Da Xiong's face was full of mockery, "Didn't you hire killers to kill me? What are we doing now, don't you know?"
"Brother Xiong, Lord Xiong! Please, please don't kill me. I can give you everything. I can hand over all my businesses to you. I will never step into South China again!" Facing death, Old Wolf didn't care about face or dignity anymore. He just wanted to live.
Seeing the once arrogant and overbearing Old Wolf now kneeling and begging for mercy, Da Xiong sneered, "Old Wolf, I didn't expect you to have this day. However, do you think it's possible for us to let you go?"
"You can't kill me. If you kill me, Mr. Ma will definitely not let you go! Brother Xiong, Brother Fan, please, give me a chance to live."
Chen Fan, who had been silent all along, finally spoke, "Old Wolf, do you think if I were really afraid of Ma Peng, I would bring people into Mingzhou?"
"You, you, you are... you want to deal with Mr. Ma?!" Old Wolf suddenly realized something and was instantly horrified.
Chen Fan glanced at Old Wolf mockingly, waved his hand, and ignored him any further.
The shocked Old Wolf couldn't snap out of Chen Fan's words even as he was dragged away by several burly men.
Old Wolf's wailing gradually faded as the strong men dragged him from the stairs to the ground floor.
"Brother Fan, the news should not have reached Ma Peng yet. When do we make our move?" Da Xiong asked Chen Fan, watching Old Wolf being dragged downstairs.
"Now." Chen Fan replied with two simple words and turned back to the elevator.
Half an hour later, in a detached villa in Mingzhou City.
Ma Peng was having lunch when Cheng Hua, with his hands wrapped in bandages, rushed in from outside.
"Sir, something bad has happened."
Ma Peng, who was eating, slowly put down his chopsticks and looked at Cheng Hua entering the villa, "Old Crocodile couldn't hold them back?"
Cheng Hua quickly shook his head, "No, Chen Fan and his men didn't go to Pingnan City at all. Instead, they came to Mingzhou City. We just got the news that Old Wolf has been captured by Chen Fan, and he's likely in grave danger."
"Oh?" Ma Peng was clearly surprised.
"Sir, I think they came to Mingzhou City not just for Old Wolf, but possibly for you," Cheng Hua continued.
With Ma Peng's intelligence, how could he not guess this? He smiled calmly, "It seems I've underestimated this kid."
"Sir, let's quickly evacuate Mingzhou City. All the underground forces in Mingzhou City are now Chen Fan's people."
"Evacuate? Do you think if they are coming for us, they will give us a chance to leave?" Ma Peng, however, appeared extremely calm.
"Bang!"
As soon as Ma Peng finished speaking, the tightly shut main door of the villa was kicked open.
More than a dozen burly men rushed into the courtyard. Although the bodyguards in the courtyard resisted, they were quickly subdued.
From the courtyard entrance, two figures walked in. These two were none other than Chen Fan and Da Xiong, who had appeared at the hot spring hotel earlier.
"Clap clap clap."
As Chen Fan and Da Xiong entered the courtyard, they heard a round of applause from inside the villa.
Ma Peng and Cheng Hua slowly walked out of the villa, standing calmly in front of Chen Fan.
"Mr. Chen, I didn't expect us to meet again after only a day apart. May I ask why Mr. Chen has brought so many people to my home? Are you not satisfied with the apology I offered yesterday?" Ma Peng asked Chen Fan.
Chen Fan said calmly, "Mr. Ma, do you remember what you said yesterday? You said that if I had any needs, I could tell you, and you would do your best to satisfy them."
"Yes, I said that," Ma Peng nodded, not denying it.
"I've come today to state my needs."
Upon hearing this, Ma Peng smiled and said, "Heh heh, what is it? If it's just this, you could have just made a phone call. Why the grand gesture? If this gets out, people will laugh their heads off, thinking we are infighting."
Chen Fan ignored Ma Peng's accusation and said calmly, "My request is very simple. I ask Mr. Ma to leave South China."
As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Ma Peng's face instantly vanished.
A hint of deep coldness appeared in his previously calm eyes.
"Mr. Chen, are you joking? I am the leader of South China's underground, personally appointed by the boss. You want me to leave? I'd like to ask, who do you, Chen Fan, think you are? Do you really think that having a small place like Jiangcheng and Sucheng makes you qualified to challenge me?" Ma Peng's expression changed. Since the pretense was dropped, he no longer spoke politely.
"Who told you we only have Jiangcheng and Sucheng? Mingzhou City is ours now too!" Da Xiong said from behind Chen Fan.
"Mr. Chen truly has remarkable methods."
Chen Fan couldn't tell if Ma Peng was praising him or mocking him, but it no longer mattered.
"Mr. Ma, I think you should understand that you are in my hands now. You have no choice in your decisions. I'm asking you to leave to give you some dignity. If not for your attitude yesterday, you wouldn't be leaving through this door today." Chen Fan's voice was not loud, but his tone was extremely domineering.
In South China Province, besides the masked boss, who else dared to speak to him like this?
However, Ma Peng laughed at this moment, "Hahaha!"
"What are you laughing at?" Chen Fan asked.
"Mr. Chen, although I am in your hands, don't forget that your grandmother is still in Pingnan City. Do you think I have no preparations?"
"The moment you spread the news that you were going to deal with E'kui Ping, your grandmother was already under surveillance," Ma Peng said, a hint of smugness in his eyes.
As soon as Chen Fan became the successor, he had sent people to monitor Chen Fan's grandmother as a precaution.
"You are despicable! The innocent should not be harmed, don't you understand that saying?! And you call yourself a leader of a region!" Da Xiong was furious and pointed at Ma Peng, scolding him.
However, Da Xiong's scolding only made Ma Peng and Cheng Hua more smug. In their eyes, the angrier Chen Fan and Da Xiong were, the more they had grasped Chen Fan's weakness.
But what surprised Ma Peng was that Chen Fan's expression remained remarkably calm.
"Mr. Chen, I'll give you a choice now. Hand over the underground forces of Jiangcheng and Sucheng, and get out of South China. I can let your grandmother reunite with you," Ma Peng's gaze fell on Chen Fan.
"Heh heh."
But this time, it was Chen Fan's turn to let out a cold laugh.
Ma Peng frowned slightly and asked the same question Chen Fan had asked earlier, "What are you laughing at?"