Lawless Gangster

Chapter 5

The little brothers (*subordinates) who knew Xiao Li well, could tell right away the murderous look in his eyes was far from good. They all quickly rushed over and blocked him, moving him away from Xiao Yang.

One of them earnestly urged him, "Li ge, don't be angry. Yang ge is just a kid who said something in the heat of the moment."

"Who the fuck is your Yang ge?"

Xiao Yang lie on the floor and shouted loudly, "Xiao Li, you think you're amazing just because you have these underlings. Sooner or later, a day will come when you'll die under their hands!"

Once those words came out of his mouth, the expressions on all the little brothers' faces changed.

Anger no longer painted Xiao Li's face but what remained instead was a slight smile. He pushed through his own subordinates that blocked his path, walked toward Xiao Yang and crouched down in front of him.

"Xiao Yang, if you really don't want to recognize this brother, that's fine. Leave behind a finger. There will be nothing left between us. I'll just take it as, I fed and raised an unfamiliar dog."

Angered, Xiao Yang spat the blood in his mouth on his face. "That won't work with me. Do you think I'll be scared? You even dare to threaten me? Chop off my finger? It'll be enough if you kill me! Didn't our mother die because of you? At that time, if it weren't for you, mom would have never ---!"

Xiao Li kicked him one last time which produced a blood curdling screech. He stared with anger at Xiao Yang trembling painfully on the floor. His fist was clenched tightly while his chest moved up and down rapidly. None of his subordinates dared to utter a single word.

Qi Susu who stood to the side was frightened into silence and her tears no longer ran as she stared widely at the scene in front of her.

     Amidst the silent, Qi Xiu Yuan seemed to awaken from his trance. He slowly walked toward Qi Susu.

     Upon hearing Qi Xiu Yuan's footsteps, Xiao Li twisted his head around to look at him. After letting his pounding chest calm down for a moment, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

     "Qi Laoshi, you and Qi Susu don't have to be worried anymore." He let out a heavy sigh, and said with a pause between every word as if for everyone presence at the scene to hear, but also as if for himself to hear, "Because I, Xiao Li, from this day on, don't have a brother."

     Everything was clear-cut and straightforward. Xiao Li and his subordinates immediately left after those words escaped his lips.

     Being left behind in a rather dumbfounded daze for a moment, Qi Xiu Yuan sobered up and finally dialed 112. After waiting for the ambulance to arrive to take Xiao Yang away, he guarded Qi Susu and took her back home.

     Only when he arrived home did he realized that there were several messages left on his phone. All of the messages were left by his boss and colleagues as indicated by the numbers. Surprisingly, there was even a text message from a student expressing their concern.

He had already skipped half a day of work and wondered about how the afternoon classes were adjusted. Qi Xiu Yuan gave the head director a call and apologized several times before asking for a few days of leave. Hearing the urgency and exhaustion in his voice, the director did not find the need to blame him and had even said a few words of concerns toward him before hanging up the call.

     Qi Susu was constantly on the move all day. Having experienced a very theatrical and frightening affair, her state of mind has been beaten into exhaustion. During dinner, she only ate a few bits before reporting that she felt uncomfortable. And as night time approached, sure enough, she had a slight fever. Qi Xiu Yuan could only feed her medicine and as he attempted to take her to her own room to rest, she held on to his hand instead, unwilling to let go.