Outside Changqing Company's garbage processing plant, the younger members of the Su, Liu, Bai, and Kong Families heard that their leaders had been trapped inside the main building and that Lu Feng's men had even pulled knives. Frantic, they charged into the compound.
Inside the plant, everyone from Changqing Company was stunned. Weren't the family leaders all upstairs negotiating with Lu Feng? Why had so many people suddenly stormed in?
"What are you doing? Starting a rebellion?!" One of Changqing Company's bosses heard the commotion in the yard and immediately led his men out to meet them.
"Giving you money wasn't enough, handing over our turf wasn't enough, and now we come here to talk, you pull knives and hold our people hostage? What the hell is this? You think you can shit on our heads?!" The young man leading the Bai Family group bellowed, "There's a limit to bullying! Everyone, get in there and save our boss!"
Just as the four families met Changqing Company's men, a hurled chair suddenly smashed through the window of the third-floor room where Su Tianyu and the others were. Glass showered down, and the chair caught on the window frame.
The younger family members below looked up. They're going at it like crazy up there. If we don't get upstairs now, our leaders could get beaten to death in that room.
"Get inside! Save them!"
"Everyone go in together! Let's see what they can do!"
Without another word, the four families' members clashed with Changqing Company's men, intent on rescuing their leaders.
Under normal circumstances, the members of the Su, Liu, Bai, and Kong Families might not have been so quick to throw punches. Changqing Company was different from the other small sanitation outfits: it had long had a vicious reputation and acted like it owned everything. Besides, these struggling men worked at the bottom of society to make money. There was no reason to risk their lives over every dispute.
But there was nothing normal about this clash! The Su, Liu, Bai, and Kong Families had been pushed to breaking point lately. Their leaders had been arrested, and now their work zones and companies were being extorted. They felt they had already humbled themselves enough. Yet even then, Lu Feng had pulled a knife on their "negotiating representatives" and threatened them. Who could stomach that?
They were all human. Why should any of them be scared to death of someone else?
Within a few dozen seconds, the four families' members used their numerical advantage to storm into the main building.
Lu Feng's third-floor office was also in complete chaos. Hearing the commotion both inside and outside, Changqing Company's men at the door had all rushed in. When they saw Lu Feng sprawled across the coffee table, covered in blood, they naturally attacked without a word.
The craftiest of the lot was Su Tianyu. After successfully "defending himself," he immediately climbed onto the windowsill and kept shouting to Su Tiannan, "Come on, let's go! Get out first, big brother!"
The unluckiest was Bai Hongbo. The moment he saw Su Tianyu attack, he had prepared to slip away, so he was the closest to the door. What he hadn't expected was that Changqing Company's men would rush in before he could escape.
Bai Hongbo hadn't wanted things with Changqing Company to escalate into a fight, much less throw punches himself. He had always considered himself a cultured man. Seeing their men charge in, he immediately backed up two steps and shouted, "Brother, give me three seconds. Let me explain..."
"Explain my ass! You dare attack someone here? You've got a fucking death wish!" A burly man grabbed a chair by the door and swung it at him.
His hair somewhat disheveled, Bai Hongbo held his restless hands down and shouted again, "It wasn't me, brother. Listen, the Police Bureau's cracking down lately. This is a money dispute. There's no need to commit a crime..."
Thud!
While Bai Hongbo was babbling, a reckless young thug rushed through the door and brought a stool down on his head.
A second later, the cultured Bai Hongbo tossed his hair, grabbed an electric mop with a metal shaft in both hands, and screamed hysterically, "Fuck your mother! I'll fight you Ze Gang punks to the death! I'm defending myself too!"
Ahead of him, Su Tiannan, Kong Zhenghui, and Liu the Second were all holding stools or small tea tables, repeatedly hurling them toward the doorway to keep the other men from getting in.
Crouched on the windowsill, Su Tianyu shouted urgently, "Are you idiots? This building's full of their people! Why the hell are you fighting? Get downstairs first! We can jump out here. There's an awning below."
At his shout, Su Tiannan, Liu the Second, and Kong Zhenghui fought their way back to the window, decisively climbed onto the sill, and jumped.
Beside the sofa, Bai Hongbo was taking a miserable beating from stools. His voice cracked as he shouted, "Don't you people have any honor? Come at me one at a fucking time if you've got the balls!"
Su Tianyu realized that if he left him alone, the fat man would definitely be trapped in the room. He grabbed the flowerpots on the windowsill and hurled them into the opposing crowd.
The flowerpots were heavy. A hit to the head would split a skull open, even if it didn't knock someone unconscious. While the others dodged, Bai Hongbo scrambled onto the windowsill in a sorry state and jumped without even looking at what was below.
Riiip!
Thump!
When Su Tianyu and the others jumped, the fabric awning on the second floor caught them. Bai Hongbo alone tore straight through it with his weight, dropping to the ground like an iron ball.
At the entrance below, the Bai Family's younger members saw their leader fall and immediately rushed over. "Are you all right, boss?"
"Don't touch me. I think I shattered my tailbone." With a grave expression, Bai Hongbo waved them off before they could help him. Looking utterly miserable, he adjusted his position himself, then gritted his teeth and stood.
Seven or eight seven-meter garbage trucks drove into the compound, bringing the workers from the four families' companies. They had originally planned to stage a joint sit-in at Changqing Company's plant if negotiations failed, sticking together for support. But when they saw the two sides fighting, they all jumped out and surged toward the main building.
"Enough! Stop fighting! Let's go!" Liu the Second was timid by nature. Ever since getting out, he had been shouting to the workers.
On the third floor.
Lu Feng had recovered from his daze. First, Su Tianyu's knee had stunned him. Once he came around, someone he couldn't identify had hit him over the head with a stool several times, briefly knocking him unconscious. He staggered to his feet, wiped haphazardly at the blood on his face, then snarled through clenched teeth, "Get the men! Come downstairs with me!"
"Feng, your ear! Your ear's about to fall off!" a burly man warned.
Lu Feng's right ear had been pierced, but how much flesh connected an ear to the head? The fruit knife was at least two fingers wide, so Su Tiannan's stab had nearly severed most of Lu Feng's ear. Only the earlobe still connected it to his head.
At the warning, Lu Feng reached up and felt his right ear. Realizing it was about to fall off, he actually grabbed it and yanked downward, tearing it clean off.
Everyone stared in shock. Lu Feng casually stuffed the ear into his pocket, then walked grim-faced to a cabinet beside the office and took down a decorative saber.
"Move!"
With that shout, Lu Feng led Changqing Company's men gathered at the doorway charging downstairs.
Less than a minute later, Lu Feng burst out of a side door with more than a dozen men. He scanned the compound and immediately spotted Su Tianyu calling for everyone to retreat.
The moment Lu Feng saw Su Tianyu, he charged toward him without a word, his gaze vicious. Su Tianyu was standing right beside Bai Hongbo, who was clutching his tailbone.
Bai Hongbo was in a truly wretched state. Not only had he been beaten, but his fall had nearly left him paralyzed from the waist down. The instant he saw Lu Feng, he shouted, "Hit him! We have to fight criminals to the bitter end!"
The two sides collided and immediately started brawling. But neither Bai Hongbo nor Su Tianyu had expected Lu Feng to be so ferocious that they couldn't stand against him.
Lu Feng fought nothing like an ordinary person. When a weapon came at him, he didn't make any big evasive movements. His feet never stopped as he calmly advanced, weaving and sidestepping, and knocked down four men in succession.
Seeing how formidable Lu Feng was, Bai Hongbo turned and ran. But when he looked up, he discovered that Su Tianyu was even faster, bobbing along right in front of him.
Lu Feng kept chasing them and casually knocked down two more Bai Family men along the way. Bai Hongbo was so terrified that his tailbone instantly healed. He cursed nonstop, "Young Su! Young Su! Run to the fucking side! Don't stay in front of me! Fuck your mother...!"
"Brothers, whatever you do, don't fight! If you fight, you've already lost!" Su Tianyu ignored Bai Hongbo completely. He shouted repeatedly to Su Tiannan as he sprinted out of the compound as fast as he could. "Let's go, big brother! We're going home!"
Lu Feng kept chasing, only to find that Su Tianyu had excellent stamina, like a professional track athlete. Catching him wasn't going to be easy.
Su Tianyu had no desire to risk his life fighting someone like Lu Feng, especially when the other side had more men. After running a full half-block, he looked back and saw that Lu Feng was still chasing him.
In desperation, Su Tianyu rounded a corner and spotted a red sedan parked by the road. With no time to think, he darted over in two strides, pulled open the door, and climbed in. Looking up, he shouted, "Drive! Hurry, drive!"
In the driver's seat, a beautiful woman with large eyes held an ice cream. She turned to him, dumbfounded, and demanded, "What are you doing?!"
"Criminals are having a gang fight! Hurry up and drive, or when those guys catch up, they'll slice your tits open!" Su Tianyu shouted urgently.
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