Chen Fan arrived at the KTV and went straight upstairs to Da Xiong's room.
As soon as he entered, he could smell the scent of alcohol and disinfectant.
Da Xiong was sitting on the bed, with a nurse and a doctor changing his dressing.
Seeing Chen Fan, Da Xiong quickly stood up, but this pulled at his abdominal wound, causing him to gasp. He then endured the pain and asked, "Mr. Chen, why are you here?"
Chen Fan stepped forward to help Da Xiong sit down and looked at his wound. "I came to see how your injury is."
Da Xiong chuckled heartily, "Mr. Chen, I'm lucky to be alive, I'll be fine. I was just too tired, so I slept for two days."
Chen Fan examined Da Xiong's wound and was relieved to see it healing well. "Your abdominal wound was only a centimeter away from your internal organs. You're not lucky, you're just tough."
He then took the bandages and iodine from the doctor. "You two can leave now. I'll change his dressing."
The doctor and nurse could tell that Da Xiong respected this young man and didn't dare to say anything more. They nodded and left the room.
As soon as they were gone, Da Xiong, enduring the pain, knelt before Chen Fan.
"What are you doing?" Chen Fan frowned as he was about to change Da Xiong's dressing and reached out to pull him up.
Da Xiong earnestly pushed Chen Fan away. "Mr. Chen, after I woke up, Xiao Hu told me that you went to the First Hospital the night I was admitted, and then Xiao Ran jumped to his death. You avenged my killing intent. You deserve this bow!"
With that, Da Xiong knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan quickly pulled Da Xiong up. "Xiao Ran wasn't killed by me. He jumped to his death himself, which can be considered retribution for his actions. You don't need to thank me for this."
"No, Mr. Chen, I will never forget your kindness to me, Da Xiong. From now on, I, Da Xiong, will only listen to you, Mr. Chen. Whatever you ask me to do, I will do it. My life is yours too!" Da Xiong was a loyal person, and Chen Fan's kindness meant more to him than the sky.
Chen Fan patted Da Xiong's shoulder helplessly. "We are brothers. Brothers don't talk about such things."
Then, Chen Fan changed the subject. "I have some good news to tell you today."
Da Xiong was taken aback. "Good news?"
"Before coming to the KTV, Jin Shirran called me and said he wants to host us tonight and give you all of Dao Ba's businesses."
"All of it?" Da Xiong was clearly surprised and his face lit up with joy.
Chen Fan looked at Da Xiong's wound. "How is it, can you attend the banquet tonight?"
"Yes, as you said, I'm tough. This little wound is nothing to me," Da Xiong said confidently, patting his chest.
Chen Fan smiled helplessly and began to treat Da Xiong's wound.
After finishing Da Xiong's wound, Chen Fan called Qin Shuran. She was on duty today and wouldn't finish until midnight.
Chen Fan told Qin Shuran that he would pick her up from work before midnight.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Chen Fan and Da Xiong drove to a farmhouse restaurant in the suburbs.
Seeing the surroundings, both of them were puzzled as to why Jin Shirran would choose such a place, but they didn't think much of it and walked directly towards the only two-story building in the farmhouse.
As they entered the main building, several men in suits standing outside searched Chen Fan and Da Xiong.
Even Chen Fan's silver needles were temporarily stored at the entrance.
Then, a man in a suit led Chen Fan and Da Xiong to a private room on the second floor.
However, as the door to the private room opened, Chen Fan and Da Xiong were both stunned. They found no sign of Jin Shirran. In the room, there was only Dao Ba, with his feet propped on the table, smoking a cigar and looking at Chen Fan and Da Xiong with a smirk!
"Dao Ba?" Da Xiong frowned and asked the Dao Ba in the room, "Dao Ba, why are you here? Where is Mr. Jin?"
Dao Ba blew a smoke ring. "This farmhouse restaurant is mine. Why can't I be here?"
"Yours?!" Da Xiong was somewhat surprised.
He didn't understand why Jin Shirran would choose Dao Ba's territory to entertain them.
Dao Ba's lips curled up. "I heard Da Xiong got injured a couple of days ago. I have some good old hens here. How about I slaughter one for you to replenish your strength?"
"No need!" Da Xiong refused directly.
He then looked around and found that Jin Shirran was not there. He said coldly, "Since Mr. Jin is not here, we'll take our leave."
With that, Da Xiong and Chen Fan turned to leave the farmhouse restaurant.
"Whoosh!"
The doors of three adjacent private rooms were opened, and more than a dozen figures appeared around Da Xiong and Chen Fan.
A commotion of footsteps came from downstairs, and a group of young men stood on the stairs, staring at them menacingly.
"Dao Ba, what is the meaning of this?!" Da Xiong's face turned extremely grim, and he looked at Dao Ba again, questioning him.
Dao Ba swayed his leg and blew another smoke ring, replying with a smile, "Don't you know what I mean?"
Da Xiong said coldly, "Dao Ba, does Mr. Jin know you're doing this?! I'm telling you, this is the benefactor who saved Mr. Jin's life, and Mr. Jin invited us here today. If you dare to touch a single hair on our heads, Mr. Jin will never forgive you!"
"Hahaha!" Dao Ba burst into laughter.
"Da Xiong, people say you have a simple mind and strong limbs. This saying is indeed not wrong at all," Dao Ba said with a look of mockery.
Chen Fan, who had been silent, spoke up. "Jin Shirran ordered you to do this, didn't he?"
"What? Mr. Chen, you're saying Mr. Jin arranged this?" Da Xiong looked at Chen Fan with disbelief.
Dao Ba sneered twice. "Heh heh, Dr. Chen is indeed smart. You guessed it right away. Yes, this was all arranged by Mr. Jin himself."
Da Xiong was confused. "Why? Why would Mr. Jin do this?!"
"Why? Da Xiong, do you remember when Mr. Jin wanted to increase the profit by twenty percent, but you refused?" Dao Ba asked with a contemptuous smile.
Da Xiong said coldly, "To attract customers, I kept the profits very low, and so many brothers have to support their families. If you take away twenty percent, will my brothers have to starve?!"
"Heh heh, Da Xiong, I told you back then to use my fake wine, and the profit was very considerable. But you didn't listen to me. Tell me, who can you blame for this?"
"Doing business requires integrity. I can't use fake wine!"
"Ridiculous, how much is integrity worth? You should know that Mr. Jin only wants money, and I can satisfy his demands. That's why he's letting me replace you," Dao Ba said mockingly.
"If you let us go, I'll give you all my stores," Da Xiong finally chose to compromise.
Dao Ba laughed heartily, then his face turned sinister as he pointed to the horrifying scar on his head. "Hahahaha! Da Xiong, aren't you thinking too naively? Do you forget the scar on my head? Do you think I'll let you leave here even a step?"