blogombal Chapter 51 The Li Siblings
Chapter 51 The Li Siblings
"Mr. Li, you're in great shape."
Have you thought through what I told you?
"Mr. Wang, I can only lose to fists, not to money. No need to say more."
"Okay, good luck."
Before Chen Fan and his two companions even entered the gym's rest area, they saw a middle-aged man who looked remarkably like Long Fang talking to Li Long about the topic of fixed fights.
"No wonder the odds on the outside are suspicious. It turns out there really is some behind-the-scenes manipulation. Brother Fan, should we place a big bet?" Cao Dahua whispered.
Chen Fan chuckled: "Uncle Da, these things should be done quietly. If you tell everyone and some scoundrel overhears you, you won't even be able to save up for your funeral."
"That's true. Bookmakers who play the off-field games have no humanity when it comes to making money."
"Holy crap, neither Fan Ge nor I recognized that it was a human. We only saw a beast that looked like a human. Uncle Da, did you lose your reading glasses and mistake someone else for someone else?"
"Ha, I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. Getting old is such a hassle; I almost mistook animals for humans."
Upon hearing what Chen Fan and the other two said, the middle-aged man surnamed Wang's face turned ashen.
His henchman roared, "You fucking try saying another word!"
"Well, before the beast even spoke, his dog started biting people."
"But before you bite, open your dog eyes wide and see who I am!"
A fierce glint flashed in Chen Fan's eyes, and he casually punched the lackey away, the clear sound of bones cracking reaching the ears of everyone present.
The henchman who had been hit slumped to the ground, his arm hanging limply, and he groaned in pain.
The man surnamed Wang was startled when the fight broke out without warning.
He forced himself to remain calm and said, "Sir, even when beating a dog, one should consider its owner. Isn't this inappropriate?"
"You have to consider the owner before you can beat a dog. The premise is that the owner of this stupid dog has fulfilled their duty to train it. I'm already being very lenient by not asking you for the hard work of training the dog."
Chen Fan is very angry right now.
If he hadn't come tonight, we would have truly lost a valuable asset.
The bastard in front of me is the villain in the movie "New Dragon Fight," the big bookmaker of underground boxing matches, a beast who would even kill his own wife in the underground boxing ring in order to make money from the outside.
Judging from the plot, Li Long will probably be beaten to death in the ring tonight by his wife's cousin, Billy Zhou.
This Billy Chow is actually a mediocre boxer who indulges in excessive sexual activity. He has no chance of winning in a normal fight. He wins only by using dirty tricks, such as rubbing rosin on his boxing gloves to deliberately rub it into his opponent's eyes.
"Boss Wong, is it? I'm Chen Fan from Hung Hing. If you're not happy, you're welcome to come find me in Mong Kok anytime."
"Ahua, give him five thousand yuan to treat the dog's paws!"
"Okay."
Ahua took out some money and handed it to the man, but his hand slipped and five large gold bull bills fell to the ground.
Chen Fan continued his warning: "Boss Wang, I don't want to see any unfair underhanded tactics in tonight's boxing match, otherwise the consequences will be severe."
"Of course, the boxing matches I organize are the fairest of all. I have other matters to attend to, Mr. Chen, please excuse me."
After saying that, Boss Wang gave Chen Fan a deep look, then left the henchman and walked away.
The underground boxing rings on Hong Kong Island are all connected with triads. Boss Wong had also heard of Chen Fan's name. He is now the most prominent and youngest triad boss in Hong Kong's underworld. Last night, he forced the two major triads, Number Gang and Chung Shun Yee, to back down.
In this situation, a direct confrontation would be unwise...
Seeing his boss run away, the wailing henchman endured the pain and slunk after him.
They didn't even dare to reach for the money on the ground.
Ah Hua looked into the lounge and greeted him with a smile, "Ah Long, I brought my boss to support you, but it looks like tonight's boxing match is probably going to be canceled."
"It's better not to fight him; that guy doesn't look like a good person at all."
Upon hearing that the boxing match might be canceled, Li Feng was undoubtedly the happiest person.
Boxing matches are too dangerous, especially these underground boxing matches where there's no restraint in the attacks. She also opposed her older brother participating in boxing matches, but unfortunately, she couldn't defend him at all.
"Brother Fan, this is Li Long. Those two are Long's apprentice and assistant, Anan and Xigui. And this one..."
Ahua got stuck when introducing Li Feng. When he met Li Long, Li Feng had just returned to her hometown in the north. He had seen a photo of Li Feng and Li Long together at Li Long's house and casually asked about them without specifically asking their names.
"My name is Li Feng, and I'm Brother Long's younger sister." After introducing herself, Li Feng looked at Chen Fan solemnly and said, "Mr. Chen, thank you for what you just said."
Chen Fan waved his hand, "Miss Li, you don't need to be so polite. I'm here today because I want to discuss something with your brother."
"Looking for me?" Li Long asked, puzzled. "Mr. Chen, what brings you here?"
"Ah Long, our brother Fan would like to invite you to join our boxing gym," Ah Hua winked and gestured.
"But I don't want to join a club," Li Long hesitated.
During the years he's been in Hong Kong, he's been approached by various triads, but he's refused them all.
"I didn't say I wanted you to join a gang, I just wanted you to join the boxing gym as an instructor. You and your sister are both very good at martial arts. I'll pay you a salary, and you'll help me train my underlings. I'll give you a cut when students come to sign up for martial arts classes."
"Having a stable job is much more stable than boxing. You must have experienced similar things many times today. Maybe you were lucky in the past, and the stakes weren't high enough for them to resort to dirty tricks, but what about in the future?"
"No one who fights in underground boxing matches ever ends well."
"If you're really itching to fight, feel free to fight at my gym. We do have plans to organize boxing matches, and while they may not be the most formal ones, they'll at least save you a lot of trouble."
Hearing Chen Fan's words, Li Long fell silent.
He could clearly feel the sincerity in Chen Fan's words.
In the past, when those gangs tried to recruit him, they all acted arrogantly, which annoyed him. It was his limit to restrain himself from taking action.
"Brother Long, please say yes."
"Having someone to protect you and a salary to receive is already a very good condition."
Seeing that Li Long was still hesitating, Xi Gui spoke up and urged him on.
At the prompting glance from Xi Gui, Anan also spoke up, saying, "Brother Long, Mr. Chen is Brother Hua's boss, he definitely won't treat us unfairly."
"Mr. Chen, I agree, but I have one condition: I don't want to get involved in the conflicts of the martial arts world."
After some internal struggle, Li Long finally agreed.
After tonight's commotion, he knew he wouldn't be able to survive if he didn't agree, and he'd heard about Boss Wang's influence.
He wasn't sure if Boss Wang could handle Chen Fan, but he knew that the other man would definitely destroy him outside the boxing ring. At that point, not only would he be in trouble, but his sister and two other people would also be in danger.
As they were talking, a boxing match staff member came to the door. "Mr. Li Long, I'm so sorry, your opponent, Billy Zhou, just suffered a sudden illness and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. Tonight's boxing match has been canceled."
"I see."
Li Long's expression was complicated.
Although he was mentally prepared that the match would most likely be canceled, he was still a little scared when he actually heard the news.
The prize pool for this boxing match was definitely high enough. Without Chen Fan's intervention, it's hard to say whether he would have been able to leave the ring unscathed tonight.
"Since the boxing match can't be held, let's talk somewhere else."
As soon as the group left the boxers' rest room, they bumped into a pickpocket who was spouting nonsense.
The other person was still holding the ancestral tablet of the old man, claiming that he found it on the road.
But this guy's eyes were glued to the giant golden bull that had fallen to the ground, which really betrayed his true nature.
Chen Fan's approach to pickpockets was simple and direct: break their third hand.
Of course, what really infuriated Chen Fan was the male lead in the pickpocket's film.
It's one thing for that scoundrel to steal things, but he steals worthless items and then claims he found them, trying to trick Li Feng into liking him.
If you manage to pick up a girl normally, no one will say anything, but it would be really unfair not to teach this kind of scumbag who uses tricks a lesson.