Chapter Fifty-One: Feigning Death

  Hua Man Lou introduced the rest of the guests at the banquet, and Gu Long Fei, since recovering his memory, had all his past skills and potential from his past life awakened! He followed Hua Man Lou's guidance, looking at each person in the room, and secretly memorized their names. Being able to remember the appearance, name, and nickname of twenty or thirty people in an instant was not something an ordinary person could do! Gu Long Fei was naturally not an ordinary person!

  There was one thing that made him feel strange, the Hua brothers did not hold any position in the Small Knife Society. Although Hua Wushuang and Hua Wu were introverted, their martial arts skills were not low, and a Jianghu organization like the Small Knife Society should be led by martial arts, so why did the two brothers stay out of it?

  Was Hua Man Lou (the real Hua Man Lou) worried that his son would get involved in the gang, so he didn't want him to join? But this doesn't seem to make sense either, as these two brothers have always been in the gang and never left! This is really puzzling, who knows what their father was thinking back then?!

  Actually, Gu Longfei didn't know that just before Murong Ding's sinister plan was implemented, the real Huamanlou had two reasons to think that his two sons were not suitable for development in the gang. Firstly, he felt that their moral character was not good enough; secondly, he also thought that the future of Xiaodao Hui was not bright, so he wanted to send them abroad to study and then decide their future depending on the situation! However, before he could implement his plans for his sons' future, he was murdered by Murong Ding and others. This fake Huamanlou, despite being very good to the two brothers, had no idea what their real father was thinking!

  Hua Wushuang and Hua Wudui, the two brothers, saw Gu Longfei officially enter the Xiao Dao Hui, and their hearts were filled with great joy. They stood up and toasted to the new leader! It's strange to say that although they had been with the group for some time, they always felt a certain distance between them, unable to speak loudly or open their hearts in front of others. However, after meeting Gu Longfei, everything changed. As soon as they met him, they felt an instant connection and were extremely comfortable around him, feeling no pressure or suffocation, just like reuniting with old playmates from years ago, filled with excitement, happiness, and ease!

  Jade Dragon felt it too, the affection from these two brothers. He was extremely pleased and drank the wine in his cup in one gulp, but he drank a bit too hastily and choked on it. The air was trapped in his chest and couldn't come out, causing his face to turn bright red. He coughed violently for a while before slowly recovering. Flower Twin quickly brought over a cup of tea and had him drink it slowly, while Flower Unparalleled gently patted his back a few times to relieve his breathing difficulties.

  Hua Wushuang and Hua Wudui, the brothers, were being overly affectionate with Gu Longfei. Hua Manlou watched this and felt secretly relieved in his heart, knowing that he had not chosen the wrong person to entrust Xiaodao Hui and his brother to Gu Longfei was a correct decision! Hua Manlou glanced around at the crowd of people, feeling somewhat reluctant in his heart. Although he was an imposter, during these days, living with these brothers, he knew that everyone was a hot-blooded man, each one willing to listen to and follow him, if there was a need, they would be willing to sacrifice themselves for him. They were not the kind of people who would suspect or plot against each other in the army. However, first, he was the murderer who killed the real Hua Manlou, and also the blood enemy of these good brothers. If one day they found out about the truth, where would he have the face to sit here? Second, the order from Chongqing came urgently, and he had to leave, so he could use this as an excuse to withdraw.

  Although he was reluctant in his heart, he had no choice! He picked up the wine glass and said to Gu Longfei in front of everyone: "Gu Bangzhu, you are now a member of our association. From now on, you must work hard and take the lead in being brave! Come, let me toast you!" After finishing speaking, he winked secretly.

  The other brothers thought it was just a polite remark from the leader of the Flower Gang, and they all smiled and looked at the two men with admiration. They thought that with Gu Longfei joining their gang, they would have another capable person to help Xiao Dao, so they cheered loudly to encourage Hua and Gu, the two leaders. However, only Gu Longfei knew that this was a secret signal arranged beforehand by Hua Manlou, and once everything was settled, Hua Manlou would "die"!

  At this moment, Gu Longfei suddenly felt an inexplicable pressure. The dozens of people in front of him and the others who couldn't attend from elsewhere would all be under his command from now on. In other words, from now on, he was no longer an independent and free lone spy! Every move he made would affect the reputation and even the life and death of the Small Knife Society!

  Hua Man Lou also drank the last cup of wine with a heavy heart, suddenly closed his eyes and fell backwards. The big man who had once given Gu Long Fei directions and was sitting next to him quickly held him up, not knowing what had happened to Hua Bang Zhu, thinking he was just drunk! Hua Man Lou wanted to say a few words to Hua Wu Duan and Hua Wu Dui, but remembering that he was their father's killer, his heart wasn't at ease, so he gave up the idea. Using his unique internal energy, he closed off his breath and started "feigning death"!

  The two men who helped Gu Long fly over the road were both trusted followers of Hua Man Lou. One was called Ah Shou, and the other was called Ah Xi. The person who supported Hua Man Lou earlier was Ah Shou. When Ah Shou saw Hua Bang Zhu suddenly fall down, he put him in a chair while saying to everyone: "Today, Hua Bang Zhu is just too excited, it won't take long for him to sober up! Ah Xi, let's first help Hua Bang Zhu rest in the inner hall and have Gu Bang Zhu accompany everyone to drink a few more cups!"

  Hua Wushuang hastily intervened, "Don't be in a hurry, let me take a look!" He then placed his hand beside Hua Manlou's nose to check for breathing, but found none. His heart skipped a beat as he quickly moved his fingers to his father's neck, only to find no pulse. Realizing something was amiss, he loudly exclaimed, "Ah Xi, don't move! Put my father back!" The loudness of his voice was in stark contrast to his usual soft-spoken demeanor.

  A Xi was shocked, not knowing what had happened to the young master. He hastily put Hua Man Lou back on the chair and looked at Hua Wu Shuang in confusion, then glanced at A Shou. A Shou was also startled and asked: "What's wrong? What's wrong with Master Hua?"

  Hearing her brother's unusual tone, Hua rushed over and asked, "What's wrong with Father?"

  Hua Wushuang said in a panic: "I don't know why, I couldn't feel Father's pulse?"

  "Ah!" Hua Wu hurriedly stretched out her hand to feel her father's pulse, and indeed there was none.

  Wu Long, Han Hu and the rest of the crowd were drinking to their hearts' content when suddenly something unexpected happened to Hua Bangzhu. They all put down their cups and gathered around, wondering how someone normally as robust as Hua Bangzhu could be so affected by just a cup of wine, and they quickly asked what was wrong.

  Jade Dragon suddenly appeared, squatting down in front of Flowerful Tower, pretending to take his pulse, saying "bad" and flipping open his eyelids to check the contracted pupils. He then bent down, putting his ear on his chest, listened for a while, stood up and said: "Brothers, I followed the foreign doctor for a few days, Flower Master has suffered from 'acute myocardial infarction'!"

  "Wu Long hastily asked: 'What is acute myocardial infarction, is it dangerous?' Han Hu also urged: 'Don't talk about these useless things, think of a way quickly!' The two of them still didn't know the situation with Hua Man Lou, and they hurriedly urged Gu Long Fei to explain the situation so that they could treat the symptoms!"

  Jiulong Fei stood up and looked at them with a sorrowful expression: "It's no use, Huabang Master... he has already passed away!"

  "What? My father is dead? Impossible!" Hua Wushuang knelt down with a thud in front of Hua Manlou, he couldn't believe that the father he had been with day and night was gone forever.

  Hua Wu Dui also knelt down, sobbing: "It can't be, it can't be... my father was never even sick with a minor illness before, how could he possibly die so suddenly... dead!"

  A Shou and A Xi heard Gu Longfei's words, and tears immediately welled up in their eyes. They couldn't believe that the boss who had been laughing and drinking just a moment ago was already dead. The two pairs of tearful eyes stared straight at Gu Longfei, hoping he could say more!

  The dragonfly in the eyes, the heart is not satisfied with the taste. You don't know that your true flower master has been killed by the person in front of you, and yet you are still grieving for the murderer! But he can't expose it now, so he said: "People who get this disease have no warning signs or underlying conditions beforehand, and it comes suddenly, completely untreatable! The flower master's illness is indeed rare, but its occurrence has nothing to do with physical strength!"

  Wu Long and Han Hu, both veterans of the gang, had experienced many battles and killings on the jianghu, and were somewhat familiar with injuries and illnesses. The two men separated from the others, one to the left and one to the right, simultaneously taking hold of Hua Manlou's wrist, extending their fingers to press against his pulse, examining it for a long time. Then they lifted up his outer garment, carefully inspecting his entire body, but did not see any wounds. Han Hu even picked up the wine cup in front of Hua Manlou, smelled it, then poured the remaining wine into his mouth, savoring the taste on his tongue. After a while, he said: "The leader of the Hua gang doesn't seem to have been poisoned!" His unspoken implication was that they had not found the cause of Hua Manlou's death, but were telling everyone that Hua Manlou was indeed dead!

  Jin Jiu, who was standing beside him, also squeezed over and, like Gu Longfei's movement, flipped open Hua Manlou's eyelids to take a look. Then he gently pried open his mouth with chopsticks and slowly picked out the tongue coating. After looking at it for a while, he shook his head and retreated to one side! Although he didn't say anything, everyone could see that his meaning was consistent with Wu Long and Han Hu's - Hua Manlou was already dead!

  The Hua brothers saw the look on their faces and knew that their beloved father had indeed passed away, his soul returning to the earth. For a moment, they lost their composure, overcome with grief, as if the sky had collapsed, and they fell to the ground, wailing loudly in tears!