Chapter 1 Situation

A business van drove near Zhengyang Street.

Sitting in the car, Zhang Zhengfang glanced at the tightly closed training compound of the Coast Guard Squadron. He then looked at the swarming crowd and convoy from Longkou District in the distance, frowning as he instructed the driver, "Drive the car to the alley behind Zhiyong Sesame Cake Shop."

"Okay!" The driver nodded, turning towards Zhiyong Sesame Cake Shop, a well-known establishment in the port.

Inside the car, Zhang Zhengfang took out his phone and dialed Bao Cheng's number. "Come to the back of Zhiyong Sesame Cake Shop, and come alone."

"Old Zhang, what's wrong?" Bao Cheng responded with confusion and anxiety, "Xu Hu called me and has been urging me."

"Kid, how long have you known me? Would I ever screw you over? I must have something important to discuss. Just come quickly," Zhang Zhengfang ordered sternly.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Bao Cheng hung up, frowning as he muttered, "What does this old man want to talk about, doing it so secretly?"

Filled with doubt, Bao Cheng bent down and got into the car, ordering his underlings to gather the men while he took only three brothers with him to Zhiyong Sesame Cake Shop.

Given Bao Cheng's experience and connections in the upper echelons of the dockworkers' association, he wouldn't normally qualify for his current position. It was Old Zhang who had spoken up for him, which was why he still had some trust in Zhang Zhengfang.

...

The business van stopped in the alley. Zhang Zhengfang lit a cigarette and said softly, "You guys can wait here. I just want to chat with him alone."

"Okay!"

The four burly men following Zhang Zhengfang in the car responded and got out.

Zhang Zhengfang puffed on his cigarette, waiting quietly. He didn't want to meet Bao Cheng at the latter's place because there were too many people and too much noise. Old Zhang had always preferred to operate in the shadows, disliking publicity and attention. If Wei Xiangzuo hadn't urgently needed his help, he might not have come to find Bao Cheng himself.

...

Inside the port, after the brawl started, hundreds of people from both sides clashed in the streets, creating a chaotic scene.

This kind of infighting, to put it bluntly, was just a gang fight among hooligans, completely lacking any strategy or order. Anyone who wasn't on their side was fair game, and if they found themselves outmatched or outnumbered, they would hide somewhere to avoid getting bloodied.

This happened on both sides, and while the large numbers created a spectacle, it also made the situation utterly uncontrollable.

On the way to the headquarters, Wei Xiangzuo only brought thirty of his core brothers, leaving a few scouts behind to direct the rest, and headed straight for Xu Hu's location.

These thirty men were all Wei Xiangzuo's loyal followers, brave and fierce. They stuck together, avoided the enemy's main force, and broke through several waves of Xu Hu's henchmen, eventually reaching the outer perimeter of the headquarters.

Inside the building.

Xu Hu stood in the conference room, his eyes bulging as he roared, "Where's Bao Cheng? Where is he?! Where did he go!"

Xu Hu's mind was about to explode. From the evening meeting until now, Xue Pingan, Li Hongze, the elders, and Bao Cheng had all left and not returned.

This made the initially confident Xu Hu feel uncertain. If the vice president of the dockworkers' association hadn't explicitly stated his support, he would probably have run away already.

"I called Bao Cheng, and he said he'll be here soon!"

"How many 'soon's' have there been?!" Xu Hu glared and roared, "Did anyone go to Zhengyang Street? Did you see Bao Cheng's men?"

"Yes, there are many people gathered there!"

"..." Xu Hu immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Call again! Call him again! Hurry!"

Before he could finish speaking, a young man ran in and shouted, "Wei Xiangzuo is leading dozens of men straight towards us!"

Xu Hu gritted his teeth and pulled a handgun from under the table. "Kill him!"

Hearing this, the crowd followed Xu Hu out of the room, charging towards Wei Xiangzuo with fierce momentum.

Actually, Xu Hu didn't want to go himself, but if he didn't show his face now, the people outside would surely scatter.

Outside the courtyard, Wei Xiangzuo had slashed away two or three people and stepped into the courtyard, shouting, "Xu Hu, if you're a man, let's settle this one-on-one! Whoever dies is fair!"

...

In the alley.

Zhang Zhengfang looked down at his watch, taking out his phone to call Bao Cheng again.

"Thud!"

Just then, a figure flipped over the wall on the left side of the alley, landing right behind the business van.

Hearing the noise, Zhang Zhengfang instinctively turned his head and saw the figure wearing a baseball cap, walking straight towards the car door.

At the entrance of the alley, the four burly men who were smoking heard the noise and came to their senses, spotting the person at once.

"What are you doing?!" The leading burly man walked over.

The temperature in Dragon City was very hot, but the man was dressed very thickly, wearing a jacket that looked dirty.

The man glanced at the four at the alley entrance and directly pulled out a knife.

Seeing that something was wrong, the four immediately moved forward.

"Don't come over, or I'll kill you!" The man in the jacket had a severe hunchback and was shrinking his neck, looking like he had cerebral palsy.

The four paused, then pulled out their weapons.

"Whoosh!" The man directly yanked open the car door, looked at Zhang Zhengfang in the car, and said, "I'm here to take your life!"

Reacting, Zhang Zhengfang immediately reached for the gun hidden in the car!

At the same time, the other four burly men ran over, surrounded the man next to the car, and started fighting.

...

A little while later, inside an SUV.

Bao Cheng held his phone and roared, "Tell him I'm coming right now! Stop f**king rushing me!"

After speaking, Bao Cheng hung up the phone, looked up and yelled, "Drive faster!"

"We're here, we're here!"

The driver replied hastily, pointing his chin towards the alley and saying, "That seems to be Old Zhang's car!"

"You guys wait here for a bit!" Bao Cheng replied irritably. After the car stopped, he pushed the door open and got out.

The alley was dimly lit, and the elder's car was still shining its headlights. Bao Cheng quickly walked closer and was about to call out, but suddenly realized something was wrong. He saw two people lying on the ground next to the business van, covered in blood.

Bao Cheng froze for a moment, then suddenly looked up into the car, seeing Old Zhang sitting in the middle row of seats, his head tilted back, his chest covered in blood!

Looking further up, he saw a military knife stuck in his neck, blood flowing from his mouth and nose, his eyes wide, and he was no longer moving!

"F**k me!! What the hell is going on?!" Bao Cheng exclaimed, "You...how am I going to explain this?!"

Zhang Zhengfang originally wanted to persuade Bao Cheng not to get involved in the Zha Nan matter, and judging from Bao Cheng's attitude towards him, there was a high probability that the latter would be persuaded!

But at this moment!! Zhang Zhengfang went to heaven!

At the same time, Su Tianyu's car arrived on the outskirts of Tianhong Port!