Chapter 66: The Wealthy Landlord Huang Hai

  The next day when I woke up, my mind was much heavier. I asked Liu Shuai, "How's the list count going?"

  "It's all counted, there are some people who don't have mobile phones, but we can contact each other, after all, we have many people in our hands, almost every class has our people," said Liu Shuai.

  "Good, you've done a good job. Have you secretly investigated Xu Long?" I asked Liu Shuai.

  "The number of members is about the same as ours, but they are mostly unknown people, while Xu Long's are all famous gangsters, that's the difference" Liu Shuai said.

  "Jie ge, I heard that you and Xu Long were taken away by Hua Mei Nan yesterday?" Liu Shuai asked me with some expectation "What exactly happened yesterday?"

  "What else could have happened yesterday?" I smiled faintly.

  "Do you know, our school is betting on whether you and Xu Long can return safely. I believe in you, so I and Pangzi each bet 200 yuan, the odds are 1 to 3." Liu Shuai said with a smile.

  "Who's the landlord?" I frowned slightly.

  "There is a guy named Huang Hai," Liu Shuai said to me, "He's supposed to be very rich and have a good head for business. Every time he runs the game, he manages to make some money."

  "Hey, why don't you press me a bit more?" I looked at Liu Shuai speechlessly "It's just 200 for one person"

  "Alright, I'll discreetly investigate this Huang Hai. Never heard of him before." I furrowed my brow, feeling that there's something not quite right about this Huang Hai.

  He seems to have made up his mind that I won't be coming back, who knows if he's in cahoots with Gao Tianwei or Hua Meinan.

  "At noon, I'll have Liu Kai and Shi Meng come to our dormitory, we need to have a meeting," I instructed Liu Shuai.

  "What's wrong?" Liu Shuai asked me.

  "Ah, isn't it just Gao Tianwei? Xu Long is going to help his own brother Rubin, so this mess of Gao Tianwei has fallen into our hands." I said with a bitter smile.

  "Isn't it a bit difficult for us to catch up with Gao Tianwei?" Liu Shuai asked, clicking his tongue.

  "What's difficult about that? Gao Tianwei has already played his last trump card, and he's not as scary as I imagined. I sneered, "He's lost to Xu Long several times, and many people have already left him. Now, only the Four Heavenly Kings and Wang Jian are still following him."

  "Alright." Liu Shuai nodded, still looking a bit pale and short of breath.

  After all, in the past, Gao Tianwei was our school's ace student.

  At noon, when Liu Kai Shi came, everyone's face was filled with joy.

  "Older brother, you're finally back! I called you last night and you didn't pick up, I sent a text message and you didn't respond either." Liu Kai said with a smile "We were all worried to death!"

  "Alright, stop pretending. I heard from Liu Shuai that you two have placed heavy bets on me and Xu Long, betting that I would return safely. You two must have won a lot of money, right? Want to go out and find a place to have some fun tonight?" I teased.

  "If Jie Ge were still a young boy, I'd give him the money we won and have him find a girlfriend. But if not, then forget it!" Shi Meng said with a heh heh smile, also quite pleased.

  "Stop messing around, this kind of money comes and goes quickly. I'll participate in such activities less often from now on." I said with a fake angry tone "But since you guys bought me dinner and I won, I'm still pretty happy about it."

  "Jie Ge, how did you manage to escape from Hua Mei Nan's hands yesterday? Was it Gang Ge who stepped in to save you guys?" Liu Kai chuckled and said "I heard that Gao Tian Wei came back with nothing, he didn't even leave his own classroom today, is he too embarrassed?"

  "It's all water under the bridge!" I chuckled "Let bygones be bygones, let's plan for the future instead"

  "Hey, tell us about it"

  "What exactly happened? Judging from Gao Tianwei's expression, Jie must have gotten away with it, right?" Shi Meng also chimed in.

  "It's all thanks to me, I left the flower boy speechless. I gave them a cold stare. "Alright, that's all for now. Next time when I'm in a good mood, I'll tell you more about it."

  "Cut it," Liu Kai and Shi Meng said somewhat displeased, "Don't say it, we won't listen anyway."

  "Never mind, let's get down to business. I've called you all here today to tell you something important." My expression turned serious and solemn. "Xu Long is going to help Rubin fight against Hei Zi, so he plans to hand over the responsibility of dealing with Gao Tianwei to us."

  "We won against Gao Tianwei, so from now on, we'll be the bosses of the first year students. Xu Long won't dare to compete with us."

  "Why did Xulang do this? He's so kind to leave such a big piece of cake for us, and not eat it himself?" Liu Kai asked me with some disbelief, "Jiege, is there something fishy going on here?"

  "Yes, now all of us in the first year know that as long as Xu Long makes a move, Gao Tianwei will definitely be finished. It won't take a few days, and I estimate that Gao Tianwei will step down and let Xu Long take over." Shi Meng also said "Will Xu Long giving up the position of head of the first year at this time be because he's afraid of us?"

  "He won't have seen through our scheme, will he?"

  I chuckled and said, "You guys don't have to think too much about it. Yesterday, I got drunk with Xu Long and he admitted that the Wang Dong incident was him betraying us. I also admitted that He Shuai was the one I framed and sent to the hospital. We had a heart-to-heart talk. In the end, we made a deal: I'll take care of Gao Tianwei, while Xu Long will help Lu Bin take down Hei Zi. If we both win, then we'll have a match to decide who's the top boss."

  "Why did Xulon suddenly let us have such a good thing? Why didn't he spend some time dealing with Gaotianwei first, and then go help Rubin?" Liu Kai asked me in puzzlement.

  "Do you think Xulung dares?"

  "Although Gao Tianwei is no longer in power, he was once the top dog at No. 1 Middle School, and it won't be easy to take him down now that Gao Er Rubing is being suppressed by Hei Zi and will soon be finished off. Xu Long doesn't have time for this anyway," I said with a smile. "Besides, even if Xu Long did have the time, and he took care of Gao Tianwei, do you think I would just sit back and let him go help Rubing without making a move?"

  "Abandoning the senior class president position is Xu Long's best choice," I said with a smile. "In order to deal with Gao Tianwei, we need to plan for the long term. The Four Heavenly Kings and Wang Jian are not so easy to handle."

  "After all, we are not Xu Long" I furrowed my brow, feeling that the gap between me and Xu Long was still quite large.

  "Now our manpower is not less than that of Gaotianwei, it's just that many new recruits are uneven and need to be trained. I frowned "Shi Meng, Liu Kai, take some time to teach them, try them out, and eliminate those with poor physical fitness."

  "What we need is elite troops," I said. "Also, for the next few days, let's not reveal our goal yet. The people of Gao Tianwei are now on guard against Xu Long's people and don't know that we're going to deal with him."

  "Take the opportunity to gather how many people are left under Gao Tianwei, excluding the Four Great Golden Guards and Wang Jian. I want their specific list of names. After getting the list, we'll eliminate these people first, then focus on dealing with the Four Great Golden Guards and Wang Jian." I said to Shi Meng and the others.

  "Alright," said Liu Shuai, "let me and Pangzi handle the matter of collecting the list. Besides, Huang Hai is a friend of mine and Pangzi's."

  "If you want to know about the Yellow Sea, just ask Pangzi directly," Liu Shuai added.

  "I understand"