Chapter 47: I'm Not a Heartless Woman

  I don't know what they're thinking, the top let Gao Qiang be a spy, and Cheng Long's side also let him be a spy. Is it to say that Gao Qiang's mind is so simple? Can anyone come and set up a trap?

  Alright, take a look in the mirror and you'll find that this guy looks really honest and simple, but how can such an honest and simple person be a ruthless killer? You big shots, are you sure you haven't made a mistake?

  Peaceful days have passed like this, and it's been over a month since I came here. I really don't know how much time has passed in reality, my body won't be dead already, will it?

  But soon, I didn't have time to worry about this problem anymore, because my troubles came, and my troubles weren't just because I was a fake, but also because of the Third Master Li Qinglong who I had brought here.

  I can guarantee that Li Qinglong has no memory of the real world, otherwise he wouldn't just be looking for trouble with me, but would have already taken care of me. However, his body's most basic instincts have developed a strong dislike towards me, so he keeps provoking me constantly.

  "High-ranking master, I heard you're a Shaolin disciple, with one hand your fist technique is invincible, and with one punch you knocked out a Muay Thai expert. Come on, today we'll have a friendly spar." In the Sanlong Association's headquarters, a sports field was a must-have, and with it came an arena, but who knows what kind of ghost Li Qinglong saw, he came here wanting to find me for an arena match.

  "No, Third Brother, my wound hasn't healed yet, I shouldn't engage in intense exercise. You're the same, now is the time to focus on recovery. What if one day the enemy comes knocking on our door?" I shook my head with a smile.

  Just two days ago, I found out that the reason we hadn't seen Li Qinglong for so long was because he had also been injured. Apparently, during the battle against the Green Tiger Hall of the Qing Bang, Li Qinglong was many times braver than usual, single-handedly charging in and out, continuously taking down the enemy's top fighters. In the end, over a hundred people surrounded him, trying to take him down, but if it wasn't for Cheng Long arriving just in time, he would have been finished off long ago. Even so, he was still severely injured and had spent almost a month bedridden, only recently getting out of bed.

  "Hmph, Master Gao, you're not afraid, are you?" Li Qinglong saw that I had yielded and didn't give me any face at all. Instead, a surge of anger rose up in his heart, feeling that the person in front of him was extremely hypocritical, and he really wanted to tear him apart.

  "Well, I'm afraid that if I and Third Brother cross swords, something might go wrong." I softened again, then turned to leave. The master of the hall was also not relaxed, with many things to attend to every day, from the trivial matters of eating, drinking, and waste disposal in the headquarters, to the major issues of security and defense around us, all of which required me, the master of the hall, to handle.

  "Stop, Gao Qiang! You're looking down on me!" My acting skills might be too poor, but the good-natured softness in Li Qinglong's eyes had become a deliberate joke to him. His anger flared up, and he directly reached out to grab my shoulder.

  However, strong shoulders are not so easy to grab. My consciousness hadn't even reacted yet, but my body had already started moving. With a flick of my shoulder, I shook off Li Qinglong's hand, and at this time, Li Qinglong was still recovering from his serious injury, his body extremely weak. Being shaken like that, he could hardly stand steady.

  "Alright, you're so precious, can't even be thrown around." I cursed in my heart. In reality, letting you sleep for a bit almost got me killed, now if I were to throw you again, wouldn't that just be asking for death? With a swift movement, I grabbed onto Li Qinglong's shoulder.

  "Bang" good intentions but bad returns, just propped up Li Qinglong's shoulder, he turned around and slapped a palm on my chest, almost slapping me flying.

  "Third brother, what are you doing? Gang brother is so tolerant of you, you're too much!" I hadn't even spoken yet, but my underlings couldn't take it anymore. One of them stepped forward and shouted at Li Qinglong. At this time, although San Tiao Long held a high position, his underlings were not lowly either. After all, the Three Dragons' dominance was still something they had fought for together, hand in hand, foot by foot. They had some of the aura of founding fathers about them. While they might not dare speak to Cheng Long and the others like this, they didn't fear Li Qinglong and Dragon Overlord at all.

  "What are you, I'm talking to the master of the hall, it's not your turn to speak" Li Qinglong said with a hint of anger in his eyes, glaring at Gao Qiang, thinking that he was plotting against him.

  "You, although we respectfully call you Third Brother, please don't insult our Qing Long Tang. If it weren't for your infighting, would our losses have been so great? If Strongest Brother hadn't risked his life to save you, you'd be dead at the hands of the Green Gang by now!" The underling who had helped him out turned red with rage and shouted. After overthrowing the Jiang Shan, the San Long Hui was now emphasizing hierarchical concepts. If they really investigated, he wouldn't even have a right to speak. But he wasn't stupid either - one sentence from him could drag down the entire Qing Long Tang, which was weighty enough.

  "Insulting Qing Long Tang, don't forget who established it and who was the first master. The previous members weren't as arrogant as you guys. We, the Three Dragons Association, have been through blood and tears, who said anything about being tired? You think your current salary of several thousand per month came from nowhere? If you have nothing to do with this, just leave immediately!" Li Qing Long was furious, schemes and plots were his weakness, these years he had indeed made many mistakes due to his rashness, but even his big brother didn't say anything, what are these little brothers compared to him, still daring to criticize him.

  "Alright, I was wrong. Let me apologize to Third Brother. You go ahead and do your work first." I quickly stepped forward and stopped the subordinate who was about to get agitated. The brotherly affection of the Three Dragons is now apparent, and playing this game with them would be asking for trouble. With their current salary of several thousand yuan per month, that's a big deal. You know, the average salary outside is only over a hundred yuan.

  "Hmph" Li Qinglong walked away with a cold face, although he was the first master of Qinglong Hall, but his iron rod subordinates were basically taken away by him, now without him, nothing can be done, staying here is purely self-inflicted humiliation.

  "Operation Dragon Slayer, let's get started!" As I watched Li Qinglong's back, I sighed in my heart. It's inevitable that where there are people, there is a world of its own, and this place is still too chaotic. Having been here for less than a month, I already feel like I've crossed over into a palace struggle drama.

  "Tan Ge, you said that Gao Qiang can be used by me?" In the monitoring room of Sanlonghui headquarters, Cheng Long said lightly while watching the surveillance video.

  "It's hard to say, this guy was born into a martyr's family and has been brainwashed to a high degree. Even after all these years of living in Sanlongwan, his lifestyle hasn't changed at all - he never goes gambling or womanizing. This kind of person has an extremely strong will," said a middle-aged man next to Cheng Long.

  In the Three Dragons Association, there are government spies everywhere. They know that for these people, the best way to deal with them is to use sugar-coated bullets - give them money and women, let them live a life of luxury and they will naturally know what choice to make. In all these years, they have at least won over more than half of the people, and those who remain either have something to hold against them or are like Gao Qiang, who is self-disciplined.

  "Yes, unfortunately, Gao Qiang is a talented person. If he wasn't so determined, he would have definitely included the retreat plan in his own." Cheng Long sighed, the pressure from above was getting tighter and tighter, and it was only a matter of time before conflicts arose. Now they had already made plans for withdrawal, and most of their trusted subordinates had begun to hide and lie low.

  "Now, the retreat plan has begun to be implemented. A portion of the funds have been laundered and deposited into a Swiss bank account. All the absolutely trusted confidants in various locations who haven't been exposed yet have severed contact and are hiding out. Now it's just a matter of these brothers on the surface. However, our overseas base has already been selected, and we've bribed local officials. As soon as things move forward, we can immediately escape through smuggling channels. Once we're out, we'll appear in the guise of mercenaries." The person beside Cheng Long replied, "This is a massive undertaking that will consume enormous financial and material resources. This way, Sanlong will definitely be crippled and won't be able to recover to its current level again. After all, we'll have to flee far away from now on."

  "Hey, Tan Ge, if there are those who don't want to follow us, then let's not force them. They can stay behind. It's hard to leave one's hometown, and if I had a choice, I wouldn't have resorted to this either." Cheng Long said with a shake of his head. Many of the brothers under him had already started their own families and businesses, with elderly parents and young children at home, and many were reluctant to leave, which was giving him a big headache.

  "Yes, I'll arrange it. There are many brothers in the think tank who don't want to leave either. I've already asked them to give up their current tasks and they're handling confidential files now." The man said that the think tank is the most mysterious place in the entire Sanlong Association, basically all orders from the association come from their hands, no different from a military general staff, also opening the precedent for domestic gangs.

  "With you here, I can rest assured. You should send your brother abroad to study first, I think he's quite clever and has your style, don't waste a talent." Cheng Long said with a smile, although he was intelligent and brave, but not a god, the three dragons' large business couldn't be managed by him alone, so his most reliable support was his team of advisors behind him. As the chief military advisor of this team, Tan Ge had to take good care of himself."

  "Thank you, Dragon Brother, but Xiao Jun is still young and my identity has not been exposed yet, so it's not necessary to go. Overseas, many things will be lost, and now our Tan family doesn't have much left, can't lose any more." Tan Ge sighed, their family was originally a strategist family, with knowledge of qimen dunjia, wuxing bagua, astronomy and geography passed down through generations, going abroad would make it impossible to learn these things, these were things that the Tan family could not afford to lose no matter what.

  "Go ahead, you handle it, I'll go take a look at Lao San, he's been acting strange lately." Cheng Long looked at the surveillance video of Li Qinglong and suddenly felt something was off, quickly leaving the monitoring room.

  "What's going on?" Cheng Long hastily left, leaving Tan Ge somewhat unexpected. He turned his head to look at the monitor and suddenly felt that something was wrong. Li Qinglong was actually going to make a move on Gao Qiang! That wouldn't be good. Gao Qiang was an important pawn they used to deceive their superiors. If he were to die at Li Qinglong's hands now, it would be disastrous. Their superiors would definitely think that they had already started purging their own people, thus prematurely triggering a conflict. This would be a fatal blow to the San Long Hui's retreat plan.

  What's wrong with Li Qinglong, why is he being foolish at this critical moment?