Chapter 340: Chapter 333: Underground Boxing
Just like that, before even finishing her steak, Zhang Jie had already been promoted to a master, and Li Junji was joyously calling her ’Master’ so much that she felt embarrassed and told him to just call her Zhang Jie.
"No way, a master is a master, we can’t be so casual; if it weren’t for your objection, Master, I would have prepared a grand banquet to announce it across all of Hong Kong!"
Li Junji looked dead serious, so Zhang Jie no longer objected. After some thought, she asked Sisi, "Isn’t there supposed to be a gift when taking on a disciple?"
With a suppressed laugh, Sisi nodded, prompting Zhang Jie to reluctantly pull out a red envelope from her bag – the very substantial one given to her by Boss Qiao, and handed it over to Li Junji.
"Well then, this is your gift for meeting me."
Zhang Jie’s reluctant face made Li Junji laugh. He casually accepted the red envelope, planning to return the favor with a big gift for his master next time.
Sisi joked, "Li Junji, you should know I’m your junior martial uncle, and Feifei is your senior martial great-uncle!"
Li Junji refused to let anyone take advantage for free, "To be my uncle, you’ve got to show some real skill. What can you do, Sisi?"
"Sisi’s skills are really impressive, you know; she’s a Sharpshooter, never misses a shot," Zhang Jie said with a smile.
"Really? Sisi is a Sharpshooter? No way!"
Li Junji and Qiao Xingbang exclaimed in unison, full of disbelief. How could Sisi, such a delicate girl, be associated with such a grand title as Sharpshooter?
Zhang Jie put on a stern face, "What’s so impossible? We just came from....."
"Zhang Jie, stop there!" Sisi stopped Zhang Jie from continuing. It was best not to talk about matters of warfare in public.
Zhang Jie realized her slip of tongue, mumbling ambiguously, "In any case, Sisi is very skilled with a gun. If you don’t believe it, then forget it."
"What’s Feifei’s strongest skill then?" Qiao Xingbang couldn’t help but ask, his mood sullen – now he didn’t even have to choose, both girls were formidable, how could he possibly make a move?
"Hehe, Feifei’s best at throwing punches!" Sisi clarified.
"Really that strong? If Feifei were to fight Brother Li, who would be superior?" asked Qiao Xingbang.
Sisi frowned; she didn’t know that, having never seen Brother Li box before, so she answered honestly, "Not sure, I’ve never seen Brother Li box."
"That’s easy, just let Brother Li and Feifei have a fight and we’ll find out," suggested Li Junji, excited at the prospect.
"Yeah, that’s a great idea," Qiao Xingbang exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Feifei, if you can beat Brother Li, you’d be even more formidable than Hong Kong’s boxing champion. Brother Li has been our champion for several terms now!" Li Junji explained to Shangguan.
Shangguan’s eyes sparkled; she loved boxing and immediately inquired, "When do we fight?"
Sisi exhaled in frustration, wasn’t the agreement to go horse racing? How did it turn into boxing?
Zhang Jie was also excited, "How about we go boxing first? We can always go horse riding another time."
Her proposal was met with unanimous approval from everyone except Sisi and Mo Liu. Qiao Xingbang first made a call to his gang to inquire if Brother Li was around but ended up disappointed.
"Brother Li has gone to Tai Country for an outdoor shooting, it’ll be several days before he returns," Qiao Xingbang explained gloomily. Shangguan was also quite disappointed that there would be no fight.
"Brother Li not being here is no problem; we can go to Brother Fei’s place to fight," Li Junji suggested, genuinely eager to see how capable Shangguan was.
"Right, I heard Brother Fei’s place has a newcomer from Tai Country who has won five consecutive matches, I’ve been wanting to check it out!" Qiao Xingbang said animatedly.
Sensing something wrong, Sisi quickly asked, "Does Brother Fei’s place host black market boxing?"
"Yes, did Qiao Xing tell you about it?" Li Junji thought it was Qiao Xingbang who had informed Sisi.
"No, we can’t go to Brother Fei’s," Sisi flatly refused. Black market boxing, speaking bluntly, was about fighting to the death. If something happened to Shangguan in Hong Kong, how could she explain it to Shangguan’s parents?
"Sisi, what is black market boxing?" Zhang Jie quietly inquired.
Mo Liu stepped in to explain for Sisi, "Black market boxing is a type of private boxing match, where anything goes except weapons. There are no rules, and it’s do or die – as long as you knock down your opponent, you win; if not, you lose or die!"
"To sum it up, black boxers earn money fast but also die quickly. It’s a profession people usually turn to only when they are desperate and have no other choice," Mo Liu added.
Li Junji and Qiao Xingbang both looked at this beautiful boy in surprise. In their eyes, apart from being beautiful, Mo Liu had nothing else noteworthy about him; he was also introverted and silent, so they had never paid him much attention.
But now this boy named Mo Liu was discussing black boxing with ease, showing deep knowledge of Hong Kong – clearly, he was no ordinary person.
Wait a second! Mo? That surname is quite rare. Could it be that Mo family? A thought crossed Li Junji’s mind. Taking another look at Mo Liu’s handsome face, he was seventy to eighty percent sure; the Mo Family was most famous for talent and beauty, so it seemed highly likely that Mo Liu came from the Mo Family.
Sisi hadn’t expected Mo Liu to know so much about black boxing either and without giving it much thought, she said to Shangguan, "Feifei, Mo Liu is right; black boxing is really dangerous, accidents can easily happen on the stage. Feifei, I don’t agree with you participating."
After saying this, Sisi glared fiercely at Li Junji—it was all his terrible idea.
Li Junji sheepishly smiled and was quite annoyed with himself for speaking without thinking. Of course, he couldn’t deny his motive to test Shangguan’s strength.
Shangguan, on the other hand, became more intrigued the more she heard – no rules? Life and death fighting? That was precisely what she liked.
"Is it really not illegal to kill someone?" Shangguan asked for confirmation.
"It’s not, as long as you have the skills," Qiao Xingbang responded.
He himself was also a black boxer; naturally, as the Second Young Master of his gang, he did not fight for money, but rather to improve his skills. He’d come close to getting killed a few times too; it was indeed very dangerous.
"Let’s fight, right now," Shangguan said decisively, gulping down the last piece of her steak and signaling Qiao Xingbang to lead the way. She even smiled at Sisi—a rare occurrence—saying, "I’m very capable, I’m sure to win!"
With her eyes gleaming and brimming with fighting spirit, anyone familiar with Shangguan could tell—if she was not allowed to participate in this black boxing match, she’d likely not be peaceful for the whole summer vacation.
Sisi sighed and glowered at Li Junji once more, then nodded at Qiao Xingbang, signaling him to lead the way to the boxing venue.