Becoming the boss of the Black Dragon Way

The next morning, Fu Yanzhi got up and saw that Feng Yunxiao was still asleep in the opposite bed. Feng Yunxiao had kicked his blanket onto the floor, so Fu Yanzhi picked it up and tucked him back in.

Fu Yanzhi checked the time. It was already eight. After washing up, he went downstairs to buy breakfast. Just as he finished, he saw Bo Qing getting ready to go upstairs with breakfast. Fu Yanzhi called out, "Second Brother!" Bo Qing turned around and saw his eldest brother standing behind him.

Bo Qing ran over with a smile. "Big Brother, why are you up so early? I was going to bring breakfast up to you all."

Fu Yanzhi took a flatbread from the bag and handed it to Bo Qing with a smile. "Second Brother, try this. It's pretty good, and I bought a whole lot."

Bo Qing took the flatbread Fu Yanzhi handed him and bit into it. Smiling, he said, "It is pretty good, Big Brother, but it definitely can't be as good as the ones you make."

Fu Yanzhi patted Bo Qing on the head. "When did you get such a honeyed tongue, kid?"

Bo Qing covered his head. "I'm telling the truth. That's not a honeyed tongue!"

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "All right, I'll make you all some flatbread when we get home today. I've already asked the doctor, and we can be discharged today."

Bo Qing clapped his hands. "That's great, Big Brother! The three little ones keep saying they want to come to the hospital to see you every day."

Fu Yanzhi and Bo Qing chatted as they went upstairs. Just as they reached the ward door, they heard Feng Yunxiao's loud voice from inside. "Don't touch me! Get away! I don't know you!"

Fu Yanzhi kicked the door open. Feng Yunxiao was sitting on the bed, his hair a mess, looking like a little lion with his fur bristling. Beside him, a masked man was reaching for him.

Fu Yanzhi's eyes widened with rage. He lunged forward and kicked at the masked man. The man reacted quickly, dodging sideways before facing off against Fu Yanzhi.

Bo Qing hurriedly put down the breakfast and held Feng Yunxiao in his arms. In Bo Qing's embrace, Feng Yunxiao's panicked expression eased a little.

The masked man's attacks were fierce, and even Fu Yanzhi struggled to subdue him for the moment. As the two remained locked in a stalemate, the masked man suddenly feinted and rushed toward the window, intending to escape through it.

Quick-eyed and quick-handed, Fu Yanzhi grabbed a chair beside him and hurled it at the man. With a cry of "Ow," the man was struck by the chair and staggered, nearly falling.

Fu Yanzhi seized the chance to rush forward, kicked him to the ground, and pinned his arms behind his back. Then, after having Bo Qing tie him up with a bedsheet, he tore off his mask. Everyone looked at him and searched their memories, but after thinking for a long time, none of them seemed to know him.

Fu Yanzhi frowned and demanded, "Who sent you?"

The man turned his head away and stubbornly refused to speak. Fu Yanzhi told Bo Qing to take Xiaoxiao to Wen Shiming's ward first; he would make the man talk himself. Bo Qing had no choice but to take Feng Yunxiao to Wen Shiming's ward. Just as Bo Qing and Feng Yunxiao left the ward,

Fu Yanzhi pulled a knife straight out of his pocket, rolled up his sleeves, and drove it into the man's hand. The man tried to scream, but Fu Yanzhi had already gagged him.

The man's warm blood poured from the wound, streaming between his fingers and pooling dark red in his palm. It quickly ran over his wrist and soaked a large patch of his dark trouser leg, spreading like spilled black ink.

Fu Yanzhi smiled wickedly beside him. "Don't worry. I don't want to know who sent you anymore. All I want now is for you to hold out a little longer. Don't die too soon, or it'll be no fun."

Sweat covered the man's forehead from the pain, but Fu Yanzhi showed no intention of stopping. The man shook his head wildly. In his eyes, Fu Yanzhi could no longer be human. He was a devil.

Fu Yanzhi pulled the knife out of the man's palm and plunged it into his other hand without a moment's hesitation. Tears streamed down the man's face from the pain.

Fu Yanzhi pulled the knife out again and pressed the cold blade against the man's neck. Its sharp edge sank lightly into his flesh, making his Adam's apple bob instinctively.

"Lift your head and look at me." Fu Yanzhi's voice carried an irresistible pressure. The blade tilted slightly upward, and the man stiffly craned his neck and raised his head, his jawline taut. The pale, bluish skin beneath the blade was clearly visible.

"Now you can tell me who sent you, can't you?" Fu Yanzhi's gaze was icy, his tone chilling.

The man trembled, his eyes full of terror, but he still clenched his teeth. Fu Yanzhi sneered and slowly drew the knife downward, cutting a bloody line across the man's neck.

The man finally broke down and nodded at Fu Yanzhi, who pulled the cloth from his mouth.

Fu Yanzhi played with the knife in his hand. "Now talk. What's your name, and who sent you?"

The man stammered, "My name is Zheng Long. It was... it was Wang Chen. He gave me a lot of money to kill you."

Fu Yanzhi's gaze sharpened. He knew Wang Chen was the head of the Black Dragon Way. "Why did he do it?" Fu Yanzhi pressed.

Zheng Long looked miserable. "I... I don't know. He only told me to kill you."

Fu Yanzhi said coldly, "Then why did you try to grab my brother?"

Zheng Long trembled as he spoke. "You were already gone when I came. I didn't know where you'd gone, so I thought I could use your brother to kill you. But I didn't expect you to come back before I even got hold of him."

"Where is Wang Chen now?" Fu Yanzhi asked.

"On Dragon Spring Street. We usually hold meetings and assign jobs there," Zheng Long said.

Fu Yanzhi put the knife away, wiping the blood off it before slipping it into his pocket, and pondered to himself.

Just then, Bo Qing came in with Wen Shiming and Feng Yunxiao. They saw blood all over the floor and the man, who was no longer recognizable as human.

Frightened, Feng Yunxiao hugged Fu Yanzhi's leg. Fu Yanzhi looked at him and comforted him gently. "It's all right. Big Brother's here."

Wen Shiming and Bo Qing were also frightened by the scene. They hadn't expected their eldest brother to be so ruthless.

After taking a moment to recover, Bo Qing asked, "Big Brother, did you find out who sent him?"

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "I did. I'll take you home in a little while. Stay inside for the rest of today."

Bo Qing and Wen Shiming nodded. Then Fu Yanzhi told Bo Qing to pack their things and Wen Shiming to take care of the discharge paperwork.

Once everything was done, Bo Qing took Feng Yunxiao by the hand and got into a car with Wen Shiming, while Zheng Long rode in another car with Fu Yanzhi. Fu Yanzhi had already helped treat Zheng Long's hands at the hospital.

They soon arrived home. After settling Bo Qing, Wen Shiming, and Feng Yunxiao in, Fu Yanzhi took Zheng Long to Dragon Spring Street.

Zheng Long trembled with fear the whole way and didn't dare resist in the slightest. When they reached the Black Dragon Way's base on Dragon Spring Street, Fu Yanzhi threw Zheng Long down at the entrance and strode inside.

Seeing what was happening, the lackeys inside crowded around him. Fu Yanzhi sneered and quickly beat them so badly they scattered like fallen flowers and flowing water.

Wang Chen came out from the back, a trace of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure. "Fu Yanzhi, you actually dare come here? Then leave your life here today," Wang Chen said.

Fu Yanzhi glared at him. "Wang Chen, why did you send someone to kill me?"

Wang Chen suddenly burst out laughing. "We didn't have any grudge between us originally, but someone paid for your life. I couldn't very well refuse."

As soon as he finished speaking, another group of men poured out behind him and surrounded Fu Yanzhi. Fu Yanzhi clenched his fists, a fearless light shining in his eyes. A fierce battle was about to erupt.

Inside the room, more than a dozen burly men surrounded Fu Yanzhi, their gleaming blades dazzling in the dim light.

The man at the front swung his knife down. Fu Yanzhi ducked sharply, the blade grazing his shoulder. He seized the man's wrist and twisted with the momentum. The steel knife clattered to the floor as Fu Yanzhi drove his knee into the man's lower abdomen.

The rest swarmed forward, but Fu Yanzhi remained calm. Dodging left and right, he kept evading their blades, then drove his elbow into one man's ribs. He snatched a wooden stick from the floor and struck the back of another man's knife hand with pinpoint accuracy.

In mere moments, men lay all over the floor, clutching their wrists, curling up, and groaning. Fu Yanzhi stood in their midst, blood on his fingertips, his eyes astonishingly bright.

The last man lunged at him, eyes red, his knife aimed straight at the young man's chest. Rather than retreat, Fu Yanzhi stepped forward. His left hand shot out like lightning and seized the man's knife wrist, his thumb pressing hard into the web between the man's thumb and forefinger and forcing his fingers to lose their grip.

Fu Yanzhi twisted the man's arm aside, driving his knee into the back of the man's knee at the same time. The instant the man fell to his knees with a thud, Fu Yanzhi clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it into his shoulder blade. A dull crack sounded, the knife flew from the man's hand, and he collapsed to the floor, barely able to move.

Fu Yanzhi let go and shook the sweat from his knuckles. His gaze swept over the people howling all over the floor, his chest rising and falling slightly, but he didn't look at them again.

Fu Yanzhi walked toward Wang Chen, whose earlier arrogance had vanished. The hand holding his knife trembled uncontrollably.

Fu Yanzhi approached step by step. The bloody scratches on his forearm were still seeping blood, but his gaze was cold as ice.

Wang Chen's legs gave out, and he dropped to his knees with a thud. His knife clattered beside his feet. He waved both hands wildly. "Don't, don't come any closer! I was wrong! I won't dare do it again! Master Fu, I was wrong!"

Wang Chen's teeth chattered as he spoke. Cold sweat mixed with dust ran down his forehead, and even the look he gave Fu Yanzhi was pleading.

Fu Yanzhi kicked Wang Chen over and planted a foot firmly on his chest. He said with an icy gaze, "Where's that arrogance you had just now? Where's the courage you had when you threatened me with a knife? Why has it all disappeared?"

Wang Chen was scared out of his wits. He stammered, "M-M-Master Fu, I was wrong! I won't dare do it again. Treat me like a fart and let me go. I'll compensate you and your brothers."

Fu Yanzhi slapped Wang Chen's face with the knife. "Compensate me? Do I look like I'm short of money? Tell me who paid you to kill me."

Wang Chen hurriedly said, "It was that bastard Feng Canghai who told me to do it! That beast screwed me over!"

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "Looks like I guessed right. It really was him."

Wang Chen stammered, "Master Fu, I've told you everything I know. You can let me go now, right?"

Fu Yanzhi smiled wickedly. "When did I say I'd let you go? All right, you can go quietly now."

Hearing Fu Yanzhi's words, Wang Chen was just about to struggle when Fu Yanzhi raised his knife and brought it down, ending Wang Chen's life.

When the other underlings saw that their boss had been killed, they didn't run. Instead, they knelt beside Fu Yanzhi and shouted in unison, "Boss!"

Fu Yanzhi was a little surprised by their reaction, but he quickly regained his composure and looked around at them. "You want me to be your boss?"

One of the kneeling men said, "Yes, Master Fu. Wang Chen is dead now, and our Black Dragon Way is a group of dragons without a head. The other gangs will carve us up soon."

Fu Yanzhi smiled. "Then how many people does the Black Dragon Way have altogether now?"

The man hurriedly answered, "Master Fu, counting all the brothers, our Black Dragon Way has around a hundred people now."

Fu Yanzhi rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled. "All right, I'll be your boss. But I have rules. From now on, you'll follow them."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Fu Yanzhi continued, "Starting today, the Black Dragon Way will walk the right path. We can do security work. You're all good fighters, so you can use those skills to protect people. You're not allowed to kill people or set fires anymore. If anyone dares do it again, don't blame me for showing no mercy."

Everyone shouted in unison, "Wise decision, Boss!"

Afterward, Fu Yanzhi had people deal with Wang Chen's body and told the brothers to go back and recover from their injuries. They would discuss what to do next once they had healed.

Having dealt with the Black Dragon Way's affairs, Fu Yanzhi was thinking of his younger brothers at home, so he hurried back.