Say something!" Dabai was usually cynical and never serious, but in reality, he was a man with rich emotions. His brother's death left him unable to calm down, and he genuinely felt the incident was related to Yu Mingyuan's failed planning. He'd hired the wrong people, which led to a series of messy events.

Yu Mingyuan looked at the body in the car, his scalp tingling.

"Speak!"

Bai Hongbo, tears still wet on his face, stepped forward, reaching out to grab Yu Mingyuan by the collar.

"Pa!"

Just then, Bai Dabiao grabbed his son's arm and, turning his head, roared at him, "Don't talk, shut up, you hear me?!"

Bai Hongbo's breath was heavy, his eyes fixed on Yu Mingyuan, his right fist clenched, but he didn't move again.

"Yu Mingyuan, I, Bai Dabiao, am a reasonable man. My son is dead, and I won't extort anyone." Bai Dabiao said, his voice trembling, "If you say that our relationship is just a business transaction, then that's absolutely fine. You set up the game to make money, we run errands and do the work. We all have our roles, and no one should blame fate if something happens. So, if you think this is difficult, you can leave now."

Bai Dabiao, in the face of his son's tragic death, was able to say these words, which showed his character and temperament. He had no intention of coercing Yu Mingyuan, but rather let him choose for himself.

If Yu Mingyuan believed that the following events were too risky, and that the Yu family shouldn't push things in an uncontrollable direction with a group of lower-level workers, then he could use the excuse that they were just in a business relationship and withdraw now.

But!

If Yu Mingyuan remembered that after the battle at Fumanlou, the three families had formally eaten at the Yu family's table, acknowledging their relationship, then when the brothers below died, you, as the boss, had to step up and take charge. Because the three families had paid their respects at the Sanitation Management Committee and taken sides.

Which path to choose, how to weigh the relationship between the two sides, that was up to Yu Mingyuan himself.

Su Tianyu listened to Bai Dabiao's words, reacting completely differently than before. This time, he didn't move forward, nor did he think about communicating with Yu Mingyuan, but instead watched coldly.

This incident was completely different from the previous firefight at the Ma Gang warehouse. This time, someone had died, and the emotions in the Bai family's hearts were already very clear.

Quiet. Everyone was looking at Yu Mingyuan, waiting for his reply.

After about a minute, Su Zhengcai, who hadn't said a word, suddenly turned to Lao Bai expressionlessly and said, "Lao Bai, your son is gone, what are you still discussing and posturing for?! If you want to go, I'll go with you!"

Bai Dabiao turned his head woodenly to look at Su Zhengcai.

"What are you looking at? The Ma Gang lost over ten million in goods, do you think they'll just let it go at this point? If I don't protect your son today, it might be my son who falls tomorrow." Su Zhengcai frowned and said again, "Enough nonsense, if the Xu family wants to enter the city, they'll have to crawl in."

After speaking, Su Zhengcai went straight to his car.

Old Kongtou stood to the side with a frown, seeming somewhat hesitant.

Bai Dabiao glanced at Yu Mingyuan and decisively turned around, "Let's go!"

"Wait a moment," Yu Mingyuan called out, "I'll make a call."

Bai Dabiao turned his head to look at him, and the expression on the old Kong family head's face softened a little.

Yu Mingyuan turned and walked to the side, quickly taking out his phone and dialing a friend's number. "Hey, where are you? Alone? Listen to me, this is what's happening..."

After Yu Mingyuan explained a few things to his friend on the phone, he then called his dad.

"Hello?" After a long while, Yu Jinrong's voice rang in the receiver.

"Dad, something happened here in Kar."

"What is it?"

"Uncle Bai's son is gone."

"...!" Yu Jinrong was silent for a good ten seconds before he asked in a low voice, "Did you get that person back?"

"Got him back." Yu Mingyuan replied softly.

"Then let's go back to the city first, we'll talk when we get back."

"...The one who killed him was Xu Er, and he hasn't entered the city yet." Yu Mingyuan said, forcing himself to say it.

Yu Jinrong paused again before saying in a low voice, "Didn't we already rescue the person?"

"Yes!"

"...Let's still come back first, I'll meet with Lao Bai tomorrow and talk to him face to face."

"Dad, the three families are following us, we need to show some attitude at this time." Yu Mingyuan said, steeling himself.

"You have to understand, you're the boss, the situation with the Ma Gang is very complicated. Xu Er and Xu Hu are brothers, and the Ma Gang's General Association has the Navy and Customs behind it, inside this..."

"Dad, I need to show some attitude!" Yu Mingyuan paused here, "That's it."

After speaking, Yu Mingyuan hung up the phone first, which was extremely rare for him, and then turned around and waved his hand with a flourish, "You guys go your way, I'll handle the rest."

Bai Dabiao took a deep look at Yu Mingyuan, nodded to him, and then directly got into the car.

Su Tianyu hesitated for a moment, walked to Yu Mingyuan's side, and said to him in a low voice, "The location!"

Yu Mingyuan pondered for a long time, took out his phone, and dialed a number, "Hey, a lot of people from the Ma Gang came out of Tianhong Port tonight, find out..."

...

Inside Dragon City.

Yu Jinrong, wearing his pajamas, walked to the study and lit a cigarette.

After thinking, after a short period of thinking, Yu Jinrong picked up his phone and dialed a number, "Hello? Hehe, Lao Qi! It's still about that thing I told you on the phone tonight...The Zhanan Ma Gang's thinking is very simple, they think I just want to compete with them for some business at sea. Right...Obviously, that Xu Er making a move in Kar, the intention definitely wasn't aimed at the underlings, he and his older brother wanted to get my son. Yeah, why don't we suppress the Ma Gang a little, and see first..."

At the same time, Xu Hu was sitting in the car, holding the phone and saying, "I'm definitely aiming for Yu Mingyuan, otherwise what's the point of me having Lao Er grab Liang Feng? Just to bite those three families' underlings? Are they worth it?"