It was just a moment ago! There’s still an hour left before Liu Sen can arrive in Huaxia, and it will take at least another two hours for him to bring people here! I still need two hours.
But just at seven o'clock, I received a call from Zheng Yu, who informed me that Liu Sen had already landed and was on his way here. He would definitely arrive within half an hour! I was overjoyed! Once Liu Sen and the mercenaries arrived, this battle would be mine!
However, Qing Gang couldn’t hold out for even half an hour. Just after I hung up with Zheng Yu, one of my subordinates came to report! Yan Shao! It’s over! The people from Qing Gang are either dead or fleeing, and now there are less than a thousand left, all of whom have been recaptured by Ye Tong!
Wang Hai, the personal bodyguard of the Second Elder, looked at me with a face full of despair. I was taken aback! What? Just moments ago, I was told that Qing Gang was still putting up a fight, saying there wouldn’t be any problems for at least half an hour. That was just before Zheng Yu called me. How could it change so quickly? They couldn’t hold on anymore?
Damn it, pack up! We need to leave now!
I sighed helplessly and shouted that Qing Gang couldn’t hold out any longer. In the next second, Ye Tong would come to capture me! If Ye Tong got his hands on me, I would be doomed!
But just as I turned around, a group of people suddenly burst in! It was the bodyguards I had seen outside.
Wang Hai! Take him down! The Second Elder said that as long as we capture Lu Yan, we’ll have a significant advantage in North Hongmen!
What the hell!
I was startled! It turns out that not having my own brothers around is really dangerous; they can betray you without hesitation!
Without a moment's delay, I took a running leap and smashed through the window, jumping down from the second floor. My ankle twisted painfully upon landing, but I didn’t dare to pause for even a second; staying any longer could mean my death!
As soon as I burst through the window, someone chased after me, shouting for my life! They wanted to take my life as a trophy!
I dove into my car and sped away recklessly!
At the same time, my phone rang.
Dong Ge, I heard you’re struggling over there? Call in the troops!
Zheng Yu said anxiously, but I refused.
"No! Once the army moves out, Ye Tong's people will scatter immediately. They've fought all night and are already exhausted. With Liu Sen and his thousand Mercenaries arriving, they will surely be able to capture them all. Only then can you deploy the army to wipe them out completely!"
I said firmly, "This is the only way to annihilate North Hongmen!"
With Nan Hongmen already destroyed and Qing Gang gone, the people from North Hongmen will never gather like this again. This is my only chance to eliminate North Hongmen!
"But there are only twenty minutes left! Can you hold on? By the time Liu Sen arrives, you might already be captured! You could die!" Zheng Yu said anxiously.
"Don't worry, I’m not that easy to kill." I replied before hanging up the phone. I drove like a madman, pursued by countless people, and the number of pursuers kept increasing. I ran for my life, but after just fifteen minutes, I was cornered on the mountain road.
"Lu Yan! You're dead meat! Get out here! My brothers are waiting for your head!" A Benz blocked my path as Wang Hai stepped out of the car. The underlings who had just shown me respect now turned into my hunters.
I looked at Wang Hai with a cold smile but didn’t get out of the car. I glanced at the cliff beside the mountain road, recalling an incident from my past at Jinshan Jiao.
That time I jumped off the cliff and survived, but what about this time? Should I take another gamble?
I revved the engine! The roar echoed alongside Wang Hai's shouts. Ignoring him, I turned the car around and sped down the mountain road! Just as I cleared the road, I jumped out of the car!
"Get down there and find him!" Wang Hai's furious curses echoed behind me as I began my descent. By now, Liu Sen should have arrived, right?
In a haze, I dreamed that I returned to my former self and saw Qu Youyang. She slapped me hard across the face, accusing me of ruining Qing Gang.
Then Linna appeared, revealing that she knew I was Qu Liancheng's son and called me her father's murderer! She told me to get far away!
Many others followed—my adoptive father, my brothers, Zheng Yu, Liu Sen—they all blamed me for having too many secrets, for hiding things away, for everything.
In that dream, I was abandoned by everyone. Eventually, I was arrested by the police who claimed I was involved with Heihui! They labeled me a member of a particularly heinous Heihui group and threatened to execute me!
I struggled and woke up from that nightmare!
Ah!
I let out a loud scream, sitting up in bed in a panic. It was only then that I realized everything had just been a dream.
"You’re awake? Xiang Dong! You finally woke up!"
I heard Linna's voice and turned to look. It really was Linna! Her eyes were filled with tears of joy as she called my name, Xiang Dong.
"What happened?" I asked, still confused from my coma.
"The North Hongmen has been destroyed. We searched for you all day at the foot of the mountain before we finally found you. You were seriously injured, and your head took a heavy blow. At first, the doctors said you wouldn’t wake up and would become a vegetable, but your recovery has been so fast that even the doctors are amazed. In just half a year, you actually woke up!"
Linna said with a happy smile. I was stunned; I had been unconscious for half a year? I had such a long dream?
Then I learned that it was thanks to Linna that I woke up after six months. She had stayed by my bedside every day, talking to me and helping me recover. Every single day had been like that for half a year.
Linna then told me what had happened during those six months. Zheng Yu had successfully completed his undercover mission and returned to the police force; he was now the Deputy Director of the Kyoto Police Department.
Qu Youyang also appeared and helped find the best doctors to treat my head injury, and even managed to restore my disfigured face to its original state. I was now Xiang Dong once again.
All this information came from Qu Youyang, who didn’t blame me for destroying the Qing Gang. She simply said that perhaps this was the fate of the Qing Gang.
That’s what she told me, but I heard whispers that at the moment Qu Youyang learned of Qing Gang’s downfall, she wanted to kill me! But after all, I was her younger brother, so she eventually let it go.
Linna still held a grudge against Qu Youyang and never gave her any face, but she treated me just like before. To her, I wasn’t Qu Li Shang or Lu Yan; I was simply the Xiang Dong who had plunged into the underworld for her sake!
I also heard that Liu Sen married Molly, and even Wan Fei settled down in Jinshan Jiao. They had all been waiting for my recovery in Kyoto not long ago, but recently I heard something happened in Jinshan Jiao that caused them to leave.
After waking up, I spent another half month recuperating in the hospital before immediately finding Lu Ying. Her condition had improved significantly; when she saw me, her first reaction was excitement as she grabbed my arm and shouted, "Xiang Dong! You finally came! Are you here to take me away? I want to go to heaven too!"
Hearing Lu Ying's ramblings broke my heart, but when the doctor told me that if she could recognize me, then I could definitely help her recover.
Linna gave me some time off; she said she had taken care of me for half a year and needed a break herself. She went to Jinshan Jiao to find Liu Sen and the others while I stayed in Kyoto with Lu Ying to help her recuperate. Every day we chatted together, and unexpectedly within just a month, Lu Ying gradually regained her sanity.
I cherished this quiet time; how much I wished my future life could always be like this—free from schemes and deceptions, without any disguises.
But reality is always contrary to ideals. Just as Lu Ying began to improve, Liu Sen called me on the phone.
"Brother Dong! It's bad! Jinshan Jiao has offended several multinational organizations due to supply issues. We’ve been resisting for half a year now; we initially wanted you to rest longer, but without you, we really can’t hold on any longer!"
What?
I was shocked upon hearing this news—Jinshan Jiao was facing such a crisis? It seemed that I would never have a peaceful life! It was destined that I would live amidst conflict.
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