Tang Fei

Biodata

Background / History

Tang Fei grew up alongside his cousin Pei Zheng; their mothers are sisters. He trained in martial arts with Pei Zheng under Pei Hu as a child, but quit after half a year because he could not endure the hardship 16.

Although Pei Zheng repeatedly invited him to work for Black Tiger Hall, Tang Fei refused. He had witnessed his cousin sending young girls to a Federation official’s suite and wanted no part in that level of exploitation. Remaining independent also kept their relationship free of a superior–subordinate hierarchy 15 16.

Tang Fei instead led the Flying Dragon Gang from the West Street Arcade. His men collected protection money from local businesses under the label of “sanitation fees,” including payments demanded from Li’s Beef Noodle Shop 13 14.

Appearance

• Build: Burly and considerably fitter than an average person 15.
• Apparent age: Looks to be in his early thirties 18.
• Tattoos: His arms are covered in tattoos; Boss Li worries that his appearance will frighten lunchtime customers 18.
• Temporary mark: After Jiang Nan’s bullet demonstration, he has a blackened mark on his forehead, which he shows Pei Zheng 16.

Personality

Tang Fei initially relies on swagger, his gang’s reputation, and a pistol to command respect. His confidence collapses when Jiang Nan demonstrates overwhelming speed. Afterward, he becomes ingratiating and persistent, flattering Jiang Nan and offering even menial service in an effort to stay close to him 14 17 18.

He is lazy about martial training and indulgent in drinking and sexual pursuits. Pei Hu describes these habits as longstanding, while Jiang Nan later regards him as an immature man who behaves more like a teenager than someone in his thirties 16 22 25.

His moral reservations do not make him innocent: he rejects Pei Zheng’s exploitation of girls while still extorting shopkeepers himself. His claimed reform begins with a self-serving apology, but he subsequently stops harassing ordinary merchants. Family loyalty remains strong enough that he warns Pei Zheng when Jiang Nan approaches the family’s club 15 17 22 30.

Abilities & Skills

Local Connections

• Offers to locate people and gather information throughout White Cloud City using his local contacts and ties to Black Tiger Hall 18 19.
• Helps Jiang Nan find Lin Bin through A-Hao’s recognition of an old photograph and information about Old Ghost’s casino 25.
• Secures Old Ghost’s cooperation by presenting Jiang Nan as an important guest 25.

Intimidation

• Commands the Flying Dragon Gang and uses its reputation to pressure ordinary shopkeepers 13 14.
• Supports Jiang Nan’s investigation by inventing an expensive vehicle-repair bill and threatening Lin Bin if he conceals his daughter’s whereabouts 25.
• His authority is ineffective against Jiang Nan, who dismisses his gang status and takes his pistol 14.

Martial Training and Physical Limits

• Received six months of childhood martial-arts training before quitting 16.
• Has a measured battle power of 9, with no documented increase in the supplied chapters 14.
• Cannot follow Jiang Nan’s faster movements during the sparring match with Pei Hu 22.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Pistol — Drawn against Jiang Nan at the noodle shop and immediately taken from him. He later uses it, with the safety engaged, to demonstrate the encounter’s point-blank distance to Pei Zheng 14 16.
• Car — Used to transport Jiang Nan and Li Xiaomei during the search for Lin Jiajia, then to carry Jiang Nan and Jiajia’s coffin to the club and police department 28 30 31.
• Mobile phone — Used to alert Pei Zheng before Jiang Nan reaches the club 30.

Relationships

• Jiang Nan — Initially an enemy, later an admired acquaintance whom Tang Fei repeatedly asks to follow. Jiang Nan refuses to take him on but accepts his practical help and eventually promises to look him up upon returning to White Cloud City 14 18 19 33.
• Pei Zheng — Cousin and childhood friend. Tang Fei refuses employment under him but seeks his help after being humiliated and warns him when Jiang Nan threatens the club 15 16 30.
• Pei Hu — Uncle by marriage and childhood martial-arts teacher. Tang Fei is intimidated by his authority and meekly accepts his lectures about training and extortion 16 18.
• Boss Li — Former extortion victim. Tang Fei returns the collected money, apologizes, and helps clean the noodle shop while seeking information about Jiang Nan 17.
• A-Hao and A-Sheng — Flying Dragon Gang subordinates. They invoke his authority during the noodle-shop confrontation and later receive Jiang Nan respectfully at the arcade 14 24.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Defeat at Li’s Beef Noodle Shop

• Summoned after Jiang Nan disables several gang members, Tang Fei arrives expecting his reputation to settle the dispute. Instead, Jiang Nan takes his pistol, fires at his forehead, and catches the bullet just before impact 14.
• Jiang Nan forces him to pay for the meal and finish ten bowls of beef noodles. Tang Fei is the only member of the group who finishes his allotted food, sparing him the chopstick attacks inflicted on the others afterward; he then vomits from the food and stress 14 15.
• Seeking revenge, he consults Pei Zheng and Pei Hu. Their assessment of Jiang Nan’s strength turns retaliation into a cautious effort to investigate and befriend him 15 16 17.

Attempt to Follow Jiang Nan

• Returns Boss Li’s protection money and waits at the shop to ask Jiang Nan to accept him as a follower 17 18.
• After Jiang Nan refuses, Tang Fei offers information services and arranges an introduction to Pei Hu, leading to the banquet and sparring match 19 20 21 22.
• Continues visiting Jiang Nan and resumes gang business once his men recover, but no longer harasses ordinary merchants 22.

Lin Jiajia Investigation

• Helps locate Lin Bin and pressures him to produce his missing daughter 25.
• Drives Jiang Nan and Li Xiaomei to Jiajia’s home. After seeing injuries on the girl’s body, he obeys Jiang Nan’s instruction to take Xiaomei away before returning to help 28 29.
• Secretly alerts Pei Zheng and takes detours so the Pei family can arrive at the club first. Despite his divided loyalties, he later drives Jiang Nan to confront Chief Steven at the police department 30 31.

Parting with Jiang Nan

• Jiang Nan confronts him about warning Pei Zheng but acknowledges that his actions arose from loyalty to his cousin 33.
• Tang Fei cannot bring himself to ask to accompany Jiang Nan. He is reassured when Jiang Nan promises to seek him out on a future visit 33.