Ni Kun had originally been the top figure in Port City's underworld. Because his men were heavily armed and ruthless, while he kept his operations within certain boundaries, the various gangs had tacitly accepted his position. They usually went through him to get their goods.
However, the wife of one of his major lieutenants, Hon Sam, wanted Hon Sam to rise to power. In the end, she successfully arranged the assassination of the boss.
Zhu Tao, who had previously only been a small-time player, had also seized the opportunity presented by Ni Kun's death to expand and rise through the ranks.
But everyone had underestimated Ni Kun's son, Ni Yongxiao.
Originally, Ni Yongxiao had been unwilling to take over. He did not want to walk this path and had gone off to become an accountant instead, a refined and mild-mannered man.
If his father, Ni Kun, had died naturally or stepped down, Ni Yongxiao would most likely have continued working as an accountant and stayed away from this world.
Yet his father had been assassinated.
Ni Yongxiao could indeed be terrifyingly ruthless when he turned dark, but at heart, he was an exceptionally loyal and affectionate man. That was true whether toward his father or toward his father's illegitimate son—his own half-brother, Chan Wing Yan.
The moment he learned that his father had been murdered, he exploded.
The other major lieutenants, who had long harbored rebellious ambitions and whom even Ni Kun had been unable to fully suppress, were swiftly crushed, subdued, and brought back under his control. Once he went dark, he became ten times stronger.
He completely inherited his father's position and used iron-fisted methods to consolidate everything.
Overall, the turmoil caused by his father's death had shrunk their territory somewhat, but their cohesion and the power under