That day,
Fang Chen was eating dinner at home,
Their dinners had improved considerably by now. They no longer drank watery porridge and ate salted vegetables, but had rice and meat instead.
Father Fang and Fang Ting both looked a little plumper, their faces much rosier, and their bodies healthier than before.
Only...
Fang Chen looked at Father Fang in confusion. He noticed that the man had often been frowning these past few days, as if something was weighing on his mind.
Fang Chen was somewhat worried. In the end, he could not hold back any longer and asked:
"Dad, what's wrong lately? Why do you look so troubled? Could someone at the dock be bullying you?"
Father Fang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"No one's bullying me. It's just that things at the dock haven't been very peaceful lately..."
Fang Chen furrowed his brows slightly and asked, "Isn't your dock under the Three Rivers Gang's watch? How could things have become unsettled... Could it be the Green Robe Gang?!"
Father Fang nodded and sighed. "The Green Robe Gang's people have been coming to cause trouble lately. It seems the two sides are about to fight again."
"The territory they want to seize is probably this dock. I'm worried it might affect me."
The dock had immense economic value. A large portion of the Three Rivers Gang's yearly income came from there.
It was perfectly reasonable for the Green Robe Gang to covet this territory.
Fang Chen pondered, If the two gangs get into a bloody brawl, Dad won't be able to keep his position as manager.
*After all, the only reason he became a manager was because of my connections in the Three Rivers Gang. If the dock changes hands and the Green Robe Gang